Thanakane

**Thanakane** is a new recruit in the Wyvern Corps of the Louria Kingdom. He is the only surviving Wyvern rider from JSDF air attack on Louria's capital, Jin-Hark. After the war, he is the only surviving Dragon Knight of the entire Kingdom and is promoted to become the head of the dragon knight.

## Appearance

In the manga version, Thanakane is a well-dressed young man. The newcomer is emphasized more than the original, and this appearance appears as a mass of death flags called the first team.

## Personality

Thanakane is a stereotype over-eager and naïve fresh blood with no experience to the horror of war. Due to being saved by a Wyvern rider as a child, he is extremely fascinated about Wyverns as he views them as a strongest creature in the world and becoming a rider of these mighty flying beasts is a great honor to him.

In battle, he proved to be very brave and cunning even when facing enemies more overwhelming than himself.

## Background

As a kid, Thanakane lost in the wood and was corned by a powerful beast. Fortunately for him, a dragon rider came and incinerated the beast, thus saving his life. The experience made him to stride to become a Wyvern rider in the Lourian army as he became fascinated about the creature plus he felt that becoming a Wyvern rider would make him like a great hero.

After passing several harsh examination, he finally earned his position in the Lourian Wyvern Corps.

## Chronology

### Rodenius War Arc

When the JASDF attacked and sunk ships at the Louria's port, Thanakane was summoned to defense the capital. He was confident that he could defend the capital with his trusted Wyvern companion. However, as the F-15J grind the entire Wyvern Corps into flesh chunks, he was shocked at the sight of carnage and paralyzed in the middle of the battle.

Due to the sheer explosive force of the missile, his Wyvern became so terrified, making it to plunge to the ground while Thanakane struggled to maintain the beast's fear. As he and his Wyvern crashed land, he tried his best to compose himself of the situation only to witness his comrades in the Wyvern Corps to die from horrific death from the 20 mm cannons and rockets from the F15. This event traumatized him deeply.

Later, when the JSDF forces attacked Jin-Haag, this time he responded to the comms officer and on-duty commander thru the magical communication device after he heard the transmission by the observer's report where the flying objects, which belonged to Japan, were passing through the sky above the Jin-Hark's northern port. He decided to fly with a wyvern and fight the JGSDF AH-1S Cobras attack helicopters.

When Thanakane saw them in the sky, his partner wyvern seemed to have conquered his fear, but his flight speed was slower than that of his previous enemies. He noticed that they were flying slower than his former foe, which might indicate that he knew he can win. When he gave the signal to the wyvern to fire, it opened its mouth wide and began to form a fireball in the air.

An AH-1S attack helicopter was focusing on strafing their enemies below them when a ball of fire flew into their sight. The back muscles of the pilot sitting in the rear froze as Yamane yanked his control stick to the left. The AH-1S attack helicopter banked left and slid sideways. The scene unfolding in front of them was dominated by a fireball flying towards them. From their perspective, time passed agonizingly slow.

A moment later, a fireball missed, simply leaving behind a "swoosh" sound as it passed to the right side of the helicopter. Looking at the direction from where the fireball came, they saw a single wyvern readying itself for a second shot. Yamane remembered glancing at the radar screen when an enemy reflected on it for a single moment. The gunner sitting in the front looked at the enemy that had fired a fireball on them. The eye link system matched the movement of his eyes, pointing the barrel of the 20mm autocannon mounted in front towards the enemy. Using his index finger, he pulled the trigger. The autocannon, boasting a rate of fire of over 650 rounds per minute, began to spit lead and flames. Within moments, the wyvern slid to the left, evading the burst of fire from the autocannon as tracers simply passed next to their right. Thanakane and his wyvern, believing that they’d score a hit with their surprise attack, were surprised that their enemy managed to avoid it.

After their first shot, he anticipated that the enemy would unleash its breath once more, taking evasive maneuvers as bullets of light passed through where they used to be. Despite being extra vigilant, they were lucky they avoided the enemy’s breath. Looking at the speed of the light bullets, his body shook knowing that they wouldn’t be given another chance.

Deciding the moment to launch their second shot, Thanakane gave the order to his partner to fire the magic flame bullet it had already prepared. The wyvern spit out its fireball. He strained his eyes with the anticipation of victory that this time, their trajectory was correct.

At the same time, the enemy unleashed its breath. The bullets of light went right through the magic flame bullet unscathed and landed hits on his wyvern, opening up big holes in its hide and splattering blood all over. Thanakane was lucky that he didn’t get directly hit but he understood that he could no longer save his partner. His wyvern’s speed dropped. As they fell, he turned his head upwards to see their magic flame bullet land a direct hit on the enemy’s nose. As they fell rapidly, the surface of the ground got closer. However his wyvern exhausted a bit more strength one last time, extending its wings and flapping them to at least not let Thanakane die. However, it didn’t have much strength left and it crashed bluntly and dramatically onto the ground, throwing up a cloud of dust and Thanakane off the saddle. He looked up at the sky, only to see something that made him doubt his own eyes.

### Short Story: Fictional Hero

After the Japan-Parpaldian War, with the Parpaldian Army being cut off by exhausting its budget, a large number of Wyverns were forced to sell. Louria, with the help of Japan, collected a large number of these creatures to rebuild their Wyvern Corps, which was almost wiped out after the Rodenius War and the subsequent civil war. Thanakane, the only surviving dragon knight, was appointed as a general of the Lourian Dragon Knight to lead the newly reorganized Wyvern Corps.

One day, Japan sent him a letter asking him to come to Japan. Worried that his attack on the helicopter in the previous battle had caused the driver, who he thought might be some noble or high-ranking officer, injured or killed, and the Japanese are wanting to execute him, he returned home to say goodbye to his parents one last time.

However, surprisingly to him, the Japanese turned out to invite him to a party for the purpose of strengthening the friendship between the two countries for which he was the main character. They then led him to the helicopter he had hit earlier, which had been scorched on its outside and many of its internal electronics also damaged, now on display as a commemorative symbol.

It was revealed that he later stayed in Japan, where he learned about modern air tactics and relied on that to develop more effective tactics with the Wyvern.

## Abilities

**Expert Wyvern Rider**: An elite Wyvern Knight, he has very skilled dogfighting techniques, which can even make it difficult for pilots of modern attack helicopters.

## Gallery

Thanakane wears full-faced armorThanakane stands with his wyvernWyvern throws the fireball and JGSDF AH-1S Cobras helicopter fires the cannon on the same time.