Lancer Drakes

The Lancer Drakes, more commonly reffered to as the Drake Corps., are an elite group of people who were chosen for the task of protecting peace on the Island home of Usushiogakure. Their Formation was the culmanation of of the minds and skills of Tobias(The current leading officer and Shogun of Uzushiogakure's Armed Forces), and Corelion Lelouche Shikaru (The current Captain and Lance-Corporal of the UAF, as well as the creator of the Drake style all Lancer Drakes use.). That culmanation resulted in a 20-man strong force who's mere destructive power is nearly on-par with that of the Manji, the current largest militaristic force in Uzushiogakure.

The Creation
The creation of the Lancer Drakes was actually the idea of Corelion Lelouche Shikaru, when he decided to begin teaching the Ryuuton, a style he created for use with his natural Dragon anatomy within his Human shell, beyond the borders of his family and the 100 Dragon Clans. The idea took hold when Tobias, the current strongest person of influence in all of Uzushiogakure's lands, approached him with an offer to join the UAF (or Uzushigakure Armed Forces). Corelion, not being one to turn down an offer from the Shogunate, gave a swift yes but then stated (rather blatantly despite who he was speaking to) that he wanted to try his hand at training what he named the Drake Style to a small group of people. Originally his plan was to convince someone like the Kage to announce it in the Village News that he had begun recruiting people to learn this style he had created but it never came to fruition. Instead, Tobias suggested that Corelion demonstrate his prowess in using the Dragon Style he had created many, MANY years ago. Of course, Corelion accepted and Tobias moved them to a safe location to test his abilities. After sufficient testing, Tobias found quite a bit of worth in Corelions Dragon Style and asked why not teach that one to people. Corelion explained that the Dragon Style is one formulated from the harnessing of a Dragon (in a Human Body) anatomy, due to their anatomy being so vastly different to a Humans they were able to create more attacks and jutsus than a normal being would have thanks to special sacks and lungs in their bodies. Tobias eventually agreed and asked Corelion how many people he wanted, so he gave him the number of 20 so he could sufficiently teach everything he knew with them. Once Tobias accepted he and Corelion split ways after handing Corelion his Uniform and Badge to symbolize his standing in the Armed Forces. A few days later, Tobias returned with Corelions new 20-man squad, which Corelion had given the name of the Lancer Drakes to, and allowed Corelion the control over his new squad. Thus the Lancer Drakes were born, and their Captain was one of the most Destructive and Ruthless tacticians known to the Shinobi World.

Setting things straight
Though they share similar positions in the Village, the Lancer Drakes are not a supplement for the Manji. As far as militaristic standing goes, the Manji are still far above the Lancer Drakes in terms of pure influence, though both the Manji and Lancer Drakes answer to the Shogunate on matters when needed.

The Lancer Drakes are, in fact, comprised of biological clones created by an ally of Tobias' and tailored specifically for the task of using the overwhelming power of the Drake Style. When explaining to Tobias about the effects of the Drake Style, Tobias had commented that the style seemed to be far too powerful to use by a normal person, and so Corelion came up with a solution to the problem. Since Tobias had offered to create a mass squad of clones, Corelion told him a few prerequesites the soldiers would need to have. First, extremely strong Muscle Tissue and Bones so as their bodies would not cave in on themselves during training. Second, they must have enough strength and stamina to lift a total weight of at least 2 Million tonnes, the size of a rather large Hill, whereas he himself could lift a mountain of about 20 billion tonnes thanks to his heritage. Third, none of them could be overly massive, meaning that none of them could be the size of his 50% Form which stood at 1 1/2 stories tall. Tobias reluctantly agreed to the matters, despite how outrageous he had found them, but after seeing Corelions abilities he understood why such prerequisites were needed as the Dragon Style alone took a massive toll on the body of the user.

The Lancer Drakes have NOT been called to the front lines in any way, shape, or form, due to the recent Calamity that struck Uzushiogakure. The reason for their absence is mostly due to the training Corelion is rigorously putting them through, though there is another reason. As the attack was paranormal in nature, Corelion and his siblings who shared his Dragon Blood fled the scene after sensing the danger. This is due to the fact that Most, if not all, of the 100 Dragon Clans on the continent are extremely vulnarable to Paranormal attacks. Though the reason for this is never explained, it is thought that the weakness stems from they themselves being spiritual beings in nature, thus being more suceptable to paranormal occurrences and attacks than any other race. Still, it is only a theory, yet the facts still hold true that the Dragons who were previously staying in Uzushio had fled moments before the Calamity struck in fear of their own safety.

The Lancer Drakes, despite being clones and devoted to their cause, are not devoid of emotions from time to time. During the most recent training session Corelion had put together, a member of one of the 4 teams slipped up and used a technique he was not allowed to use. So, Corelion flicked him away into a nearby cliff face, which caused the remaining soldiers to sport an only slightly fearful look upon their faces, showing they did indeed have emotions.