Drakkhen Megistri

Drakkhen Megistri, also known as the Instrumentalist of the Battlefield, was one of the three leaders of the Dragon Marauders, commanding the Human Dragon division. She was the user of the Divine Drag-Ride Asp. Along with the other leaders, she died during the Dragon Marauders' attack on the Royal Officer Academy.

Appearance
Drakkhen dressed in the manner of a bandit, wearing black clothes with shortened sleeves.

Personality
Like the other division commanders, Drakkhen hated nobles and the ruling class due to her past experiences. She wished to take revenge on them even at the expense of her own life. However, she also initially underestimated the member of the Knight Squadron because of their status.

Drakkhen was a ruthless person, willing to use any tactic to win a battle. This was shown by her willingness to manipulate Mel Gizalut using the voice of her own mother into attacking her allies.

Background
In the past, Drakkhen was the Drag-Knight of an unnamed country. She possessed a rare talent, yet she was shunned by her incompetent commmander and was used as a sacrificial pawn along with her subordinates. She saw many cases of subordinates being driven to their deaths because of their superiors thoughtlessly ordering battles based on pride and honor. She was eventually captured and almost tortured, but was rescued by Hayes Vi Arcadia.

Mel Arc
In the Ymir Theocracy, Drakkhen held a secret conversation with the bishop Orphel, using her Divine Raiment to do so from a distance. She confirmed that the Dragon Marauders were ready to take action and warned Orphan not to do anything stupid like Dilwy Froias. Orphel asked about Dilwy's death, so Drakkhen explained how he'd died from overusing Elixir and also that the Dragon Marauders had not given him Elixir—he had obtained it from someone else. Drakkhen then asked about a secret of the theocracy, so Orphel replied that she would reveal it depending on Drakkhen's results. Orphel ended the conversation.

During the Pilgrimage Festival, Drakkhen controlled a group of Abyss and had them attack the pilgrimage of Pope Nias. However, the Abyss were repelled by the pilgrimage's guards.

Afterwards, Drakkhen contacted Orphel again. Orphel confirmed that, despite the attack, the festival would not be cancelled. Drakkhen asked Orphel to ensure that no further reinforcements would arrive and also said that she'd already delivered Orphel's advance payment (a knife containing Elixir).

Later, Drakkhen and the Dragon Marauders carried out their plan: using a diversion to split the Ymir Theocracy force, then using this opportunity to try to enter the Ruin Hall and take control of its Abyss. However, Orphel betrayed the Dragon Marauders, resulting in Mel being able to stop the assault on Hall. However, Drakkhen was already aware of Orphel's betrayal due to eavesdropping on her plans, and left a body double to distract Mel. Orphel was fatally injured by an Abyss and Drakkhen spoke to her a final time. She revealed how she'd learned of her betrayal and also that she knew of Orphel being Mel's mother. She copied Orphel's voice and used this to manipulate Mel into attacking Lux Arcadia and Krulcifer Einfolk. She then spoke to the members of the Knight Squadron who were helping defend the cathedral, attacking them with Chaff Slimes and an avalanche. However, she was not aware of the location of one of her enemies, Yoruka Kirihime. She spoke to Lux in an attempt to find this information, but he exploited this opportunity to send an amplified sound directly to her, nearly deafening her and allowing Yoruka to find her. Drakkhen managed to gain the upper hand by dropping snow onto the now-collapsed cathedral, forcing Yoruka to rescue Lisha from the snow. However, Lux came to the rescue. After a difficult battle, he destroyed Drakkhen's Drag-Ride and wounded Drakkhen herself. Drakkhen tried to attack Lux by surprise with a knife, but was stopped by Celistia Ralgris and Philuffy Aingram. Thus, Drakkhen was captured by the New Kingdom Atismata.

Abilities
As one of the division commanders of the Dragon Marauders, Drakkhen was a skilled Drag-Knight. She could put up a fight against a Drag-Knight of Lux Arcadia's calibre.

Drakkhen was also very intelligent. By exploiting her enemies' desire to help each other, she could force them to weaken themselves. For her battle with Lux, she came up with countermeasures for his various techniques, such as closing the distance when he attempted to use Quick Draw. She was also insightful, being able deduce the familial relationship between Orphel and Mel.

Asp
Drakkhen used the special equipment type Divine Drag-Ride Asp. Like other special equipment types, Asp had camouflage and radar functions.

Claws: Asp had claws located on its arms, which Drakkhen used for melee combat. She could perform fast and irregular attacks that were difficult for her opponents to predict.

Dagger: By taking up a stance of thrusting out the Claws, Drakkhen could fire small Daggers as a ranged attack.

Hell Choir: Asp's Divine Raiment, this gave Drakkhen the ability to create and manipulate sound. She could use this to send and receive sound over distances of several kl, allowing her to both hold conversation with and eavesdrop on people over such distances. When receiving sound, Drakkhen could increase the volume in order to hear quiet sounds, but this had the disadvantage of making her vulnerable to loud sounds. She could also control Abyss with much greater control than with a horn flute, being able to give different Abyss different orders. When in a snowy area, she could use a powerful sound wave to cause an avalanche. Drakkhen could use this to imitate other people's voices, allowing her to manipulate people by copying the voice of a person they trust.

Chaff Slime: One of the types of Abyss that Drakkhen can control, this type clings to enemy Drag-Rides and weakens them, but lacks offensive power. Drakkhen used many of these during the battle in the Ymir Theocracy to weaken her opponents. She also inserted some into her own armor as a countermeasure for any opponent that hit her with a melee attack. However, this had the downside of weighing down her armor.