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Canaan Drake is a human adventurer and an A-Rank Outer Shadow to Inner Shadow John "Reaper" Crassman. In Zion, Canaan went by the alias of Drake to represent his late wife and child's family lineage, a pact and promise the adventurer made to forever remember his loved ones in times of great peril.

A former member of the White Garden, Drake was trained in the art of assassination since the age of four years old - his specialty being in knife and swordplay. Though, Drake would also display expertise in bows and crossbows to a lesser extent. When the White Garden was destroyed by the demonic forces of the Ancient Evil Babylon, Drake's wife and son were driven insane, forcing Canaan to kill his family in cold blood. With Babylon's supernatural influence corrupting the minds of Drake's comrades, the assassin fled from his hometown which became overrun by the Ancient Evil's forces, however, was later captured by Babylon herself, who attempted to corrupt the last member of the White Garden. When Babylon attempted a blood ritual on Canaan, it was revealed that the blood of his wife that had stained his hands provided the assassin with a means to barely resist the influence of the Ancient through an impure blood connection, allowing Drake to retain his sanity while also being granted the strength of an Ancient Evil.

Fleeing to the land of Zion, Drake would rebuild his life as an adventurer, acquiring strength in taking down Babylon with his newfound power. Having realized that even in death, his wife had forgiven Canaan, going to the extent of using her own blood to protect her husband from Babylon, Canaan vowed to honor her, by only using his surname which represented their family.

Following Babylon's defeat, Drake became known as the Champion of Zion, and was renowned as being the strongest adventurer in spite of his background as an assassin. Learning of Babylon's defeat, the Ancient Evil's Baphomet and Baal sought Drake's defeat, invading Zion and leading to the deaths of the many Drake had become close to. In his near-death moments, Drake refused to give up, vowing to become strong enough to defeat both of the Ancient Evils, however ultimately, was defeated due to the limits of his human body.

With each new land, Drake would encounter the same pattern of the Ancient Evils forces purging the people and corrupting them, with Drake being powerless to stop them. Eventually worn down, Drake fell into despair, realizing that despite wielding the power of an Ancient Evil, his body was fundamentally still human, and that no matter how hard he pushed himself, he could never fully be strong enough to stop the terrifying might of an entire Demon Army. In a final suicidal charge to take on Baphomet and Baal, Drake charged the armies alone, against the wishes of the last remaining people who would succumb to the Ancient Evils' invasion. Drake would fight viciously, eventually destroying their armies, but at the end of the road, would be a confrontation with the two Ancient Evils. Despite fighting his hardest, Drake was outnumbered, outmatched, and overpowered, nearing death, in which the adventurer swore that if he ever made it out alive, he would use his power to destroy the being who had forced such a miserable existence on the victims of the Ancient Evils, including his family, and the numerous innocents who were slaughtered.

Hearing his wishes, a horde of Black Legion Shadows appeared, rescuing the assassin. From the shadows, the figure of Inner Shadow John Crassman appeared, vowing to teach Drake the ways of Chakra in exchange for his loyalty. The strength he would acquire would be enough for him to serve as an Outer Shadow - and to prove his power, Crassman proceeded to effortlessly defeat both Baal and Baphomet. With this, Crassman told Drake that though there would be no consolation in killing many more, he would find peace in knowing the suffering of those victimized by the Ancient Conflict will eventually end, as the Black Legion Organization sought to destroy the sole entity responsible for the order of the omniverse: Vala the Spirit of Hope. Accepting Crassman's offer, Drake became John's Outer Shadow, going by the codename Shiro.

Background

Canaan is the son of a Gyptian prostitute and an Argerian barbarian, who had invaded the nation of Gyptia, for which the barbarians of Argeria overthrew Gypa, killing the men, and raping the women, one of which lead to Canaan's conception. In spite of the circumstances of her birth, Canaan's mother was said to have attempted to provide Canaan with a loving childhood. Canaan grew up to have a fondness for wood carving, a talent that his mother had which never took off due to the poor career prospects of the profession, leading to her prostitution. Canaan loved his mother very much and greatly loathed his father, who abandoned his mother after learning of her pregnancy.

When Canaan was four, the barbarians returned to Gyptia, with which his father, who was revealed to be the second in command to the Argerian barbarian chief, sought to kill his mother for siring an Argerian-Gyptian mixed race. Canaan's father was revealed to have been married, and his conception was considered highly taboo, which could cost the father not just his position as a warrior, but also the livelihood of his own family. Seeking Canaan's death, Canaan's father attempted to murder his bastard son but was stopped by Canaan's mother, who was killed instantly, decapitated by the barbarian before Canaan's very eyes.

A greatly traumatized Canaan wandered the ransacked town, dragging his mother's corpse in a bag in an attempt to find a place to bury her. One snowy night, Canaan was ambushed by wolves, who attempted to feed off his mother's corpse for food. Despite surviving the encounter, Canaan could not save his mother from the wolves, who dragged her body to their den. All the while, Canaan's encounter with the wolves would be scouted by members of the White Garden, a notorious assassination group consisting of one of the strongest fighters in the country.