Captain Soto Captain Soto is a Minifigure , who is exclusive to 70591 Kryptarium Breakout released in August 2016 . Captain Soto was the original owner of the " Destiny ' s Bounty " and the leader of his pirate crew in " " . Background . Prologue . 200 years before the episode Pirates vs . Ninja , Captain Soto sailed on the Destiny ' s Bounty with his crew . He carried a log book with him and wrote about a fabeled Dark Island . While he had left , the pirates had a party and had No Eyed Pete steer the ship . Due to the fact that Pete was blind , he crashed the ship into the cliffs of Ninjago , drowning everyone on the ship . The Black Bounty . Years later , Lord Garmadon found the ruins Destiny ' s Bounty and used the power of the Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu to repair the ship . While riding on it , Garmadon saw the Ultra Dragon and tried to destroy it with the Mega Weapon . He failed and blamed it on his army . He went inside the keep of the ship and threw a fit . Lord Garmadon , then found Captain Soto ' s logbook and wished that the Pirates were there to help him and slap some sense into the Serpentine . While he said this , Mega Weapon drained Garmadon ' s power and brought them back . The Pirates Return . When , Garmadon returned , he saw the Serpentine and the pirates arguing . When he commanded the pirates to work for him , Captain Soto and the other disobeyed him . Since the Mega Weapon drained Garmadon ' s power , the pirates threw both Garmadon and the Serpentine into the brig . Captain Soto discovered the changes that the ninja had made to the ship , and he went to Ninjago City on a raid . He shot a few buildings and told his men they can have whatever they want . Afterwards , the Brown Ninja treatend to attack the pirates . Captain Soto cut his shirt and laughed . He told his men to be aware of more " pyjama men " . The Ninja planned to dress up as pirates to get in the Black Bounty . The pirates decided to make Dareth walk the plant . However , the Ultra Dragon rescued him . Ambushed by the Ninja . Soon , the Ninja took off their costumes and battled the pirates . First , Cole cut a feather off Captain Soto ' s head with his scythe . Then , Zane used two smoke bombs to prevent the pirates from seeing , and shot his ninja stars at him , trapping him into the pole . Later , Jay broke a gumball machine with his nunchucks , tripping everyone ( including the Ninja ) except Captain Soto . Then , Lloyd came , hanging on a rope , yelling , " NINJA - GO ! " He fell on Kai and Soto . Captain Soto and Kai recovered continued fighting . Soto yelled , " PIRATE - GO ! " Kai informed Lloyd that he isn ' t supposed to fight , and threw him in a barrel . The barrel rolled , knocking Kai off the ship . Lloyd then battled Soto . When he attacked him , Lloyd jumped the other way . Lloyd tried to do Spinjitzu inside the barrel . He was successful , but then Soto kicked him to the other side of the ship . The Ninja surrounded him and Lloyd shot an energy ball , but it was unstable , and broke the sails off . The pole fell on the Ninja , and Captain Soto ' s crew surrounded them . Captain Soto threatened to make the Ninja walk the plank . However , Samurai X came and rescued the Ninja . The pirates lost and were sent to jail by the police , which then allowed Garmadon and the Serpentine to reclaim the Destiny ' s Bounty . Ninjaball Run . In the 17th episode , " Ninjaball Run " , they somehow broke out of jail and entered the Ninjaball Run Road Race . However , they were the first to be disqualified after being rammed into the entrance of the chasm by Darkley ' s Boarding School ' s students in their bus . Prisoner . Chen has his peg leg in his museum ; according to the Ninjago website he obtained it after a battle between his cult and Soto ' s crew . He is seen in " The Greatest Fear of All " , in the Kryptarium Prison , saying ' Hey ! it ' s the pyjama man ! ' In Enkrypted Soto encounters the Ninja after they are framed by Nadakhan and imprisoned in Kryptarium ; he encounters Nya unmasked for the first time and notes that she seems familiar . Soto then reveals that he had encountered and defeated Nadakhan and his crew in the past , and offered to share the secret with the ninja in exchange for their help in breaking out . Reluctantly the ninja agreed , and after breaking out with Soto in tow learned that he had used venom of the Tiger Widow of Tiger Widow Island - a poison fatal to a human - to weaken the Djinn long enough to imprison him . He also reveals that the only map to the island is aboard Nadakhan ' s ship , the " Misfortune ' s Keep " , and just prior to parting ways with the ninja realizes where he ' s seen Nya ' s face before : she is the spitting image of Nadkhan ' s lost love Dilara . In Operation Land Ho ! Soto is recruited by Jay alongside various others in a last ditch effort to defeat Nadakhan . The events of Nadakhan ' s escape are later negated as a result of the conclusion of The Way Back ; as such , Nadakhan remains trapped in the Teapot of Tyrahn and Soto is presumably returned to Kryptarium .