Crossroads

The Crossroads are a city located just outside of Ninjago City, serving as one of the nearby townships that make up the metropolitan area. It is positioned at the heart of the Merged Realms where the epicenter of the Merge took place it and was created as the home of those who had nowhere else to go following the Merge.
==History==
===Background===
When the Merge united the Sixteen Realms and Ninjago, several homes throughout the realms disappeared during the Merge. As a result, the Crossroads were established on the very spot where Arin's neighborhood once stood, which was also the heart of the Merged Realms. Situated outside of Ninjago City, the Crossroads became the largest neighboring community within the metropolitan area. Locals from across the Merged Realms started to live there after losing their homes, while some of the inhabitants decided to relocate there for their own reasons."The Merge: Part 1"
===Dragons Rising, Season 1===
====The Merge: Part 1====
====Crossroads Carnival====
====Return to Imperium====
====The Temple of the Dragon Cores====
====Wyldly Inappropriate====
Needing to get a new wyconium coil, Zane and Mr. Frohicky head to the junkyard, now under Kreel's ownership, but are thrown out, due to money insufficiency.
They later head to the centre, where Zane Day was occurring before Zane registers for the Zane-a-like contest. However, having been deactivated, presumed missing, and depleting skills, he came dead last. However, Gulch hands him a gift card to Kreel's Junkyard as a consolation prize.
====The Power Within====
The MergeQuake Storm begins in the Crossroads, where the Ninja hurry there, and Lloyd uses the Dragon Cores to stop the MergeQuake storm, where the citizens learn their heroes have returned.
===The Elemental Mechs===
====What the Mech?====
====The Mech Master====
====A Pain in the Mech!====
The Noodle cook-off is disrupted by Ice Dragons, who attack the Crossroads in retaliation for Lava-Tony and his sous-chefs stealing their eggs for their secret ingredient, until Kai, Cole, and Sora subdue both parties, and Arin and Riyu discovering the eggs before the latter sends Lava-Tony crashing into an oven, which explodes and splattered noodles all over, resulting in a week's worth of cleaning up.
===Dragons Rising, Season 2===
====The Blood Moon====
A building in the Crossroads was on fire as Zane and Nya attempt to put it out, and Sora and Riyu get the residents to safety.
Later, Riyu helps Kai and Wyldfyre get Fugi-Dove and a cat down from a tree.
====Shattered Dreams====
====To Mysterium====
==Locations==
*All-Realm Antiques Emporium
*Arin and Sora's penthouse
*Dorama's theater
*Kreel's Junkyard
==Known civilians==
*Humans
**Arin (formerly)
**Blizzard Warriors
**Dorama (formerly)
**Emcee
**Gus
**Kreel
**Mrs. R
**Sora (formerly)
**The Mechanic
**Fugi-Dove
*Skeletons
**Greenbone Warriors
***Bone Guards
***Bone Warriors
**Re-Awakened
*Merlopians
**Fedulian
**Maaray Guards
*Serpentine
**Hypnobrai
***Hantro
***Mezmo
***Mikloshe
*Newt
*Nindroids
**Nindroid Warriors
**Nindroid Sentries
*Munce
*Geckles
*Frogs
**Alfonzo Frohicky (formerly)
*Mucoids
**Grab-Barg
**Tope-Epot
*Lava-Tides
**Lava-Tony
**Lava-Tony's sous-chefs
*Lobbo
*Security Bots
*Whack Rats
**Richie
**Targle
==Events==
*Mech Master 5000
*Crossroads Carnival
*Pie-baking contest
*Zane Day
*Noodle cook-off
*Soup launching festival"The Temple of the Dragon Cores"
==Official description==
===Tales from the Merged Realms===
This neighborhood outside Ninjago City was the epicenter of the Merge. It's a giant melting pot of people, cultures and architecture styles from all realms.
==Appearances==
===Ninjago: Dragons Rising===
====Season 1====
*1. "The Merge: Part 1"
*2. "The Merge: Part 2" (flashback)
*3. "Crossroads Carnival"
*6. "Return to Imperium"
*7. "Mindless Beasts" (flashback)
*11. "The Temple of the Dragon Cores"
*13. "Wyldly Inappropriate"
*18. "Absolute Power" (video)
*20. "The Power Within"
====The Elemental Mechs====
*1. "What the Mech?"
*2. "The Mech Master"
*3. "A Pain in the Mech!" (flashback)
====Season 2====
*21. "The Blood Moon"
*22. "Shattered Dreams"
*26. "To Mysterium"
*29. "The Forest of Spirits" (mentioned)
===Books===
*Tales from the Merged Realms
==Trivia==
*It was originally named "Crossroads City."https://x.com/mikerayhawk/status/1706042281663340892
*It shares the same name as a road junction, referencing how the Crossroads possess various traits throughout the realms, and how it is centrally located within the realms.
*The Crossroads' location in the Merged Realms is a reference to how Arin's neighborhood was situated at the heart of the Merge in Ninjago.https://x.com/otherland71/status/1719921025700474902Tales from the Merged Realms
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==Translations==
==References==
de:Crossroads
es:Cruce de caminos
fi:Risteymä
pl:Rozdroże
ru:Перекрёсток
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Category:Season 1 (Dragons Rising)
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