Dr. LaRow

Dr. LaRow is a head scientist of the Advanced Systems Lab working for the Kingdom of Imperium.
She was later sent to the Land of Lost Things to retrieve the Yellow Dragon Core, managing to snatch the core from the Finders.
When Beatrix orders for the Source Dragon the Claws of Imperium captured to be drained of its energy to create a replacement Dragon Core, Dr. LaRow betrays her, refusing to do it, and gets taken away by the guards as a result.
==History==
Dr. LaRow was born in Imperium and at some point became a scientist working in the Advanced Systems Lab for the Empress and became a public figure in Imperium. Her inventions perfected Imperium to such an extent that some people believed that their realm would never have been so perfect without her."Return to Imperium"
===Return to Imperium (flashback)===
After Ana designed and created Photac and won a prize for it, Dr. LaRow visited her in her classroom and introduced herself to her and her parents. She expressed her admiration for Ana's invention and asked her if she would like to come work at the Advanced Systems Lab.
Dr. LaRow then took Ana to the lab and showed her there. When Ana expressed interest in a dragon named Zanth that they had there, LaRow deactivated the shield protecting Sora as he was no longer dangerous. She then explained to Ana that with the help of her technology, they could enhance Photac so that it was not just a pet, but a weapon. She then took Ana's Photac and connected it to the dragon, from which she began to drain the energy. Ana did not agree with this, but she could not stop LaRow. When the absorption was complete, the holographic dog created by Photac transformed into a large hound.
Ana then tried to help Sora, but Dr. LaRow stopped her and asked her if she didn't understand that dragon energy was what powered Imperium. Ana knew that dragon power was being absorbed, but she thought it was safe. To that Dr. Larow said it was safe, but just for the people of Imperium. She explained to Ana that with an army of Photacs they would be able to hunt down every dragon in the realm and that this was why she brought her to the labs created for such great inventions. However, Ana got angry, turned off Photac and ran home.
Dr. LaRow then called Ana's parents and explained what had happened to turn them against her own daughter.
===Beyond Madness===
When Lord Ras summoned Dorama to come to Imperium, he was assigned to the Advanced Systems Lab of Dr. LaRow to make more Photacs.
When Ras came to check on them, Dr. LaRow complained that Dorama kept inviting her to his autobiographical one-man musical, but even so, he was the only one who could help them, as he had experience with extracting and exploiting exotic energy. Ras then asked her if she thought Dorama could make the Photac work, she explained that he could get the prototype to work but not mass production since the only person could do it is the original creators of the Photacs, Sora.
===Return to Imperium===
When Sora returned to Imperium and broke into the Advanced Systems Lab to disable Photac, Dr. LaRow surprised her from behind and told her that they were expecting her.
===Mindless Beasts===
Dr. LaRow then told Sora that she knew she would come since Rapton had used Photac in the field so she expected Ana to not resist and come to try and shut it down. She then explained to Sora that they needed her to complete the Photacs army, as Empress Beatrix began to need them more than before after the Merge, when many more dragons appeared in the realm than ever before. She then asked Sora what happened to the little enthusiastic girl who wanted to go to the labs and help. Sora explained that she grew up after the former hero turned her own parents on her. To that LaRow said that Sora is old enough to know that all heroes disappoint eventually. Even the ninja she knew were helping Sora because of the Claws of Imperium mission reports.
Afterwards, LaRow explained to Sora that she was able to use Dorama to create copies of the original Photac, but that they couldn't initialize the new devices, which she needed Sora to do. However, since she refused to do it voluntarily, Dr. LaRow showed her Zanth she knew from childhood and started torturing her. Sora finally relented and agreed to fix Photac. When she did, LaRow asked her if it was done and then launched Photac, but it exploded and Sora began to run away with the dragon, leaving LaRow and Dorama behind.
When Rapton managed to capture Sora and bring her back, Dr. LaRow made her finish what she started. She then started torturing Zanth again and as Lord Ras had promised, they would stop when she was done. So Sora went to work on Photac while LaRow started monologuing about Sora coming back to shut down Photac and eventually repair it and strengthen Imperium so that it can hunt down any dragon, even Source Dragons. At these words, Ras glared at her, as she revealed something she wasn't supposed to.
===I Will Be the Danger===
When Sora finished her work on Photac, Dr. LaRow contacted the Empress through the screen and informed her that their work was done. Lord Ras then left the labs with the Claws of Imperium, leaving Sora, Dorama, and Dr. LaRow behind.
While the escaping dragons were to meet the Photacs army on the streets of Imperium, Dr. Larow watched everything through the small screen she held in her hands. Ignoring Sora, she talked emotionally about this new technology. Sora took this opportunity to hit LaRow in the back of the head with a deactivated Photac while LaRow wasn't looking, stunning her and leaving her lying on the ground.
When Sora then defeated Dorama in a duel and freed Zanth, LaRow slowly recovered, but there was nothing she could do about the fugitives.
===The Calm Inside===
When Sora and Arin managed to break into the room where Riyu was imprisoned, Dr. LaRow and Jordana got into the room as they were summoned to drain the dragon's energy. Sora and Arin quickly hid, and then Empress Beatrix and Lord Ras also entered the room. LaRow immediately thanked the Empress for her generosity in supporting science. Then, together with Jordana, they connected a device to Riyu's cage, and LaRow ominously informed him that they were going to drain every ounce of life out from him. 
Then when the dragon fights started in the streets, Ras and Beatrix left the room. LaRow began to complain about the poor working conditions because of the attack on the palace when Arin and Sora tried to get to Riyu. However, Jordana noticed them and alerted LaRow, who took a gun and pointed it at them to stop them. Together with Jordana, they also took their communicators so that Lloyd wouldn't know what was going on with them. 
===The Battle of the Second Monastery===
LaRow and Jordana then cuffed Arin and Sora, and LaRow expressed her disappointment at what happened to Ana. Arin didn't understand why she called her Ana, so LaRow explained that Sora named herself after the dragon and immediately turned it around to try to poison them against each other by saying that maybe he didn't know his friend as well as he thought. She then turned to Sora and expressed her thoughts that the two weren't all that different as they both used dragon energy when they needed it. Sora argued that Riyu was giving her energy and she wasn't stealing it, but LaRow disagreed, so she showed her prisoners the fighting in the street on a screen, saying that she would force them to watch their friends perish. 
Then the Monastery of Imperium started to emerge from the ground in front of the palace, which startled LaRow and Jordana, and Arin managed to kick the gun out of her hand. LaRow immediately gave up, saying that she detested physical brutality, which surprised Arin, but then Jordana got the gun and started attacking. LaRow took this opportunity to run out of the room. 
As the ninja and the dragons hid in inside the Monastery, angry Ras stood outside the door. Then Dr. LaRow ran to him and informed him that their prisoners had escaped. Enraged, Ras grabbed her by the neck and lifted her up before throwing her to the ground where he left her lying.
===The Temple of the Dragon Cores===
Dr. LaRow informed Beatrix that ever since the dragons had escaped, they had been struggling to meet their energy requirements. Beatrix harbored doubts as she was of the opinion that the energy crisis should not have arisen, given that Imperium possessed the Source Dragon of Energy. Dr. LaRow explained that although it was true, the process of draining the Source Dragon was complicated. In addition, Dr. LaRow mentioned Ras, since he devised an alternative plan regarding the Source Dragon's energy. Beatrix immediately interrupted her and warned her never to mention Ras around her. Dr. LaRow apologized and continued to explain that since they couldn't fully harness Source Dragon energy, they still needed the other dragons for their energy needs. Dr. LaRow then informed Beatrix that there was a straightforward solution that involved lowering power usage. She suggested that easy conservation steps could save so much power that they wouldn't need to rely on several dragons. However, Beatrix was not convinced with this plan as she believed that asking people to do without would upset them, leading to difficulties in ruling the Imperians.
===Land of Lost Things===
thumb|Dr. LaRow stating Sora matches a description of a broken experiment.
Dr. LaRow arrives at the Land of Lost Things finding Zanth there she soon deploys her drones and managed to capture Zanth telling herself that the drone upgrades quickly dealt with Zanth and wished that Beatrix still cared about capturing dragons before approaching the Rookery. While approaching the Rookery, she sees her former pupil, Sora. LaRow tells Sora that she wasn't surprised to see her here before getting interrupted after Bonzle threw a bone at her head. She continues saying that she wasn't surprised to see her here in the Land of Lost things explaining to Sora that there is where the Advanced Systems Lab put broken experiments telling Sora she fits the description. With Sora telling LaRow that broken things can be repaired, LaRow ordered Imperium Drones to attack her which managed to keep Sora pinned down. LaRow told Sora what is her opinion on the drones upgrades with Sora saying it's impressive and asking LaRow who's work did she steal with her telling Sora that all the inventions made in the Advanced Systems Lab is legally hers. Unpinning Sora, LaRow told Sora that her experiments are always going to fail due to her not seeing the bigger picture before sending an Imperium Drone to open a hole in the wall into the Rookery to snatch the Yellow Dragon Core. The Imperium Drone came with the Yellow Dragon Core in hand with Geo holding onto the drone with a broom that he used his element fusion to fuse the drone and the broom together. Geo stated that he was having regrets with LaRow telling Geo that there wasn't any free rides electrocuting Geo making him fall. With that, LaRow left the Land of Lost Things.
left|thumb|Dr. LaRow telling Beatrix of the success.
Approaching Imperium, LaRow reported the success to Beatrix telling her the obliteration of the ninja is now inevitable.
===Absolute Power===
With Beatrix asking for an update, LaRow stated there was still only two dragon cores and needed three to complete the MergeQuake Weapon design. In the throne room, Dorama asked if this was a dress rehearsal of some type, LaRow responded that she wasn't sure but they would've haven't been summoned if it wasn't important. Overhearing Jordana that she was ready to serve the Empress, she shook her head in disgust with Jordana immediately responding that she would be ready to serve her as well. Soon, Beatrix said the time has come, rising the throne showing herself. After, Dorama saying it was such a dramatic reveal, Beatrix announced that all three of the dragon cores were finally collected. LaRow was extremely surprised that Rapton got his core stating her thoughts by saying "wonders never cease" causing Rapton to be mad at LaRow pushing her telling her why he wouldn't hear that. When Beatrix told LaRow if she knew what this means, she responded that it means that its time to prepare to test the MergeQuake Weapon stating they could test in a few days. Upon hearing this, Beatrix immediately rejected the offer saying that they'll test the weapon now due to the ninja being on their way. LaRow tried warning Beatrix of the possible dangers of testing the weapon now but Beatrix ordered her to not question her order and with that concluded the meeting. In the Advanced Systems Lab, she starts setting up the weapon soon seeing the energy readings were off. Beatrix approached her asking why the test hasn't started, LaRow stated the readings with one of the cores were off with Beatrix brushing it off ordering her to test the weapon now. LaRow, still hesitant, complied with the order and started the test. The MergeQuake weapon failed to work and caused a huge explosion damaging the lab as a result. Beatrix soon went up to LaRow telling her that she said MergeQuake Weapon was ready for testing with LaRow telling her that she warned her of the possible dangers before getting called a failure leaving the lab.
With Beatrix returning to the lab, LaRow stated the system was almost back up and running. Beatrix stated she didn't care for the system but wanted to know how the MergeQuake Weapon was. LaRow told Beatrix that the core Rapton brought was a fake which was the reason for the different energy readings and causing the explosion. Beatrix, in response to LaRow's claim that finishing the MergeQuake weapon was impossible, confidently brings up the fact that Dragon Cores are created using the energy of Source Dragons. She reminds LaRow that there was a Source Dragon imprisoned under the Kingdom of Imperium, which presented an opportunity for them to create a fourth Dragon Core. However, LaRow quickly interjected, reminding Beatrix about the futile efforts of draining energy from Source Dragons. She emphasized that even if they could, it could potentially lead to the destruction of the entire kingdom. Telling Beatrix that she refuse to do it, Jordana stepped up volunteering telling Beatrix that she found flaws in LaRow's methods with Beatrix agreeing to the offer, much to LaRow's dismay.
===We Are All Dragons===
thumb|Dr. LaRow mocking Jordana for trying to have a rivalry with Sora.Hearing all the commotion from Jordana's attempt to drain the Source Dragon's energy, LaRow told her that she warned her. Telling her that her wanting to compete with Sora is pathetic, Jordana quickly ordered guards to take LaRow away with LaRow telling her that it can't be done before getting taken away by the guards.
She was later seen in a video footage telling Beatrix the dragon can't take much more with Beatrix stating that she doesn't care and order her to drain the dragon.
==Other appearances==
===Force From the East (flashback)===
While Geo was thinking about Cole and all the memories he made with him, Dr. LaRow briefly appeared in his flashback when Cole managed to save Geo from falling after getting electrocuted by Dr. LaRow.
==Personality==
On the surface, Dr. LaRow appears to be a kind and indulgent person who is only trying to help the Kingdom of Imperium and enjoys the admiration of the unsuspecting citizens of the kingdom.
However, she is actually very sadistic and takes pleasure in draining dragons of their energy, which causes them great physical pain. She is also very manipulative as she constantly tried to convince Ana to help Imperium and even let her watch her harming a dragon she had previously befriended. At the first opportunity, she tries to turn friends against themselves if it gives her an advantage and compares herself to other people to make them insecure. She believes that all heroes eventually disappoint.
When she is defenseless, she reveals her true cowardly nature, which she hides by refusing physical violence.
==Inventions==
This is a list of inventions made by Dr. LaRow:
*Hover chariots
*Imperium Drones
*Sweeper
*MergeQuake weapon
==Appearance==
Dr. LaRow is a pre-middle-aged woman with long brown-black hair tied in a bun. However, a few strands of her hair are already gray. She has a small mole above her mouth and three golden stripes on the right side of her face like most Imperians. She always wears large black glasses with green lenses, through which her black eyes are visible.
For clothing, she is dressed in a black uniform with gold and gray detailing over which she wears a long white lab coat with gold detailing and badges.
==Relationships==
===Allies===
*Empress Beatrix (formerly)
*Dorama (formerly)
*Rapton
*Claw Hunters
*Imperium Guards
*Sora's parents
===Enemies===
*Ninja
**Sora (former pupil)
*Dragons
*Lord Ras (former ally)
*Jordana (former ally)
*Finders
==Appearances==
===Ninjago: Dragons Rising===
====Season 1====
*4. "Beyond Madness"
*6. "Return to Imperium"
*7. "Mindless Beasts"
*8. "I Will Be the Danger"
*9. "The Calm Inside"
*10. "The Battle of the Second Monastery"
*11. "The Temple of the Dragon Cores"
*16. "Land of Lost Things"
*18. "Absolute Power"
*19. "We Are All Dragons"
====Season 2====
*24. "Force From the East" (flashback; no lines)
==Trivia==
*Her personality is similar to another villain, Pythor, in that they are both manipulative, convinced of doing the right thing, sometimes sadistic, and both cowardly in losing situations.
*Although several characters wear glasses, she, Gandalaria, Dr. Julien and the Administration Agents (Humans and Munce) are the only ones whose glasses are three-dimensional.
*She is the only character appearing on the main poster who does not have a physical minifigure.
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