Merlopians

The Merlopians are a race of sea folk that inhabit the kingdom of Merlopia within the sea. They guarded the Wave Amulet, which was given to them by the First Spinjitzu Master before the creation of Ninjago to protect the world from Wojira.
==History==
===Battle of Nine Days===
Before the creation of Ninjago, the Merlopians aided the First Spinjitzu Master and the islanders in a battle against Wojira. During the battle, Nyad merged with the Endless Sea and pried the Storm and Wave Amulets from Wojira's head, causing the giant serpent to fall into a deep sleep.
===Seabound===
===After Seabound===
After the end of the Great Flood, the Merlopians learned the truth about Trimaar's death and no longer consider the ninja to be their enemies. Benthomaar was crowned to be their king, but because of this, Gripe led an army of renegade Maaray Guards and plot to take over Merlopia.
===Crystalized===
With Ninjago City overrun by the Overlord during the crystal infection, Nya and Jay came up with an idea to asked Benthomaar for help, hoping that he would bring the Maaray Guards to help them battle against the crystal army. Although it was believed that Nya's message didn't work at first, Benthomaar soon recieved the message and brought the Merlopians, the Keepers, and Zippy to fight the Crystal Warriors during the final battle. A week after the Overlord's defeat, the Maaray Guards helped the ninja rebuild the Monastery of Spinjitzu.
===Dragons Rising, Season 1===
Alongside the other migrating denizens from the realms, some Merlopians moved to the Crossroads."The Merge: Part 1"
===Dragons Rising, Season 2===
==Appearance==
Merlopians are amphibious anthropomorphic creatures resembling marine animals, mostly eels or cephalopods.
The Royal Family of Merlopia has purple skin with a pink tinge. They have two tentacles around their mouths that resemble a mustache. From the sides of their heads, two skin formations emerge at the top, with five growths connected by translucent blue membranes. The same formation is also on the back of their heads. They have a number of small sharp teeth in their mouths. Their chests and abdomens are bright blue with marked abdominal muscles and they have five tentacles instead of legs. The eyes are different colors.
Civilians are very reminiscent of the Royal Family, but they are gray or pink. They also do not have tentacles, but the legs and their skin growths on the head are smaller.
Some other Merlopians, mostly Maaray Guards, are black in color and have an eel-like body with legs and cyan, or orange, or yellow/green eyes, teeth, and body and head parts.
In terms of clothing, the Merlopians are relatively modest, though not as good as the Serpentine. All Merlopians wear vests of different colors, mostly according to the color of their skin. They also often wear gloves and gold armor. In ancient times, however, females used to wear much more enveloping armor, although it is unknown than it is today. Females also wore helmets in battle.
==Culture==
The culture of the Merlopians seems to be relatively primitive and more similar to Ninjago from the past. However, they are still much more technologically advanced than the other guardians of the Amulet of Wojira, the islanders.
They live in the kingdom of Merlopia near the Tartarus Trench, the deepest trench at the bottom of the Endless Sea. Despite the fact that they are amphibians, there is an air in the interior of their homes, although at least the Merlopian Palace can be flooded with water.
Their technology, as mentioned above, is relatively primitive and does not reach the modernity of major cities on the mainland, such as Ninjago City. However, they still use some water-filled panels that respond to touch and control various functions, mostly automatic door opening. They also have scientists and physicians and write their knowledge in the sea scrolls made of unknown material, although they probably don't know the classic books.
Merlopia is an absolute monarchy, with a king at the head of their nation, also known as the ruler of the Endless Sea, suggesting that he claims the right to rule the entire ocean. He also has absolute power over the entire army of Merlopia, whose duty is to carry out all his orders. If the king dies, his son becomes the successor in his place, although it is unknown whether it can also be a daughter. While the King always wears a golden crown with the symbol of Merlopia on his head, princes and probably princesses do not wear anything like that.
Merlopians live in peace with the surface-dwellers such as humans, and do not enter their territories, probably unaware that their existence is considered only a legend. However, this peace seems to be fragile, and as soon as the ninja entered the territories of Merlopia, they were arrested and brought before the King.
Unlike the surface-dwellers, they use no motor vehicles and are only transported on undersea animals, especially on the backs of manta rays. There are also many directed sea currents in Merlopia, which speed up their traffic.
The currency in Merlopia is pearls, as Trimaar placed them on Undersea Biscuit on the Royal manta races.
Among the most famous legends of the Merlopians is the legend of Nyad, the first Elemental Master of Water, who rode on the backs of whales and defeated Wojira before time had a name.
The traditions in their kingdom include mainly the Royal manta races, which are races in which the Merlopians probably race on the backs of their manta rays.
==Known Merlopians==
*Nyad (formerly; merged with the Endless Sea)
*Maaray Guards
**Gripe
*Royal Family of Merlopia
**Kalmaar (deceased)
**Trimaar (deceased)
**Trimaar's ancestor (deceased)
*Glutinous
*Ocean gang
**Ocean gang leader
*Fedulian
==Official description==
===Fish-Like People===
The parrot insists they exist and that he's seen them. I'm not sure I believe him since he named No-Eyed Pete as a witness...Destiny's Bounty Adventure Box
==Appearances==
===Sets===
*71750 Lloyd's Hydro Mech
*71752 Ninja Sub Speeder
*71754 Water Dragon
*71755 Temple of the Endless Sea
*71756 Hydro Bounty
*892182 Maaray Guard
*892187 Glutinous
===Ninjago===
====The Island====
*164. "The Tooth of Wojira" (statue)
====Season 14: Seabound====
*165. "A Big Splash" (pictured)
*167. "Unsinkable"
*168. "Five Thousand Fathoms Down"
*169. "The Wrath of Kalmaar"
*170. "Long Live the King"
*171. "Escape from Merlopia"
*172. "The Tale of Benthomaar" (flashback)
*173. "The Storm Amulet"
*174. "Riddle of the Sphinx"
*175. "Papergirl"
*176. "Master of the Sea"
*177. "The Calm Before the Storm"
*178. "Assault on Ninjago City"
*179. "Nyad"
*180. "The Turn of the Tide"
====Ninjago: Reimagined====
*5. "Golden Hour"
====Season 15: Crystalized====
*181. "Farewell the Sea" (pictured)
*203. "Quittin' Time!" (mentioned)
*206. "Compatible" (mentioned)
*207. "Distress Calls" (indirectly mentioned)
*209. "Dragon Form"
*210. "Roots"
===Ninjago: Dragons Rising===
====Season 1====
*1. "The Merge: Part 1"
*3. "Crossroads Carnival"
*12. "Gangs of the Seas"
*13. "Wyldly Inappropriate"
*17. "The Administration"
====Season 2====
*21. "The Blood Moon"
*22. "Shattered Dreams"
*26. "To Mysterium"
*27. "Fugitives From Madness"
*28. "Secrets of the Wyldness"
===Ninjago Magazine===
*79. Shore Chaos
*82. In the Belly of the Whale
*83. 4 Feet High and Rising
*84. Here Comes the Flood!
*87. Back to Merlopia!
*88. Great Droids Think Alike
*91. Vengeance at Sea (screen)
*113. Hurry, Call a Doctor!
===Video games===
*Abyss (non-canon)
*LEGO Brawls (non-canon)
==Trivia==
*They're the second species to use the term "surface-dwellers" on others such as humans, the first being the Serpentine.
**Unlike the Serpentine, the Merlopians use the term for all beings that live on land instead of higher ground.
*"Mer" is an Old English prefix meaning "sea."
*While the Royal Family and citizens are based on octopuses, the Maaray Guards, Glutinous, and the ocean gang are based on eels.
*All the eel-likehttps://www.lego.com/en-us/kids/sets/ninjago/lloyds-hydro-mech-f612ee0c8f48c21807edd27d35dc2971 Merlopians resemble the Pyro Whippers.
*The names of all known members of the Royal Family of Merlopia end in the suffix "-maar," while the names of all the named eel-like Merlopians start with the letter G.
**A maar is a broad, shallow crater typically filled by a lake after a volcanic eruption. However, in-universe, the suffix "maar" means "sea.""The Tale of Benthomaar"
*Based on one of Tommy Andreasen's tweets, it's possible that Merlopians are classified as amphibian.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1378749809075625985
*As shown in "Master of the Sea," they are fireproof.:File:Fireproof Merlopians.png
*The Merlopians could be based on the Silurians and Sea Devils from Doctor Who, as both ruled their respective planets (Earth and Ninjago) before humans ruled.
==Gallery==
===Members===
Nyad pre merge.png|Nyad
Guard Maaray 1.jpeg|First type of Maaray Guard
File:Maaray guard no shoulder pad.PNG|First type of Maaray Guard (no shoulder armor)
Guard Maaray 2.jpeg|Second type of Maaray Guard
File:Maaray Guard 3.PNG|Third type of Maaray Guard
File:Unarmored Maaray Guard.PNG|Fourth type of Maaray Guard
Glutinous Fullbody.png|Glutinous
Gripe crop.png|Gripe
Kalmaar in S14.png|Kalmaar (deceased)
Trimaar Cropped.png|Trimaar (deceased)
Merlopian citizen.png|A Merlopian citizen
Trimaar's ancestor.png|Trimaar's ancestor (deceased)
Pink civillian merlopian.jpeg|A Merlopian citizen
File:Ocean gang leader.PNG|Ocean gang leader
File:Orange Merlopian Ocean gang member.PNG|Orange ocean gang member
File:Blue Merlopian Ocean gang member.PNG|Blue ocean gang member
File:Yellow Merlopian Ocean gang member.PNG|Yellow ocean gang member
File:Merlopian agent.PNG|Merlopian Administration Agent
File:Blue Merlopian agent.PNG|Blue Administration Agent
File:Green Merlopian agent.PNG|Green Administration Agent
File:Fedulian DRS2 EP2.jpeg|Fedulian
===Minifigures===
Kalmaar Minifigure 2.png|Kalmaar
Glutinous Minifigure 2.png|Glutinous
Maaray Guard Minifigure 2.png|Maaray Guard
===Promotional media===
Prince Kalmaar CGI.jpeg
Nmap2.png|Pictured on Soto's map
Glutinous & Vinny.gif
Gif - kalmaar.gif
===Concept art===
MerlopiaRoyalFamily.jpg
===In Ninjago===
====The Island====
MoS164Wohira.png|Statues of the Merlopians in the Temple of Wojira
====Season 14: Seabound====
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Ninjago–Escape from Merlopia–7’38”.png|Two Merlopian citizens.
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Nyad Ep176.jpeg
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====Ninjago: Reimagined====
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===In Ninjago: Dragons Rising===
====Season 1====
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==Translations==
==References==
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ru:Мерлопийцы
uk:Мерлопійці
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