Flag of Ninjago

The Flag of Ninjago, officially the Onitoryū (鬼竜国旗, the "Oni (and) Dragon flag") which is the same name as the official flag for the Empire of Ninjago. It is a rectangular grape colored banner featuring an Oni and a Dragon in a yin yang formation within a golden tainoi circle at its center. This flag came into use initially as the banner of the Great Ninjagō Prosperity Association after its foundation. The flag was adopted for the State of Ninjago during the Ninja-UN War and later adopted as the official flag for the empire. The Constitutional Democratic Monarchy of Ninjago flag is banned in Ninjago.
== History ==
=== Origins ===
The flag is a renewed and edited version of the old Oni and Dragon flag, by Emperor Kareastikuru. The Oni and Dragon flag itself was the Imperial Standard of Ninjago dating back to early Ninjagoan eras. Kareastikuru made the redesign elements to signify a new era of Ninjagoan greatness. It was changed from the gold-green-black design to a purple-gold, and the ninjargon symbols for N and J was removed. However, the flag of the Imperial Ninjagoan Army and Navy and the Imperial Standard has somewhat remained the same, changing from a black-gold-green to a purple-gold-green.
Kareastikuru made the flag during his exile in the Vaushist State. It was first used for the Great Ninjagō Prosperity Association and later for the National Government of Ninjago.
=== Symbolism ===
The flag consists of a grape (#381A5B) background, known by Ninjagoan officials as a "Kareastikuru purple", symbolizing various elements, including the sea, the evils of the world, darkness, night and the Oni. It has the "First Spinjitzu Master" -symbol in its center, colored in golden tainoi (#FFCC60), which displays an Oni and a Dragon in a yin yang formation. The symbol of the First Spinjitzu Master originally only symbolized the balance between Oni and Dragon (as the First Spinjitzu Master was half-Oni and half-Dragon) and the unified lands of Ninjago. The color and design has also other various symbolic meanings, the golden color also representing the beaches of the Ninjagoan continent (positioned in the center of the dark sea), Ninjago being the "light of greatness and justice in the world of evil" and the Golden Ninja.
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