Season 35: Blackout

**Season 7** of Beyond: The Power Wars, subtitled Blackout, is preceded by Season 34: Shadow & Smoke and is succeeded by Season 36: The End of Days. This season cover events such as Post-war Battles Against the Opposing Forces, Revitalization of the Oni Forces, Blackout’s Deception and Fall of the Oni. The mascot and focus characters of the season are Keith and Lucas as they must go up against a new foe who has it out for the Garmadons. The Allied MPC Forces serve as the protagonist faction the season while the Dark Alliance serves as the villainous faction. Blackout serves as the main antagonist while his generals serve as secondary antagonists. This season serves as the thirty-fifth installment to the Original Beyond Trilogy.

## Overview

A new one to lead the devil’s army! After sealing away Saikō, the Ninja Force and MPC have been making progress with the reformed factions of Prowlers to wipe out any reaming cells of Oni creatures. As their enemy progresses in success, the Dark Order realizes that they will have to unleash an one of their most fierce experiments to stop the heroes’ efforts from ridding the occupied realities of Oni. They add this fierce new Elemental with powers greater than Saikō’s to the Oni’s ranks in hopes that he can re-establish order to their factions before they are annihilated. This new commander calls himself Blackout and has been tasked to divide the MPC’s ranks so that he can uses his powers over the Oni to devour them. But this new guy seems to be interested with the likes of Keith and Lucas and personally works to take them out while his generals lead the Oni against the others. As the heroes face this new threat and attempt to learn Blackout’s true identity, they begin to fear for the Garmadon family’s safety. It’s up to them to face down this new threat of the Oni and wipe him and all the Oni out before another war is started.

## History

#### Dark River

In the aftermath of the Ninja Force and Multiverse Protection Corps sealing away Saikō and wiping out over half of the Oni Forces he had under his command, the Dark Order places their own new warrior candidate to lead the remaining Oni Forces. Alessia and Sabrina lead a battalion through an alternate version of the Realm of Madness where they believe a series of Oni bunkers are, giving the two some time to reconnect. Jason leads the MPC's Jupiter Division to an reality to provide support for its people after the Oni fled upon hearing that their leader had been captured.

#### Accounts of Evil

Back on Earth-21, Keith and Lucas lead an interrogation upon captured Oni demons to learn anything else they can about the Oni until strange things begin happening to the monsters, putting them in a light to be framed for killing prisoners of war. Alessia and Sabrina return from their mission to give Kate an intel report when a mysterious command ship appears from out of nowhere and begins attacking. Jason learns from the inhabitants of the recently freed Earth-33 that the Oni seem to have a new leader with two elemental essences.

#### A Word of Advice

After his tactic to interrogate the Oni fail as some unknown force gets rid of them, Lucas and Keith find themselves being interrogated for the deaths of valauable assets. Natalie steps into the battle against the giant warship to face down the leader and persuade him to surrender but gets a much different response that presses Alessia and Sabrina to provide support. Jason heads for the old Oni base on Earth-33's Desert Domain to figure out how they already have a new leader, causing some old memories to resurface.

#### A Familiar Sense

Through some help from Viper Z the two are able to clear their names and get released from custody, however, Lucas and Keith sense the same exact feeling they felt when they were around the Jade Emperor, who turned out to be Lloyd, and discover what is happening to the fleet. After nearly suffering a loss at the hands of Blackout and his fleet, the MPC divisions given to Natalie and Sabrina retreat to Earth-44 to make a quick repair to the Coordinate Arsenal. With the intel they give Vincent about the encounter, the heroes begin to susect more of the Dark Order's manipulation at play. Jason arrives in the Oni City to find that something has been there recently and soon discovers what.

#### Honor

Vincent, Natalie, Alessia and Sabrina try to determine if Blackout is a fallen ally or a completely new enemy as they watch playbacks of the battle. Kate and her team scramble to fix the Arsenals as they relay to the allied earths that an attack orchestrated by the Blackout could be imminent. Lucas and Keith take a detour in their trip back to the Arsenals to visit the remains of their home reality. Jason follows an Oni Shuttle Transport back to where their fleet could be stationed.

#### A Brother's Duty

As they explore the conditions of the current realms left in the Earth-52 reality, Keith and Lucas reminisce on the past and their bond as brothers while trying to see if their reality can thrive without a few realms. Back on Earth-44, the Multiverse Protection Corps picks up a distress signal detailing what could be an attack lead by Blackout, which causes Natalie, Alessia and the others to volunteer for a fair rematch. Jason discovers that Blackout and his forces are preparing for an attack on Earth-62.

#### The Meeting

After alerting Zeke and his allies to the incoming attack, Jason uses Supaku’s Trojan horse technique to break through the advanced and superior fleet of Blackout’s Oni in the hope that he can get into the bridge of the capital ship. The MPC launches an assault upon Blackout’s fleet as they emerge from hyperspace. Blackout makes a move to resurrect a pawn of his own to keep Zeke and his allies busy. Lucas and Keith are alerted by their Kyojin Beasts that they’ll be needed upon the field of battle, but face another threat first.

#### What Could've Been

As they loom closer to arriving on Earth-62, flashes of someone else’s memories plague Keith and Lucas’s mind in attempt to make them back off. Jason faces off against Blackout in an attempt to learn his true identity and gets a shocking revelation. The MPC’s battle with the Oni begins to get interesting as the heroes realize these Oni are much stronger than standard Oni. Zeke and his allies get assistance from Alessia and her squads as the Omega emerges from seemingly nowhere.

#### Half Brothers

Keith and Lucas conclude that Blackout has to be a brainwashed Landon as they enter the battle but are held off by hordes of Oni as the leader of the Oni is caught up in his battle between Jason, as he is trying to get him out of the way so he can change his plan of attack. Alessia teams up with Tsunamei to save Earth-62’s main city from getting destroyed by Shin’s attacks. Kate feeds random audio through the radio com links of soldiers on the field of battle so they can’t succumb to strange sonar surges emitting from the Oni Command Ship.

#### The Dynamic Duo

After sending Jason to the other side of the multiverse using a one-time use ability, Blackout finds himself confronted by Lucas and Keith who are surprised to see that he is not Landon but is another face from the Ninja Force’s past. Alessia rejoins the battle against the Oni fleet after helping Zeke successfully defeat and send the Omega back to where he came from. Sabrina and Natalie team up to take down the capital ship’s weaponry before it overwhelms their own fleet again.

#### Contrasting Morals

Shortly after getting a brief summary of why Blackout is a servant of the Dark Order, Lucas and Keith’s battle against him real begins to heat up as its revealed he stole Saikō’s power reserves. Natalie and Sabrina’s attempts to destroy the command ship’s weaponry are postponed as the ship unleashes a rogue Kyojin Beast from its hull to keep them occupied. Vincent returns to the Coordinate Arsenal’s bridge, where Kate needs him to create a kill switch for an old weapon of theirs that has now been turned against them.

#### Survival for the Fittest

Now stuck in the domain of Blackout created by his seventh seal kāma, Lucas and Keith must tap into their deeper powers to save him from himself while finding a way to save themselves from the horrors of the unsetting place. Jason wakes up on the other side of the multiverse where a group of Oni and Prowler revolutionists begin their surprise ambush upon him to keep him occupied. Kate and Vincent work together to take down the Mecha-Guardian as Natalie, Sabrina and Zeke fight off against the rogue Stormbringer Dragon.

#### The Final Frontier

After successfully freeing their old ally from the alias of Blackout and helping him regain his memories, Lucas and Keith team-up with him to wipe out all the remaining Oni. Jason works to find a way back to the fleet battle over Earth-62 and disable a particle cannon aimed for a reality’s core realms. Natalie, Sabrina, Vincent and the others make a final stand against the Kyojin Beast and Guardian Mech as the two enemies have become one being, putting Zeke's home reality at risk.

## Cast

### Multiverse Protection Corps

#### Ninja Force

* Jason C. Walker - Steven Yuen
* Natalie R. Walker - Tiya Sircar
* Keith Garmadon - A.J. LoCascio
* Lucas W. Garmadon - Blake Anderson
* Vincent Roberts - Freddy Prinze Jr.
* Alessia Carrow - Katie Cassidy
* Sabrina Carrow - Laura Bailey
* Kate Smith - Seychelle Gabriel
* Kyle Doran - Max Mittleman
* Digital - Erica Luttrel
* Amber Brown - Karen Fukuhara
* James Brookstone - John Boyega
* Brooklyn Tōmasu - Sanaa Lathan
* Cody Howard - Troy Baker

#### Allies of the Ninja

* Ezekiel Storm/The Shifter - Michael B. Jordan
* Genevieve - Rosie Perez

#### The Delta Regiment

* Samuel Cross - Martin Freeman
* Ryan Kirschstein - Bumper Robinson
* Jessica Wald - Bryn Appril
* Marco Braun - Zeno Robinson
* Barry Hawkins - Billy Kametz

### Villains

#### Dark Order

* Samara Yokotawaru - Scarlett Johansson
* The Caller - Jason Liebrecht
* The Face-Stealer - Lauren Tom

#### Prime Oni Prowler Alliance

* Shin - Peter Laurie
* Michael Hayate/Blackout - Simu Liu
* Supreme General Artemas - TBA
* Fukushu/Warlord of Vengeance - TBA
* Azamaku/Warlord of Deception - TBA
* Kirai/Warlord of Hatred - TBA

## Sets

* 73551 Lightning Gorge Ambush
* 73552 Inferno Phoenix Rumble
* 73553 Oni Rocket Fighter
* 73554 Hammerhead Dragon
* 73555 Blackout's Demon Hydra
* 73556 MPC Attack Arsenal's Light Flight