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> Our father used to tell us stories about the dragons, that they were mystical creatures that belong to both worlds and ferried between them.
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> Nya, "Weapons of Destiny"

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**Dragons** (also known as **Draconians** **Dragonians** **Draconics** **Dragonics** **Draconus** **Dragonus** **Dracos** **Dragos** **Ryūs** **Vritras** and **Wyrms**) are mystical creatures that originated from the Realm of Oni and Dragons, the first realm in existence. They were at war with the Oni.

The legendary beings are in tune with elemental properties, due to many being Masters of the four Elements of Creation. They are said to be connected to both Ninjago and the Underworld, enabling them to travel between the two worlds at will.

Master Wu once tasked four dragons (Fire, Lightning, Ice and Earth) linked to each of the four Elements to guard the four Golden Weapons, and they were generally not vicious unless the Weapons are threatened.

## History

### Background

The dragons seen Ninjago were descended from the ones from the Realm of Oni and Dragons. The Firstbourne had all of the Elemental Powers of her spawn, and her offsprings constantly waged war against their arch enemies, the Oni (who were beings of Destruction, the polar opposite of Creation). When a child was born, the two sides fought over him until he left the realm. The child also struck a friendship with the Firstbourne when he tried to stop the war.

Later, that same child, who would be later known as the First Spinjitzu Master, would grow up to empower a group of humans with the powers he gained from the dragons, the Elemental Masters. Together, the Elemental Masters and the First Spinjitzu Master would go on to protect Ninjago from the forces of evil that encroached on it.

### Pilot episodes

Master Wu placed each dragon to guard one of the Golden Weapons, each in tune with its elemental properties. The dragons guarded the Weapons for many years until an increase in Skulkin activity led Master Wu to believe that the weapons had to be retrieved before they could fall into Lord Garmadon's hands.

The four ninja had to avoid each of the dragons as they recovered the four Golden Weapons. When the Weapons were stolen by Garmadon, they discovered that the dragons only wanted to protect the Weapons, and would gladly aid the ninja in their quest. Afterward, each ninja kept the dragon matching their elemental properties as a pet, in addition to using them for transportation. This allowed the dragons to continue guarding the Weapons, as the four ninja wielded them in defense of Ninjago.

### Rise of the Snakes

As Jay decided to visit his parents, all four dragons were molting and had to leave the ninja. The ninja had to go on the journey to Ed & Edna's Scrap N Junk on foot. During their time in the Spirit Coves, the dragons morphed into the Ultra Dragon, who appeared during the fight against the Great Devourer and nearly defeated the serpent.

### Legacy of the Green Ninja

The Ultra Dragon became as Lloyd's personal transportation until he mastered the Golden Dragon.

When the Overlord possessed Garmadon's body to regain his true form, appearing as a humanoid dragon. As he power continued to increase as the Final Battle was about to begin, he mutated into a full dragon. At this time, the ninja were taken to Ninjago City by the Ultra Dragon to defeat him.

### Hunted

Firstbourne gave the stranded ninja dragons that correspond to their Elemental Powers. They rode them to get out of the Realm of Oni and Dragons and into Ninjago. Upon returning, the dragons save the ninja's allies from the Sons of Garmadon and fought against the Colossus.

## Known types of dragons

There are thirteen known types of dragons:

* Ultra Dragon
	+ Fire Dragon
	+ Lightning Dragon
	+ Ice Dragon
	+ Earth Dragon
* YinYang Dragon
	+ Light Dragon
	+ Shadow Dragon
* Wind Dragon
* Ghost Dragons
* Shintaran Ridgebacks
* Jungle Dragons
* Dragonides
* Source Dragons

## Known dragons

* Firstbourne (The Mother of All Dragons of the first realm)
* Ultra Dragon (Lloyd's Ultra Dragon; deceased)
	+ Flame (Kai's Fire Dragon)
	+ Wisp (Jay's Lightning Dragon)
	+ Shard (Zane's Ice Dragon)
	+ Rocky (Cole's Earth Dragon)
* Bandit (YinYang Dragon)
* Stormbringer (Lightning Dragon)
	+ Stormbringer's baby (Lightning Dragon)
* Slab (Earth Dragon)
* Wind Dragon
* Fire Dragon (Realm of Oni and Dragons)
* Ice Dragon (Realm of Oni and Dragons)
* Boreal (Ice Emperor's Ice Dragon; destroyed)
* Grief-Bringer (Skull Sorcerer's dragon; deceased)
* Chompy (Vania's Shintaran Ridgeback)
* Zippy
* Zippy's uncle
* Zippy's cousins
* Dragon keeper (non-canon)
* Pet dragon (Golden Ninja's dragon; non-canon)
* Legendary Dragon
* Thunder Dragon
* Fire Dragon (Core)
* Heatwave
* Jiro
* Fire Dragon (Dragons Rising)
* Ice Dragons (Core)
* Earth Dragons (Core)
* Sora
* Amber Dragon
* Dark Magic Dragon
* Darkness Dragon
* Destruction Dragon
* Energy Dragon
* Form Dragon
* Golden Power Dragon
* Gravity Dragon
* Light Dragon
* Magic Dragon
* Metal Dragon
* Mind Dragon
* Nature Dragon
* Poison Dragon
* Shadow Dragon
* Smoke Dragon
* Sound Dragon
* Speed Dragon
* Storm Dragon
* Time Dragon
* Water Dragon
* Wave Dragon
* Afterlife Serpents
	+ Heaven Serpents
	+ Hell Serpents
* Alien Dragon
* Alien Serpents
	+ Flatwood Serpents
* Amalgam Serpents
* Amphiptere
* Angelic Dragon
* Anthropophagist Serpents
* Arctic Serpents
* Arena Serpents
* Armor Dragon
* Asian Dragon
* Battlefield Serpents
* Bionic Dragon
* Black Dragon
* Bubble Dragon
* Cartoon Dragon
* Cave Serpents
* Celestial Serpents
* Chalkydri
* Chi Dragon
* Chimera
* Classic Serpents
* Coast Serpents
* Continent Serpents
* Cookatrice
* Composite Dragon
* Corrupted Environment Serpents
* Cosmic Dragon
* Crystal Dragon
* Cybernetic Serpents
* Cyberspace Serpents
* Cypriniforme
* Dark World Serpents
* Data Dragon
* Data Serpents
* Demi-Dragon
* Demonic Environment Serpents
* Demonic Dragon
* Demonic Serpents
* Dimensional Dragon
* Dino-Dragon
* Divine Environment Serpents
* Divine Serpents
* Desert Serpents
* Dracaenae
* Draconic Machine
* Dragon Turtle
* Dragonborn
* Dragonman
* Dragonwere
* Dream-World Serpents
* Dream Dragon
* Eldritch Location Serpents
* Elemental Serpents
* Existence Serpents
* Fallout Serpents
* Fairy Dragon
* Feather Dragon
* Force Dragon
* Fictional Environment Serpents
* Food Serpents
* Forest Serpents
* Fungal Serpents
* Funny Serpents
* Galaxy Serpents
	+ Planetary System Serpents
* Garden Serpents
* Gestalt Dragon
* Ghost Dragon
* Ghost Serpents
* Giant Serpents
* Ground Serpents
* Harshland Serpents
* Hematophagic Serpents
* Hill Serpents
* Hot Spring Serpents
* Human Serpents
* Imaginary Environment Serpents
* Insect Dragon
* Insect Serpents
* Island Serpents
* Jabberwork
* Lake/River Serpents
* Land Serpents
* Landmass Serpents
* Lethal World Serpents
* Lesser Dragons
* Lindworms
* Wyrms/Worms/Lambton Worms
* Leviathan
* Lou Carcolh
* Lunar Dragon
* Light World Serpents
* Lunar Serpents
* Magical Environment Serpents
* Magma Dragon
* Mythic Location Serpents
* Monstrel Serpents
* Monstrous Serpents
* Monstrous Shape Serpents
* Mountain Serpents
* Mutant Serpents
* Mutated Serpents
	+ Mutated Beast Serpents
* Outback Serpents
* Outer Space Serpents
* Path Serpents
* Phoenix Dragon
* Plains Serpents
* Planetary Serpents
* Plant Dragon
* Plant Serpents
* Primordial Dragon
* Pseudo-Serpents
* Psychic Dragon
* Psychic Environment Serpents
* Purified Environment Serpents
* Radioactive Serpents
* Red Dragon
* Ruins Serpents
* Rural Serpents
* Sand Dragon
* Sea Serpents
	+ Wojira (unknown)
* Serpent-Infused Mutateds
* Serpents in the Attic
* Serpents in the Basement
* Serpents in the Closet
* Serpents Under the Bed
* Skeleton Dragon
* Sky Serpents
* Soil Dragon
* Solar Dragon
* Solar Serpents
* Space Dragon
* Space Serpents
* Stone Dragon
* Superior Mystic Dragon
* Superpowered Dragon
* Superpowered Environment Serpents
* Superpowered Serpents
* Tannin
* Technological Environment Serpents
* Temporal Serpents
* Toy Serpents
* Transcendent Demi-Dragon
* Transcendent Dragon
* Transcendent Dragonborn
* Twilight World Serpents
* Twilight Dragon
* True Serpents
* Undead Dragon
* Vampire Dragon
* Undead Serpents
	+ Vampire Serpents
	+ Zombie Serpents
* Underground Serpents
* Underworld Serpents
* Urban Serpents
	+ Amusement Park Serpents
	+ Home Serpents
	+ Industry Serpents
		- Forge Serpents
	+ Port Serpents
* Valley Serpents
* Volcanic Fields Serpents
* Werebeast Serpents
	+ Werewolf Serpents
* Western Dragon
* White Dragon
* Wetland Serpents
* Wilderness Serpents
* Winged Serpents
* World Serpents
* Yamata no Orochi
* Zburator

### Hybrids

* First Spinjitzu Master (of Oni descent; deceased)
	+ Garmadon (of Oni and human descent)
		- Lloyd Garmadon (of Oni and human descent)
	+ Wu (of Oni and human descent)

## Behind the scenes

* Michael Knap has explained that most LEGO dragons these days are from *Ninjago* because it helps to make dragons a more distinct part of the theme.

## Trivia

* Dragons do not have the power of Creation itself but do through there being types of dragons that correspond to the four elements of Creation.
* The only elements they possess are the four elements of Creation and Wind. It is unknown what the origins of the other elements are, or why the only other element they control is Wind.
	+ According to Tommy Andreasen, all dragons before adolescence might have temporarily use the Wind element before they get one of the four elements of Creation excluding the other secondary elements.
* All the seasons in the series have either a dragon, an Elemental Dragon, a Dragon Mech, or a source dragon appear.
* If Nya had a dragon as the original four ninja did, it may have been named "Flow."
* In Ninjago and the Island of the Keepers, there are also wild dragons without a specific element, such as Shintaran Ridgebacks, Grief-Bringer, or Jungle Dragons.
* Several dragon skulls resembling those of the original four dragons, Ultra Dragon, and Golden Dragon are seen in the Oni land, but no dragons with these head shapes are seen alive in Hunted or any subsequent episodes.
* It is possible that the First Spinjitzu Master based Spinjitzu on the spinning movement used by dragons to travel between realms.
* It is unlikely that dragons can travel to all realms.
* Although it was not shown in the show until Sons of Garmadon that the dragons came from another realm, Cole suggests this already in the pilot episodes with his line: "Dragons aren't from this world, Zane."
* What If Morro had a dragon as the original four ninja did, it may have been named "Gust."

## Gallery

### Promotional media

Dragon-Trainer.pngWu-Cru "Dragon Trainer" badge
### LEGO models

830px-LEGO Pets 905.pngThe four dragons as pets in *LEGO Universe*The four dragons.pngThe ninja's dragons in LEGO formFireDragonLegacy.pngLegacy Flame9450Epicdragonbattle.pngUltra Dragon in LEGO formThe Ultra Dragon with better picture.jpgLegacy Ultra Dragon70652 Stormbringer 5.jpgStormbringer in LEGO form.70655 Dragon Pit 7.pngSlab in LEGO form.70653 Firstbourne 4.pngFirstbourne in LEGO form.70678 Castle of The Forsaken Emperor 3.pngBoreal in LEGO form.SkullDragon.pngGrief-Bringer in LEGO form.BattleDragon.pngChompy in LEGO form.Jungle dragon.jpgZippy in LEGO form.Crystal Beast 001.pngA Dragonide in LEGO form.
### Known dragons

MoS2EarthDragon.pngRockyMoS02FireDragon.pngFlameMoS1IceDragon.pngShardMoS3LightningDragon.pngWispOverlord.PNGThe Overlord in dragon formBandit.jpgBandit the Light Dragon as an adult (shown) and YinYang Dragon as a juvenile.Screenshotter--862-10’46”.jpgSlabScreenshot (1503).pngThe FirstbourneVlcsnap-2018-09-21-18h10m18s045.pngStormbringerVlcsnap-2018-09-21-18h09m12s894.pngStormbringer's babyScreenshotter--882-9’05”.jpgFire Dragon (Realm of Oni and Dragons)Screenshotter--901-8’43”.jpgIce Dragon (Realm of Oni and Dragons)Screenshotter--882-9’31”.jpgWind Dragon13Ultradragon.pngThe Ultra DragonScreenshotter--NEW1125-8’46”.jpgBorealMoS160GriefBringer.pngGrief-BringerMoS151Chompy.pngChompyNinjago–The Keepers of the Amulet–2’50”.pngZippyTVoS–Curiosity–3’42”.pngLegendary DragonThunder Dragon.jpegThunder DragonFire core dragon.pngFire Dragon (Core)Jiro.jpegJiro
### In *Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu*

#### Pilot episodes

Ts.20120105t125357.image.jpgThe four dragons flying in Ninjago
#### Season 8: Sons of Garmadon

MoSFirstRealmFlashback.pngTheDragon.jpgMoSEp77DragonCreationTale.pngMoSEp77OniDragonFSMStruggle.pngMoSEp77OniDragonTale.pngMoSEp77OniDragonFSMBalance.png
#### Season 9: Hunted

MoSEp84OniDragonRealm.pngLegacy Lots of Dragons.pngIronBaron'sThrone.pngRemains of the Ultra Dragon
#### Season 13: Master of the Mountain

Screenshot 20200705-130619.jpgChompy, increased size
#### Ninjago: Reimagined

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#### The Virtues of Spinjitzu

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### Concept art

57374 Dragon Head IdeHus.webpDragons' headsDT6clecX0AA3nLz.jpgOverlord Dragon conceptThe LEGO NINJAGO Movie - The Mech Dragons (Concept Art).jpgFor *The LEGO Ninjago Movie*Ninjago Hunted - Dragons (Concept Art).jpgIdeas for Hunted dragonsNinjago Hunted - Cole's Armored Earth Dragon (Concept Art).jpgCole's Earth Dragon, SlabNinjago Hunted - Zane's Armored Ice Dragon (Concept Art).jpgZane's Ice DragonE42BCEvX0AYaUKq.jpgKai's Fire Dragon
## References

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/S3FqrPHYUmc?t=2822
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1168508184362999808
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1105535452151455744
4. ↑ https://youtu.be/uwvezZyxItw?t=5484
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/779211099702960128
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1357830976538353666
7. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1195661668719742976

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