Season 5

The subject of this article relates to an unproduced installment of the franchise, so the information is unseen.

## *Season 5*

### Episode count

10

The **fifth season** of *Nexo Knights*, subtitled **TerrorBytes**, is preceded by Season 4 and succeeded by Season 6. Because of production issues and budgetary issues, this and Season 6 were cancelled. Tommy Andreasen confirmed its cancellation on August 1, 2018. The villains were intended to be the Monstrox virus, Ruina Stoneheart, the Stone Monsters and the CyberBiters.

A plot was written for the first episode, "Coming of the Technomancer", by Tommy Andreasen, and concepts were created, but the series was ultimately cancelled. According to Andreasen, it would require 40,000 Danish kroner ($5 million) to produce this season.

There was also an advertisement in the app released which featured Merlok 2.0 creating the Merlok Power protocol, and it included voice work from Brian Drummond and Mark Oliver.

## Cast

*Note: These would be the cast listings based on notes from the creators.*
* Aaron Fox - Alessandro Juliani
* Ava Prentis - Marÿke Hendrikse
* Axl - Brian Drummond
* Berserker - N/A
* Cezar - N/A
* Clay Moorington - Giles Panton
* CyberByters - N/A
* Dragov - N/A
* Fletcher Bowman - Sam Vincent
* Fred - N/A
* Ghosts of the Wizards' Council - N/A
* InfectoByters - N/A
* Izzy Richmond - Caitlyn Bairstow
* Jestro - Vincent Tong
* Lance Richmond - Ian Hanlin
* Macy Halbert - Erin Mathews
* Mechlok - Brian Drummond
* Monstrox - Mark Oliver
* Pola - N/A
* Roberto Arnoldi - Vincent Tong
* Robin Underwood - Erin Mathews
* Roger van Nelsing - N/A
* Ruina Stoneheart - Heather Doerksen
* VanByter No. 307 - N/A
* VanByter No. 407 - N/A

Other characters appearing in this season but not necessarily confirmed to speak are the Three Brothers, Robot Hoodlum, Dennis, JohnBot and Krakenskull.

## Sets

The set wave was primarily based on Monstrox's takeover of Knighton as a digital virus. Though the Stone Monsters were intended to battle alongside the CyberBiters, they didn't appear in the sets. The collectibles for the season were the Merlok Powers. All Nexo Knights except Aaron were exclusive to a single set.

In this wave, weapons, armor and vehicles were accented with gold and orange ornate elements. The setting of the box art was a valley with the Merlok Power standed over a pedestal. Monstrox appears on the right side of the box as the mascot. The boxes were colored dark blue and lime.

All of the sets in this wave were vehicle sets as opposed to some locations. There was also a lack of a Royal Soldier vehicle similar to 70310 Knighton Battle Blaster or 70347 King's Guard Artillery.

The Knights' shields were recolored in gold, and the Tech Monsters gained spiked shields also capable of downloading Nexo Powers. A new armorpiece was created for the Knights' new suits. holographic bugs appeared in every set, typically as projectiles.

It appears that the designers had a lower budget in this season, as evidenced by their continuous reuse of headpieces and torso, lack of new Nexo Powers, limited set count and minifigure appearances as well as the prices being generally lower. The amount of characters also decreased, being limited to just the Knights as well as the Tech Monsters.

* 72001 Lance's Hover Jouster
* 72002 Twinfector
* 72003 Berserker Bomber
* 72004 Tech Wizard Showdown
* 72005 Aaron's X-bow
* 72006 Axl's Rolling Arsenal

## Trivia

* The season's name is a play on the words "terror" and "terabyte."
* Judging from the script of "Coming of the Technomancer" and Tommy Andreasen's notes, this season would bring multiple changes in status quo for the *Nexo Knights* series and characters, such as:
	+ Axl would go on a diet.
	+ The Fortrex would have been inoperative and out of commission.
	+ Clay would be absent from the main team.
	+ Nexo Powers would be gone and would instead be used by the CyberBiters.
	+ King and Queen Halbert would be absent from the main cast, and Macy would take the role as queen.
	+ Merlok 2.0 would be gone and Ava would have to take his place.
* During this time, the franchise had the biggest growth out of all LEGO products; however, the game company and most crew members had already moved on.
* In spite of the series' cancellation, the official magazine promoting it was continued, and provided its own ending to the story in a series of comics taking place after Season 4 and utilizing some of Season 5's unused concepts, including CyberBiters. Their canonicity, however, hasn't been determined.
* In a interview with DuckBricks, Tommy Andreasen revealed that Clay would be getting to a state where he is part knight and part magician, but not understanding his abilities, which leads to him seeking out the remnants of the Wizards' Council to get information on what happened with Ruina Stoneheart and redeem her. He goes on a quest with Fletcher Bowman to find out what happened. In his absence, Monstrox awakened and turned vampires who dislike Merlok into CyberBiters, who infect systems by biting them. Monstrox would have taken over the kingdom of Knighton and the Nexo Knights would have been on the run. King Halbert would have been trapped in his mech because Monstrox took control over it. Clay would have became a wizard, Macy would have became the Queen of Knighton in her father's absence. Jestro was forced to do community service, but it turns out he is very capable in computer tech and he helps Ava Prentis to program an avatar of herself into the system where Merlok is.

## Gallery

Promotional media in LEGO Life Magazine Issue 1 2018Promotional media in LEGO Life Magazine Issue 2 2018
## References

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