Landon Hayate

**Landon Jinsei Hayate** was the former Elemental Master and Lord of Destruction. He was the oldest son of Yamato and Rin Hayate, oldest adopted son of Lloyd M. Garmadon, older brother of Michael Hayate, and half-brother to Keith, Lucas, and Lillian Garmadon. Landon is the spouse to Libber Levina of Earth-20 and father to Samuel and Letita Hayate. He inherited his powers through ancestry to essence users and received kama through an infusion from a reawakened Samara. At an awfully, young age, Johnathan Destrevan burned down the village that Landon and Michael lived in. All the villagers were killed by the flames, except Landon and Michael who were hidden away in a bunker. Lloyd stumbled upon them while mourning another loss to the Dark Horizon Syndicate, he heard Michael’s cries and broke them out of the old hideout. He took them both under his wing and adopted them. He raised them both. Unlocking his powers due to manipulation from an outside force, Landon was trained privately by Lloyd for protective purposes of the other ninja and the public. Unbeknownst the Green Ninja, his adopted son would begin training under a cloaked woman in his dreams and would eventually develop new techniques that would be considered forbidden. As he got older, Landon's quest for vengeance became more and more pivotal to avenging the fallen and gaining more power. After Lloyd barely put a stop to his murder spree in the criminal underworld, Landon would lure his guardian to the Monastery of Spinjitzu where the two would battle it out and Landon would be incarcerated in Kryptarium's Cell One. He would be broken out by the cloaked woman and brought to an alternate reality where his real training would begin.

After many years passed and Lloyd's time on Earth-20 would be over for about a year, Landon and his own division of the Dark Order Loyalists known as the Shadow Forgers would arrive in the reality and begin their reign of terror. After an encounter in Jamanakai Village, Michael would discover the identity of his long lost brother via communication to the ghost of Lloyd on the Spiritual Plain. After realizing what he had to do to prompt Landon to stop his venegance spree against Lloyd, the new Green Ninja would lure Landon to Kryptarium where the two would have a ferocious duel that would result in both their captures. After attempting to make peace, Michael would be thrown into the Realm of Shadows where his friends assumed he perished and Landon would be reconditioned to carry out his original mission. Unfortunately, his and Rian Haruno's plans would be foiled by Kronos with the help of the Four Ninja and they would only be able to conquer Earth-20 but not completely get rid of its denizens.

After about two years on their new reality, the four ninja and Michael would be faced with pains of the past as they would face both Landon and Lord Garmadon who were determined to take each other down. Landon would be tasked by Samara to take down Garmadon as he had been gaining too much influence in an alternate timeline where he had assembled an army. While Landon battled it out with Garmadon, the ninja would take down Garmadon's Sons of Chaos and bring an end to the conflict by banishing Landon to the Sand Domain and Garmadon to the Realm of Shadows. Only about a year later, Landon would return for revenge upon the ninja with his Shadow Cell Loyalists and would try to cause chaos by turning Prime Empire upon its players. He would also kill Johnathan Destrevan and wipe out his followers when he realized they had double-crossed him. He would then ally with better followers and attempt more chaos upon coastal villages but would be foiled by Amber whom he would face in a duel and lose to no thanks to her being able to access the Green Ninja Coordinate State. After this, he would train to evolve his abilities with the kama and would team up with Lillian and Rian Haruno to take down Earth-21 once and for all. Unfortunately, they would be outsmarted by the Ninja Force again, despite Lillian and Landon leaving lasting trauma for some of their members, and were defeated with Lillian and Rian dying and Landon being badly injured by Sabrina Carrow and Jason Walker. Despite everyone thinking him to be dead, Keith, Lucas and Amber knew he was out there somewhere waiting for them.

During the time after the First Power Wars, Landon would finally learn the secrets Samara had kept from him; causing an uprising he orchestrated alongside the Navy Shadow, who had become the bearer of the new Hayate dyad. Later forming his own team of young warriors, Landon would return to Earth-21 to test the strengths of the Defenders, reveal to Keith and Jason that he had reformed, and team-up with them to persuade the Multiverse Protection Corps into ending the Dark Order. Despite his best intentions and his forging of trust with his former enemies, Landon would be taken over by Samara and forced into a battle against the Old Guard. Killing Natalie with a meteor shower, Landon would break past Samara's control to end her control over his life through his and Keith's deaths. His legacy would be carried on by his children, who were rescued by Jason and Libber.

## Personality

As a child, Landon had a very bright personality, but after the tragic events that ended his clan took place, his soul was damaged. For a few years the young Landon still was hopeful and tried to keep a smile on his face, but he couldn't go on without remembering his real family. After his meeting with Samara Garmadon, he discovered his powers and realized he could become powerful enough to avenge his clan by killing the man who orchestrated their deathes. This pushed him into madness and unwavering resentment towards his adoptive father Lloyd for not ending Johnathan Destrevan's life. This hate soon burned into a blazing wrath as he finally was pitted against his father who defeated him during their duel. That wrath continued to burn as Lloyd ignorantly banished Landon to another reality, not acknowledging the threat he could pose to all realities.

After his years of banishment; gathering an army to claim vengeance on those who had forsaken him, Landon had developed a calm, but cold natured personality. Although his hate for his adoptive parents still burned, he had a soft spot for his younger brother, Michael. His brother was the only person left in existence that he didn't hate. After Michael died, Landon descended into full darkness and showed no mercy or affection for anyone, only a burning, rage-full hate.

## Notes

* Landon’s personality can be similar to Itachi Uchiha from *Naruto* and Dio from *JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure.* His appearance is based off of them as well.
* It is unknown why Landon remembers meeting Harumi as a child, because he didn’t.
* In an original concept of Season 15: The March, Jason was supposed to cut off Landon’s right arm using the Lightning Blade, Akirā. But that idea was scrapped because it didn't make sense. Instead Jason would simply try to slow him down with a huge lightning strike. Soon the two would get a long-awaited rematch in Season 19: Revival.
* Landon is the only one who knows how the Serpentine Race (only from Samara) came to be, but that secret still only belongs to him.