Garmadon

*Not to be confused with the comic series.*

*“You are Oni. But only in form. In your heart I sense uncertainty and doubt. Part of you longs to understand these pitiful beings. To be one of them. Your hopes weaken you.”*

— The Omega while fighting Garmadon, "Endings"

## Lord Garmadon

* Reborn
* Master
* Lord
* Young

### Species

Human/ Dragon/ Oni hybrid
Serpentine (temporarily)

### Affiliation

Sons of the First Spinjitzu Master (formerly)
Elemental Alliance (formerly)
Skulkin (formerly)
Ninja (formerly)
Serpentine (formerly)
Stone Army (formerly)
Sons of Garmadon (formerly)

### Homeworld/ Homeland

Ninjago
Underworld (formerly)
Realm of Madness (formerly)
Cursed Realm (formerly)

### Occupation

Ninja (formerly)
Co-leader of the Elemental Alliance (formerly)
Ruler of the Underworld (formerly)
Martial arts teacher (formerly)
Emperor of Ninjago City (illegitimate; formerly)

### Weapon of choice

Bo staff (formerly)
Golden Weapons/Mega Weapon (formerly)
Destruction daggers

### Element

Destruction
Creation (with True Potential)

### First appearance

Way of the Ninja (pictured)
2505 Garmadon's Dark Fortress

### Latest appearance

*Garmadon* Issue 4
71775 Nya's Samurai X MECH

### Family

First Spinjitzu Master (father; deceased)
Wu (brother)
Misako (wife)
Lloyd (son)

### Voiced by

Mark Oliver
Kai Emmett (young; Season 9)
Dean Petriw (young; Season 11)
Kelly Metzger (as Nya; "King of Shadows"
André Sogliuzzo (*LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids*)

**Lord Garmadon** is the power-hungry Lord of Destruction, as well as the revived evil form of the ninja's former mentor, **Master Garmadon**. He is the First Spinjitzu Master's firstborn son, Wu's older brother, Misako's husband, and Lloyd's father. Garmadon grew up learning the art of the ninja alongside his brother. As a child, Garmadon was bitten by the Great Devourer and infected with evil, which led him down a darker path through which he would be continually tempted during his time as one of Ninjago's heroes. Around the time of the Serpentine War, Chen had Garmadon sign Wu's love letter for Misako, leading her to choose Garmadon. Misako had a son named Lloyd, whom he cared for deeply despite his corrupted soul. Ultimately, he lost himself to the venom's influence and became an evil warlord, banished to the Underworld after a climactic battle with Wu.

After allying with the Skulkin and Serpentine to claim the Golden Weapons, Garmadon later joined The Overlord—only to be used as a vessel for his rebirth. After Lloyd defeated The Overlord, Garmadon was purified of evil and reunited with his family, hoping to atone for his misdeeds.

Garmadon became a master, and during the Nindroid crisis, he grew closer to his son. After Zane sacrificed himself, Garmadon and the ninja journeyed to an island to rescue Zane. There, they were caught up in a conflict with Master Chen and his cult. Garmadon was banished to the Cursed Realm in a bid to defeat Chen's army. Later, during the ghost's invasion, Lloyd met with his father one last time and wore his robes into battle. When the Preeminent was drowned by Nya, Garmadon died in the Cursed Realm's destruction and passed on to the Departed Realm.

Lloyd honored his father's life by pursuing the role of a master. In time, however, a criminal syndicate known as the Sons of Garmadon sought to resurrect Garmadon's evil form. Harumi led the group to success, reviving Garmadon as a monster with no good left in him. After nearly killing Lloyd and seemingly defeating the ninja, Garmadon reigned as **Emperor Garmadon** and wreaked havoc across Ninjago City.

He oppressed its citizens and sought out his son, who led a brave Resistance. After Wu and the original ninja returned to Ninjago, Lloyd defeated Garmadon by refusing to fight, and his father lost his powers. Garmadon was sent to Kryptarium Prison but warned of coming darkness.

When the Oni invaded, Garmadon managed to convince Lloyd to release him, to help the ninja fight. Garmadon helped Lloyd destroy the Realm Crystal although the Oni kept coming. After using the Tornado of Creation with Wu and the ninja to vanquish the Oni, he headed off to parts unknown.

## Appearance

*“First it was four arms, then you became a dragon. Would you mind picking a body and sticking with it, please?”*

— Jay to **Garmadon** in "The Day of the Dragon"

Lord Garmadon, after being resurrectedMaster Garmadon, as the ninja's mentorLord Garmadon, after gaining four armsLord Garmadon as the ruler of the UnderworldYoung Lord Garmadon succumbed to the venom's evilYoung Lord Garmadon, before the Serpentine WarGarmadon as a teenagerGarmadon as a childThe undead oni nemesis of the ninja, Garmadon, is a tall, four-armed man with a demonic visage, red eyes and faint silver face markings. Following his resurrection in Sons of Garmadon, Garmadon gained a modified appearance of his "Lord" form from *The LEGO Ninjago Movie*. He wore black samurai armor that had the characters "evil" in Ninjargon, was torn on the left side of his chest and exposed his rib-cage (notably where his heart would be, symbolizing his status as a heartless monster), which had purple ooze dripping out of smaller cracks on his body, along with a towering horned helmet. Beneath his helmet is long white hair pulled back into a top-knot. The sash around his waist was navy blue and he was similar to his appearance before he was turned good, a difference being that the glint in his eyes is now yellow instead of dark gray and his teeth weren't always visible. When he transformed into an Oni, his head morphed into the shape of an Oni Mask with black curved horns.

After more than a year since the Oni invasion, Garmadon reemerged to fight the Vengestone army, with his appearance further altered. Most notably is the lack of his two extra arms due to unknown means with purple gloves covering his hands. His armor has apparently been repaired with broader segmented plates on the upper-middle section and he now sports a black robe with a silver trim over his armor with a circular symbol on the back. His sash is now purple like that of his original lord form and he has silver knee pads. When he transforms into an Oni, he regains his two extra arms with the addition of bat-like wings similar to the Skull Sorcerer. His head is still shaped like an Oni Mask but his horns are now silver and more straight and his face is more inhuman like a true Oni with triangular red eyes and razor sharp teeth with more visible jagged silver markings on his face and the back of his head.

In his youth, he had brown hair that varied in shade, but is usually depicted on the darker side. As a child, Garmadon appeared as a normal boy with a bowl-cut. Originally, his face appeared identically to his son's at the same age, while his eyebrows have changed and his eyes appear larger in more recent appearances. After he was bitten by the Devourer, his eyes briefly turned red. As a young teenager, he had long, tousled hair tied up with a purple bandana, identical to Lloyd in The Island. He had a small scar on his left cheek. He wore a dark blue chestplate and pants with a purple belt and brown knee pads. He also wore brown shoulder pads. As an older teenager/young adult, he had a swept-back, tousled hairstyle similar to Lloyd's original teenage form, and his eyes glowed red while being tempted by the venom. He wore a black kimono with red kanji, showing his status as a Spinjitzu Master. Because of the Great Devourer's bite, in the final stages of his corruption, his skin became pale and his eyes turned red permanently, like the evil ninja he created.

Upon being struck by lightning and falling into the Underworld, he gained a very similar appearance to Mystake's true form. His body became completely black, with silver facial markings and visible glowing ribs and teeth. His hair gained a spiked/on-end appearance while turning black like the rest of his body. He wore a purple sash around his waist, his old ninja-obi with the upper part torn off, and later gained Samukai's helmet—a silver samurai helmet with a bone on it.

His time in the Realm of Madness gave him four arms and a segmented silver chestplate. After arriving on the Island of Darkness, he claimed a new helmet that also gave him control over the Stone Army, which he wore until Dareth took possession of it.

Lord Garmadon without his helmetOriginal cured GarmadonResurrected Garmadon without his helmetOriginal child GarmadonAt the end of "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master", Garmadon was reverted to a normal man, free of the evil energy that had corrupted him. He appeared as an old man similar in appearance to Master Wu, but with a full head of graying hair instead of a white beard. His old outfit had been transformed into the "special" kimono his brother wore in "Battle Between Brothers," a predominantly black kimono with white sleeves and golden Chinese characters are written on the front of the kimono.

In Rebooted, his face is slightly different, and he has donned an official master gi that was mostly black with a white sleeved, gray overcoat and a green belt, along with a crest of a black dragon in a gold circle. This same symbol appears on his back.

In The Tournament of Elements, his gi remained mostly black, but its design was altered to have gold accents. His hair appears to be a darker shade of gray than before. It was also revealed that he had an Anacondrai tattoo on his back from his days as Chen's right hand. He later turned into an Anacondrai but was reverted to normal after his banishment to the Cursed Realm.

## Age

Garmadon is thousands of years old. He and his younger brother's long lifespan is a result of them being the sons of the First Spinjitzu Master, who also lived for thousands of years before finally succumbing to his mortality. According to Mystake in "Two Lies, One Truth," this is due to their Oni blood, in addition to their dragon heritage.

Garmadon and his brother have a peculiar aging pattern. Ages ago, they were children when he was bitten, and they grew to be young men by the time their father passed away. Their aging stagnated at some point, and a millennium later, they were still physically in their late teens during the events of the Serpentine War, as Garmadon stated in "Only One Can Remain" that he was Lloyd's age while training under Chen. Decades later, they were physically in their early thirties when he was banished. Only a mere decade later, by the beginning of the events of the series, they both appeared as old men, though Garmadon would only show his true age after he was purified of his evil.

For possible explanations on Garmadon and Wu's seemingly rapid aging, see the Trivia section.