Ben Rivers

*“I can't explain why... but Darkness compels me. I have it in my blood.”*

— Ben turning to the dark side

Masters of Destruction

Mileen Rivers (half-sister)

**Ben Rivers** (also known previously as **Norkir the Invincible**) was the former Master of Smoke and Darkness.

Ben is the illegitimate son of Mrs. Rivers, the mother of the First Hero of Light himself. Ben was put up for adoption 3 years after Milo was born, and his brother had no idea of his existence.

Ben was put into foster care for the next few years, and when he was around 17, he was adopted by Bamos. Bamos' intent was to use him for his evil deeds, and when Ben refused to be a part of that, Bamos went mad and used his powers to curse him and send him to a parallel realm.

Ben was transformed into Norkir, an invincible six-armed warlord. He lost his memory and was marooned in a realm called Ninjago.

During his time in Ninjago, he was sent to a planet called Ner-16x. There, he was split in two and grew an army to take over Ogaji, against the space heroes the Starfarers.

After being defeated by the Starfarers and Elemental Masters, he was returned to Ogaji where he joined a small group of Elemental Masters in stopping a small villain.

With good intentions, Ben realizes that his power is not useful for a team. He seeks out more power for himself, and somehow discovers Bamos' lost Sword of Darkness. He dons the blade and is corrupted by its dark magic, turning himself into the Master of Darkness.

Corrupted by the memories of Bamos, Ben finds Serces and his group and joins them in attempting to defeat G Frost. Ben is unsuccessful, and he is killed after his power is stolen for The Gauntlet of Destruction.

## History

### Early Life

Ben was born 3 years after Milo, to the Master of Smoke, Mrs. Rivers. He was born as the result of his mother's meeting with a man at a restaurant one night, and so his mother felt a great deal of regret for having him.

She put him up for adoption, unknowing that he would inherit her Element of Smoke.

### Adoption and Exile

Ben spent all of his childhood in foster care. At his orphanage, he was known to be nice, so nice that he often got pushed around by other kids.

One day, a strange man named Samuel Shadorn arrived and began adopting several young children, some of whom are never seen again. Ben is auspicious of the event, hoping to be uninvolved in other's conflicts.

Ignoring the sinister events surrounding him was no longer an option, as Samuel expressed interest in adopting Ben.

The adoption went through, and Ben found out exactly why the others went missing. Samuel was not who he said he was-- he was Bamos, the Knight of Darkness in disguise. Recruiting younger kids for his army so he could get back on his feet. Ben refused to help the Master of Darkness, and Bamos did not take to this news too kindly.

In anger, he cast a curse on Ben, transforming him into a six-armed beast with a lust for power. Additionally, he exiled him to a faraway realm, where he forgot all his memories as a person, and reigned as an invincible ruler...

### Norkir, the Invincible

Norkir found himself marooned in a parallel realm called Ninjago. In this realm, he quickly made a name for himself as an unbeatable and very dangerous warlord. Before the time of the Ninja, he became an enemy of Master Wu, who defeated him by sealing him inside Mount Shadows on the Dark Island.

Still hell-bent on gaining power, Norkir escaped from the mountains many years later after making a deal with a time ninja. The time ninja gave him several new abilities, such as manifesting an infinite amount of weapons, and even a martial art known as Spinjitzu. Norkir confronted Master Wu again, who this time was accompanied by his five Ninja.

Realizing that Norkir could never be defeated, Master Wu made a plan to split Norkir's spirit in two, and send him off into space. Kai and Jay used their combined Elemental Power to split Norkir into two bodies and marooned him off into the cold depths of space.

After traveling aimlessly for almost 4 years the two Norkir's landed on a far off planet known as Ner-16x.

### The Tale of Two Warlords

Norkir was split into two, and his two sides would be known as Kirchonn and Kerkhonn. The two invaded Ner, and forcefully grew their own army of aliens. The two versions of Norkir were unaware that they were once one, but they believed that "Norkir" was their father and that the only way to get him back was to destroy the two Elemental Masters that defeated him, Kai and Jay.

It was around this time that The Starfarers were founded in order to combat alien threats like them.

### Chapter 13: *Guardians of Existence* (*Closing the Circles*)

After a year of Kerkhonn and his younger brother, Kirchonn wreaking havoc on N16, two mysterious aliens called Libber and SpitBrain joined their army. Their motives were unknown, but they were powerful enough.

Around this time, Jay would return home from Ogaji, and Kerkhonn would notice this. He sends his little brother to Ninjago (under the human alias "Ben") to bring them to him, but his plan is faulted as Fritz Donegan of the Starfarers finds them first.

Jay and Kai are brought to Ner, and Kerkhonn and Kirchonn get into a feud over which of them will resurrect their father first. Eventually, one brother steals one Elemental Essence that the other doesn't have, and Kirchonn kills his brother for it, turning himself back into his true form of Norkir.

Jay, using his Ultimate Potential, defeats Norkir, supposedly incinerating him.

### Chapter 14: *Mirror Me Part 1*

After being supposedly eradicated by Jay's Ultimate Potential, Ben was snapped back to reality somehow and returned to his *true* form as a human and Master of Smoke.

Ben remembered all the terrible things he did as Norkir and wanted to make up for them. After returning to Ogaji, he helped Kaitlin Rogers and a few other Elemental Masters stop Lord Dimmick from rising. The team fails, but Ben is uncaring, and instead leaves to find his family after he's been gone for so long.

### Chapter 15: *Mirror Me Part 2*

Ben is unsuccessful in finding his family and remembers how he failed the Elemental Masters in stopping Dimmick. In order to prove himself and to make up for his losses, he seeks out a mythical weapon lost to Time that may be able to aid the Elemental Masters.

Ben finds the Sword of Darkness, which was lost by Bamos after *His Return**.* Ben wields the blade, and is unfortunately overcome with dark magic, and he is corrupted. Now referring to himself as Norkir once again, he returns to his ideas that he wants to gain power. Norkir becomes the final Master of Darkness.

He seeks out Serces, who he joins in attempting to destroy G Frost.

Eventually, Ben is defeated when G steals his Elemental Power for the Gauntlet of Destruction, and he is killed.

## Personality

As a human, ben is a kind soul, who wishes nothing more than just to help other people. He is shy and reserved, but friendly and warm to those in need.

As Norkir, he is the exact opposite. Cold and cruel, only wanting to pillage and cause suffering.

## Trivia

* Ben is based off a persona used by G on Instagram known as Ninjagofan1837
* His alternate name, Norkir, is named and almost based on Kirchonn the Invinsible from the Stone Cold Ninjago comics.