The Overlord

> "*You can't defeat me. Where there is Light, there will always be Shadow!*"
> ― The Overlord to Lloyd, the three alicorns, and Twilight
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The Overlord's Oni and Dragons arc design

**The Overlord** is one of the main antagonists of the *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony* franchise. He is the original evil spirit, the creator of the Stone Army and the source of all Darkness and evil in Ninjago and Equestria. A sinister dark entity, he first appeared as a dragon-like being manifestion of Darkness itself that challenged the First Spinjitzu Master, who was well aware of the creature's true nature. After a lengthy battle, the First Spinjitzu Master succeeded, defeating the Stone Army and trapping the Overlord on the Dark Island. Not willing to resign in defeat and wanting to take revenge, the dark entity corrupted a lone serpent and sent her after the Spinjitzu Master's oldest son to put his plan into motion.

Thousands of years later, Lord Garmadon was confronted by the Overlord's spirit, who influenced him to join forces. Garmadon assumed command of the Stone Army, which constructed an ultimate weapon. Eventually, the Overlord revealed he was using Garmadon and possessed his body—commencing a metamorphosis that turned him into a giant dragon. The Ninja and Lloyd returned to Ninjago, where Lloyd fought and defeated the Overlord in the final battle.

Some time later, the Overlord once again returned in the form of a digital virus. With the help of Pythor and the Nindroids, the Overlord became the all-powerful Golden Master using the Golden Weapons, Lloyd's Golden Power and the alicorn magic from the four princesses. In a final effort to defeat the Overlord, Zane sacrificed himself, destroying their physical forms. As the balance must be maintained, the Overlord survived, yet his spirit remained dormant. A statue of him was placed in the Ninjago Museum of History prior to the Time Twins' return.

In time, a criminal syndicate known as the Sons of the Overlord sought to resurrect the Overlord. Harumi led the group to success, reviving the Overlord as an all powerful monster. After nearly killing Lloyd and seemingly defeating the Ninja, the Mane Six, and the princesses, the Overlord reigned as **Emperor Overlord**. He oppressed Ninjago and Equestria's citizens and sought out Lloyd, who led a brave Resistance. After Wu, the original Ninja, and the Alicorn Princesses return to Ninjago and Equestria, Lloyd and the alicorns defeated the Overlord by refusing to fight, and the Dark Lord lost his powers. The Overlord was sent to Kryptarium Prison, but warns of a coming darkness before he goes.

When the Oni invade, the Overlord manages to convince Lloyd to release him, in order to help the Ninja fight. After using the Tornado of Creation and the Magic of Friendship with Wu, the Ninja, and the creatures of Equestria to vanquish the Oni, the Overlord helped Celestia, Luna, Discord, and the Sons of the First Spinjitzu Master turn the Legion of Doom to stone, after which, he headed off to parts unknown.

## Roles

The Overlord serves as one of the two unseen overarching antagonists (alongside the Great Devourer) of the *Pilot Episodes*, a mentioned antagonist in *Season 1: Snakes and Galloping Galas* and *Day of the Departed*, one of the three main antagonists (alongside Garmadon and Queen Chrysalis) of *Season 2: The Friendship Continues* (specifically as the unseen overarching antagonist of the first half and the main antagonist of the second half), the main antagonist of *Season 3: Rebooted*, a flashback antagonist in *Season 4: The Princess of Friendship*, a minor antagonist in *Season 5: Marks of Possession*, an unseen antagonist in *Season 6: The Changing Effect* and *Season 7: The Pillars of Time*, the unseen overarching antagonist of *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: The Movie* and *The Best Gift Ever*, the overarching antagonist of *Season 8: The Overlord Sons*, one of the three main antagonists (alongside Iron Baron and Cozy Glow) of *Season 9: Hunted*, the antiheroic deuteragonist of *Season 10: March of the Oni* a mentioned character in *Season 11: Rainbow Roadtrip*, a minor character in *Wonderful Memories* and the sole antagonist of the *Decoded* miniseries.

## Depictions in the Series

### In the Beginning

Light and Shadow have always been in balance since the very beginning, even before Ninjago and Equestria's creation. In the First Realm there were two kinds of beings with unfathomable power: the Oni and the Dragon. The Dragons had the power to create, while the Oni had the power to destroy; and so, they waged war against each other. One day, a child was born of both powers, the First Spinjitzu Master, who left his homeworld with one single goal: to create a peaceful land without an eternal war. However, in the shadows lurked evil - the Overlord, a dark spirit that had always existed.

Shortly after creation of Ninjago and Equestria, the Overlord emerged into the world of Ninjago to counterbalance the light. He challenged the First Spinjitzu Master to a battle for control of Ninjago and Equestria. The battle eventually ground into a stalemate, so the Overlord created the Stone Army to turn the tide in his favor. At one point, the Overlord and his army took cover at the Temple of Fortitude to resist the First Spinjitzu Master's Golden Power.

Eventually realizing that he would be overcome, the First Spinjitzu Master used all of his strength to split Ninjago into two equal halves, which would later become two islands—one half remained as Ninjago, and the other became the Island of Darkness. This balanced the forces of light and darkness, preventing the Overlord from leaving the Island of Darkness as it slowly sank beneath the sea. For thousands of years, he plotted the events that would lead to his return and the fulfillment of his revenge.

When Wu and Garmadon were still very young, the First Spinjitzu Master would tell the boys campfire stories of the Overlord.

At some point after his defeat, the Overlord corrupted a serpent that would later become known as the Great Devourer and set his plan in motion, pinning the serpent on a young Garmadon, in order to corrupt his power and use Garmadon to create strife, as well as create a variety of other problems that would stem from the Great Devourer's influence, which would ultimately lead the Overlord to obtaining a worthy vessel to inhabit.

### The Friendship Continues

#### The Stone Army

After being betrayed by Skales and falling into the Endless Ocean, Lord Garmadon was carried to the shores of the Island of Darkness, now just a nondescript tropical island. Appearing before Garmadon as a pulsing sphere of pink-ish energy, the Overlord guided the four-armed villain through the jungle, promising to fulfill his dream of remaking Ninjago in his own image. Although skeptical and suspicious of the mysterious voice, Lord Garmadon followed the Overlord's instructions and activated a mechanism in a rock at the center of the island, causing the rest of the Island of Darkness to rise from the sea.

#### The Day Ninjago and Equestria Stood Still

With the Island of Darkness restored, the Overlord had Lord Garmadon climb a series of rugged cliffs, assuring him that a great power lay at the end of his trial. Eventually, Lord Garmadon arrived in front of the Celestial Clock, and the Overlord told him to remove the Helmet of Shadows from its pedestal. As Garmadon placed the Helmet on his head, the hands of the Celestial Clock began to move. The Overlord explained that the helmet gave Garmadon control of the Stone Army, while the Celestial Clock was counting down to the final battle between good and evil—a battle that the Overlord intended to win.

#### The Last Voyage

When Lord Garmadon went to oversee the Stone Army's mining operations, the Overlord told him that the soldiers were searching for Dark Matter, a powerful evil material that could be used to construct an ultimate weapon for the forces of darkness. After hearing this, Garmadon became much more excited about the mining.

#### Last Train to the Dark Island

As construction of the ultimate weapon continued, the Overlord warned Lord Garmadon that he sensed the presence of the Ninja on the Island of Darkness. Garmadon responded by sending Stone Warriors across the island to hunt the Ninja down, only to find them narrowly escaping capture in his own base camp. The Overlord realized that the Ninja were looking for the Temple of Light, and told Garmadon about the location's significance.

Unfortunately for the forces of evil, the Ninja succeeded in their quest, and the Stone Army was driven off by their renewed elemental powers and Lloyd's new Golden Dragon technique. Learning of this development atop the mountain where the Celestial Clock rested, the Overlord alleviated Garmadon's concerns by reminding him that their forces were also growing stronger, and the countdown to the final battle continued unabated.

#### The Last Hope

As the ultimate weapon neared completion and the Celestial Clock neared the end of its countdown, the Overlord sensed a growing conflict within Garmadon. The latter insisted that he wanted nothing more than to consume Ninjago and Equestria with darkness, but the Overlord questioned Garmadon's resolve, noting that the final battle would inevitably bring him into contact with Lloyd. His prodding caused Garmadon to explode with rage and redouble work on the ultimate weapon, pleasing the Overlord.

When the Ninja managed to steal the Helmet of Shadows, Garmadon sent the Stone Army in pursuit, only for the Overlord to remind him that the Ninja could control the army if one of them donned the Helmet. Acknowledging this possibility, Garmadon instead opted to pursue the Ninjas' Power Drill with his own robot, but failed to stop them from reaching the Celestial Clock. However, their unfamiliarity with the clock's design—coupled with the interference of General Kozu—prevented the Ninja from replacing the Helmet of Shadows before the countdown finally ended. As Lord Garmadon wondered what was going on, the Overlord explained that the final battle was about to begin, and led his servant back to his base camp, where the Garmatron was finally completed.

#### A Canterlot Wedding Battle - Part 1

As Garmadon admired the Garmatron, the Stone Army returned with Nya as a prisoner. The Overlord watched as Garmadon immersed Nya in Dark Matter, infecting her with evil and transforming her into a loyal servant of darkness. With the test complete, the Overlord accompanied his forces as the Garmatron left the camp and headed for the coast.

Upon arrival, the Overlord encouraged Garmadon to fire the Garmatron's main cannon across the ocean—its Dark Matter warheads would infect Ninjago and Equestria piece by piece, remaking it in Garmadon's image. Unfortunately, Lord Garmadon was distracted when Lloyd, Sensei Wu, and Misako arrived and begged him to stop—although they failed to reach the villain, their interference prevented the Overlord from warning Garmadon about the main cannon's twenty-second warmup period. Despite this, the Stone Army managed to delay the heroes until the Garmatron could fire, thereby corrupting Ignacia.

As Lord Garmadon dropped Lloyd and General Kozu down a trapdoor and fired another shot of Dark Matter at Jamanakai Village, the balance between light and darkness shifted enough for the Overlord to begin manifesting in the world once more. At this point, the Overlord revealed that he had been using Lord Garmadon all along—the four-armed villain had only been a pawn in the Overlord's millennia-long plan to free himself and conquer Ninjago and Equestria. Lord Garmadon angrily protested at this (both at being used and because the Overlord was "stealing" one of his previous plans), but the Overlord took over his body, declaring that his "metamorphosis" had begun.

In an attempt to gain even more power, the Overlord set the Garmatron's sights on Ninjago City and Canterlot, only to realize that the Ninja were interfering with the Stone Army's attempts to reload the cannon. He sent General Kozu to secure the bullets, but ended up accidentally firing him into Ninjago City when Sensei Wu kicked the general into the Garmatron's loading port. The Overlord was angered and decided to load the cannon personally, but was then confronted by Lloyd, who was determined to stop the villain before he could corrupt any more of Ninjago and Equestria.

A fierce battle erupted, with the Overlord gaining the upper hand. However, Lloyd called out to his father, and Lord Garmadon's attempts to reach out to his son caused the Overlord to weaken momentarily. Taking his chance, Lloyd launched a furious assault, and Lord Garmadon desperately struggled against the Overlord's control in order to avoid harming his own son. Unfortunately, the Overlord regained control over Garmadon's body and overcame the Green Ninja's energy beam, trapping Lloyd in a sphere of darkness and hurling him across the beach, breaking his leg. Weary of the Ninja's interference, the Overlord opened a portal to Ninjago City and led his army through it, leaving the Ninja stranded on the Island of Darkness.

#### A Canterlot Wedding Battle - Part 2

The Overlord and his army appeared in the middle of Ninjago City, where the former immediately began bombarding everything in sight with Dark Matter fired from the Garmatron's turrets. The influx of darkness accelerated the Overlord's metamorphosis, allowing him to regain his original form. Leaving his helmet in the streets, the Overlord proceeded to transform the Garmatron into a tower-like fortress from which to oversee the newly-corrupted city, setting Nya and the Stone Army to defend it.

When the Ninja returned and attacked the tower, the Overlord let his minions do the work against his foes until Dareth gained control of the Stone Army by donning the Helmet of Shadows. He began spitting masses of darkness at the ascending Ninja, corrupting Cole and Jay. With Zane holding Jay and Cole back, Kai occupying his corrupted sister, and the Ultra Dragon shot down, the Overlord turned to the top of the stairs to find only Celestia, Luna, Cadance, Twilight, and an injured, unarmed Lloyd standing against him. The Overlord scoffed at their defiance and offered Twilight a position in his army and to complete her teaching by teaching her what Celestia couldn't, but Lloyd was able to unlock his full potential, becoming the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master.

Despite his own considerable power, the Overlord was overwhelmed by Lloyd's new abilities. Even taking the fight to the sky failed to provide an advantage, as Lloyd summoned the Golden Dragon and the Alicorn princesses to pursue the ultimate evil. Enraged at their persistence, the Overlord surrounded Lloyd, Celestia, Luna, Cadance, and Twilight in a massive sphere of darkness, but they were protected by the strong magical barrier. In turn, they used their powers through the Overlord—the dark dragon had only enough time to roar in fury and denial before he was obliterated, removing the taint of darkness from Ninjago City and Canterlot, the corrupted heroes, and even Lord Garmadon.

### Between The Friendship Continues and Rebooted

Unbeknownst to the heroes, the Overlord was not destroyed by his battle with Lloyd, Celestia, Luna, Cadance, and Twilight, although he was almost reduced to nothing. When Borg Tower was built in the former resting place of the Garmatron, the Overlord somehow infected the network as the Digital Overlord virus.

### Rebooted

#### The Surge

The Digital Overlord infects Cyrus Borg through his artificial limbs, transforming him into the villainous OverBorg. The Digital Overlord proceeds to spread his corruption to all of the robots in New Ninjago City, and sends them after the Ninja; however, they escape.

#### The Art of the Silent Fist

The Digital Overlord collects Lloyd's Golden Power and the princesses' Alicorn magic to try to make a new body, but soon run out of power. The Overlord tells P.I.X.A.L. he needs more of Lloyd's Golden Power and the Alicorn magic, and changes his plan to capturing Lloyd and the Alicorns instead of getting the Techno Blades.

#### Spike at Your Service

After the Power went out, a Stranger stole the Hard Drive of the Overlord then put it in a computer which was powered by Electrocobrai.

#### Blackout

The Overlord is outraged that the Stranger failed to procure Lloyd however, he explains that his attack on the Ninja was merely a plot for them to send the Falcon, of which he now controls. With Lloyd heading into Hiroshi's Labyrinth, it will be the perfect place to spring a trap. Delighted by this news, the Overlord tells the stranger that he likes him due to the deviousness of the plan and laughs as his vengeance gets within reach.

#### The Curse of the Golden Master

Lloyd's location has been revealed and is clear for capture; however, the Stranger said that their low on power and he gets a tank full of Electrocobrais and is fully operational to capture the Golden Ninja to conquer his Power to become the Golden Master.

#### Magical Mystery Cure

When the Ninja entered the Digiverse in a bid to shut the Overlord down for good, the villain sent Pythor and the Nindroids to attack their physical bodies while he infiltrated the Digiverse to attack their consciousnesses. His digital self was erased by the Techno Blades, seemingly destroying his consciousness, but before he was erased he escaped into his new incomplete "Golden Master Body."

#### Codename: Sunset Shimmer

Pythor and the Nindroids managed to recover the MechDragon and retrieve the Overlord from within it. However, due to the incomplete transfer of Lloyd's Golden Power and the Alicorn magic, the Overlord was left as an insubstantial blob—not wishing the Nindroids to behold his weakened condition, he had Pythor conceal him.

Learning that Lloyd had divided his Golden powers between himself and the other four ninja, the Overlord initiated Project Arcturus, a plan to acquire the Golden Weapons from space (where they had been sent following the events of "It's About Time!"). Despite the Ninjas' efforts, the Overlord and Pythor succeeded in completing their rocket and launching it from Ouroboros. Unbeknownst to the Overlord, however, the five Ninja boarded the rocket just before it took off.

#### The Void

The Overlord's new body is taken to Borg Tower by the Nindroids to await the arrival of the Golden Weapons.

#### The Legendary Friend

He finally managed to get the Golden Weapons to become the Golden Master and create his mech. Later when his Destructive Reign begins, the Ninja manage to head back to New Ninjago City and get the Indestructible and Invulnerable powers to stop him including a pill which could shrink the Overlord. When Wu and Garmadon throw the pill to him, Pythor manages to get the pill which saved the Overlord; however, Pythor had to face consequences of turning small and being chased by the Falcon. The Overlord then used beams of pure Golden Power to ensnare all of the Ninja, except Zane. Zane then used the beams to get close enough to the Overlord to hang off of the Golden Mech. Zane then began to absorb the energy within the Golden Mech, weakening the Overlord. He then used the last of his strength to destroy the Overlord's physical form, but at the cost of his own life.

### Post Mortem

After the destruction of his physical Golden Master form, his spirit went to the Shadow Realm and remained dormant, as he can never be truly destroyed since he is immortal and part of the Balance of Good and Evil in Ninjago and Equestria.

### The Princess of Friendship

#### Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2 (flashback)

Lloyd has a flashback about the Overlord possessing Garmadon.

### Marks of Possession

#### Curseworld - Part II

The Overlord is the only villain to have more than one alternate timeline.

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### Day of the Departed

While Dr. Saunders is giving the Ninja a tour of the Ninjago Museum of History's latest exhibit, the Hall of Villainy, Kai mentions that every villain they've ever fought has a statue in the museum. In response, Saunders says that there's still many more statues to be added, including ones of the Overlord and the Golden Master. Based on this statement, the Overlord will have more than one statue in the museum.

### The Pillars of Time

#### To Turn Back Into Time - Part II

The Overlord is mentioned by Pinkie Pie while she recounts the threats Equestria has faced over the last thousand years to Star Swirl the Bearded.

### The Overlord Sons

#### Dread on Arrival

Having successfully acquired the three Oni Masks, the Sons of the Overlord gathered in the Temple of Resurrection in the Royal Palace to finally revive him. Harumi performs the ritual using the masks and hair taken from Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole, Lloyd, Celestia, Luna, Cadance, and Twilight. A portal to the Shadow Realm is opened, and the Overlord's spirit can be heard howling in pain on the other side. Harumi chants and calls out to him, and he groggily answers back, laughing maniacally. Before Harumi succeeds in her plan, the Ninja are able to use Spinjitzu to halt the resurrection process, seemingly preventing the Overlord's rebirth. The Sons of the Overlord are arrested and the Ninja think themselves victorious, but a dark hand can be seen rising from the pedestal at the temple afterwards: the Overlord has returned to Ninjago and Equestria.

#### True Potential

Now resurrected, the Overlord makes his presence known by scaring two garbage men, repeatedly saying "She calls me." He later steals their truck to break Harumi out of custody before taking over Kryptarium Prison and freeing all of the members of the Sons of the Overlord. While using the basketball field to practice, Harumi tells him in order to reach his True Potential, he must face Lloyd. Lloyd soon arrives later that night and they fight, with the Overlord gaining the upper hand. During their fight, the Overlord unleashes his element of darkness, which severely weakens Lloyd. He soon throws Lloyd through a wall into a locker room, leaving Lloyd struggling to breathe before continuing to fight him with ease due to his injury.

The Overlord throws a defeated Lloyd outside of the prison. Harumi soon proclaims they can spare Lloyd so he can see the Overlord's reign. They then prepare to head to Ninjago at dawn, so the Overlord can be proclaimed its new emperor.

#### Big Trouble, Little Ninjago and Equestria

With his new potential, the Overlord conquers a village by demonstrating his powers over creation, creating the giant Colossus. The Colossus rampages through Ninjago City, destroying much in its path. While this happens, the Overlord tells Harumi that Wu is close before leaving her side to find him. Soon enough, the Overlord confronts Misako and Toddler Wu as they leave Dareth's Apartment. Before the Overlord can destroy Misako with his powers, Nya arrives and saves her. After Lloyd escapes with Toddler Wu, Nya and Misako fight off the Overlord. After the Ninjas and the Princesses' near destruction at the hands of the Colossus, and their departure from Ninjago to the Realm of Oni and Dragons, the Overlord, turned emperor, takes control of Ninjago and Equestria while Lloyd, Misako, Nya, and P.I.X.A.L. go into hiding.

### Between The Overlord Sons and Hunted

The Overlord reigned as the Emperor of Ninjago and Equestria, plunging Ninjago City into a state of oppression and fear. The Sons of the Overlord helped to maintain his rule over all of Ninjago and Equestria.

With complete control over Ninjago City, the Overlord outlawed the color green and has ordered the Sons of the Overlord to hunt down the remaining Ninja and anyone affiliated with them to end any opposition to his rule.

### Hunted

#### Firstbourne

As he watches over the city from his new throne on Borg Tower, Harumi reported to the Overlord that Lloyd still hadn't been caught and he was confused by Lloyd's defiance to him since Lloyd had nothing while he had everything. The Overlord was posed to use the Colossus to destroy half the city to draw him out but Harumi stopped him as that action was unnecessary.

Harumi suggested sending Mr. E who is more than capable to find and procure Lloyd, accepting of the latter's talents, the Overlord orders him to find Garmadon's son.

#### Iron & Stone

The Overlord requested Harumi, Mr. E, Ultra Violet, and Killow's presence at the top of his palace in the Borg Tower. The Overlord demands to know who failed to capture Garmadon's son. They all secretly tremble in fear, until Mr. E steps forward. Despite Harumi's protests to defend him, the Overlord still kills Mr. E and threatens Harumi and her remaining generals that he will tear them apart next if they fail to capture Garmadon's son again.

#### Radio Free Ninjago and Equestria

The Overlord summons Harumi again to the top of his palace; when she fearfully approaches him, he tells her that Garmadon's son is near. Although Harumi assures him that Lloyd would be a fool to come anywhere near Borg Tower, she quickly withdraws her statement when the Overlord angrily asks her if she thinks he is a fool. She then assures him that she will take care of security. When the Overlord wanders Borg Tower looking for Lloyd, he is about to see past Skylor's efforts to camouflage the group, until Harumi arrives from the elevator, asking the Overlord if he is okay. He tells her that he believes Lloyd and the others are on the next floor, ordering Harumi to follow him. This slip in judgment gives Lloyd and company the time needed to break in the broadcast room and encourage the public to rise up against their self-proclaimed emperor. Lloyd also challenges his grandfather's arch-nemesis, forcing the Overlord to angrily growl at the top of the tower as he watches the broadcast.

#### How to Build a Dragon

The Overlord requested Harumi, Killow, and Ultra Violet's presence at the top of the Borg Tower. Harumi willingly but fearfully admits that she failed to stop Lloyd's broadcast, and the Overlord agrees. Ultra Violet accuses Harumi of letting it happen, after which the Overlord prepares to tear her apart with Darkness, although Harumi begs him to spare her since she brought him back from the Shadow Realm. The Overlord then retorts that he has no heart and no mercy, and he is about to kill Harumi until she reveals that she knows the location of the Resistance's base. He ultimately spares her, and upon learning the base is in the garbage depot, then sends a Sons of the Overlord battalion to the base.

#### The Glided Path

After the Overlord's forces captured most of the Resistance, the dark lord appeared on a roof and used his Darkness Powers to control the Colossus, having it chase after Lloyd, Nya, Skylor, and Dareth. When the Colossus had cornered them, he attempted to crush their vehicle with them inside of it. After sensing Lloyd begging him to stop, the Overlord momentarily hesitated, but then continued.

However, P.I.X.A.L. used this distraction to shoot him with her samurai armor, breaking his focus and control over Colossus, allowing Lloyd, Nya, Skylor, and Dareth to escape. The enraged Overlord then shot her out of the sky with a Darkness Blast allowing Killow to capture her. The Overlord could only stare in disappointment as Garmadon's son escaped the city.

After, the raid on the Resistance's HQ, the Overlord's forces sent the captured Elemental Masters and their supporters to Kryptarium Prison.

#### Two Lies, One Truth

After this successful ambush, the Overlord seemed to disappear, confusing the likes of Killow and Ultra Violet. When Harumi finds him, he is confused by his hesitation to crush Lloyd. He is struggling with his lingering affections, having believed only the original personalities of his dark side were brought back. Harumi corrects him, stating that "a child isn't born from a side, a child encompasses all." Meaning that Lloyd came from all parts of him, including his Oni side, and thus his emotions still existed.

Harumi attempts to convince him to cast aside Lloyd, in order to escape what holds him back and fully unlock his True Potential, and embrace her as his daughter. The Overlord reveals to Harumi that his true reasoning behind seeking strength and conquering Ninjago and Equestria, was to defeat an "endless night" he saw during his time in the Shadow Realm, which struck fear into him and threatens the realms.

After his revelation, the dark lord accepts Harumi as his new daughter, the princess promising to do whatever it takes to help her "father" defeat this evil.

#### The Weakest Link

Mistaké, disguised as Harumi, comes before the Overlord with the "captured" Skylor. Unknown to the Overlord, Harumi was captured by Lloyd and the Resistance plans to have Skylor absorb the Overlord's power in order to control his Colossus. Just as the Overlord approaches Skylor, Ultra Violet warns him that "Harumi" forgot to add that Skylor is the Master of Absorption. The Overlord then becomes suspicious, although Mistaké, still disguised as Harumi attempts to talk her way out of the situation when the real Harumi and Killow arrive at the top of the Overlord's Palace in the Borg Tower.

#### Saving Faith

Upon seeing two Harumis, the Overlord lets the newly-arrived one to speak in order to deduct who the real Harumi is. After learning the first "Harumi" is Mistaké in disguise, he congratulates the real Harumi for her efforts. The Overlord then convinces Mistaké to show her true Oni form, and a fight commences between them. He is losing for most of the fight, until Mistaké uses her powers to make a smoke screen around them, giving Skylor the opportunity to absorb his Darkness power. With Mistaké now powerless after making the smoke screen, the Overlord kills her off-screen.

Lloyd, Nya and Dareth help Skylor as she attempts to take control of the Colossus using the Overlord's element. Realizing his creation is being hijacked, the Overlord regains control of it, but Skylor attempts to regain control. The two struggle for possession of the Colossus; during the chaos, Harumi flees the roof of Borg Tower and runs into a nearby apartment building. After helping a family escape, she tries fleeing the building, but the Colossus crashes into it—causing the apartment to collapse. The Overlord is devastated by the loss, which only stokes his rage further, as he now intends to raze the city in pursuit of Lloyd.

#### School Raze: Lessons of Friendship

As a result of Harumi's death, the Overlord is fueled with rage and begins to destroy Ninjago City with the Colossus.

#### School Raze: Magic Harmony

The Overlord senses Wu's return, realizing that he is still alive. He also sees the Ninja and the four alicorns are still alive too and sends the Colossus to destroy them while Wu and Lloyd continue onto his palace.

From the shadows, the Overlord greets his enemies and battles Wu and Lloyd before knocking Wu out of the battle and facing only Lloyd. The Overlord continues to attack Lloyd—and nearly knocks him from the tower twice—but saves him every time. Lloyd then attempts to convince the Overlord to change, but the Overlord proclaims that people don't change, they only reveal who they truly are.

After hitting the Dragonbone Blade out of Lloyd's hand, and watching it fall down to the city, the Overlord screams at Lloyd and the alicorns to get up and fight him. When they refuse, the Overlord angrily continues to attack them, but Lloyd and the alicorns use Garmadon's technique to resist him. Because the Overlord gets his power from fighting, when Lloyd and the alicorns refused to fight him, his Darkness power got progressively weaker until it completely faded away. Now defeated, the Overlord orders Lloyd and the alicorns to finish him off, and when they refuse to deliver the final blow, the Overlord then warns his enemies that "they are coming."

Lloyd and the alicorns then bring the defeated Overlord down to the streets where he is swarmed by many police officers before he is arrested. The Overlord pleads to Lloyd and the alicorns to believe him by rambling that they will come before being taken to Kryptarium Prison along with the Sons of the Overlord.

### Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu

After the reconstruction of the Monastery of Spinjitzu, a mural was created, depicting the major historical events the ninja and Mane Six had faced. Several parts of the mural depicted the Overlord in Dragon form, in Golden Master form, and in Resurrected form. He appears in the second, third, eighth, and ninth season murals.

### March of the Oni

#### The Beginning of the End: The Darkness Comes

The Overlord is seen in his own special cell built for him in Kryptarium Prison when Lloyd comes to visit him. Although initially surprised that he came, the Overlord admits that he called for him to warm him of the eternal darkness that he previously mentioned when he was defeated, calling them the Bringers of Doom. He tries to convince Lloyd to release him from custody so he could help them save Ninjago and Equestria, but Lloyd rudely refuses and leaves Kryptarium. After the Oni take over Ninjago City, Lloyd and the Ninja reluctantly accept his offer to help them and release him from prison.

#### The Beginning of the End: Into the Breach

Once onboard the Ninja's ship, the Overlord often stalks and creeps up on the Ninja. He once accidentally turned of their engines and claimed that that button should be labeled. When Lloyd reluctantly takes the Overlord on a "tour" around the ship were the Overlord sees a picture of Garmadon and Lloyd in his human form before his death. The Overlord tossed that picture away before claiming that if you what defeat the Oni you need to be like them. After they arrive to the city, the Overlord told the Ninja that the Oni came through the Realm Crystal and to stop them it must be destroyed. He also told them that he is the only one who can do this because he is a dark lord. When Lloyd told that he is part Oni, the Overlord said he can't go into the city because the Oni magic will most likely kill him since he is mostly human.

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#### The Big Mac Question

After Lloyd decided he will go with the Overlord into the Ninjago City, Cole gave the Overlord a sword, only for the Overlord to seemingly turn on the Ninja and attack them. However he was just sparring with them to get his Darkness Elemental Powers stronger before jumping off of their ship to fight the Oni. When Lloyd followed him, the Overlord told him that was foolish and he might have died. When they spotted the Oni, the Overlord and Lloyd attacked them with their combined Elemental Powers and Katanas. After the Overlord saved Lloyd's life multiple times, he coldly retorted that the reason he did this was because the two of them stood a better chance, before continuing their way to the vault where the Realm Crystal was hidden in Borg Tower. When they made their way to the vault the two of them tried to destroy the crystal only for something to stop them and appear out of it. The Overlord then attempted to defeat it by using Darkness to summon four glowing purple daggers and attack it, only to be hurled towards a wall. After defeating Lloyd, it introduced itself as the Omega, leader of the Oni. When the Omega asked the Overlord why he is defending Ninjago and Equestria if he is a dark lord, he insulted him and replied that if anyone were to conquer Ninjago and Equestria, it would be him. Omega then declared that he and Lloyd will be destroyed.

#### The Ending of the End: The Fall

After a brief conversation with the Omega, the trio continued fighting. Lloyd was launched into a display containing the Sword of Sanctuary. However, the sword's reflection failed; he instead went for the Realm Crystal while the Overlord distracts the Oni. The Omega explained the crystal was only the key needed to open the portal and destroying it won't do anything. More Onis are summoned and Lloyd and the Overlord retreated. They are surrounded but noticed the Oni feared the Golden Master's armor. They managed to escape Borg Tower but were surprised to learn the Ninja had to leave with the *Bounty* due to a distress call. Instead, P.I.X.A.L. entered the dark clouds and being a Nindroid, was able to save them. When she did, she noticed she was running out of fuel.

Lloyd and the Overlord are then surrounded by the Oni, but P.I.X.A.L. saved them on time. She ran out of fuel and they began to fall until the others arrived with the *Bounty*. The Ninja then told them that Cole was gone. After the Overlord told them they are wasting time mourning, he showed them the Golden Master's armor. However, everyone was upset at him and started leaving.

The Overlord, once again, looked at the photos in the Ninjas' cabinet. Vinny accidentally came in when looking for the bathroom. He introduced himself and the Overlord asked him a question about what is more important than survival. After answering with friendship, trust, and the like, the Overlord excused him.

#### The Ending of the End: Endings

The Overlord entered the Monastery of Spinjitzu carrying the Golden Armor, and tosses it to Wu. As the Oni approach, the Overlord went outside the Monastery to fight with the other Ninja (except for Cole), Wu, Garmadon, Morro, the Mane Six, Celestia, and Luna.

During the last stand, the Overlord used his power to transform into an Oni. But Omega gains the upper hand, proclaiming that he can sense the Overlord's hesitation to completely give in to the dark side unlike last time, and that the Evil Lord's hope to gain humanity make him weak. With the Overlord down and everyone else surrounded, the Ninja retreat back to the monastery. Just when all hope seems lost, Lloyd came up with the solution for them to recreate the Tornado of Creation. The Overlord initially refuses to join but after seeing a painting of Lloyd getting swept over by an Oni tentacle, he had a change of heart and helped wipe out the Oni.

#### The Fate of Lloyd

In a flashback, the Overlord stands apart when everyone was mourning Lloyd. When Lloyd miraculously wakes up, the Overlord strangely frowns to himself and he later left in silence with Wu, Garmadon, Celestia, and Luna bidding him farewell.

### Between March of the Oni and Wonderful Memories

In the Future Timeline, knowing that he had already conquered Ninjago and Equestria and will never be able to do so again as long as his enemies remained and wanting to understand other species, the Overlord decided to retire from being a Dark Lord.

## Goals

* Conquer the Sixteen Realms.
* Destroy the Ninja, Mane Six, and all who aid them.
* Overthrow the four alicorn princesses as ruler of Equestria.
* Shift the balance of light to dark so he can escape his prison and achieve a physical form.
* Escape the Digiverse.
* Become the Golden Master.
* Help defeat the Legion of Doom and the Oni so he can conquer the Sixteen Realms himself.
* Understand the species of the realms and be one of them.

## Personality

The Overlord has shown to be serious and cunning, though he is often heavily reliant on metaphysical concepts and prophecized events (destiny, the balance, the final battle, the prophecy of the golden master, etc.)

As is to be expected from the embodiment of darkness, the Overlord is very cruel and devoid of empathy and seems to enjoy inflicting pain and despair upon his enemies. In fact, he has been known to go out of his way to do so, taunting them in hopeless situations.

The Overlord has only ever shown respect for one person; that person being Pythor. That respect going as far as to include Pythor as an ally during the attempted Golden Master apocalypse.

Once resurrected via the Oni Masks, he himself proclaimed that of all his previous roles, only one returned—destroyer.

Since then, the Overlord has shown his brutality and willingness to do anything to stay in power, whether that be threatening or even killing members of his own loyal forces, even Harumi herself, should they fail him. As Ninjago and Equestria's dictator, he shows little mercy to those who ally with or may harbor his son, capturing them should they be found.

In spite of all this, a strange oddity exists within his behavior. The Overlord has shown slight bits of mercy. Besides, not killing any of the Ninja's allies and sparing Harumi, despite her failures, the Overlord has shown mercy to Lloyd. Initially facing him without holding back, and thus, unlocking his True Potential, the Overlord didn't finish Lloyd off. This was seen again, when he did the same as his Colossus creation was on the verge of crushing Lloyd and his friends and stopped after hearing Lloyd's pleas.

Confused by his own persistent hesitance, Harumi helped the Overlord realize that though only his Oni side resurrected, his affections still encompassed all parts of him. When Harumi became his honorary daughter and she died, the Overlord was deeply saddened and enraged at Lloyd and tried to destroy Ninjago City. Despite this rage, the Overlord later saved Lloyd from certain death twice and implored him and the alicorns to fight him rather than killing them instantly. The Overlord revealed that his true motivation for unlocking his True Potential was to become powerful enough to defend Ninjago, Equestria, and the other realms against a dark new threat he witnessed while in the Shadow Realm, showing that despite his evil, he truly wanted to protect the realms and, despite being the First Spinjitzu Master's archnemesis, he greatly respected what he created.

It was likely his desperation to save the realms that eclipsed all his previous attachments. The Overlord accepted defeat after he lost his powers, asking Lloyd and the alicorns to finish him without bothering to continue fighting, and instead of showing rage when they spared him, he chose to warn them of the incoming darkness, even going as far as to uncharacteristically plead to them to believe him as he is taken to Kryptarium Prison, apparently entrusting the responsibility of defending the realms from the dark threat he saw to them.

The Overlord's desperation to save the realms from the Oni makes him fully willing to actually call his enemies and ask for their help. Although he was still considered the alicorn princesses' archnemesis and he treated them and the ninja rather condescendingly, he is not heartless as he originally was, as shown by how he repeatedly saves his enemies even though he claimed it was to increase their chances of victory, and attempts to fathom the Ninjas' sadness after Cole was thought to have died. His time with the Ninja and the Mane Six during the Oni Invasion impacted him to the point he developed a longing to understand humans, the creatures of Equestria and other species and be one of them. Although at first he refused to join the Ninja to create the Tornado of Creation, the Overlord had a change of heart and aided them. He still decided to leave, although he did take time to look back at Wu, Garmadon, Celestia, and Luna.

## Appearance

During Misako's telling of Ninjago's origins (seen in "The Stone Army"), the Overlord was depicted as a towering mass of dark fire with a vaguely humanoid shape.

When Lord Garmadon arrived on the Island of Darkness, the Overlord appeared as an orb of purple energy with a pale yellow core. The orb pulsed as the Overlord spoke.

After possessing Lord Garmadon's body, the Overlord manifested as a larger, more demonic version of Garmadon himself. Notable differences included longer limbs ending in clawed hands and feet, short spikes erupting from his shoulders and back, glowing purple eyes, and elongated reptilian jaws filled with long fangs.

In "A Canterlot Wedding Battle," the Overlord reverted to his original form, a monstrous black dragon with four long feelers on its face, massive, tattered black wings instead of arms, and a broad, toothy mouth.

"Magical Mystery Cure" saw the Overlord appear in two different forms. The first was that of a shadowy, armored humanoid, as he was in the process of transforming into the legendary Golden Master. When confronting the ninja inside the Digiverse, he took a shadowy humanoid form of great size that possessed a number of tentacles.

In "Codename: Sunset Shimmer," the Overlord had become an amorphous blob, due to his interrupted transformation into the Golden Master.

In "The Legendary Friend," the Overlord assumed his golden master form as a black and purple humanoid figure with a face akin to the mid-metamorphosis form he assumed in Garmadon's body. Furthermore, he was adorned with golden skeletal armor and a black helmet.

A remnant of the Overlord's consciousness was sealed into Zane's memory and began to possess him in "Decoded". When he was "unlocked" by the Ninja, he looked similar to his blob form, but mahogany colored with yellow, red-ringed eyes.

Following his resurrection in Season 8, ?????

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities

* **Creation of the Stone Army**: The Overlord was credited with the creation of the Stone Army, implying that he possesses the element of Creation (or a darkened version of the essence).
* **Floating**: In his orb form, he was able to float freely, allowing him to accompany Lord Garmadon wherever he traveled on the Island of Darkness.
* **Enhanced Perception**: He also appeared to have some form of enhanced perception, as he immediately sensed the ninja's arrival on the Island of Darkness.
* **Enhanced Strength and Durability**: After using Lord Garmadon's body to retake a physical form, the Overlord gained enhanced physical strength and high durability, easily able to take Lloyd's attacks and overpower him.
* **Immortality**: The Overlord, who is the source of all darkness, represents the dark part of the Balance, due to which he (as an entity) can never be destroyed. Or, as shown in "A Canterlot Wedding Battle," when Lloyd destroyed the Overlord, he, after a while, was able to recover, apparently from nothing, which confirms his perfect form of immortality.
* **Possession**: As shown by the example of Lord Garmadon and the Borg Industries systems, the Overlord is able to infuse objects, making them their hosts. Upon infiltrating Garmadon, the Overlord caused a mutation in his body, which intensified as the Balance shifted towards darkness.

### Powers

* **Darkness**: The Overlord possesses the elemental essence of Darkness. Whilst in control of Lord Garmadon's body, he gained the ability to release dark energy from his hands. He usually fired this energy as offensive beam attacks, which could overpower Lloyd's energy beams and break his legs, but he could also use it to fly; by releasing small "jets" of energy from his lower pair of hands, the Overlord was able to hover in the air or propel himself at varying speeds.
	+ **Dragon form**: In his original form, the Overlord's strength and durability increased even further, due to his massive size. He could fly with the use of his large wings, breath dark fire, and spit masses of pure darkness that corrupt anything they hit (much like the Garmatron's Dark Matter shots). At the end of his battle with Lloyd, he displayed the ability to transform himself into a large orb of shadows that engulfs his foe—within the orb, his head grew to many times its original size, although it is unclear if this was purely an ability, or if his host body kept him physical. Even before his transformation as the Golden Master, he was the most powerful enemy the ninja ever met.
* **Golden Power**: As the legendary "Golden Master," his powers grew to be equivalent to, if not greater than the First Spinjitzu Master. Once he gained this power, he tried to shoot Kai with a beam of Golden Energy. He was also able to use Golden Energy to levitate cars in mid-air, and even threw one at Nya. When the ninja got Stone Armor, the Overlord, like the Golden Master, shaped roof tiles into a massive arm and hand in an attempt to crush the ninja; despite this, he failed to crush them. At the end of the episode, he was powerful enough to ensnare the ninja with beams of Golden Power. Though, this shouldn't have been possible as the stone armor the ninja were wearing was supposed to be resistant to the might of Golden Power. However it possible that The Overlord was using his power over Darkness to injure them.

## Vehicles

### Tanks

* Garmatron
	+ This vehicle was built for Garmadon and the Overlord to launch Dark Matter into Ninjago. However, after betraying Garmadon, the Overlord took possession of the Garmatron.
	+ It first appeared in "The Last Hope."

### Mechs

* Golden Master's mech
	+ A large mech that the Nindroids created for the Overlord after he became the Golden Master.
	+ It first appeared in "The Legendary Friend."

## Relationships

### Allies

* The Great Devourer (deceased)
* Stone Army (all destroyed)
	+ Garmadon (formerly)
	+ General Kozu
	+ Giant Stone Warriors (except for one)
	+ Stone Warriors
	+ Stone Swordsmen
	+ Stone Scouts
* Nindroid Army (all destroyed)
	+ General Cryptor
	+ Techno Wu (formerly)
	+ Nindroid Warriors
	+ Nindroid Drones
	+ Min-Droid
	+ Nindroid MechDragon
* Crystal Army (all destroyed)
	+ Crystal Warriors
		- Vengestone Brutes
		- Vengestone Guards
		- Vengestone Warriors
	+ Crystal Spiders
	+ Dragonides
* Council of the Crystal King
	+ Harumi (formerly)
	+ Aspheera
	+ Pythor P. Chumsworth
	+ Vangelis
	+ The Mechanic
	+ Mister F
	+ Kalmaar
	+ Vex
	+ Nadakhan
	+ Princess Dark Matter
	+ Saaghan
	+ Oberon
	+ Nerissa
	+ Queen Chrysalis
	+ Tirek
	+ Cozy Glow
	+ King Sombra
	+ The Mane-iac
	+ The Storm King
	+ Cosmos
	+ Grogar
	+ The Dazzlings
		- Adagio Dazzle
		- Aria Blaze
		- Sonata Dusk
	+ Sprout Cloverleaf
	+ Opaline Arcana
	+ Misty Brightdawn
	+ Allura
	+ Twitch
	+ Knights of Harmony
		- Balor
		- Ceridwen
		- Danu
		- Mannah
		- Morrigan
		- Taranis
	+ Mojo Jojo
	+ Princess Morbucks
	+ Fuzzy Lumpkins
	+ The Gangreen Gang
		- Ace
		- Snake
		- Lil' Arthro
		- Grubber
		- Big Billy
	+ HIM
	+ Slade
	+ Trigon
	+ DC Super Villain Girls
		- Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn
		- Carol Ferris/Star Sapphire
		- Doris Zeul/Giganta
		- Pamala Isley/Poison Ivy
		- Selina Kyle/Catwoman
		- Leslie Weilis/Livewire
	+ Dr. Eggman
	+ Spinlyn
	+ Scorm
	+ Braptor
	+ Jestro
	+ Monstrox
	+ Ruina Stoneheart
	+ Megatron
	+ Demon Bull King
	+ Spider Queen
	+ Lady Bone Demon
	+ Mephisto
	+ Praxina
	+ Blue Diamond
	+ Yellow Diamond
	+ Jasper
	+ Lord Vortech
	+ Cobra Commander
	+ Lord Voldemort
	+ Bellatrix Lestrange
	+ Sauron the Deceiver
	+ Noms Noms the Koala
	+ The Lich
	+ Bill Cipher
	+ Lord Zedd
	+ Rita Repulsa
	+ Goldar
	+ Scorpina
	+ Rito Revolto
	+ Master Vile
	+ Mina Loveberry
	+ Wicked Witch of the West
	+ CyberKing
	+ Hawk Moth

### Enemies

* Family of the First Spinjitzu Master
	+ The First Spinjitzu Master (first archenemy/light counterpart; deceased)
	+ Sensei Wu (former pawn)
	+ Garmadon (former pawn)
	+ Misako
	+ Lloyd (second archenemy)
* The Ninja
	+ Kai
	+ Jay
	+ Cole
	+ Zane
	+ Nya
* Ninja's parents
	+ Dr. Julien (Zane's creator/father)
	+ Ray (Kai and Nya's father)
	+ Maya (Kai and Nya's mother)
	+ Ed Walker (Jay's adoptive father)
	+ Edna Walker (Jay's adoptive mother)
	+ Lou (Cole's father)
* People of Ninjago
	+ Dareth
	+ Cyrus Borg (former pawn)
	+ P.I.X.A.L. (former pawn)
	+ MiniPix Seven
	+ Mayor Ulysses Trustable
	+ Dwayne
	+ New Ninja
		- [Teal Ninja]]
		- Fuchsia Ninja
		- Orange Ninja
		- Pink Ninja
		- Yellow Ninja
	+ Police Commissioner
	+ Hounddog McBrag
	+ Gayle Gossip
	+ Vinny Folson
	+ Clutch Powers
	+ Skylor
	+ Paperboys
		- Leroy
		- Sammy
		- Nelson
		- Antonia
	+ Sally
	+ Sally's parents
* Kryptarium Inmates
	+ Ronin
	+ Ultra Violet
	+ Killow
	+ Fugi-Dove
	+ Captain Soto
* Merlopians
	+ Benthomaar
	+ Maaray Guards
	+ Glutinous
* Zippy
* Shintarians
	+ Queen Vania
	+ Army of Shintaro
		- Hailmar
	+ Chompy
* The Upply
	+ Fungus
	+ Korgran
	+ Plundar
	+ Adam
* Geckles
	+ Chancellor Gulch
	+ Gleck
* Munce
	+ Queen Murtessa
* Keepers
	+ PoulErik
* The Serpentine
	+ Hypnobrai Tribe
		- Skales
		- Mezmo
	+ Fangpyre Tribe
		- Fangtom
	+ Constrictai Tribe
		- Skalidor
	+ Venomari Tribe
		- Acidicus
* Prime Empire
	+ Milton Dyer
	+ Blazey H. Speed
	+ Okino
	+ Scott
	+ Unagami
	+ Red Visors
	+ Whack Rats
		- Atta the Ratta
		- Richie
		- Ritchie
* Harumi
* Harumi's biological parents (deceased; killed by the Great Devourer)
* Everyone else in Ninjago and Equestria
* Alicorns
	+ Celestia (third archenemy)
	+ Luna (fourth archenemy)
	+ Cadance (fifth archenemy)
	+ Twilight Sparkle (sixth archenemy)
	+ Flurry Heart

## Appearances

### *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Masters of Friendship*

#### Season 1: Snakes and Galloping Galas

* 1. "The Ticket Master" (mentioned)
* 4. "Boast Busters" (mentioned)

#### Season 2: The Friendship Continues

* 27. "Read It and Weap" (voice only)
* 28. "The Stone Army"
* 29. "The Day Ninjago and Equestria Stood Still"
* 30. "The Last Voyage"
* 31. "Last Train to the Dark Island"
* 32. "Ponyville Confidential"
* 33. "The Last Hope"
* 34. "A Canterlot Wedding Battle - Part 1"
* 35. "A Canterlot Wedding Battle - Part 2"

#### Season 3: Rebooted

* 36. "The Surge"
* 37. "The Art of the Silent Fist"
* 38. "Spike at Your Service"
* 39. "Welcome to Wonderbolts Academy!"
* 40. "Blackout"
* 41. "Too Many Pinkie Pies"
* 42. "One Bad Apple"
* 43. "The Curse of the Golden Master"
* 44. "Sleepless in Ponyville"
* 45. "Just for Sidekicks"
* 46. "Games Ponies Play"
* 47. "The Core of the Crystal Empire - Part 1"
* 48. "The Core of the Crystal Empire - Part 2"
* 49. "Magical Mystery Cure"
* 50. "Codename: Sunset Shimmer"
* 51. "The Void"
* 52. "The Legendary Friend"

#### Season 4: The Princess of Friendship

* 53. "Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1" (mentioned)
* 67. "Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2" (flashback)

#### The Dark Island Trilogy

* "Dark Island Trilogy, Part I" (artwork)

#### Season 7: The Pillars of Time

* 114. "To Turn Back Into Time - Part II" (mentioned)

#### Movie

* "LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: The Movie" (mentioned)

#### Season 8: The Overlord Sons

* 115. "The Mask of Deception - Part I" (mentioned)
* 118. "The Oni and the Dragon" (mentioned)
* 123. "Game of Masks" (mentioned)
* 124. "The Break Up, Break Down" (mentioned)
* 125. "Dread on Arrival"
* 126. "True Potential"
* 127. "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago and Equestria"

#### Season 9: Hunted

* 128. "Firstbourne"
* 129. "Iron & Stone"
* 130. "Radio Free Ninjago and Equestria"
* 131. "How to Build a Dragon"
* 132. "Yakity-Sax"
* 133. "The Glided Path"
* 134. "Two Lies, One Truth"
* 135. "What Lies Beneath"
* 136. "The Weakest Link"
* 137. "Saving Faith"
* 138. "School Raze: Lessons of Friendship"
* 139. "School Raze: Magic Harmony"

#### Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu

* 1. "Master Class" (painting)
* 2. "Green and Gold" (painting)
* 3. "The Weekend Drill" (painting)
* 4. "Elemental Rider" (painting)
* 5. "Blue Lightning" (painting)
* 6. "Samurai X-Treme" (painting)

#### Season 10: March of the Oni

* 140. "The Beginning of the End: The Darkness Comes"
* 141. "The Beginning of the End: Into the Breach"
* 142. "Uprooted"
* 143. "Lloyd's Seven"
* 144. "The Point of No Return"
* 145. "Common Interest"
* 146. "She's All Yak!"
* 147. "Frenemies" (mentioned)
* 148. "Sweet and Smoky"
* 149. "Going to Seed"
* 150. "Student Counsel"
* 151. "The Last Crusade"
* 152. "Between Dark and Dawn"
* 153. "The Last Laugh"
* 154. "2, 4, 6, Greaaat"
* 155. "A Ninja is Born"
* 156. "The Summer Sun Setback"
* 157. "She Talks to Angel"
* 158. "Dragon Dropped"
* 159. "Out of Career"
* 160. "Too Much Time to Reconsider"
* 161. "Growing Up is Hard to Do"
* 162. "The Big Mac Question"
* 163. "The Ending of the End: The Fall"
* 164. "The Ending of the End: Endings"
* 165. "The Fate of Lloyd" (flashback)

#### Season 11: Rainbow Roadtrip

* 166. "Wasted True Potential" (painting)
* 167. "Questing for Quests" (mentioned)
* 168. "Road Tripping" (painting)
* 186. "Young DREAMER" (mentioned)
* 189. "One Small Caring" (mentioned)
* 195. "Awakenings" (painting)

#### LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Wonderful Memories

* 9. "The Darkest Times"
* 13. "Memories of the Ninja"
* 15. "Memories and More"

#### LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony: Decoded

* 1. "Legacy"
* 4. "Ninjago and Equestria's Most Wanted"
* 5. "The Digiverse and Beyond"
* 7. "Beasts and Dragons"
* 8. "Rise of Garmadon"
* 9. "Prophecy of the Chosen One"
* 10. "Greatest Battles"
* 11. "The Sixteen Realms"
* 13. "The Future Timeline"

## Trivia

* He is an evil spirit who represents the dark half of the Balance and the arch-nemesis of the First Spinjitzu Master and the Alicorn race.
* He is the only villain to successfully conquer both Ninjago and Equestria.
* The Overlord is so powerful in the Friendship Continues and Hunted, that only the combined might of Lloyd, Celestia, Luna, Cadance and Twilight could defeat him.
* He is the only main antagonist of Season 9 to appear in every episode.
* The Overlord and Morro are the only two Elemental Masters to take over the body of another Elemental Master: Garmadon for Overlord, Lloyd for Morro.
	+ Oddly enough, both of these hosts are related to each other.
* According to Tommy Andreasen on Twitter, the Overlord is the most powerful antagonist in the series, no matter what vessel he has.
* Although he is extremely ancient, he is not the first evil to come into existence; the Oni are, though he is Ninjago's first evil and the First Spinjitzu Master's arch-nemesis.
	+ When asked if the Overlord was an Oni, Tommy Andreasen said it would be left up to interpretation.
* The Overlord is one of the few characters in the *LEGO Ninjago & My Little Pony* franchise who is immortal, as he cannot be truly killed or destroyed.
* The Overlord views the environment with thermal vision in his "spirit" form.
* In the show, the Ninja mistook his titles twice for characters they were already familiar with: Dark Lord (they thought it referred to Garmadon) and Golden Master (the Ninja mistook Lloyd for being the Golden Master).
* The Overlord is the embodiment of darkness and evil and needs a body to use his powers. However as Misako states, he will be "trapped from this world" for as long as the balance is sustained. For instance, he was only able to use Darkness while he possessed Garmadon. When his transformation into his original form was complete he could use his full powers. In his Golden Master form, he had both Darkness and the Golden Power. He no longer needs a vessel to use his powers after being resurrected.
	+ He also doesn't need a body to use dark matter, as it is from his life force.
* Without the balance shifted to dark or the Golden power, the Overlord cannot have a body. Sometimes though, he can have a mind due to being a spirit. In the ancient days, he battled the First Spinjizu Master in his natural state, eventually assuming his first physical form and mind as a dragon, until he was defeated and cast to the Dark Island in a weakened state. Thousands of years later, he took over Garmadon's mind and body, eventually reassuming his dragon form.
* The Overlord's spirit being indestructible may be due to him being part of the balance. Misako said that "in order for there to be light, there must be shadow," and since the Overlord is the main embodiment of shadow, he's part of the balance.
* Although his fight with Zane may have destroyed his Golden Master body, it didn't necessarily destroy his spirit (since the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master couldn't do this either).
* Garmadon, the Overlord and Queen Chrysalis are the only villains to be the main antagonist of more than one installment.
	+ Garmadon in the Pilot Episodes and the first half of the Friendship Continues.
	+ The Overlord in the second half of the Friendship Continues, Rebooted, Hunted and Generations.
	+ Queen Chrysalis in the second half of the Friendship Continues and the Changing Effect.
* The Overlord and the First Spinjitzu Master were the first Elemental Masters in the realm of Ninjago.
* The Overlord can wield all four Golden Weapons at once.
* A statue of his dragon form was part of the Ninja exhibit at the Ninjago Museum of History.
* The First Spinjitzu Master, the Omega, the Overlord and Firstbourne are four of the most powerful Ninjago characters in the series.
* According to Misako, the Overlord's original form is a Dragon.
	+ This may not be his truest form however, as the legend refers to and depicts him as a spirit.
	+ This may explain why his possessed Garmadon and Golden Master forms both resemble his dragon form in some way, even though neither the backstory of the Overlord nor the prophecy of the Golden Master show them in this fashion.
		- His depiction in the legend is likely due to the ability he demonstrates at the end of "A Canterlot Wedding Battle." Similarly, the same episode reveals the Golden Mech used by the First Spinjitzu Master. Neither the mech nor the dragon are depicted in the legend, although the former's revelation better reveals why the First Spinjitzu Master was able to split Ninjago.
		- Also, the book "Secret World of the Ninja," which shows this same legend, describes him as growing stronger, despite his lack of physical form.
		- Since he did eventually assume his dragon form though, it's possible he was able to shapeshift back then, but not when he regains it in the present since he's technically still possessing Garmadon.
* He is the first villain to use Spinjitzu against the Ninja.
* The Overlord and the Omega are both the series' beings of ultimate evil.
* The Overlord is the first main antagonist to steal Alicorn magic, the second is Tirek, the third is the Storm King, the fourth is Daybreaker and the fifth is Vex.
* The Overlord is very similar to Tirek and the Storm King in many ways.
	+ All are power-hungry conquerers who despised friendship in general.
	+ All seek to take the power of the Alicorn princesses to become all-powerful and succeeded.
		- The Overlord wanted to become a better ruler of Equestria.
		- Tirek wanted to rule Equestria as its god.
		- The Storm King wanted to be the true king of storms and rule with no one at his side.
	+ All were annoyed by the existence of Princess Twilight Sparkle and had to struggle with her.
	+ The Overlord ?????.
	+ Tirek was unaware of a fourth princess and fought with Twilight while she was empowered by the other princesses' magic.
	+ The Storm King had to wait for Tempest to capture Twilight after she escaped Canterlot along with the other three alicorns, and was sickened to hear that she was the Princess of Friendship. He then attempted to get his Staff back before Twilight could.
* The Overlord is also similar to the Ice Emperor, who were successfully able to conquer each realm, earned a trust with the second-in-command (Harumi for the Overlord, Vex for the Ice Emperor) and have positive energy as their weakness (Light is the Overlord's fear, Friendship and Harmony is the Ice Emperor's fear.)
	+ The only difference is the Overlord conquered two realms, Ninjago and Equestria, while the Ice Emperor only conquered the Never-Realm.
* As of the events of Season 10, the Overlord is the only main antagonist to not be imprisoned somewhere.
* The Overlord is one of the four Ninjago main antagonists to not join the Legion of Doom, the other three are Harumi, Aspheera and Vex. His reason is because he helped the protagonists defeat them to save the Sixteen Realms from the Legion of Doom and the Oni so he can conquer them himself.
* As of the events of *Rainbow Roadtrip*, the Overlord is the last of the villains.
* He is one of the eight main antagonists to reform, the others are Garmadon, Discord, Starlight Glimmer, Morro, Kodokuna Yang, Harumi and Aspheera.
* He is one of the many ancient beings whose power cannot be drained by the Bewitching Bell.
* The Overlord is the third villain to successfully defeat the Mane Six and the Ninja; the first being Discord, the second being Queen Chrysalis and the fourth being Cozy Glow.
	+ Unlike the other three, the Overlord successfully defeated his enemies for a long time due to separating them by banishing Kai, Jay, Cole, Zane, Wu, Celestia, Luna, Cadance and Twilight to the First Realm. This makes him the only one out of the four to ever defeat them truly and completely.
* The Overlord appears in his Golden Master form in Wu's journal in "the Dark Island Trilogy", in which an image shows him and the First Spinjitzu Master on opposite sides of a Yin-Yang symbol.
* He is the first antagonist to announce the episode title at the beginning of an episode.
* He is the main antagonist of the Rise of the Overlord arc, a minor antagonist in the Sixteen Realms arc, the central antagonist of the Oni and Dragons arc and a minor character in the Forbidden Spinjitzu arc.
* He is the only antagonist to successfully dethrone Celestia, Luna, Cadance and Twilight as the ruler of Equestria.
* According to Tommy Andreasen, the Overlord does not submit to the writing of fate by the monks of the Cloud Kingdom. This means that he is not affected by any objects that somehow "know" the fate of the one against whom they are directed.
* In the Portuguese-translated shows, his name translates as "Lord of Lords."
* His dragon form more closely resembles that of a Wyvern.
* Regarding the inspiration for the character, Tommy Andreasen said, "The Overlord was entirely Kevin and Dan's idea... we needed something bigger and badder [than the Serpentine]."
* In original concepts for "A Canterlot Wedding Battle," Wu, after seeing Misako and Garmadon reconcile, would walk away with the Overlord manifesting inside him as the screen faded to black.
* According to Tommy Andreasen, there is still more to learn about the Overlord's story.
* The Hageman Brothers have stated that the Overlord "is too one dimensional" and "is awesome, but hard to break new ground since he’s such a massive baddie. I ask you — how would he evolve?"
* When asked why they brought the Overlord back for Rebooted, the Hageman Brothers stated, "we thought the ultimate battle would be the end. S3 taught us how expansive the stories could be".
* In the Portuguese-translated shows, his name translates as "Lord of Lords."
* The Overlord proved to be an equal match to the First Spinjitzu Master, as well as the ability to harness the essence itself.
* He is the only villain to be the main antagonist of both a *Masters of Friendship* and *Living the Pony Life* season.

## Gallery

The Overlord's ancient formThe Overlord's spiritThe Overlord's four-armed formThe Overlord's original dragon formThe Overlord as the Digital OverlordThe Overlord as the Digital Kraken in the DigiverseThe Overlord about to become the Golden MasterThe Overlord as a blobThe Overlord as a 90% Golden MasterThe Overlord as the Golden MasterThe Overlord's appearance after being resurrectedThe Overlord at war with the First Spinjitzu Master