2023

> "*Change can be scary, but it's also a chance for something...better.*"
> ― Sora to Arin.
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This is a list of events that occured in the year 2023.

#### 31st

* In the realm of Imperium, a young girl named Ana creates the Photac, which displays interactive globes, as a school project, before her teacher, Mr. Koenig, tells her not to deviate from mandated curriculum, as dictated by the decree of the Empress Beatrix. Regardless, Ana works on a second version, and at her school's science fair, shows it off, first displaying a fish, then a puppy. This allows her to win the science fair. While celebrating with her parents, Ana is approached by her idol, Dr. LaRow, who wants to hire her.
* Not long after she was offered a position in the Advanced Systems Lab, Dr. LaRow gives Ana a tour of it before introducing her to Imperium's power source: A dragon, whose designation is Subject 152 stroke 9A, or Sora by some scientists. Dr. LaRow then reveals that her Photac can be used to capture more dragons, once they’re upgraded to display ferocious creatures, shocking Ana, who calls Dr. LaRow a monster and leaves. Upon returning home, Ana's parents express their disappointment in her, telling her they are ashamed to even call her their daughter.

### June

#### 1st

* Master Wu asks Lloyd to find scrolls about "coalescence", seeming distressed about something. Lloyd is about to leave, when Wu tells him that he hopes he'll do a good job when he becomes the new master of the monastery. Suddenly, they hear rumbling and rush outside with the other ninja, only to witness the begging of the Merge.
* **The Merge**:
	+ Arin, an ordinary young boy and fan of the Ninja practices on his house gate with his parents watching. Strange cracks in the sky suddenly appear and open portals with images of other realms before the portals' presence causes many objects and people to be pulled up, Arin included. As he is pulled along the debris, he is suddenly saved by Lloyd before seeing the other Ninja helping others caught in the catastrophe. After they are brought to safety, Arin asks Lloyd to find his parents, and he complies before the Destiny's Bounty and Jay's mech head for the portal, only for it to immediately disappear and a shockwave to occur.
	+ Ana is shunned upon by everyone, as well as her parents, who demand she find a new interest after they confiscate her work bench. In retaliation, Ana gets rid of anything related to Dr. LaRow in her room and wishes she was somewhere else, just as a shockwave occurs and Imperium is merged with the other realms.
	+ Wyldfyre, Heatwave and a caregiver robot are oblivious to the Merge, due to sleeping.
	+ Dragons from an unspecified realm are placed next to the Kingdom of Madness. They begin drinking a special mud which serves as both the burial ground of the Craglings' ancestors and their life source, with Craglings slowly falling apart and dying as more mud is lost to the dragons.
	+ Zane is trapped inside the Monastery of Imperium.
	+ Cole appears in the Land of Lost Things.
* Upon the shockwave's fade, Arin finds himself in a field with little debris, and an unfamiliar city in the distance, which led to one thing: All the realms had merged. Concerned, Arin turns to try and find his parents, but gets no response, and Lloyd's ninja mask lands in his hands.

#### 2nd

* Lloyd wakes up back at the Monastery alone, the building itself being moved far from Ninjago and placed on top of a large mountain peak. Lloyd tries looking through Wu's scrolls, but most were destroyed aside from one talking about entities known as Source Dragons, with Lloyd believing they had some involvement in the Merge.
* After waking up alone and making her way back to Ninjago, Nya reunites with Kai, who had gotten involved in the conflict in the Kingdom of Madness.
* Wyldfyre starts generating flames in her hand, surprising the robot, whom reprograms itself to help Wyldfyre control her newfound powers.
* Euphrasia gains the Elemental Power of Wind but hides it from the rest of Cloud Kingdom's inhabitians.
* In the Land of Lost Things, Geo gains the element of Fusion.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Return to Imperium
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Merge: Part 2
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Merge: Part 1
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 I Will Be the Danger
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Beyond Madness
6. ↑ The Calm Inside
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Land of Lost Things
8. ↑ Writers of Destiny