Season 7: Age of Garmadon

**Season 7** of Beyond: Rising Force, subtitled Age of Garmadon is preceded by Season 6, and will be succeeded by Season 8. This season covers events such as: The Revival of the Dark Lord, the Transformation of the Ninja Force, and the Clash of the Garmadons. Michael and Amber serve as the focus ninja. The other ninja are focused upon in smaller capacities. Lord Garmadon serves as the mascot and main antagonist. Johnathan Destrevan and Red Sparrow serve as the secondary antagonists of the season. The Patriarchs serve as the villainous faction of the season.

Lord Garmadon has always been a recurring enemy of the Ninja. This time he’s back more powerful than ever. Can our Ninja Force stop this evil once more? The answer is shrouded in a cloud of darkness.

## Overview

After saving the world from the Elemental Lords' Chaos Convergence Device, the Ninja Force has gained more popularity than ever and are well known across the realms at this point. Their distractions cause them to be startled and mismanaged when they hear that Johnathan Destrevan and a group of mysterious group of cloaked figures have captured the long thought dead Lord Garmadon and are planning to revive his dark side. The Ninja barely arrive on the scene only to face the corrupted Garmadon in a climactic battle. The heroes weren't prepared for a battle like this, and they're only caught off guard further when Lloyd sacrifices himself to take out the enemy. Unbeknownst to the now guilt-tripped ninja, Garmadon survived and has already reunited with Destrevan and a new band of cultists who adore him and is preparing to make their lives hell. Michael vows to avenge his adopted father by leading the team against this brand new threat. But will they win the right way? Or will the band of heroes fall further than Garmadon because of their emotions? The answer is shrouded in darkness...

## History

#### The Darkness Returns

The Ninja Force assembles in Ninjago City to celebrate Ninja Day withe citizens from across Ninjago, and get to listen to a retelling of the birth of the Ninja; Lloyd feels that dark presence he’s encountered before is manifesting in an abandoned section of Ninjago; Destrevan and the Lady in Navy Blue ally together to bring back a long-time menace to the Ninja; a new group of criminal rogues invade a weapons facility to collect gear for their new movement.

#### The Grandson of the Dark Lord

The Ninja Force mourns the loss of their sensei at the hands of his own father, while their other sensei scramble to make a plan on what to do about the return of Garmadon; the citizens of Ninjago mourn the loss of their first Green Ninja with a public funeral procession; Michael turns to Zane to learn about the full history of his grandfather while Amber struggles to find comfort in watching another Lloyd die; Jason makes his own plan on how to face down this new threat; Destrevan meets with Garmadon on Chen’s Island.

#### Infiltration Part One

After coming up with a plan, Sabrina, Vincent and DIGITAL are sent to infiltrate the new group of rogue mercenaries and bounty hunters continuing the legacy of the Sons of Garmadon and figure out their plan; Natalie and Alessia help continue the training of Amber while waiting for the signal for them serve as backup; Michael stands by as Nya, Zane and the others monitor their moles’ progress; Garmadon becomes enraged as the man he was finished his life a long time ago and must come to grips with the fact that he is a clone.

#### Infiltration Part Two

Vincent senses something familiar about one of the high ranking generals that’s familiar as he, Sabrina and DIGITAL continue to gain trust with the Patriarchs; Garmadon visits an old temple in the southeastern mountains to reconnect with his original source’s past; the Ninja Force rushes to action as the Patriarchs make a move to attack another weapons facility in the Sea of Sand’s dune; Michael visits the Monastery of Spinjitzu with Kai to help check up on its condition.

#### Race To The Teeth

The Patriarchs enlist to compete in a bike race against rival biker gangs and crime syndicates and put Vincent on their biker team to win the race; Garmadon joins the Patriarch soldiers as they spectate the race but soon encounters Michael as the Ninja Force and Police make a move to arrest the crime gangs; Jason becomes hesitant on whether they should let Amber near Garmadon in their surprise attack on the Patriarchs.

#### A Slippery Slope

The race between the criminal gangs continues even with the Police in tow and Vincent struggles to keep his powers and abilities a secret as the other bikers become hostile; the Red Sparrow is given special orders by Destrevan to take down any members who may seem suspicious; Michael realizes that he might be more capable than Lloyd was against Garmadon as this clone of the Dark Lord is still learning; the Ninja continue to listen for Vincent and DIGITAL’s status while they confront Destrevan.

#### A Decision Is Made

After finding Vincent in critical condition, Jay and Dr. Borg put him in a stasis until they can figure out how to save him while his teammates become distressed; Michael plots a way to get vengeance on the Patriarchs for what they did to Vincent and enlists Jimmy for some help; Garmadon senses that the Floating Ruins are calling to him but can’t figure out why; the Ninja are tasked with finding certain items that Borg will need for Vincent’s surgery.

#### The Transformation

Vincent wanders in a void of light as he comes to terms with the fact that he is dying; Borg, Jay and many others begin the moving process of Vincent’s brain, heart and soul into an advanced model of Zane’s body; Jason gets the team out of their mourning state as they get an alert that Destrevan is attacking a satellite tower; Alessia comforts a saddened Emma as they wait for the results of Vincent’s surgery; Garmadon finds a final gift left to him by the Dark Lady in the Floating Ruins; Michael says his goodbyes to Amber and Vincent before leaving on his quest for redemption.

#### The Wayward Son

Vincent returns to the world of living and gets used to life as a nindroid with some help from his friends and Zane; Jason interrogates Jimmy as he knows that he knows something about Michael’s sudden absence; Garmadon and Michael finally get a proper introduction as they meet on the Bridge of the Old Masters; Destrevan and Kira have an argument as Vincent is alive and she wants to leave the Patriarchs.

#### Mindstormer Part One

Jason leads the team and Amber to the Spirit Coves after getting Michael’s message that she can earn her True Potential through a series of tests; Destrevan and a mind-controlled Kira lead an assault on the Ninja while waiting for Garmadon to return from Primeval’s Eye; As Kai, Nya and Zane stay behind at Mount Ninja listening in on the Ninjas’ radio frequency, they are met by an unexpected occurrence.

#### Mindstormer Part Two

Amber’s life is put into retrospective as she nears the final test in her assessment of whether she can gain a true potential; the Ninja Force and Patriarchs meet in a flurry of sparks and screams as both fight for their belief in one person; Garmadon makes his return but is followed by ghosts of his past; an old ally of the ninja makes their triumphant return but has to move quickly if they wish to help the Ninja Force.

#### Homebound

The Ninja Force celebrates their win against the Patriarchs and a haunted Garmadon while giving Kate a proper reunion with the world of the living; Johnathan Destrevan wallows in defeat as he failed to make Vincent hate him and his wife has turned on him; Garmadon tries to recover from the horrors that he saw when haunted by people he hurt; Vincent has a moment of reconciliation with his stepbrother and mother while mourning an untimely loss.

#### The Eyes That Cut Deep

Michael feels like he has some sort of connection to his grandfather’s clone through his visual prowess and uses some spirit smoke to try and see the meaning behind it; Garmadon comes into contact with the Dark Lady but soon finds that she has new plans for him and the Patriarchs; Destrevan visits Kira in her cell to question why she broke their pact; the Ninja make strategies for any future Patriarch attacks while celebrating Amber’s seventeenth birthday.

#### Corruption

The Ninja Force is rushed into action as several collosus sentinels appear in Ninjago City and begin wreaking havoc; Natalie has another inconvenient spasm as she does battle causing Vincent to have to put some of his new abilities to use; Garmadon operates the sentinels from an unknown location while under the influence of the Dark Lady; Michael and Jason both begin to sense that an outside force other than Garmadon is controlling the titans.

#### A Link to the Shadows

Michael and Amber enter the fortress that Garmadon is stationed in while Jason, Natalie and Vincent lead the finishing attacks on the Collosus Legion and the Patriarchs; Garmadon is lost to the darkness as another one of the Dark Lady’s Chaos Demons takes over his body; Kate discovers that some of her powers are still in her veins and decides to put them to use to get the Coordinate Titan Mech back online for the clash against the Ultra Collosus.

#### Parting

In a final effort, Michael and Amber continue their fight with the corrupted Garmadon while phasing across the realms and their lands; the Ninja split into two groups so one of them can go give the Green Ninjas the support they need while the other stays behind to help with a sweep of the city for any remaining members of the Patriarchs; Zane finally gets Vincent’s connection to Hyōzan back in an effort to help him catch up with Johnathan Destrevan before he puts Michael and Amber’s lives at risk.

## Cast

### Ninja Force

* Jason C. Walker - Steven Yuen
* Natalie R. Walker - Tiya Sircar
* Michael Hayate - Asher Angel
* Amber Brown - Karen Fukuhara
* Vincent Roberts - Josh Keaton
* Levi Miller - Tyler Labine
* Alessia Carrow - Katie Cassidy
* Sabrina Carrow - Laura Bailey
* Chad Williams - Taylor Gray
* Brad Williams - Jeremy Shada
* Kate Smith - Seychelle Gabriel
* DIGITAL - Erica Luttrel
* Emma Haruno - Anne Yatco
* Jimmy Brookstone - Jack De Sena

### Patriarch Cultists

* Shirō Garmadon - Mark Oliver
* Johnathan Destrevan - Neil Kaplan
* Kira Roberts/Red Sparrow - Trisha Nishimura
* Rod - TBA
* Reiner - TBA
* Killow - Garry Chalk
* Ultra Violet - Jessica Calvello

## Sets

* 71870 Biker Market Rumble
* 71871 Jason's Spectrum Bike
* 71872 Ultra Violet's Chaos Rig
* 71873 Vincent's Titanium Air Striker
* 71874 Mountaintop Siege
* 71875 SoG Bar Takeover
* 71876 Alessia's Tsunami Bruiser Mech
* 71877 The Phoenix
* 71878 Garma-Titan
* 71879 Ninja Force Mountain Base
* 71880 Natalie VS Johnathan Destrevan: Clifftop Battle
* 71881 Vincent VS Red Sparrow: Desert Clash
* 71882 Michael VS Lord Garmadon: Bridge Duel

## Opening Credits

**Opening**: Utagoe Yo Okore - Sambomaster

## Notes

* Age of Garmadon marks the beginning of the Emperor's World Arc