Battle for Shintaro Mountain

The **Battle for Shintaro Mountain** (also known as the **Battle of Shintaro Moutain**) was a big battle from *Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu*. It deals with the forces of Shintaro Mountain fighting against the army of the Skull Sorcerer. The battle takes place in Season 13 and ended on the Season 13 finale, "The Son of Lilly."

## History

### Background

It all started in remote the Kingdom of Shintaro, a beautiful and prosperous kingdom located on a mountain where few people were invited to come there. It was founded by the Sky People after the defeat of an evil sorcerer named Hazza D'ur who built tunnels and mines within the mountain but legends said that his bones still inhabited the mountain. It also started with Cole's mother, Lilly the previous Master of Earth who learned that her powers were more powerful when closer to her element. Then she visited Shintaro Mountain where she invented the Spinjitzu burst which she used to destroy an evil dragon named Grief-Bringer who terrorized the creatures who lived within mountain, the Geckles and the Munce. When Lilly left Shintaro Mountain, she gave the Geckles and Munce her weapons the Blades of Deliverance which were two black and white blades. She gave the Ivory Blade of Deliverance to the Geckles and the Shadow Blade of Deliverance to the Munce so that both sides could fight back against evil themselves. She also had locket which contained pictures of both herself and her husband, Lou which she gave to a friendly Geckle named Gleck who she befriended. Eventually, Lilly and Lou had Cole but then one day when Cole was just a little kid, Lilly became very ill and had to stay in the hospital then when Cole visited her about facing a bully at school, she made him promise to stand up to those who are cruel and unjust. Later when Cole was a teenager, Lilly passed away but Cole never forgot the promise he made to her when he became the new Master of Earth.

Meanwhile, Shintaro was ruled by a man named King Vangelis who tasked three misfit adventurers to go on a quest find a powerful and evil magical artifact within Shintaro Mountain called the Skull of Hazza D'ur and bring it to him so it can be destroyed which Vangelis claimed would kept Shintaro safe. These adventurers were a warrior named Korgran, a thief named Plundar, and a wizard named Fungus. But when they got the Skull of Hazza D'ur and brought it back to Vangelis he refused to have it destroyed, then he betrayed the adventurers and banished them the undergrounds of the mountain where they named themselves the Lowly. Vangelis then took the skull for himself and with its power became the Skull Sorcerer. The Skull Sorcerer then used his power to resurrect an army of skeletons called the Re-Awakened. He then stole the Blades of Deliverance to divide and conquer the Geckles and Munce so that he can make them into his slaves. He forced them along with some rhino-like animals called Mino that also lived under the mountain to mine Vengestone from the mountain within the old mines which had the power to nullify elemental power then sold the Vengestone to a mysterious buyer so he could fund his kingdom. However, non of the of Sky Folk knew about his true actions not even is own daughter, Princess Vania. In order to keep his plans secret, Vangelis forbade anyone from going down into the old tunnels of the mountain claiming they were too dangerous. Years later, Vangelis invited the Ninja to Shintaro to celebrate Vania's birthday since she was a big fan of them. Sensei Wu also came along with them because Misako told him to help him get out of funk after he was feeling his age and believed the Ninja didn't need him anymore because of the events of the Attack of the Pyro Vipers, the Liberation of the Never-Realm, and the Invasion of Prime Empire. When the Ninja arrive at Shintaro on the Destiny's Bounty, they they were attacked by some Dire Bats but were saved by Guards of Shintaro led by Vangelis's right-hand man who brought the Ninja to the palace of Shintaro where they were greeted welcomely by both Vangelis and Vania.

### The Battle

But at night, Cole is visited by Gleck who thought he was Lilly, but he escapes when he scares Cole and when Cole finds the locket on him. He tries the tell the other Ninja about Glek but they don't believe him except for Vania because Gleck visited her ounce too. Cole and Vania then investigate Gleck's appearance by going down into the old mines within Shintaro Mountain where they find the Geckles and Munce mining Vengestone for the Re-Awakened as slaves. Then the Skull Sorcerer arrives to punish them for disturbing the work by mercilessly attacking them with the Skull of Hazza D'ur. So Cole tells Vania to go back to the surface and get help while he faces both the Skull Sorcerer and the Re-Awakened alone but he is easily defeated and captured by them. When Vania returns to the surface, she tells the Ninja and Wu about the Skull Sorcerer then they went to Vangelis for help. But Vangelis tells them all to stay in the castle while he faced the Skull Sorcerer with some of his men but the Ninja decide to go down into the mountain secretly. Meanwhile, Cole is forced to work in the mines by the Re-Awakened with the Geckles and Munce where he finds out that the Geckles and Munce don't like each other. The Ninja then arrive and find Cole then they free him along with both the Geckles and the Munce who began to fight each other. This attracts the attention of the Re-Awakened so the Ninja try to fight them off but they couldn't use their elemental powers because of the Vengestone so they fight them using their weapons and Spinjitzu. However, the Skull Sorcerer arrives and uses the Skull of Hazza D'ur to revive the Re-Awakened who defeat and capture the Ninja along with the Geckles and Munce. During which the Ninja find out the the reason why the Geckles and Munce hate each other is because they both think the other side stole their blade after they tell them about the Blades of Deliverance and Grief-Bringer but they pronounce Lilly's name as either Gilly or Milly. They Ninja believe that the Skull Sorcerer was the one who stole the blades then try to escape and find the blades by trying to get both the Geckles and Munce to work together. Which works out for a bit but when Cole and Lloyd try to find the blades they run into the Skull Sorcerer and fight him off while the other Ninja free the Geckles and Munce. But in the process of escaping both the Skull Sorcerer and the Re-Awakened the Ninja get separated with Nya, Jay, and Lloyd going with the Munce and Kai and Zane going with the Geckles but Cole tries to escape back to the surface alone. While the Ninja are in the mountain with the Geckles and Munce who regroup with the rest of their people in their villages, Nya becomes the new queen of the Munce after defeating Queen Murtessa in a fight while Kai becomes the new chancellor of the Geckles through a unanimously election issued by Chancellor Gulch. Meanwhile, Cole is rescued from the caves of the mountain by Princess Vania and her pet dragon, Chompy. After they return to the surface and regroup with Sensei Wu, they try to warn King Vangelis about the Skull Sorcerer again but he reveals to them that he is the Skull Sorcerer after transforming with the Skull of Hazza D'ur. He then attacks them and banishes both Cole and Wu to the underground of the mountain with Vania going after them. Vangelis then transforms back, calls in his guards to lock up Chompy after blaming him for sending her down the mountain, declares the Ninja as traitors, and orders them to be arrested on sight.

Meanwhile, Cole, Wu, and Vania continue to fall down the mountain until they all land in a spider web and later rushing water that take them to a whirlpool. They are then recue after Wu convinces Cole to use his powers to move a stalactite but then they fall down further and where they find and meet the Lowly and their pet giant spider, Adam who explain to Cole, Wu, and Vania what happened to them. Then Cole convinces them to team up with him, Wu, and Vania to stop Vangelis and renames them the Upply. They all walk through the tunnels of the mountain with Cole leading the way with his elemental power which he learned how by connecting to the earth within the mountain with help from Sensei Wu. Which leads them through a tunnel and across a lava pit where they fight off a lava monster. After they defeat it they, Cole seals up the path with rocks the lava monster doesn't follow them but it melts through the rocks and does just that. Meanwhile, the Ninja try to get both the Geckles and the Munce to work together with a truce meeting but they refuse to, claiming that the truce meeting is a trap from the other side and that they want to fight each other. During which, Kai and Zane learn about Lily from Gleck and why he visited Cole at the Shintaro palace. But Vangelis tries to stop the truce meeting between the Geckles and Munce by reviving Grief-Bringer into a skeleton dragon as the Skull Sorcerer. After some convincing from the Ninja, the Geckles and Munce go to the truce meeting with the Ninja from the Munce wearing silver armor and the Ninja from the Geckles wearing golden armor as a precaution is case the other side tries to attack them. When the Geckles and Munce meet each other the Ninja reunite but then both Grief-Bringer and the Re-Awakened arrive and attack them, forcing them all to run away from them to safety. Zane and Lloyd try to hold them off but Grief-Bringer was able to come back just like the Re-Awakened. Meanwhile, Cole, Wu, Vania, and the Upply are chased by the lava monster from before then escape it on some mine cars. They soon arrive at a ancient door where they learn about the Spinjitzu Burst then Cole opens it with earth elemental power. Cole, Wu, Vania, and the Upply later find a statue of Lilly made by both the Geckles and Munce and a mech made of stone with some armor Cole uses. Afterwards, Cole tries to learn how to do the Spnjitzu Burst which could beat the Skull Sorcerer even though he believes it was the Blade of Deliverance his mother used to defeat Grief-Bringer. When Cole fails to learn the burst, he along with Wu, Vania, and the Upply feel the mountain move then with help from Fungus they discover that the other Ninja are being chased by the reanimated Grief-Bringer. With Cole facing stress and troubles, Vania convinces Sensei Wu to help Cole stating that he needs him. So Wu finally gets out of his depressed state of not being needed anymore and decides to help Cole stop Greif-Bringer. The Ninja, along with the Geckles and the Munce continue running away from both Grief-Bringer and the Re-Awakened, but then they all take refuge in a strong cave. Lloyd, Jay, Kai and Zane then try holding off Grief-Bringer and the Re-Awakened while Nya and the Munce try closing the cave which they succeed at and the other Ninja manage to get back in just in time before the strong cave closes. But then the Skull Sorcerer arrives and orders the Geckles and Munce to surrender the Ninja and in return he will spare their lives but they all refuse so the Skull Sorcerer orders his army to attack the strong cave to break it open. However, the Ninja find a blocked rock wall so they try to convince the Geckles and Munce to work together to clear the wall believing it might lead to an exit but it just leads to a dead end. But both the Geckles and Munce realize the error of their ways, put aside their differences, and decide to work together to stop the Skull Sorcerer then both Kai and Nya officially declare peace between both side. However, the Skull Sorcerer's army manages to break through into the cave but the Ninja decide to surrender themselves for the Geckles and Munce but make Skull Sorcerer swear to not enslave them which he does at first but then he goes back on it.

Meanwhile, Cole comes up with a plan to him Wu, Vania, and the Upply get back up to the surface by using mine cart wheels on the earth mech which Cole can control with his earth elemental power to push some other mine carts with everyone else in them. The plan works but Cole and the others soon get chased by the lava monster again until Cole defeats it with the earth mech and everyone is able to make it back to the surface. Then when they make it back to the palace, Vania fins Chompy in a cage and frees him but then Hailmar and the guards show up to arrest them. Vania tries to explain to them the truth about her father, Vangelis but they don't listen. So Cole, Wu, Vania, and the Upply fight them off then Chompy transforms into a big dragon and fights them as well. This allows Cole and Upply to escape and head back to the mines to stop the Skull Sorcerer while Vania, Wu, and Chompy stay to hold off the guards and convince them about Vangelis' treachery. Back in the mountain, all the Geckles and Munce continue to mine Vengestone as slaves with the Ninja lamenting over it as they are held prisoner in a cage made of Vengestone. Soon the Skull Sorcerer arrives that tells the Ninja that he will have Grief-Bringer destroy them to crush the Geckles and Munce's hope and to make an example of his rule over them. The Skull Sorcerer then reveals himself as King Vangelis and reveals to them what he did to Cole and Sensei Wu but Cole and the Upply plan to launch a surprise attack on the Skull Sorcerer to free the Ninja. During which, Vangelis reveals to the Ninja the Blades of Deliverance and that he was the one who stole them to divide and conquer the Geckles and Munce. Cole then comes up with plans with the Upply to have him, Plundar, and Adm get the Blades of Deliverance and use them to stop the Skulll Sorcerer, while Korgran and Fungus free the Geckles and Munce to help them fight back against him after they receive a signal from Cole. When Cole gets the blades he prepares to face the Skull Sorcerer just as he is about to have Grief-Bringer Grief-Bringer destroy the Ninja. He then stops Grief-Bringer from coming then confronts the Skull Sorcerer and fights him off using the Blades of Deliverance. Which was the signal to have Korgran, Fungus, the Geckles, and the Munce fight off the Re-Awakened then Plundar and Adam free the Ninja who help fight of the Re-Awakened as well. But during the fight, Grief-Bringer arrives and joins the fight while both the Skull Sorcerer and the Skull of Hazza D'ur tell Cole that the Blades of Deliverance are powerless but he doesn't believe them. Grief-Bringer then attacks and more Re-Awakened keep coming but everyone keeps fighting them off while the Skull Sorcerer continues to tell Cole that the Blades of Deliverance are powerless then he uses the Skull of Hazza D'ur to destroy blades. But just when the Skull Sorcerer is about to attack Cole again, Wu, Vania, and Chompy arrive with the guards after finally convincing them and they help fight off both Grief-Bringer and the Re-Awakened. They help to fight off the Re-Awakened with Wu riding Chompy and fighting Grief-Bringer. The Skull Sorcerer then has the Skull of Hazza D'ur torture Cole until Cole realizes after remembering the promise he made to his mother that it wasn't the Blades of Deliverance that she used to defeat Grief-Bringer but the Spinjitzu Burst. Remembering his mother's promise, Cole summons enough earth elemental power to do the Spinjitzu Burst which he uses to destroys the Skull of Hazza D'ur and defeat the Skull Sorcerer thus rendering both Grief-Bringer and the Re-Awakened as lifeless bones.

### Aftermath

With the Skull of Hazza D'ur gone, the Skull Sorcerer becomes Vangelis again who begs for forgiveness but is imprisoned by Vania and the guards for his crimes. With that, the Geckles and Munce were now free and living among the people of Shintaro with both Gulch and Murtessa restored as both Chancellor and Queen of them. Vania also becomes the new ruler of Shintaro and is crowned Queen by Hailmar then the Ninja said their goodbyes to their new friends and left for more adventures on the Destiny's Bounty at Sensei Wu's suggestion now that he has gotten over his depression. However, Vangelis would return in the Crystastrophe with help from the one who was paying him for all the Vengestone, Harumi.

## Belligerents

### Ninja

* Cole
* Lloyd
* Kai
* Jay
* Zane
* Nya
* Sensei Wu
* Princess Vania
* Chompy
* Hailmar
* Upply
	+ Korgran
	+ Plundar
	+ Fungus
	+ Adam

* Geckles
	+ Chancellor Gulch
	+ Gleck
	+ Gliff
	+ Groko
	+ Garpo
	+ Ginkle
	+ Other Geckles
* Munce
	+ Queen Murtessa
	+ Murt
	+ Manko
	+ Mudd
	+ Mood
	+ Meeha
	+ Mid
	+ Other Munce

* Mino
* Winged Guards of Shintaro

### Re-Awakened

* Skull Sorcerer/King Vangelis
* Skull of Hazza D'ur
* Grief-Bringer
* Re-Awakened Skeleton Warriors

### Other

* Lava Monster
* Dire Bats
* Giant Spiders

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