Simon Roothus

Team Waters

The New Ninja of Ogaji

Unnamed Wife

**Simon Roothus** is the Elemental Master of Nature and teacher at the Ogaji School for Future Heroes.

He was originally a samurai from the Roothus Clan. His ability to control nature was passed down through the males in his family, and took up the mantle as the head samurai of his household.

He would eventually join the second Team Waters when a distress call went out asking for nearby help defeating a new villain. Since joining Team Waters, Simon became a Ninja, and fought with Timothy and the others against Serces until the end, when he vexed and transformed into a tree.

Simon's soul would be sent to the Sacred Realm, and would only return once the day had arrived that all of the Elemental Masters rose again to defeat Genesis. Simon aided the Elemental Masters in defeating G, and used the Star of Closing to wish to become a sensei.

He went on to do just that, and founded the Ogaji School of Future Heroes, where he and several other EMs would eventually go on to teach.

Simon would return to the hero scene when G required his aid in defeating Bamos one last time. Following Bamos' defeat, Simon went into retirement from being a Ninja, and started teaching full time.

35 years later, he married and had a son, who is enrolled at the school where he teaches. When Sid and his fellow students are being tracked down by a vengeful ghost, Simon helps protect them from it, but he is caught in the cross-fire, and killed.

His death would be undone in the Light Timeline, where Simon aids the Elemental Masters in destroying Nightmarre, and he eventually lives a long and happy life with his wife and son.

## History

### Pre-History

Simon Roothus was born into the Roothus Samurai Clan. When it was discovered that he inherited his father's Element of Nature, he was set to be the next in line to become the Nature Samurai, which is passed down through Nature Users throughout the family.

Being mostly independent, Simon traveled the world seeking adventure.

### *Milo's Adventures*

#### *The Light Knight*

While seeking adventure on his own, Simon came across Team Waters on their mission to defeat Phanto. Simon joined their team temporarily, but eventually decided to stay with them, and became a full time Ninja.

He stayed with them until the final battle, when fighting against Bamos and Serces, Simon was cursed by black magic, and he was transformed into a large tree. Being trapped inside a tree, Simon perished, and his soul was sent to the Sacred Realm.

### Time in the Sacred Realm

While in the Sacred Realm, Simon awaited his time to return, along with the other fallen Elemental Masters, until the day came when they would unite to stop the greatest evil the world would ever see.

#### Doomsday

During Doomsday, Simon returned along with the other Elemental Masters to stop Genesis. He teamed up with Timothy Rogers to take down Jonah and the physical manifestation of his tree-self that he was cursed into by Serces. Together, the two of them took down the villains and reunited with the other heroes.

After witnessing Bamos' futile attempt to revolt against Genesis, the EM's come together and finally defeat him for good, turning G good again.

With that, the Star of Closing falls from the sky and each of the heroes make a wish. Simon wishes he could become a teacher for young heroes who wish to be like them, and Simon is granted the funds to create his own school.

### Off-Time

In the time between Milo's Adventures and Closing the Circles, Simon founds the Ogaji School for Future Heroes, where he, the headmaster, will teach up and coming heroes the art of the Ninja.

### Closing the Circles

#### His Return

Some months later, G enlists the help of Simon, among several others, to stop Bamos' Watchers from resurrecting the Knight of Darkness. During their attempt to take over Bamos' palace, Simon is transformed into a ghost, and forced to do the bidding of Bamos.

For many weeks, Simon is forced to fight against his friends to serve Lord Bamos against his will, but he is freed when Bamos is finally defeated by G, with the help of several other Ninja.

Simon aids G and the others in one last battle against Pullumi, and then Mr. E, before retiring to become a full-time teacher.

#### Mirror Me Part 1

Several months later, Simon takes his students on a field trip to Dimmick Swamps, where Garmadon was defeated five months ago. Garmadon is found to have survived the fight, and attacks Simon. Garmadon renounces his Ninjagan name and dubs himself "Lord Dimmick."

Simon comes out of retirement, very briefly, and regroups with the remaining Elemental Masters that are not already in the Dragon Keepers. He enlists the help of Nicholas Rogers, Kaitlin, and Jackson Smith. The four of them track Dimmick to the Temple of Time, who gets taken away by Mr. E.

Having no more reason to be a group, they split up, and Simon resumes his retirement from being a Ninja.

### Era of Peace

Eventually, Simon settles down and marries, and has a son named Sid. Instead of having his son inherit the title of Nature Samurai, Simon lets his son decide his own destiny, and enrolls him in his school in order to let him figure out what he wants to be.

### Rebirth

#### The Deicide

A month after Sid graduates into G Frost's Spinjitzu training class, Simon hears that his son and several of his classmates are being hunted down by the vengeful spirit of the former Head Knight of the royal castle.

Simon agrees to help G and Tom protect their students, but he is murdered by The Deicide, who he formerly helped Timothy defeat during Doomsday.

### Ogaji Origins

#### Sleeping Slaves (Light Timeline)

After some tampering with the timeline, G Frost and several other Elemental Masters come back from the future bearing a terrible omen, Nightmarre, Daemon of Calamity. Past Simon aids the Elemental Masters in taking down the *true* greatest evil, and with that, the Legend of Ogaji ends.

Simon's future in the Light Timeline is very similar to that of his previous life, where he marries and has Sid, but does not suffer a terrible death at the hands of Jonah.

He is last seen as the old headmaster of the School for Future Heroes.

## Personality

Simon is mostly seen as laid back and uncaring. When he was young, he didn't fret over details, and enjoyed battles with bad guys... Basically the opposite of G.

As he got older, he had a knack for teaching, and found joy in helping the new generation learn how to be a hero like he was.

## Powers and Abilities

**Chlorokinesis/Ecokinesis** - The user can create and control plants, including vines and parts of plants, such as leaves, roots, seeds, flowers, and thorns, for a variety of purposes: trapping enemies, making an escape route, or blocking incoming attacks. It may be possible for some users to command sentient plant creatures. They can also connect, communicate, influence, manipulate, and blend in with nature, allowing them to control all living things and natural phenomena, including forests, living plants, and different environments.

* **Plant Growth** - The user can grow plants from the ground to create traps or accelerate the growth of plants.
* **Plant Generation** - The user can generate plants, including vines and parts of plants, such as thorns, usually to trap and ensnare an adversary.

## Description

Simon is has thick black eyebrows and typically has long red hair. His Ninja outfit is usually a dark greenish yellow.

## Author's Notes

* I have no idea where Simon originally came from.
	+ In the Old Canon for Chapter 3, a bunch of Ninjago OCs were implemented in the story and had an "audition" to enter Team Waters. Simon was included in this as a joke character, so I have no idea why he stuck.
* This might be my least favorite OC from the original series because of how bland he is. I literally never use him. Probably the best thing that happened to him was when he turned into a ghost in His Return, but that's it.