Season 27: Thunder of the Gods

**Season 14** of Beyond: Unlimited, subtitled Thunder of the Gods, is preceded by Season 26 and is succeeded by Season 28. The season covers the events such as: Rian Haruno's Return & The Shadow Realm Uprising. The mascot characters of the season are Jason, Natalie, Lucas, and Vincent. The focus characters of the season are Jason and Natalie, who also serve as the main protagonists. The villainous faction of the season is the reanimated Shakow Army and some of Landon's Shadow Cell Loyalists. The Shakowmaster serves as the main antagonist, while Fallen Angel and White Wren serve as the secondary antagonists. This season serves as the twenty-seventh part of the Original Beyond Trilogy.

## Overview

An old foe long thought gone! After rumors and stories of how the Ninja Force and their leader Jason brought down the Hason Demigods spread across the many realities of the multiverse, the word eventually gets out to Samara's Dark Order and their agents. With the knowledge of this feat, Samara uses her magic to resurrect rian Haruno more powerful than ever and send him alongside two of her most powerful generals to put a stop to their acts of heroism before they detect her presence orchestrating the chaos.

As our heroes are forcefully pitted against old and new foes, new questions and mysteries will arise and block their path. These include: What is the identity of the White Wren? Why is Rian back? What is his motive in all this? With an even more powerful force back their enemies' attacks, the Ninja will have to find the answers to their questions, solve the mysteries, and give it their all to win the day. Their hope is put upon Jason as they believe he is the only one capable of stopping Rian this time.

## History

#### A Forgotten Shadow

The Ninja Force is supervising the transport of prisoners to Blackwell Asylum when they are alerted to a village being attacked by Shadow-wielding warriors; Lucas and Vincent getting a disturbing premonition about the return of an old enemy; Keith begins to question what exactly happened during the original battle with Landon and his army and what followed that crisis; Natalie encounters a strange warrior in the attacked village.

#### Memories of Another Place

Jason, Vincent and Natalie contemplate on whether they should tell the others about the Rewrite and Downfall of Earth-20; Lucas and Keith reflect upon the downfall of their earth after learning from the spirit of Lloyd that the Dark Order was involved in the downfall of their reality’s realm of Ninjago; Alessia leads a group of Black Delta Troopers to an abandoned village where they believe the New Shadow Forgers may be hiding out.

#### The Darkest Secret

Jason, Natalie, and Vincent tell the team about how they attempted to rewrite time to stop the Dark Order and how Kronos copied their timeline and set them down on Earth-21’s soil; Rian Haruno returns to his domain in the Realm of Shadows where he calls for his second-in-commands and highest ranked warriors for a council; Lucas and Amber’s greatest fears come true when they’re both told by Magnus that Landon may indeed be back.

#### White Wren

As Rian Haruno informs his generals of how their plan of attack will work, Landon and the other generals whisper rumors about his second-command known as the White Wren and who they could be under the mask; the Ninja Force is rushed into action as a group of Shadow Forgers ambush their base with orders from Landon himself; Lucas goes to the Realm of Titans to seek guidance from the beasts there on what action the team should take.

#### A Humbling Defeat

After successfully driving out the Shadow Forgers but hearing Landon’s warning, Jason, Natalie and Vincent are reminded of how they ultimately lost in their attempts to save their reality from occupation from the Dark Order and make plans to ensure that never happens again; Supaku debates with other Kyojin Beasts on if he should grant Jason the full abilities of the First Stormbreaker to bring down the Shadow Forgers and Rian Haruno; Lucas returns to the team to inform them that Landon is under his jurisdiction as well as Keith and Amber’s.

#### Into the Storm

Jason journeys to the Storm Realm with a small team to find the extension of his blade Kiri so he can bring down Rian Haruno on his own; Natalie and Vincent make a deal with Jason on how they will go about defeating the Shadow Forgers this time; Keith trains to unlock the next phase of kāma for his inevitable confrontation with Landon but gets a word of advice from Kate about revenge and things similar to it.

#### Secrets of the Storm

Jason must defeat a Kyojin Beast guard if he wishes to reach the Domain of the Stormbreaker in the lower caverns of the Storm Realm’s crystal vaults; Jason’s team is faced down by a group of natives that detest non-lightning elementals; Kate and Brooklyn work to lockdown the city and set up safety measures for the inevitable raid from the Shadow Forgers; Natalie is confronted by an angry Kaen who wishes to bring down either Landon or Rian Haruno; Alessia reminisces upon the death of Chad and disappearance of Brad while preparing herself for the coming conflict.

#### Connecting Hearts

Landon comes in contact with Lucas, Amber and Keith and gives them a warning to stay out of the conflict as they are not of Earth-21; Kate and Kyle work to mobilize the Black Delta Corps alongside the Silent Legion to resist against the Shadow Forger ships which are now emerging from Realm Portals; Vincent gets help from Alessia to get his new vehicle on track for Ninjago City where it can provide support for the Allied Legions; Jason and his team return from the Storm Realm; Alessia meets with a loved one to share some intel.

#### The Valley Through Hell

Jason travels alone to the Realm of Shadows aboard the Storm Phoenix and reflects upon the purpose of his mission; Natalie, Vincent and the others join the Allied Legions for a standoff against a legion of Shadow Forger Warriors that have gathered on the city outskirts; Landon becomes irritated when he sees that not only Amber, Keith and Lucas are among the Allied Legions but also another ally of the Ninja; Rian Haruno prepares for Jason’s arrival.

#### Shadow Convergence

Jason, who has now claimed the title of Stormbringer, arrives at Rian’s stronghold where he allows himself to be captured in order to get where he needs to be; Rian contacts Samara’s commanders who give him some harsh encouragement before he is met by the presence of Jason; the battle between the Allied Legions and Shadow Forgers begins with a bloody start to the clash.

#### A Long Awaited Rematch

Memories of their last battle rage on as Jason begins his final battle with Rian Haruno in a duel that will decide the true outcome of the Shadow Invasion; Natalie and Alessia are forced to fight White Wren as the Garmadon brothers and Amber battle against Landon; Vincent and Kate lead the strategized attacks upon the Shadow Forgers in an attempt to cause a forced surrender from the enemy they face.

#### Activation

Jason is forced to activate his kāma as he realizes Rian Haruno has become more powerful by being in his own domain; Keith also uses his kāma in an attempt to exhaust Landon’s while Lucas and Amber deal the heavy blows; Vincent, Kate and the other commanders come face to face with the Warriors Three of the Shadow Forgers; Natalie and Alessia find themselves a worthy opponent in White Wren who appears to have some tricks of her own.

#### An Honorable End

Jason must escape Rian Haruno’s illusion world if he wishes to bring down the former Overlord cultist once and for all; Landon begins to get leverage over Amber, Lucas and Keith as things begin to get hairy; Vincent and Kate deploy the Silent Legion for one final effort to push the Shadow Forgers out of the city; Supaku makes a difficult decision that he tells Jason could help them ensure victory.

## Cast

### Heroes

#### Ninja Force

* Jason C. Walker - Steven Yuen
* Natalie R. Walker - Tiya Sircar
* Keith Garmadon - A.J. LoCascio
* Vincent Roberts - Freddy Prinze Jr.
* Lucas W. Garmadon - Blake Anderson
* Alessia Carrow - Katie Cassidy
* Sabrina Carrow - Laura Bailey
* Cody Howard - Troy Baker
* Brooklyn Tōmasu - Sanaa Lathan
* Amber Brown - Karen Fukuhara
* Kate Smith - Seychelle Gabriel
* Jimmy Brookstone - John Boyega
* Kyle Doran - Max Mittleman
* Digital - Erica Luttrel

#### Allies

* Jay Walker - Michael Adamthwaite
* Lydia Kurosu - Stephanie Beatriz
* Kaito - TBA
* Samuel Cross - Martin Freeman

#### Kyojin Beasts

* Magnus - Jake Johnson
* Supaku - Mark Hamill
* Kaen - Dee Bradley Baker
* Hyozan - Ted Danson
* Tsunamei - Lydia Mackay

### Villains

#### Shadow Cell Loyalists/Neo Shadow Forgers

* Rian Haruno/King of Shadows - Paul Dobson
* Landon Hayate/Fallen Angel - Yuri Lowenthal
* White Wren - TBD
* Jigen - TBD
* Demitri - TBD
* Ulysses - Lex Lang

#### Dark Order

* Clay - TBA
* Samara Yokotawaru/The Dark Lady - Scarlett Johansson

## Sets

* 72133 Shadow Forger Troop Carrier
* 72134 Keith’s Tremor Convert Car
* 72135 Black Delta Corps Bulk Suit
* 72136 White Wren’s Fighter Jet
* 72137 Loyalist Tower Defense
* 72138 Vincent’s Ice Falcon Supply Carrier
* 72139 Temple in the Realm of Shadows