Season 34: Shadow & Smoke

**Season 6** of Beyond: The Power Wars, subtitled **Shadow & Smoke**, is preceded by Season 33: Apocalypse Now and succeeded by Season 35: Blackout. The season covers events such as the Prowler Treaty, War in the Outlands, Preparations for Saikō, Attack on Saikō, and End of the Alpha. The mascot character of the season is Saikō whom also serves as the main antagonist of the season. The MPC & Prowler Alliance serves as the heroic faction of the season while the main six ninja serve as the protgonists. The Oni Empire and Prowler Revolutionists serve as the villainous factions of the season. This turbulent end to the Oni’s leader serves as the thirty-fourth installment to the Original Beyond Trilogy.

## Overview

Enemies turned into to allies! In a recent and unexpected turn of events, the Ninja Force and MPC were able to make a pact with their former enemies known as the Prowlers thanks to the efforts of Natalie Walker and her team. After shutting down Richard Evans’s main citadel on Earth-78, the Prowler Assassin Syndicate is split into two factions; one that wants to carry on Richard’s old mission and one that is in support of his alliance with the MPC. With the threat of the Prowlers temporarily neutralized, the MPC’s leaders and council makes a push to find Saikō rumored base of operations on the tarnished and torn reality of Earth-666. The goal? The two sides hope to combine their powers and resources to overwhelm the Oni and put a successful end  to Saikō’s oppressive hold on realities before he uses his mythical Doomsday Destroyer to wipe them out. As they embark to find the reality, they must keep their guard up as the Oni King has his own plans to take them out before they interfere with his plan? Will the Allied Forces be able to win or will it be handed to the Oni? What are Saikō’s true motives? Will Richard Evans be able to convince his misguided followers that his old ways were flawed? Find out in the epic final showdown between the Ninja Force and Saikō!

## History

#### An Unlikely Alliance

After successfully saving Richard Evans from his biotech body and turning him and a large number of his Prowlers over to their side, the MPC makes plans to take down the remaining antagonistic faction in the war, the Oni; Natalie checks upon Keith who is quickly healing from overusing his body to stop a ray from destroying the planet; Magnus talks to Lucas about his regret for being in exile; the remaining Prowler factions that didn’t join the MPC plot their revenge on Richard for betraying the cause he built.

#### Revolutions

When the new Prowler Revolutionists make their rise, the MPC’s plans to take down the Oni once and for all are delayed as they must return to Earth-21 to defend it from weapons that the Prowlers had been keeping secret from the multiverse; Richard Evans explains the key weaknesses of the soldiers that won’t kill them so that he can prevent further human bloodshed; Vincent alerts the Black Delta Agency of the threat while Kyle deploys the Silent Legion to combat early waves of the revolutionists.

#### The Postal Job

When Ninjago City of Earth-21 is under attack from the Prowler Revolutionists, a mailman and his protege must navigate through the battlefield in the city streets to do their job, where along the way they’ll meet some key figures in the battle; Richard makes plans to confront the revolutionists but is urged by Lucas and Alessia to wait until they can come up with a real plan; Kate and her division look for where the revolutionists are heading for.

#### Those Who Sought Refuge

With assistance from Jason, Vincent, Alessia, Lucas and a few troopers, Richard confronts the new leader of the Prowlers and attempts to help him understand why he left the cause; Natalie and Keith help Kate’s division by setting up a defense at Borg Tower where the Prowlers plan to use their tech to turn it into a super weapon to destabilize the planet; Saikō reflects upon his decision to betray the Dark Order.

#### Origin of Hate

Richard is forced to utilize a Silent Streak suit to face off against the leader of the revolutionists as the others work to bring them down before they turn Borg Tower into a large super weapon capable of destroying the planet; Vincent and Digital work to resist the corruptible technology being utilized by the revolutionists as they help defend the tower; Natalie uses her new Inferno abilities to take down when of the tough generals of the revolutionists.

#### The Expanse

After driving the revolutionists off Earth-21, the MPC works to help with fixing the damage done while its leaders begin making plans for their final battle against Saikō; Natalie and some of the others get used to being back home for the short time they have before the mission; Jason and Lucas travel to the Final Realm with Keith where they hope Magnus’s brother can help give Keith the strength necessary to be able to go toe to toe with Saikō.

#### Contact with the Devil

As he and Jason await Keith’s return from getting adjusted to his new abilities, Lucas is confronted by Saikō who warns him that things are not going to go the way he wants; the Oni Empire begins the next phase of Saikō’s plan as he gives them the orders; the MPC readies their troops for what very well could be the battle that will end the war as Kate and other representatives make their voices heard at a briefing.

#### His Plans

Jason reveals that the Oni General he fought in the first battle is alive but is locked up in Blackwell Asylum where the main six ninja go to confront him and look for clues on what Saikō’s final plan for what could be his last battle is; the MPC mobilizes their troops and begins boarding the Arsenals as the public of Earth-21 watches; Keith talks with Chikyū about his understanding of their current circumstances.

#### Trickery & Lies

At the Oni City on an unknown earth, Saikō uses the same tactics as the Ninja and interrogates captured troopers from the MPC to get even with Lucas who continues to piss him off; the MPC begins their journey to the Oni’s reality that they control, as Kate introduces the ninja to the new armor that every trooper has been equipped with; Alessia and Natalie worry for Richard who has been appointed to be in the first wave that will attack the Oni Base.

#### Apocalypse Begins

The MPC sends their first wave down to the surface of the planet where they are faced by Oni Warships and winged Oni war beasts that seem familiar to some of the troopers; Jason takes the Storm Phoenix through the thick of the aerial battle to get Natalie, Richard, Keith and Alessia to the top of the Tower of Shadows where Saikō awaits; Lucas and Sabrina help lead a march through the city as they take down Oni along the way; Vincent and his group act as snipers and spot that the Oni have stolen the Prowlers’ ground-to-air cannons.

#### Hope

Natalie, Keith, Alessia and the Phantom begin their final battle against Saikō as he powers up using his staff; Jason joins the march through the Oni City where Oni Titan Shifters have begun popping up on the battlefield and causing trouble for MPC troops; Lucas allows Magnus to takeover as he monitors his brother’s fight against the Oni King; Chikyū gives a warning to Kaen and Tsunamei as more of Saikō’s abilities are revealed.

#### The Worst Liar

Lucas and Kyle work to find a way to push out the Oni Titan Shifters until Kate comes to the horrible realization that most of the Oni they’re facing aren’t what they seem; the battle between the Ninja and Saikō begins to heat up as Sabrina, Vincent and Jason join the clash against Saikō who has gained a lot more power than he did as an advocate of the Dark Order; Keith and Natalie adapt to their new powers as they continue to fight the Oni King.

#### Devil All the Time

With Lucas now available to help with the battle against Saikō, the eight heroes make a final attempt to take down the Oni King, who has grown into a deformed Titan Beast that is a lot to handle; Kate assigns the remaining Elemental Masters to lead the troopers through the streets to wipe out the full-blooded Oni while realizing that the damage done to the Oni Shifters is irreversible; Samara monitors the battle from a distance as her engineers give her intel on the status of their newest weapon.

## Cast

### Multiverse Protection Corps

#### Ninja Force

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

#### Allies of the Ninja

* Ezekiel Storm/The Shifter - Michael B. Jordan
* Genevieve - Rosie Perez
* Richard Evans/The Phantom - Tom Cavanagh

#### The Delta Regiment

* Samuel Cross - Martin Freeman
* Ryan Kirschstein - Bumper Robinson
* Jessica Wald - Bryn Appril
* Marco Braun - Zeno Robinson
* Barry Hawkins - Billy Kametz

### Villains

#### Dark Order

* Samara Yokotawaru - Scarlett Johansson
* The Caller - Jason Liebrecht

#### Oni Empire

* Saikō - Neil Kaplan
* Shin - Peter Laurie
* Phobos - Darin De Paul
* General Balmoth - TBA
* General Algaxon - TBA

#### Prowler Syndicate

* Supreme General Samson - Dominic Purcell
* General Venge - TBA
* General Halfax - TBA

## Sets

* 73543 City Market Attack
* 73544 MPC Battle Buggy
* 73545 Lucas's Golden Dragon
* 73546 Oni Demon Crawler Mech
* 73547 The Flying Iceberg
* 73548 Alpha's Temple Domain
* 73549 Alpha's Kaiju Creature
* 73550 Alessia's Hydro Phoenix