Zane Julien (Ninjago Earth-17)

Elemental Masters

Dragon Keepers

The Starfarers (temporarily)

The Gauntlet of Creation

**Zane Julien**, who hails from the **17th** closest universe from Prime **Ninjago**, is a supporting character that appears in Closing the Circles.

He was originally a part of the Ninja team from his timeline, but joined the Jay of his world and his team of heroes to take down a group of rogue dieties.

In a battle with Clouse, he became the Ultimate Master of Ice, becoming one with his Elemental Power. This put a target on his back when Serces was assembling the Gauntlet of Creation, which lead to his death at the hands of the villain.

In the Light Timeline it is presumed that Zane lived the rest of his days, because Jay went back to his world to save his friends before settling down with Kaitlin.

## History

### Early History (Pre-LoO)

Zane was created in the depths of Ninjago's Birchwood Forest by Dr. Julien.

One night, Zane and his father were visited by an old man, the Elemental Master of Ice, who they took in for the night. The man took an interest in Zane, after he left them it was said Zane was "acting strangely" afterwards according to Julien, implying this is when Zane gained his Ice Power.

Eventually, Dr. Julien passed away from old age, with Zane at his side. On his deathbed, Dr. Julien told the saddened Zane that he had a great destiny ahead of him and told him that he was "built to protect others that could not protect themselves" and that he had become the son Dr. Julien had never had. Expressing his love one more time, the dying inventor's final act was to turn off Zane's "Memory Switch," so his son would be spared the pain of heartbreak as he moved into the next stage of his life.

After being "reset," Zane went out into the world, believing himself to be an orphan. Master Wu found Zane meditating at the bottom of a frozen-over pond, and recruited him as a member of his team of Ninja, alongside Cole and Jay. He began training at the Monastery of Spinjitzu, and learned the way of the Ninja.

During Zane's time in Ninjago, he fought alongside his fellow Ninja against the Skulkin, Serpentine, and Stone Samurai Warriors, Nindroids, Anacondrai Cultists, Ghosts, and Pirates. In the middle of their battle with Nadakhan, Jay went missing, and Nadakhan murdered Zane and the rest of his team...

### Legends of Ogaji (pre-history)

One day, Jay returned, and made his final wish for things to go back to the way they were *supposed* to be. The universe interpreted this as turning Earth-17 to be as close to the Prime Timeline as possible, reviving Zane and the others, and putting them atop the floating Temple of Airjitzu.

Jay was too ashamed to face his friends again, so he left them without a word, and Zane continued to train with the other Ninja without him.

### Guardians of Existence

One day, Jay returns with his new girlfriend Kaitlin and found that all was well, except Zane and his team still resented Jay's return, and claimed that he abandoned them. When he tried to talk some sense into them, they didn't listen. Only Zane and Lloyd accepted him.

Eventually, Kaitlin found to be uncomfortable with the way things were, and she left.

One day they are visited by a boy named Ben who tells them of the over looming threat of Kirchon the Invincible.

Kirchon and his army soon attacks the Ninja, and Jay sees Nya, Lloyd, and Cole killed. Obviously devastated by this, he tries to go after Kirchon for revenge, but finds out that their friend Ben who had been helping them the whole time, was working for him. In fact, his true name was Norkir, and he was Kirchon's son.

Soon after, Jay, Kai, and Zane are found by the Starfarers, a group of intergalactic space police who voyage through the galaxy searching for interdimensional threats.

There, Jay meets their leader, and his personal hero, the real Fritz Donegan (who has a strange resemblance to Julian Albert) There, the three ninja get accustomed to the Starfarers, and learn that Kirchon is not actually one being, but two. Norkir and Karkhof are Kirchon's two sons, who, in order to regain their fathers true form, must steal the Elemental Essences of Lightning and Fire so that they may unite and bring their father alive again.

They eventually succeed in this task, but are defeated by Jay.

Eventually they find that two of Kirchon's minions are from a group of beings called the Guardians of Existence, and they serve their master, the King of the Underworld.

Jay and Zane defeat them and meet up with G and the Dragon Keepers and find they had the same issue with the Guardians. They track them down and find out they've been kidnapping Elemental Masters to free their king, and so the Ninja get together to stop them.

They find out that their king is Clouse from Ninjago, and they stop him and free the prisoners. In the process, Zane unlocks his Ultimate Potential, and becomes one with the Element of Ice.

After stopping the Guardians, Jay and Zane officially join the Dragon Keepers.

### Mirror Me Part 2

Serces eventually returns for the Dragon Keepers, and reveals his plan is to use the Gauntlet of Creation to replicate G's power so he will be able to kill him. The only way to power the Gauntlet however is to steal the raw Elemental Power that resides in the Masters of Life (Lighting, Ice, Fire, and Earth.)

Zane joins the rest of the Keepers in attempting to finally defeat Serces, even by making their own Gauntlet of Destruction to counter, but eventually each Master was defeated and stolen from, which killed them, including Zane.

### Light Timeline

It is presumed that Zane was brought back to life in the Light Timeline after Nightmarre's defeat, as Jay would have gone back to his world to save his former team.

## Abilities

* **Cryokinesis/Glaciokinesis** - The user can create, generate, and manipulate ice (usually used to coat surfaces frictionless and trap enemies solid in a layer of ice), create ice constructs (escape routes, shards, barriers, etc.), induce chills, extinguish fires, and possibly use this ability underwater.
	+ **Cryokinetic Flight** - The user can propel themselves up with ice.
	+ **Ice Blast** - As demonstrated by the Elemental Master of Ice, the user can release ice over a specific target area causing great damage and/or delivering great shock waves of pure force.
	+ **Freezing** **Touch** - The user can freeze anything via touching the target with their hands or feet.
	+ **Ice Sphere Projection** -The user can create balls of ice to freeze everything that will come in contact.
	+ **Cryokinetic Surfing** - The user can create a path made of ice to surf on for transportation.
	+ **Ice Infusion** - The user can infuse objects (usually a weapon) with ice, empowering and energizing them and allowing the user to manipulate their qualities and efficiency.
	+ **Elemental creation** - Allows the user to create things alive out of Ice and control them.
	+ **Cryo-Telekinesis** - The user can use ice to control, move, or manipulate objects.
	+ **Corruption Inducement** - The user can create ice that corrupts those it touches.
		- **Power Negation** - When Ice is corrupted it is shown to be like Vengestone and cancel out the Shapeshifting abilities of the Formlings and neutralizing other Elemental Powers.
		- **Clairvoyance** - Using the crystal shard, one can spy on someone else even if they are far away. It can even look through one's point of view. The Crystal enables its viewers to telepathically communicate with someone when they are looking through their point of view.
* **Elemental Shield** - The user can create an Ice elemental shield.
* **Spinjitzu and Airjitzu** - Anyone can perform Spinjitzu and Airjitzu with immense skill. But the user can do Ice Spinjitzu and Ice Airjitzu, and that also includes Ice Forbidden Spinjitzu.

### Via the users' Ultimate Potential

* **Ice Mimicry** - The user's body permanently transforms their body into ice.
	+ **Cold Generation** - The user can reduce the kinetic energy of atoms, meaning they effectively make things colder, ranging from slightly chilly levels to absolute zero.
	+ **Ice Shield Construction** - The user can create shields of ice that can protect against an adversary.
	+ **Ice/Cold Beam Emission** - The user can produce a powerful beam of ice or cold that freezes everything instantly.
	+ **Ice Tornado Generation** - The user can generate vortexes composed of ice. The vortex can be projected as a long-ranged attack or as a tornado of ice for both offensive and/or defensive purposes.
	+ **Ice/Cold Immunity** - If the user is in a cold or icy area, the user cannot be harmed or feel cold.
	+ **Ice Explosion Inducement** - The user can cause an explosion of ice energy to freeze everything in the area.

## Appearance

Usually seen in white clothing, Zane has a silver flat-top hair and sharp eyebrows that look similar to check marks. He has glowing blue eyes, and is usually seen with straight-faced expression, reflective of his robotic nature, and one of his eyes is grey implying that it is damaged.

In his Ultimate Potential, his metal skin becomes white as snow.

## Age

Zane was created over 40 years ago (In Ninjago time), and thus, is by far the oldest of his fellow Ninja. Due to his robotic nature, he does not age. He is designed to have the appearance of a young man in his late teens.

## Personality

When he is introduced, Zane is undoubtedly the most serious of the Ninja, and appears reserved, as he has at that time no sense of humor and doesn't understand the way his fellow Ninja socialize. He has little understanding of humor, or even basic social conventions (as seen when he walked into the bathroom, despite Cole being on the toilet). He also has a very strong bond with Master Wu, being the most polite and respectful towards him and finding a sort of paternal presence in him, the two sharing moments of quiet while the other ninja whoop and holler and goof off in a way he can't connect with. The other Ninja are occasionally wary of his strange habits, but they quickly learn to accept him for it regardless.

Initially, Zane was melancholy over his inability to remember his parentage or where he came from. He eventually accepted that the Ninja were his family and that their home was his home as well, but he never truly gave up on finding details of his past. Upon learning his origins, he was briefly struck by shock and depression, only to overcome his feelings and accept his robotic nature when he restored his memories. When he eventually reunited with his father/creator, Dr. Julien, he readily accepted him as his father figure.

Zane is quick to form strong attachments, the most attached to the idea of his fellow ninja as his "brothers" and finding a deep kinship with the Falcon and P.I.X.A.L. minutes after meeting them. He has been known to take heavy risks on impulse for the people he loves, even if, in the case of P.I.X.A.L., there is no evidence he should trust them yet. On many matters, Zane's weirdness and people's tendency to ridicule him comes from his tendency to care deeply in a way others wouldn't—a food fight and a mockery of his pink apron drove him to run off, meeting a fellow android like him had him falling for her hard and refusing, even before he knew her, to reconcile with the idea of her being evil or to leave her behind as an enemy. Zane is often inclined to speak more honestly about emotions that others would tend to mask, like grief or confusion.

Likewise, Zane is a very intelligent Nindroid, with a vast array of knowledge at his disposal, a gift for cooking, and a knack for statistics. He has been through many changes lately, but is glad to be back with the Ninja team. His close friend P.I.X.A.L. is now a part of his artificial intelligence, so he has her company everywhere he goes.

## Author's Notes

* I *might* like this Zane better than the Earth-14 one just because of his design. Love my Ultimate Potential thing.