Season 3: Darkness Falls

**Season 3** of Beyond: The Golden Age, subtitled Darkness Falls, is preceded by Season 2: Eyes of the Dragons and is succeeded by Season 4: Awakenings. This season covers events such as Memorial Day for the Power Wars, the Return of Landon, Origins of the Dark Ninja Force, War of the Forces, Manipulation of the Dark Order and Battle in the Devil's Dunes. The mascot characters of the season are Jaxon, Daniel and Ethan who are all under the shadow of Landon, who serves as this season's main antagonist. The other members of the Ninja Force and the Old Guard serve as the heroic factions while the Children of Fallen Angel serve as one of the villainous factions. The two factions are focused upon as a whole. Samara Yokotawaru serves as the secondary antagonist while her Shadow Cell Loyalists serve as a secondary villainous faction in their quest to capture Landon.

## Overview

Return of an all too familiar face! After the defeats of Methuselah, Sirius Borg and their mutant empire and the sacrifice of Chad Williams, the Ninja Force have learned from his death that any day could be their end. Since then, the young heroes have been extra careful in their hero duties and actions of defending the lands. However, the Old Guard has found traces of an old foe's activity behind the scenes. Both Keith and Jason believe that Landon Hayate has defected from the Dark Order and is seeking a way to put an end to everything himself. Their belief is revealed to be correct when he arrives upon Earth-21. But Landon is far from alone, for at his back are his own students that joined him in his desertion alongside his legion of ex-Prowlers turned Sons of Fallen Angel. With Landon at full power and his thirst for conflict greater than ever, the Ninja Force and their senseis aren't the only ones left concerned. For the Dark Order also fears what he can do with such raw strength, despite their ambitions to hunt him down and force him back into their ranks. With the young heroes feeling out of their league, the Old Guard must step up to join forces and give the Ninja Force the edge they need for the battle. But just what is Landon's plan? What happened after his fall into the depths of the Realm of Shadows? Will the heroes be a match for his own fierce band of students? How will the Dark Order get involved? Only so many questions can be answered before the shroud of darkness falls.

## History

#### Lessons of the Past

A few weeks after the annual memorial for the lost soldiers and warriors from the Power Wars and the funeral of Chad Williams, the Ninja Force has been keeping crime rates lower than ever while they have been reflecting on their past experiences and seeing how they can improve upon themselves; Jason and Keith get notified by Vincent of more activity from an old foe they've been supervising; Dane and Brad make renovations on the Silent Streak base to get their mantle officiated again.

#### A Face From the Past

When Ethan and Josie accidentally intrude upon their meeting, Keith and Natalie decide its time they shared the stories of their past conflicts with Landon; Jaxon leads some members of the Ninja Force to the Never-Realm where they've received distress signals of more "rogue" Elemental Masters making an appearance; after getting access to all the Silent Streak suits again, Brad begins working to create the ultimate Silent Streak suit alongside Dane and Kordi who's interested in creating her own mantle.

#### Arrival of the Darkness

During their investigation of a village in the Never-Realm under attack from a group of rogue Elemental Masters, Jaxon's team discovers that two old Prowler Warships are hidden within the ice of one of the Great Lakes; Brad, Dane and Kordi are pressed to deploy the Silent Legion when a Prowler Warship shows up in the city bay; Ethan feels that something weird is going on when his kama activates on its own.

#### The Deserter

When Landon and a group of his own young warriors show up in Ninjago City, Jason and Keith join the heroes and BDC who currently have them at bay to figure out why he's returned so suddenly; Jaxon's team gets ambushed by a trio of warriors that have two elements each and prove to be quite the challenge.

#### Meeting Forces

After Amber leaps in to help fend off Jaxon's team from danger and gets them on her ship, they find that these new enemies aren't gonna quit without a fight; Landon unleashes an assault upon the city that launches the Ninja Force and Silent Legion into action.

#### Fear

The two teams converge after their battles and the clearly shaken team begins asking questions that not even Keith and Jason have the answer to until they get a message from Landon explaining how he's not with the Dark Order anymore; Jaxon and Ethan begin to wonder if their kama awakening on their own may have something to with Landon; Josie and the others express their concerns about the warriors with duo-elements.

#### Crawl From the Depths

After assembling the team to decipher Landon's message, both the Old Guard and Ninja Force learn of what happened to Landon after he fell into the depths of the Realm of Shadows and how he got to where he is today, but they still can't figure out what his real plan is; Jason and Lucas investigate the Realm of Shadows to look for clues while Amber informs the others on her past wherabouts; Jaxon and Ethan discover they're not only ones experiencing strange occurences with their kama; the Dark Order reemerges from the depths of space to discover that Landon has returned to Earth-21.

#### Awakening

Jaxon, Ethan and Daniel express their predicament to Keith who concludes that a third party may be looking to sabotage Landon's quest for their own advantage; Brad, Dane and Kordi must travel to the Realm of Magic to collect some of the final materials for his new armor; the other heroes work to get themselves into better condition for any future clashes with Landon's Dark Ninja Force.

#### Resonance

Magnus gives his best guess on what could be happening with the boys' kamas but Keith still believes that the Dark Order could be trying to a Two Birds, One Stone situation with them and Landon; Josie and the others learn what they can about the Prowlers to and work to merge MPC Gear with their own weaponry to stand a chance; Jaxon, Danny and Ethan train together in the Survival Simulator to test their kama while under the surveillance of the MPC.

#### One to Look Up to

After capturing one of his students that was spying on them, Jason and Lucas learn of the true loyalties that the Dark Ninja Force have to Landon; Keith visits the MPC's military facility to check up on Jaxon, Danny and Ethan; Martin and Reese are assigned to lead the team into action when a sighting of the Dark Ninja Force is sent their way by the BDC.

#### The Past & Now

The Ninja Force is mobilized to help defend Kryptarium Prison when the Dark Ninja Force and Sons of Fallen Angel launch an assault on the facility confinement to cause chaos; Keith's visit to check up on Jaxon, Ethan and Daniel is interrupted when the Dark Order's newest Brute Troopers come to retreive them for the Dark Order's plans; Jason and Lucas return from the Realm of Shadows to tell the others of their discoveries.

#### Calling

While Keith and the Military Police are held up with the Brute Troopers, Samara's newest vessel is dispatched to retreive Jaxon, Ethan and Daniel but finds that they aren't leaving without a fight; the two Ninja Force's butt heads as their battle outside of Kryptarium Prison gets more dangerous to the point where Akosua and Amber have to lend a hand; Landon gets ambushed by the Dark Order as he makes preparations to meet with Keith and the heroes.

#### Rescue Mission

Akosua and Amber's efforts help the Ninja Force get the edge over their opponents and drive them away from the prison, prompting Reese to plan their next course of action; Landon orders his Prowlers to turn their attention from the city and to go find the Dark Order fleet stationed in the atmosphere while he deals with the assassins sent after him; the Dark Order makes their next move in capturing any kama users from the two Ninja Forces but realizes that one of their targets is much more than they realized.

#### In the Shadow of Garmadon

Keith and Landon find themselves joining forces to save their students from the convoy while Jaxon alerts the Ninja Force to the problem by using Keith's comm; the Dark Ninja Force realizes they don't have the Prowlers to back them up and make a battle plan of their own but are interrupted by Natalie, Sabrina and Lucas who have converged on their location; Danny and Ethan learn from Stella and Tadao about the reason Landon hates the Garmadons so much.

#### Striking Shadow

Jaxon helps Reese lead the Ninja Force to the Bullet Train which is now getting away with their captured comrades aboard but find that the Sons of Fallen Angel are also coming to help their friends; Keith and Landon encounter Samara's head vessel that is leading the operation to capture kama users; Lucas, Natalie and Sabrina work to capture all the remaining members of the Dark Ninja Force; Danny works to help get himself, Ethan and the other two out of their predicament.

#### Those Who Are Loyal

Landon and Keith work together to get any peeps out of the Loyalists aboard the hijacked bullet train but soon find the head vessel has called upon her pet to get rid of them; Danny's Green Ninja State diversion allows Ethan, Stella and Tadao to escape but he soon finds that the Loyalists aren't going to fall that easily; the Ninja Force and Agents of Landon work together to get to the front of the train but find that a fierce, corrupted dragon has joined the mix; Brad deploys his suit to help the Prowlers attempt to drive out the fleet while Kordi and Dane go to figure out where Jason has ran off to.

#### Everyone's Motives

Ethan convinces Stella and Tadao to help him get Danny out of his predicament while the others finally get to the front of the train and attempt to get it to a stop before things get too hairy; in Blackwell Asylum, Lucas and Natalie question the Dark Ninja Force on what their mission and motives are; Keith and Landon get help from Jaxon and the others as they take down the dragon sent down to wreck the bullet train.

#### The Reunion

The Ninja Force and Agents of Landon are reunited with their comrades as they stopped the bullet train from getting to the Dark Order's fleet which has left for the time being or so they think; Keith explains to Jason and Sabrina that Landon has defected himself and his students to their side but the Prowlers seem to have other plans; the Ninja Force finally gets a formal introduction to Landon.

#### The Day Everybody Heard Of

When they hear that Landon and his students have defected to the Ninja Force's side, the Prowlers make a move to end both of them as they're stationed in the city; Natalie and Lucas decide to release Landon's students from Blackwell Asylum after hearing the recent news; Brad must escape the Prowlers' fleet which has now turned on Landon and the others' defection.

#### False Hopes

After Scotty's sacrifice from stopping the Prowler crusier that was attempting a kamikaze, the Ninja Force creates a short memorial for him; the MPC arrives in the nick of time after getting Amber's message and begin moving to take out the Prowlers and force them to surrender; Samara's head vessel who was revealed to be called Morana reunites with her fleet to initiate their backup plan; Jaxon gets an unexpected lesson from Landon when his frustration with his comrade's death seeps out.

#### Divine Plans

The Feudal Council discovers that Landon and his students are out in the open and dispatch the military police to give them a chance to turn themselves in despite Vincent's update to them; the Ninja Force find that the government has labeled them as possible conspirators for Landon's original plan and are now deciding whether they should turn themselves in or run; Jason and Natalie move to stop the misunderstanding from folding into chaos; Morana begins preparations to get the kama users and Landon to her.

#### The Trap

With Landon, his students and the Ninja Force now in the custody of the Military Police, the Old Guard must find a way to prove that Landon can be trusted; Landon, Danny, Ethan and Jaxon all realize that the Dark Order has a backup plan when their kama start making them act on their own; the Dark Order dispatches its top mercenaries and Brute Troopers to take out an loose ends when the time is right.

#### The Greatest Mistake

Landon is able to free Jaxon and Danny from Morana's control but realizes that it might be too late for him and Ethan when they breakout of the military police's facility against their own will; the Old Guard hear of the news and rush to the prison to try and stop Landon from falling into the Dark Order's hands but find that the Dark Order has no regrets for making risky decisions.

#### The Last Hurrah: Part One

The Old Guard and the Akosua's Inferno Squad are forced to head to the Devil's Dunes where a now corrupted Landon is waiting for them to finish things once and for all; Keith, Vincent and Jason work to sabotage the Dark Order's plan by taking down their fleet; upon realizing that Landon is now against them again, the Feudal Council deploys their best troops to take him down, oblivious to the fact that the Old Guard are already doing that; Morana's assassins arrive at the Military Police HQ to elminate Landon's students.

#### The Last Hurrah: Part Two

When the Feudal Council's big misunderstanding ruins their plans to stop and free Landon, Lucas and Vincent lead Natalie, Sabrina, Brad and Alessia through the massacre to face down Landon and attempt to snap him out of it while Jason begins the ambush upon the Dark Order's fleet; Jaxon and Danny sense where Ethan is being held through their connection to him and notify Keith while helping their friends protect Landon's students from the Brute Troopers and mercenaries.

#### The Last Hurrah: Part Three

While Akosua's Inferno Squad evacuates the Feudal Council's task force from the Devil's Dunes, Keith and Jason step in to help Sabrina, Lucas and the others in their attempt to free Landon from his corruption; Vincent heads to the crash site of the Dark Order's fleet to eliminate Morana; Akosua, Digital and Amber step in to help the Ninja Force but fear it may be too late.

## Cast

### Heroes

#### New Ninja Force/Defenders

* Jaxon Jett Walker - Dylan O' Brien
* Josephine Garmadon - Lexi Medrano
* Ethan Garmadon - Robbie Daymond
* Martin Roberts - Diego Luna
* Daniel Kurosu - Emile Hirsch
* Storm Carrow - Sarah Michelle Gellar
* Reese Arnold - Bumper Robinson
* Angela Howard - Danielle Nicolet
* Scotty Brown - Taylor Gray
* Aleph - Liam O' Brien
* Anton Simmons - Lex Lang
* Ella Miller - Jamie Chung
* Charles Holland - Clifford Chapin
* Maurice Allen - Kyle Hebert
* Melissa Allen - Vanessa Marshall
* Luis Bowman - Matthew David Rudd
* Dane Williams - Justin Timberlake
* Kordi Daniels - Ashley Eckstein
* Katrina Zastrow - TBA
* Emma Denney - TBA

#### Old Guard

* Jason C. Walker - Steven Yuen
* Keith Garmadon - David Vincent
* Natalie Garmadon - Tiya Sircar
* Vincent Roberts - Freddy Prinze Jr.
* Alessia Carrow - Katie Cassidy
* Lucas Garmadon - Tony Oliver
* Sabrina Walker - Laura Bailey
* Digital - Erica Luttrel
* Amber Brown - Karen Fukuhara

#### Kyojin Beasts

* Magnus - Jake Johnson
* Supaku - Mark Hamill
* Hyozan - Ted Danson
* Tsunamei - Lydia Mackay
* Chikyu - Henry Rollins

#### Allies

* Akosua - Zoe Kravitz
* Lydia Kurosu - Stephanie Beatriz

### Villains

#### Sons of Fallen Angel

* Landon Hayate - Yuri Lownethal
* Chuck - Jeremy Shada
* Macy - Emily Swallow
* Stella - Dorothy Elias-Fahn
* Sora -
* Tadao -
* Takahashi -
* Nobu -

#### Prowler Loyalists

* Captain Joon -
* Ming-Wei -

## Sets

* 74541 Inferno Squad VS Sons of Fallen Angel
* 74542 Ice Cave Encounter
* 74543 Military Police Transport
* 74544 Badlands Final Battle
* 74545 Prowler Destroyer Unit Attack
* 74546 Anton's Metalonian Patroller
* 74547 Cruiser Ruins Battle
* 74548 Bullet Train Clash

## Season Intro

**Opening:** I Miss Those Days - Bleachers