Nolan Scott

Nolan Scott is one of the main protagonists of the series where he is known as the Black Ninja and the Earth Mystic.

He is one of the two mystics to use the same element for both as a N.I.N.J.A. and a Mystic.

Nolan was the orignal leader of N.I.N.J.A.S. before Adam joined and took over.

## Appearance

Nolan has a muscular body (hence his past as a rock climber, being the strongest of the ninja even without his Elemental Power, though it does give him his super-strength) with dark skin.

He has medium length , shaggy black hair and bushy eyebrows.

Before The Oni Saga, his hair was shorter and swept to the left.

His eyebrows were thinner and woollier.

He generally prefers black or dark clothing, though his favorite color is said to be orange, which seems to be represented with orange highlights on a number of his outfits.

Since "The Royal Blacksmiths," Nolan's civilian outfit is mainly a dark gray hoodie and black pants with a brown belt.

## Personality

Nolan used to be more uptight and strategic, disapproving of Nick's impulsiveness.

Before meeting Wu, Nolan lacked direction and purpose.

At this time, his mother just passed away and he was struggling to take care of the family himself.

As a ninja, Nolan thoroughly enjoys helping others in need and feels accomplished with a job well done.

In the Golden Hunt Arc, Nolan insisted he was without fear, though Sam quickly pointed out his fear of dragons.

When the ninja had to recruit their dragons, Nolan awkwardly stood on top of the Earth Dragon instead of properly mounting him.

Despite his initial hesitance, he grew to accept the Earth Dragon, even learning to care for him more than the other ninja cared for theirs.

He was also worried to face his dad and dance in The Rise of the Snakes.

He had a fear of ghosts, which he was also able to overcome after The Possesion Arc.

Nolan may act on instinct or impulse without thinking first, as seen in "Wishmasters", where two of his wishes went to waste.

Nolan has kept a strong relationship with his father, Lou, ever since Season 1.

Before, he would lie to his father through letters about his dance practice, not wanting to disappoint him.

Whenever the Royal Blacksmiths would be performing, Nolan would point out his dad proudly.

Since then as well, Nolan has been more confident in his dancing and singing.

He occasionally does the move Triple Tiger Sashay in a fight and in Season 8, he openly sang.

He is also addictive, mainly his love for cake.

He has also shown these same tendencies for noodles from Chen's Noodle House.

In general, Nolan seems to have a great love for food and eating, despite being shown to be a terrible cook in Season 1.

Sometimes he eats without thinking though, like when Dareth hid weapons in a cake for them, or eating the fortune cookie without taking out the fortune.

In Season 9, the others joked about how he might be overweight, but Cole points out how he had shown a lot of self restraint in Seasons 8 and 9 by staying away from cake.

He and Sam are the most serious and focused of the ninja.

However, that does not stop him from allowing his one-track mind or competitiveness to get the best of him.

Once he really sets his mind to something, he will remain interested in it until it is fulfilled (for instance, when he was itching for a fight in "Island of Darkness").

Nolan is one to put himself at risk before his friends, as shown when he gave Jay the Jadeblade during Season 4.

He has shown sympathy toward Sam, Adam and Jay when they were melancholic.

However, when trying to comfort his allies, he seems to have difficulty finding the correct words to do so, only able to accomplish the task with the example of his teammates.

He always encourages his friends to do the right things but tries not to force them.

This happened with Jay in Season 6.

If it comes down to it though, he will try to solve the problem.

He tends to be patient and give others the benefit of the doubt, as seen in "Scavengers" when he told the others to not be so hard on Adam, who was trying to lead at the time.

Sometimes Nolan is shown to not think things through.

Nolan has been shown to make allies easily.

Examples of this include Krag in the Never-Realm, and the Upply in Shintaro.

Nolan seems to be very understanding and willing to help those who need it.

Nolan is also never willing to leave someone behind, as shown in Season 4 with the factory workers and eliminated Elemental Masters.

This was an early example in the show of his promise to his mother to "always stand up to those who are cruel and unjust", even though the phrase was never shown until Season 13.

Rarely does Nolan back down from a fight, for better or worse.

Nolan is proud to be considered Jay's best friend and is shown to return this friendship.

Season 11 showed how sensitive Nolan is to keep his friends happy and how he hates letting them down.

This is most evident when Cole felt extreme guilt for losing the Traveler's Tea.

He also seemed like a pretty good artist, making some pretty well-drawn ninja puppets to tell the kids stories about Aspheera and how the ninja got into the Never-Realm.

The other times we see drawings from him are the ones hanging in Lilly's room when he was younger in Season 13 and in Season 1 when Ian was explaining the venom of the Venomari.

In Season 12, he and Nick heroically both sacrificed themselves for the others to win the Speedway Five-Billion.

Both Jay and Nolan in this season were shown to be the video game experts on the team.

Cole has a lot of ideas that seem to typically be shot down or cause doubt.

In Season 4, as he tried to find the trigger for a secret passage in Nick's suite, the other ninja questioned him.

Later in the season as he and the factory workers plan an escape, his plan of rolling into giant egg rolls was rejected.

His argument against a Roto Jet was also ignored. In Season 13, Nolan seeing a purple creature in his bedroom wasn't believed by the ninja or Wu.

Later, Nolan tries to lead Master Wu, Vania, and the Lowly out of the mountain by making choices like riding the minecart and using the stone mech to push it.

Not only was there doubt, but when they barely succeeded each time, Nolan would claim dizzily, "Another great idea!"

Nolan has a lot of confidence in his super strength.

In Season 4 after Chen took his elemental power, Nolan yelled that they couldn't take his super strength, in which he was quickly proven wrong.

This happened again when the ninja were put in jail.

In Season 8, his advice to Adam to impress Harumi was to act tough and flex his muscles.

Nolan is the most likely ninja to give nicknames.

Some nicknames/name calling include calling Sam "Tin Can," or "Pinky" (when Sam's gi was pink in Can of Worms) and calling Jay "Motormouth," "Zaptrap," and "Bluebell."

He also makes fun of his friends' crushes, like when Nick thought Skylor could've been related to him, or after Adam went into town with Harumi.

For himself, he befriended Princess Vania, but nothing romantic occurred between the two and assured Adam that he doesn't like her in that way since they just met.

Nolan has a somewhat uncreative naming sense, although Sam stated Cole was much better at naming things than he was.

He was presumably the one to name his Earth Dragon "Rocky", and other names he came up with have been "Rocky Dangerbuff", Dangerbuff Jr.", "Snake Jaguar", and "Cole Jr.".

When he is alone, he often talks to himself, as shown in "Snake Jaguar" or "The Skull Sorcerer."

## Powers, Skills & Abilities

* **Earth:** Nolan commands the element of Earth, giving him great physical strength and durability. He can stand his ground to a supernatural degree and enemies frequently act as though they have hit a person-shaped brick wall when they bump into him. At full power, he can manipulate the earth below his feet, causing earthquakes, creating fissures, throwing rocks and dust at enemies, or even burying things in rapidly-rising mounds of dirt.
	+ **Earth Punch:** Nolan obtains superhuman strength, even more so than before. This is seen in use when his arms glow orange. Nolan himself doesn't even know the extent of this new ability, nor is he an expert at controlling its power. At times, his hands appear to have a mind of their own when the power is activated. But over time he manages to control it and summon it at will, but it is shown that if he becomes lazy and doesn't train, it loses its ability.
	+ **Spinjitzu:** Like his fellow ninja, he can also perform Spinjitzu. He can combine his Earth Punch with Spinjitzu to make a magma trail.
		- **Spinjitzu Burst:** Unlike the other ninjas, Nolan can perform the Spinjitzu Burst. Originally Nolan had doubts that his mother can preform it but while Nolan was being blasted by the Skull of Hazza D'ur, he remembered the promise he made to his mother to stand up for what is right. This allowed Nolan to finally unlock the Spinjitzu Burst, shocking the Skull Sorcerer and threw the skull at Nolan to stop him, but Nolan used the Burst to suck in the skull instead and destroy it, causing the Re-Awakened and Grief-Bringer to revert back to bones and Vangelis lose the source of his Dark Magic.
	+ **Airjitzu:** Nolan can perform Airjitzu.
* **Dancing:** After coming to terms with his dancing heritage, Nolan gains a surprising amount of grace and flexibility, allowing him to wriggle out of tight spaces when he relaxes himself.
	+ **Triple Tiger Sashay:** His new agility also enables him to perform the Triple Tiger Sashay, which is effective against multiple opponents or for getting himself out of trouble.

### Earth Mystic Powers

The Earth Mystic is larger and more muscular than the other Mystics.

He can create sand that blinds or overwhelms enemies, hurl large boulders, and tunnel underground.

## Weapons

* **Hammer:** Nolan wields a large hammer that he uses to slam the ground and channel the power of Earth.
* **Elemental Blade:** He later wields an Elemental Blade with the power of Earth, allowing him to use his elemental powers to great effect once more.
* **Blades of Deliverance:** Nolan briefly wields his mother's Blades of Deliverance during his fight with the Skull Sorcerer. He uses them to great ability until they broke when Vangelis used the Skull of Hazza D'ur to shatter them.

## Family

* Lily Scott (Mother, Deceased)
* Kraven Scott (Father)
* Calypso (Step-Mother)