Season 26: Jaded

**Season 13** of Beyond: Unlimited, subtitled Jaded, is preceded by Season 25 and succeeded by Season 27. The season covers the events such as the Ascension of the Jade Royals and their Reign of Terror. The mascot character of the season is Lucas clashing with Emperor Aoi. The main protagonists and focus characters of the season are Lucas and Keith. The Ninja Force is focused upon in a smaller capacity in this season. The Jade Samurai serve as the villainous faction while their masters; Emperor Aoi and Empress Midori serve as the main antagonist of the season. This season serves as the twenty-sixth installment to the Beyond Trilogy.

## Overview

Victory & An Unsettling Discovery! In the midst of their victory earned by both winning and saving the Contest of Champions, the Ninja Force returns home with a very alive Jason, the real Vincent and their winnings. Their happiness is short-lived as they only return to find that their home is under the rule of a new pair of royalties: Emperor Aoi and Empress Midori. To make matters worse, people have been disappearing from towns, villages, and cities all across NINJAGO. The Ninja suspect that these two royals are hiding something from the world and its quite sinister. That's according to Lucas, who starts having visions and memories that aren't own but seemingly those of others from his past. But things will only get worse as Jade Warriors will emerge from the ground and start terrorizing the land and the people. The Ninjas agree to help their Green Ninja solve this mystery and put a stop to this treachery before NINJAGO's stability spirals out of control. Will they learn the secrets of the Jade Warriors and their masters? Will Lucas figure out who's memories are in his head? The answers are encased in the very jade our heroes find themselves up against...

## History

#### Homecoming

The Ninja Force returns from Earth-X where they competed in the Contest of Champions to find that their home is under the rule of a new villain and are forced to stay low and ask around for what exactly happened; Lucas discovers a startling sight as the Ninja return to Mount Ninja; Jason tries to contact Supaku but finds his connection blocked by some unknown force; Natalie becomes guilty while the Ninja see what this new set of monarchs are doing.

#### A Bad Omen

The Ninja Force travels into the city where most of the people are still mobile but are hiding out from some mysterious Jade Samurai; Lucas and Vincent get an uneasy feeling about the new occupation as the Ninja Force encounters the new Jade Emperor and Empress; Kate attempts to contact the Black Delta Corps after seeing their notable absence from the hiding citizens of Ninjago City.

#### Voices in the Wind

The Ninja Force is ambushed by multiple Jade Samurai as they try to leave the Jade Palace; Vincent makes a discovery about the identities and origin of the samurais; Natalie, Alessia and some of the others are faced by the Empress herself who proves to be a fearsome warrior; Kyle travels to the Black Delta Corps base to see why they aren’t back and quickly discovers why; Lucas becomes confused as a voice tells him to travel to the Realm of Titans.

#### Lucas's Vow

After watching most of their team become captured by the Jade Samurai, Kyle, Jason, Lucas and DIGITAL are forced to flee back to Mount Ninja where they can make a plan on what to do; Lucas suggests that they travel to the Realm of Titans so Jason can find Supaku and so that he can find the source of the mysterious voice; Empress Midori uses her powers to hack into Vincent’s system and learn what she can about the Ninja as well as how to defeat them.

#### The Emperor's Wrath

With some advice from Midori, Emperor Aoi sends multiple legions of the Samurai to Mount Ninja to ambush the remaining heroes only to find that they’ve gone somewhere else; DIGITAL sneaks into the Black Delta Corps HQ to help them in their fight against the constantly growing numbers of Samurai warriors; Jason, Kyle and Lucas travel to the Realm of Titans which is also known as the Final Realm.

#### Secrets of the Jade Samurai

Midori leads her own team of newly possessed Ninja to hunt down Jason, Lucas and Kyle who she knows have travelled to another realm; Kyle takes a side trip to the First Realm to warn their allies there of the Jade Army; Lucas and Jason arrive in the mysterious and amazing Final Realm where they believe they can find help from Kyojin Beasts; Keith tries to break free of the Jade Possession but is plagued with traumatic memories of the past; DIGITAL helps plan an operation on the Jade Samurai Legions as the Black Delta Corps discover the truth behind the mysterious warriors.

#### Growing Pains

Lucas and Jason are split up after battling a group of winged Wolf-Bats and find themselves trapped in some sort of death maze full of unseen horrors; Kyle finds himself faced with corrupted versions of the Ninja as he attempts to get to the Final Realm to warn Jason and Lucas; DIGITAL builds a new Silent Streak and Samuari X suit to assist both herself and Kyle who is finding himself outgunned by the Jade Ninja.

#### Jadebreaker

Kyle hides out from the Jade Ninja as they hunt him like a dog while waiting for the arrival of the new suit DIGITAL built for him; Lucas meets the Golden Dragon deep underground while Jason must face off against more creatures if he wants to prove he is worthy to wield Supaku’s powers again; DIGITAL and the Black Delta Corps gather other allies to wait out Lucas, Jason and Kyle’s return so they can take down the Jade Army; the Empress’s backstory is revealed as Keith continues to try and break out of her possession.

#### The Assault

After restoring his contract to Supaku, Jason rushes back to Ninjago to help begin the attack on the Jade Army’s castle while Lucas remains behind to continue his persuasion of Magnus to help him stop the Emperor and Empress; DIGITAL and the Black Delta Corps begin their attack upon the Flying Fortress; Midori scrambles her Jade Ninja to defend the castle while she goes to deal with Lucas, herself.

#### Lost Memories

Jason finds himself up against both the powers of the Jade Army and his corrupted friends as the Corps have begun their siege of the fortress; DIGITAL attempts to reason with Vincent and Kate who have utilized their own tech to take her and Kyle down; Lucas undergoes one final test to prove that he’s trustworthy enough to sign a contract with Magnus while Midori gets closer and closer to the Final Realm.

#### Night of Pain

With his sister and friends raidly working to bring him down, Jason is forced to resort to brute tactics but experiences difficulty when his connection to Supaku is still reworking itself; Midori arrives in the Final Realm where she is easily able to fend off against its guardians as she seeks to make the Green Ninja her new pawn; after Kate and Kyle take their battle out into Ninjago City Bay, Digital attempts to remind Vincent of his true self while realizing the irony of her predicament.

#### Father & Son

Lucas wakes up on the Dark Island where he finds himself badly injured and bruised from his encounter with Midori and begins to doubt that he can save his friends when he is met by a familiar face; Jason is forced to watch as Midori shows first hand how she creates the Jade Venom that possesses her victims with Kyle as the test subject; the Emperor begins Operation: Jade Rebirth to reshape the land in the image Midori wants.

#### The Moment of Truth

After getting some guidance from the spirit of his lost loved ones, Lucas arrives back in Ninjago City where he frees Jason who has fully regained his powers and teams up with him to put an official end to Midori’s jade grasp upon their home; the Emperor’s true identity will be revealed in a shocking turn of events; a new king of the final realm will be crowned; Vincent calls out to Hyozan who miraculously answers it when the Flying Fortress begins freefalling towards the area of ocean above Merlopia.

## Cast

### Heroes

#### Ninja Force

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

#### Allies

* Lloyd M. Garmadon - Sam Vincent
* Harumi (Earth-52) - Britt McKillip
* Kaito - TBA

#### Kyojin Beasts

* Magnus - Jake Johnson
* Supakū - Mark Hamill
* Tsunamei - Lydia Mackay

### Jade Empire

* Emperor Aoi - Sam Vincent
* Empress Midori - Cree Summer
* General Mai - TBA
* General Pine - TBA

## Sets

* 72125 DIGITAL’s Samurai X Bike
* 72126 Mountain Training Attack
* 72127 Jade Crusher Mech
* 72128 Lucas’s Golden Dragon
* 72129 Nightcrawler Mech
* 72130 Flying Fortress