Ninjago (realm)

**Ninjago** is one of the Realms of Creation. Primarily a void of space, the realm contains a planet that was originally an Endless Sea ruled by Wojira before the First Spinjitzu Master migrated from the Realm of Oni and Dragons and created an island that became inhabited by humans, Serpentine, and various other species.

## History

### The First Visit to The Realm

In The Realm of Ninjago there existed the Merlopians and the Keepers. These beings were tormented by a giant serpent-like Elemental Beast known as Wojira, which caused chaos. Wojira commanded the powers of Water, Wind, and Lightning. The Elemental Beast was active due to two Amulets on Wojira’s head, the Storm Amulet and the Wave Amulet. The First Spinjitzu Master struggled to beat Wojira, and had to grant a Merlopian named Nyad the Element of Water for the battle. Nyad had merged with the Endless Sea to pry off the Amulets from Wojira’s head. The Element of Water would be lost not being able to be passed on when she merged with the Sea, however Wojira fell into a deep sleep without the amulets. The First Spinjitzu Master gave the Storm Amulet to the Keepers and the Wave Amulet to the Merlopians.

### The Creation of Ninjago & Battle Against the Oni

The First Spinjitzu Master forges the Golden Weapons in the Temple of Light with gold from the Golden Peaks. With the 4 weapons, he creates the island of Ninjago.

Sometime after the First Spinjitzu Master fled from the Realm of Oni and Dragons and created Ninjago, the Oni pursued him, creating the Oni Temple. The First Spinjitzu Master battled the Oni, which included the three Oni warlords. Before their defeat, the Oni left the three Oni Masks behind as a sign of their time in the realm, building a temple deep within Primeval's Eye, where they depicted their origins on the walls and sealed away the Oni Mask of Hatred so it could only be taken by a being with Oni blood. The other two Oni Masks - the Oni Mask of Vengeance and Oni Mask of Deception - are left in Ninjago, and over time, the two masks are separated to different places. This would leave only the Mask of Hatred being left in the same place as the Oni left them.

### The Stone Wars

The First Spinjitzu Master's evil counterpart, The Overlord, manifests himself alongside a sub-element of Destruction, known as Darkness, in the shadows and declares war to decide the fate of Ninjago. Though the Overlord lacked a physical form, he only grew stronger. The Overlord creates the Temple of Fortitude to fortify against the Golden Power of the First Spinjitzu Master. In order to turn the tide in his favor, the Overlord created the Stone Army from dark materials hidden deep underground, giving them indestructibility and unwavering loyalty to his evil will.

The Stone Army appears as black-skinned soldiers with black and red armor and glowing green eyes. Their faces are covered in white, green, red, yellow, or blue markings and their teeth are sharp fangs, adding to their inhuman appearance. They wear red and gray armor with a green spiral displayed on the abdominal plating. All ranks (save the Scouts) wear jagged red shoulder pads. In addition, Warriors and Generals wear elaborate helmets with fang-like details around the mouth guard and small, wing-like protrusions on the sides. There are five ranks of the Stone Army having General, Giant Warrior, Warrior, Soldier, and lastly Scout.

Members of the Stone Army are indestructible, due to being made from a dark ore mined in the Island of Darkness mixed with Darkness. They are fairly skilled warriors and pilots, possessing a number of vehicles and machines to use against their foes. Additionally, they speak exclusively in a strange, presumably ancient, language consisting mainly of grunts, roars, and yells. However, they appear to understand modern speech without their General needing to translate.

General Kozu was markedly different from the rest of the Stone Army. He had white skin with red facial markings and four arms with black hands. His armor was predominantly red, save the black horns and fangs on his helmet. The bottom edges of most of the plates making up his body armor are silver, as is the spiral design on his abdomen.

The Stone Army is extremely dangerous, but elemental powers can deal with them. They can also be hindered by falls or obstacles, although their great strength and limitless stamina makes these temporary defenses at best. Most importantly, they are bound to serve whoever wears the Helmet of Shadows; if the helmet changes hands, so does the army's allegiance.

To combat the Overlord, the First Spinjitzu Master uses the power of the Golden Dragon and Golden Mech to fight him off. Commanded by energies within the Overlord's helmet, the new army threatened to overwhelm the First Spinjitzu Master, forcing him to split Ninjago in two, with the Overlord and his forces trapped on what would become known as the Island of Darkness. Some members of the Stone Army remained on Ninjago—apparently imprisoned by the ancient tribes—but they eventually fell into dormancy, awaiting their master's command once more. This would leave the ultimate battle between good and evil yet to be finished.

### Start of Humanity & Serpentine

The Serpentine come into existence along with humans, who colonize the land, building cities, villages, and other places. Mambo V becomes the leader of the Serpentine tribe of Ancient Hypnobrai that would eventually be known as the Pyro Vipers. Before the birth of his two sons, the First Spinjitzu Master bestows upon a group of humans the powers of the elements, forming the first Elemental Masters besides Water who’s gaining their second Elemental Master. The First Spinjitzu Master and King Mambo V agree upon peace between humans and Serpentine.

Yin Garmadon is born as the first son of the First Spinjitzu Master. He inherits the Oni's element of Destruction from his father. Yang Wu is born as the second son of the First Spinjitzu Master. He inherits the dragons' element of Creation from his father, in order for his children to represent balance. Yang Wu and Yin Garmadon would successfully perform Spinjitzu for the first time while fighting off bullies.

Yang Wu and Yin Garmadon discover the Scrolls of Forbidden Spinjitzu as their father writes them, but he would not allow them to use it. Yang Wu teaches Spinjitzu to Aspheera privately, after she helps him and Yin Garmadon get out of the cell when the two crossed the line between the humans and Serpentine. Aspheera would use her new ability to briefly overthrow King Mambo V. Yang Wu and Yin Garmadon steal the Scrolls and use Forbidden Spinjitzu to defeat Aspheera, restoring Mambo V to power. Mambo sentences Aspheera to magical entombment until her sins are forgotten. Aspheera declares vengeance on Yang Wu for not teaching her all his secrets and leaving her to her fate. The First Spinjitzu Master takes the scrolls back from Yang Wu and Yin Garmadon for disobeying him and hides them in separate unknown locations.

At some point after this, the three move into the Monastery of Spinjitzu. Yin Garmadon and Yang Wu spar one day, but Yang loses one of the katanas over the wall of the monastery. Afraid of their father's disapproval, Yang Wu chooses not to go after it, but Yin Garmadon does. In the process, he is bitten by the young Great Devourer, a snake corrupted by The Overlord’s Darkness, and becomes ill as its evil venom starts to affect him, even causing him to tell his father that he hates him, and blaming Yang Wu for all that happened.

The First Spinjitzu Master locks himself in his tomb and passes away when his sons are no longer children, but at some point before this, he leaves a hidden message on his staff for Yang Wu that would lead Yang Wu to his final resting place where the Realm Crystal is hidden. At some point, presumably after this, the siblings gain kimonos with protection spells against evil.

### The Era of Kingdoms

A period of time was where most places were considered Kingdoms, such as The Kingdom of Metalonia and The Kingdom of Avalon.

#### Metalonian Discovery

In Metalonia, a location with a Nordic Culture, had a tree in the middle of the city which they called Yggdrasil. A blacksmith who was envious of the Elemental Masters’ powers, known as Leif Ingridson had practiced magic and was able to use it on the city’s center to access an elemental power never seen before, in which they became the first master of Amber.

#### The Avalonian Sacred Swords' Time

The King of Avalon, King Arthur, was a noble king who wished to have his citizens protected and had an order of swordsmen as his army. To make his kingdom truly protected and reliable for those needing help he had met his friend, Yin Garmadon, and enlisted his help in created Sacred Swords so the realm would be protected. This would lead for Six Swordsmen to be brought under King Arthur who would use the Sacred Swords. Yin Garmadon would take his Mumeiken Kyomu as The Immortal Void Swordsman and lead the other five swordsmen. The five would be Yakitsu Arashi, The Flame Swordsman, who would wield Kaenken Rekka, Towa Fumei, The Shadow Swordsman, who would wield Kokuranken Shikkoku, Marīn Tsujun, The Water Swordswoman, who would wield Suiseiken Nagare, Kiharu Inazuma and Retsu Inazuma, the twin Thunder Swordsmen, who would wield Raimeiken Ikazuchi and Gekkou Raimeiken Ikazuchi respectively.

Retsu Inazuma wanted to create more Sacred Swords to expand the Swordsmen group out of good will, which led to the creation of Ankokuken Kurayami, a gate for The Overlord to possess and taint the swordsman. The swordsman would become to be known as The Dark Swordsman while his brother, Kiharu Inazuma, would end up using both his brother's Gekkou Raimeiken Ikazuchi alongside his own Raimeiken Ikazuchi in a dual wielding style.

The five swordsmen, led by Yin Garmadon, would end up fighting Retsu and would up in a losing position due to Ankokuken Kurayami's Sealing Ability which would lead into the Second Generation's necessity of creation.

To combat Ankokuken Kurayami, King Arthur and Yin Garmadon would create six new Sacred Swords, different from the ones previously made, for six new Swordsmen, trained under the current swordsmen, to join under Yin's leadership. This would include Kougouken Saikou as the first of the six new swords with the ability to unseal the Sacred Swords to counter Kurayami's ability. These six new Swordsmen would be Rin Kusaki, The Land Swordswoman, who would wield Dogouken Gekido, Hikari Raito, The Light Swordsman, who would wield Kougouken Saikou, Kasumi Kitaimuri, The Smoke Swordswoman, who would wield Eneiken Noroshi, Hibiki Sawagi, The Sound Swordsman, who would wieeld Onjuuken Suzune, Yurika Shijō, The Time Swordswoman who would wield Jokokuken Kaiji, and Zephyrs Sarutobi, The Wind Swordsman who was trained under Kiharu Inazuma would wield Fuusouken Hayate.

The swordsmen would clash with Retsu Inazuma in a yearlong battle, eventually leading to all 13 Sacred Swords to clash together at once by chance. The Impact of the Sacred Swords' elemental energy onto each other would lead to the swords being sent away. They were lost, the impact sent them flying around the realm. A prophecy would be written about their fate, "When the power of the Sacred Swords cross paths, the Blade King Sword will be born with the power to connect the Swords and lead this tale to its conclusion".

#### Samukai’s Visit

As a human, Samukai was a powerful warlord with a loyal following, though his desire for more land, power, and riches quickly got the best of him. Despite the countless ruthless acts committed by him and his armies, there were no known desertions or insurrections from Samukai's followers. He had died at some point, and never accepted his death so he was reborn as a Skulkin.

Yang Wu and Yin Garmadon fight and defeat Samukai, Leader of the Skulkin of the Underworld, as at some point when he decides to come back to the realm after his death.

### End of the Old Vipers

Some of the Ancient Hypnobrai would evolve through mutations to what is known as current day Hypnobrai, leaving the remaining Ancient Hypnobrai to have eventually died off and are locked in their sarcophagi, some of which would be placed in the Ninjago Museum of History many years later.

### The Pirates’ Era

#### The Crew of The Misfortune's Keep Forms

Nadakhan, the Djinn Prince of Djinjago. had formed his crew of pirates. The Pirate crew was originally made up of several castaways. Most of its members had wishes granted by their captain, all with arguably disastrous results, save for Clancee, the only member not to have wished for anything.

Flintlocke was originally a successful pirate captain. However, when attempting to fire a cannon at an enemy ship, a sudden wave caused the cannon to flip upwards, and the shot subsequently fell back down and struck his ship, sinking it and stranding him in the ocean as a castaway. Lamenting his fate, he was promptly confronted by Nadakhan, and was promptly inducted into the Pirates.

Over two hundred years before the Skulkin’s attack on Ninjago, Delara became Nadakhan's lover and the Quartermaster of his crew aboard the Misfortune's Keep. Delara agreed to become Nadakhan's betrothed, both for their relationship and the power Nadakhan would receive by becoming a Djinn King.

At some point, Cyren desired to become the world's greatest singer and was thus confronted by Nadakhan, who offered to grant her three wishes. Wishing for this renowned title, Cyren was instead given a mesmerizing voice that would send everyone who heard it into a deep trance. With her abilities now only able to be appreciated by those who would take advantage of such a power, Cyren had no choice but to join the crew of the Misfortune's Keep, aiding in raids by using her songs to entrance the populations of coastal villages or opposing crews.

At some point a skulkin had joined the Pirate crew lead by Nadakhan the Djinn, as the Skeleton Figurehead of the Misfortune’s Keep. It is unknown what happened but he is tied up onto the ship without his legs.

Dogshank constantly sought to be seen as the most beautiful woman around; despite this, she would always be beaten by another, becoming "second-prettiest". Frustrated, she was eventually confronted by Nadakhan, a Djinn, who offered to grant her three wishes, in return for becoming one of the Pirates. Desperate, Dogshank agreed, wishing to be seen as one of a kind. As a result of the open interpretation of her wish, Dogshank was transformed into a hideous, hulking beast. Despite this, she quickly embraced her new form and did not hesitate to use her strength to her advantage, and true to her word joined Nadakhan's crew aboard the Misfortune's Keep, gaining her position as the boatswain.

Alongside Landon, Colin would seek to become a part of Nadakhan's crew. After being brought to the Djinn by Flintlocke, he introduced himself as Colin. Alongside his colleague, Colin, Landon sought to become a Pirate and was likewise introduced by Flintlocke to Nadakhan. The two were renamed as Colin had become Bucko, and Landon had become Sqiffy, and was promptly welcomed.

Originally a regular human, the man who would become Monkey Wrench met Nadakhan and wished to be the greatest mechanic of his kind, and Nadakhan complied by turning him into a mechanical monkey.

When he was still in his egg, Clancee was abandoned by his father. Missing a leg since he was a child, Clancee grew up as an aspiring pirate, under the care of his mother. He lived at Stiix where he helped swab the docks. He would find his lucky break when he encountered one of the Pirates, and after accidentally falling into the ocean alongside him, he was mistaken for part of the crew by Flintlocke and brought aboard the Misfortune's Keep, accomplishing his dream. Never fitting in with the other Serpentine, Clancee was recruited by Nadakhan and was the only one of the higher-ranking members of Nadakhan's crew to have never made a wish. Satisfied, Clancee would retain his position as the Head Ship's Mate.

Doubloon was originally a human "two-faced thief" and at one point learned Spinjitzu. Clancee would later return to Stiix, docking at the city and conversing with Flintlocke. Approached by Doubloon, who secretly intended to steal Nadakhan's treasure, he directed the master thief to the Misfortune's Keep, and once Doubloon was out of ear-shot, readily agreed with Flintlocke that the thief only wanted to steal gold. Later, he would catch Doubloon red-handed alongside his captain, Flintlocke, and Monkey Wretch. While Doubloon tried to wish his way out of his sentence, Nadakhan was so impressed by his skills that he made Doubloon literally two-faced and cemented his induction into the Sky Pirates, where he would eventually become the fighter.

#### The Crew of The Destiny's Bounty Forms

Captain Soto had formed his pirate crew at an unknown time. Alongside himself, it would also include people such as First Mate, No-Eyed Pete, and the Guide Parrot. Soto’s crew would have a run-in with Master Felonius Chen’s Ancestor, Ren Chen, which ended with Ren Chen winning and Soto losing one of his legs to him. Ren would of course pass down the leg through his family as a heirloom due to his fucked up ideals, which made him think it was a normal thing to do.

#### The End of The Two Pirate Crews

Captain Soto and Nadakhan's crews would clash in a battle between their ships, the Destiny's Bounty and Misfortune's Keep, with Soto proving victorious. During this battle Delara would die by Soto’s hands. Soto traps Nadakhan within the Teapot of Tyrahn and scatters the Pirates across the Realms, before going on to look for the whereabouts of the Island of Darkness. In his search for the Island of Darkness, Soto's crew accidentally crashes into the coast of Ninjago, causing their ship to sink and killing them.

### The Era of New

Around this time a Royal Family arose in Ninjago. The powerful sorcerer Hazza D'ur created the city inside Shintaro Mountain using Dark Magic. At one point after that, he was vanquished, but his skeletal remains stayed in the Dungeons of Shintaro in a restricted cave near his statue. However, the Dark Magic still remained in his skull, allowing his soul to persist. The Sky Folk become inhabitants of the Kingdom of Shintaro.

At some point, Kodokuna Yang invents Airjitzu, allowing the user to fly through the air temporarily. Kodokuna Yang discovers the Yin Blade, and, in a failed attempt to become immortal, turns himself and his students into ghosts with it.

At some point, the Hypnobrai and Fangpyre tribes of the Serpentine were allies.

A King of Shintaro, Vangelis, learned that in the Dungeons of Shintaro the Skull of Hazza D'ur still remains and therefore tasked the Lowly to retrieve it so it could be destroyed to keep Shintaro safe. The adventurers managed to overcome all the traps and enter the restricted cave, where Hazza D'ur's skull was placed on a pedestal under a large statue. Korgran, who was from Metalonia, tried to take it with his hands, but the skull immediately came to life and tried to possess him with the Dark Magic. However, Korgran managed to drop the skull and it remained dormant. Korgran then grabbed the skull with his axe and took it with the others to Vangelis to the palace. Vangelis then asked them if they agreed that the skull should be destroyed, and when everyone agreed, he banished them into Rock-Bottom. Hazza D'ur's soul then appeared in the skull again and began to laugh with Vangelis. Over the following years, Vangelis began using the skull's power and reawaked the deceased warriors to subdue the Munce and Geckles, who began mining Vengestone for him in Mines of Shintaro.

### Chen’s Start

When he was young, Felonius Chen became vain when he was told he would amount to nothing, compared to the Elemental Masters, who were naturally born with unique abilities.

Felonius Chen was originally Clouse Steiner and Yin Garmadon's master and encouraged them to win at any cost. When a duel broke out one day between his students, he decided to intensify it by declaring that the winner would become his right-hand man and be granted lordship. Yin Garmadon cheated and used Spinjitzu to win, which Felonius Chen had forbidden, though the master dismissed it, and even praised Yin for his deception while granting him the title of Lord.

### The Serpentine Wars

As conflicts between the Serpentine and humans arise as a result of paranoia over the Curse of the Golden Master and the Great Devourer's release and defeat, Chen takes advantage of the situation and tricks both sides into attacking each other.

The five Serpentine tribes fight amongst each other, but Felonius Chen unites them. The Serpentine War begins, and Yin Garmadon defects from Chen. Yin Garmadon, Yang Wu, and the Elemental Alliance fight the Serpentine, who would in turn eventually split up after the war.

The Elemental Alliance protected humans from the Serpentine's various attacks across Ninjago after Master Felonius Chen sowed conflict between the humans and snakes. Various members of the Alliance, with the help of the Ninjago soldiers, fought a group of Serpentine led by the Anacondrai in Jamanakai Village but were ultimately overpowered by the Serpentine, who were able to seize the village.

The previous master of Earth was a member of the Elemental Alliance, fighting alongside the other Elemental Masters against the serpentine tribes during the first Serpentine War. However, Chen manipulated him during a crucial battle in Birchwood Forest into turning against the other masters and ensuring victory for the Anacondrai, controlling the Elemental Master of Earth with Hypnobrai hypnosis. Of course he did get saved after, but the Elemental Alliance did lose the battle.

Yin Garmadon realizes the potential of the Sacred Flutes, which the Elemental Masters construct, allowing humans to win the war. At the end of the war, the Elemental Masters rounded up the remaining Serpentines. The Serpentine are locked away in their tombs, the Anacondrai Generals are banished to the Cursed Realm, and Felonius Chen and Clouse Steiner are banished to an island far from Ninjago due to their involvement with the Serpentine.

Felonius Chen and Clouse Steiner had “Master Chen’s Noodle House” as a company started on the island, and had shops over at Ninjago. Chen’s Anacondrai Cultists would stay on the island too, while having the ability to travel between Chen’s Island and Ninjago Island for the Noodle House. This would include such as Zugu, Eyezor, Kapau, Chope, Sleven, and Krait.

Sometime after, the Anacondrai start to get hungry to the point where they have to commit cannibalism in order to survive. The Anacondrai’s tomb would be a cave of the Sea of Sand. It kept on going until Pythor P. Chumsworth was the only one left in the tomb. The Hypnobrai had replaced their old general with Skales, making Slithraa his second in command. The Hypnobrai Tomb is an ice cave in the Glacier Barrens, which resulted in the Hypnobrai being resistant to the cold, more so than the other tribes. Then there are other Hypnobrai such as Mezmo, Rattla, and Selma. The Fangpyres would now be led by Fangtom, with his brother Fangdam as second in command. The tomb of the Fangypre is a cave in the Cemetery of Souls of the Forest of Tranquility. Then there are other Fangpyre such as Fang-Suei and Snappa. The Constrictai would be led by Skalidor with no second in command. The Constrictai Tomb is a cave on the top of the Mountain of a Million Steps. There are other members of the tribe such as Bytar, Chokun, and Snike. The Venomari tribe would be led by Acidicus with no second in command either. The Venomari's tomb is a cave in the Toxic Bogs. Other members of the Venomari tribe would include Lizaru, Spitta, Lasha, and Zoltar.

### The Betrayal of Time

The Twin Masters of Time at the time; each having two parts of Time, betray Yang Wu and Yin Garmadon and try to take over Ninjago with their power over the element of Time years after the Serpentine War. This was due to their ego of believing they are the strongest due to their elemental powers. They had been fine during the war, but how people acted after the war bothered them. Civilians thanked Yang and Yin the most, not the Twin Masters of Time. Ray Saphire and the Master of Water of the time, would forge the Time Blades out of Chronosteel; Yang Wu and Yin Garmadon use them to battle the Twins and absorb their power. Yang Wu and Yin Garmadon dispose of the Time Blades through a temporal rift as The Masters of Time follow them and become lost in time.

Shortly after this, Yang Wu discovers the Reversal Time Blade in the woods. Knowing it was too powerful to keep, he ordered the Masters of Fire & Water to dispose of it within the Boiling Sea, knowing that only the future Elemental Masters of Fire and Water working together could reach the blade through a series of trials.

### The Battle Between Brothers

The evil in Yin Garmadon completely overtakes him, and it mainly manifests itself in the form of overwhelming greed. He returns to the Monastery of Spinjitzu to steal the Golden Weapons in an attempt to recreate Ninjago in his own image. Yang Wu confronts him, and after a short battle, the combination of the four weapons and the protection spell on Yang Wu's kimono opens a gateway to the Underworld. Yin Garmadon is struck by lightning, blackening his skin and casting him down. Fully succumbed to the evil in his veins, Yin Garmadon battles Samukai for command over the Skulkin army and easily wins, taking his helmet and becoming the ruler of the Underworld. Yang Wu realizes that Yin Garmadon will stop at nothing to get the Golden Weapons, so he hides them away in secret locations, each guarded by an Elemental Dragon. Yang Wu then makes a map of the four secret locations so someone could find them if he perishes, and gives the map to a trustworthy friend.

### Current Day

Ninjago City had a technological boom with their technology having advanced more than other cities, towns, and villages. However not many other places have much technology, if any at all leading to Ninjago City being a famous and busy city.

The Skulkin have lately been attacking villages, using these advanced vehicles. The meaning of their attacks is unknown, but it has caused Yang Wu to enlist a team of “Ninja” to deal with this threat. Now how will these Elemental Masters fare in this issue and any future issues to happen?

## Gallery

Map of the Ninjago Planet by Joshua Deck

 **Ninjago Settlements**
**Kingdoms:** Avalon · Merlopia · Metalonia · Shintaro
**Towns:** Hono Mizu · Nom
 **Ninjago Tree Formations**
**Jungles:** Hiroshi's Labyrinth · Jankikai Jungle · Primeval's Eye · Uncharted Jungle
 **Ninjago Rock Formations**
**Caverns:** Dungeons of Shintaro · Rock-Bottom
**Caves:** Caves of Despair · Crystal Caves · Geckle Strong-Cave · Hall of Mirrors Cave · Munce Home-Cave
**Mountains:** Break-Your-Leg Mountain · Golden Peaks · Mountain of a Million Steps · Mountains of Impossible Height · Mouth of Eternal Shadows · Shintaro Mountain · Tallest Mountain of Ninjago · Torchfire Mountain · Wailing Alps
 **Ninjago Sand Areas**
 **Ninjago Cold Areas**
 **Endless Sea**
 **Ninjago Landmarks**
**Monasteries:** Monastery of Spinjitzu
**Palaces:** Chen's Palace · Merlopian Palace · Royal Palace · Shintaro Palace
 **Ninjago Cemetary**
 **Chima**