Liberation of the Never-Realm

The **Liberation of the Never-Realm** (also known as the **Battle of the Never-Realm**) was a huge Resistance fight from *Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu*. It deals with the Ninja fighting to free the Never-Realm and their friend Zane from the tyranny of the Ice Emperor. The battle takes place in the second half of Season 11 and ended on the Season 11 finale, "Awakenings."

## History

### Background

It all started in the Never-Realm the most distant and remote of all the sixteen realms of Ninjago. Within the Never-Realm there lived a group of people who could shape-shift into animals called the Fromlings. They also had a coming of age ceremony where the children would be able to find their animal forms called the Choosing Ceremony. However, there was one Formling who couldn't find his animal form and his name was Vex. When Vex couldn't find his animal form he felt ostracized by the other Formlings and believed that they mocked him behind his back even though they didn't, so he left them in self exile to live in the woods declaring himself "Vex the Formless." Over the years, his name became known throughout the Never-Realm as being a liar and a trickster while he vowed revenge on the Formlings who he thought wronged him. One day he came across a castle ruled by Grimfax, the King of the Never-Realm. After he was caught by the guards he tried to persuade Grimfax into letting him become his royal advisor so he could attack the Formlings. But Grimfax was well aware of Vex and refused to attack the Formlings, Grimfax then tried offering kindness to Vex but he rejected it and walked away but not before vowing revenge on him as well.

During his travels, Vex discovered the Titan Mech and Zane who were both banished to the Never-Realm by Aspheera during the Attack of the Pyro Vipers. Vex secretly watched Zane who fixed the Titan Mech and fended off dangers by reluctantly using the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu. Zane then took shelter in a dark cave for days where he tried to fix the Titan Mech so he could get home, to do that he plugged himself to the Titan Mech to run a full system diagnostic. However, Vex who was amazed by Zane's ice elemental power took the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu and tried to use it against Zane while he was performing the diagnostic but it was useless in his hands since Vex had no elemental power. Realizing that only Zane could use the scroll, Vex unplugged him from the Titan Mech before the diagnostic was complete which caused Zane to get amnesia. Vex told Zane that he was his royal advisor and that Zane was the Ice Emperor that ruled the Never-Realm. He also said that the staff the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu was on was his scepter and that he was overthrown by other warriors from his rightful throne. That night, Zane and Vex invaded Grimfax's castle and used the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu to fight off his guards and transform them into Blizzard Samurai. Vex then ordered Grimfax to either surrender and serve Zane or perish at his hand, so Grimfrax surrender his rulership to Zane. After that, Zane donned some armor and sat on the throne declaring his rule over the Never-Realm as the Ice Emperor by bringing an eternal winter to the people of the land using the Scroll of Forbidden which unknowingly corrupted him. While Vex took his place as the Ice Emperor's royal advisor.

Because of the time difference in the Never-Realm, Zane would rule over as the Ice Emperor for decades by being used as a figurehead for Vex's evil. Like attacking and freezing the Formlings, driving all the Yetis in the Never-Realm to a near extinction, and depriving all the villages of fire. Vex would became the top General of the Blizzard Samurai while Grimfax was forced to become their highest ranking warrior. The Blizzard Samurai then grew in numbers with soldiers made of only ice. Zane also used the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu to create an ice Elemental Dragon named Boreal to enforce his rule on the Never-Realm. Vex would also use Zane's corrupted ice to spy on the people of the Never-Realm in order to plan attacks on their villages. As a result, some of the surviving villagers were forced to flee from the villages to the southern regions of the Never-Realm for safety. Meanwhile back in Ninjago the day after Zane got banished, Wu told the Ninja what really happened to Zane after he spoke to Aspheera in Krpytarium Prison when they thought she destroyed him. At First, Wu wanted to go to the Never-Realm alone to get Zane would come back using Traverler's Tea but the Ninja wanted to go as well. But when Wu refused to, they all went to the Never-Realm on the Land Bounty by having P.I.X.A.L. use Aspheera's staff with the other Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu in order to find Zane behind Wu's back despite his warnings and attempts to stop them. But after they left, Wu revealed to P.I.X.A.L. that no one can come back from the Never-Realm and that he lied about the Traveler's Tea being able to bring him back because Traveler's Tea grown in Ninjago doesn't work in the Never-Realm.

### The Battle

When the Ninja arrive at the Never-Realm they lose the Land Bounty after it crashes on a snowy mountain and in the process they lose the Traveler's Tea after Cole dropped it by accident. They walk across the mountains and through a forest where they are attacked by some wolves then they find some people frozen in ice. Nya is then able to track a signal coming from the Titan Mech but then the Ninja are attacked by some more wolves. The Ninja fight them off except for Nya who can't seem to control the frozen water. However, some villagers arrive and save the Ninja by using arrows to scare the wolves away. The villagers take the Ninja to their village, Great Lake where they meet Sorla the village elder then after warming up by the ever burning Heart Fire, the Ninja tell her where they came from and ask her to help find Zane. Sorla tries to help them find Zane by using the Heart Fire to show them where Zane is which shows the Ice Emperor's castle in response. Sorla tells the Ninja all about the Ice Emperor and his Blizzard Samurai who have been ruling over the Never-Realm for decades and believes that Zane has been taken prisoner by them. She also warns the Ninja that they can't go to the palace and claims that Zane is now lost but the Ninja insist that they will rescue Zane. Meanwhile, Vex finds out about the Ninja through the dark ice and tells the Ice Emperor about them claiming that they have come to challenge him and to defy his rule, so the Ice Emperor has Vex send out his Blizzard Samurai to attack Great Lake led by Grimfax. Some fishermen from Great Lake then hear the Blizzard Samurai coming and head back to Great Lake to warn everyone. Meanwhile, Sorla tells the Ninja that there are only two paths for them to get to the Ice Emperor's castle and the safest is a mountain pass called Wojira's Wrath. But then the fishermen arrive and warn both the Ninja and the villagers of Great Lake about the Blizzard Samurai coming. The other village elders either want to hide from the Blizzard Samurai or leave Great Lake but Sorla convinces them all to stay and protect the Heart Fire which they have kept burning for decades since the Ice Emperor's rule. The Ninja agree to help protect Great Lake from the Blizzard Samurai alongside the villagers except for Kai who still feels useless without his fire elemental power but Sorla convinces him that it is still there. As the Ninja and the villagers prepare to fight the Blizzard Samurai then they wait for them to come. The Blizzard Samurai then attack Great Lake by shooting arrows then they rush into battle. Both the Ninja and the villagers fight off the Blizzard Samurai and destroys some of the ones that are just made of ice. But then the Blizzard Samurai are able to invade the village and Kai fights off Grimfax who is then defeated by Lloyd. But Grimfax is able to get to the Heart Fire and puts it out with his axe then he orders the rest of the surviving Blizzard Samurai to fall back. With the Heart Fire gone, both the Ninja and the villagers start to feel cold until Kai regains a little bit of of his elemental power to restart the Heart Fire. The villagers call Kai "Fire Maker" which makes become very popular among them but Vex finds out about Kai restarting the Heart Fire through the dark ice.

As the Ninja help out the villagers of Great Lake, Nya gets jealous of them because she can't use her power around the ice but Sorla helps teach her how to do it sating that while water and ice are different they're still the same as long as Nya remembers who she is. Lloyd also decides to leave Great Lake, goes to the Ice Emperor's castle by stealth alone, and tries to find the Titan Mech using Nya's tracker. While the rest of the Ninja stay behind to protect Great Lake from the Blizzard Samurai. During his travels, Lloyd finds and befriends a white wolf who follows him after it saves him from another wolf and it even saves him from being buried in snow after a fight with some Blizzard Samurai. Lloyd also manages to find the Land Bounty where he rests up with the white wolf. But while resting, he suddenly gets a strong signal from the Titan Mech and goes to find it with the white wolf. During their travels, Lloyd decides to call the white wolf "Red" then as they get closer to the Titan Mech, they are attack by a giant bird who chases them into the cave Zane was staying at when he first arrived in the Never-Realm. There they find the Titan Mech and a message from Zane then Lloyd fixes the mech and uses it to defeat the giant bird and go to the Ice Emperor's castle with Red. Meanwhile, Cole tries to get more Traveler's Tea by from the Traveler's Tree on the top of a mountain not far from Great Lake. However on his way there, Cole saves two fishermen who tell him that the Traverler's Tree is guarded by a mysterious creature named Krag. But Cole goes up the mountain anyway to find the tree where he finds Krag and fights him off. However, Krag defeats Cole and takes him to his cave where Cole finds out that Krag is actually just a lonely Yeti whose people were wipe out by the Blizzard Samurai and that all along Krag was just trying to help Cole. Meanwhile, the fishermen tell Nya, Jay, and Kai about Cole going to the Traveler's Tree and Krag so Nya and Jay go to look for Cole while Kai stays to protect Great Lake. Cole soon befriends Krag who takes him to the Traveler's Tree, where Cole takes some leaves and a berry from it. But then Nya and Jay arrive at Krag's cave then fight Krag just when both he and Cole get back from the Traveler's Tree. But Cole explains everything to them so they all head back to the village and take Krag with them. Meanwhile, as Lloyd and Red travel to the Ice Empeor's castle in the Titan Mech they are attacked by an Ice Behemoth sent by the Ice Emperor. Lloyd is able to defeat it but Red gets injured so Lloyd patches him up. However, Lloyd wakes up the next morning to find out that red is revealed to be a Formling girl named Akitta who tells him how her village got destroyed and lost her brother, Kataru because of the Ice Emperor and now seeks revenge by going to the Ice Emperor's castle to confront him. When the Ice Emperor hears about Kai relighting Great Lake's Heart Fire, he sends Boreal to attack Great Lake just as Cole, Jay, and Nya are returning with Krag and plan to have Sorla make Traveler's Tea from the leaves of the Traveler's Tree. When they see Boreal flying toward Great Lake they rush back to Great Lake as fast as they can. When Boreal arrives at Great Lake, Kai tries to protect the villagers from it by fighting it off. But without his full elemental power, Boreal freezes all the villagers including Sorla and then flies away, leaving Kai the sole survivor. Then Cole, Jay, Nya, and Krag arrive back at Great Lake but by the time they get there they are all too late. When Kai told them what happened, they all decided to save the villagers by going to the Ice Emperor's castle to help Lloyd stop him using the Land Bounty. Meanwhile, Lloyd and Akitta reach the the Ice Emperor's castle and camp for the night but Boreal attacks them, destroys the Titan Mech, and captures Lloyd. Lloyd is then taken to the Ice Emperor's Castle and when he is brought before the Ice Emperor, Lloyd immediately recognizes him as Zane and his scepter as the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu.

Lloyd tries to get Zane to remember who he is and to let go of the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu but Zane knocks Lloyd out with the scroll and has the Blizzard Samurai throw him into the dungeons. When Lloyd wakes up he meets Akitta's brother, Kataru in the dungeons who was captured by Boreal as a trophy for the Ice Emperor. Later, they are both freed by Grimfax who believes that Lloyd is right about the Ice Emperor being good and together they all decide to take him down. Meanwhile, the other Ninja and Krag search for the Land Bounty but are then attacked by the wolves again. The Ninja and Krag run away from them but then they find the Land Bounty and scare the wolves away by having Jay blast a fire extinguisher. They then fix the Land Bounty just as the wolves come back then use it go to the Ice Emperor's castle. Akkita also makes her way to the Ice Emperor's castle where she secretly sneaks into it. While Lloyd, Kataru, and Grimfax try to get Vex's dark ice so he doesn't find out about their plan to stop the Ice Emperor. The other Ninja and Krag then arrive at the Ice Emperor's castle but are then attacked by Boreal. They try to fight it off using the Land Bounty and crash it right into Boreal, knocking it out. Back in the castle, Lloyd, Kataru, and Grimfax are then confronted by Vex who sends the Blizzard Samurai to attack them, so Lloyd goes to find Zane and help him while both Kataru and Grimfax hold off the Blizzard Samurai. But Akitta gets into the throne room and confronts the Ice Emperor and fights him until Lloyd arrive after defeating some Blizzard Samurial and prepares to fight Zane. Lloyd fights off Zane while at the same time trying to convince Akitta to not attack him. Soon both Kataru and Grimfax get surrounded by the Blizzard Samurai and fight them off but they both get defeated and subdued by them. Meanwhile, the other Ninja and Krag find out that Boreal is an ice Elemental Dragon and that the Ice Emperor is Zane who has been corrupted by the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu. But then Boreal wakes up and attacks them again then during the attack, Kai gets knocked out but Nya protects him from Boreal by finally mastering her control over ice through water to bury Boreal in ice spikes. But Boreal gets back up again and prepares to attack the Ninja until Kai wakes up and fully regains his fire elemental power which he uses to destroy Boreal then the other Ninja and Krag head for the Ice Emperor's castle where Lloyd continues to fight Zane ad get him to remember. But Zane freeze both Lloyd and Akitta then Vex arrives to finish Lloyd. But when Vex starts taunting Lloyd about protection, Zane starts to remember then after he gets his memories back he saves Lloyd from Vex and destroys both the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu and the staff thus unfreezing everyone and freeing the Never-Realm from the eternal winter. But when Vex tries to attack Lloyd again, Zane stops him by freezing Vex then the other Ninja and Krag arrive along with Kataru and Grimfax and they all reunite with each other.

### Aftermath

With the Ice Emperor gone, life in the Never-Realm returned to normal. Akitta and Kataru were reunited and retuned back to the Formling village with their people. Grimfax was restored to his rightful place as King of the Never-Realm, while the Blizzard Samurai were returned to normal as his guards. Vex was banished to the outskirts of the Never-Realm for his crimes and after a few days of restoring the peace, the Ninja were finally ready to go back home. But Sorla said the Traveler's Tree leaves weren't powerful enough to reach Ninjago until Cole gave her the berry from the tree. With it, Sorla was able to make a Traveler's Tea portal back to Ninjago and the Ninja went home while saying their goodbyes to their Never-Realm friends. With Krag staying in Great Lake and Akitta giving Lloyd a kiss. But during the Crystastrophe, Zane got damaged and was reverted back to his Ice Emperor programming until Cyrus Borg fixed him.

## Belligerents

### Resistance

* Lloyd
* Kai
* Jay
* Cole
* Nya
* Krag
* Akitta
* Kataru
* Grimfax

### Blizzard Samurai

* Ice Emperor/Zane
* Vex
* Blizzard Warriors
* Blizzard Sword Masters
* Blizzard Archers
* Boreal
* Ice Behemoth

### Other

* Sorla
* Uthaug
* Boma
* Ice Fishers
* Villagers of Great Lake

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