Pythor

Revived Villains (formerly)
Council of the Crystal King

> "*Releasing the Great Devourer is the only way to get back at the people of Ninjago for locking my kind underground for all those years. We should have been the ones ruling the surface, not you!*"
> ― Pythor to Wu.
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**Pythor P. Chumsworth**, simply referred to as **Pythor**, is a self-proclaimed "general" of the Anacondrai tribe, as well as its last surviving member. His original goal was to awaken the Great Devourer to consume all of Ninjago as revenge for the humans locking his kind underground for forty years.

After his goal of awakening the giant serpent failed, Pythor would emerge during the Nindroid crisis and align himself with the Overlord to take revenge upon the Ninja. He took a shrinking pill for his master and was later incarcerated in Kryptarium Prison by the Ninjago Police.

Later, Pythor would find himself forming an uneasy alliance with the Ninja to stand against Chen's fake Anacondrai, and gave Garmadon a spell that would release the spirits of the real Anacondrai from the Cursed Realm to banish the imposters. He would then part on neutral terms with the Ninja, and would try and fit in Ninjagian society as a normal citizen, only to find himself reverting back to his unscrupulous, villainous ways.

Due to his villainous past, a statue of Pythor was placed in the Ninjago Museum of History. On the Day of the Departed, Pythor went to the museum and discovered the ninja's old adversaries had been resurrected. He went to the Corridor of Elders and fought Lloyd, but after realizing he couldn't win the battle, Pythor fled the scene.

Years later, Pythor was incarcerated at Kryptarium Prison again by the New Ninja. At the prison, he re-encountered with the also-incarcerated ninja after freeing Aspheera from prison. Around the same time, Pythor overheard the Crystal King recruiting other past enemies of the ninja for his Council and he himself was eventually recruited and freed from jail by Kabuki Mask. Subsequently, together with Vangelis, Aspheera, the Mechanic and Mister F, he took part in a raid on the Monastery of Spinjitzu, where they obtained the Golden Weapons, which they used to help the Crystal King acquire a physical form. The Overlord then gifted the Crystal Council with new armor and powers to serve him. During the Crystal Infection, Pythor gained a platoon of Crystal Warriors in charge to find the ninja, but failed. When the final battle ensued, Pythor was quickly defeated by Jay, who took his nunchucks and left the Anacondrai lying on the warehouse roof. After the Overlord's defeat, Pythor and the rest of the council were sent to Kryptarium Prison again.

## Biography

### Early Life

Not much is known about Pythor's early years. For some reason, he was born with a longer neck than the standard Anacondrai, but the reason behind this remains unknown.

#### Serpentine Wars

More than forty years ago, Pythor was a low ranking opportunist of the Anacondrai tribe during times when tensions were high between man and Serpentine. When the tribe heard from Chen that the humans were planning to attack, Pythor and the other Anacondrai felt compelled to land the first strike to gain the advantage, thus starting the first Serpentine War. Pythor then took part in several battles against the Elemental Alliance, but it is not clear whether he was in the Battle in Birchwood Forest, because he could cowardly use invisibility to hide from the alliance.

#### Imprisonment

After the war, Pythor was imprisoned in the Anacondrai Tomb with the rest of his tribe, except for the Anacondrai Generals, who were banished to the Cursed Realm. While in the tomb, the Anacondrai ate all the animals and other food that was located there. Eventually, they began to starve, which caused them to retort to cannibalism, leaving Pythor the sole survivor.

### Attack of the Great Devourer

#### Released by Lloyd Garmadon

Roughly 40 years after the Serpentine War, the Anacondrai Tomb was opened by a young Lloyd Garmadon, after having been betrayed by the Hypnobrai and Fangpyre Tribes. He entered the tomb, only to find nothing but bones. Pythor, having noticed the child enter the tomb, quickly turned invisible and sneaked up on him. As Lloyd ventured deeper into the tomb, Pythor revealed himself, startling him. Pythor apologized, before returning him his flashlight and introducing himself. Pythor decided to manipulate Lloyd by pretending to be his friend and servant and being nice to him in general, while in reality, he was only using the boy to steal the Map of Dens, which Lloyd had previously stolen from the Hypnobrai Tomb. Pythor suggested infiltrating Lloyd's former school, Darkley's Boarding School For Bad Boys. Lloyd agreed and the plan went successfully, but when the ninja arrived, Pythor revealed his true colours to Lloyd and took the Map of Dens before leaving, while Lloyd was taken in by Master Wu.

#### Uniting the Tribes

Pythor used the Map of Dens to find the Venomari and Constrictai tombs and release the respective tribes. While he took most of the Constrictai to the Toxic Bogs, he had General Skalidor stay behind to ambush the ninja if (or when) they investigated the tomb. The ninja learned about the release of the tribes and Wu sent Cole and Zane to infiltrate the Constrictai Tomb, while Kai and Jay were sent to the Toxic Bogs to the Venomari Tomb. However, it was all a trap set up by Pythor, who already anticipated the ninja's arrival. Pythor personally attacked them at the Toxic Bogs, and stole the Scared Flute, before the mysterious Samurai X arrived and scared away the Serpentine, before firing a dart at Pythor, who, in turn fled the scene.

Although his foes had eluded him, Pythor proceeded with his true goals, gathering the Serpentine tribes in the Ninjago City's subway tunnels. He began imploring them to unite as one in order to get revenge on the surface-dwellers who had sealed them underground decades ago. The other Serpentine were initially receptive, but Pythor began losing them after the ninja infiltrated the gathering and threw insults among the crowd. Hypnobrai General Skales attempted to subdue the ninja with a group of Constrictai but only succeeded in catching three of them.

As Pythor warned Skales that the fourth ninja would never be in plain sight, said ninja—Zane—swung into the tunnel on a chain and kicked the Generals off their perch. By the time Pythor recovered and sent his fellow Serpentine in pursuit, the Ninja of Ice had freed his comrades and helped them escape by freezing the tunnel behind them. Unable to keep his footing on the newly-iced floor, Pythor could only watch as the ninja escaped, leaving the Serpentine even more divided than before. He took out his rage on Skales, who was attempting to dissuade him from trying to unite the tribes, with a furious scream of "GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!"

#### Becoming the Snake King

Pythor took Skales with him into the Sea of Sand in search of the Lost City of Ouroboros. Despite Skales' doubts over the existence of the legendary city, Pythor eventually discovered Ouroboros and raised it from beneath the desert sands. He had Skales summon all of the Serpentine to the city, planning to unite the tribes by defeating the other Serpentine Generals.

Prior to the fight, Pythor promised that Skales would be his second-in-command if he played his part in the plan. When Skales agreed, Pythor stuck cotton balls in his ears and openly declared his intention to claim leadership over the Serpentine by defeating his fellow Generals in a Slither Pit. During the fight, Pythor was pinned by Acidicus, Skalidor, and Fangtom, but this gave Skales the opportunity to sneak the Sacred Flute to the Anacondrai General. Using the flute, Pythor greatly weakened the other Generals (save Skales, who had also plugged his ears before the fight), allowing him to knock them out and grab their staffs. Having defeated the other Generals, Pythor declared himself the supreme leader of the Serpentine, commanding the remaining Serpentine to bow before him. As Pythor took in his victory, a Hypnobrai Scout in the audience suddenly dropped a pair of maracas into the arena—in truth, it was a disguised Lloyd. Mezmo caught the former would-be evil overlord and the Serpentine imprisoned him.

Taking advantage of his new prisoner, Pythor was able to lure the ninja to Ouroboros. Trapping the ninja and stealing their Golden Weapons, Pythor forced them to battle Samurai X, who he had captured earlier. Unfortunately, the Samurai came up with a plan to help them all escape, sending the ninja flying out of the arena with the Samurai Mech. Pythor attempted to stop the Samurai with his Serpentine minions, but the mysterious warrior snatched the Golden Weapons and escaped with a jetpack.

When Pythor managed to reunite the Serpentine tribes, he and some Venomari attacked several noodle trucks near the Teeth in the Sea of Sand to get to an unknown place. However, when Jay arrived at the scene in his Storm Fighter and defeated all of the Venomari, Spitta tossed Pythor a firearm. Pythor, who didn't know how to use a weapon, accidentally fired it, and since he knew Jay would beat him, he dropped the weapon and cowardly jumped out of the truck on the sand ground. He then defeated remained on the desert.

Sometime around this time, Pythor also mentioned to Skales that he liked Electro-Cobrai.

#### Finding the Fangblades

With the Serpentine united, Pythor moved to the next stage of his plan: finding the four Silver Fangblades. Unfortunately, the only clue to their locations was a cryptic riddle, leaving the Snake King to furiously ponder its meaning with his followers. Skales' warnings that the other Serpentine would grow restless went ignored until Acidicus and Skalidor attempted to take their staffs back in the face of Pythor's incompetence. However, the resulting scuffle between the two Generals gave Pythor a brainwave when he noticed that the venom dripping from the Venomari and Constrictai staffs was beginning to mix together.

Realizing that the riddle referred to the Snake Staffs, not the tribes, Pythor immediately put the five staffs together, allowing their venom to combine on the slab beneath them. By putting a piece of paper beneath the staffs, Pythor created a map that revealed the locations of the Fangblades. Amid the cheers of his fellow Serpentine, Pythor triumphantly declared that they would find the Fangblades, awaken the Great Devourer, and claim Ninjago as their own once more.

The Serpentine discovered the first Fangblade's location, which was located in an amusement park called Mega Monster Amusement Park. The snakes fit in quite nicely do to their monster-like appearance which made the people there mistake them for park employees. Pythor and the other Serpentine began searching for the first Fangblade but were unaware of the ninja that had sneaked into the park. Pythor soon discovered Samurai X's identity to be Nya after unmasking her. Pythor tried to execute her on a roller-coaster but she was saved by Jay. The ninja discovered the Serpentine excavating the first Fangblade and tried to stop them. Their plan fails due to Zane accidentally freezing them, but not the Serpentine. Pythor and his fellow Serpentine then escaped with the first Fangblade.

Pythor and the other Serpentine and their hostage, Lloyd, tried to find the second Fangblade in a temple. However, Lloyd discovers that the Fangblade has been stolen by an archaeologist. The Serpentine alert Pythor that the Fangblade is under the disguise of the "Blade Cup." The Serpentine go to the location, a Concert Hall. Pythor and the other Serpentine disguise themselves as people in the audience in Ninjago Talent. Pythor disguises himself as a judge, though the disguise is nearly breached several times. The ninja arrive to get the Fangblade and end up auditioning for it. Pythor sends his minions to stop them onstage but the ninja defeat them during the performance. The ninja gain the second Fangblade for winning the competition but the Serpentine end up stealing it back after distracting the four ninja. Pythor, once again, escapes with the Fangblade.

With Lloyd as their hostage, the Serpentine discovered that the third Fangblade was located at the Fire Temple. Pythor uncovered the Fangblade but was interrupted by Garmadon and the ninja. Lord Garmadon fought off Pythor's forces while Pythor attempted to grab the Fangblade. Fortunately, Kai recklessly used his Golden Weapon to impale the Fangblade to a nearby cave wall. Pythor is enraged and nearly attacked Kai to reclaim the Fangblade but was warned by Skales to leave before the temple collapsed due to its overflowing lava. Pythor nearly abandoned his expedition but saw the Fangblade floating through the lava. Pythor and his minions reclaimed the blade and promptly left.

Some point after this, Pythor discovered the fourth Fangblade at an unknown location.

Pythor orders the Serpentine to connect all of the tombs into one underground fortress. Pythor, having recently gathered all of the Fangblades, prepares his tribe for the Great Devourer's awakening. During an attack on the fortress from the ninja, Pythor had carefully set a trap that captures them. The ninja are put in a cage, displayed to the Serpentine tribes. During a speech, Pythor is interrupted by the generals, and orders a Slither Pit to settle any disputes and as a celebration for the Devourer's awaking. Kai attempts to escape but is spotted by Pythor and his minions. Lloyd, now the Green Ninja, tries to attack the Serpentine but fails. Lloyd confronts Pythor only to be laughed at. Lloyd's father, Lord Garmadon, summons the Skulkin Army to attack the Serpentine base. Lloyd saves the ninja and they soon help attack the fortress. Pythor realizes the danger of the situation and turns invisible, while the ninja steal the Fangblades. However, Pythor follows them to the *Destiny's Bounty*.

#### Releasing the Great Devourer

After arriving on the ship, Pythor turned invisible and entered the training room while Lloyd was practicing. Pythor quickly tied Lloyd to a pole, put tape on his mouth, then left him. Wu ended up nearly falling off the ship but the ninja managed to catch him while dangling off the deck. Pythor noticed this and attempted to make them fall. However, Lloyd escaped his confinement and alerted the ninja of Pythor's presence. After failing his attempt, Pythor escaped on a Rattlecopter with Skales. The two hijacked a tour bus to go to the Lost City of Ouroboros. The ninja follow and the Fangpyre quickly turned the bus into a snake-like vehicle with their venom. Pythor left the driver and passengers in the desert.

While the Serpentine battled the ninja inside the bus, Master Wu detached the engine room from the rest of the bus and continued on. Master Wu attacked Pythor and caused the bus to crash into Ouroborous. Pythor escaped the wreckage and put the Fangblades into the Great Devourer statue's mouth. However, Pythor discovered the Great Devourer was underneath him and he had no control over it. Master Wu arrived and tells him of his mistake, the Great Devourer would eat the Serpentine as well. Horrified, Pythor attempted to escape but Master Wu grabbed him and the two got into a fierce struggle. However, the Devourer erupted from the ground and lunges at the two. Unable to escape due to Master Wu's efforts, a panicking, babbling Pythor was consumed by the Great Devourer.

### Spying on the Ninja

Unbeknownst to the ninja, Pythor survived his time in the Devourer's stomach, although his skin was bleached white. Following the Devourer's destruction, Pythor fled the scene and laid low for a while, using his power of invisibility to spy on the ninja. He also went with them to the Dark Island, where he learned about the Overlord. He then returned back to Ninjago secretly by the Ultra Dragon or the Golden Mech.

After the Overlord was defeated, Pythor continued to sneak ariund the city, discovering that the rest of the Serpentine lived in the Stone Army Tomb. At some point, he set up a lab in the sewers, gathering serveral Electrocobrai in the process.

### Nindroid Crisis

#### Assisting the Overlord

After the ninja destroyed the Power Station, Pythor stole the hard drive containing the Digital Overlord and used Electrocobrai to power the system. The Overlord decides to ally with him, and the two form a new alliance.

While Pythor is busy at work in his lab, the Overlord questions why they haven't gone after the Golden Ninja yet, despite knowing his whereabouts. The Anacondrai notes that they have depleted his Electrocobrai supply, and thus he is planning to sneak into the Ninjago City Aquarium to steal more of the specimens. The heist goes as planned and the eels are sent into the sewer where his craft is waiting.

#### Revealing Himself to the Ninja

After containing the new Electrocobrai, he proceeds with the next part of the plan: to obtain Lloyd. After finding Master Garmadon and his son in Hiroshi's Labyrinth, Pythor deploys a squadron of Nindroids and the corrupted Master Wu to attack them. Though Lloyd flees, his father is captured by Wu, and Lloyd is cornered by the Overlord-possessed Mechdragon. Lloyd begins building up his power to combat the new threat, but a mechanical centipede-like creature wraps itself around him, and the then-called "Stranger" removes his hood, revealing himself to be Pythor. After explaining that being digested in the bowels of the Great Devourer bleached his scales white, Pythor abducts Lloyd and his father is thrown into the sea below. The Mechdragon, with Wu, Pythor, and Lloyd, then sets off towards Ninjago.

#### Rise of the Golden Master

With Lloyd captured, Pythor and a cyborg Wu lead an army of Nindroids to attack Borg Tower. Garmadon, who survived the fall, arrives, shocking Pythor, who brings up his oath of not fighting. Garmadon states when his son was taken all promises were broken as he fights off the new adversaries alongside P.I.X.A.L. and Wu. Garmadon continues the battle outside of the Tower while Pythor escapes and Cyrus Borg is captured by the Nindroids.

Following the attack on the Tower, Pythor leads a group of Nindroids out to sea so they can retrieve the sunken Mechdragon, which contains the partially-reformed Overlord. By attaching balloons to the mechanical beast, the Mechdragon floats to the surface, and the Overlord is taken from it. Later, Cyrus Borg has become the Overborg, who becomes the leader of the Nindroid Army. Cryptor then questions Pythor's plan, stating that they haven't seen the Overlord yet and that the Nindroids are doubting the Anacondrai's intentions. He then vows that Pythor will pay dearly should he by lying about the Overlord. Pythor lashes out at Cryptor, saying that the Overlord will return when he chooses to and that Cryptor can always be reprogrammed, and he departs into another room. There, Pythor vomits up the essence of the Overlord, who declares that they will soon commence Project: Arcturus and he will become the Golden Master.

En-route to the Lost City of Ouroboros, Pythor is in a truck driven by the reprogrammed Cryptor, leading a long line of trucks behind them. Kai, however, is in pursuit of them in his X-1 Charger. When he fires two missiles into the sky, Pythor sees that they're being followed, and a chase ensues. After a lengthy pursuit, Kai abandons his vehicle and boards one of the trucks, attacking several Nindroids. After hearing part of the scheme involving the Overlord, Kai warns his allies of the plan, only to be captured by Pythor, who takes him to Ouroborous. There, the Nindroids have built a giant rocket ship known as Arcturus named after the Serpentine General of the same name that will be launched into space to retrieve the Golden Weapons. Kai is imprisoned, but is freed by the other ninja when they arrive and fight the Nindroids. As Arcturus departs with Cryptor, the Nindroids and the ninja on board, Pythor remains in Ninjago.

Pythor, along with the Overborg and the Nindroids, break into Borg Tower once more, this time with the capsule containing the reborn Overlord. Higher up in the tower, Wu, Garmadon, Nya, and P.I.X.A.L. realize that they've entered the building and gather the equipment they need to continue contact with the ninja. Pythor and the Nindroid forces bring the capsule into the room that Wu and the others were once in, although they are now hiding right outside the building. The Overlord emerges from the capsule, partially transformed into the Golden Master, but suddenly they hear a noise outside. Realizing who it is, Pythor orders the Nindroids to attack them, although they all flee on a Hovercopter.

Having obtained the remnants of the Golden Weapons, Cryptor and the remaining Nindroids from the Arcturus mission return to Ninjago, where the Overlord orders them to melt down the precious gold into a new mech clad in golden armor, which Pythor acknowledges is currently underway.

With the mech complete, the Overlord, now fully transformed into the Golden Master, begins his assault on Ninjago. Unfortunately for them, the ninja return to Ninjago, much to Pythor's disbelief. Yet the Golden Master's solution is to attack the people instead of the ninja, which he does. As the Overlord transforms Ninjago into a fortress and begins wrecking mass-destruction, Pythor slithers by his side, declaring that the people are losing hope and soon they will bow to the Golden Master. In the final stage of his plan, the Overlord crafts a web made of pure golden energy around Borg Tower, which he stands upon with Pythor on his shoulder. However, the ninja have put on Stone Warrior armor, making them immune to the Golden Master's destructive powers. The Golden Master realizes that the ninja are breaking through the golden web, to which Pythor tells him to attack the people. Surprisingly, Slithraa and the Serpentine led the citizens of Ninjago underground, away from the chaos.

In a final hope to defeat the Golden Master, Wu and Garmadon teamed together to try and knock a shrinking pill into the Golden Master's mouth. Wu succeeded in hitting the pill with his staff, and it fled through the air towards its target, but at the last second, Pythor leaped into the air and took the hit, swallowing the pill. In mere seconds, he shrinks down to the size of a bottle. Astonished and infuriated, Pythor slithered off as the Falcon pursued him.
He was later captured and imprisoned in Kryptarium Prison, where he would be kept in a dollhouse. due to his shrunken state.

### Second Serpentine War

#### Visited by the Ninja

After the Ninja learned that Chen wanted to find Pythor and use him to complete the transformation spell to fully turn them into Anacondrai, they visited him in Kryptarium Prison. At first, Pythor was hesistant to help, due to his previous conflicts with the Ninja, and was especially irritated by the jokes directed at his size, until Zane alerted everyone that Kapau and Chope have inflitrated the prison. Pythor escaped with Lloyd, Wu and Garmadon, while the rest of the Ninja attempted to hold off the Anacondrai, unsucessfully, as they accidently set all of the prisoners free. Pythor and the others made it to a playground, where they were ambushed by more Anacondrai. In the ensuing fight, Lloyd lost Pythor and he was nearly eaten by ana Anacondrai warrior, but was saved by Wu. However, they were distracted when the Ninja arrived allowing the Cultists to seize him and escape in the Blade-Copters. Pythor was then brought to Chen's camp.

#### Kidnapped by Chen

Pythor was put inside a wheel, where he was chased by a swamp rat, so the cultists could gather his sweat. They sucessfully used it to complete their transformation and left to take over Ninjago.

#### Escaping from Capture

After several hours, Pythor eventually mamaged to free himself from the wheel and found Clouse's Book of Spells, where he began searching for a spell that could restore him to his original size, so he could help the Ninja fight Chen. While reading the book, he listened to a radio recording of Cyrus Borg talking about Chen's attacks. Pythor told himself that they were not real Anacondrai, which led him to the idea of bringing back the Anacondrai Generals from the Cursed Realm. Learning that the Ninja were battling Chen's forces at the Corridor of Elders, Pythor managed to tame the swamp rat, naming him Rodrigo, took the Book of Spells with him, and raced to the Corridor of Elders.

#### Turning the Tide of the Battle

Pythor eventually arrived at the Corridor of Elders and rushed to find one of the Ninja. He eventually came across Lloyd, and told him that he had something his father should see. Lloyd took him aboard the Destiny's Bounty, as Pythor bif farvell to Rodrigo. Aboard the ship, Wu told Pythor that there was nothing they could do, but Pythor showed them the spell. Pythor explained that Garmadon, being the one who banished the Anacondrai Generals to the Cursed Realm 40 years ago, needed to banish himself to free the generals. Pythor then witnessed as Lloyd jumped off the Bounty, before urging Wu, Garmadon and Misako to start the spell. They began the process and Pythor listened on to their conversation, before Lloyd returned and finished the spell, banishing Garmadon to the Cursed Realm and setting the Anacondrai Generals free, who promptly banished Chen and his army.

#### Restored to Normal

The generals then appeared before Pythor and the others and Arcturus congratulated Pythor, telling him that he finally made them and their ansectors proud. Pythor told them that anyone, even himself could change, prompting Arcturus to release a beam of energy with finally restored Pythor to his original size. Pythor then watched as Arcturus congratulated Lloyd as well, before the generals left through a portal to the Departed Realm.

Afterwards, Pythor landed with the Bounty with Lloyd, Wu and Misako and then disappeared.

### After Chen's Defeat

Afterward, Pythor tried adapting to life in Ninjago as a citizen and not a villain. He made efforts to try and fit in with the people instead of constantly plotting against them. Despite this, Pythor still aspired to conquer Ninjago.

### Yin-Yang Eclipse

#### Allied With the Villains

On the Day of the Departed, Pythor set off to the Ninjago Museum of History to view the Hall of Villainy. Upon entering the exhibit, he found that all the villains' statues were gone except his, as they were possessed by the revived spirits of the villains after Cole accidentally opened the Departed Realm. After taking the fake Anacondrai Staff from his statue, Pythor found the revived villains elsewhere in the exhibit, where they were tasked by Master Yang with hunting the ninja. The former Serpentine King quickly succumbed to the crime again and longed for revenge on the ninja, so he happily joined them, greeting his "loyal friend" Cryptor and Master Chen with fond memories of him. When the villains began to choose their opponents, Pythor chose Lloyd because he believed that if he caused Garmadon's death, he should get rid of his son as well. Pythor then suggested to the others that they get some help that Cryptor discovered in the Hall of Sidekicks. Unfortunately, there were no Serpentine, so Pythor had to go into battle alone.

#### Confronting Lloyd

At the Corridor of Elders, Lloyd and Misako commemorated Garmadon by his monument, where they were confronted by the shadowy figure. When Pythor revealed himself and slithered out from behind the rock, he asked Lloyd if he remembered what he had told him at their last meeting. Lloyd realized that he said something about how if anyone was going to take over the world, it should be Pythor. Subsequently, Pythor attacked the family. As he and Lloyd fought, Pythor caused a the head of a giant samurai statue to fall onto Lloyd. While struggling to hold it up, Pythor cornered Misako, and Lloyd found strength in remembering his father - which allowed him to use Spinjitzu and escape from the monument's remains. He and Misako pursued Pythor onto the head of Garmadon's monument, where they cornered Pythor against the edge. Refusing to yield, Pythor chose to make a "spectacular exit" and jumped off the monument. Though he survived the fall, he was dazed and potentially injured, remarking that he should've brought sidekicks like the other villains.

#### Stealing the Thermodynamic Temperature Gauge

The day after the Day of the Departed, the ninja moved down the street from the Ninjago Museum of History to the Borg Store and talked about the BorgWatch, when disguised Pythor watched them from the shadows in a nearby alleyway. He quickly realized that he could gain the attention of Ninjago by being the first to show the world BorgWatch, so he watched the ninja.
When the ninja left the Borg Store with the Thermodynamic Temperature Gauge, which was supposed to help them fix Dr. Saunders' thermostat, a cloaked figure stood in their way, putting on a hood and revealing that it was Pythor. Lloyd mockingly asked him if he wanted to fight them again, which Pythor just laughed at. He then explained to them that he realized that he would not gain the recognition he longed for by defeating the ninja and that he did not need to take over the world in order to command his attention. Pythor then hit Jay with his staff and knocked the device out of his hand. With it in his possession, he turned and fled. The ninja chased him around the city until he ran into the crowd in front of the Borg Store waiting for the announcement of the new BorgWatch. However, Pythor decided to show it to his fellow Serpentine before showing this sneak peek to people. Therefore, he opened the manhole cover and climbed into the sewers. After a short search, he found the Serpentine village, where he met his long-lost friend Skales. The Serpentine King didn't want to let him into the village, but Pythor finally convinced him. He tried to show Serpentine that he was still worthy of being one of them, because he was the first to show them the device. When Skales Jr. he began to believe, the ninja invaded the village and forced Pythor to escape.

Pythor then climbed back to the surface, trying to show the device to the fans standing in front of the Borg Store while standing on the lamp. When the crowd began to trust him, however, the ninja appeared, and Nya and Lloyd pretended to also have a BorgWatch components to make Pythor sound like a cheater. Eventually, their plan worked out, but Pythor managed to escape.

As the ninja gave up the search and returned to the *Bounty*, Jay turned on the television and realized the next step in Pythor's plan. The former Serpentine King went to Gayle Gossip, and she announced that BorgWatch component would be revealed that evening. When the ninja arrived at the Ninjago News Center, Pythor was already waiting with Gayle on stage. Gayle then told her assistant to go get the device, so the ninja followed her. When they managed to get the Thermodynamic Temperature Gauge with a small lie, Pythor showed up at the door, aware that the ninja would show up, so he went after the assistant. The ninja then fled the room and threw fruit from the bowl at Pythor, who followed them. Because he was crawling too fast, he couldn't dodge the throw and slipped on banana peels. Finally, when he got backstage, Pytho threatened the ninja that if they didn't give him the device, he would throw sand bags at Zane, who was pinned under a heavy prop. Lloyd finally decided it would be best to give the device to Pythor, and he did. Lucky Pythor didn't even notice that the device was fake and returned to the stage.

When the time came for the great revelation, Pythor realized he didn't have the right device, but it was too late. Fortunately, Gayle managed to play it out so that the device was always fake. However, an angry Pythor left the studio and hid in an unknown place.

### Imprisoned in Kryptarium

Sometime after the New Ninja team was formed, Pythor was defeated by the five vigilantes and then he was imprisoned in Kryptarium Prison once again. During his time in prison, he also learned that the Crystal King was gathering the ninja's former opponents into his council, and that he would sooner or later be visited by the king.

### Released by the Crystal King

When Pythor noticed that the ninja were in Kryptarium Prison, he came to visit them in the yard while they had lunch. He laughed at how ironic it was that they were now locked up with the villains they had fought before. Kai reminded that Pythor was there with them, but the Anacondrai used it to provoke the ninja and explained that he had been arrested by the New Ninja who were much better than the old ones. Pythor then reminded them that someone was gathering villains and freeing them from prison, recruiting them into the army. Although Kai told him they wouldn't let that happen, Pythor laughed at that and said he liked to look into it because they were jerks compared to the New Ninja. The Fire Ninja then became angry and hit Pythor in the head with a coaster. The angry Anacondrai then grabbed the hard cake from the Skulkin's coaster and threw it at Kai. He then took the entire coaster from the Skulkin and did the same with Ultra Violet's coaster, throwing them all at the ninja. However, prison guards then ran to the prisoners and stopped the battle, taking Pythor to his cell. As he left, he shouted all hail the Crystal King.

While Pythor slept at night, crystal spiders broke into his cell. One small robot tried to wake him by poking him on the head, although it only worked after a few attempts. After waking up, Pythor quickly threw the spider out of bed, but then noticed a hologram projected by an another spider. An unknown person in a Kabuki mask offered him the opportunity to join the Council of the Crystal King. Pythor then told the person to give him a sec to wake up. The Anacondrai then hit himself in the face to wake up and subsequently accepted the Kabuki Mask's offer.

By the time the ninja reached his cell, Pythor had climbed through the tunnel the spiders had dug up, shouting at the ninja that he had to meet the Crystal King. Then he caught a flying spider, which carried him across the pipe to the roof of the prison. He then stood on the backs of several spiders and let them ride across the bridge, laughing that the crystal spiders were the only way to travel. When he reached the end of the balcony bridge, a special crystal hovercraft flew in, and Pythor noted that it was first-class accommodations. He then boarded the hovercraft, and while laughing at the ninja, he and the crystal spiders flew away.

Pythor was then taken to the Crystal King Temple, where he waited until the day the villains' meeting was to begin.

### Council of the Crystal King

When Lloyd, disguised as the Mechanic, entered the meeting room, Pythor was sitting at the table with the other villains, Aspheera, Vangelis, and Mister F. When Lloyd was surprised to see Mr. E, Pythor explained that this was a new model, called Mister F, which unfortunately does not speak either. As Aspheera became angry with the ninja for always ruining everything, she began to shout that she longed for revenge. Pythor repeated these words ironically to her, and when she asked him what he said, he denied that he would say anything and asked her the same question also ironically.

Lloyd then asked who was sitting in the last chair, while Pythor told him that it was the Crystal King's chair. But then the Kabuki Mask appeared and explained to them that this was his place and that he was not the Crystal King. Then he told the villains that there was an impostor among them. All the villains, including Pythor, were shocked and tried to find out who he was until the Kabuki Mask revealed that it was Lloyd disguised as the Mechanic. As Lloyd tried to escape, Pythor shouted at the other villains to catch him. Lloyd then accidentally fired a flame from a robo-arm at Pythor, but the Anacondrai managed to dodge. Lloyd then ran on, but the invisible Pythor caught him and appeared to him. Although Lloyd used Spinjitzu and broke free of Pythor's grip, he was eventually stopped by the Kabuki Mask, who revealed his secret identity: Harumi.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Anacondrai - Home Tribe and Victims
	+ Arcturus † - Former Superior
* Mogra - Possible Ally
* Overlord - Former Master and Attempted Killer
* Nindroid Army - Former Subordinates
	+ Cryptor †
	+ Min-Droid †
	+ Nindroid Warriors
* Rodrigo - Former Fellow Prisoner and Attempted Killer
* Yang †
* Departed Villains
	+ Samukai †
	+ Kozu †
	+ Morro †
* Crystal Army
	+ Crystal Warriors † - Former Subordinates
	+ Crystal Spiders †
	+ Dragonides †
* Council of the Crystal King
	+ Aspheera
	+ Vangelis
	+ Mechanic
	+ Mr. F

### Enemies

* Elemental Alliance
	+ Ray - Former Imprisoner
	+ Maya
	+ Previous Elemental Master of Lightning
	+ Previous Elemental Master of Ice †
	+ Previous Elemental Master of Earth
	+ Previous Elemental Master of Shadow
	+ Previous Elemental Master of Gravity
	+ Previous Elemental Master of Sound
	+ Unknown Elemental Master
	+ Krux
	+ Acronix
* Ninja
	+ Lloyd Garmadon - Archenemy, Former Prisoner, Attempted Victim and Temporary Ally
	+ Kai - Former Prisoner, Attempted Victim and Temporary Ally
	+ Jay Walker - Former Prisoner and Temporary Ally
	+ Cole - Former Prisoner and Temporary Ally
	+ Zane - Former Prisoner and Temporary Ally
	+ Nya - Former Prisoner and Temporary Ally
* Garmadon - Temporary Ally
* Wu - Attempted Killer, Attempted Victim, Savior and Temporary Ally
* Skulkin
	+ Kruncha
	+ Nuckal
* Great Devourer † - Attempted Killer
* Serpentine - Former Subordinates and Former Allies
	+ Hypnobrai
		- Skales - Former Second-in-Command
		- Slithraa
		- Mezmo
		- Rattla
		- Skales Jr.
	+ Fangpyre
		- Fangtom
		- Fangdam
		- Snappa
		- Fang-Suei
	+ Venomari
		- Acidicus
		- Lizaru
		- Spitta
		- Lasha
	+ Constrictai
		- Skalidor
		- Bytar
		- Chokun
		- Snike
* Dareth
* Wu's Academy students
	+ Brad Tudabone
	+ Gene
	+ Sally
* Falcon - Attempted Killer
* Noble
* Anacondrai Cultists
	+ Chen † - Former Imprisoner and Temporary Ally
	+ Zugu †
	+ Eyezor †
	+ Kapau †
	+ Chope †
	+ Sleven †
	+ Krait †
* Pirates
	+ Soto - Former Fellow Prisoner
	+ No-Eyed Pete - Former Fellow Prisoner
	+ Guide Parrot - Former Fellow Prisoner
* NGTV
	+ Gayle Gossip
	+ Vinny Folson
* Misako - Temporary Ally and Attempted Victim
* New Ninja
	+ Teal Ninja
	+ Fuschia Ninja
	+ Orange Ninja
	+ Pink Ninja
	+ Yellow Ninja
* Prison guards
* MiniPix Seven
* Kryptarium inmates - Former Allies
	+ Ronin - Former Fellow Prisoner
	+ Killow - Former Fellow Prisoner
	+ Ultra Violet - Former Fellow Prisoner
	+ Fugi-Dove - Former Fellow Prisoner
* Skylor
* Harumi - Former Ally

## Personality

Pythor is a cunning, opportunistic and manipulative individual. Although he puts on a facade of being polite and sophisticated, his true nature is very arrogant and scheming, and he has no qualms about tricking others into furthering his own goals. He is also quite cowardly (or, perhaps, aware that his combat skill is insufficient to match his foes), as he almost never confronts his enemies directly, relying on traps and his fellow Serpentine to disable them or give him an advantage. Pythor also expresses a more snarky, sarcastic side as well, usually about his circumstances or others, and often bears a dark sense of humor. He is additionally an incredible leader, being a tactical genius, and incredibly smooth and charismatic to others. Pythor was also shown to have some thirst for knowledge, as he was fond of studying the Electro-Cobrai, which he would use in the future to recharge the Nindroids, and in his spare time on the Day of the Departed, he decided to visit the Ninjago Museum of History as an entertainment.

He is also quite ruthless, willingly devouring several of his fellow tribe members to survive, ordering his subordinates to throw Lloyd, a mere child, into a pit of lava within the Fire Temple, likewise using Lloyd as an expendable scout or when he threw the Tour Guide off the bus while driving just because he was driving slower. He would even condemn Kai to being incinerated by the flames of a rocket's exhaust fumes, merely remarking on a barbecue, and was incredibly vengeful. At times, Pythor is a fairly cowardly warrior, and when his opponent is outnumbered, he either disappears or runs away.

Additionally, Pythor showed a rather vain and egotistical side, being offended from mere physical contact with Skales and considering himself better than others, most likely due to his status as an Anacondrai. Consequently, he was also loyal to the reputation and legacy of his deceased tribe, regardless of his callous devouring of them, and would even assist the ninja to stop Chen from tarnishing their name, swallowing his pride.

While generally charming and charismatic, Pythor is also an incredibly cruel, psychotic, and disturbed being. He greatly enjoys indulging in cannibalism, constantly having recipes for eating other Serpentine on his own personal being and even attempting to devour his enemies alive. Likewise, he shows a rather sadistic attitude towards victims and in particular Lloyd, bragging over having given Garmadon the plan to defeat Chen that ultimately killed the Master. He enjoys gloating this fact towards Lloyd, often mocking the Green Ninja and feeding his feelings of insecurity and inadequacy, and treating him as a particular nemesis. Pythor also seems to hold a particular obligation towards killing Garmadon's entire family, taking pride in having a hand in Garmadon's death and using it as motivation to finish off his relatives and loved ones as well.

In moments of extreme stress (either triumph or hindrance), Pythor displays what may be his true self: a raging madman obsessed with his goal of reviving the Great Devourer and restoring Serpentine dominance over Ninjago. In this state, his voice becomes noticeably higher-pitched, heavily interspersed with mad laughter and hysterical screaming. This side of Pythor when unleashing the Great Devourer, as he was reduced to incoherent yelps of fear as the beast emerged from Ouroboros. Loneliness could influence the birth of this mad side since Pythor remained alone in the tomb of Anacondrai for a long time and at the same time he firmly believes that everyone, even tyrants, needs friends. As confirmation, when alone, Pythor either talks to himself or makes insensate friends like a ball and a rat. Even after the Serpentine chose to become pacifists and the Great Devourer was destroyed, Pythor continued to harbor a dark grudge against the ninja and everyone else in general. Despite attempting to reform following his help in defeating Chen, he quickly fell back into villainy, being a natural megalomaniac.

The day after Day of the Departed, Pythor fully realized that he would not gain the recognition he wanted by defeating the ninja and that he did not need to take over the world in order to command his attention, thus fully manifesting his narcissistic and egoistic nature, while all he cares about is being the center of attention. He also returned briefly to Serpentine village, wanting to regain the attention of his fellow Serpentine.

When he was imprisoned in Kryptarium Prison with the ninja, Pythor greatly provoked them by praising the New Ninja for being much better than the old ones. He also showed that he was very unstable and after insults he started throwing food and coasters uncontrollably at the ninja. He also seems to have dreams of his mother and talks from sleep. During his escape, he also enjoyed not having to slither because he was carried by the crystal spiders. Later, at the council meeting, he also proved to be a bit of a hypocrite, as he told Lloyd a few years ago that he loved revenge, but ironically repeated these words after Aspheera, as he thought she was exaggerating. During their brief time together, Pythor became increasingly annoyed with Aspheera's desire for revenge and even mimicked her during the Crystal King's ritual.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Anacondrai Phsyology**: Being an Anacondrai, Pythor posesses most of their abilities.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: Like most members of his tribe, Pythor posesses strength superior to humans as well as most other Serpentine. He was able to overpower the likes of Wu, Lloyd Garmadon and the other Serpentine Generals with little effort.
	+ **Superhuman Durability**: Pythor's body is more resilliant to damage than that of a human being. Like other members of his kind, his skin is resistant to fire. He was able to whitstand being digested by the Great Devourer. He was also able to survive falling from Garmadon's statue and barely showed any signs of injury or pain afterwards.
	+ **Superhuman Speed**: Like most of his species, Pythor is naturally faster than humans. He is also able to jump to extreme heights.
	+ **Superhuman Agility**: Pythor posesses greater agility, dexterity, balance, and body coordination than that of a human. Even when he was shrunken by the Shrinking Pill, he was shown to be extremely agile.
	+ **Slight Regenerative Healing Factor**: Despite his body's resistance, Pythor can be injured like every other Serpentine. However, he is able to heal slightly faster than humans, as shown when he easily recovered from the crashing Serpemtine Bus and falling from Garmadon's statue.
* **Invisiblilty**: Pythor's primary ability allows him to turn invisible. It is occasionally implied to be more than simple camouflage, as everyone seems to think that Pythor is no longer physically present after he cloaks himself, even if they saw the Anacondrai turning invisible right in front of them. Pythor displayed this ability on multiple ocassions, using it to stay unnoticed by the ninja, other Serpentine or the authorities after the Great Devourer's destruction. He also used it to sneak into the Hall of Villainy, being left unnoticed by Dr. Saunders or the guards.

### Abilities

* **Expert Combatant**: Pythor has displayed some hand-to-hand combat capability, using punches, tail whips, and his Anacondrai Staff in a fight. However, he doesn't seem to be a particularly skilled fighter, as he rarely enters battle without another Serpentine backing him up and is quick to retreat or resort to trickery if confronted directly. Despite this, he is capable of defending himself if cornered, as seen when he fought Master Wu aboard the Serpentine Express and became the only target of the old master's Spinjitzu to successfully avoid being hit for the duration of the tornado.
* **Master Tactican**: Pythor's main asset is his tactical skill, which makes him extremely effective at strategy and manipulation. He often compensates for his lacking combat ability by developing plans that force his opponents into traps or other disadvantageous situations. He is also effective at predicting the responses of others to a given situation and then plan his own strategies accordingly.

## Equipment

### Weapons

* **Anacondrai Staff**: Pythor most likely obtained this staff during his inprisonment in the Anacondrai Tomb, or recovered it sometime afterwards. He is shown to be very skilled with it, frequently using it in combat. It's unknown what happened to the staff, as Pythor left it in the ruins of the Serpentine Express, before going to awaken the Great Devourer. It was most likely consumed by the Devourer along with the rest of the Serpentine Express.
* **Anacondrai Bone**: Pythor recovered the remains of one of his fellow Anacondrai warriors from the tomb and used it as a weapon to attack the unconsicous ninja while they were trapped in the Digiverse.
* **Departed Anacondrai Staff**: A replica of the original staff, Pythor took this weapon from his statue displayed at the Hall of Villainy. He used it to fight Lloyd Garmadon, although he was eventually defeated. It's likely that Pythor still owns this staff.

### Other Equipment

* **Map of Dens**: Pythor stole the map from Lloyd Garmadon after betraying him. He used the map to find the location of the Venomari and Constrictai tombs and promptly released the respective tribes.
* **Scared Flute**: Pythor took a Scared Flute during his confrontation with the ninja in the Toxic Bogs, after Zane unsucessfully attempted to hypnotize him with it. He used the flute to gain control of the Serpentine Tribes and unite them, becoming the Snake King. He most likely destroyed the flute afterwards, presumably to avoid it falling into the hands of humans again.
* **Map of the Blades**: A map created by the combined venom of the Serpentine Staffs. Pythor and the Serpentine used it to locate and collect the Fangblades.
* **Fangblades**: Pythor used the Fangblades to reawaken the Great Devourer, although he himself was eaten shortly after. The Fangblades were presumably destroyed when the statue they were placed in collapsed.
* **Fangblade Container**: Pythor used this item, presumably an ancient Serpentine relic, to contain all four Fangblades after successfully collecting them.
* **Digital Overlord hard drive**: Pythor obtained the hard drive from Borg Tower, and used it to reawaken the Digital Overlord.
* **Electrocobrai**: Pythor used these electric snakes he obtained from the Ninjago City Aquarium to reboot the Nindroid Army.
* **Book of Spells**: Pythor obtained this book from Chen's camp after discovering a spell that could defeat Chen's forces by summoning the spirits of the Anacondrai Generals from the Cursed Realm.

## Facilities

* **Anacondrai Tomb**: *To be added.*
* **Serpentine Fortress**: *To be added.*

## Appearances

* 70750 Ninja DB X (2015 Bleached)
* 70596 Samurai X Cave Chaos (2016 Bleached)
* 70668 Jay's Storm Fighter (Legacy)
* 70679 The Ultra Dragon (Legacy)
* 70670 Monastery of Spinjitzu (pictured)
* 71741 Ninjago City Gardens (pictured)
* 71775 Nya's Samurai X MECH (crystalized)

*Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu*
Season 1: Rise of the Snakes* 4. "Never Trust a Snake"
* 5. "Can of Worms"
* 6. "The Snake King"
* 7. "Tick Tock"
* 8. "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"
* 9. "The Royal Blacksmiths"
* 10. "The Green Ninja"
* 11. "All of Nothing"
* 12. "The Rise of the Great Devourer"
* 13. "Day of the Great Devourer" (no lines)

Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja* 14. "Darkness Shall Rise" (mentioned)

Season 3: Rebooted* 28. "The Art of the Silent Fist" (flashback; no lines)
* 29. "Blackout"
* 30. "The Curse of the Golden Master"
* 31. "Enter the Digiverse"
* 32. "Codename: Arcturus"
* 33. "The Void"
* 34. "The Titanium Ninja"

Season 4: Tournament of Elements* 40. "Spellbound" (flashback; no lines)
* 43. "The Greatest Fear of All"
* 44. "The Corridor of Elders"

Day of the Departed* "Day of the Departed"

Ninjago: Decoded* 1. "Legacy" (video)
* 3. "Legendary Places" (video)
* 4. "Ninjago's Most Wanted"

Season 8: Sons of Garmadon* 80. "The Quiet One" (mentioned)
* 81. "Game of Masks" (mentioned)

Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu* 1. "Master Class" (painting)
* 2. "Green and Gold" (painting)
* 3. "The Weekend Drill" (painting)
* 4. "Elemental Rider" (painting)
* 5. "Blue Lightning" (flashback)
* 6. "Samurai X-Treme" (painting)

Season 10: March of the Oni* 95. "The Darkness Comes" (painting)
* 98. "Endings" (painting)

Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu* 99. "Wasted True Potential" (painting)
* 100. "Questing for Quests" (mentioned)

Season 13: Master of the Mountain* 145. "Shintaro" (painting)

Season 14: Seabound* 165. "A Big Splash" (painting)

The Virtues of Spinjitzu* 1. "Curiosity" (painting)

Season 15: Crystalized* 188. "Kryptarium Prison Blues"
* 191. "The Fifth Villain" (pictured)
* 192. "The Council of the Crystal King"
* 195. "The Fall of the Monastery"
* 196. "Darkness Within" (no lines)
* 197. "The Coming of the King"
* 198. "Return to Primeval's Eye" (no lines)
* 205. "Safe Haven"
* 207. "Distress Calls" (indirectly mentioned)
* 208. "An Issue of Trust"
* 209. "Dragon Form" (no lines)
* 210. "Roots" (painting)

Villain Throwbacks* 2."The Story of Pythor"
* 4."The Story of Master Chen" (video)

Books* *Dark Island Trilogy, Part 1* (pictured)
* *Pythor's Revenge*
* *The Splinter in the Blind Man's Eye* (mentioned)

Ninjago NXT* 2. "Oldies"

Ninjago Magazine* 94. *Fury in the Forest!*

Legacy Edition* 8. *The Book of Lessons*
* 9. *Shadow of the Past* (mentioned)

Plays* *The Realm of Shadows*

Video games* *Ninjago Rush* (non-canon)
* *LEGO Ninjago: Tournament* (non-canon)
* *LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin* (non-canon)
* *The LEGO Ninjago Movie Videogame* (non-canon)

## Trivia

* Pythor, the rest of the Anacondrai, and Clancee are the only Serpentine who don't put extra emphasis on "S" sounds when they are talking.
* Pythor is one of the oldest villains in the Ninjago series, serving as the main antagonist of Season 1, the secondary antagonist of Season 3, a supporting character in Season 4, one of the secondary antagonists of "Day of the Departed," and one of the "five generals" of Season 15.
	+ Due to the great majority of villains in the series either having reformed, been trapped in some form, or dead, Pythor is the only antagonist who has still yet to be fully defeated, discounting those yet to be introduced.

* He has a very different appearance from the rest of his tribe, as he has a much longer neck, has a slightly more purple scales without a hint of pink, and has pink eyes instead of red ones.
	+ However, his eyes were red in the flashback in "Spellbound," where it was caused by being hypnotized. He also has red eyes after soaking in the Devourer's stomach acids.
* Pythor is the only named character in the show known to be a cannibal, due to the fact that he ate his own kind while locked in the Serpentine tomb.
	+ According to Tommy Andreasen, it is also possible that he ate his own mother.
	+ It was stated on LEGO.com that "a quick look through his things revealed recipes for Snake Soufflé, Anacondrai Au Vin, Cobra Cobbler, Roast Reptile and Serpentine Surprise."
* Pythor is similar to Nadakhan in several aspects.
	+ Both are charming, charismatic leaders who are the last of their kind.
	+ Both stood out from the rest of their species, with Pythor having a different appearance from the other Anacondrai despite not being a general and Nadakhan being selfish, greedy, and disrespectful in a race of otherwise honorable djinns.
	+ Both ultimately lost support and friendship from their underlings.
	+ Both were imprisoned by their enemies long before the series began, only to be freed in their debut episode, going on to become the main antagonists of their season.
	+ Finally, both suffered defeat in an ironic fashion: Pythor was eaten by the Great Devourer after awakening it, while Nadakhan was forced to undo the events of Skybound by Jay's final wish.
* He is also similar to Kalmaar in several aspects.
	+ Both are purple non-human villains without legs and with a new head mould designed just for them.
	+ Both first appear in the fourth episode of the season where they serve as the main antagonist.
	+ Both speak with a British accent.
	+ Both committed murder of at least three members of their own kind.
	+ Both have eyes of a different color on the physical minifigure than in the show.
	+ They both wish to awaken a giant serpent: Wojira and the Great Devourer respectively.
		- Coincidentally, both were devoured by the ones who they wished to re-awaken. However, while Pythor survived albeit with his completely bleached scales, Kalmaar was killed completely.
		- However, Pythor awakened the Great Devourer in the penultimate episode, whereas Kalmaar awakened Wojira earlier.
* The blue gem on Pythor's chest may hint that the Serpentine came from Chima.
* Pythor's arc in Rebooted seems to be inspired by Saruman from *The Lord of the Rings* as they both were figures dressed in white helping the bigger evil while still having personal ambitions.
* Kai states in "Ninjago's Most Wanted" that Pythor only helped them defeat the Anacondrai Cultists because he knew the Anacondrai generals would make him big again. This would explain his easy descent back into villainy as of "Day of the Departed."
* In the Tournament of Elements sets, Pythor is featured as an antagonist who sides with the Anacondrai warriors and battles the ninja. His role in the TV show is completely different, as he is really entirely against the warriors and eventually winds up siding with the ninja to defeat them. This was likely done to make his defection in the show a plot twist.
* According to the Lego.com Museum Gallery, Pythor is interested in the powers of the anti-venom contained within the Anacondrai Staff but decides not to use it.
* He was credited in "The Weekend Drill" despite not appearing in the episode.
* According to Tommy Andreasen, it's possible Pythor could become purple again by shedding his scales.
* According to Tommy Andreasen, Pythor and Aspheera would likely not get along well, as there would be "Too much ego on each side."
	+ This was later clarified in the Season 15 episode, "The Council of the Crystal King".

## Gallery

Pythor's appearance before being swallowed by the Great Devourer.Pythor's *Rebooted* appearance.The glorious snek that is Pythor P. Chumsworth.
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Blackout*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Day of the Departed*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Blue Lightning*
4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `:0`
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Spellbound*
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1458117291657371653
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 *Never Trust a Snake*
8. ↑ *Can of Worms*
9. ↑ *The Snake King*
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 *The Curse of the Golden Master*
11. ↑ *Tick Tock*
12. ↑ *Once Bitten, Twice Shy*
13. ↑ *The Royal Blacksmiths*
14. ↑ *The Green Ninja*
15. ↑ *All of Nothing*
16. ↑ *Rise of the Great Devourer*
17. ↑ *Enter the Digiverse*
18. ↑ *Codename: Arcturus*
19. ↑ *The Void*
20. ↑ *The Titanium Ninja*
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 *The Greatest Fear of All*
22. ↑ *The Corridor of Elders*
23. ↑ Pythor's Revenge
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 *Kryptarium Prison Blues*
25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 *The Council of the Crystal King*