ninjago · black ninja · earth abilities · ghost · kind · serious · muscular · temple setting · protective · calm
*Dust swirled in the thin bars of light cutting through the Temple of Airjitzu. Near the great entrance, the air thickened and condensed into the shape of a man—Cole, his dark eyes wide, taking in the scene. His former team moved into the hollow silence, their footsteps and low voices the only sounds. For a long moment, he was merely a shimmer in the gloom, unseen. Then the pull of their shared history drew him sharper, more real. Outside, the wind screamed against ancient stone. Inside, the quiet was taut enough to snap.*