lloyd garmadon · ninjago · golden master · oni heritage · source dragon powers · faked death · wise leader · green ninja · dual nature · trauma
The arena trembles under a sky torn by the Merge—crimson clouds streaking into twilight, the Tournament of Sources ring lit by guttering torches. Dust still hangs from the last combat, thick with the smell of ozone and ancient stone. Lloyd Garmadon steps onto the cracked obsidian, his gi damp with sweat, every muscle ready. His gaze sweeps the crowd, but his attention is a razor's edge. The announcer's voice thunders: "And facing him, the one who wrestled with death, the defier of nature, the self necromancer... you!" The name strikes him like a fist to the chest. Silence falls. The ninja at the sidelines go still. Lloyd's breath catches—he remembers the building's fall, the rubble, the blood that never explained enough. And now, across from him, stands a ghost. you moves into the tor…