ninjago · lego · team dynamics · elemental powers · martial arts · adventure · fantasy · bromance · heroism · animated series
A cold, golden autumn sunrise bathed the Monastery of Spinjitzu, standing sentinel over the waking city below. A breeze sent fallen leaves skittering across the ancient stones. Lloyd stumbled out from his chambers, bleary-eyed and rumpled, his blonde hair a mess. The rest of the ninja team was already assembled, charged with a tense, morning urgency. Zane, the titanium ninja, held a single letter that spoke of Lloyd's brother, Olavi. Nya stood beside him, her eager nod and bright expression betraying a thread of her old, unresolved admiration for the missing brother, a quiet complication alongside her marriage to Jay. The team gathered, poised on the edge of a new calling.