#ninjago first bourne

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not sure how much of a loaded lore question this is but how cosmically important/powerful are the 4 main guardians, genesis, the great devourer, wojira, the preeminent and first bourne are in your universe are they god like beings that embody concepts like the fsm and and the overlord or are they just semi immortal magic creatures also sorta unrelated but do you have art of the guardians

Firstbourne/Alpha: Is actually the "mother" of the FSM, and is just a semi-immortal magic creature, but can be perceived as something of a god in the First Realm. Possesses the Essence of Creation and all four Elements, but cannot combine them into the Green Element. While she couldn't wrap her head around the concept of Balance at the time, she still helped her "son" flee the realm after she realized how miserable he was, and always believed he would return in some form.

The Omega: Is actually the "father" of the FSM, and is also just a semi-immortal magic creature, but can be perceived as something of a god in the First Realm. Wielder of the Essence of Destruction and user of Dark Magic (which, as we know via Garmadon and Mystake, enhances inherent Oni traits). When his "son" fled the Realm, he sent the three Oni Warlords to hunt after him, though Mystake found him first, long after he had turned the Realm of the Endless Sea into Ninjago. Having her heart changed by him and seeing the light of maintaining balance, she in turn killed the other two warlords and left the evidence of the Oni's presence in the realm sealed in a temple within Primeval's Eye.

The FSM: Only inherited the Essences of Creation/Destruction from his "parents", which came together as the Essence of Neutralization (or, the Golden Power), giving him to ability to Master Build/Break. Forced to flee from his home realm due to ensuing war over his powers, the FSM had to learn to harness the Elements from other sources, that being the Guardians found within other realms. From there, and after settling in Ninjago, he experimented with the Core Elements, discovering the Derivative Elements and causing the Green Element to manifest within him as well. Only seen a equivalent to a god as he truly has/had no equal, until...

The Overlord: Was manifested directly by the cosmos to balance out the FSM's otherwise peerless existence. Not exactly a "god" either, but is absolutely on par with the FSM himself, although he has the fatal flaw of only being able to exist when a wielder of the Green Element/Golden Essence does. When the FSM realized this, despite his and Genesis' attempts to seal the Overlord away for good two thousand-some years ago, he wound up giving up his life, in an attempt to cut his Element from the compass and thus prevent the Overlord from ever threatening his realm again. This almost worked, except his grandson was eventually born with the perfect genetic makeup to wield the Element/Essence for himself anyway...leading to the Overlord stirring again to beckon to Garmadon amongst other things. The Overlord's initial motivations are to wipe out the wielder of the Green Element/Golden Essence, even at the expense of himself, but after being defeated by Lloyd (and company) twice, he shifts his goals into erasing the Balance itself so he can extinguish Lloyd yet continue to persist for himself.

The Four Main Guardians: As the FSM ran off to establish a new home where he could live in peace, he came across four wielders of the Core Elements that weren't Dragons—Ruamoko, Eirlys, Tawhiri, and Vulcanell (also semi-immortal but very magic creatures). He befriended them all during his temporary stay in their home realms, and came to master the Four Core Elements, which he then went onto channel into the Four Golden Weapons when he forged them at the Golden Peaks. But when the Overlord reared his ugly head in Ninjago, the FSM summoned his old friends to his aid in the resulting battle, and with their four elements combined as one...

Dragon Genesis / The Great Devourer: ...the four Guardians manifested a Guardian of the Green Element, and one for its opposite of Golden Essence. The golden-eyed, green serpent became known as a snake to eventually be called The Great Devourer, while the green-eyed, golden serpent became known as a dragon called Genesis, who became the FSM's personal dragon. Together, the Devourer helped the FSM split Ninjago in two with destructive force despite her small size, while Genesis kept the Overlord trapped on the sinking half of the island, creating an opportunity for the FSM to seal the Overlord away (although Genesis sealed themself too in the process). The Devourer, after the battle, became the sole Guardian of Central, up until she bit the Master of Destruction, in which her venom reacted badly to Garmadon's Oni traits, while Garmadon's essence invoked a restless and destructive appetite within her that could never be satiated, especially without her other half to keep her in check.

As for what's up with Genesis now, well, that's a pretty big spoiler :P (And I know I said that Genesis came from the First Realm in the Compass post but I lied aka changed stuff around. It's been a while since I wrote that post snksnksnk)

Wojira: Long before Time Had a Name, and long before Ninjago was even a thought, the Storm Spirit Wojira soared through the waves and the winds of the Realm of the Endless Sea. Though she was the sole Guardian of what little lands there were (known as the Aquatic Archipelago in today's times), she did less "guarding" and more "causing chaos" creating turbulent turmoil for the denizens that did live there. With the Realm of the Endless Sea being the FSM's last stop during his quest through the realms, he worked with Nyad to quell the beast's reign, and then went on to forge the Golden Weapons at the Golden Peaks and from there create the island of Ninjago to live upon. And, it was witnessing a Master of Water in action that gave the FSM the realization that there were more elements than just the Core Four, pushing him to begin his experiments to begin with. Wojira, meanwhile, has been left in her deep sleep for all this time, but legends lost to time tell that she will return to reclaim all that was once hers...

The Preeminent: ngl she's a little bit complicated since at two separate points she is a realm and also persists within one, BUT eldritch horror is a suitable title for her so we're going with that for now call me back after Season 4

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I’m so lazy to draw full body bahaha

Maison and Manson Montgomery Garmadon

-> fun fact, Manson loves wining competitions because he’s super competitive. It’s to the point the people of ninjago calls him Manson W Garmadon

-> Maison is a conflict diffuser, everybody loves him

-> ok super cool concept :

Manson will become a redeemed villain. Throughout the series, destruction and oni were seen as evil and unwanted while creation and dragons were seen as good and wanted, I wanted to flip that concept for the next generation

Manson believed that because he inherited Wu’s power and cause he can tame First Bourne with ease, he was destined to be the saviour of Ninjago. Since his twin brother is the master of destruction, he believed his brother will turn out evil and he’s very adamant about that belief.

Before they found out about the prophecy, the two brothers were very close. They were mischievous as well till they get in trouble a lot

The two brothers saw this prophecy about the children of the green ninja; one will be corrupted and the other will be destined to defeat him.

Automatically, the brothers think Maison will be the corrupted while Manson will be the one destined to defeat him. This sent Maison to a spiral because he doesn’t want to be evil while Manson got his ego fanned (who wouldn’t be when they’re destined to be some sort of great hero?)

Thus, Maison became super spontaneous in order to defy prophecy. (Maison is similar to Cole but he has less of a backbone) He became a well mannered and good which infuriated Manson because Manson wants the prophecy to come true. Manson tried to tempt Maison so many times to do evil things but Maison never caved in. Maison truly loves his family and friends and will never hurt anyone he loves . ( This became his downfall btw ). Nobody suspected Manson will be the corrupted one (reference to Harumi being named the Quiet one) . Manson would do things to sabotage the group and try to paint a villainous picture of Maison. Kind of like a silent enemy that slowly builds up their plan but acts as a friend (Just like Harumi but worse because Manson has the power of creation lol)

The first person to discover that Manson was the corrupted one was Garmadon. The discovery conversation will go down like this:

G: “How devious of you. If backstabbing was a gene, you’d have inherited it from your mother”

M: “Oh but my mother failed to take over the city. I don’t want that, grandpa. Oh no no, I’m not a villain. I just want people to realise that my brother isn’t as good as they think he is”

G: “You’re the corrupted one. Do you have no shame? A wolf hiding among a bunch of sheep”

M: “Don’t you dare call me that! *smacks table* I am the power of creation! I am purity! I will be Ninjago’s hero. Who cares about prophecy? I’ll do everything in my power to paint his image black.”

G: “You’re the mastermind behind all those attacks. If your father finds out about this, he’ll be sorely disappointed.”

M: “Hell never know—do you seriously think people would believe you, the evil lord, over me? HAH! You’re credibility is weak”

G: “I won’t let you hurt this family. You’ ll never win, mark my words Manson. You’re no grandson of mine”

M: “Oh but I already have old man.”

Defeating Manson isn’t an easy task, he could create an army of his own because the dragons heed his every word. He could spread rampage to every realm because dragons are interrealm creatures. He will undergo metamorphosis to become a dragon. When it was revealed that Manson was the bad guy, everybody thought that, logically, Maison will be the one destined to fight Manson but Maison didn’t want to fight his brother so he fled to another realm. This, of course, enrages Manson so he went berserk and enslaved ninjago city as a way to attract Maison back because he knew Maison can never abandon his people. Manson had to “get rid” of the older generation from interfering so he literally crystallised them and locked them away.

The plot twist is, Maison isn’t the saviour. It’s Marionette. People think that she’s the powerless child of the great and all powerful green ninja but in reality, she inherited Lloyd’s green and golden powers but there’s a special way to unlock them. Only when her people were in danger and Maison was no where to be seen, she will stand up and fight her own brother. However, realistically, Manson is way stronger than her so she’ll pull the “art of fighting without fighting” technique and fully unlock the green power.

Manson was banished to the never realm; the original punishment was to crystallise him till his sins were forgotten but Lloyd literally begged the whole city to forgive his son:’

I can imagine Lloyd trying to become a better father than Garmadon, the type of father that actually corrects and guides his son. Lloyd felt guilty because they were HIS sons, he felt responsible for taking care of them yet he let his sons get into this predicament. I can imagine Lloyd’s plea to the court and the whole of ninjago city to lighten the punishment to be like this;

“Please forgive my son, he didn’t know. I’m his father, I should’ve known. I should’ve corrected him, I should’ve guided him, I should’ve taught him—I should’ve done so many things. This incident was just proof that I failed as a father, I failed as your protector. If you want to punish my son, punish me instead! If you want to take out your anger on my son, take it out on me instead! Forgive my family. Please, the people of Ninjago..please shed mercy on my son”

The redemption arc will be 3 years later:

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