Kur

History[]

Background[]

Originally a Wyldness dweller, Kur was a part of the Order of the Deep Shadow with Drix, and she would cross paths with the siblings Nokt and Rox and their cousin Zarkt when Nokt dethroned the Raven King,^[4] resulting in Kur joining forces with the others to form the Forbidden Five. At some point, the Five were selected by Thunderfang and granted the elusive power of Chaos, which gave them Elemental Powers and allowed them to cultivate remarkable abilities, such as a unique and corrupted form of Spinjitzu called Shatterspin and the use of Theroxian Magic. This enabled the group to exceed the capabilities of traditional Elemental Masters. Together, they established the Wolf Clan, where they shared their dark powers and techniques with the wolf warriors, ushering the clan into a golden age.^[5] However, the very powers that Kur and her companions had harnessed began to taint their souls, gradually eroding their innate virtues and transforming the clan into harbingers of chaos.^[6][7] Using Shatterspin, they unleashed widespread destruction throughout the Wyldness, imposing their tyrannical rule and forcing the local populace to either submit or perish.^[8]

One day at the Shadow Dojo, Kur and the Forbidden Five convened with the wolf warriors as Nokt returned from a violent campaign against a Tiger Tribe, where they were coerced into submission or death. Among them, a survivor named Zarkar demanded a reason for their merciless conduct, eliciting derisive laughter from Kur and her allies. Rox defended their brutal actions as a demonstration of power, while she and Nokt incited Kur and the others to prepare for further devastation across the other realms, a course of action that would ultimately lead to their undoing.^[8][9] Momentarily, the Dragon Masters, Egalt and Rontu, intervened, countering the Forbidden Five's Shatterspin with their Rising Dragon technique. The Dragon Masters triumphed, banishing Kur and the rest of the Five to the Nether-Space through a powerful spell for millennia.^[10]

Dragons Rising, Season 2[]

Rising Ninja[]

During the Ritual of the Blood Moon, when Jordana opened the gateway to the Nether-Space, Kur and the rest of the Forbidden Five gathered before the portal and watched as Nokt stepped forward to await a sacrifice.

Inside the Maze[]

Kur contacted Nokt and Rox as she, Zarkt, and Drix remained stuck in Nether-Space. After Zarkt told the siblings to hurry so the Five can resume their brutal dominance, Kur and the other two left Rox's soulless body, which Kai and Bonzle later used to communicate with Riyu.

The Sword Shatters[]

Kur is seen arguing with Zarkt until Drix steps in and breaks them up. They then leave the area, with Kur and Zarkt carrying Rox's soulless body (since she had escaped by transferring her soul into Jordana's body during the Ritual of the Blood Moon).

The Final Game[]

Kur stood alongside Zarkt and Drix to communicate with Nokt and Rox. The three stopped for a moment when they heard a sound, and Zarkt went to investigate, but found nothing. The three then continued to communicate with Nokt and Rox.

Elements of Betrayal[]

Despite some interference from the ninja, Roby, and Ras, Nokt is able to free Kur and the other members of the Forbidden Five, as well as Rox's physical body, from the Nether-Space. However, she and the others were weakened from the corrupted method used. After Nokt carried her and Drix's body to a portal gate, he decided to fight the Ninja and Ras until the three recovered. As Nokt began his fight against the ninja on his own, Kur was seen slowly waking up and once the others soon recovered, the Forbidden Five fled through a gate to the Cloud Kingdom, destroying it to prevent anyone else from following them. Due to their actions, they were sent to another realm.

Dragons Rising, Season 3[]

The Missing[]

Kur and the Five appeared to steal supplies from two people for their journey to the First Land to release Thunderfang. After Zarkt disabled their car, Kur used her Decay power on the two people. Under Rox's orders, she let them go so they can spread the news that the Forbidden Five have returned. When Rox announced it was time to free their old ally Thunderfang, Kur and the rest of the Five grinned, their eyes glowing red.

The Spectral Lands[]

Kur and the others arrived in a Storm Village, where the Dragonians live. The village leader Tyr greeted them but they terrorize the village to find Thunderfang's prison. After Nokt destroys the rock covering the entrance, Kur went inside with the others. Much to the Five's surprise, Thunderfang had expected them and the group made a deal with the Chaos Dragon. Thunderfang agreed to give them the power they want if they free him. To help the Five, he gave them the Sobrient Stone, a large gem from his ring which Kur carried with Zarkt outside of the cave's entrance while Nokt used Shatterspin to destroy the gem, allowing them to corrupt the Dragonians into warriors to help them hunt the Prismatic Steel swords. The gem's energy also gave Kur and the rest of the Five the ability to fly.

I Alone Can Save Them[]

Kur led an army of Dragonian Warriors to the City of Temples in search of the yellow Prismatic Blade. As a fight between the Security Bots and the Dragonian Warriors broke out, Hermes attempted to attack Kur, but she swiftly countered by seizing him and using Decay, which rapidly deteriorated him. Upon discovering the Prismatic Blade resting on a pedestal, Kur was dismayed to find it shattered, a consequence of Zeatrix's earlier use of the weapon to incapacitate Lloyd. Meanwhile, Roby attempted to sneak up on Kur with the intent of using the Elemental Cup to siphon her powers. However, Kur anticipated his action, and deftly repelled him. Despite Roby's threats that the ninja would defeat her, Kur dismissed his threats with laughter and used Decay against him.

Upon returning to the Storm Village, Kur encountered Rox in the midst of reprimanding Zarkt for his failure to return with a Prismatic Blade. The Master of Decay explained that she indeed get a Prismatic Blade, albeit in a shattered state. This revelation prompted Rox to contemplate the use of wish magic, leaving Kur confused, as she believed all Djinns had become extinct. However, Rox clarified that not all of them were gone.

Chaos Unchained[]

Kur was waiting with the others for Drix to return with the last two blades. She joined Nokt in thinking Drix was probably late until the Master of Swarm sent an insect which alerted the Five to help fight off the Ninja, with Kur getting up. The jackal warrior fought Zane, but was taken out by his Ice blast. During the fight, Kur manages to reclaim the Blue Prismatic Blade thanks to Rox attacking Lloyd with Shatterspin but was knocked back by Nya's Water blast. Kur continued to battle Nya until Rox alerted them to free Thunderfang after she claimed the Blue and Returning Blades from Arin. Kur and the others used the tornado to distract the Ninja and head into the cave, where Drix and Zarkt used the last two Prismatic Blades to free Thunderfang. After Thunderfang was released, the Shatter Dragon unleashed a wind blast, which blew Kur and the other four members back a bit. Rox demands for the powers he promised but the Chaos Dragon revealed that he never intended to keep his words, much to the group's shock, before absorbing their souls, killing Kur and the rest of the Five.

Prior to The Hollow Ones[]

Thunderfang refused to let Kur's soul go and chose to bend her and the rest of the Five's spirits to his will. Kur traveled the Merged Lands to collect souls and put them in the Well of the Lost, specifically launching a series of attacks on Mysterium.

The Hollow Ones[]

Kur arrived in Mysterium, where she sent the Spectral Dragonians to absorb the inhabitants' souls, turning them into Hollow Ones. She and her forces fled when the sun rose the next morning, but returned the following evening. Upon her return, Kur blew into her magical flute, which alerted the wizards that she and her forces were back.

Human Resources[]

Arin and Sora recognized Kur and thought Thunderfang had absorbed her soul. Arin uses the Returning Blade and sees the Spectral Dragonians, who he compares to the Soul Suckers he previous encountered. He attempts to fight the Dragonians but realized the ghosts can break Prismatic Steel.

Kur steals Gandalaria's soul just when morning arrives, forcing her and the Spectral Dragonians to leave.

Casket of Bones[]

Kur was at the Well of the Lost when Drix came back with more souls for Thunderfang's ritual.

Under the Light of a Mechanical Moon[]

Kur was at the Well with Rox and Drix when Zarkt arrived with more souls.

For Whom the Bell Tolls[]

As the Well of the Lost erupted with power, Kur watched her unwanted master slowly evolve into a Source Dragon.

When Thunderfang grew more powerful, growing a large claw, which shocked Kur, he sensed the Ninja were going to awaken his eternal enemy, the Arc Dragon of Focus. He then ordered Kur and the Five to stop them, unaware that Lloyd and Arin were in the Spectral Lands, waiting for the two halves to be awakened so they can use the Unbidden Storm at Thunderfang's source of power to join them together into the mortal avatar to defeat the Shatter Dragon once and for all.

When Doves Cry[]

Kur headed to Djinjago, where she flew past Rapton and the Freebooters, who have stolen some of Arrakore's treasures.

Chaos Reigns[]

Kur arrived in Djinjago and went into the Cave of Bells (just as Zarkt went to the Cave of Bells in Mysterium) to destroy the focus crystals connected to the Arc Dragon of Focus. She appeared after Sora, Frak, Wyldfyre, and Riyu woke the tan half and it disappeared. Sora was surprised at seeing Kur, with Frak using his Reveal Blade to reveal the Spectral Dragonians with her. As the younger Ninja fight the Spectral Dragonians, Kur lands and attempts to use Shatterspin to destroy the crystals but Wyldfyre notices her about to do so and alerts the others. Riyu headbutts Kur before she completes it and knocks her into a wall but Kur gets up and launches a Shatterspin blast from her foot to knock the young dragon aside.

Kur continues to fight the younger ninja, deflecting Wyldfyre's Heat blasts with her spectral sword but Wyldfyre had set her up and as Kur lands, Riyu sneaks up on her and knocks her aside into the wall as Thunderfang fights the Arc Dragon of Focus. As Kur attempts to Shatterspin again, Frak tosses his Reveal Blade to Wyldfyre to fight the Spectral Dragonians while he uses his Quake power to briefly prevent her from using Shatterspin. This works but Frak dodges some Spectral Dragonians, which gives Kur the chance to use a Shatterspin stomp to knock the Serpentine aside into the wall. As Kur prepares to Shatterspin yet again, Sora uses Spinjitzu to stop her but the ghostly jackal easily overpowers her and knocks her aside with Frak. As Kur flies up to the crystals, Wyldfyre kicks her from behind where Kur is knocked to a wall and she then fights Wyldfyre, with the Heat Ninja attempting to strike her with the Reveal Blade but the jackal ghost easily defeats her.

After seeing Frak, Sora, and Wyldfyre knocked out, Kur flies again but she was unexpectedly defeated by Riyu, who mastered Spinjitzu. After the Arc Dragon of Focus vanquished the Shatter Dragon, Kur’s ghost vanished along with the rest of the Forbidden Five.

Appearance[]

Kur is an anthropomorphic jackal who has mint green skin with teal markings partially covered in bandages that have gold monstrous patterns and symbols, giving her a similar appearance to that of a mummy, as well as irregular teeth, extra teal markings on her face and red-orange eyes, and long graying black hair tied into a high ponytail by a yellow ring. She wore a Sandogasa hat like Rox, but hers is light brown, and brown shoulder pads with small spikes of the same color. She also wore a rust colored coat with the right sleeve completely torn off to expose her right arm, dark brown pants that are ripped on the knee areas, and a dark red rope-like belt wrapped around the top of them. The back of her coat had a white and gold symbol of the Forbidden Five outlined in black. Following her demise at the hands of Thunderfang with the rest of the Five and after being hollowed in the Spectral Lands, her skin color changed to light blue, the markings on her face, eyes, and skin became white/light gray, and her eyes glowed permanently red.

Personality[]

Kur, like the rest of the Forbidden Five, is an evil being who has no empathy towards her enemies as seen while she and the others mockingly laughed at Zarkar when the latter was emotionally shocked after they used their destructive powers to caused him to lose his tribe. She had also shown to be very power-hungry, wanting Thunderfang to empower her even more once he is free.

After escaping the Nether-Space, Kur wasted no time in harming two civilians by subjecting them to a slow and insufferable death with Decay and brutally terrorized a peaceful village of Dragonians. She has a dry sense of humor and a sadistic streak as she used her elemental power on Roby and a Spirit Dragon. However, she has a form of empathy to objects, as she spoke to the Yellow Prismatic Blade as if it was a person. Additionally, she has some impatience with her teammates, particularly Drix, thinking he was late. She also has a mild sense of honor, choosing to fight her opponents with her skills and not using her Decay power to easily finish them.

After Thunderfang revealed his intentions to never fulfill his part of the deal, Kur was shocked and visibly fearful upon realizing this act of betrayal. She quickly became angry, but was unable to properly do anything about it, as Thunderfang stole her soul.

After Thunderfang absorbed her soul, Kur became a Hollow One with complete obedience to her master. She didn't seem to recognize Arin, Sora, and Ras in Mysterium nor immediately attack Rapton and the Freebooters. During her fight in the Cave of Bells, Kur has a degree of arrogance as she often let her guard down, which allowed Riyu to attack her three times.

Weapons and abilities[]

Abilities[]

• Decay: Kur possessed the elemental power of Decay, which can be used to give other individuals a pale complexion with sickly greenish markings, causing them to potentially die from weakened health. Similarly to Light, it also affects her appearance.
• Shatterspin: Since Kur was one of its creators, she possessed an advanced Shatterspin skillset. Kur is able to harness the powerful waves of the technique in a controlled manner of attack. She was also one of the few who don’t require the Gong of Shattering and a Wolf Mask. When activating the technique, Kur stomped her feet at least twice before her eyes glowed red.
• Theroxian Magic: Being a member of the Forbidden Five, Kur was highly skilled in Theroxian magic, but her abilities are currently unknown.
• Jackal Physiology: As an anthropomorphic jackal from the Wyldness, Kur had the following abilities:
  • Night vision: Like regular canines and jackals, Kur possessed exceptional night vision, enabling her to see in dark environments like a cave or at night.
  • Superhuman strength: Despite her appearance, Kur demonstrated superhuman strength, being able to lift two people off the ground with one arm each. She also managed to push back Zane in his large robot form while in the air.
  • Superhuman leaping: Kur could jump at incredibly high distance.
  • Superhuman durability/endurance: Despite her appearance, Kur demonstrated superhuman durability/endurance, as she managed to take hits from the Ninja and keep on fighting immediately like it didn't affect her.
  • Superhuman reflexes: Kur has superhuman reflexes, as she was able to intercept Roby sneaking up on her with the Elemental Cup and anticipate his next move.
• Skilled combatant: As a member of the Forbidden Five, Kur was a dangerous combatant, managing to fight the Ninja while being airborne. Despite the side effect of escaping the Nether-Space and the portal gate explosion, she managed to fight off the Ninja in the First Land, throwing Nya aside and battling a large Zane. While battling the younger Ninja in the Cave of Bells, she managed to gain the upper hand, with the younger Ninja often resorting to take her by surprise or tricking her into a setup.
• Leadership: As one of the leaders of the Wolf Clan, Kur led the wolf warriors to launch attacks wherever the Forbidden Five wanted in the Wyldness. In the present, she led a platoon of Dragonian Trackers to hunt the Yellow Prismatic Blade and later Spectral Dragonians to capture souls in Mysterium.
• Chaos empowerment: Because Kur gained powers from Thunderfang's dark dragon energy, she could gain more from Thunderfang.
  • Flight/Levitation: After receiving energy from the Sobrient Stone, Kur gained the ability to fly and levitate in the air while standing still.
  • Weatherly Presence: Kur could generate a field that triggers chaotic storms, creating a dark weather phenomenon merely through her presence.
• Ghost physiology: As a ghost, Kur has the following abilities:
  • Immortality: Kur was unable to die naturally due to lacking a mortal body.
  • Intangibility: Kur could phase through solid matter.
  • Flight/Levitation: Kur was permanently suspended in the air and can freely move through it and control her altitude.
  • Spectral Perception: Kur could perceive hidden spiritual energy.
  • Spectrokinesis: Kur could manipulate and control other ghosts, such as the Spectral Dragonians.
  • Soul absorption: Kur could absorb and store the souls of another individual via her magical flute.
  • Cold Presence: Kur could make the temperature drop through her presence.
    • Caligogenesis: Kur's presence could also cause a cold fog to appear.
  • Electronic Disruption: Kur could cause electronics shut down.

Weapons[]

• Nagamaki: Kur wielded a nagamaki as her primary weapon, as seen in Bonzle's depiction.
• Axe: Following her release from the Nether-Space, Kur wielded an axe as her primary weapon.
• Magical flute: After Kur fell under Thunderfang's control, she used a magical flute to absorb souls for Thunderfang.
• Spectral sword: While fighting three of the Ninja in Djinjago's Cave of Bells, Kur wielded a Spectral Sword.

Weaknesses[]

• Arrogance: Like her teammates, Kur has a tendency to underestimate her opponents, as she repeatedly fell for the younger Ninja's tricks, which allowed them to get the drop on her.
• Heat: Heat is a direct antidote to Kur's Decay, making her powers useless against heat-related attacks or heat-generated abilities like Fire and Lightning.

Relationships[]

Allies[] Order of the Deep Shadow (formerly) Forbidden Five Argus (deceased) Wolf warriors (formerly) Thunderfang (unwillingly) Dragonian Trackers (formerly) Spectral Dragonians

Enemies[] Tribes of the Wyldness Dragon Masters Elemental Masters Gandalaria Bonzle Ninja Roby Security Bots Ras Wizards Torex Xerot

Appearances[]

Sets[]

Boxed Sets[]

• 71845 Lloyd's Jet Mech

Magazine Gifts[]

• L0002199 Kur

Ninjago: Dragons Rising[]

Season 2[]

• 25. "The Spell at the Waterfall" (pictured)
• 27. "Fugitives From Madness" (vision; no lines)
• 28. "Secrets of the Wyldness" (vision; no lines)
• 29. "The Forest of Spirits" (no lines)
• 30. "Rising Ninja" (no lines)
• 32. "Enter the City of Temples" (silhouette)
• 34. "Inside the Maze" (no lines)
• 37. "The Sword Shatters" (no lines)
• 39. "The Final Game"
• 40. "Elements of Betrayal" (no lines)

Season 3[]

• 41. "The Missing" (no lines)
• 43. "The Spectral Lands" (no lines)
• 45. "I Alone Can Save Them"
• 49. "Chaos Unchained"
• 50. "The Shatter Dragon" (soul)
• 51. "The Hollow Ones" (no lines)
• 52. "Human Resources" (no lines)
• 54. "Casket of Bones" (no lines)
• 56. "Under the Light of a Mechanical Moon" (no lines)
• 58. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (no lines)
• 59. "When Doves Cry" (no lines)
• 60. "Chaos Reigns" (no lines)

Comics[]

Shatterspin[]

• 1. "The Wyldness" (visualized)
• 2. "The Lycan King" (flashback)

Ninjago Magazine[]

• 126. "Face the Music!" (visualized)

Etymology[]

Kur means "the world of the dead" in Sumerian.

According to Chris "Doc" Wyatt, the name Kur is a wordplay on "cur," which describes a mongrel dog.^[11]

Trivia[]

• She and Rox are the only members of the Forbidden Five who share the same type of headwear, both sporting a sandogasa hat (albeit the color being a regular brown for Rox and light brown for Kur), which has never appeared in the show prior to their appearances. While the hats of the Forbidden Five help to identify each member when cloaked, the two can be told apart by their height, as Rox stands out as the only member with a posable short-leg piece.
  • According to Chris "Doc" Wyatt, Rox and Kur wear the same hat because "[they have] similar senses of fashion."^[12]
• She is the only member of the Forbidden Five who did not wield a Prismatic Blade as a personal weapon or to liberate Thunderfang, since the Prismatic Blade she was tasked with retrieving was destroyed.
• Among the Forbidden Five, Kur is the only one who has stayed the most mysterious for the longest time, being the last to have her gender, specific appearance, and name revealed.
  • Alongside Rox, Kur is also the last to have her Elemental Power revealed.
• She was the only member of the Forbidden Five to lack any black in her color scheme.
• Some of the symbols on her bandages are similar to those on Nokt and Rox's clothes.
• She has irregular teeth unlike the other members of the Five.
• She has light brown pants instead of dark brown in the sets.
• According to Chris "Doc" Wyatt, Zarkt and Kur tended to argue, which was first seen in "The Sword Shatters."^[13]
• Kur shares some similarities with Cole:
  • Kur's use of an axe mirrors Cole's use of a scythe, although the latter switched to a hammer.
  • Kur's habit of arguing with Zarkt could be seen as a foil to Cole and Jay's close friendship.
  • Her large use of brown could mirror how brown is associated with the element of Earth and the lack of black in her color scheme could foil how Cole is the Black ninja.
  • Kur's power of Decay may somewhat reference Cole formerly being turned into a ghost.
• Kur is the oldest member of the Five.^[14]
• Kur is the only member of the Forbidden Five whose name doesn't end with the suffix "x" or "kt".
• Although Kur is female, the Brazilian Portuguese dub portrays the character as male.^[15][16]
  • Interestingly, Kur was mistakenly referred to as male during Part 2 of Season 3 in both the Latin Spanish and European Spanish dubs, despite being portrayed as female and voiced by two female actresses in Part 1. The same error occurred in the Russian dub.
• It is unclear if she would gradually regain her original appearance if she participated in the Tournament of the Sources and lost, or if the decay is permanent and the elemental master who temporarily receives her element would immediately gain a decayed appearance or the process happens gradually, due to still being trapped at that point in time.
  • Furthermore, it is unclear whether she would even be allowed to participate in the Tournament. Excessively harming one's opponents seems to be against the rules and the grounds for disqualification (as seen in Nokt and Tox's battle) so her wielding an element that puts opponents in a perilous state may be illegal, especially since a cure for it was not yet found at the time.
• Kur is the second named Ninjago villain to resemble a mummy, the first being Wrayth.

Translations[]

Language	Name
Chinese (Simplified)	库尔
Czech	Kur
French	Kur
Japanese	クル
Spanish (Latin America)	Kur
Spanish (Spain)	Kur

Foreign voice actors[]

Dub	Voice Actors
French (Europe)	Muriel Vansbersy
German	Susanne Geier
Spanish (LA)	Alma Juárez
Spanish (ESP)	Rosa López

References[]