Death

	"I was bitten by a snake."
	This article is about a subject that is relevant to both the main Ninjago storyline and The LEGO Ninjago Movie. Information may be more directed toward one continuity than the other.

“After the Merge, the Departed were finally able to move on.”

“Move on? To where?”

“I don't know. Another phase of existence? To be reborn? Beats me, but I like to think they go to eternal rest.”

— Morro and Arin, "The Spectral Lands"

Death is the fate that awaits most living beings throughout the realms, whether through a premature end or the ravages of time. It is the separation of the soul from the body, after which the soul may pass into one of the afterlife realms.

Before the existence of the afterlife realms, souls moved on after death.^[1] After the creation of the Departed Realm, majority of the dead once dwelled there for the rest of the eternity. After the Merge, the Departed Realm and Cursed Realm have fused into the Spectral Lands, a region of the merged lands that functions as an antechamber where departed souls pass through before "moving on" to whatever comes next. The final fate of the deceased is now unknown.

Known deceased characters

Known deceased characters[]

Humans[]

Roake Fengxian
Violet
Dr. Julien (formerly resurrected by Samukai, now departed once more)
Destiny's Bounty pirates (formerly; resurrected by the Mega Weapon; one was disintegrated by the Mega Weapon and is now departed once more)
- Captain Soto
- First Mate
- No-Eyed Pete
Delara (spirit formerly resurrected through Nya in an alternate timeline)
Zaiden Kane
Asa
Cliff Gordon
Emperor of Ninjago
Empress of Ninjago
Hutchins
Royal Guards
Lilly
Hibernus^[2]
First Master of Ice
Harumi's parents
Hageman
Panda Suit Guy
Nya (reversed by Jay's final wish)
Kai (formerly; resurrected after Nadakhan was hit by the Tiger Widow venom)^[3]
Harumi (formerly; resurrected by the Overlord)
Levo
Beatrix and Zeatrix's mother
Hundreds of generations of Elemental Masters
Several Cloud Kingdom monks
- Quanish the Elder
Several other humans
Within the Prime Empire video game world
- Jay (formerly; respawned)
- Scott (formerly)
A Wolf Mask Warrior^[4]

Skulkin[]

All Skulkin are undead, but Samukai was sent to the Departed Realm after his body was destroyed.

Serpentine[]

Anacondrai (all except Pythor and Strike)
Char (formerly resurrected by Aspheera, now departed once more)
Clancee's mother
Hypnobrai
- Pyro Destroyers (formerly resurrected by Aspheera, now departed once more)
- Pyro Slayers (formerly resurrected by Aspheera, now departed once more)
- Pyro Whippers (formerly resurrected by Aspheera, now departed once more)

All Anacondrai are dead except for Pythor and Strike, who are the last survivors.

Stone Army[]

General Kozu (formerly resurrected during the Yin-Yang Eclipse, now departed once more)
Stone Warriors
Stone Swordsmen (two were resurrected during the Yin-Yang Eclipse, now departed once more)
Stone Scouts (two were resurrected during the Yin-Yang Eclipse, now departed once more)

All the Stone Warriors are dead except at least one Giant Stone Warrior, who is the last survivor and is currently incarcerated in Kryptarium Prison.

Robots[]

Attacker bots
General Cryptor (formerly resurrected during the Yin-Yang Eclipse, now departed once more)
Nindroid Warriors (three were resurrected during the Yin-Yang Eclipse, now departed once more)
Min-Droid
MiniPix (all except MiniPix Seven)
Mr. E
Rusty's Mech series (all except Dragonhead)
- Rusty
K.R.E.E.L.
Zane (formerly; resurrected after Nadakhan was hit by the Tiger Widow venom)^[3]

All Nindroids from the Nindroid Army are dead except some, who are alive in Kryptarium Prison and others, who were reprogrammed and became Cyrus Borg's Security Droids. Three of them were resurrected during the Yin-Yang Eclipse, but they are now departed once more.

Anacondrai Cultists[]

Master Chen (formerly resurrected during the Yin-Yang Eclipse, now departed once more)
Zugu (formerly resurrected during the Yin-Yang Eclipse, now departed once more)
Eyezor (formerly resurrected during the Yin-Yang Eclipse, now departed once more)
Kapau
Chope
Sleven
Krait

All the Anacondrai Cultists are dead, except for Clouse, who is a ghost after escaping the Cursed Realm, and eventually got banished to the Underworld. Chen's daughter, Skylor, and an associate of the Cultists, the Mechanic, are alive.

Ghosts[]

Morro (formerly resurrected during the Yin-Yang Eclipse, now departed once more)
Bow Master Soul Archer
Blade Master Bansha
Scythe Master Ghoultar
Chain Master Wrayth
Ghost Ninja Attila
Ghost Ninja Hackler
Ghost Ninja Karenn (non-canon)
Ghost Ninja Ming
Ghost Ninja Spyder
Ghost Ninja Howla
Ghost Ninja Yokai
Ghost Ninja Wooo
Ghost Warrior Cowler
Ghost Warrior Cyrus
Ghost Warrior Ghurka
Ghost Warrior Pitch
Ghost Warrior Pyrrhus
Ghost Warrior Wail
Skreemers
Cole (formerly; resurrected after Nadakhan was hit by the Tiger Widow venom)^[3]

All ghosts are dead, except Clouse and Yang who are undead.

Djinns[]

All the other djinns are dead, except Nadakhan and Arrakore, who are the last survivors.

Oni[]

Dragons[]

Ultra Dragon
- Flame
- Shard
- Rocky
- Wisp
The dragon to whom belongs the skeleton above the Samurai X Cave.
The dragon to whom belongs the skull used by the Dragonhead Mech.
Ghost Dragons
Boreal
Grief-Bringer (formerly resurrected by the Skull of Hazza D'ur, now departed once more)
Dragonides
Multiple Lava Dragons^[5]
Fulcrum Guardians
Djinjagan Dragons (all except for Zanth)
Daidan's child
Matriarch of Fallen Leaves
Patriarch of the Northern Spiral
Matriarch of the Mountain Dragons
Source Dragon of Balance
Urd Leatherwing^[6]
Kex'k Metalwing^[7]
Egalt

Oni/Dragon hybrids[]

First Spinjitzu Master
Garmadon (formerly; resurrected by the Oni Masks)

Oni/Dragon/Human hybrids[]

Lloyd (briefly; resurrected after Thunderfang was defeated)

Titans[]

Blizzard Samurai[]

Sky Folk[]

Multiple Army of Shintaro members^[8]

Geckles[]

Geckle Elemental Master

Re-Awakened[]

All of the Re-Awakened were undead, but most of them are now departed once more.

Keepers[]

Mammatus' ancestor

Merlopians[]

Crystal Warriors[]

Anthropomorphic tigers[]

Zarkar
Several others killed by the Wolf Clan.

Anthropomorphic insects[]

Drix

Anthropomorphic wolves[]

Anthropomorphic jackals[]

Animals/Creatures[]

Lycan King
Great Devourer
Grundles (one formerly resurrected by the Mega Weapon, now departed once more and one alive in Primeval's Eye)
Guide Parrot (formerly; resurrected by the Mega Weapon)
Frost-bite (non-canon)
Elemental Cobras
Yeti (except for Krag, the last survivor)
Four Lava Monsters^[11]
Four Soul Suckers
Manta rays (at least one departed during Seabound)
Gimon-Ogu
Monster pig
Queen of Monsters
Many other animals

Unknown[]

The Preeminent (formerly; accidentally resurrected by P.I.X.A.L. and Wu, now departed once more)
Hazza D'ur (formerly; resurrected by the Skull of Hazza D'ur, now departed once more)

Realms of the deceased

Realms of the deceased[]

In the Merged Realms, there are two known realms for the deceased to exist in (originally three before the Merge). Deceased souls are normally sent to the Spectral Lands, though the realm is not the afterlife, merely a passageway for souls to transcend beyond the Ethereal Divide to an unknown existence.

Spectral Lands (passageway for recently deceased souls)
- Departed Realm (former afterlife for deceased souls)^[12]
- Cursed Realm (former prison for cursed souls)
Underworld (perdition for the souls of disgraced warriors)

Returning to life

Returning to life[]

Death can also be thwarted, but the ways that this can be accomplished are generally considered immoral, as it goes against the natural order of the world. Likewise, the consequences of such methods can prove too dire or even worse than death itself. These are some ways that have been used to defy death:

Resurrection with the help of Higher Powers (resurrection by the forces of someone who has incredible power: First Spinjitzu Master or The Overlord)
Resurrectea (temporary postponement of death, requires the deceased individual's body to be present to ingest it)
Rift of Return (requires powerful magic from the Yin-Yang Eclipse to sustain; once every 3,721 years)
The power of the Yin Blade (places victim into a state of ghost-like limbo; destroyed)
Being wished into the body of another living being by a Djinn King (possession of another person)
Killing one's murderer (or one closely associated with the circumstances that caused their death) with a Departed Blade
Escaping from the Cursed Realm or Underworld (escapee is left in an undead state of being, either skeletal or cursed; Cursed Realm destroyed)
Resurrection by the Mega Weapon (massive energy toll on user required; destroyed)
Reversing time on the corpse of the deceased (can be negated by Tomorrow's Tea)
Escape from the Departed Realm (requires a massive amount of catalyzed magic to sustain indefinitely)
Imprisonment in the Djinn Blade (indefinite, unconscious limbo for all eternity)
Oni Masks (when they are united; exclusive to those with Oni blood; two masks destroyed)
Necromancy
- Skull of Hazza D'ur (can resurrect skeletons that obey their necromancer; destroyed)
Having nine lives as a cat due to the Cat-Eye Jewel.^[13]
Within the Prime Empire video game world
- Respawning (only three times)

Appearances

Appearances[]

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

Pilot episodes

4. "Weapons of Destiny" (Samukai)

Season 1: Rise of the Snakes

7. "Tick Tock" (Dr. Julien; flashback; resurrected)
13. "Day of the Great Devourer" (Great Devourer)

Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja

15. "Pirates vs. Ninja" (Destiny's Bounty pirates; flashback; resurrected, pirate)
16. "Double Trouble" (Evil ninja)
18. "Child's Play" (Grundle)
22. "The Last Voyage" (Dr. Julien; flashback; resurrected)
26. "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master" (Stone Army)

Season 3: Rebooted

34. "The Titanium Ninja" (Zane; rebuilt, Nindroid Army)

Season 4: Tournament of Elements

41. "The Forgotten Element" (Anacondrai serpent)
44. "The Corridor of Elders" (Anacondrai generals)

Season 5: Possession

54. "Curseworld, Part II" (The Preeminent and most its inhabitants except a few Ghost Warriors^[14] and Clouse)

Season 6: Skybound

57. "Enkrypted" (Khanjikhan; unseen)
59. "On a Wish and a Prayer" (P.I.X.A.L.; undone)
64. "The Way Back" (Cole, Kai, Lloyd and Zane; formerly, Nya; undone)

Day of the Departed

"Day of the Departed" (Chen, Cryptor, Eyezor, Kozu, Morro, Nindroid Warriors, Samukai, Stone Scouts, Zugu)

Season 8: Sons of Garmadon

76. "The Jade Princess" (Emperor of Ninjago, Empress of Ninjago and Hutchins; unseen)
81. "Game of Masks" (Harumi's parents; flashback)

Season 9: Hunted

86. "Iron & Stone" (Mr. E)
92. "Saving Faith" (Harumi; resurrected, Mystake; unseen)
94. "Green Destiny" (Colossus)

Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu

121. "Secret of the Wolf" (Ice Behemoth)
128. "Awakenings" (Boreal, Blizzard Archers, Blizzard Sword Masters)

Season 12: Prime Empire

132. "Superstar Rockin' Jay" (Kai; within Prime Empire)
133. "I am Okino" (Adventure-Ready Woman, Gamer Geek, Newbie Gamer and other players; within Prime Empire)
134. "The Glitch" (Cole, Jay, Lloyd and Nya; within Prime Empire)
136. "The Maze of the Red Dragon" (Red Dragon)
139. "The Speedway Five-Billion" (Cole, Kai and Scott; within Prime Empire)
140. "Stop, Drop and Side Scroll" (Jay, Lloyd and Nya; within Prime Empire)
143. "The Temple of Madness" (Nya; within Prime Empire)
144. "Game Over" (Blue Dragon)

Season 13: Master of the Mountain

148. "The Two Blades" (Grief-Bringer; flashback)
158. "The Ascent" (Lava Monster)
160. "The Son of Lilly" (Grief-Bringer, Hazza D'ur, Re-Awakened)

Season 14: Seabound

170. "Long Live the King" (Two Maaray Guards, Trimaar)
171. "Escape from Merlopia" (One Maaray Guard)
180. "The Turn of the Tide" (Kalmaar)

Season 15: Crystalized

195. "The Fall of the Monastery" (all MiniPix except MiniPix Seven)
200. "Christofern" (Vengestone Guards)
202. "Brave But Foolish" (Vengestone Guards)
203. "Quittin' Time!" (Vengestone Guards)
209. "Dragon Form" (Vengestone Guards)

Ninjago: Dragons Rising

Season 1

18. "Absolute Power" (Levo; flashback)

Season 2

29. "The Forest of Spirits" (Wolf Mask Warrior)
31. "The Shape of Motion" (Matriarch of the Mountain Dragons)
33. "They Gather for the Feast" (Attacker bots)

Season 3

49. "Chaos Unchained" (Forbidden Five)
50. "The Shatter Dragon" (Lloyd; formerly, Thunderfang, Soul Suckers, and Morro)
51. "The Hollow Ones" (Egalt)

Ninjago: Legends

Monstrosity

1. "To Become a Monster" (Monster, Daidan's child; visualized)
2. "Fallen Master" (Fire Master)
3. "False Light" (Rusty, Gimon-Ogu)

Kai's Monstrous Journey

2. "The Ruins!" (Monster pig; flashback)
3. "Queen of Monsters!" (Queen of Monsters; flashback)

Books

The New Ninja (remnants of the Ghost Warriors)
The Lair of Tanabrax (Bunch, Moody, Tanabrax; flashback)
The Splinter in the Blind Man's Eye (Quanish the Elder, Yana)
Amber Spiral (Original Master of Amber)
Homecoming (Lycan King, Zaiden Kane, Asa)
The Land of Monsters (Kebaber)

Ninjago Magazine

61. Stranded (Hazza D'ur; flashback)
119. Zane's PIXAL Project (K.R.E.E.L.)

Ninjago: Legacy Magazine

34. Magma Mayhem (three Lava Monsters)

Trivia

Trivia[]

Although no skeletons have been released since 2015 that have arms with ball and socket joints which allowed them to move all the way out to the side and all the way around, all skeletons in Ninjago have hands made this way, except the Skulkin and Re-Awakened, who use a newer version of the hands. The reason for preserving the original hands is probably that the skeletons can be in better and more diverse positions.
Interestingly, although all the other skeletons in the show have the same design as the real LEGO skeletons, the Fangpyre skeleton in "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" and Anacondrai skeletons in "Never Trust a Snake" look like real skeletons, although in "Green and Gold" Serpentine have the same skeletons as humans.
Whatever race they are, any deceased individual's soul will pass through the Spectral Lands before moving on. However, the deceased can be intercepted during their trek through the Spectral Lands or even resurrected by greater beings as seen with Lloyd and Harumi.