Land of Madness

History[]

Prior to the series[]

At an unknown point in time, the Realm of Madness came into existence as one of the realms. At some point the First Spinjitzu Master would visit the realm^[3] and hid the yellow fragment of the Weapon of Desolation in the Tree of Madness.^[4]

Pilot episodes[]

Weapons of Destiny[]

Contrary to what he led the Skulkin to believe, Lord Garmadon's true goal during his time in the Underworld was to escape his prison, not wield the power of all four Golden Weapons. The reason for this became clear when Samukai claimed all of the Golden Weapons and attempted to use them against Garmadon—the combined power of the weapons was beyond anyone's ability to control.

As Samukai disintegrated, Garmadon explained to Master Wu and the ninja that he intended to use the portal to reach a place where the forces of good and evil were unbalanced—there, he could gain the power he needed to wield all four Golden Weapons at once. After a final bitter exchange with his brother, Garmadon fled through the portal, which disappeared once he passed through.

Rise of the Snakes[]

Tick Tock[]

After Lloyd was kidnapped by the Serpentine, Master Wu decided to seek the aid of Lord Garmadon. Traveling to Mystake's Tea Shop in Ninjago City, he purchased some Traveler's Tea and used it to teleport himself to the Realm of Madness. Upon arrival in the dark realm, Master Wu was immediately confronted by Lord Garmadon himself, who had been mutated during his time in the realm.

Once Bitten, Twice Shy[]

Now sporting new armor and an extra set of arms, Garmadon attacked his brother, forcing him into a mud pit with three mud monsters. Before the creatures could envelop him, Master Wu revealed Lloyd's plight, prompting Garmadon to save his brother and agree to a temporary alliance in order to save his son.

With that settled, the brothers set out for the Mountain of Madness, where Garmadon said they could find a portal that would return them to Ninjago. As they walked, Master Wu brought Garmadon up to speed on what was happening in Ninjago, prompting the four-armed villain to express regret that Lloyd had tried to follow in his evil footsteps.

The Royal Blacksmiths[]

After climbing the Mountain of Madness and fending off a Cragling attack, Wu and Garmadon finally reached the portal that would allow them to escape the dimension. At that moment, Garmadon pushed Wu into the portal, gloating that he had only agreed to the alliance so he could return to Ninjago and steal the Golden Weapons—thanks to his time in the Realm of Madness, he could now wield all four at once. With that, Garmadon jumped into the portal himself, reappearing in Ninjago with his brother.

Day of the Great Devourer[]

After several adventures with the ninja and his brother, Lord Garmadon went to Mystake's shop to order some Traveler's Tea, apparently intent on returning to the realm. Before Mystake could fill the order, however, Garmadon had left the shop to aid the ninja against the Great Devourer.

Possession[]

Kingdom Come[]

During Fenwick's explanation of the realms, one of the realms he showed the ninja was the Realm of Madness.

Curseworld, Part II[]

The Realm of Madness was one of the realms Morro and Lloyd went to during their fight over the Realm Crystal.

Between Series[]

During the Merge, Ninjago experienced the convergence of various realms, including the Realm of Madness. The Realm of Madness was subsequently renamed as the Land of Madness due to now being considered as a land rather than a realm. The land merged with a realm inhabited by the Earth Dragons,^[5] while the Administration resurfaced.^[6]

Dragons Rising, Season 1[]

Beyond Madness[]

When the Destiny's Bounty arrived at the monastery in a damaged state, Lloyd, Arin, Sora, and Riyu head to the Land of Madness, where they come across Craglings and Earth Dragons fighting over the Craglings' mud. Not understanding the situation, they defeat the Craglings before being intercepted by Nya, who brought them to Crag-Nor, who, despite hostility to Riyu, explained the situation before Kai shows up, having led the dragons back to the village. With the Craglings unable to defend their mud pools, the Earth Dragons move to consume them, until Riyu drained their energy to make them leave, resulting in the Craglings apologizing for mistreating the baby dragon.

The Administration[]

Arin and Lloyd found themselves in The Administration after pursuing a pair of agents who had taken the Pink Dragon Core. Through a series of misadventures in the bureaucratic nightmare that was the Administration and reuniting with Zane in the process, they managed to retrieve the Dragon Core and escape to the Mother Garden.

Dragons Rising, Season 2[]

The Shape of Motion[]

Arin and Sora break into the Administration in order to find information on where the former's parents were reassigned to. However, the records were taken offline after Jay left. The two are then discovered by the Administration Agents, but they manage to escape.

Dragons Rising, Season 3[]

The Shatter Dragon[]

Human Resources[]

Casket of Bones[]

Chaos Reigns[]

Dragons Rising, Season 4[]

The Lean of a Tree[]

Tonight We Hunt Monsters[]

A Wonder of the Merged Lands[]

Just Under the Surface[]

The Grand Inquisition[]

Dying to Live[]

Location[]

Following the Merge, the Land of Madness is located on the eastern side of the Merged Lands, somewhere in between Ninjago and Mysterium.^[7] It is also located north of the Spectral Lands.^[8]

Inhabitants[]

• Craglings
  • King Crag-Nor
  • Rockworth
  • Arccrack
• Mud monsters
• Garmadon (formerly)
• Quealiches
• Earth Dragons
• Administration Agents
  • The Administrator
  • Jay (formerly)
  • Roderick Allen
  • SsssSsss Underwood
  • Prentis
  • Denholt
  • Karit
  • Ramirez
  • Spitta
  • Farbissina
  • Nindroid Warriors
  • Munce
  • Merlopians
  • Debra
  • Blake Donovan
  • Bonnie (formerly)
• Frogtor
• Robo Eliminators
• Mr. Fengxian^[9]
• Roby's parent^[10]
• Slug monsters

Visitors[]

• First Spinjitzu Master^[3]
• Wu
• Percy Shippelton^[11]
• Ninja
  • Arin
  • Kai
  • Nya
  • Lloyd
  • Sora
  • Zane
  • Wyldfyre
• Morro
• Riyu
• Matriarch of the Mountain Dragons
• Eridany
• Heatwave
• Zanth
• Drix
• Spectral Dragonians
• Freebooters
  • Rapton
  • Claw Hunters
• Lead Loyalist
• Elemental Monster^[12]

Locations[]

LEGO.com description[]

The Dark Realm is a shadowy, twisted place in which evil flourishes. Here all rules are turned upside down. After his escape from exile in the Underworld, Lord Garmadon traveled here. He was mutated by the Dark Realm and gained two extra arms, and thus the ability to wield all Four Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu at once. The Dark Realm is home to frightening creatures of evil, like the Mud Monsters and the Craglings. There is a passageway to the NINJAGO world, if you dive into the crater atop the Mountain of Madness.^[13]

Appearances[]

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu[]

Season 1: Rise of the Snakes[]

• 7. "Tick Tock"
• 8. "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"
• 9. "The Royal Blacksmiths"
• 10. "The Green Ninja" (indirectly mentioned)

Season 3: Rebooted[]

• 28. "The Art of the Silent Fist" (flashback)

Season 5: Possession[]

• 50. "Kingdom Come" (illusion)
• 54. "Curseworld, Part II"

Decoded[]

• 1. "Legacy"
• 7. "Beasts and Dragons"
• 8. "Rise of Garmadon"

Season 9: Hunted[]

• 92. "Saving Faith" (flashback)

Season 15: Crystalized[]

• 201. "A Lesson in Anger" (mentioned)

Ninjago: Dragons Rising[]

Season 1[]

• 1. "The Merge: Part 1" (pictured; flashback)
• 4. "Beyond Madness"
• 17. "The Administration"

Season 2[]

• 27. "Fugitives From Madness" (mentioned)
• 31. "The Shape of Motion"
• 32. "Enter the City of Temples" (mentioned)
• 34. "Inside the Maze" (flashback)

Season 3[]

• 50. "The Shatter Dragon"
• 52. "Human Resources"
• 54. "Casket of Bones"
• 60. "Chaos Reigns"

Season 4[]

• 62. "The Lean of a Tree"
• 63. "Tonight We Hunt Monsters"
• 64. "A Wonder of the Merged Lands"
• 66. "Just Under the Surface"
• 67. "The Grand Inquisition"
• 68. "Dying to Live"

Books[]

• "The Curious Case of Agent Walker"

Ninjago Magazine[]

• 113. "Hurry, Call a Doctor!"
• 117. "Agents All Around!"
• 118. "No Way Out?" (flashback)

Video games[]

• Spinjitzu Snakedown (non-canon)
• Ninjago: The Quest (non-canon)

Trivia[]

• The Land of Madness had three known methods of entry before the Merge: the portal opened by attempting to wield all four of the Golden Weapons, Traveler's Tea, and the Realm Crystal (destroyed by Lloyd).
  • The realm could also be exited through a portal atop the Mountain of Madness.
• A picture of a mud monster, presumably in the Land of Madness, can be seen in the Temple of Airjitzu in "The Temple on Haunted Hill."
• Tommy Andreasen has referred to it as the Realm of Madness,^[14] while LEGO.com has called it the Secret Dimension, Lord Garmadon's Dimension,^[15] and the Dark Realm.^[13] Decoded later used both "Realm of Madness" and "Dark Realm", with the former being said in "Beasts and Dragons" and the latter in "Rise of Garmadon." The name Realm of Madness was later said for the first time in the show in "A Lesson in Anger."
• In Rise of the Snakes, a red moon was present in the Realm of Madness, it is possible that it is the same moon present in the Merged Lands before the MergeQuake Storm.
• Although according to the Craglings that the realm was renamed the Kingdom of Madness following the Merge, it is more commonly referred to as the Land of Madness instead. This is evident in the way characters refer to it whenever they talk about the Land of Madness in later episodes.
  • The reason for this is that the ninja frequently use the terms Kingdom of Madness and Land of Madness interchangeably, and how the classification of the realms as kingdoms or lands is still a new concept for them.^[16]
• It would appear that the Land of Madness defies logic and reason, with that being the reason for its name.
  • The landscape of the Land of Madness is extremely hard to navigate through, being very easy to get lost there. Kai spent a lot of time there after leaving Ninjago to search for the other Ninja and mapping the Merged Realms for Lloyd for that reason.
  • The creatures living there appear to be chaotic and odd, like the Craglings and Quealiches.
  • The Administration is an organization based on the Land of Madness that is ruled by excessive, pointless and sometimes circling bureaucracy, with visitors with any affair with it having to wait on endless lines that can last for years and even generations.
  • The Tree of Madness is an ancient tree that is capable of thriving in a cave without any light.

Gallery[]

In Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu[]

Season 1: Rise of the Snakes[]

Season 5: Possession[]

Season 9: Hunted[]

In Ninjago: Dragons Rising[]

Season 1[]

Season 2[]

Season 3[]

Season 4[]

In other media[]

Concept art[]

Translations[]

Realm of Madness[]

Language	Name
Czech	Říše šílenství
Dutch	RIjk van de Waanzin
French	Royaume de la Folie
German	Reich des Irrsinns ("A Lesson in Anger") Welt des Irrsinns (Ninjago: Dragons Rising)
Italian	Regno della follia
Polish	Sekretny Wymiar
Portuguese (Brazil)	Reino da Loucura
Spanish (Latin America)	Reino de la Locura

Kingdom of Madness[]

Language	Name
Czech	Království šílenství
Dutch	Voorstedom van de Waanzin
French	Royaume de la Folie
German	Königreich des Irrsinns
Japanese	イワイワ村
Polish	Sekretny Wymiar
Portuguese (Brazil)	Reinado da Loucura
Spanish (Latin America)	Reino de la Locura

Land of Madness[]

Language	Name
Dutch	Land van Waanzin
German	Land des Irrsinns
Japanese	イワイワ村 イワイワの国（"The Lean of a Tree"）
Polish	Kraina Ciemności
Spanish (Latin America)	Tierra de la Locura

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