“Essence is more than just scents changing one’s personality, it's changing what makes something or someone what they are. You’re only using a part of your powers.” - Argentavia, Ninjago: Dragons Rising
Essence is an Elemental Power used by Nerissa. Its main colors are violet, light blue, pink, red, and white.
The user can create, control, emit, manipulate and/or animate scents that [like pheromones] trigger a change in the person or enemies mood and personality, causing them to behave and/or act differently. Each essence color corresponds to different type of feeling and/or reaction:
Blue: sadness, melancholy
Violet: fear, distress, uneasiness
Pink: love, infatuation, passion
Red: anger, agitation, disdain
White: infantilism; immaturity
Green: calmness; tranquil
Yellow: jubilation, happiness, joy
Black: despair, hopelessness, death
Later on, Nerissa discovers the true ability of her element and finds that she not only has the ability to change moods, but also people and objects themselves. As stated by Argentavia, essence is the attribute or set of attributes that make a substance or matter what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity. Without the attribute or set of attributes, that substance or matter loses its identity.
She then explains to Nerissa that because she’d only unlocked the emotional part of essence, but not all the others (i.e biological, physical, psychological, soul, and non-living), she wasn’t using the ability to its full potential.
Emotional: Has to do with emotions and/or feelings
Biological: Has to do with a living being/biological entity
Physical: Has to do with the real physical matter that makes up a person or thing
Psychological/Mental: Has to do with the mind and mental functions of a person
Soul: Has to do with souls or the incorporeal and immortal essence of a living thing. Emeri explains that all living things have souls at some level.
Non-Living: Has to do with all non-living things, such as rocks, water, air, sunlight, sand, glass, tables, chairs, cars, books, pencils, mountains, clouds, weather, and most man-made objects.
Disclaimer: This is an original element and is not in the canon ninjago series at all!
