Most of the sources I’ve come across have said that the Commanders’ masks are based on the Chinese Zodiac animals and I think thats badass
However I don’t think I’ve seen someone make a list of what animal specifically each mask is so I took it upon myself to do that (with help from my dear twin sister @amnesiaskulls)
Also big spoilers for Commander stuff past Route Zero!! Read at your own risk!
Don’t expect this to be super comprehensible I had a long ass day at work so I am ZONKED
Okay the first thing I noticed is that almost EVERY SOURCE has UNANIMOUSLY AGREED that at the very least: Murvrum is the Rat. I thought the exact same thing until I was assigning each Commander an animal by researching the skeleton (skulls specifically) of all 12 animals and coming across a really funny realization: oh my god rat and rabbit skulls look a lot alike
Dw I go more in depth on this topic later
Next is Pakron! Very straightforward answer.
Next up is Addamaque (Amnesia noticed this right away lol). I had a lot of fun researching tiger bones hehe
Go my Parmith
They’re definitely the goat but this will come back to haunt me later
Okay now it’s time for the pain that is rabbit vs rodent skulls aka Murvrum vs Quenzelle
I feel like im going nuts but heres my incomprehensible analysis of why Quenzelle is the rat instead of Murvrum in more than just a design way (I reach a little bit i think but thats okay) (I could still be wrong ToT)
I don’t even know how to explain this it just makes sense to me
Okay now that we’re past that it’s time for Eva my be-something-ed (i feel no love nor hate towards her yet)
I actually love Valla-Garzo so much
Can you tell this text is mostly just here to separate the images
And now his beautiful wife who sucked to research
I was going to make the same horse joke again istg
Did you know Nyewgank’s Japanese VA voiced Dwayne in the Japanese Dub of Ninjago
“Nyewgank give me a beat”
Also Murvrum’s dad is included in this
OKAY IM ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE BUT IM EXHAUSTED AND OFF MY MEDS RN SO I’LL SCREAM ABOUT IT SOME OTHER TIME (also she’s not the dog we checked so many skulls just in case)
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okay tldr:
Murvrum - Rabbit
Pakron - Ox
Addamaque - Tiger
Parmith - Goat
Quenzelle - Rat
Eva - Snake
Valla-Garzo - Ram (Goat again)
Szanshin - Dog
Zen’ta - Horse
Nyewgank - Rooster
Turamtammi - Dragon
Dahl’xia - Pig
V’ehxness - Monkey
I am no bone expert but I am neurodivergent so I’m committed to being as correct as possible for my own sanity
