Not Very Royal AU (Designs and concepts)
General lore undercut
∆-realms
•-kingdoms
(Yes they are different)
∆NINJAGO
-the central realm where most decisions and deals are made
-its first ruler was the First Spinjitzu Master (FSM), his oldest son, Garmadon, having been chosen to take the throne
-unfortunately, he was corrupted by the venom of the Great Devourer, and therefore his younger brother, Wu, is now ruler of the whole realm
∆THE UNDERWORLD
-a realm created for Garmadon to unleash his evil side as he pleases without hurting any of the other realms
-his realm ended up being the one where souls who have chosen to move on go, leaving him as one of the only alive creatures of the realm
-he got bored of the dead and decided to kidnap a mortal to have fun with, that being Misako
-Stockholm Syndrome style Misako fell in love with Garmadon and had a child
-Lloyd is now the prince of the Underworld
•IGNICIA
-ruled by Ray and Maya Jiang-Smith
-NOT ANYMORE, they got kidnapped by the hands of time (Krux and Acronix) when their kids were 5 and 3 respectively
-the kingdom was left to a temporary supervisor until their oldest son, Kai, would come of age
-Kai was set to marry Skylor from Chen's kingdom when he became king
-Nya was set up for marriage with Prince Naddakhan from the Djinjago realm
-Both of them do NOT agree with these picks 😭 (but they were kids and had no power over those desicions)
The other ninjas and their roles:
Cole-Wu's special guard he trained since his teenage years
Jay-Adopted by two regular people, Ed and Edna, is the long lost son of Libber Snakebit, former ruler over Ninjago City before she mysteriously dissapeared
Zane-built by an underrated scientist in the mountains
Rulers MUST be elemental masters (by Ninjago rules, not all realms have that rule) . Only exceptions are when the person with the elemental power dies and their partner/child is left or when there are no successors after them.
NOT ALL elemental masters are rulers nowadays, due to the rise of rebellion in the more recent generations. But every elemental master was a ruler at some point until something changed
~Zane was given his power by the elemental master of ice like in the og show, master who ruled over the kingdom in those mountains but due to how closed off Zane's father was, none of them recognized him
~Cole's mother was one who's family always carried the guard legacy, so that's how Cole is master of earth and Wu's guard
~Jay is the lost prince bitch isn't it obvious why he has an elemental power?
Other realms/kingdoms and rulers (that I've thought of, not every one is here)
•CHEN ISLAND- King Chen (and his daughter, Princess Skylor Chen)
•NINJAGO CITY- Cyrus Borg (former ruler: Libber Snakebit; daughter Pixal)
∆DJINJAGO- Khanjikhan(ruler over the whole realm, father to Prince Naddakhan)
∆CURSED REALM&DEPARTED REALM- That creature that pretty much embodies it (Morro as the Prince)
∆FIRST REALM/REALM OF ONI AND DRAGON- First Bourne (for the dragons; there also being smaller dragon rulers for each elemental dragon type) & Omega (for the onis)
∆LAND OF MADNESS- Crag-Nor (and the administration chilling there)
WYLDNESS- Zarktar (has a non-biological successor Ras)
∆NEVER REALM- That one emperor that was before Zane took over in s11
∆IMPERIUM- Beatrix obvi
∆LAND OF LEE- Lee, duh 😭
∆Mysterium- Gandalaria
∆UMBRASILVIS- that one guy that was in charge there idk his name
∆WHISPERING WOODS- the Arc Dragon of The Whispering Woods