Hello everyone! I am here to finally tell you a bit about my Ice Prince Zane AU lolol
(Long explanation and some extra art below)
Basically, the concept is that shortly after the serpentine wars, the elemental master of ice mysteriously disappeared (AKA somehow ended up in the Never-Realm) and became the ruler and protector of the Never-Realm.
I'm not sure whether Dr.Julien was born in the Never-Realm, he somehow got trapped there too, or he can somehow travel between realms(i really need to develop this sheesh) but he was there okay-
Anyway, Dr. Julien built Zane and they bonded like in canon, except there was a woman who was friends with Dr. Julien. Her name was Eleanor, she was an owl formling who would take care of and even learn how to repair Zane when his father couldn't. Her and the young nindroid quickly became friends in the process.
Moving on, the same fake old age death scene happened where Dr. Julien erased Zane's memories. This is where we get to the prince thing lol
Ignoring the criminally underdeveloped Dr. Julien and Ice King lore, the Elemental master of ice had passed away after crowning a new king(and passing his power down onto him), who eventually took Zane in and made him a prince, passing his powers onto the nindroid in the process.
Zane's original purpose, 'protect those who cannot protect themselves' was switched out with 'become the perfect future ruler'. Eleanor was not happy to learn about what had happened, attempting to get Zane back to no avail. She could only really reach him through her daughter who worked in the castle as a maid, or send him letters. and Zane didn't realize it at first, but he wasn't happy either.
He spent his whole life ignoring his gut, telling himself that this was his purpose. Because what else would he think? That he was somehow never meant to be a prince and this life wasn't even meant for him? Probably not!
But still. Constantly being served, learning battle & strategy techniques, avoiding being robbed every time he left the castle, being constantly dressed head to toe in fancy garments, all of it made him sick to his core. And yet, this was what he was built for right? To be a prince and a king, to be served and to rule over his nation skillfully and ruthlessly, this was his purpose.
Well, at least, that's what he thought.
All of it changed on one faithful day when three color coded Ninja were captured and taken as prisoners..
Zane took a big step forward by secretly rebelling against his kings orders, and trekked down into the dungeons. After interrupting their argument by unintentionally insulting them, he met the Ninja, who had turned to look at the strange figure in confusion.
And that's when their friendship blooms and he eventually frees them and gets kidnapped by a wolf masked prick with a cult following who wants to invade other realms finds his true purpose with the help of a little bit of trauma, then makes the big decision to go to Ninjago and become a Ninja like his friends!
So yeah that's about it, have more IPZ art (used a drawing base)
