The Overlord (Ninjago)

“	My master plan has been in the works since the beginning of time. Every piece moves in perfect harmony, like the gears of the clock, slowly shifting the balance of power back to darkness. Every piece, that is, but you!	„
	~ The Overlord to Lord Garmadon

“	I go by many names, but you may call me "Overlord".	„
	~ The Overlord to Lord Garmadon

“	Where there is Light, there will always be Shadow.	„
	~ The Overlord to Lloyd Garmadon

“	All your existence, you've been powered by a lie. That the good guys always win. Sadly, they don't. I have the power now!	„
	~ The Digital Overlord to the Ninjas

“	All your existence, you've been powered by a lie. That the good guys always win. Sadly, they don't. I have the power now!	„
	~ The Digital Overlord to the Ninjas

“	I was trapped in Lord Garmadon, then I was trapped in the Digiverse. Now I am free! Bow to your Golden Master!	„
	~ The Overlord after becoming the Golden Master

“	What was it you said to me the last time we fought, mmm? Oh, yes... It ends. Now.	„
	~ The Overlord after becoming physical

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Long before time had a name, Ninjago was created by The First Spinjitzu Master. But you've only heard half of it. In Ninjago, there has always been balance between good and evil. So you know about how the First Spinjitzu Master created Ninjago, but what if I were to tell you in order for there to be light, there must be shadow, and within shadow, there is darkness. The blackest of darkness that existed from the very beginning. An evil spirit called The Overlord.

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Summary

In the First Realm, only two races existed, the Oni, and the Dragons, beings who controlled creation and destruction, and who fought each other in an eternal stalemate. One day, however, a child who was born of both the Oni and the Dragon was born. This child, known as the First Spinjitzu Master, was sought by both races as a means to end the war. Seeing that the two races would never find peace and couldn’t understand the balance that was necessary for existence, left the realm to create his own, which became known as Ninjago. However, as the balance dictates that a world must have both good and evil, the Overlord - the dark spirit that had always existed - emerged into the Realm. The First Spinjitzu Master and the Overlord fought tirelessly and endlessly until The Overlord created a stone army to finally kill him. Knowing that he would eventually lose, the First Spinjitzu Master split the land in two, the Overlord being sealed into The Dark Island. However, the Overlord saw the arrival of Lord Garmadon, and thus waited for the ultimate battle between good and evil. Eventually, his prediction came to pass, with Lord Garmadon being betrayed by the Serpentine and left to rot in the ocean, eventually landing on the island. Manipulating Lord Garmadon and starting the Celestial Clock’s countdown, which would dictate the beginning of the battle, The Overlord tricked him into spreading darkness through the Garmatron into Ninjago, shifting the balance back to darkness and restoring his powers. Forcibly taking over Garmadon’s body and regaining his true form, and proceeded to corrupt all of Ninjago. However, he was ultimately soundly defeated by Lloyd Garmadon, who had become the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master and was purged from Ninjago. Unfortunately for the Ninjas, the site of his defeat was still a foothold for him to remain and allowed him to take over Borg Industries, whose headquarters were built upon it. Taking over New Ninjago City’s infrastructure and the entirety of their computer system, he began a campaign to drain Lloyd’s power in order to become the Golden Master, a legendary being of Serpentine lore who held the powers of The First Spinjitzu Master at his peak, and would be fated to enslave the world. Eventually fulfilling this role with the power of the Golden Weapons, the Overlord was defeated by Zane, who sacrificed himself to turn the Overlord’s power against himself at the cost of his own life, purging his darkness from Ninjago once more.

Powers and Stats

Name: The Overlord, Dark Lord, The Golden Master, The Crystal King, Digital Overlord, The blackest of darkness e.t.c.

Origin: Ninjago

Gender: Genderless, but referred to as a male

Age: Predates time and reality

Classification: Primordial dark entity, source of all Evil and Darkness in Ninjago

Powers and Abilities:

Nonexistent Physiology (Nature Type 1, Aspect Type 1, 2, 3) and Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 1: The Overlord existed forever beyond the mortal plane of existence, being in the void. At the same time, he is able to manifest in Ninjago in the form of a sphere, but if the Balance of good and evil is not shifted or some external factors do not help the Overlord to create a physical body, then he is still technically imprisoned outside of the reality), Incorporeality (The Overlord is actually a spirit that acts as source of Darkness and Evil, though he needs a physical form or shell to act in the physical world), Avatar Creation and Immortality (Types 1, 3, 8: The Overlord can recreate his physical forms and vessels as evil accumulates in the world upon time. The Overlord's spirit exists independently from the reality in his void. The Overlord's spirit regenerated after Golden Power attacks upon him), Regeneration (Mid-Godly), Abstract Existence (Type 1 - Concept - The Overlord is the source of Darkness and Evil in Ninjago that exist to counterbalance Light and Good), Acausality (Type 1: The Overlord immune to time paradoxes and he is unaffected by changes through time), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1: Can permanently destroy The Balance, which acts as a force over all the realms, causing their destruction if shifted), Extrasensory Perception (Possesses thermal vision), Resurrection (He is able to summon the souls of the dead to himself and either return them to their bodies, or send them to Departed Realm), Possession (The Overlord can possess other beings, bodies, and even objects), Biological Manipulation and Transmutation (Once he possesses a body, he can mutate it, gradually causing it to evolve into his final form), Technology Manipulation (The Overlord is able to enter inside computers and machines to manipulate them, and he's even able to create his own technology), Genius Intelligence (The Overlord planned to act for thousands of years, predicting Lord Garmadon's arrival, even outsmarting, tricking and abusing the latter. The Overlord was also able to perfectly understand and use Cyrus Borg's technology and the Digiverse)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts, Weapon Mastery, Vehicular Mastery, Dark Energy Manipulation and Projection, Flight (Can use his Energy Beams as propellers to fly for short distances), Telekinesis, Existence Erasure (By possessing Lord Garmadon, he's able to manipulate the Elemental Essence of Destruction), Illusion Creation, Electricity Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation and Duplication (By possessing Lord Garmadon, the Overlord has all of his powers), Resistance to Existence Erasure (Capable of wielding the four Golden Weapons at once without any problem: the Golden Weapons can erase from existence anyone who isn't powerful enough to wield all of them at once), Mind, Morality, Corruption and Madness Manipulation (Type 2: Dark Matter is the Overlord's essence: even in incredibly small amounts it can drive people to insanity, making them completely evil, and servants of the Overlord. In this state, the Overlord can use it thanks to the Garmatron. He was able to take control of all of Ninjago's inhabitants in a short period of time), Portal Creation (Created a portal to travel from the Dark Island to Ninjago), Non-Physical Interaction (Elemental Powers and Essences, such as Destruction and Darkness, are capable of harming intangible beings like ghosts. The Overlord is also able to interact with Digital Information and Data), Transformation (once enough people have been corrupted by Dark Matter, he is able to transform into his Dragon Form), Durability Negation

All previous abilities, but greatly enhanced, True Flight, Large Size (Type 1 normally, higher with Absolute Darkness), Darkness Manipulation (In this form, the Overlord has full access to all of his Darkness-related powers and abilities, and can manipulate it as he wishes), Size Manipulation and possibly limited Spatial Manipulation (With Absolute Darkness, he can make a gigantic sphere of pure Pitch-Black Darkness, which is far larger in the inside than in the outside), in which he can grow to vastly superior size to literally eat his enemies alive), Mind, Morality and Madness Manipulation (Type 2: this time, instead of needing the Garmatron to use it, the Overlord can produce it as a natural function, and even breath large quantities of Dark Matter), Breath Attack (Able to shoot a powerful beam filled with Dark Matter from his mouth), Weather Manipulation (Able to alter the weather in all of Ninjago), Transmutation (Able to turn the Garmatron into a giant Fortress), Forcefield Creation against Golden Power (With Preparation, he was able to build a barrier capable of perfectly withstand the First Spinjitzu Master's Golden Power), Dark Matter Manipulation, Power Modification, Invulnerability (The Overlord is able to refine Dark Matter and to completely change its capabilities, creating the Stone Army, an army of invulnerble Warriors that are resistant to Elemental Powers, and were able to push back even the First Spinjitzu Master. He can also create Anti-Golden Armors)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Incorporeality, Possession, Genius Intelligence, Vehicular Mastery, Technology Manipulation, Non-Physical Interaction, Hacking (Able to hack the Borg Tower's computers and the Digiverse), Golden Power and Energy Absorption (Thanks to his technology, the Digital Overlord is able to absorb Golden Power and Energy, making itself and his machines stronger), Creation and Power Absorption (The Digital Overlord is able to Absorb Lloyd Garmadon's powers to create a new body. Naturally, this new body has all of the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master's powers), Data Manipulation, Information Manipulation and Analysis, Flight, Energy Projection and Heat Vision (With the Nindroid Warriors and other machines and technologies, which the Digital Overlord can possess if he wants to), Reality Warping, Spatial Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation and Size Manipulation (Within the Digiverse, the Digital Overlord has an exact map of New Ninjago City, that he can manipulate at will, changing the way it looks and even its gravity), Astral Projection (The Digital Overlord can make a projection of himself inside of the Digiverse, the he can use to communicate and even to fight when he's elsewhere), Mind Manipulation and Cyborgization (Enslaved Cyrus Borg and added mehcanical parts to him), Extrasensory Perception

All the powers of his previous Dragon Form, Light Manipulation, Holy Manipulation, possibly Morality Manipulation (As the Golden Master, the Overlord has all of the powers of the First Spinjitzu Master and of the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master, and has complete mastery over Golden Power, which allows the user to purify other people from Darkness and Evil, negating the effects of Dark Matter and making them pure again), Creation, Existence Erasure, Spinjitzu mastery, Transmutation, Matter Manipulation, Reality Warping (Golden Power allows the user to Create things out of nowhere, shape and manipulate matter, even completely changing its form. It also contains all the other Elemental Powers, including Creation and Destruction. It can change aspects of Reality in entire realms), Acausality (Type 1: By having the same powers of the Golden Weapons, he is unaffected by changes through time), Resistance to Mind, to Morality and to Madness Manipulation (Golden Power allows the user to be completely unaffected by Dark Matter, the Overlord's essence, which can corrupt a being's mind even in very small quantities, making them evil and insane in the process. In addition, Lloyd Garmadon possessed this resistance as the Ulitmate Spinjitzu Master, and thus the Golden Master should have it too), Negation and Resistance Negation (Thanks to Golden Power, the Golden Master is able to negate the Stone Army's Invulnerability and their Resistance to Elemental Powers. He even negated the effects of the Ninjas' Anti-Golden Armors), Large Size (Type 1), Soul Manipulation (Lloyd Garmadon as the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master was able to directly attack and defeat the Overlord when he was possessing Garmadon, without destroying the latter's body. The Golden Master should have this ability too), Elemental Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Energy Manipulation and Projection, Forcefield Creation, Power Bestowal, Water Manipulation, Metal Manipulation, Magma Manipulation, Invisibility, Smoke Manipulation, Teleportation, Intangibility, Telepathy, Mind Manipulation, Clairvoyance and Precognition (With the Element of the Mind, the user can communicate Telepathically, his opponent's next move and what he's thinking by reading his mind, know what his intentions, know things about him and launch mental attacks), Gravity Manipulation, Telekinesis, Plant Manipulation, Sound Manipulation, Poison Manipulation, Wind-Based Weather Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation (With the Element of Shadow, the user can turn himself, move and teleport through shadows), Life Manipulation, Shapeshifting, Power Mimicry and Limited Power Nullification, Air Manipulation, Time Manipulation (With the Element of Time, the user is capable of accelerating, slowing down, reversing and skipping Time), Time Stop, Age Manipulation, Time Travel, Statistics Amplification (The Overlord directly absorbed 99% of the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master's powers to become the Golden Master. Should be capable of using every Elemental Power, including the secondary Elements, which were possessed by the First Spinjitzu Master and the FirstBourne Dragon), Attack Reflection, Summoning (The Ultimate Spinjitzu Master and the First Spinjitzu Master were able to summon a giant Golden Elemental Dragon made out of pure Energy, who is also able to launch a Breath Attack), Non-Physical Interaction (Golden Power allows the user to interact with and to harm truly Incorporeal beings), Sealing (the First Spinjitzu Master and the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master [the latter also most likely accidentally sealed the Overlord in the Borg Tower] possessed this ability, and the Golden Master should too), likely Cross-Dimensional Travel and Portal Creation (the First Spinjitzu Master was able to travel and to create portals through other Realms even without the Realm Crystal. The Golden Master's Mech is made out of the molten Golden Weapons and the Mega Weapon, which were able to create portals to other Realms), Thread Manipulation (Created a giant Golden Spider-Like Web), Resurrection (The Golden mech is made out of the molten Golden Weapons and the Mega Weapon, and the latter was able to resurrect Soto alongside his entire crew)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Dark Energy Manipulation and Projection, Flight (Can levitate freely), Telekinesis, Darkness Manipulation, Corruption (Types 1, 2: Can corrupt the souls of others through his Darkness, can use infectious crystals to corrupt the entire city and beings), Transformation (Can freely change form of his vessel at will)

Attack Potency: Unknown | At least Star level (Easily kept up with and defeated Post-Awakening Lloyd Garmadon), higher with Spinjitzu. Can ignore durability in some ways | Low Multiverse level (Fought The First Spinjitzu Master as a child and was equal to him). Can ignore durability in some ways | Up to Star level with machines and technologies (Controls various machines on this level such as the Nindroid Warriors, City level in the Digiverse (Controls the entire city of New Ninjago City, and has an in-scale map inside of the Digiverse. Superior to the Ninjas) | At least Low Multiverse level (Possesses 90% of The Ultimate Spinjitzu Master's powers, alongside the power of the Golden Weapons. Stated to be equal to The First Spinjitzu Master at his peak and to the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master. Stronger then his Dragon Form). higher with Spinjitzu. Can ignore durability in some ways | At least Low Multiverse level (Stated to have acheived the perfect vessel. Should be at least comparable to his Dragon Form) | At least Low Multiverse level (Can plunge all 17 realms into darkness, then turn them into void; Capable of destroying the Balance that acts as a guiding force over 17 realms)

Speed: Unknown | At least Relativistic with Relavistic reactions (Matched Post-Awakening Lloyd Garmadon in battle), higher with Spinjitzu | At least FTL with likely FTL reactions, likely far higher (Far superior to his previous state. Matched the First Spinjitzu Master and Golden Lloyd Garmadon in battle) | Relativistic with his technologies (His machines are capable of keeping up with the Ninjas in battle, who easly dodged these attacks from Nindroids), and in the Digiverse (Shouldn't be inferior to his creations. Kept up with the Ninjas in battle) | At least FTL with likely FTL reactions, likely far higher (should be comparable to The Ultimate Spinjitzu Master), higher with Spinjitzu and with the Element of Speed | At least FTL with FTL reactions (Easly outspeeded Wu in a fight) | Unknown

Striking Strength: Unknown | At least Star level | At least Low Multiverse level | Up to Star level with technologies, at least City level in the Digiverse (Superior to the Ninjas) | At least Low Multiverse level | At least Low Multiverse level | At least Low Multiverse level

Durability: At least Low Multiverse level (Exist as dark part of the Balance for 17 realms) | At least Star level (Took hits from Post-Awakening Lloyd Garmadon) | Low Multiverse level (Took blows from The First Spinjitzu Master and from Golden Lloyd Garmadon, although he was outmatched by the latter) | Up to Star level with technologies (Some of his machinery, such as the Nindroid Warriors can tank hits from the Ninjas), at least City level in the Digiverse (Was unharmed by the Ninjas) | At least Low Multiverse level (His durability should be comparable to the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master's) | At least Low Multiverse level (Took hits from Lord Garmadon and his Destruction in Oni form, took hits from Lloyd Garmadon and his Oni form too. Comparable to his Dragon Form) | Unknown

Stamina: Infinite

Range: Likely Low Mutiversal for his resurrection abilities. | Tens of Meters with his powers. Likely Planetary with the Garmatron (With the Garmatron, he was able to launch missiles from the Dark Island all over Ninjago), Universal+ with Shadows (Possessed Lord Garmadon, who has the ability to manifest animated shadows on Ninjago to fight even when he was trapped in the Underworld, another Dimension parallel to Ninjago | Planetary (In this form, he was able to affect the entire planet, both in the battle against The First Spinjitzu Master, and when mind-controlling all of Ninjago's inhabitants), Universal+ with Shadows | Tens of Meters to Hundreds of Meters with his technologies individually, Tens of Kilometers in total and in the Digiverse (Able to control all of New Ninjago City and all of its technologies from the Digiverse, which had a digital map of the entire city inside of it) | At least Planetary, likely Universal+ (Has the same powers as the First Spinjitzu Master, who created the entire Realm of Ninjago), Universal+ with multiple abilities. | Tens of Meters to Hundreds of Meters with his corruption and Darkness abilities. | Unknown

Standard Equipment:

The Helmet of Shadows: A special helmet built by the Overlord to control the Stone Army. The latter will, in fact, obey anyone who wears it.

The Garmatron
Full view of the Garmatron along with other vehicles
Set form of the Garmatron
A Dark Matter Shell

The Garmatron: A large machine built by The Stone Army to help the Overlord to take over Ninjago. It can shoot Dark Matter shells. Dark Matter is the essence of the Overlord himself, and even in microscopic quantities, it can cause hallucinations of evil and completely corrupt even the purest of person, filling them with rage and bringing them to insanity, becoming in the process a servant of the Overlord. Dark Matter can quickly spread into the air if it's released, and it is extremely dangerous, especially in Large quantities: in addition, The Overlord can reach his Final Form when enough people have been corrupted by Dark Matter. The Overlord can also turn the Garmatron itself into a fortress.

The Golden Spider-Mech
As it appears in the Show.
Set Form

The Golden Spider-Mech: A giant mech with three legs. It was built by the Overlord using the Golden Weapons and the Mega Weapon. With it, the Golden Master can freely move around, jump, and use both his powers and that of the legendary weapons.

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius: the Overlord is an extremely ancient being, that is very knowledgeable about Darkness and Evil, as well as the Balance itself. He created the invulnerable Stone Army, which was unaffected by the First Spinjitzu Master's powers until the latter used the Elemental Blade, as well as various other war machines and weapons. He predicted Lord Garmadon's arrival to the Dark Island, and the final battle, planning how to conquer Ninjago for thousands of years. He tricked and manipulated Lord Garmadon into helping him at taking over Ninjago. After being defeated by Lloyd Garmadon, he entered inside the Borg Tower's computer and hacked and completely took over the Digiverse, an entirely digital realm that expands throughout all of New Ninjago City, and is connected to all of its technologies. He wasn't outsmarted by Cyrus Borg and created an entire army of Nindroid Warriors using Zane's project. He also created technologies and devices to extract and absorb Golden Power, even directly from Lloyd Garmadon, and used this power to create a new body with all the latter's and the First Spinjitzu Master's powers. He even used the Golden Weapons and the Mega Weapon to create a giant Golden Spider-Mech from himself.

Weaknesses: Golden Power is the Overlord's main weakness: it can easily match, if not overpower his Darkness, and can completely nullify the properties of Dark Matter. While he is extremely hard to get rid off, the Overlord cannot regenerate his body, and he needs a body or vessel to actually fight: because of this, he can be potentially expelled from a body (by its destruction or by directly removing him from it) and/or sealed (check Note for more info). After transforming into his True Form, he may lose the Helmet of Shadows: if another person wears it, the latter will take full control of the Stone Army.

Feats:

Fought the First Spinjitzu Master and almost defeated him with the Stone Army.
Created the Stone Army, which was immune to the First Spinjitzu Master's powers, until the latter used the Elemental Blade.
Created the Celestial Clock and predicted Lord Garmadon's arrival to the Dark Island.
Possessed Lord Garmadon and overpowered Post-Awakening Lloyd Garmadon.
Easily took over all of Ninjago and its inhabitants.
In his Final Form, he briefly fought the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master, though he was outmatched.
Took over the entire Digiverse.
Created the Nindroid Warriors and various other devices capable of absorbing Lloyd Garmadon's Golden Power.
Created the Golden Armor with Lloyd Garmadon's powers.
Used the Golden Weapons and the Mega Weapon to create the Golden Spider-Mech.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

Darkness: The Darkness is not a regular Elemental Power, but actually Elemental Essence: naturally, it's stronger than other Elemental Powers, and it can be used in a variety of ways, such as creating energy beams, controlling shadows and darkness, etcetera. Like any Elemental Power/Essence, the user is able to harm immaterial beings, like the Ghosts from the Cursed Realm.
Dark Matter: Dark Matter is the essence of the Overlord himself: even in microscopic quantities, it can cause hallucinations of evil and completely corrupt even the purest of person, filling them with rage and bringing them to insanity, becoming in the process a servant of the Overlord. Dark Matter can quickly spread into the air if it's released, and it is extremely dangerous, especially in Large quantities: in addition, The Overlord can reach his Final Form when enough people have been corrupted by Dark Matter. In his True Form, the Overlord can produce an immense amount of Dark matter all around his body, and even by breathing, which makes it difficult to fight him. The Overlord also altered its powers and properties by refining it, making it a nigh-indestructible substance, which he used to create the Stone Army.
Possession: The Overlord can possess a person to make them his new body. This process, other than greatly mutating the host's body, it also vastly amplifies their original strength, and the Overlord gains new abilities by possessing them, mainly the one the host has: as such, the Overlord possesses all the powers of Lord Garmadon. By corrupting enough people with Dark Matter, the Overlord can evolve his possessed body to his Final/True Form.
Absolute Darkness: A special attack of the Overlord's Final Form: it consists of surrounding his opponent into a giant sphere of complete darkness. The sphere's inside is much larger than it looks from the outside. In this space, the Overlord can make his head grow so much to the point of being able to completely eating or swallowing his opponent.
Digital Hacking: The Overlord can enter inside computers, machines, networks and even entire digital realms like the Digiverse, being able to hack them and to take them over.
Golden Power: As the Golden Master, the Overlord could control the most powerful Element and the true essence of the First Spinjitzu Master. This power can be used in a variety of ways, such as creating things out of nowhere (even entire Realms), shaping, manipulating and controlling matter and other objects, altering reality to the user's will and being able to destroy darkness and evil, negating the effects of Dark matter and being completely immune to them. it can also be used to summon an Elemental Golden Dragon.
- Elemental Powers: As he possesses all of the First Spinjitzu Master's and the Ultimate Spinjitzu Master's powers, the Golden Master possesses all the other Elemental Powers and Essences: Fire, Lightning, Earth, Ice, Energy, Water, Wind, Metal, Mind, Gravity, Speed, Nature, Light, Smoke, Shadow, Poison, Form, Amber, Sound, Time, Creation and Destruction.

Notes:

The Overlord's regeneration does not apply to whatever physical form he has (except Crystal King form), in fact, while he can come back after being destroyed in its Spirit Form, he cannot regenerate a body: for example, he would be able to regenerate from an attack that would destroy his spirit and body, but only his soul would return. His spirit, however, does have multiple powers as well to regain physical form, so it is not necessarily an incapacitating blow.
Additionally, contrary to popular belief, The Overlord was not destroyed at the end of Rebooted and is still considered to be alive by Word of God, with his current status being the official reason for his absence from the Departed Realm and those resurrected by The Yin Blade.

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