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- This article is about the book. For other uses, see Tournament of Elements (disambiguation).
Tournament of Elements is a Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu book that was released on September 29, 2015.
Official description[]
On Master Chen's island, nothing is as it seems, and no one is to be trusted. But if the Ninja want to find Zane, they must enter the Tournament of Elements. Join Lloyd, Kai, Cole, and Jay as they face off against dangerous traps, giant serpents, and the most villainous Elemental Masters. Will they survive long enough to find their friend?
Includes Bonus Pages featuring Secrets, codes, maps, and more!
The first in an epic graphic novel series of new stories and action-packed adventures following the Masters of Spinjitzu. Features exclusive content and bonus pages that hold more secrets, codes, and maps of the world of Ninjago.
Plot[]
Chapter 1[]
The ninja and Garmadon are sitting around a table, eating; Cole is stuffing his face with cake. Garmadon reminds them to be careful of Chen's generosity. As soon as he says that, Chen requests Garmadon's presence at his chambers. Lloyd insists his father to not accept the invitation but Garmadon tells him that it wasn't an invitation: it was an order. He leaves with Clouse, who has come to pick him up. Lloyd believes he will return soon but Kai doubts it while Jay chides Cole, who continues to devour the food.
Meanwhile, Chen expresses his pleasure of seeing Garmadon and returns the favor by locking him up in a cage. The ninja soon hear from Chen that they have a special training session against Karlof, Gravis, and a surprise opponent. As a special challenge, they also need to rescue Garmadon out of the cage in one hour — or else he plunges into the sea. The ninja race out the room, debating whether they should split up. But while they're running out the palace to the jungle, they see Karlof following behind them. They run into a dry riverbed which goes under a mountain and soon hear a CRASH behind them. To make matters worse, not only was Karlof after them, but now there was a giant boulder rolling behind him. Kai attempts to stop them with a pile of rocks but Karlof bursts through. Kai then charges at him, throwing them both at the boulder, while his friends shout at him in distress.
Chapter 2[]
Kai jumps away at the last second, leaving Karlof under the boulder and holding it while they escape. The ninja take off for the other side of the tunnel, only to be stopped by a giant spider web blocking the exit, with Skylor stuck to it. Kai insists they rescue her but Lloyd reminds him that she's their surprise opponent. Skylor also refuses their help but then realizes she truly is stuck. Kai immediately grabs the spider web, despite Cole's warning — and gets stuck as well. Jay then zaps the spider web against Skylor and Lloyd's will but ends up freeing them both, much to Skylor's annoyance and Kai's relief. Unbeknownst to the ninja while they're regrouping, Skylor brings down a switch outside the tunnel.
Water immediately rushes into the riverbed, carrying them out to the open where they see Garmadon in a cage hanging over the cliff from a crane. Cole manages to grab the vines and propel himself out of the water. He then uses his powers to toss the others out as well but Lloyd crashes his head into him and sits off to the side, dazed. Unfortunately, Garmadon's cage starts to fall simultaneously so the ninja sans Lloyd rush over to work out the winch, but it's too strong and they call out to Lloyd for help. Lloyd starts to run over when Gravis immediately grabs him from behind. Without Lloyd's help, the ninja are unable to keep their grip, leaving Garmadon to fall once more. Fear of losing his father again, Lloyd uses spinjitzu, tossing Gravis against the winch handle in the process and ultimately brings the cage up. The ninja hurry over but realize that Garmadon was just a hologram! As they start to wonder why, Chen's own hologram appears and laughs, letting them know it would have been too easy and they still had to find the real Garmadon in time.
Chapter 3[]
The ninja are left wondering what to do but Cole assures them Chen would let them know soon enough. A moment later, buzzers sprout up from the ground. Jay goes over to check on one and gets electrocuted as the buzzer springs to life. He recovers and they see the rest of the buzzers creating a path leading them into the jungle.
Two hours later though, the ninja are lost. Jay and Cole squabble over who should have been leader as a snake approaches from above. Kai and Lloyd shout a warning, grabbing the snake's tail and tossing it around a branch. Lloyd then turns to continue on the trail but runs into a thorn and blacks out before his friends can take out the thorn.
Chapter 4[]
Chapter 5[]
Chapter 6[]
Chapter 7[]
Appearances[]
Characters[]
- Ash
- Bolobo
- Chamille
- Chen
- Clouse
- Cole
- Garmadon
- Gravis
- Griffin Turner
- Jay
- Kai
- Karlof
- Lloyd
- Skylor
- Wu
- Zane (form)
Miscellaneous[]
- Nya (vision)
Creatures[]
Events[]
- Tournament of Elements (mentioned)
Items[]
Locations[]
Species[]
Trivia[]
- This is the first Ninjago graphic novel book to use comics from the Ninjago Magazines. The used comics are from issue 1, issue 2, issue 3 and issue 4.
- The proof that the comics were originally made for the magazines is the fact that the fourth comic uses 891504 Weapons Rack from the Ninjago Magazine issue 4 in a story.
- Presumably, the events of the book take place before the tournament in "Only One Can Remain".
- The book has a lot of inconsistencies with the show:
- The ninja and Garmadon started out all together in one room. In the show, the Kabuki had split each of them up to their own suites. Clouse also shut out Garmadon from the palace.
- Skylor have betrayed the ninja, which is inconsistent with the later events of the season where the heroes will still trust her.
- The ninja had encountered the Anacondrai serpent before they went out to find Zane themselves that night.
- The ninja fought Chamille and knew her abilities way before the Ninjaball Run.
- In the fourth comic, Ash is producing way more Smoke than in the show. Somehow, his style of fighting was way more similar to the Cinder's, a character who will be introduced 10 years later.
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