Crystalized

Crystalized is the fifteenth season in the LEGO Ninjago series. It is set for release in the Summer of 2022. The focus character is unknown, and the Crystal King is the main antagonist. The Crystal Villains serve as the villainous faction.

It is likely the sixth and final season in the Book of Elements arc, and possibly the end of the LEGO Ninjago Saga. Which elemental chapter and character it focuses on are unknown, but the villainous faction retelling may be the past villain's ghosts in the Crystal Villains. The collectible items in this season are the Weapons of Destruction.

In January 2022, a series of shorts titled The Virtues of Spinjitzu were released as the first 2022 Ninjago installments preceding Season 15.

It is preceded by Seabound and followed by an unknown installment.

Plot Summary
The ninja are back for another season with brand new adventures in NINJAGO®: Crystalized! This time they have been locked up in Kryptarium Prison where they are surrounded by some of their old enemies. Here they learn a mysterious Crystal King is recruiting a council of evil enemies. To find out the identity of this new enemy, they escape from prison and become fugitives. Who is the Crystal King? Why is he gathering a powerful counsel? Get ready for another action-packed mission with the ninja!

Characters

 * Aspheera - Pauline Newstone
 * Cole - Andrew Francis
 * Cyan ninja - TBA
 * Dareth - Alan Marriott
 * Detective - TBA
 * Fuchsia ninja - TBA
 * Fugi-Dove - Adrian Petriw
 * Garmadon - Mark Oliver
 * Harumi - Britt McKillip
 * Jay - Michael Adamthwaite
 * Kai - Vincent Tong
 * Killow - Gary Chalk
 * Lloyd - Sam Vincent
 * Mechanic - Michael Antonakos
 * Mezmo - Paul Dobson
 * Miss Demeanor - Erin Mathews
 * Mister F - Brent Miller
 * Nelson - David Raynolds
 * Nya - Kelly Metzger
 * Orange ninja - TBA
 * Overlord - Scott McNeil
 * Pink ninja - TBA
 * Pythor - Michael Donovan
 * Ronin - Brian Dobson
 * Skyler Chen - Heather Doerkson
 * Twitchy Tim - Brian Drummond
 * Ultra Violet - Sharon Alexander
 * Vangelis - Deven Mack
 * Wu - Paul Dobson
 * Yellow ninja - TBA
 * Zane - Brent Miller

Battles

 * TBA

Locations Visited

 * Ninjago
 * Endless Sea
 * Lighthouse
 * Desert
 * Twitchy Tim's shop
 * Kryptarium Prison
 * Ninjago City
 * Mountains of Impossible Height
 * Monastery of Spinjitzu
 * Secret Underground Base
 * Unknown
 * Dragon Temple
 * Temple of the Crystal King

Sets
Lloyd and the Golden Ultra Dragon is the mascot, and the Weapons of Destruction are the collectible items of the season. The set background is based on Ninjago City, darkened with purple clouds and a floating island in the center, with the Crystal Samurai around it.
 * 71759 Dragon Temple
 * 71768 Jay's Golden Dragon Motorbike
 * 71769 Cole's Dragon Racer
 * 71770 Zane's Golden Dragon Raider
 * 71771 Temple of the Crystal King
 * 71772 The Crystal King
 * 71773 Kai's Golden Dragon Raider
 * 71774 Lloyd's Golden Ultra Dragon
 * 71775 Nya's Samurai X MECH

Ninjago: Core sets
The sets that represent the Virtues of Spinjitzu episodes. These sets do not have an official mascot, but Wu is featured on most of the boxes even though he only appears in only one of them. Seven banners are the collectible items. The set backgrounds are in a cartoonish style, and it seems like they resemble the Mountains of Impossible Height.


 * 71757 Lloyd's Ninja Mech
 * 71760 Jay's Thunder Dragon EVO
 * 71761 Zane's Power Up Mech EVO
 * 71762 Kai's Fire Dragon EVO
 * 71763 Lloyd's Race Car EVO
 * 71764 Ninja Training Center
 * 71765 Ninja Ultra Combo Mech
 * 71766 Lloyd's Legendary Dragon
 * 71767 Ninja Dojo Temple
 * 71776 Jay and Nya's Race Car EVO

Spinners

 * 70688 Kai's Spinjitzu Ninja Training
 * 70689 Lloyd's Spinjitzu Ninja Training
 * 70690 Jay's Spinjitzu Ninja Training

Speculation

 * Based on the teaser trailer that was released, which showed the intro for what I would assume is Episode 2 of the season, Jay has become a recluse and is now living in Dr. Julien's lighthouse prison after the loss of Nya, and the beginning of the season is about the other four Ninja bringing him back. The only dialogue in this footage is at the end when the five of them put their hands in and say "for Nya!" which probably means they're going to find a way to bring her back.
 * Also in these shots you can see Lloyd wearing some sort of delivery boy outfit and Kai wearing his Red Shogun suit, which maybe means that the Ninja do something similar to what they did after Season 3, when they got odd jobs to not be a Ninja after Zane's death.
 * In the second trailer many different scenes are shown to us. I'm going to TRY to piece it all together.
 * From the looks of it, the Ninja are caught and all arrested for the many times they have endangered the lives of the people of Ninjago. Flooding the city was probably the last straw of it all. After they reunite with Jay and become a full team again, minus Nya, they are apprehended, tried, and sentenced. They enter the prison and hear word of a "Crystal King" who has taken an interest in assembling Ninjago's greatest foes.
 * They enlist the help of Aspheera to break out for some reason, and the five Ninja don black ninja gi in order to stay out of the public eye, hide in plain sight (like ninja lol.)
 * Aspheera probably has information on the Crystal King, but she needs her staff. The Ninja board an armored truck with the staff inside it, along with other weapons of importance, but are apprehended by a new team of Ninja made up of a the colors cyan, pink, magenta, yellow, and orange. These are ninja that have been hired by the government to fill the void of the original Ninja. The two ninja teams face off, and it's discovered that the faux ninja have artificial elemental weapons.
 * Later it is seen that the faux ninja are fighting with Miss Demeanor.
 * The Ninja are now on the run, and are running away but get the help from a girl dressed in pink (possibly one of the faux ninja who is actually on their side.)
 * For some reason Aspheera is in the Monastery and tries to betray Wu by stealing the four Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu.
 * With new info about the Crystal King the Ninja go to the Mechanic's shop to see if they can find out more information.
 * Later, the Vangelis is seen with a box in front of him and the Skull Sorcerer mask. He dons it and the markings and eyes glow purple.
 * Seemingly new characters depicted in the sets are the Crystal King and his Crystal Samurai.
 * One of Tommy's hints about the villains in the sets being there to throw us off sounds pretty damn sneaky and I could see that being true. I reckon that the identity of the Vengestone Buyer is a big big secret so the aim of the sets is to throw us off on who it really is. Is it Aspheera? Is it the Skull Sorcerer? Is it the Overlord? I don't think it's any of them... Time will tell.
 * The poster shows that Aspheera, Skull Sorcerer, Mr. E, and Pythor do return, so I wonder if the mystery of who the real big bad is is going to be brought into the show or not. Then again, they all have the Overlord's symbol on their new outfits, so the Big O is probably in charge...
 * The way that Tommy and other mfs on Twitter are talking about this season makes it sound like it's the proper end lol. No one talked like this about March of the Oni, even though that was *a* end...

Leaks

 * Set leaks seem to imply there will be a big focus on gold and dragons. This leads me to believe that we're being set up for the "Gold Chapter" to conclude the Book of Elements.
 * Apparently, the Crystal King is the Overlord, and he is the Vengestone Buyer from the previous seasons. How likely this is is pretty unclear. I highly doubt it, but we'll see.
 * The Overlord is all but confirmed to return due to his symbol appearing on the new designs of the villains this season.
 * The Gold Ultra Dragon is apparently the four original Ninja turned into the big dragon. I guess.
 * Garmadon is set to return, but as an aid to the Ninja.
 * Nya returns as Samurai X, however P.I.X.A.L.'s role is unclear.
 * Lloyd and Garmadon both use their Oni forms in this season after Garmadon's Oni variant last appeared in Season 10.

Continuity

 * Pythor returns this season after not having been on screen since Day of the Departed, and not appearing in a canon installment since the Pythor's Revenge comic book.
 * He is seen in the trailer as having been arrested and imprisoned in Kryptarium again for the second time since Tournament of Elements. How he was caught remains unknown.
 * Mr. E returns this season after being destroyed in Hunted.
 * How he was rebuilt and by whom is currently unknown, but he is likely in league with the Overlord.
 * Aspheera returns this season after being imprisoned in Cell 1 in Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu. She is now dark purple with magenta flames.
 * In the trailer she is seen escaping with the Ninja from Kryptarium. How or why this is is unknown.
 * Vangelis returns this season as the Skull Sorcerer after being unmasked and imprisoned for his crimes in Master of the Mountain.
 * How he was broken out of prison is currently unknown, but he likely becomes in league with the Overlord after being sent the Skull Sorcerer's mask and gown.
 * The Mechanic returns this season after disappearing in Prime Empire.
 * It is unknown what he has been doing all this time, but he is likely in league with the Overlord.
 * The Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu return this season, having been seemingly corrupted or engulfed in purple crystals. Their purpose remains unknown for now.
 * The trailer shows that since March of the Oni they have been locked in a vault in the Ninja's secret underground base.
 * Harumi returns this season after her death in Hunted.
 * How she was revived is currently unknown, but she is likely in league with the Overlord.
 * Garmadon returns this season after disappearing in March of the Oni. What happens to him after is explained in Garmadon.
 * He appears to have only two arms now. How he lost two of his arms remains unknown.
 * Ultra Violet is seen in the trailers as having been arrested after the events of Prime Empire. This means that the events of the Garmadon comic more than likely occur after this, unless future issues reveal that she gets arrested near the end of it.
 * The Virtues of Spinjitzu episodes show Wu using his Creation powers to the fullest extent we've ever seen it, being able to manifest entire locations and beings and impress them on the Ninja.
 * The flashback in which Lilly dances with Lou in The Virtues of Spinjitzu may be inspired by Way of the Departed, where it is mentioned in Chapter 3 that Lilly and Lou often danced outside on the terrace of their house, and Cole secretly watched.