Board Thread:Ninjago Wiki News/@comment-27747281-20161122222349

So, I noticed that in the new Hands of Time image released on the official site, we can see what appears to be regular humans attacking young Wu and Garmadon at the Monastery of Spinjitzu, but some of these humans are dressed in Vemillion armor, and Wu seems to be wielding one of the Hands of Time collectibles.

Likewise, in this image, Kai, Nya, and Saunders are in the museum looking at this painting, which coincides with an image released earlier of Saunders serving ninja tea, in their Fusion suits, in the museum in front of said painting. Evidently, this means that the season will start off with the ninja paying Saunders a visit, and noticing the painting, will ask for a story on it, which will prompt the whole deal with the Vermillion. On a less-related note, we see a statue of the Great Devourer nearby, which may or may not mean something.

On leaked names, we've learned that the four-headed Vermillion in Dragon's Forge is named Buffmillion. This reminds me of the theory circulating that the Vermillion are conglomerates of multiple snakes- in this case, the name might mean more than just the color of the snakes- in this case, Buffmillion would mean 'buff, million snakes', which would indicate Ver means something, but probably not.

Most importantly, however, is Dark Island Trilogy part 3, which contains a teaser for Hands of Time. In it, Wu has a vision where he sees Ray and Maya, Kai and Nya's parents, 'forging something horrible'. He also sees the 'twins lost to time', who are clearly the twins seen in Dawn of Iron Doom, whose names were revealed as Acronix and Krux.

Likewise, we have Fusion suits, and also weapons called Fusion Blades, and finally, Tommy Andreasen mentioned that fusion will play an important part in Hands of Time, and that the dark secret Chen knew was something horrible that Ray and Maya did.

Based on this, here's my overall synopsis- these twins lost to time, Acronix and Krux, tried to do something with Time involving the strange artifacts, and at one point tried to seize it from the Monastery  with their armies. It failed, and a horrible accident happened that evidently killed them. Wu thinks they're dead.

However, Chen, who knows Ray and Maya, knows the full story and watches as years later, Acronix and Krux return- possibly sent to the future, hence them being 'lost to time'. Either way, they seize Ray and Maya, who are renowned for their forging skills and force them to make armor, or something like that, in the Dragon's Forge set where they're held prisoner. Vermillion are likely made up of several red snakes found by the Time Twins that are stuffed into armors forged by Ray and Maya, and the Fusion Blades are probably involved in forging metals together.

I think that Acronix and Krux have forced Ray and Maya to help them construct the Iron Doom, a massive machine that will properly make use of the time artifacts we see in order to successfully complete the experiment that failed so long ago. Thus, Iron Doom, Fusion Blades, and the Vermillion Armor and vehicles are the 'horrible' things Ray and Maya are seen forging.

Lastly however, I noticed something interesting- in Dawn of Iron Doom, we see the hairpieces for Acronix and Krux, one of which is the same one for Saunders. In the official teaser image on the website, we see Saunders looking at a pocketwatch, looking troubled, and Tommy Andreasen confirmed he'll play a role in it- not just a mere cameo or anything. Considering the emphasis put on Saunders lately and the coincidental hairpiece, I wonder...

WHAT IF Saunders was one of the Time Twins -either Acronix or Krux- who'd been estranged from his sibling following the accident that left them 'lost to time'. Hiding his identity with a very poor accent and alibi, Sanders Saunders, he eventually gets involved in the plot with his own secretive exposition when he realizes his twin has returned, and either rejoins him as seen in the Dawn of Iron Doom set, or else, just like Pythor did, allies with the ninja in contrast to set depictions to stop his twin, having had a change of heart while his sibling continued his mad plans. 