Serpentine

The Serpentine are an ancient race of snake people that once ruled Ninjago. At an unknown point in time, they were locked away in 5 seperate tombs, one for each tribe. The five tribes are the Hypnobrai, Fangpyre, Venomari, Constrictai, and the Anacondrai. The Constrictai and Anacondrai are currently not manufactured in sets.

Ranks
There are four ranks for the Serpentine
 * 1) General
 * 2) Warrior
 * 3) Soldier
 * 4) Scout

Biology
The Serpentine generally appear as scaly humanoids with snake-like heads. This differs in the case of the generals, who have snake tails instead of legs, though they retain arms. Only generals have snake tails, and as soon as a different snake takes dominance in a tribe, its legs will become a tail and the conquered Serpentine will have its tail replaced by legs. All of the tribes have unique abilities. The Hypnobrai can control others by eye-to-eye contact, or put in place post-hypnotic commands, essentially turning the target into an unaware spy, allowing the Serpentine who did the hypnotizing to see whatever the victim sees. The Fangpyre can turn anything they bite into a snake or something snake-like. In the case of mechanical objects, the machine takes on snake-like attributes, whereas living victims slowly become Serpentine themselves. Interestingly, though the Fangpyre are red, the snakes they create are green. The Venomari have resistance to acid, and will dive into the toxic bogs for refuge. Their venom is a powerful hallucinogen which instills panic in the victim. The Constrictai have powerful squeezing bodies and are skilled tunnelors, and may have other powers which have not yet been made clear. The Anocondrai, which are extinct, save Pythor, appear to be the most devious tribe and have stealth abilities. Skales' and Fangtom's dialogue shows that they know one another from before their centuries of imprisonment, meaning that the Serpentine can live for hundreds of years. It is unclear if there are female Serpentine. Lloyd dictates that no girls are allowed in his treehouse, which means either that all the builders were male and the females were elsewhere, that there is no apparent way to tell the difference and that Lloyd thus did not care, or that female Serpentine do not exist. Certainly none of the named characters appear to be female. In the background amongst the Hypnobrai can be seen snakes without limbs who are identical in appearance to regular snakes. It is unclear if they are Serpentine or just snakes.

Hypnobrai

 * Skales
 * Slithraa
 * Mezmo
 * Rattla

Fangpyre

 * Fangtom
 * Fangdam
 * Fang-Suei
 * Snappa

Venomari

 * Acidicus
 * Lizaru
 * Spitta
 * Lasha
 * hitto

Constrictai

 * Skalidor
 * Snike
 * Chokun
 * Bytar

Anacondrai

 * Pythor P. Chumsworth