Board Thread:Theories and Rumors/@comment-43616583-20190825103237

I strongly believe that Zane is NOT the Ice Emperor, because of the following reasons. Please note that this is 100% my own opinion and we will only find out the truth in the next episodes.

In the beginning of episode 16, Akita is narrating and says 'the Ice Emperor has ruled this realm for decades', Zane also has no knowledge about the realm, for everyone saying that time in the Never Realm is different than Ninjago, saying that a couple months/days is decades in the Never Realm, then wouldn't the Ninja return in an instant? That being said, I believe that the time in Ninjago and the Never Realm is not different.

In An Unlikely Ally, when Vex mentions 'green' the prisoner kind of pokes their head out into the light, although it does not really look like Zanes hairshape, it does show that the prisoner is interested. Vex then offers the prisoner to join them, and says 'a warrior with your abilities could prove most valuable.' So they know that the prisoner has some sort of ability, and it would be Zane, because he has an elemental power of Ice, and in this realm there is ice/snow all over the place and it would be useful for the Ice Emperor and his Blizzard Samurai to rule the realm even more. They probably do not know that Zane is a nindroid yet, but when Vex gives the prisoner food, they throw it right back at him, and Zane does not need to eat. 