The Ethereal Divide[1] (also known as the Nothing Space[2] or the Dimensional Space) is the medium in which the Merged Realms exist.
History[]
Background[]
Little to nothing is known about the Ethereal Divide, and it is unknown if it ever had a beginning, or will ever have an end.
Weapons of Destiny[]
The ninja use their dragons to travel to the Underworld and stop Lord Garmadon. Before entering the underworld, the ninja first fly on their dragons through the Ethereal Divide. When the ninja reach enough speed, they leave the Ethereal Divide and enter the Underworld.
Shadow of Ronin (non-canon)[]
After Ronin obtained the Elemental Forges and the Primal Fulcrum, he combined them, creating a portal to the Ethereal Divide. The ninja followed Ronin through the portal and used their Elemental Dragons to find Ronin, eventually their dragons phased out, forcing them to find Ronin on foot. As they searched for Ronin, some of his Dark Samurai attacked them. After crossing some remnants of Ninjago, the Underworld, and the Realm of Madness, they found Ronin.
Inside the Ethereal Divide, Ronin planned to open a gateway to the Cursed Realm to bring back Chen and his cultists, but inside the ninja destroyed the Forges. Ronin, enraged, attempts to fly away on R.E.X. when a massive ghostly arm came out of the Cursed Realm to try to grab him. Ronin escaped and the ninja used their powers to destroy the portal and escape the Ethereal Divide. The Obsidian Weapons were lost in the Ethereal Divide as a result.
The Temple on Haunted Hill[]
As the ninja were trying to escape the Temple of Airjitzu, they opened a door and almost fell into the Ethereal Divide. Fearing what might lurk in its depths, they quickly pulled themselves up back into the Temple.
Curseworld, Part I[]
The Preeminent passed from the Ethereal Divide to Ninjago by the portal created by the Realm Crystal in order to curse the realm.
Lessons for a Master[]
The four ninja and Wu, who was wearing the newly claimed Dragon Armor, traveled from the Realm of Oni and Dragons back to Ninjago to help their friends stop Emperor Garmadon. They rode Firstbourne and her dragons while passing though the Ethereal Divide.
A Cold Goodbye[]
The ninja passed through the Ethereal Divide on the Land Bounty to reach the Never-Realm in their quest to rescue Zane.
Dragons Rising, Season 1[]
Following The Merge, events known as MergeQuakes would occur; tears in the fabric of reality that lead straight to the Ethereal Divide (referred to as the "Nothing Space" by the Administration). These rifts rose to a tipping point after Beatrix created the MergeQuake weapon, causing a MergeQuake Storm. However, the MergeQuake Storm and MergeQuakes as a whole would be put to an end after Lloyd used the power of the three Dragon Cores to end the MergeQuake Storm and temporarily stabilize reality.[3]
Inhabitant[]
- The Preeminent (formerly, deceased)
Visitors[]
Appearances[]
Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu[]
Pilot Episodes[]
- 4. "Weapons of Destiny"
Season 5: Possession[]
- 47. "The Temple on Haunted Hill
- 53. "Curseworld, Part I" (mentioned)
Season 9: Hunted[]
- 93. "Lessons for a Master"
Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu[]
- 113. "A Cold Goodbye"
Ninjago: Dragons Rising[]
Season 1[]
- 1. "The Merge: Part 1"
- 2. "The Merge: Part 2" (flashback)
- 5. "Writers of Destiny"
- 6. "Return to Imperium" (flashback)
- 7. "Mindless Beasts" (video)
- 8. "I Will Be the Danger" (flashback)
- 11. "The Temple of the Dragon Cores"
- 17. "The Administration" (mentioned)
- 19. "We Are All Dragons"
- 20. "The Power Within"
Ninjago Magazine[]
- 105. One Ninja Alone...? (non-canon)
Books[]
- Tales from the Merged Realms
- Sora's Powers Awaken (non-canon)
Video games[]
- LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin (non-canon)
Trivia[]
- Apparently, the color of the Ethereal Divide depends on which realm a person travels to, because when the ninja traveled to Ninjago, it is a brown and green color and when the ninja traveled to the Never-Realm, it is white.
- Sometimes the Ethereal Divide takes up a more cave looking appearance, like in Weapons of Destiny and Shadow of Ronin. Some of the caves have a Ice, Fire, and Earth appearance.
- According to Chris "Doc" Wyatt, the Ethereal Divide was breached prior to and during/after the Merge, other than what has already been revealed in the show (i.e. the ninja traveling between realms).[4]
- The Ethereal Divide is a direct reference to the Dungeons & Dragons location known as the Ethereal Plane, which connects all the planes of existence, which are similar to Ninjago's realms. It is described as being a land of fog, which seems similar to the little we see of the Ethereal Divide.
- It is possible that the Ethereal Divide stretches on for eternity since it has no shape or form.
- It's similar to the Wood Between the Worlds in the Chronicles of Narnia.
Gallery[]
In Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu[]
Pilot Episodes[]
Season 5: Possession[]
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Season 9: Hunted[]
Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu[]
In Ninjago: Dragons Rising[]
Season 1[]
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In LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin (non-canon)[]
Concept art[]
Translations[]
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Finnish | Eetterisija (S5) Epäavaruus (S1 DR) |
| German | Portal in eine andere Welt (S5) Grenze zu dieser Welt
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| Russian | Межпространственный эфир |
| Spanish (LA) | División Etérea |