Ninjago history mural

“This mural will remind and help us remember. It is our collective history captured in a single image.”

The Ninjago history mural^[1] is a painting on the walls of the Monastery of Spinjitzu that portrays some of the key moments in Ninjago's history that the ninja played a role in.

History

After Hunted

After Garmadon's defeat, the ninja decided to return to the Mountains of Impossible Height, where they had built the new Monastery of Spinjitzu. On one of its walls, Wu gave the monks the task of painting a mural depicting the history of the ninja.

March of the Oni

Endings

After the Oni's invasion, each of the ninja placed one hand dipped in the paint on the wall near the mural in a circle, creating Ninjago's symbol of destiny.

List of characters appearing in the murals

Character	Mural(s)
Character	Pilot episodes	Rise of the Snakes	Legacy of the Green Ninja	Rebooted	Tournament of Elements	Possession	Skybound	Dark Island Trilogy	The Hands of Time	Sons of Garmadon	Hunted
Kai		Appears			Appears			Appears
Jay		Appears			Appears
Zane		Appears						Appears
Cole		Appears			Appears			Appears
Nya	Appears					Appears			Appears
Lloyd		Appears			Appears			Appears		Appears
Wu			Appears					Appears			Appears
Garmadon	Appears				Appears					Appears
Samukai	Appears
Kruncha	Appears
Nuckal	Appears
Skales		Appears			Appears
Fangtom		Appears
Acidicus		Appears
Skalidor		Appears
Pythor		Appears		Appears
Great Devourer		Appears
The Overlord			Appears
Stone Army			Appears
Kozu			Appears
Cryptor				Appears
Min-Droid				Appears
Nindroid Warriors				Appears
Cyrus Borg				Appears					Appears
P.I.X.A.L.				Appears
Chen					Appears
Tox					Appears
Gravis					Appears
Bolobo					Appears
Ash					Appears
Chamille					Appears
Mr. Pale					Appears
Anacondrai Cultists					Appears
Arcturus					Appears
Anacondrai generals					Appears
Morro						Appears
Soul Archer						Appears
Ghoultar						Appears
The Preeminent						Appears
Ronin						Appears
Nadakhan							Appears
Clouse								Appears
Shadow Army								Appears
Time Twins									Appears
Vermillion									Appears
Ray									Appears
Maya									Appears
Harumi										Appears
Sons of Garmadon										Appears
Colossus										Appears
Iron Baron											Appears

Appearances

Sets

70670 Monastery of Spinjitzu

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu

Season 10: March of the Oni

95. "The Darkness Comes"
98. "Endings"

Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu

Prime Empire Original Shorts

1. "Let's Dance"

Season 13: Master of the Mountain

145. "Shintaro"

Season 14: Seabound

The Virtues of Spinjitzu

1. "Curiosity"
6. "Courage"

Season 15: Crystalized

186. "A Painful Promise"

Trivia

Many events of the previous seasons are shown, as well as the main villains and focus ninja of the seasons.
- When Wu showed the painting of Skybound, both Dareth and Kai seemed confused while Jay and Nya recalled the events since they were the only ones that do so. It also showed Wu is aware of the events, despite them being undone.
The reason why there is no mural of "Day of the Departed" is that it is a short and small event that does not have an impact on the land of Ninjago.^[2] However, Tommy Andreasen regrets not making a mural for it.^[3]
A vastly simplified version of the mural appears as stickered elements on the walls of the Legacy Monastery remake.
A few errors are present in the March of the Oni intro. Garmadon is missing his armor and additional arms in the Legacy of the Green Ninja mural, the Dark Island Trilogy is shown before Skybound, and Lloyd is seen wearing his Hunted suit in the Sons of Garmadon mural, while he wears his Resistance suit in the Hunted mural. While he did wear this suit towards the end of the season finale, "Green Destiny", it was not as prominent.
Wyplash is the only Skulkin general not present in the mural. The other three are depicted in the pilot episodes mural. This is probably because Wyplash did not appear in the pilot episodes.
In the Dark Island Trilogy mural, the ninja are wearing their Destiny suits from Skybound. However, they were never worn in the novels, they were wearing their Honor suits.
- Nya is also absent from the Dark Island Trilogy mural for unknown reasons.
Despite the fact that bo staff looks like a bamboo staff in the show, on the mural it looks the same as in the sets.
Cyrus Borg's appearances in the mural use his March of the Oni hair despite picturing him from earlier seasons when his hair was different.
Lloyd's image is reversed in the Sons of Garmadon mural.
When releasing close-up images of the murals from Skybound onward, Tommy Andreasen provided additional information and trivia about the respective installments.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
Despite appearing in the new seasons, no new murals dedicated to the events of Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu, Prime Empire, Master of the Mountain, The Island, and Seabound have appeared.
- The ninja may create murals for these events when they are less busy.^[9]

Videos

We Are Ninjago! – LEGO NINJAGO – History Video

Gallery

In set form

Concept art

Murals