Shadow Dojo

Not to be confused with the set.

“Those could only be obtained from the Shadow Dojo.”

“Which we ensured could not be opened, not without the energy of a Source Dragon.”

— Egalt and Rontu, "Force From the East"

Shadow Dojo
Information
Location	Forest of Spirits (formerly) Unknown location
Inhabitants	Wolf Clan (formerly)
First appearance	"The Blood Moon" 71813 Wolf Mask Shadow Dojo
Latest appearance	"Homecoming"

The Shadow Dojo is a dojo and the ancestral home of the Forbidden Five and the Wolf Clan, located deep in the Forest of Spirits. It contained all the remnants of the Five's legacy. After the Ritual of the Blood Moon, the Shadow Dojo was transported to an open field.

History

Background

Millennia ago, the Shadow Dojo was the base of operations for the Wolf Clan and their leaders, the Forbidden Five. Following the Exile of the Forbidden Five by Egalt and Rontu, Lord Argus had briefly ruled the Wolf Clan and was once visited in the dojo by Zaiden Kane, who convinced the powerless man to strike the Gong to perform Shatterspin and become the sixth member of the Five. However, Argus was cursed and became the Lycan King. Under Kane's control, he cursed the Wyldness and petrified most of the wolf warriors.

The Dragon Masters outlawed the Gong and the Mallet of Shattering as well as the Theroxian language and all teachings associated with the Five. They permanently sealed off the Shadow Dojo, ensuring that it would remain closed unless someone possessed the energy of a Source Dragon to unlock the entrance. Nevertheless, there existed alternative methods to gain entry into the dojo without the Dragon Masters' knowledge.

Shatterspin

The Wyldness

Garmadon used an amulet that had once belonged to Chen, which turned out to be the key to the Shadow Dojo. With the amulet in hand, he successfully unlocked the entrance to the dojo, only to find it deserted and in ruins. The sight confirmed Garmadon's belief that the Wyldness was indeed a cursed land. In a fit of rage, he hurled the Mallet of Shattering at the Gong of Shattering. The moment the gong echoed through the dojo, it sent Garmadon flying out of the Shadow Dojo.

Destinies

After being sent to forage for food, Asa and Buck Buck pursued a rabbit into the Shadow Dojo. There, the boy wandered its halls until arriving at the chamber that held the Gong of Shattering. While there, Asa was confronted by the ghosts of the Wolf Mask Warriors, who sensed he has an elemental power and implored for him to ring the Gong of Shattering and to claim his destiny. Unfortunately, Asa was overwhelmed by this experience and fainted, leaving him to be abducted by the Lycan King.

Homecoming

Fleeing from Lupindor, Garmadon and Asa made their way to the Shadow Dojo to unleash the true power of Shatterspin, having been left with no other options in their fight against Zaiden Kane and the Lycan King. When Garmadon hesitated to ring the gong, Asa donned a Wolf Mask and rang it, granting him the true power of Shatterspin. When Kane and the Lycan King entered the Dojo, Asa attacked them both with Shatterspin, ultimately succeeding in destroying the Spectral Crown, but at the cost of his own life while taking Zaiden and the Lycan King down with him. Once the dust cleared, Garmadon stood alone in the Dojo's dark halls as sunlight peaked through its eaves for the first time in a long time.

Between Shatterspin and Dragons Rising, Season 2

At some point, the Shadow Dojo would be resealed once again.

Dragons Rising, Season 2

The Blood Moon

Lord Ras and Jordana enter the Shadow Dojo using Energy mined from the Source Dragon of Energy in Imperium. Inside, Jordana reads the scrolls of the Forbidden Five, which she doesn't understand. Some time later, Cinder appears at the Shadow Dojo with the Mallet of Shattering.

The Forest of Spirits

The Wolf warriors gathered around the Shadow Dojo when they were preparing for the Ritual of the Blood Moon. Ras left to retrieve the spell from Arin when Jordana arrived empty-handed.

The Shape of Motion

A training session takes place inside the Shadow Dojo. Cinder and Nokt are fighting to train their Shatterspin technique, surrounded by the Wolf Mask Warriors who contemplate them. When Nokt was about to hurt Cinder by attacking him while he is already down, Ras enters the dojo with Jordana and activates his control implant to stop him. After a tense discussion between Nokt and Ras, the latter urges them to resume training in order to be ready for the Tournament of the Sources.

Official description

Join forces with the ninja as they storm the Wolf Mask Shadow Dojo in the Shadow Forest! With their climber outfits and hooks, Kai, Zane, Nya and Lloyd can zip around the dojo on wires to surprise Lord Ras and his evil army. Watch out for the dojo’s traps and the large stone that can drop from the wolf head’s mouth. You must stop Lord Ras from performing a blood moon ritual to take over the world!

Inhabitants

• Wolf Clan (formerly)
  • Forbidden Five
    • Nokt
    • Rox
    • Zarkt
    • Drix
    • Kur
  • Lord Argus
  • Lord Ras
  • Cinder
  • Jordana
  • Wolf warriors
    • Wolf Mask Claw Warriors
    • Wolf Mask Warriors
    • Wolf Mask Guards

Visitors

• Zarkar
• Dragon Masters
• Zaiden Kane
• Garmadon
• Rabbit
• Asa
• Buck Buck
• Ninja
  • Lloyd
  • Kai
  • Nya
  • Arin
  • Sora
  • Wyldfyre
• Riyu
• Writers of Destiny
  • Euphrasia
  • Suetonius
• Bonzle

Appearances

Sets

• 71813 Wolf Mask Shadow Dojo

Ninjago: Dragons Rising

Season 2

• 21. "The Blood Moon"
• 24. "Force From the East" (mentioned)
• 27. "Fugitives From Madness" (vision)
• 28. "Secrets of the Wyldness" (vision)
• 29. "The Forest of Spirits"
• 30. "Rising Ninja"
• 31. "The Shape of Motion"
• 34. "Inside the Maze" (flashback)
• 39. "The Final Game" (flashback)

Comics

Shatterspin

• 1. "The Wyldness"
• 2. "The Lycan King" (flashback)
• 4. "Destinies"
• 5. "Homecoming"

Trivia

• It was called the "Wolf Temple" by Tri Vuong.
  • It was also called the "Temple of the Forbidden Five" in a soundtrack for Dragons Rising Season 2.
• When questioned about the Dragon Masters' assertion that the Shadow Dojo can only be accessed through Source Dragon energy, despite Garmadon previously opening it with Chen's amulet, which is a key to the Shadow Dojo, Chris "Doc" Wyatt explained that the Dragon Masters weren't informed about everything that happened when they weren't present. This suggests that Garmadon's use of the amulet to gain entry into the Shadow Dojo was indeed a real event, and the Dragon Masters were oblivious to it.
  • This also suggests that even though it was asserted that only Source Dragon energy can unlock the Shadow Dojo following the Exile of the Forbidden Five, there were other unknown methods to do so.
    • This is similar to how the Dragon Masters believed that the Forbidden Five can't escape from the Nether-Space until they learned about the Ritual of the Blood Moon.
• Following the imprisonment of the Wolf Clan and the departure of the Forbidden Five to parts unknown after the Tournament of the Sources, the Dojo was likely abandoned.
• At the end of "Chaos Reigns" Sora, Riyu, Wyldfyre and Frak end up in a plains type realm that looks very similar to the location that the Dojo was sent to in "Rising Ninja".

Gallery

Promotional media

In the background of 71808 Kai's Elemental Fire Mech box art

On cover A of Shatterspin Issue 1

On cover C of Shatterspin Issue 1

In the background of cover A of Shatterspin Issue 2

In Ninjago: Dragons Rising

In Shatterspin

Translations

Language	Name
Chinese (Simplified)	恶狼面具暗影道场 (sets)
Czech	Stínové dojo
Dutch	Schaduw dojo
Finnish	Varjojen dojo
French	Dojo de l'ombre
German	Schattendojo
Japanese	シャドー道場
Polish	Dojo cienia
Portuguese	Dojo das Sombras
Russian	Додзё теней
Spanish (Latin America)	Dojo de Sombras
Turkish	Gölge Dojo