INTRODUCING:
The Elemental Serpentine AU!
In this AU, each Serpentine species is getting reworked! They're all getting new, more varied designs, and I'll be making a lot of new species to align with each elemental power in the show!
I'm also reworking much of the lore surrounding Serpentine, since what we are given is inconsistent, and quite vague.
As of now, I have new designs for each of the Serpentine species that appear in the show! Designs for new species to go with the missing elements will come later.
Please note that this AU is a work in progress; the designs I have here are subject to change!
Details about each species are included under the cut~~~
GENERAL AU STUFF
I decided that I want all of my Serpentine to have tails, instead of just the generals. If they have legs, they end up looking more like anthro lizards than anthro snakes. I'll let them keep the arms, though.
In the show, the Serpentine are covered in intricate details. As nice as these details are, they make it difficult to draw Serpentine in 2D. So, more for my own sanity than anything else, the patterns are getting toned down.
CONSTRICTAI - EARTH
I genuinely hate a lot of aspects of the canon design for the Constrictai. Their non-existent necks and random spikes make them look more like horrible little dinosaur gnomes than snakes. For my design, I let them keep the spikes, but moved them so they weren't sticking straight up out of their head. Most important of all, I gave them necks.
Inspiration: Boa constrictor
HYPNOBRAI - MIND
In spite of how it may seem, I did not remove this species' hood! Real snakes with hoods only 'hood up' as a threat display. I decided to incorporate this into my AU. It's not visible here, but my design has false eyes on the back of the hood. I noticed that the original design has snakes in the patterns, so I've incorporated that in a few places. I think I may have gone too far with simplifying their design, so we'll see how it changes as I continue to iterate.
Inspiration: Spectacled cobra
VENOMARI - POISON
This one has received some of the biggest changes in the AU. I felt the Venomari's extra eyes looked quite out of place in my new lineup, since it would be the only one out of a now larger number of species to have four eyes, so I lowered the number to two. I don't like the original colour scheme all that much, so I decided to take a page out of the poison dart frog book and make them bright and varied in colour. They can have a variety of colours and patterns. Like the Hypnobrai, the Venomari have a hood that can't be seen in this image.
Inspiration: African bush viper
FANGPYRE - FORM
I changed the shape of the head pretty drastically, but the colours are the same, even if the pattern is different.
Inspiration: Coral snake
ANACONDRAI - LIGHT
The colour-changing ability of the Anacondrai is so underutilized that I literally forgot about it until I started rewatching the show with my brother, so I've decided to make it more prominent. In this AU, Anacondrai change colour as a method of communication and expression. They can also change their colour to disappear, just like in the show.
Inspiration: Green anaconda, RainWings from the book series Wings of Fire
VERMILLION - FUSION
Each of the Serpentine are born or hatched without visible limbs, appearing as ordinary snakes to the untrained eye. While most species undergo a metamorphosis at a young age, emerging with two limbs, Vermillion do not, and remain in a larval state for their entire lives.
Inspiration: Garter snake, axolotl
MAARAY - WATER
According to the fan wiki for Ninjago, these guys are supposed to be eels, but I thought they were Serpentine when watching the show, and they have the same head model as some of Aspheera's lackeys, so I've made the executive decision to make them Serpentine in this AU.
Inspiration: Yellow-lipped sea krait
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AU prompt
Ray and Maya didn't last long when Krux kidnapped them. But Krux didn't live long after he did it.
Kai and Nya tell the Ninja about how their parents went missing. They also tell when their parents came back and brought with them a confused, but happy to be above-ground snake army.
Ignacia turns out to be very Serpentine-friendly .
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Card of the Day: Power-Kick
German name: Kraftkick
Featured character: Cole Brookstone, Vermillion warrior
Series 3
Number: 129
Type: action card
English description: Remove up to three opposing Allies from the arena and return them to their owners' discard pile. Miss your next turn.
German description: Entferne bis zu drei gegnerische Verbündete aus der Arena und lege sie auf den Ablagestapel ihrer Besitzer. Setze deinen nächsten Zug aus.
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Day 3 of NinjagoVDay2024 on IG
This fan season is currently unnamed as of right now.
It’s mostly a concept idea that’s set before Hands of Time (right after Skybound but since that technically didn’t happen canonically something else had to take place aside from the Ninja leaving stardom behind). Basically, Sam is finally facing her fears of the one Anacondrai Warrior who not only survived Pythor’s feeding frenzy but he’s been tormenting her for years and she is supposed to achieve her true potential then.
This fan season would also utilize the Vermillion as a horror concept instead. I know they are supposed to be in Hands of Time instead but they do not fit the time travel theme. They felt more like a body horror theme instead, especially with my headcanons back on Tumblr. I’ll expand another day.
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