The Preeminent

Cursed Realm

The Preeminent

“Not he, but she. Queen of the Cursed, an evil so vengeful, she cannot cross over by any other magical means. But if Morro uses the Crystal to free her, after cursing Ninjago, there will be no stopping her reign until every last realm falls under her control.”

— Fenwick to the Ninja

The Preeminent
Information
Species	Monster
Alternate name(s)	Queen of the Cursed
Gender	Female ♀
Affiliation	Ghost Warriors
Status	Deceased
Cause of death	Sunk under the Endless Sea

The Preeminent (also called the Queen of the Cursed) was an eldritch horror who was the embodiment, and thus the ruler of the Cursed Realm.

Powers and Abilities

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Being the Cursed Realm itself, the Preeminent was one of the most powerful beings in all of the One Trillion Realms, assuming supreme command over them, and could resurrect them infinitely. Likewise, upon her death, most of her minions fell into the Endless Ocean as a result of their connection to her. She also had the ability to possess entire cities, absorbing a majority of the city of Stiix into her body. Even Water, the weakness of all ghosts, could be averted by devouring enough souls; Consequently, she was able to wade through the ocean relatively unharmed, and she became stronger and more powerful as a result. the Preeminent also had the power to disintegrate the bodies of those who entered her, though this didn't apply to portals made by the Realm Crystal, as they weren't made by her power. Her powers also extended to those she turned into ghosts. Arcturus and the Anacondrai Generals gained the ability to make others such as Pythor normal size again. Additionally, she was able to give her minions the ability to possess anything, and could allow them to curse people and even objects, with Soul Archer also being able to summon Skreemers at will. the Preeminent possessed massive strength, easily tossing aside the Jay Walker One, and was relatively unaffected when her knee was frozen solid, shattering the ice with ease. Additionally, as the Cursed Realm, she can dictate the laws of those who enter and exit. In order to free someone from her grasp, the one who banished them had to take her place, for example. However, she could also subvert these rules as a result, unleashing Morro regardless. Finally, the Preeminent seems to have a minor manipulation of destiny, rendering the Cloud Kingdom Monks' control over destiny null in order to accomplish her goals; this is possibly due to her status and thus influence as a realm, as, likewise, her death resulted in Djinjago 's destruction.

Personality and Traits

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Despite never speaking within the show, several characters and actions hint to her relatively unseen personality. According to Fenwick, the Preeminent is easily more vile and wicked than all of the souls she's converted into ghosts, to the point where she was unable to cross into other realms as a result. Additionally, she was willing to devour the souls of innocents without restraint in order to make herself more powerful, and in her conquest of the One Trillion Realms completely disregarded the consequences of her failure killing countless Djinn. Likewise, she was ambitious enough to seek control over the One Trillion Realms. She also apparently had a more calmer and manipulative side, making an alliance with Fenwick in order to gain the Sword of Sanctuary. Likewise, she preferred patience, as noted by Morro. However, she also showed extreme determination, venturing out into the Endless Sea, which was filled with her weakness, water, in an attempt to devour more souls to become more powerful. However, upon her death, the Preeminent showed a less graceful side. Even as she began to dissolve in the Endless Sea, she attempted to drag her own faithful general, Morro, to his death alongside her for little to no reason.

History

At an unknown point in time, possibly the same time Djinjago was created, the Preeminent was born as its sister realm. She would go on to function as a prison for the most wicked of souls. Later on, Morro, while looking for the Tomb of the First Spinjitzu Master, died in the Caves of Despair. As a result, he was sent to the Cursed Realm, where he proceeded to fall under the Preeminent's control.

Trivia

• She is the first main antagonist not to refer the Ninja as "The Ninja," as she cannot talk, and the other two being the Omega and Vex.

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• She was stuck in an alternate dimension and was the master of the Ghost Warriors.
• When the Preeminent seized Misako, Morro tells Wu that the more souls the Preeminent takes, the bigger it gets. While this is never actually shown, this concept is extremely similar to that of the Great Devourer, where the more it eats, the bigger it gets.
• The Preeminent is never seen communicating with the Ghost Warriors or Morro.
• If one of the Preeminent's tentacles were destroyed, two grow in its place. This may be a reference to the Hydra, a monster from Greek mythology, because after one of the heads gets destroyed, two grow back in its place.
• Also similar to Greek mythology is the notable similarities that the Preeminent shares with the Greek Protogenos, Tartarus. Similarities include:
  • Both are a place and a being.
  • Both are used as a prison for extremely dangerous or powerful enemies of the protagonists.
  • Both are not known to take a humanoid form.
  • Both have command over those who have been trapped inside them.
• The Preeminent is the smallest known realm in the Ninjago series; at the same time, she is also the largest villain the Ninja have faced thus far.
• In the Korean-translated shows, she's known as "The Ruler of Destruction."
• The Preeminent is the only known sentient realm.
• Due to her status as the Cursed Realm, alongside, fittingly, Morro, the Preeminent is the only major antagonist to appear in a season before her actual debut.
• It is unknown how the Preeminent intended to win. However, due to her goal of cursing all realms and ability to get stronger by devouring souls, it's possible she intended to convert everyone else into Ghost Warriors in her command, becoming far more enormous in the process. Additionally, devouring more souls seems to give her a greater immunity to her weakness, Water, thus making her invulnerable in the process.
• The Preeminent is so far the only known realm that is a living being and thus the only known entity that lived in the Ethereal Divide before being summoned to Stiix.
• Alongside Nya, she arguably has caused more deaths than any other character in the entire series. This is due to her devouring countless souls, and her destruction resulted in the deaths of all but one of the Anacondrai Cultists, the entire Ghost Army, and all of the Djinn, save Nadakhan.
• She is one of the five main antagonists to be from another realm, the others being Nadakhan from Djinjago, Iron Baron and the Omega from the Realm of Oni and Dragons, and Vex from the Never-Realm.
• When the Preeminent escaped the Departed Realm, the Cursed Realm was briefly restored, only to be destroyed again when she was sent back.

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