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in honor of my birthday, I would like to introduce y’all to my favorite ninjago OC…
Meet Akuja Asare, Master of Nightmares
![This is a reference page for the lego Ninjago oc Akuja Asare. In some images she is drawn as a lego with yellow skin, and and in others she as drawn as a human with brown skin. Her hair is in long brown dreads. There are 5 drawings in total, with a descriptions all but one of them. The first drawing in the top left is of Akuja in human form, showing of her archaeologist tools, which are intricately carved and silver colored. The description reads "Leader of the best (if not only) group of archaeologists in the merged realms!" underneath the title the artist adds that [she] wears tan for the sake of group cohesion (in every other drawing she is depicted as wearing exclusively black, grey, and purple, while she wears tan as an archaeologist, a common color for them to wear), [she] does very little digging, mostly working as an on-site historian/anthropologist, and that [she] is very proud of her ornate tools, even if the artist neglected to actually draw them ornately. There is also a depiction of Akuja's notebook, with a skull on the front and papers sticking out. There is also text written on the front in Ninjargon, ninjago's made up written language, that says "this fortuitous new world." In the bottom left corner there is an image of Cole Brookstone, Lloyd Garmadon, and Akuja Asare standing next to each other from the chest up. The title is "Height comparison." in it, the artist depicts Cole as 6 foot 2 inches or 190 centimeters, Lloyd as 5 foot 7 inches or 170 centimeters, and Akuja as 5 foot 10 inches or 179 centimeters, without the hair buns that make her look taller. In the middle is an image of Akuja wearing her battle outfit wielding a sharp umbrella as a weapon with her back turned and a black energy coming out of the umbrella. The top right of the image shows a depiction of Akuja petting a small spider, stating "I noticed you were afraid of spiders, would you like some help with that?" Behind her is a dark cloud from which a larger, more scary spider is depicted. Underneath the drawing is the title "Master of Nightmares." in much smaller text, the statement "Technically the master of dreams, but she has yet to realize her true potential," is written underneath. The description of her power continue with "she can manifest her target's nightmares into reality. The greater the fear, the stronger the manifestation. These constructs can only harm living beings, and the stronger/more there are, the more difficult they are to maintain." Above the depiction of Akuja with the spiders, a statement reads "[she] wanted to study therapy to make money off of exposure therapy." Finally, in the bottom right corner is an image of Akuja holding her long hair back to reveal a tattoo of the symbol for the sons of garmadon. The title states "former son of garmadon."](https://64.media.tumblr.com/c39333322bbd5faa1b6a3df084949b00/9b0c39f3b1720c0b-7c/s500x750/4f35100b69675a27d90a633fa45540fe5bd0465c.png)
Deadpan, decisive, and only slightly disturbing, Akuja is a historian exploring this new map to try and untangle the histories of the merged lands. She travels with a cast of colorful characters who share the same goal, hoping to explain the merge while uncovering new histories along the way. Akuja wants to live a peaceful life traveling, reading, and hopefully contributing to history books. And, hey, with the merge helping her to manifest these new elemental powers, what’s not to like?
However, her past seems to haunt her, as she relives nightmares she’d long since escaped.
I see her as a Ronin type character, sometimes an ally, sometimes an enemy depending on the situation. She holds the key to valuable information, but she’s not gonna make it easy for you, and if she does, you should be suspicious. Sometimes the ninja have information she didn’t know, but she’d never tell them that. She sees herself as a guardian of this new history so may test you to see if you’re worthy. (Basically, all of her expository dialogue comes with at least one emotional revelation of some type. A fair trade off in my book 😙)
A late addition to my Aku related ramblings, but I might have her interact with Dr. LaRow. One dedicated to the past and its mysteries while the other works fervently to push into the future. I wonder what would happen if LaRow needed some information on the source dragons from her…
Anyways… 2/3 of her outfits attempt to mix gothic (both lolita and regular goth) styles with African, specifically Ghanaian, designs, even if that design is mostly just using a kente cloth overlay 😅. Uhhhh this was my first time trying out this style fusion type thing so I’m still working out the kinks. It didn’t help that I designed her first “battle outfit” from the back, making it a lil wonky from the front. Either way, I’m still happy with how she turned out!
I’m open to any questions about this girlie or her band of archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists from across the merged realms, but that is all I have for you for now. I am going to now be at peace 🕴️
(also if you know how to put the ask button in the description of ur tumblr blog i would be extremely greatful if you shared that information😭)