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* InstantHumiliationJustAddYoutube: Breaking any of the Imperium's restrictive (or sometimes just ''insane'') laws means getting dragged off and put in front of a camera, live-streamed to the entire kingdom so everyone in the Imperium can know you did wrong.

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* InstantHumiliationJustAddYoutube: InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube: Breaking any of the Imperium's restrictive (or sometimes just ''insane'') laws means getting dragged off and put in front of a camera, live-streamed to the entire kingdom so everyone in the Imperium can know you did wrong.



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* TheCaligula: The undisputed and completely nuts ruler of the Imperium. In-between being treated like a god by her people, she passes laws like making giant shoulder-pads mandatory on weekdays.
* EvilLaugh: One of the first things we see her doing is letting out one of these, [[spoiler:to a captive Zane.]]

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* TheCaligula: The undisputed and completely nuts ruler of the Imperium. In-between In between being treated like a god by her people, she passes laws like making giant shoulder-pads mandatory on weekdays.
* EvilLaugh: One of the first things we see her doing is letting out one of these, [[spoiler:to a captive Zane.]]Source Dragon]].



* ShouldersOfDoom: Her outfit includes some giant golden shoulder-pads. And being a dedicated fashionista, she insisted all her subjects would wear them as well. Or ''else''.

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* ShouldersOfDoom: Her outfit includes some giant golden shoulder-pads.shoulder pads. And being a dedicated fashionista, she insisted all her subjects would wear them as well. Or ''else''.



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* BadBoss: Rare is the scene where he's not snarling at, insulting or threatening those who work under him.

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* BadBoss: Rare is the scene where he's not snarling at, insulting insulting, or threatening those who work under him.



* FantasticRacism: Is briefly subjected to this, being called an "Outsider" by Beatrix. Given his very humanoid animal appearance, it's possible that Ras is from [[WesternAnimation/LegendsOfChima Chima]].



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->'''Debut:''' Crossroads Carnival
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: A demented, hammy loon who constantly talks stage-talk, but Dr. [=LaRow=] explains in her first scene that despite this she's not seen anyone as skilled as him in energy draining techniques.

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* BunnyEarsLawyer: A demented, hammy loon who constantly talks stage-talk, but Dr. [=LaRow=] explains in her first scene that despite this she's not seen anyone as skilled as him in energy draining energy-draining techniques.



* ItsAllAboutMe: Abducted Whack-Rats and drained them of their life-force solely to make his show look better, just because he couldn't stand the idea of people ''not'' attending his show.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Abducted Whack-Rats and drained them of their life-force life force solely to make his show look better, just because he couldn't stand the idea of people ''not'' attending his show.



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* BitchInSheepsClothing: When Sora was a child, she wanted nothing more than to meet [=LaRow=]. When she did so, via inventing a device that created holograms, [=LaRow=] showed up and offered her a job, only to reveal almost immediately she wanted to weaponize Sora's inventions via sucking the life out of dragons.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: When Sora was a child, she wanted nothing more than to meet [=LaRow=]. When she did so, via by inventing a device that created holograms, [=LaRow=] showed up and offered her a job, only to reveal almost immediately she wanted to weaponize Sora's inventions via by sucking the life out of dragons.



->'''Debut:''' Return to Imperium (flashback)
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* BigBad: As the Empress of the Imperium.


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* EvilLaugh: One of the first things we see her doing is letting out one of these, [[spoiler:to a captive Zane.]]


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* OrcusOnHisThrone: Tends not to get involved in the affairs of her minions for the first half of season 1, though in fairness she is the head of a whole civilization, so she shouldn't ''have'' to get involved.
* ShouldersOfDoom: Her outfit includes some giant golden shoulder-pads. And being a dedicated fashionista, she insisted all her subjects would wear them as well. Or ''else''.
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* FantasticRacism: Obviously, towards dragons. But also to any and all outsiders as well.


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* ReflexiveRemarkOfReverence: Any mention of the Empress is met with "all glory to the good empress!"
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* InformedSpecies: He's stated to be a tiger but the elongated snout and black fur makes him resemble more of wolf.

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* {{Cult}}: The entire population is a cult of personality to Empress Beatrix, with her picture hanging on the wall of every room and people expected to reflexively praise her whenever she's mentioned (all glory to the empress!), and they'll go along with any proclamation she makes, no matter how ridiculous.
* InstantHumiliationJustAddYoutube: Breaking any of the Imperium's restrictive (or sometimes just ''insane'') laws means getting dragged off and put in front of a camera, live-streamed to the entire kingdom so everyone in the Imperium can know you did wrong.



* TheCaligula: The undisputed and completely nuts ruler of the Imperium. In-between being treated like a god by her people, she passes laws like making giant shoulder-pads mandatory on weekdays.



* InformedSpecies: He's stated to be a tiger but the elongated snout and black fur makes resemble more of wolf.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: When Sora was a child, she wanted nothing more than to meet [=LaRow=]. When she did so, via inventing a device that created holograms, [=LaRow=] showed up and offered her a job, only to reveal almost immediately she wanted to weaponize Sora's inventions via sucking the life out of dragons.


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* YouAreNumberSix: Some of the other scientists in her lab named one of the dragons, suggesting ''some'' level of attachment. She just refers to them by numerical designation.
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* FacialMarkings: The left side of her face.


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* OneWayVisor: Wears it to cover his eyes.


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* FacialMarkings: Three markings on her right cheek.


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* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: She and Sora (as Ana at the time) were in the same class when they were kids, but Jordana was oblivious to her.
* FacialMarkings: Three markings on her right cheek, like Dr. [=LaRow=].
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: To the rest of the merged realms, the Imperium looks like an impressive, shining utopia, because they've been hiding what they're doing from everyone.



* BadBoss: Rare is the scene where he's not snarling at, insulting or threatening those who work under him.



* EmbarrassedByAChild: His insistences that Riyu was hard to capture, yet a teenager named Percival caught him and brought him to Empress Beatrix on a hoverboard.

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* EmbarrassedByAChild: His insistences He insists that Riyu was hard to capture, yet a teenager named Percival caught him and brought him to Empress Beatrix on a hoverboard.


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* LazyBackup: When Rapton calls him for assistance in "The Merge: Part 2", he refuses to lift a finger, leaving Rapton and his men to get pummelled, because it wasn't what he's ''really'' after.


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* BunnyEarsLawyer: A demented, hammy loon who constantly talks stage-talk, but Dr. [=LaRow=] explains in her first scene that despite this she's not seen anyone as skilled as him in energy draining techniques.
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: His show was one of the most beloved in the Crossroads Carnival, and might've remained that way if he hadn't decided to abduct people and use them as living batteries, something Arin even calls him on.


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* ItsAllAboutMe: Abducted Whack-Rats and drained them of their life-force solely to make his show look better, just because he couldn't stand the idea of people ''not'' attending his show.
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* MeaningfulName: Imperium means "absolute power", fititng for a totalitarian, perfectionist empire.

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* EmbarrassedByAChild: His insistences that Riyu was hard to capture, yet a teenager named Percival caught him and brought him to Empress Beatrix on a hoverboard.


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* MeaningfulName: Imperium means "absolute power", fititng for a totalitarian, perfectionist empire.



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* HateSink: A power hungry tyrant whose empire is built on abused dragons and lies.

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* HateSink: A power hungry power-hungry tyrant whose empire is built on abused dragons and lies.



* ItsAllAboutMe: She outright declares that her own personal power is all what matters, no matter who gets hurt in that pursuit of power. [[spoiler:It comes to the point she simply does not ''care'' she lost most of the dragons the Imperium imprisoned; her wounded pride from the Ninja managing to score such a significant victory is far more important to her than Ras's plan, deciding to seek out and destroy the Ninja personally.]]

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* ItsAllAboutMe: She outright declares that her own personal power is all what that matters, no matter who gets hurt in that pursuit of power. [[spoiler:It comes to the point she simply does not ''care'' she lost most of the dragons the Imperium imprisoned; her wounded pride from the Ninja managing to score such a significant victory is far more important to her than Ras's plan, deciding to seek out and destroy the Ninja personally.]]



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* FatalFlaw: His temper. He's very easily angered when things don't go his way, [[spoiler:which Arin and Sora exploit in "The Battle of the Second Monastery", which causes him to accidentally break the container Riyu is trapped in, allowing him to power up Sora.]]

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* FatalFlaw: His temper. He's very easily angered when things don't go his way, [[spoiler:which Arin and Sora exploit in "The Battle of the Second Monastery", which causes him to accidentally break the container Riyu is trapped in, allowing him to power up Sora.]]Sora]].



* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: By the end of the first half of the season, Ras being defeated by the Ninja and losing all but one of the Imperium’s dragons leads to him being stripped of his title as captain of the Claws of Imperium and thrown into the Imperium dungeons.]]

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* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: By [[spoiler:By the end of the first half of the season, Ras being defeated by the Ninja and losing all but one of the Imperium’s dragons leads to him being stripped of his title as captain of the Claws of Imperium and thrown into the Imperium dungeons.]]



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->'''Debut:''' Return to Imperium (flashback)
->'''Voiced by:''' Diana Kaarina



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* ItsAllAboutMe: She outright declares that her own personal power is all what matters, no matter who gets hurt in that pursuit of power.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: She outright declares that her own personal power is all what matters, no matter who gets hurt in that pursuit of power. [[spoiler:It comes to the point she simply does not ''care'' she lost most of the dragons the Imperium imprisoned; her wounded pride from the Ninja managing to score such a significant victory is far more important to her than Ras's plan, deciding to seek out and destroy the Ninja personally.]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:In the end of the first half of Season 1, she loses almost all of the dragons her men captured, which results in her losing her temper, ignoring Ras's pleas to put her pride aside for the greater plan, ultimately [[YouHaveFailedMe imprisoning him]], and decides to seek out the Ninja herself.]]



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* TheDragon: He's the leader of the Claws of Imperium and reports directly to Beatrix. [[spoiler:By the end of Season 1's first half, however, after all of the dragons except the Source Dragon are freed, she imprisons him.]]
* FatalFlaw: His temper. He's very easily angered when things don't go his way, [[spoiler:which Arin and Sora exploit in "The Battle of the Second Monastery", which causes him to accidentally break the container Riyu is trapped in, allowing him to power up Sora.]]


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* DumbMuscle: He often misuses or mispronounces large words, and prefers to use brute force to solve his problems.
* HiddenDepths: "The Calm Inside" reveals that he collects porcelain unicorns, and shows little shame in liking them, stating that they're cool because "they have horns on their faces".


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* LackOfEmpathy: A result of her ForScience attitude, draining innocent dragons of life does nothing to faze her.

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* CatsAreMean: A humanoid tiger who's also a villain.

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* HumongousMecha: [[spoiler:She brings one out at the end of Season 1's first half as she prepares to handle things herself once Ras has failed for the last time.]]



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* TheHeavy: He serves this role in the Claws of Imperium, even suggesting to Ras that the former wants him in this role outright when he's recruited.


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* DirtyCoward: After Arin and Sora are free and able to properly confront her, she immediately flees to get Ras' help, noting that she doesn't do combat.
* MadScientist: Nothing will stop her from making advancements in the scientific field for Imperium, with torturing dragons being nothing close to a bother for her.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Downplayed. The Imperium have a black and gold aesthetic, and their goal is to hunt and exploit dragons, similar to the Dragon Hunters. That said, they're much more organized, their views are far more ingrained into the Imperium's society due to propaganda (whereas the Dragon Hunters suffered from quite a bit of infighting), and their technology is far more futuristic rather than ''Film/MadMax''-inspired.

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[[folder:Beatrix Vespasian-Orus]]
->'''Debut:''' The Merge: Part 2
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The Empress of Imperium, and the leader of the Claws of Imperium.

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* HateSink: A power hungry tyrant whose empire is built on abused dragons and lies.

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* HateSink: A power hungry tyrant whose empire is built on abused dragons ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To almost every prior villainous group. Whereas most of the antagonistic groups in the show were heavily rooted in some aspect of Ninjago's mythology, generally being some part of its past, the Imperium are from another realm entirely, and lies.most of the previous groups relied upon magic, whereas the Imperium use futuristic technology (albeit [[{{Magitek}} powered by the Source Dragons]]).
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Downplayed. The Imperium have a black and gold aesthetic, and their goal is to hunt and exploit dragons, similar to the Dragon Hunters. That said, they're much more organized, their views are far more ingrained into the Imperium's society due to propaganda (whereas the Dragon Hunters suffered from quite a bit of infighting), and their technology is far more futuristic rather than ''Film/MadMax''-inspired.


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* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: By the end of the first half of the season, Ras being defeated by the Ninja and losing all but one of the Imperium’s dragons leads to him being stripped of his title as captain of the Claws of Imperium and thrown into the Imperium dungeons.]]

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* WakeUpCallBoss: Arin and Sora do generally well in "The Merge: Part 1" until Ras shows up to salvage Rapton's failure to capture Riyu, quickly defeating Arin and Sora in the process.


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* ButtMonkey: In just the opening two-parter, Riyu, a baby dragon, manages to escape him, Ras is forced to bail him out, and due to Beatrix's plan hinging on the Ninja and Dragon Matriarch finding each other, is completely humiliated by the end of it.
* StarterVillain: He's the first threat Arin and Sora face in the series, and establishes the Imperium as the antagonists of ''Dragons Rising''.
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The Empress of Imperium, and the leader of the Claws of Emperium.

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A scientist who works under Dr. [=LaRow=], having been jealous of Sora all her life while the two were in school together.
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->'''Debut:''' Beyond Madness
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A scientist working for the Imperium, intent on doing her part to serve her Empress, regardless of the ethical costs.
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!!The Claws of Imperium
[[folder:Beatrix Vespasian-Orus]]
->'''Debut:''' The Merge: Part 2
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The Empress of Imperium, and the leader of the Claws of Emperium.
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The former leader of the Claws of Imperium.
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A Dragon Hunter that works for the Imperium.
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[[folder:Dorama]]
->'''Debut:''' Crossroads Carnival
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A famous pyrotechnician that once partook in the Crossroads Carnival, only to seek out desperate and less ethical means to improve his stage effects and fireworks to outdo competition from other realms. He's eventually recruited into the Claws of Imperium by Ras.
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