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This article is about the island as it's present in the Legends of Chima theme. For more information on Ninjago's realms it is a part of, visit the article about the Merged Realms.

Chima is a floating island within the Wyldness with a distinct characteristic: CHI from Mount Cavora. Besides this unique trait, the land of Chima has a rich variety of biomes, such as forests, jungles, mountains, and swamps.

What separates Chima from any other island is its unique chemical called Chi, bestowed by Mount Cavora to twelve species of animals, all of which evolved due to the chemical's effects. They evolved sapience and developed tribes for their respective species: Lions, Eagles, Gorillas, Crocodiles, Wolves, Bears, RhinosRavens, Skunks, Foxes, Beavers, and Peacocks. Outside of the main tribes, there are Scorpions, Bats, and Spiders, native to The Outlands.

Before the Illumination, Chima's fauna was drastically different, inhabited mostly by cold-climate species. They are the Saber-Tooth Tigers, Mammoths, Vultures, and Tunnel Cats, survivors of an episode of war at that time.

CHI is the crucial component of Chima's society; it's essential for a multitude of uses, a few of which are

  • powering machinery, as seen on every LEGO Legends of Chima set, where the vehicles have an exclusive plug for Chi;
  • empowering oneself in battle by plugging it inside armor.

Also, Chi is essential in maintaining the land's stability. As revealed by Lagravis, when one tribe has too much or too little CHI, there will be earthquakes and other natural disasters until it's balanced.

Borders[]

The land of Chima is ringed by a rim of dense, hazardous jungle known as the Outlands. The actual continent of Chima itself is a massive, floating landmass directly above a super-sized environment.

Locations[]

Written Language[]

Dom de la Whoosh's autograph written in the Characters of the Chima Language.

Chima has its own written language of characters that sound out words. Most information about this is unknown but it has appeared in several episodes.

Page 48 of the Season 2 "Quest for Chima" activity Book, reveals that the Chima alphabet is a substitution cipher, a code that replaces English letters with symbols.

Trivia[]

  • Legends of Chima is its own standalone theme. However, it appears as a cameo in LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, as one of the Sixteen Realms.
    • According to Tommy Andreasen, the First Spinjitzu Master may have brought the Serpentine from Chima. One hint at this is the blue orb on Pythor's chest.[1] This is contradicted by the creators of Legends of Chima claiming that they specifically did not include snakes in the TV series, because there were already snake people in Ninjago.[2]
  • Chi is a word present in multiple languages, whose meanings are all represented inside the worldbuilding of 'Legends of Chima'
    • In Japanese, the word "chi" means land and knowledge[3], referenced in the series through Chi's capabilities of evolving knowledge in animals, and the land of Chima itself;
    • "With its roots in traditional Chinese culture, Chi (also spelled qi) refers to the vital life force or energy that runs through all living beings. It is the essence of existence that flows through each of us, uniting the body, mind and spirit. It is what makes us alive." [4]. LoC's Chi fits this description.
    • "In the religious thought of the Igbo of Nigeria, 'chi' is a personalized providence from God, a spark of divine being given by God to man"[5], referenced in the series through Chi being given and created by the Phoenixes, who personalized the animals from Chima into beings that resemble them. In the same language, Chima also means "God knows why he created the bearer. God is looked upon to provide and protect the name bearer.", also referenced by the series through the Phoenixes, who erected Mount Cavora from the ground and sculpted it with the heads of each respective modern tribe.[6]
  • In the TV Series, Chima is shown to be much smaller than one would think, as The Eagle Spires are visible from the Lion Temple. This is due to Chima being a flat island.
  • It was revealed in the Season three finale that Chima is a floating island above a much larger world.
  • The footage of Chima seen in "Curseworld, Part II" is edited stock footage from "Ravens vs. Eagles," the fifteenth episode of Legends of Chima's first season. In the Ninjago version, Laval and Cragger stop moving after Laval says "where'd you guys come from?", while in the original episode, Laval and Cragger have more lines directly after that.
  • According to Tommy Andreasen, Chima would have been in Season 10 of Ninjago but it did not make the final cut as it was left out during production.[7][8]
  • Legends of Chima and Ninjago exist as fictional worlds within Nexo Knights, another LEGO theme.[9]
  • The TV series was animated by M2Film, the same studio that animated the early Ninjago set commercials.
  • Tommy Andreasen once wrote a crossover with Ninjago, but it was never produced.[10] This would have been the story, as described by Andreasen: "Jay was watching Chima on TV. Dreamed about an adventure with Eris. Other ninja and animals showed up. Spinjitzu vs CHI."[11] "It was a misunderstanding. But there was CHI powered Spinjitzu." [12] "But then Jay called Nya Eris by mistake and made her mad."[13]
  • There are no dragons in Chima because "Chima is about animals" and "it's more pure without dragons."[14]
  • A passageway to The Sixteen Realms from LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu exists beneath the Forever Rock.[15]

References[]

  1. https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/792062045621452800
  2. https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/798281171436183552
  3. https://www.tanukiki.com/chi-meaning-japanese/#:~:text=land/place%20(written%20as%20%E5%9C%B0)%2C%20and%20wisdom%20(%E7%9F%A5).
  4. https://www.acupuncturethatworks.co.uk/chi-what-is-it/#:~:text=With%20its%20roots%20in%20traditional%20Chinese%20culture%2C%20Chi%20(also%20spelled%20qi)%20refers%20to%20the%20vital%20life%20force%20or%20energy%20that%20runs%20through%20all%20living%20beings.%20It%20is%20the%20essence%20of%20existence%20that%20flows%20through%20each%20of%20us%2C%20uniting%20the%20body%2C%20mind%20and%20spirit.%20It%20is%20what%20makes%20us%20alive.
  5. https://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=11954041X#:~:text=%27chi%27%20is%20a%20personalized%20providence%20from%20God%2C%20a%20spark%20of%20divine%20being%20given%20by%20God%20to%20man
  6. https://onlinenigeria.com/nigeriannames/ad.php?blurb=489#:~:text=Chima%20translates%20to%20%22God%20knows%20why%20he%20created%20the%20bearer.%20God%20is%20looked%20upon%20to%20provide%20and%20protect%20the%20name%20bearer.%22
  7. https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1302875780469395456
  8. https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1372908564482756608
  9. https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1166682302279294977
  10. https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/789495913530134528
  11. https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/789582419477270528
  12. https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/789712142727520257
  13. https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/789829398069379072
  14. https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/802604820544811008
  15. https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/795726933149499393
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