Arin Nived[2] is one of the two tritagonists (alongside Sora) of the Ninjago franchise, debuting as one of the two main protagonists of the animated series, Ninjago: Dragons Rising.
He was one of Lloyd's ninja students and Sora’s best friend who is the first known person to teach himself Spinjitzu without a master and possibly on the road to villainy because he stopped believing in the Ninjas and Ras is the only person who is capable of helping him find his missing parents. However, Arin is led to believe his parents are dead when Ras leads him to graves of his parents. Unknown to Arin, his parents are still alive and according to Jay, is somewhere else.
Despite his anger to the other Ninja, Arin did care about the ninja still to some level, siding with them over Thunderfang and showing horror once he realized Lloyd was depraved of his soul. He also still cared about Sora, convincing her to join him and Ras's cause.
Abilities[]
Spinjitzu
Object Spinjitzu
Combat
Grappling Hook Proficiency
Equipment[]
Grappling Hook
Dragon Mech
Off-Road Buggy Car
Relationships[]
Trivia[]
Arin is somewhat similar to Kylo Ren: they are both students of the main character (Lloyd and Luke) who lose faith in their masters and ultimately fall to the dark side after being corrupted by another mentor (Ras and Snoke) before ultimately being redeemed after their friend is almost killed.
It is confirmed in Season 3 his last name is Nived. This makes him one of the few ninjas (whether current or former) and characters in Ninjago to have a known last name, alongside Lloyd Garmadon and Jay Walker.
Zane's surname may be Julien and Pix's name may be Borg but this is unconfirmed.
