[MOC] Nexo Knights -- Lance's Lava Mine

[Grey Magistrate]

Things fall apart and the centre cannot hold in Knighton (in the wake of the cancellation of Nexo Knights' third year sets), forcing ambitious commoners such as Ava and bold knights such as Lance to scramble for power.  Lance may be the richest knight in the kingdom, but he needs more resources and allies if he hopes to play kingmaker -- leading him to forge a risky alliance with the lava monsters to operate an illegal lava mine.

 

Here Lance arrives for his latest visit to speak with General Magmar -- now General Manager Magmar.  Lance is only accompanied by his loyal bots on these missions, who are programmed for utmost discretion.

 

If word were to leak out that Lance is employing lava monsters, the scandal would be disastrous.

 

There used to be bad blood between Magmar and Lance's family, but now the two are on the best of terms and toast their business arrangement.  "The quality of money is not strained," as Shakespeare put it.

 

Magmar escorts Lance to the mine, walking past a shrine dedicated to the lava monsters' former leader, Jestro.

 

An honor guard maintains the shrine, although both Lance and Magmar know that Jestro has become a fierce loyalist to King Halbert and will never return to the lava monsters.

 

(In fact, Jestro has found that though he may be a terrible jester, he has a real talent for middle management, and King Halbert has been entrusting more and more authority to his forgiven subject.)

 

Magmar finds it useful to maintain the illusion of Jestro's memory to motivate the troops, and Lavaria spends many a sad hour in meditation on her lost Jestro.

 

Magmar shows off the latest haul from the lava mine.

 

These lava crystals are vital to rebuilding Lance's bank account and rearming the lava monster army.

 

This pile of gold will help Lance bribe supporters in the palace and buy the loyalty of the army.

 

The mine is powered partly by this ramshackle, dangerous device...

 

...and partly by raw physical labor.  Alas, it seems that Lance is turning a blind eye to the use of child labor in the mine.

 

Magmar has increasingly been pushing Lance for more high explosives to facilitate the mine expansion -- and, incidentally, to rearm his troops.  Such weapons proliferation is highly illegal, but the bots are completely trustworthy and would never reveal the truth to the Knighton authorities.

 

Yes, the secret is completely safe with the bots.  Nothing could possibly go wrong with Lance's plan, so long as the bots...

 

...uh, wait a minute...

 

The Fall of Knighton:

#1 -- Ava's Stone Embassy

#2 -- Lance's Lava Mine

#3 -- Macy's Fortified Chapel

#4 -- Jestro's Pandora Gate

#5 -- Axl's Spider Foundry

#6 -- King Halbert's Last Stand

#7 -- Aaron's Club Absinthe

#8 -- Robin's Vampirate Ship

#9 -- Clay's Chapterhouse Vigil

 

Spellbreaker:

#1 -- Lance's Lava Train

#2 -- Ava's Summer Home

#3 -- Macy's Campaign Headquarters

#4 -- Axl's Audience Chamber

#5 -- Jestro's Final Chapter

Edited May 15, 2021 by Grey Magistrate
Updated the episode list

[BrickJagger]

Love it! I like how you're continuing the story from your previous NK MOC. Will you be making more of these? 

[Grey Magistrate]

Thanks!  Yeah, as the lights go out across Knighton, I'm trying to keep a flicker of life burning in the Nexo Knights universe.  Macy is next in the queue, though it'll take awhile to finish her building.

[Fenghuang0296]

This is brilliant. I love everything about this. And I'm glad to know all the tan baseplates that have vanished from my local shops are being put to good use.

Minor thing; you might want to do a bit of dusting, particularly in General Manager Magmar's office. The dust is very apparent there. 

[Grey Magistrate]

Oh yeah, agreed, there's way too much dust -- I could pretend that it's meant to look like the place is littered in sand, but really, it's just been on the shelf too long!