[MOC] Nexo Knights -- Jestro's Final Chapter

[Grey Magistrate]

The world holds its breath as Queen Macy and Axl threaten to move to open warfare over the ruins of Knightonia.  But the land's most experienced warchief, Jestro -- who shook kingdoms as lord of Monstrox's armies before betraying the evil Monstrox and rejoining the doomed King Halbert -- wants nothing more to do with war.  He has retreated to a quiet home to write his memoirs in peace.  But no one can hide forever from his past.

 

Life is good for Jestro and his beloved Lavaria, who together have built a lovely and lonely home in the woods to raise their rambunctious triplets.

 

Each day Jestro writes more of his bestselling memoirs.  Sales of such volumes as "A Game of Stones" (about Jestro's command of Monstrox's stone army) and "A Splash of Kings" (the loss of King Halbert to the dread brickpile) give him the modest means to sustain his family.

 

Lavaria has learned that parenting is far harder task than her former life as a deadly assassin for Monstrox's army.  Even for a lava monster, being a mom is exhausting!

 

Fortunately, Jestro recently scraped together enough free cash to buy a couple of bots, who now perform most of the chores.

 

And then suddenly there is that magic moment when all the children are asleep at the same time.  Lavaria immediately seizes the opportunity to nap.

 

Jestro takes this rare chance to grab a book and step outside for a little light reading. Truly this is a perfect moment...

 

,,,a perfect moment for the bots to unleash their sinister design.

 

It is time to reintroduce Jestro to his old acquaintance: Monstrox.

 

Jestro is dumbfounded.  Monstrox had been trapped in the chapterhouse -- why, Clay had turned to stone to keep the evil wizard locked away forever.  How could the villainous Monstrox have escaped?  And how did he find Jestro?

 

But Monstrox isn't here to explain the past, but the present.  The bots?  They're all under Monstrox's control.  The lava monsters?  Magmar is ready to betray Lance and has sent him on a wild-goose chase to find the elusive Ambassador Ava.  The stone army?  Once Lance finds Ava's location, the bots will kill her and retake control of the stone army.  And the impending war between Macy and Axl?  The bots will hijack Macy's bases once her crusaders take the field.  Everything is prepared -- except one thing.  Monstrox needs a second-in-command.  And that will be Jestro.

 

Jestro screws up his courage and gives the only possible answer: NO.  Never again.  Even though it means death, he will not join Monstrox.  Not this time.

 

Oh really?  Monstrox's cyclops mech seizes Jestro in its claws and slowly squeezes his plastic limbs.  The choice is between power and death.  Monstrox invites him to reconsider.

 

If you will not join me, warns Monstrox, then you will be eliminated.  My bots are invincible.  My lava monsters are completely loyal.  No one can stop me.

 

Ten seconds later...

 

Monstrox violently hurls Jestro aside and faces Lavaria.  Et tu, Lavaria?  You would betray me -- for this jester, these babies, this neon-orange picket fence?

 

Evidently yes.

 

With a vicious stab, Lavaria puts out the eye of the cyclops mech.  The hologram cracks, sizzles, and fades.

 

The happy couple is reunited -- but they have no time to lose.  Monstrox now knows where they live and will return soon with a larger force.  And they must warn their old colleagues of the trap that Monstrox has set.

 

Lavaria goes to collect the children and whatever possessions they can fit into their vehicle.  And Jestro enters his shed -- the shed that no one was ever permitted to enter, not even the bots -- to retrieve one last thing to take with them on their flight.

 

It is Jestro's first and oldest friend, Clay, trapped in stone.  Ava and Jestro together had rescued his paralyzed body from the chapterhouse and Jestro had been running fruitless experiments to reverse the curse.  Now those experiments will have to wait.  But will Macy wait before launching her attack on Axl?

 

 

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

#6 -- Ava's Geological Institute

 

Edited March 21, 2022 by Grey Magistrate
Updated the episode list

[Natant16]

I love this series, and it's always a welcome surprise to see a new chapter!

[LordCreeper]

Something of this will fly in, is it over?

[Grey Magistrate]

There's one more completed episode after this -- "Ava's Geological Institute" -- and then there'll be three episodes after that to wrap up the nine-chapter storyline.  I think I have all the pieces for episode #7, and I'm in the process of Bricklinking what I need for episode #8.  Could be awhile!

[karmajay]

Great story beats!

[MontyMatte]

Cool storyline!

Thanks for that.