Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2239501-20160424224018/@comment-995426-20160501060713

In Mirage's City at War, Oroku Saki had already been dead for some years, but his former subordinates went to war against each other for dominance against each other. It had become a nuisance even to Karai in T&#X14D;ky&#X14D;, so she traveled to New York City to deal with it herself. But her forces were ambushed, and her aides were killed. She made a pact with the four turtles to help her hunt down and execute every last one of the Shredder's elites. This is a decision the turtles made without consulting Splinter, and they weren't certain it was the right decision, especially since it meant helping the Foot Clan. But Leonardo swore to it, and they followed through with it. This was an important, morally grey decision they made as adults rather than as children, and marked the end of volume 1 by marking the true end of their childhood.