Pantheon (Mirage)

Mirage
A group of spiritual animal beings, with each member of the group having jurisdiction over a species of animal. When the Pantheon member who rules the rats time reaches an end, a new one is chosen. One of the members that represented Rats had died and the Pantheon would go onto choose a new member in the form of the Rat King. They sought Master Splinter to be newest member in their order.