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Manmoth is a character in the IDW continuity. He is a member of the Pantheon, the "savage hunter" and "survivalist extraordinaire." He resembles a large bipedal mammoth, and travels outdoors most of the time.
He apparently does not bathe, preferring "nature's musk" because it does not interfere with his hunting. He also is not particularly choosy about what he eats; after shooting one of the Rat King's rats, he immediately devours it.
He visited the Den of Delights in the Pantheon Family Reunion, in order to speak to his siblings and enjoy a hearty meal. However, the proceedings were interrupted when it was discovered that the Turtles had infiltrated the Den and had been spying on the immortal family. Manmoth used his immense strength to try to kill them, but was unsuccessful as they teleported out.
In Kingdom of Rats, Manmoth is revisited by the Turtles in Siberia and upon encountering them, proceeded to hunt them. However after being bested by Michelangelo's loop snare he became impressed. The hunter then invited the turtles to his camp and listened to their appeal to assist them with the Rat King. While Manmoth had no love for his brother's schemes or the rest of his family's bickering he was no traitor and they were still kin. He even admitted that he too once played his family's game to rule the world using humans as pawns. Though over time Manmoth came to a realization that using mortals in their game, without any personal danger or defeats made him small and weak. The game was meaningless to him, and he swore to rely only on himself, holding the belief that relying on others to win the day would only lose himself. So he had quit the game and became isolated from his family, making a living in the harsh land where survival only matters and each victory belonged to him. While he could not directly help them fight the Rat King, he could at least direct them to him using his own magical doors. Before the turtles went to confront his brother, Manmoth shared some words with Raphael, sensing that he was a loner like him, warning him of concealing as it would cause him to war against the world unless he admits this truth to himself.
After Kitsune's failure in resurrecting the Dragon, but instead bringing Oroku Saki back to life, Manmoth would later be visited his brother the Rat King to entice him back to the family's age old game for the Earth. Manmoth in the middle of wrestling and slaying two wolves rejected Rat King's attempt to get him back to play the game as he left it centuries ago, preferring his rustic style of enduring the physical world through his hunts.
Later Manmoth gathered with his siblings to address Rat King's Armageddon Game, and how it would throw the world into chaos. While he and his brethren stayed on the sidelines as observers, Manmoth and his family finally confronted their mad brother to stop him after he launched an attack on Kitsune, the Turtles and Saki in the Thin Places. Despite their efforts Manmoth was among those who physical bodies were killed by Rat King.
Kitsune in a desperate effort to stop her brother and possibly end her family's never ending game, used the Turnstone of Cherubae to trap her and her family, separating them from the mortal planes.