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Shredder is an antagonist in scenarios written in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness and Turtles Go Hollywood.

Disposition[]

Mean, suspicious, vengeful.

Personal Profile[]

A psychotic criminal with a lust for power and revenge. He is a tenacious opponent; tricky and conniving. He loves to humiliate his foes before he terminates them.

Oroku Saki (Japanese use family name first, given name second) was an evil ninja, head of the New York City branch of the ninja clan known as the "Foot." He ran this group and its illegal activities (drug and arms running, assassination, etc.) effectively and ruthlessly, both as Oroku Saki and in his other identity: The Shredder. When Saki donned this fearsome costume, studded with razor-sharp blades, he was almost unstoppable.

One of the reasons that Saki come to New York from Japan was to find the killer of his brother, Oroku Nagi, and avenge that death. Hamato Yoshi was the murderer, living peacefully in New York City with his wife, Tang Shen. They had fled Japan to avoid the "Foot's” anger after the death of Nagi. What Saki didn't know was that Yoshi had killed Nagi after being provoked by Nagi's brutal, near fatal beating of Yoshi's lover, Tang Shen. Even if he had known, it probably wouldn't have made much difference. Oroku Saki was obsessed with the idea of vengeance and one night he fulfilled that destiny: He ambushed and killed both Yoshi and his wife.

Unnoticed by Saki, Yoshi's pet rat, Splinter, escaped during that fight. Splinter eventually found the Turtles and mutated along with them. This was the origin of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Eventually, Splinter sent his trained ninja turtles against the Shredder, and they succeeded in avenging Yoshi's death by apparently killing Saki.

His presumed death took place after a ferocious rooftop battle, at the climax of which Saki (who had been stabbed in the chest) plunged off the side of the building, along with a live thermite grenade. Nobody was found, although it must be said that the Turtles did not look too hard for it, assuming that their enemy had been blown to bits.

Skills of Note[]

Body building, Climbing, Acrobatics, Prowl 78%, Fencing, Swimming, and general athletics.

Notes[]

  • Game Master Note: This adventure obviously takes place before the TMNT destroyed him in the black and white comic book. Or is he destroyed?
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