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Ria, also known as the Mourner, was once a member of the Foot Clan. She served under Shredder when she was a girl.
History[]
Oroku Saki, older, bearded, and in street clothes, approaches a building that was once Foot Clan Headquarters. Fighting his way past some guards, Saki climbs to an upper floor and enters a large room. A woman enters the room and says that they thought this place abandoned and forgotten, so they filled it with love and light. Then she tells Saki that he’s supposed to be dead. He replies that where he’s been is so much worse than hell. The woman says that she can see it as she has been granted gifts. She can see where he came there from, how far he’s traveled to return, and everything it cost him. She goes on to say that he could rest here; he could join them and share in their protection. Saki asks if she thinks her priests were protected.
Rather than respond, the woman takes a defensive stance and signals him forward. The two run towards each other and with a quick backhand, the woman knocks the sword from Saki’s hand. She then strikes his temple with two fingers, shocking him and dropping him to his knees. As she circles around him, she says that he doesn’t remember her. She served under him for many years, from when she was a girl. She tells him of a cherished memory from once during training when he corrected her elbow position. Then she tells him he had seemed like a God, but that he never repaid any of their worship, not even with his notice. She delivers a kick to his side, before kicking him and telling him he’s nothing but meat; worm-riddled meat. Before she can do anything else, a bright light shines through the windows and she vanishes.
After being captured by Darkwater, Saki learns that the woman he fought is named Ria, who also goes by the title “The Mourner”. Alda Avon, a representative of the Earth Protection Force, tells him that surveillance has indicated the Mourner has been acquiring exotic components to assemble some sort of extradimensional bomb. That can’t allow that to happen. Saki, for his own reasons, agrees to assist in that quest. Only the Blade