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The Rock Soldiers (often called Stone Warriors, or Rock Warriors) are an army of sentient humanoids, from Dimension X, whose bodies, as their name implies, are composed of stone. They are under the command of Krang and therefore enemies of the Ninja Turtles.
The Stone Warriors come from Dimension X, but are not naturally occurring creatures. As noted in "Michelangelo's Birthday", Rock Soldiers were created by Krang through use of his mutagen on rocks, a rare example of a non-living creature being animated by the chemical - and raised as soldiers for his army. They are incredibly strong and resistant to physical injury, but not terribly bright. Accordingly, the Stone Warriors entire "culture" is geared towards military doctrines and aggression with a definite tendency towards aggression and hostility in regards to other species. Their numbers are organized into a strict hierarchy, with power/prestige directly linked to military rank. The current commander of the Stone Warrior legions is General Traag. At present, the Stone Warriors serve the exiled alien warlord, Krang. There are two basic types of Rock Soldiers, brown and grey variations, with the latter only appearing in "Invasion of the Punk Frogs" and "Return of the Technodrome".
In "Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X" two Stone Warriors, General Traag and Granitor, attempted to capture three Neutrinos that escaped from Dimension X to planet Earth.
In "Shredder Triumphant!" the Rock Warriors are said to eat an ore called ilanium.