Oroku Saki (Long Story Short)

* Demon
* Human
* Unmasked
* Tribunal
* Dragon
* BTTS

### Aliases

The Shredder, The Dark One (by the Five Dragons), The Master (by the Foot Mystics)

### Nickname

Demon Shredder, Tengu Shredder, Mystic Shredder, The One True/Real Shredder

### Abilities

Telekinetic, dark magic, super strength, invulnerability, flight/levitation, dragon transformation

### Affiliation

The Five Dragons (Oroku Saki betrayed the fellow Dragons becoming the Tengu Shredder)
Tengu
Foot Mystics (loyal minions)

### Family

Karai (descendant)
Splinter (descendant)
Raphael (descendant)
Leonardo (descendant)
Donatello (descendant)
Michelangelo (descendant)

### Student

Foot Mystics

**Oroku Saki**, the **Tengu Shredder** (also known as the **Demon Shredder**, **Mystic Shredder**, **Real Shredder**, or **The One True Shredder**) was the Shredder before the Utrom Shredder, Ch'rell in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Next Chapter.

## Biography

### Ninja Tribunal

In the 4th Century, an evil Tengu known as the Shredder began to wreck havoc across Japan, and planned to dominate the world. The Emperor summoned Japan's greatest warriors, Kon, Juto, Chikara, Hisomi and, the most skilled, Oroku Saki. Armed with mystical armor, the five warriors battled against the Tengu Shredder. The fight ended when Saki managed to topple the demon and was poised to finish the job when the demon communicated with him on the astral plane, and offered him power and the world in exchange for his soul. Immediately, Saki's dark side allowed the Shredder's soul into his own before Saki destroyed the Shredder's empty husk.

The five warriors returned to the Emperor, who declared them the Five Dragons and gave them the "Three-Toed Sign of the Dragon" as their symbol. However, Saki took up the mantle of the Shredder, conquered Japan, and inverted the symbol to his own. The other Dragons went around the world, and learned ancient arts from mystic masters, until they returned, and transcended mortal boundaries. The four Dragons battled against their former comrade in a magical battle, and manifested their worldly avatars. Ultimately, the Shredder was defeated, but could not be destroyed, so the four Dragons sealed him in a coffin and hid his Helmet and Gauntlet. The four Dragons kept watch over those objects, for if they were to be reunited then the Shredder would rise again. To help them prevent the Shredder's revival, the four Dragons declared themselves the Ninja Tribunal and taught their secret arts to pure and worthy warriors as their Acolytes. Seven hundred years later, however, an Utrom criminal, Ch'rell, took up the mantle of the Shredder as his own, and played on the legend to gain respect.

### The Original Shredder Tengu

The Tengu Shedder was made of two separate beings: The Shredder Tengu (or Demon Shredder) and Oroku Saki (one of the Five Dragons). According to the Ancient One, no one knew what level of the dark depths spawned him, but back in the year 300 AD in Hamato, the Shredder arose from some foul pit in the form of a Tengu, a demon that had but one goal: subjugate the world and turn it an empire full of agony and destruction. The demon spread his evil everywhere and seemed unstoppable until the five greatest warriors in Japan, led by Oroku Saki stepped forth to oppose him. Saki dealt the final blow, and seemingly put an end to the demon for good and the five warriors became known as the Five Dragons.

### Oroku Saki

Although it appeared that Saki had defeated the demon, in reality, he had struck a deal with the Tengu who promised him that he would make him a god among men by allowing the Tengu's evil spirit to merge with his human soul, and become the host to the greatest evil the world had ever known. Saki's betrayal plunged Japan into an age of darkness, and the malevolence of the Shredder flowed within him and all around him. He became the most feared warlord in all of Japan, The Shredder. Only through the combined might of the remaining four Dragons, did the Ninja Tribunal defeated and imprisoned their former comrade.

## Personality

The Original Shredder was a being of pure evil: His goal was nothing short of total conquest, and he destroyed everything in his path on his way to achieve that aim. The Demon Shredder had a sadistic sense of humor, saw everything as a game, and toyed with his foes by using a mere fraction of his incredible power – however, he became much more serious if he came upon adversaries who threatened his power.

It should also be noted that even though Oroku Saki had allowed the Shredder Tengu to consume him, his personality remained dominant in their new form, although he was clearly influenced by the demon's soul. It is currently unknown what Oroku Saki's personality was like prior to his encounter with the Shredder Tengu.

## Powers

The Demon Shredder was one of the most powerful beings in the TMNT Universe, with the ability to remake the entire Earth in his own image. Shredder mostly relied on his dark magic in battle, which became even stronger as more of the world's mystical energies fell to his demonic influence. He could fire very powerful dark energy blasts, move objects remotely, control and manipulate the elements, regenerate from injury, summon armies of Tengu (including demons, undead, and assorted monsters), transfigure items, communicate on a mental plane, possess people by manipulating and controlling the darkness inside their hearts (which was how he corrupted Oroku Saki), grow in size, teleport, shapeshift, and absorb dark energy.

## Trivia

* The Tengu Shredder is technically made of two different entities, the original Tengu demon known as the Shredder, which emerged from some foul pit in 300 A.D. in Hamoto, and Oroku Saki.
* This is one of few incarnations of Oroku Saki starting off as a hero and end up becoming a villain.