i’ve been thinking a lot abt timelines lately and managed to bang this out on ps while trying to organise my thoughts. figured why not share <3
so there’s five events (which you can move around, but it’ll take a bit of fiddling to make it look neat) and then just some basic oc stats up at the top too.
only uses one font (roboto). you’ll need some basic knowledge of clipping masks and how shapes work but that’s pretty much it. go ham with it my guy <3
I did this again!!
I drew Eight in a bunch of TMNT styles a little while ago and Eight and Okami's stories are very closely connected so I've had her story kind of sitting in my head for weeks and I couldn't resist any longer!
I posted this template here and the version with Eight is here!
Lore dump beneath the cut!
Usual Appearance/TMNT-ified (my style)
This is Okami's usual appearance throughout Fallen Renegades! She's a mutant wolf/bat hybrid that was used in a dog fighting ring for several years before she escaped, eventually meeting Eight and stepping up as a parental figure for him. Her story wouldn't change much when TMNT-ified other than the fact that she would inevitably run into the turtles!
1987
I hate how this version looks, I don't know what's happening here. Okami would probably be a minor character in like one episode of the show, probably just some random street thug that gets mutated into a wolf with bat wings because of something Krang did to try and make SUPER MUTANTS or something. Idk lol
2003
In 2003, Okami would probably be a reoccurring character. She'd appear some time in season one, probably as an antagonist for the turtles. She was created by some shady government agency as a mutant attack dog and used for years as a weapon, but managed to escape just a short time before meeting the turtles. At first she attacks them, as she's become used to essentially attacking anything that moves for most of her existence, but after she and the turtles have to work together to take down some mutual threat they establish an unsteady alliance. Over time the government agency that created her (maybe Bishop?) pops back up occasionally, and once and a while Okami is driven back to her original state and fights against the turtles. She is usually a helpful ally for them though.
Like I mentioned in Eight's version he and Okami would be introduced separately in this version of the show and make their own independent appearances throughout season one, but then they would meet at some point in season two and all of their appearances after would be together!
Bayverse
Like last time I don't have a ton of lore for the Bayverse version of these characters. They were probably created together by Baxter Stockman and then Okami broke both her and Eight out and they kind of chill around the city until they help the turtles with something. I think this is actually my favorite drawing out of this set I'm kind of mad I don't have more story for it.
2012
2012 Okami was mutated by the Kraang in an experiment to add useful secondary mutations to their creations. Eight was another part of this experiment, and he and Okami ended up in neighboring containment cells. Okami's experiments focused more on the physical aspects of mutation while Eight's focused more on the internal, and when his pyrotechnic abilities kicked in it was extremely destructive. Okami was able to use the destruction to break them both out, and they were able to catch a portal to Earth. The two of them spend most of their time in the show in Kraang-related conflicts, often aiding the turtles when needed because Eight made friends with Mikey.
Rise
In Rise, Hamato Tala is a world-renowned professional boxer who fights under the name "Okami". She was a part of the Hamato clan and is a cousin to Hamato Yoshi, but her family was a bit more distant and disconnected from the usual Hamato duty since her father had also tried to defect from the clan. Like Yoshi she ended up turning her back on most tradition to seek fame and glory, though she pursued hers in the boxing ring. She found her fame, but she also found loneliness... until this little alley cat began following her around after her New York matches. She found the scrappy little guy endearing and somewhat took care of him, until one night an oozesquito bit her. She was mutated into a timber wolf/vampire bat hybrid, and (after eating the oozesquito) Eight became more humanoid and also had some of Okami's DNA. Okami basically said "well I guess this child is my responsibility now" and illegally adopted him, though the legality of the situation doesn't really matter because when she tries to go back to her human life it turns out no one recognizes her and if she tries to explain herself most people freak out. So she stops wrestling in the pro rings and instead starts taking jobs at smaller rings that are a whole lot less legal but at least make her money... and let her use her new, animalistic strength. Then of course eventually she and her adopted son run into the turtles and she finds out that, in gaining some of her DNA, Eight now has Hamato ninpo... in a very, very unstable way. Basically now this kid that she picked up on the street hears ghosts and explodes occasionally and this is something Okami is just cursed to deal with now.
Rise Movie (the future version that's not super clear on the template)
Okami dies a year or two after the Krang take over, and with her final breath she transfers the rest of her ninpo over to Eight. This stabilizes Eight's abilities and maybe it would mean that Okami doesn't get a ghost form but I don't really care, I wanted to draw her human form and also let me have some happiness imagining Four (the bas future version of Eight) talking to his ghost mom.
Anyway I made a comic about this timeline and Eight's name changing to Four and it shows Okami's death lol
Mutant Mayhem
Okami was raised in a dog fighting ring before she was mutated. In fact, TCRI bought her out of the ring in order to have more test subjects as they were working to recreate Baxter Stockman's mutagen. They ran tests on her right alongside a certain burmese kitten, and for a wile both animals were deemed as failures. Of course, inevitably Eight gained his fire abilities. It was in the midst of the lab fire that Eight sparked that more of TCRI's mutagen prototypes were spilt, and the heat of Eight's flames made them a bit more effective. Okami grabbed him and dragged him out of the lab, and in the process both animals got a second dousing of mutagen that was much more effective than the first. After this Okami ended up raising Eight and took on a very similar mindset to both Splinter and Superfly; everyone is evil, stay safe and hidden. Okami is extremely protective in this version and genuinely believes everyone is out to get them, and she takes on a bit of an antagonistic role until she finally learns to chill out.
Fun fact: Okami was actually originally a TMNT OC long before Fallen Renegades existed, so it was kinda nostalgic designing these <3 she's come a LONG way since I first made her
I completely forgot to write this up after watching The Outpost but I have Theories™️ about what’s going on with Crosshair 👀
to start off, I think he’s been at Mount Tantiss longer than we think.
the end of The Solitary Clone involved Rampart assigning Crosshair to a new commander after Cody went awol. and the beginning of The Outpost takes place on Coruscant, where Crosshair has been staying ever since being rescued from Kamino. I think The Outpost takes place right after The Solitary Clone, despite it airing later in the season. the new commander Crosshair was assigned to was Mayday, and Nolan was simply escorting him there.
this makes Crosshair’s actions make even more sense considering he’s just “lost” Cody. he’s still reeling from that, which makes him bond with Mayday faster.
and Cody’s words fresh on his mind about living with the consequences of your actions? as he’s pointing his gun at Nolan, ready to shoot him? yeah…
another thing is the Clone X problem we’ve already seen. show of hands, who else thought he was Crosshair when we first saw him? I certainly did! and I think that was deliberate. even more so than we think.
again, going off the thought that the timeline is weird here. but… seeing as how Crosshair is on Mount Tantiss now, and there’s clearly some weird experimentation going on with him… what if he IS the Clone X program?? what if the Imperials, who’ve already witnessed him surviving over a MONTH on that platform on Kamino, also saw him return to that base, knowing full well he just survived TWO DAYS out in the cold tundra, helmetless, AND carrying another body with him the entire time??
I think they’d want to study that guy! maybe possibly even try to replicate that somehow!
I theorized that Crosshair had something to do with Clone X back when we first saw him, and now I’m even more convinced. what if the Empire is brainwashing Clones and enhancing them with Crosshair’s abilities to try and create advanced soldiers?
ALSO! I’m definitely not the first to notice this but! there just so happens to be advanced soldiers that already exist in canon! ones that have VERY similar armor designs to our beloved sniper! 👀
y’all, I think the “Clone X” project is the early stages of the Death Trooper program. they’re using Crosshair as a template for this and testing it out on their now useless Clones. and it’s only going to get worse once Nala Se gets involved…
Hobbies: finding new ways to be punished
Talents: making clothes, tattooing
Background: Born to poor parents in Elusia who sold him to slave-traders. Later taken in by worshippers of the Fell Dragon. He was hand-selected by Zephia to join the Four Hounds.
—𝐀 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤.
Height: 5' 9"
Ring Size: 8 1/4 | Q 1/1
Personality: Dangerously unstable and violent. Loves pain, both inflicting and receiving, and scaring others. A thuggish big brother type to his allies. Owns the most sharp objects in the army.
(resources used linked below the cut)
Ally Notebook entries for all playable Engage characters