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Zodiac Key

Zodiac Key is an artifact which appears in the Amazing Adventures comics. It plays an important part in the two-part story arc Zodiac.

After Tetsumi Onamota, now known as Zodiac, zaps Splinter with the Zodiac Key and kidnaps him, the Turtles demand an explanation from Shredder. His story begins many years earlier, in Japan.

Tetsumi Onamota was a great friend to both Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Saki. When they were all barely more than children, Tetsumi discovered an artifact, a key, tied to the ancient legends of the zodiac. Tetsumi used this key to harvest the life-force and powers of the animals of the zodiac.

But the device…this zodiac key… was unstable. It drove Tetsumi mad, and it began siphoning the life-force of those around him. Tetsumi was weak… and his weakness cost the lives of so many around him. In fact, half of their clan. Oroku and Hamato did what was necessary and struck when Tetsumi was charging his power. It was the only time he was vulnerable. They believed that Tetsumi had been vanquished.

As Shredder tells the story, Tetsumi is elsewhere, using the Zodiac Key to begin harvesting the animal powers from Splinter and the other Zodiac minions. The power transforms his ram-like form to incorporate animal elements of the Zodiac animals into himself.

The Shredder arrives at the warehouse, but Tetsumi declares that the power of the Zodiac is already his. Shredder claims that Tetsumi stole the Zodiac Key from him. While the pair fight over the Key, Splinter is able to regain his self-control and knock the Zodiac Key from Tetsumi’s hand.

As Shredder and Zodiac scramble to grab the Key, the Turtles burst in through the windows. In the ensuing fray, the Key flies around the room. Donatello catches the Key and quickly realizes that it is actually some kind of Kraang technology. He loses the Key during the fight, but it is caught by Splinter who promptly breaks the Key in two.

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