The_TooCool_Master Wrote:
The Tarkata are like animals. If you get attacked by a group of rhinoceroses, chances are they're all going to look the same. That has never bothered me.
So in other words, Baraka is a nondescript rhinoceros. All the more reason to keep him dead.
SJWMegatron Wrote:
As shown by the Mobile game: Those demons have long teeth-like growths on their faces and arms. These are most definitely the demons that were bred with Outworlders to create the Tarkatans.
Moloch is also called an Oni, and he is very clearly a different race, so I think Oni is a catchall term for all animal-like demons in the Netherrealm.
I also suspect "Saurians" are Outworlders or Tarkartans who interbred with Raptors. (The wiki says its the exact same race, but we know Raptors are extinct on outworld, and only revealed to be still alive on Earth during Reptile's ending, and the wikia is often full of shit.)
Yup, you got it. By definition Oni is a Japanese term for a specific type of demon:
"One of the most well-known aspects of Japanese folklore is the oni, which has traits of demons and ogres, usually depicted with red, blue, brown or black skin, two horns on its head, a wide mouth filled with fangs, and wearing nothing but a tigerskin loincloth. It often carries an iron kanabo or a giant sword. Oni are depicted as evil."
However, colloquially the term Oni itself is used to generally describe evil spirits and demons of Japanese culture, so in general Oni can describe any type of demon.
