I considered a whole transdimensional plot for the all-consuming influence of the One Being. Mainly triggered by the work of the fractured consiousness known as Obliteradoomaghi. Through many hosts throughout the dimensions, the One Being finally "reunites", which prompts three warriors to face what appears to be this dimension's doom by the "true" form, known as Iirarkazos, Demonese for "The Forbidden Master". The warriors' victory then result to the halting of the oblivion for this dimension.

Don't double post, and I highly doubt such a being like this will have a name given to him except for "The One Being."

I myself had Gouitsu (Japanese for oneness) in mind. :) Just because it fits a title like "The One Being".



Man, I am gettin' vivid memories of Soul Calibur IV, with Nightmare calling back all the broken shards of Soul Edge to Soul Edge in order to restore it to full power.

But I like both of those, guys. :) I myself figure that there's fractions of power that exist for the One Being's power in the realms, and can be used for good OR for evil.

Bryon

Maybe the One Being could be... a demon? Maybe a demon lord from hell.

I dunno. I've often assumed the One Being is something like the Elder Gods; a being of massive energy, but really just trying to live, like how it absorbed the power of the Elder Gods when the One Realm existed. So I could see it easily manipulating someone else, like it's manipulated Shao Kahn and Onaga, even perhaps even the Deadly Alliance.

After all, we've never known what the Elder Gods exactly are made of, but we assume like the gods they have below them, that they'd be energy.

Bryon

God

Jehovah

Allah

L. Ron Hubbard

Buddha

or hell, Ed Boon.
kind of funny everyone would think the One Being is evil. interesting. i always assumed he/she/it might've been good, and the elder gods were somewhat greedy and overthrew them. kind of a war in heaven thing.

Yeah, but who knows? I assume all the One Being cares about is its' return and forming the One Realm so it may exist again, by any means necessary. Since I couldn't see a name like those work, I chose Gouitsu because of what the One Being's goals are; unity between the realms, even if it means the end of the universe.

Bryon

The One Being is essentially a fragmentated

Hell is one part of the OPNe Being, heaven is another. Earth, and al other realms are also made from the fragments of this primodrial entity. As such, I like to assume that the OB is nothing more than a base instinct-driven thing, an idea rather than a living thing by our standards.

And it is completely amoral I think: it leeched power from the Elder Gods for sustenance. It cares little for life or death. All it wants is to reunify and encompass all reality again, being only One Being. Individuality would be then completely sniffed out in one Omega point - google ot wikipedia omega point. Pretty much sums up the idea.

I totally agree. Just like I said. XD

Bryon

good an explanation as i've seen...then the one being is...galactus!

Not exactly. The OB is not a person, or an intelligence. it is a series of phenomenon. Call it fate.

Assuming his Armageddon ending was true, wouldn't Kai have to play a crucial role in the MK series if the One Being becomes the new threat?

There is no Kai.

Two things are wrong about this speculation, although Jack Burton really thinks it was well thought out:

1. Refer to Fujin's MKA bio; he states that Raiden, under normal circumstances, would have essentially been reborn from his suicide, with no prior knowledge of anything that had transpired in the past. Raiden had to have known that, therefore sacrificing himself was the LAST option on his mind.

2. Dark Raiden isn't out to unite realms; as evidenced in his MKA ending, as well as his dealings with Shinnok and Shao Kahn, he's out for Earthrealm and Earthrealm only. In his ending, he uses the new power to destroy all other realms, so therefore he's seeking every opportunity to, in his mind, save Earthrealm and eliminate any and all other threats to it.

Merely my interpretation of things...I guess it could be argued that destroying realms, since they would no longer exist per se, would effectively "awaken" the One Being's consciousness piece by piece. Until further evidence of this could be confirmed, I'm sticking to these arguments. And everyone out there saying the One Being couldn't be a boss, I currently support you.

For those who think the One Being storyline was pulled out of left field by the MK team, I respectfully disagree. If you ever take a world religions course, you will learn about monism, and that's a category of religions which believe that, beneath the multiplicity of apparent forms (which could represent the MK characters, environments, etc.), there is one underlying substance (which could represent the One Being). To better help understand how the word is used, you could say religions that believe in such a way hold a monistic point of view. The One Being is of monistic origin and ideal. This is not something the MK team fabricated by any means; you see a lot of religious influence throughout the games. The names Raiden and Fujin are actually those of Japanese demon-gods in the Shinto religion, yet they resemble Taoist gods in terms of appearance in the MK franchise. I could go on and on...

I thank my college for requiring world religions as a course so I could make this point...and for having me write that paper on the religious influences found in the MK series of games...SERIOUSLY, I wrote an entire paper on this.

Talk about devotion to the franchise...could be viewed as unhealthy, but it's not as bad as it sounds. Jack Burton is done...

Rayden was tainted by Shang Tsung and Quan Chi's soul during the explosions from what I understand.

My post was written before Armageddon was made. Just FYI.



Yet, anyway.



That's one of the theories behind Raiden's change, but nothing's confirmed.

Wow.... After reading that last part I kind of stopped and had to take a breathe and back away from my computer lol. Wow is all I have to say. Look at like this the ultimate symbol for Good in Mortal Kombat has always been Raiden aside from his MK1 ending. But we can all agree Raiden is the protector of Earth and the ultimate symbol for good. And after Deception he goes all crazy and even in MKA in Konquest weither it was canon or not we see Taven entering Shao Khans throne room and we see Khan Onaga and Shang and I believe Quan-chi. Anyways after they leave we see Taven and Raiden talking and Raiden has made a deal with Khan that if he stops Taven than he (Khan) will spare Earth Realm. Now that doesn't sound like the Shao Khan I know. And maybe Raiden was played for a fool in believing that. But the fact that Raiden E V E N made a deal with Khan is ludicrous to think about. And even in Ermac's ending in Deception he frees Sonya Kitana etc and senses that there still exists an evil force even after Onaga was killed. Shit just thinking about this kind of sends chivers up my cerebellum and down my back. But do you guys think that Boon and Co. Even remember "The One Being" after all the MK DCU hoopla. Anyway after reading all your guys/girls posts I'm starting to think you all should replace the writers over at MK. If Ed was the creator or whatever and John Tobias was the heart its no wonder MK lost its heart after John left. Anyways I hope that we do see more on the 1 Being and not just forgotten about.


** On a side note listening to this and reading your posts really makes it eerie lol

The coming of the One Being! MK9!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO9FLpmpey4

And I'm all in favor for Raiden being completely controlled by The One Being. I mean he can easily regain the mortals trust and kill them all in the end and be the vessel for the 1Being.

**Fingers crossed this happens!**

Oh, didn't pay attention to when you posted; I just finally revisited this thread.