Baraka407 Wrote:

Great ideas as well tgrant!
I dig the idea of a sorceress. Maybe she's a shape shifting temptress who creates havoc for another character or two by changing in to another person or maybe she's just someone with powers to really mix up the opponent. I'm thinking someone like Xavier from Eternal Champions.
He was a warlock, but he had all of these moves to sort of mess with the opponent like messing up their input buttons, changing places with them etc. Obviously they would have to be more creative than that, but a character that has a different style of special moves than the simple fireball, teleport etc.
As for an Elder God, wasn't Shinnok an Elder God before he fell? I think that there should be a sort of "High Elder" that's above all others and that should be a main villain. Maybe he or she decides that Earth is no longer worth protecting because of how corrupted it's become and that without a true champion, they're no longer able to defend themselves.
But due to all of this, it would be a better gift to the people of Earth to end their suffering, destroy it and remake it once more with more pure hearted warriors to protect a stronger, more capable human race.
It could be the sort of plot where this High Elder, and the rest of the Gods (minus Fujin, who could stand against them) are all self righteous to a fault. Sure, they believe they're doing the right thing and helping a situation that they perceive to be negative and quickly deteriorating, but the cost is billions of lives.
So we know that the High Elder and Rayden and others would be inherently good, making the group that wants to save Earth almost seem inherently bad (I'd love to see a plot like this where Shang Tsung becomes Earth's extremely reluctant Chosen One), so there would be a lot of gray area.
Sure, you can have cut throat thieves like Kano or Kabal, but they'd be fighing side by side with their sworn enemies like Mavado or Sonya. On the flip side, you could have Gods that hate mankind and want to see it wiped out, you can have a god like Rayden who sadly believes that this is the right thing to do, or you can have a god like Fujin who stands against them.
All in all, it would create a variety of unlikely alliances, pairing up characters that wouldn't normally fit together against a big bad monster that's actually not a monster at all.

acidslayer Wrote:
a alchamest would be a cool character to have in mk. there could be any element you want for this character fire,water,ice,earth,wind,etc

a cult leader would be cool to have in mk. he could have dark arts similar to quan chi and maybe try to recruit him to the hell angels, along with shinnok, and shang tsung.

a demon character would be cool to have in mk. the cult leader would serve his master with undying loyalty. he'd be a massive demon with wings and horns and even surpasses the gods in power.

a angel could be a cool character to have in mk. he could become the new protector of earthrealm. start a feud with raiden and banish him to the hellbound realm where he would have new appreciation for his dark form.

a werewolf could be cool to have in mk. have a feud with the vampire race. nitara could be a decendant of a queen of vampires and this werewolf character would be a son of the king of werewolfs. maybe explain why there are so few left of both the vampire and werewolf races.

tell me what you think. if you like the characters i'll make bios for each of them.

You-Know-Who Wrote:
Some of those ideas are not half-bad, Sadistic. When you are not talking about violating people and that sort of stuff, you've got some good ideas. I think the idea of an abused girl in Mortal Kombat is a bit much, though. I don't mind some of the themes, but I think a lot of the emphasis you wish to place on them could be seen as insensitive and exploitation.

I think some issues such of this could be explored in Kira and Sonya's characters. I've always sensed that Kira had something against most men, and Sonya's relationship with her father would have been interesting -- just because a lot of girls who enter the military after their fathers is to get some sort of attention. I don't think a new character is needed there.

As for the nympho, or a character that uses her sexuality -- I don't mind it, truthfully. Many want to keep sex and Mortal Kombat as far away from each other as possible, and I can understand that; but it would make sense for some character to use their sexuality to get ahead. To be honest, I've sensed that in Tanya's character -- manipulating Liu Kang and wanting to become the bride of Onaga; and even Mileena. I'm not sure if it's ever been explained what Mileena thinks of her face; but she keeps it covered for a reason to this day (to disguise herself, perhaps). But if she was presented stereotypical beauty, it'd be interesting to see if her character would take it. If so, I imagine that she'd probably use sex as a form of validation. It's not something that needs to be focused on, but I think it could become part of the character.

You-Know-Who Wrote:


Your ideas are all good acidslayer, but to me they feel like directions the MK Team is already going. Alchemy would be pretty similar to sorcery. It'd be interesting to see a sorcerer who isn't evil, or just has limits magicks, though. I'd rather see a female given a shot, though.

The cult leader is interesting. The Red Dragon have been hinted as experimenting into the supernatural and all that stuff. Mavado seems like he was on the path to doing the same sort of stuff your cult leader concept was doing -- save the dark arts. I could see him learning them, though.

We've already got demons in Mortal Kombat. Technically, Lucifer exists in the MK Universe, so you could have someone worshipping him. Or, alternatively, a cult dedicated to Shinnok or even Belokk, as a bit of a joke, could be used.

The angel concept is interesting. It sounds like he would be The Heavens' choice as Champion or something -- if he is getting involved in the proceedings. He could be a new protector for Earthrealm, but I like the idea of him being sent by The Heavens to tidy things up for them. Fights against Raiden and Scorpion seem logical, which would instantly give him a huge part in the story.

I don't like the idea of werewolves and vampires having a rivalry in Mortal Kombat -- it's not Underworld we're talking about here. I also dislike the ideas of the werewolves having a hierarchy or Nitara being heir to her people's throne. I also think that there should perhaps only be one werewolf. As sad as it would be to suggest, perhaps Nightwolf could fill the role? He plays the Sin Eater role once too often, and it begins to warp his body? Would allow Nightwolf to go forward in a somewhat interesting way.

The_Truth Wrote:
I'd actually like to see a healer kind of character. An old style honorable physician type wanting to do good. A character that's extremely well educated and seemingly not the fighting type. Due to whatever circumstances he/she decides they have to stand up (either for a person, group, whatever) and put their knowledge of the body to devastating use. The kind of character that would perform lots of bone fracturing and joint dislocations, or in extreme cases some surgical removal of parts of the body.

I think the prefered look for this character would be very unassuming, almost weak. The character utilizing this misconception as a means for a sudden and devastating first strike against unwitting foes.

Storywise a physician type would be very fitting support character and add a sense of realism if you will. The good guys are fighting for a goal, one gets extremely messed up, and the good doctor saves them in the clutch. Functional and stylish.

Maybe if he were male make him have a physical look and style similar to that of Jin from Samurai Champloo or if female Kyoko from Project Justice/Rival Schools. Something like that.

LycaniLLusion Wrote:


That's another way of taking the character, too. The idea can start off as something based on a werewolf, but you can rotate that imagery and association through the Mortal Kombat universe. I mean, look at centaurs in MK -- they aren't exactly like Greek mythology.

Coming up with a backstory for a werewolf -- how about a creature that comes from the Living Forest? It's one of the more popular MK arenas, and introducing a character from there would be...interesting.

You can give the character a very specific and sort of Outworldish look. Perhaps they are not symmetrical? One arm could be much longer than the other -- for example. This is a bit of a weird suggestion; but perhaps you can even go a bit weird with the colouring, and have some bright green spotches of fur on its coat? A toxic sort of green, perhaps? The eyes could be a bizarre colour, as well. Have some patches of fur missing, some teeth knocked out, some fur that has been clumped together by dry blood. You can give them an uneven number of claws on each hand. Really introduce this creature as being a freak of nature, and something that intended to really survive -- but it has by its mere cunning and desire to live alone.

I'd like to see a new "Master" sort of character introduced. In my vision, he'd obviously have some battle scars, and perhaps even a limb missing. Something to really make this guy look "tired." The "werewolf" character could be one of his former students that was kidnapped or something, at one point, and left in the Living Forest. That could explain why he instinctively has some martial arts in his repetoir.