Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-1084762-20150120234121/@comment-5901324-20150218023616

Uglyguy25 wrote: Macaulyn wrote:

Also, now that you mentioned it, I think this increases the chance of the Mysterious Woman's appearence. If, for some reason, Kitana and Kung Lao (and maybe others) escaped from Netherrealm and got back to their bodies, why wouldn't Jade be able to return? Probably, someone else had her body, and maybe Kitana is seeking to defeat the Mysterious Woman. The guy from the stream said that Jade's soul would appear in the game. Just trying to understand, are you saying that the Mysterious Woman would take over Jade's soul and/or body and so Kitana would be against her because of that, to free Jade from her? Or are you saying something else?

Since the Woman appeared, I've always seen her as a good character. Mysterious, but good, and trapped by Shao Kahn's dark magic, which would be why she only appeared to Jade after she kills him. And so now Kotal Kahn would be trapping her and she would need Jade once again. But now that you mentioned Kitana being against her, I realize that nothing proves she's a good character. She could be a witch of some kind who had been waiting for Shao Kahn to be defeated so that she could take over everything in his place. It would also explain why she took over Jade's body: though that arcade ladder ending wasn't canon, she was the one who was powerful enough to defeat Shao Kahn, and so would be the best choice as a host for her.

And what did you mean with Jade and Kabal not having playable roles in the story? Are you talking about MK X's story? Because at least regarding Kabal, I don't remember anything that disconfirmed him, only Reptile's variation (and still hoping it doesn't disconfirm him). Exactly, the Woman takes Jade's body, preventing Jade's soul to get back to it (after escaping Netherrealm with Kitana (possibly)), and, thus, Kitana wants to defeat the woman to allow Jade's soul to return to her body.

I don't know how much she would be involved with Shao Kahn, however. But it makes sense if she was waiting Shao Kahn's death because she knew she couldn't beat him, what would also explain her lack of role in the original timeline, where Shao Kahn was alive. Jade could be just a random person selected by her to be possessed, or she could have just chose someone that was thought to be dead, as no one would keep track of this one. But, then, Kitana and Jade (much like Kung Lao) escape from Quan Chi's control and leave Netherrealm, Kitana gets her body back, but Jade doesn't, since someone else has it.

About the lack of a playable role, I actually mispelled it. I meant "lack of a role as playable character".