Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-3303402-20150413073620

No spoilers - just a lot of assumptions.

It has dawned on me that, at least from my perspective, that "sorceror" characters have been critical plot figures. Shang Tsung and Quan Chi have been two of the biggest players in the overall setting, not only in the ring, but in terms of actually influencing the plot. Shang Tsung, among other things, was responsible for the creation of Mileena, and who knows what else spawned from his Flesh Pits (and still might be spawning)? Quan Chi... well, say hi to Scorpion and the revenant MK9 heroes.

With that said, Shang Tsung is (as far as we know) dead, and Quan Chi has the potential to be slain by Scorpion in... pretty much any instalment they're both in. For the sake of argument, let's assume Quan Chi does indeed get killed off. Well, suddenly there's no dedicated magic user in the main roster. All the other major users of magic are either gods of specific elemental affinity (Raiden and Fujin) or villains sealed away or worse (Shinnok and Shao Kahn). The only other character remotely close would be Ermac, and he's souls, souls, and more souls. Just saying, I don't see him creating a Mileena, Skarlet, or Scorpion at any point.

What do you guys think about this? Are you concerned about a potential vacuum for the "sorceror / magic user" role? Do you think this power vacuum might be a good thing, narratively or gameplay-wise? Do you think the vacuum might occur at all? Do you think a new figure might take up the role in future instalments, or one of the earlier characters resurrecting to resume the position? 