Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-25163804-20150227224724/@comment-21005855-20150303181951

Uglyguy25 wrote: @Dragonspyne You're right on saying that merging Zaterra with Outworld was what caused the Saurian problem, but what I meant is that releasing the realm from Outworld wouldn't solve it: Zaterra would be simply a really long, but desert land. The rest of the Saurian race wouldn't come back with it by magic.

In fact, I think that having Zaterra back is the least important of Reptile's goals. If he has his race back he would be happy, regardless of where they're reborn. Ok, not anywhere, as it wouldn't be good if the Saurians were reborn in Netherrealm for example, but Outworld could be a great place. Saurians are used to migration already, as they had to migrate from Earthrealm to Zaterra once, so getting used to Outworld wouldn't be a great problem.

Unless Kotal has another really bad quarrel with Sonya and Earthrealm for whatever reason, I don't see how he would become a villain. Or if he's lying about not knowing anything about Erron Black and the rest of the Black Dragon kidnapping Cassie and Jacqui. Considering that Erron seems to be at Kotal's side in the actual game (as seen in the trailer), then one of two things might happen: Kotal forgives Erron for not telling him about the kidnapping (he might really need Erron by his side, after all), or he knew of it all along and is now setting up a trap for Sonya, Johnny and the Special Forces, who are going after the girls and being "escorted" by Reptile and D'Vorah.

Anyway, if Kotal is a villain, then he must be the secondary villain, because it's obvious that Mileena is the real problem. She was the "Mad Empress" who ruled Outworld with even more tyranny than Shao Kahn, and at some point of the campaign she gets Shinnok's amulet (most likely with him still inside). We all know how dangerous that thing can be, specially at the hands of someone as crazy and hungry for power as Mileena.

I don't understant what you meant by saying Kotal looks a little selfish, but until now it seems to me like he's been the best emperor of Outworld we fans have ever known, even counting with the ones from the original timeline: Onaga, Shao Kahn, Mileena... I'd rather have him on the throne than any of these guys back. Well, I'm not sure if we were really talking about magic in the first place. There is something magical about the merging of the realms but I don't think there's anything really big about that. Not to take an example from a non-canonical sourse but...in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, the realms were merging and distroying everything as well as people in general. Once the merge was stopped, everything went back to normal. Canonical example would be that Edenia, with the exception of what was destroyed or damaged before the merge, went back to normal once Shao Kahn was defeated in the original timeline.

I think you're right about Reptile not really caring about Zaterra. He just wants his people back. However, he should figure out that the release of Zaterra would be the saving grace for his people.

This is why I keep saying that we need to keep an eye on Kotal Kahn. I just don't trust him. He's a little too aggressive. He might just want the safety of his people but I think he'll do anything to get it.

I can see Mileena becoming the big bad in this game unless if she's the "boss" just before you have to fight Shinnok because she inadvertantly releases him from the Amulet.

What I meant by Kotal being selfish is that if you're going to threaten someone for not helping you then there's something selfish about that. Like if you and I were friends outside of this wikia and you wanted me to help you move and I told you that I couldn't but you threatened me or even just guilt tripped me then that would be selfish. Of course, we might be talking about Kotal wanting to get rid of a huge Outworld threat and not moving furnature but still. What if the Earthrealm warriors can't help for some reason? Is Kotal justified in threatening Raiden for not helping him?