Board Thread:General MK Discussion/@comment-1084762-20150116000618/@comment-25875503-20150116001911

Now finally someone is using his head. Interesting theory, Dirtbag Daryl.

This whole Netherrealm War thing is pretty confusing, but if the good guys really did win that, that ties perfectly with what we already know. Kotal Kahn is fighting in a civil war for the Outworld throne and it's implied that he actually becomes ruler of outworld. For how long, though, is never specified. I too think Kotal Kahn's role won't be that of a big bad in MKX, rather a sort of Shang-Tsung level antagonist.

As for Shinnok and Quan Chi, I don't think they'll be "short-lived", but they could surprise us. I personally think the big bad is going to be Shinnok, but the possibilities are endless.

Liu Kang is out of the question for me. He was killed and didn't return as a zombie in MK9. It's possible that he will return under Quan Chi only as a zombie, but I can't see him being the big bad for MKX.

Onaga is a very interesting possibility, though I doubt they'll bring him back. He's too OP, especially if he gets his army back. There'd be no way to stop him.

Cyrax has been deconfirmed by Boon already. Baraka and Mileena don't really fit in this whole thing, I don't think Kotal's faction would use either of them. Isn't Mileena also the heir to the throne? Reptile and Ermac, meh. I can see them making cameos, but not being playable. You'd think if Ermac was planned to be playable they wouldn't have let that awesome art of him that was released after MKX was announced get leaked.