Board Thread:Mortal Kombat (Alternate Timeline)/@comment-25166563-20180201113110

Basically Earthrealm will divide into two cliques, and be just as divided in MK11 as how Outworld was when they had the Edenian clique rebel against the core Outworld clique for MKX.

For Earthrealm heroes, we have Cassie, Jacqui, Takeda, Kung Jin, Sonya, Johnny Cage, Jax and Kenshi being represented as the saner lawful good half of Earthrealm heroes under the guidance of Fujin since Raiden can no longer be trusted to protect his heroes without endangering them. The other half (aka Dark Raiden clique) will obviously be led by Dark Raiden, and he may take on Sub-Zero and Scorpion as his enforcer lackeys (since Sub-Zero and Scorpion have already resolved their differences and came to a truce between the Shirai Ryu and Lin Kuei) who would do the dirty work for Raiden.

And over on the Outworld side, we have Kotal, Reptile, Ermac, Kano, Ferra/Torr and Erron Black representing the Pure Outworld clique even though Reptile himself isn't actually from Outworld but is in good standing with them, while the rebellious Edenian clique will be represented by Tanya and maybe Rain since Mileena and Baraka are good as gone into the Netherrealm.

And then there is the ultimate big bad themselves, the Netherrealm. Currently led by Liu Kang and Kitana, with Kung Lao, Sindel, Smoke, Kabal, Stryker, Nightwolf and Jade as lackeys who are just there like wallpaper. Quan Chi is dead thanks to Scorpion's self-serving actions, and Shinnok can barely function since we only see his head, so that means those two are out of commission while Liu and Kitana finally get super billing as top villains for MK11. Newer revenants can include Sektor, Cyrax, Baraka, Mileena and maybe Rain and Shang Tsung if Netherrealm wants to beef up their number of lackeys, plus the intriguing appeal of Mileena and Kitana being villains together under Netherrealm despite their rivalry. 