Board Thread:Mortal Kombat (Alternate Timeline)/@comment-26339133-20150427183819/@comment-72.197.211.140-20150612225956

Dragonspyne wrote: 72.197.211.140 wrote: You have to remember that few ever stays dead in the MK universe. When MK Deadly Alliance ended, virtually all of forces of light had been killed, and Onaga simply revived them to serve him. Remember, this is exactly the reason why his army couldn't be beaten. I wouldn't be one bit surprised if Onaga had the power to return Liu Kang, Kitana, Sindel, Nightwolf, Stryker, Kabal, and all the others back to the land of the living, albeit under his control.

That's fair thinking and, yes, death in MK means almost nothing. However, I think this new MK path is working on patterns. So far, two guest characters for each MK game (one horror movie, one other), lots of people die (dead bad guys don't return next game), and each game is a redo of the Original Timeline games until Armageddon (but in the case of games being within days or weeks of each other's storylines those are put together). I can see, since MK9 was a redo of MK1-3 and MKX was a redo of MK4, that MK11 will be a redo of Deadly Alliance and Deception especially being that those two were within days of each other's storylines. Take in mind that Deadly Alliance had more to do than just the plot of Shang Tsung and Quan Chi being the main baddies of the game. We also have the Undead Army, a Soulnado to worry about, and now Kotal Kahn doing something heroic that would screw things up on Earthrealm. Then we can get into Onaga toward the end. And I overall like the idea of him resurrecting the heroes you mentioned into zombies. I wonder though if it would be unreasonable to have that being that they are in the Netherrealm and they potentially could just resurface just about anywhere they want.

The redo of Deadly Alliance, even if Shang Tsung Quan Chi COULD return in the next game, is still up in the air.

An important part in the MKX storyline (if you're going to try to relate to Deadly Alliance) was Li Mei had said that her villiage of Sun Do was the epicenter of a fierce battle. She didn't go into the details, but this could pose problems if they try to redo Deadly Alliance.

Remember, it was from Sun Do that the Soulnado was discovered, and Shang Tsung and Quan Chi ordered a palace to be built around it. Li Mei was one of those who attacked them, so they offered her a deal: if she could beat them at their tournament, her people would be freed. In the MK Deception intro, Raiden's actions in releasing his energy destroyed the palace and closed the Soulnado.

This is an important part of the Deadly Alliance storyline: Shinnok's amulet is only half the picture. Onaga's warriors still need souls implanted into them in order to return to life. As of this moment in the storyline, the Dragon King's army is nothing but a bunch of empty shells, and that means you cannot control them with the amulet because they're not alive yet.

Since Li Mei did not explain any details about what happened at Sun Do, it's entirely possible that the Soulnado was closed, and that would ruin any chances of reviving Onaga's army. This is certainly a possibility because when the battle at Sun Do happened, the amulet was still in Mileena's possession. If you remember from what she told Rain in the storyline, using the amulet still causes her great pain, and she needed more time.

This could imply Mileena did not understand how to fully tap into the amulet's power or something. So for all we know, by using the amulet at Sun Do, Mileena could have closed the Soulnado without even realizing it because she didn't know how to properly wield the amulet's power.

I hope you see where this is going, Dragonspyne.