Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-5561191-20140912094911/@comment-5561191-20141016230820

I thought Torr was confirmed to be an oni already. Sorry then. But there are many things that lead me to believe he was a oni.

First, because he's certainly not human. Human eyes aren't red and a human man of his size would be able to fight by himself without the need of a little partner, unless he was completely retarded. Like MKRedemption19180 said, Torr moves around clumsily and acts much more like Ferra's pet or something than like an actual fighter.

Second, because of the cloth on his head. The first thing I thought when I saw it was "Why would someone cover their own head during a fight to death? It looks so retarded". But then I thought: maybe he feels unconfortable with light, and his eyes hurt when they're uncovered. That's why he needs Ferra to ride him around and give him instructions to do about anything. What's the other possible explanation for the cloth? Red eyes that aren't used to light? Not only he isn't human, but also he should come from a dark place. Who knows one of the dark pits of the Netherrealm. Onis love to torture and eat anything that steps there.

Third, maybe their origin being from Outworld is related only to Ferra. Not much information has been given about any of them yet, so I don't think we can really assume that both of are from Outworld. Maybe they live in Outworld and are fighting for it in this game, which I'm almost sure of, but I still don't see why this would mean that Torr can't come from the Netherrealm.

Fourth, onis can be very different from each other. Moloch and Drahmin, for example. Drahmin was once human, but now he's oni, so yes, he serves as an example. Yet he's completely different from Moloch. Both of them are also very different from the onis seen in Shaolin Monks and in the story mode of MK9. So onis can be drastically different from each other, and Torr doesn't need to look like any of them to be one.

I just won't support your theory completely, MKRedemption19180, because I don't think Torr looks human. He's much more robust than that and moves around like a gorilla. With magic, he wouldn't do that anymore, and most likely would be more rational and be able to fight by himself, and even talk. Why would someone try to turn, or at least disguise, an oni into a human without giving it human intelligence too? Having the looks of a human doesn't help when all you can do is roar instead of talking and move around like an ape with your weird eyes covered. You also mentioned those different red eyes, but how can we be sure that the rest of his face isn't unhuman and still oni as well?

Well, maybe he's of a humanoid Outworld species, but clearly isn't human. A tough tarkatan wouldn't be able to hide their teeth under that cloth, and wouldn't even need the said cloth, as tarkatans can see well with light, so clearly he isn't tarkatan. Like you said, MKRedemption19180, he clearly isn't shokan as well. So his species moves around like gorillas, has about the same body shape as them and red eyes that aren't used to illuminated places. Does anyone see why I confused Torr with an oni?