MKTRAU

Hello there, beautiful people of the internet. If you like Mortal Kombat and you have found this post by chance, I would like to introduce you to a big project of mine as a fan: a Mirror Universe for Mortal Kombat, which I have decided to call Twisted Reflection AU.

I am pretty sure most people here are perfectly aware of what a Mirror Universe is, but just in case I will explain that the concept is an alternate universe in which the moral compasses of the characters, or at least most of them, are changed to the point that heroes become villains and vice versa. Good examples of this concept are the Mirror Universe of Star Trek, where the United Federation of Planets of the main universe is replaced by the ruthless Terran Empire (and some people like our dear Mr. Spock have a taste for goatees too), and the Shattered Glass universe of Transformers, in which the Decepticons are freedom fighters and the Autobots are tyrannical warmongers.

In this blog I will be posting things related to this concept applied to the Mortal Kombat universe that I have done. Feel free to comment anything you want, feedback in particular would be really appreciated :)

This is an alternate blog of mine fully dedicated to material of this AU I have made.

Other blogs

My main interaction blog is @apepthehero

I also have another blog dedicated to collecting my takes on a more regular MK world, @overlordzeffeero

Also, although I am even less active in this, I have a blog dedicated to collect some research I have made of some obscure material of this franchise, @foma2000info

Master List of Bios

Edenians

Kitana

Mileena

Skarlet (counts as Edenian in this universe)

Jade

Tanya

Sindel

Jerrod

Delia

Amara

Argus

Taven

Daegon

Rain

Blaze

Ermac

Saphera (OC from friend)

Delilah (OC from frined) and Ulima (OC)

Naknadans

Kollector

Vampires

Nitara

Carmilla (OC)

Zaterrans

Reptile

Khameleon

Chameleon

Seidans

Hotaru

Darrius

Dairou

Abacus + Zaggot

Amaterasu (OC from friend)

Chaosrealmers

Havik + Olaria (OC from friend)

Netherrealmers/Netherrealm related characters

Shinnok

Cetrion (counts here)

Geras (counts here)

Quan Chi

Ashrah

Sareena

Kia + Jataaka

Drahmin

Moloch

Heavens

Kronika

Outworlders/Outworld related characters

Onaga

Shao Kahn

Reiko

Shang Tsung

Erron Black

Ferra and Torr

Meat

Li Mei

Baraka

Goro

Kintaro

Sheeva

Motaro

Hideyoshi

Sorak + Minerva (OCs)

Arranad (OC)

Kasuro (OC)

Kiron (OC)

Muspeelhern (OC)

Isramir (OC from friend)

White Lotus

Raiden

Fujin

Suijin + Kojin + Dojin

Bo' Rai Cho

Shujinko

Liu Kang

Kung Lao

Kai

Kung Jin

Red Dragon

Hsu Hao

Mavado

Black Dragon

Kabal

Kobra

Kira

Kano

Jarek

Tasia

No Face

Golden Dragon (counterparts of SF/OIA characters + Suchin)

Sonya Blade

Johnny Cage

Jax

Kenshi

Suchin

Cassie

Jacqui

Takeda

Stryker

Mokap (not part of the Golden Dragon, but related to their story)

I must say that she was an special challenge when it came to try to find her as similar as possible clothes to your design (which I must link for anyone to see and enjoy as usual 💯). She was still fun to do, so I hope you will enjoy the results 😌

And, of course, there's also the interactions I promised with her counterpart with this AU, whose story is a bit curious. It relates to a lot of stuff in this AU, so I may have to suggest to read the bios of the rest of the Argus fam to get a full picture of what's being told there (my fault for putting too much info when writing the bios 😅 Hope it's not too long to read): Delia, Argus, Rain, Taven, Daegon.

There's also a fun fact I have to share about her. Many things related to the Edenian Regime and its government's ideology I have based in a certain character of a series called One Piece, Sakazuki (better known as Akainu), of whom I can share a YouTube tribute that I think encapsulates him well right here:

Just some quotes that I feel encapsulate the 'twisted justice' feeling of this guy I have wanted to give to the Edenian Regime in this AU

Inspired by how MK's hydromancy can be just as destructive as the magma powers Akainu has, I ended up deciding to use Mirror Amara as the character of this AU inspired the most by him. I try to give her the same unstoppable determination to fight for a wrong cause guided by a twisted sense of justice (in her case, the Edenian Regime's fight for 'peace').

I also had Mirror Amara do... something pretty horrible for Mirror Kollector's backstory (which I reference in the interactions) as reference to something Akainu did in the series: causing a genocide just because there was the possibility people who had information about dangerous weapons could be among the people he killed 💀

I had thought that this personality I gave Mirror Amara could be interesting if it clashed with your Amara, who's a morally grey character, so I had imagined Mirror Amara may be some ways like her but with her flaws up to a million lmao.

Unfortunately I feel I didn't play as much as I would have wanted with your Amara's moral greyness in these interactions 😞 (mainly because her opponent is such an straight up villain lmao). But here is my attempt, nonetheless. Also researched a bunch to remember stuff of your Umgadi Girls AU and reference it! 🔥

High Mage Amara: The Lady of Storm? Mirror Amara: A title I was given by my people and that I carry with honor. High Mage Amara: And yet, outside of your Edenia, those in your timeline only seemed to fear that name.

Mirror Amara: Your position in your realm’s court and your title as High Mage proves you are capable… High Mage Amara: interrupts her. With that tone of yours, I could tell by a mile this isn’t a praise. Get to the point. Mirror Amara: You are capable of much more than you actually do, just like your Edenia. You should do more to change that wicked realm you have been cursed to exist in.

High Mage Amara: gives her a judging glare. I have been made aware of what you did in Naknada. Mirror Amara: … An action whose weight I will always need to carry, knowing that I was the only one that could do what was necessary no matter the… High Mage Amara: Such a weight you are using it as an excuse to pat yourself in the back.

Mirror Amara: Your indiscipline earned you the anger of Lady Cetrion herself. High Mage Amara: The mistake I committed is something I have felt great regret for. And that's a feeling I know you couldn’t understand given that you don’t feel any regret for atrocities. Mirror Amara: As long as my realm’s mission advances, I have nothing to regret.

High Mage Amara: You and your allies talk and talk about bringing peace to other realms, and yet all I see you are bringing to your timeline's Outworld is war. Mirror Amara: When beasts are out there, real peace can only be obtained if they are tamed or sacrificed. Whatever we may do to that realm of savages is necessary to dictate peace. High Mage Amara: You also like to talk about self-dellusions and excuses, it seems.

Mirror Amara: Your Edenia uses a tournament to try and intimidate barbarians? High Mage Amara: A practice whose necessity I am willing to debate with admirable people, but most definitely not with you. I can’t even begin to grasp how it would be wrong by your Regime’s standards. Mirror Amara: Threats are empty if you do not support them with actions, like my realm does. Second line's 'admirable people' is me trying to make a Kaliza reference, because I am a fan lmao. I had thought Kaliza and Amara would disagree in how bad the practice of the tournament is given their personalities, though I must invite you to correct me if I was wrong ofc 🫡

High Mage Amara: Your son seems so unhappy. Mirror Amara: I am aware of the pressure of his duties. If it were in my power, he wouldn’t have to feel any of it, but it’s better this way. Once peace reigns in all realms, Rain will live with no worries. He will never lose anything to warmongers. High Mage Amara: sighs. How is even your love so twisted?

Mirror Amara: It’s a shame you can’t see what must be done, but I shouldn’t be surprised given that you have challenged even your realm’s own authority. High Mage Amara: My friends and a new generation of admirable Umgadi have shown me rules are to be broken if they prevent good from being done. What’s a shame is that you can’t learn from them too. Mirror Amara: I have nothing to learn from Outworlders or Earthrealmers.

Also, since it's Christmas time and I felt like writing more silly/happy stuff, I added two extra interactions! One is a scene I imagined could happen between your Amara and Amaya after she met Mirror Amara:

Amaya: You can’t hide how you have felt since you visited that backwards timeline. Not from me, not from Li Mei, not from Kaliza. And as long as that worries us, we are going to keep searching for an answer. High Mage Amara: doubts but finally decides to be sincere. That Edenia, their way of thinking, my counterpart. I… can’t deny that, for all our differences, some aspects of us remain in them… I have wondered if they are what we could become if… Amaya: Amara. You may as well use them as a cautionary tale, as what you shouldn’t become. But you should also keep in mind. puts a supporting hand on her shoulder. You are nothing like them. You are our friend, and we are here to help you.

And second is just a joke interaction I had thought between Amaya and Mirror Harumi. Just because Amaya was in my mind thanks to the last one lol:

As I mentioned the last time, I really have fun creating HF minis of your characters and showing them to you, so I couldn't resist making a third one! And this time it is an special one. 😁

I kinda used the camera angle to make the hair look more accurate than it is in this picture lmao. HF doesn't have anything like her hair sadly 😭

I hope this will be an enjoyable recreation of your design, which I must link for any other possible reader to discover, because it's great 💯

Now, as usual with these, I had an idea for some interactions of her with one of my characters that I hope will be interesting. The very reason why I am posting this in this other blog: today, she's meeting her counterpart from this AU... to her dipleasure lmao.

Now, for this to be understood I think I'll have to make an as quick as possible lore exposition, because this is a very different AU 😅 Basically, Twisted Reflection or the Mirror Universe (I use both names for it, because the former was an attempt to make the name of the AU less generic) is like DC's Earth-3: an AU in which the MK characters have had drastically different lives and have taken very different decisions, to the point that the usual heroes are villains and viceversa.

An important example is that in this AU, Edenia's government is based in a dictatorship, the Edenian Regime, which is currently in some sort of crusade to dictate its 'peace' across all realms. Said 'peace' is rather twisted to begin with, as I explain here. I have also established the fact that in the Regime taking children to see public executions of rebels is considered an important part of their education, so... yeah, pretty bad place ☹️

Due to plot reasons, in this AU the Shirai Ryu were conquered by the Edenian Regime some centuries ago, and the ways of the Regime were instilled in the future generations, Harumi included. She's been a loyal follower of the Regime thanks to the vastly different way in which she was raised in comparison to regular AUs, and has been especially motivated since her Hanzo's death during a mission to fight for their cause, which includes enforcing the ways of the Regime in her clan as the new Grandmistress and eventually assisting in Earthrealm itself being 'pacified' like her clan was.

As I usually do with villains in this AU, Harumi has a completely different belief system which causes her to be a villain, but I still give her some redeemable qualities to show that she's still the original one under other circumstances.

Oh, and there's the version of Cetrion in this AU I mentioned in the interactions. I didn't mention explicitly in the bio, but basically her plan is to 'purify' the realms by brainwashing everyone she doesn't like/doesn't follow her, starting by the Netherrealm. The Edenian Regime and the likes are lucky she likes them, though lol.

And alright, after those five long paragraphs of explanation lmao, here are the interactions. I hope they'll be fun! 😊

Scorpion Harumi: I see your clan and I barely recognize anything! So much of our culture is gone. Mirror Harumi: To save us from ourselves, Edenia molded us into what we should have always been. Scorpion Harumi: That’s not called saving! That’s called controlling!!!

Mirror Harumi: The massacre of your Shirai Ryu was a vile, unforgivable act. For that, you have my condolences. Scorpion Harumi: notices sincerity, despite everything. I suppose there’s at least something we can agree on… Mirror Harumi: If only you could see the path that would prevent atrocities like that from ever happening.

Scorpion Harumi: You… You make your clan’s children attend executions!? Mirror Harumi: I will never understand what you see wrong in making sure the clan’s future generations know what the fate of evil is. Scorpion Harumi: So is that how you teach them!? Fear!?

Mirror Harumi: Your new Shirai Ryu Sanctuary could fall just like your old clan. My clan could assist you in protecting it. Scorpion Harumi: I already have friends protecting it, and I don’t want people like you anywhere near it. Mirror Harumi: You speak as if I had ill intentions. I just want to help.

Scorpion Harumi: Is there anything that matters to you aside from your… ‘peace’? Mirror Harumi: Of course there is, but I must not let it distract me from my duty. Any individual life is meaningless when it comes to dictating peace. Scorpion Harumi: All lives should matter as far more than cogs!

Mirror Harumi: One of my clan’s and Edenia’s allies is Lady Cetrion. What other proof do you need that our cause is rightful? Scorpion Harumi: I have seen what your Cetrion does in the Netherrealm. Brainwashing everyone who doesn’t follow her is not what the Cetrion I follow would do, ever! Mirror Harumi: Perhaps you should question if the ways of your goddess are too naive.

Scorpion Harumi: I know for sure Nightwolf would try to teach you to let anger go away. Mirror Harumi: I am not motivated by anger, I fight to bring a better future for my clan and Earthrealm. Scorpion Harumi: You may say that to yourself, but I recognize the anger I felt after losing Hanzo better than anyone.

Husband of Queen Sindel, King Jerrod is just as respected and feared as a key figure of the Edenian Regime as his wife. As a born noble of Edenia, Jerrod was raised to have absolute loyalty towards the Edenian Regime’s ideals and fight to enforce its laws in the due time, but that’s far from the only reason for his current devotion to the Regime.

The strict lifestyles of Edenian nobles caused Jerrod’s family to be distant from him during his first years, either because they had duties to fulfill or because they wanted Jerrod to be fully focused in his training and education. Jerrod was an obedient kid and never complained about his education, but it was a fact that he was never close to his family. He instead grew close to his personal guards and instructors in combat.

All veteran Edenian Knights who had decided to instruct the next generation after retirement. While also strict, as expected from Edenian Regime’s soldiers, they were also willing to expend some time with the young Jerrod outside of training, let him express his thoughts and the doubts he would inevitably develop due to all his responsibilities, and try to guide him in the best way in aspects outside of combat. Jerrod was always thankful towards them for that gesture, it made their loss incredibly painful.

When Jerrod was still too young to defend himself in a real battle, his region was among the territories within Edenia targeted by the forces of the cruel warlord Drahmin. When his home was attacked, Jerrod and his family were forced to escape, something which was only possible thanks to his guard’s sacrifice, who fought Drahmin’s soldiers as they ran away.

That loss motivated Jerrod. Once Drahmin and his forces were defeated and he was able to return home, he vowed to become the best enforcer of the Regime he could be, to honor his instructors’ life and to protect his home. It also increased his disgust towards other realms, (which was already there as part of the Regime’s doctrine), Outworld especially.

With effort, Jerrod grew and became a powerful warrior and a skillful leader, enough to be chosen to assist the young Princess Sindel in the fulfillment of her duties. During their time together, Sindel and Jerrod connected due to their similarities. They could notice how alone and stressed they felt due to their responsibilities, and admire their will to keep going forward despite those feelings. They grew closer each day, until their true feelings were clear. It didn’t take long for them to marry when they reached adulthood.

When Sindel ascended to the throne, Jerrod did it at her side. He knew of his wife’s intentions of starting the ‘pacification’, and had no doubts about fully supporting it. From his point of view, it was time for ‘underdeveloped societies’ to have ‘peace’ dictated to them, no matter the cost.

Finally had the time and motivation to write another bio! 😊

Hey. I have been working in other blogs these months, but I haven't forgotten this one at all 🫡

I have recently tried to design a flag for the first time. Obviously the attempt has been... improvable, to say the least lmao. But I want to show anyway.

Here's a prototype of the Edenian Regime flag in this AU:

Mirror Daegon: I can't help but notice how troubled you seem.

Taven: Well... Learning that our family was broken in your world too hasn't lighten me up, to say the least.

Mirror Daegon: It is not a hopeful fact, I'll agree... But, if it offers you even some relief, I am glad I met you, brother.

Daegon: Some things have remained the same in both our worlds.

Mirror Taven: You still betrayed our parents. glares at him.

Carlos Pesina, a simple motion caption actor from Illinois, Chicago. During his early career, Carlos befriended a young John Carlton, and they started working in multiple projects together. Johnny was the one to give him the alias of Mokap, which he decided to start using, even referring to himself as such. Those were really fun times, times he would give anything to back to.

Years passed, and Mokap saw with sadness how Johnny’s career ended up in a disaster. He tried to help his friend back then, offering him support and telling him he could ask anything from him. Johnny just thanked him, but told him he didn’t need to worry, he would figure something up. As we know, he did, indeed.

One day, while working on a set, Mokap suddenly manifested… something. He couldn’t exactly tell what it was, but… He could apparently use some weird kind of telekinesis now!? And manipulate some white energy too!? That… That really felt like being trapped in one of the video games he had helped develop. Luckily no one else had noticed it, so he was in time to tell it exclusively to the people he trusted the most, Johnny included. Johnny was quick to tell him that he had a friend which could help him with his new discovery.

Mokap doesn’t even remember how he was transported to the Golden Dragon base. He had been in his home one moment, barely some minutes after telling Johnny what had happened, and in the other moment was already in a completely different place. As many others before him, he was approached by Taven.

Mokap was then explained everything about the universe he lived in that he didn’t know. The realms, their conflicts, the Elder Gods. You can be sure he wondered if he was dreaming more than once during it, but had to accept it was all true. He was also explained about his new powers, theorized by the Golden Dragon to have come from the Elder Gods themselves (since they sometimes granted great abilities to those they considered ‘worthy’), which had made Taven have interest in recruiting him. He explained Mokap of the Golden Dragon and its ideas and objectives, using the same convenient choices of words he ever did, his appealing personality… and yet he got nothing but constant refusals.

It took some time, but Taven realized what was happening. He had committed a mistake at not realizing that, unlike anyone he had ever been able to convince to join his clan, Mokap was a simple person. No great ambition, no frustration in life, no will to change his world no matter what. He was just a man who wanted to live his life, and a shocked one due to the revelations he had been given at that.

Usually, the procedure he followed with the likes of Mokap was making sure they would never be able to reveal any information about the Golden Dragon ever. But due to the fact that Mokap wasn’t someone with any resources to spread the information and was easy to keep under vigilance, that Taven knew he was important for Johnny (who he saw as a friend, as he did with all Golden Dragon members) and that being in Earthrealm instead of the Edenian Regime had softened him up a bit, Taven decided to make a one time exception and just take him back home, not without letting him clear that his clan would always keep an eye of him, of course.

From that day on, Mokap has just been able to live in fear and with constant paranoia. If Johnny was a Golden Dragon, who else could be? Could he even trust anyone else anymore? He definitely couldn’t speak of what had happened, not without taking a great risk. He started going out of his house much less due to this, a fact which has greatly affected his personal life for the worse…

Unfortunately for Mokap, despite wishing he could just live a simple life, his story will be an important one in this twisted world.

FINALLY.

THE TITANIC PLAYABLE MK CAST HAS BEEN FINISHED. ALL OF THEM HAVE A BIO FOR THIS AU ONCE AND FOR ALL!

I brought this to myself for creating an AU in which literally any character requires of a bio lmao. Glad to finish it with my boy Mokap, though! 🤍💙🖤

Once a police officer serving in the ranks of the NYPD, Kurtis Stryker had joined its ranks wishing to protect the citizens of his country from the day to day dangers. While he had heard of the problems regarding the police as an institution, he had thought he would only have to be good enough and focus on doing what’s right to overcome them. He was a well-intentioned, if too optimistic individual, not unlike the likes of Jax Briggs. It’s fitting that their fates were similar.

As much as Stryker tried to hold to his values, and as much as his abilities earned him the rank of Officer, he soon learned that there he wouldn’t be able to do as he wanted. There was simply too much corruption within the so-called defenders of the innocent. Those who were too prone to violence and attacked citizens for whatever petty reason, those who made deals with the criminal organizations they were meant to fight just for a good amount of money, those who took every order they were given no matter if they were asked to abuse their power, those who despite hating it as much as Stryker just turned a blind eye due to fearing the consequences if they protested. Stryker did protest multiple times, and all he received was threats of losing his job if he didn’t shut up. He was just a man, powerless to change a corrupt environment.

That situation made Stryker feel rightful frustration, but unfortunately said frustration would lead him to idolize the wrong people in the due time. While the high ranks of the government and the military knew of their existence, for simple police officers just like him, the Golden Dragon was little more than a myth, some legend among criminals that most believed absurd. And yet, the more he investigated it out of curiosity, the more possible it seemed to be. In particular, he started to notice how many dangerous and powerful criminals had been murdered in mysterious ways over the years, with little details indicating a common cause. As crazy as it seemed, only an organization as powerful as the rumored Golden Dragon seemed capable of doing it. That made Stryker wonder what their objective would be if they truly existed. Were they just trying to get rid of competition or people who knew too much, or was there something else? Not that he wanted to support the actions of possible criminals, not at the time, but deep down he had to admit, they would be cleaning the world of terrible people regardless of their intentions.

One day, some of his corrupt coworkers, who had been discovered making deals with criminals and given a rather short sentence due to their connections, were murdered in equally mysterious circumstances. That fact… honestly relieved him, but also motivated him enough to start looking up for the real cause. His private investigation immediately led him to discover that the Golden Dragon was in fact real. It didn’t take long for the Golden Dragon to discover what he had been doing and kidnap him before he could say too much.

What prevented Stryker from joining the great list of people ‘silenced’ by the Golden Dragon was the interest Lord Taven had in him. He couldn’t help but be impressed by how someone with so little resources had found them, and he wondered why he had taken the risk in the first place. He decided to speak with him.

You may have deduced that Stryker wasn’t precisely in the mood to talk nicely. Taven actually learned a few modern Earthrealm insults at the beginning of the conversation, it was quite a show. But Taven was a master in appealing to others, he had to be after thousands of years of experience. He quickly convinced Stryker to listen to him, taking advantage of the curiosity he had for his clan. He was able to tell him about his objectives, how he wanted to bring the Edenian Regime’s ‘peace’ in his realm, and how, if he succeeded, his entire world would be protected by completely loyal enforcers of the law, who would show no mercy towards criminals or those corrupt in their ranks.

Taven could already notice Stryker was tempted by his words, even if the Officer wouldn’t admit it right then. He offered Stryker a place in his clan, and allowed him some time alone to think about that offer. Stryker’s growing curiosity, alongside the fact that he was clever enough to know that a rejection wouldn’t exactly mean that they would let him go free, made him accept.

Taven carefully picked the first missions of Stryker as an informal Golden Dragon. All related to either finishing or intimidating the people he hated the most, criminals and other kinds of corrupt people who the Golden Dragon wished under their control. Unlike other recruits, Stryker quickly noticed the trick, but something in him didn’t really care. He saw the faith and loyalty Golden Dragon members had in their cause, and how they would genuinely work for the world Taven had promised him. Sure, it wasn’t the kind of world Styker had wanted either… but, given how utterly he had failed in his objectives before, perhaps it was time to reconsider things…

It took little time for the Golden Dragon to gain another agent in him. Kurtis Stryker disappeared from the public eye, and what appeared in his place was another individual willing to do anything to dictate ‘peace’.

Some time ago, Shang Tsung thought he could make use of another assistant to help him in his day to day work. While he already had the likes of Erron at his side, he was aware they were people with their own life and objectives outside of his work, and didn’t wish to take too much of their time. He decided to try an alternative by asking the Kreeyans who lived in Outworld to teach them their magic to create life. Since Shang Tsung was trusted by Shao Kahn himself, the Kreeyans decided to grant him his wish.

After learning from the Kreeyans, Shang Tsung tried to use his new abilities to create a new lifeform. He realized he had been too uncareful, however, since when the new lifeform was already created, it turned out he didn’t have enough mastery over his abilities to finish him completely. He was already a self-aware, intelligent being, but he lacked skin. Shang Tsung promised him he would complete him soon, and for the time being he made sure he could adapt to his particular nature.

Thanks to Shang Tsung, who kept practicing the magic to create life for the Kreeyans, the new creation, while still lacking skin, was able to stop bleeding anywhere around and was able to wear clothes without dirtying them. He was also offered the name ‘Meat’ by his creator, since he thought it described him well, and he accepted it.

While Shang Tsung kept studying to give him skin, Meat was given some education. While creating him Shang Tsung had made sure to program him with all the basic knowledge he would need to adapt to his new given life, but Shang Tsung knew there was more to life than technical knowledge. He put a special emphasis on Meat understanding what he was: a living being with his own right to choose his way. While Shang Tsung had created him with the objective of having someone to help him, he let it clear to Meat that it would have to be his choice, and that the sorcerer wouldn’t force him to perform any task.

Meat decided to try and perform the task he was created for first in order to decide. He accompanied Shang Tsung in some of his journeys, sometimes joining Erron too. He performed similar tasks to those of Erron, helping his creator in both searching knowledge through the realms and helping other people through the way. It allowed him to develop curiosity for all the different worlds in existence, as well as sympathy for all its lifeforms. He ultimately chose to stay at his creator’s side, which pleased the old Tsung.

During this time, Meat also ended up enjoying his skinless condition. Thanks to the magic methods of Shang Tsung to overcome the difficulties of not having skin, it was barely a problem. And Meat already saw it as part of his identity, something which made him unique. He decided to ask his creator not to give him any skin at the end, which the sorcerer respected.

When Shang Tsung joined the fight against the Edenian Regime, Meat decided to stay away from it, since he didn’t think he was ready for combat, nor wished to harm other lifeforms. This was yet another decision both Shang Tsung and friends of Meat, like Erron, have respected. He still assists them in other important activities, though, such as helping injured soldiers of Outworld. Time will say if Meat will have to reconsider his position for his own good…

The Edenian Regime’s occupation of Outworld’s territories has had more victims than one could count. The story of these two Outworlders is but one example of it.

Ferra and Torr were once two citizens of a simple town of their realm, one that wasn’t involved at all in the numerous conflicts of Outworld until the Edenian Regime noticed it and saw an easy target. They were quickly conquered, unable to put up resistance. At the time, Ferra was a little child, not even old enough to fully realize what was happening, while Torr was an adult man known for his great body and strength, but still unable to oppose the terrifying force that was the Edenian Regime.

Ferra’s parents were among the citizens most frustrated with the Edenian forces taking control of their home and lives, which led them to protest one day. They were arrested as criminals for that. While the punishment for rebellion in the Edenian Regime was usually forced labor, they were among the first citizens with rebel behaviour they found in the town, so the Edenian Regime forces decided to make an example of them through a public execution. Ferra was then taken to the new academy built in the town, to be ‘taught in the ways of peace’ and set an example of what children of the town should aspire to be in the future.

Torr watched all these events play out, and he decided he had had enough. He couldn’t let the invaders abuse his hometown any longer, even if he knew the consequences of opposing them. He decided to try and help the little girl who had been wronged first, by managing to break into the academy and take her away from it. He was immediately persecuted by the Edenian authorities for this.

Ferra and Torr managed to run away from the town and eventually left the Edenian soldiers who were after them behind, but  not without receiving grave injuries from them first. Now far from any community in Outworld, it seemed like those injuries could kill them soon. But fortunately, Shang Tsung happened to be near the area in one of his many journeys through Outworld, and he decided to assist Ferra and Torr when he saw them.

Shang Tsung did his best to heal both of them. His magic was able to allow them to survive that day, although certain damage has remained there, enough to affect their capability to speak. Despite this, they have been deeply thankful towards the sorcerer since that day.

Shang Tsung also offered to transport them to the nearest Outworld’s community independent from the Edenian Regime, part of Onaga’s alliance, which they also accepted. They settled down there, adopting it as their new home. Torr has made sure to take care of and protect Ferra, thinking it is his responsibility to make sure the girl will have the best life possible.

Despite their new lives, neither Ferra nor Torr has forgotten what the Edenian Regime caused them, and they are aware they are still a threat against their realm. Due to that, they have joined the fight against the Regime, hoping they will be able to make a difference.

Alright, here's one of the most experimental bios I have made, possibly the most.

Once a gunslinger and mercenary, Erron Black was quite proficient in his old job during the times of the Old West, being offered a great amount of profits to eliminate those his enemies wanted gone. That was his life for most of his first years, until the chance for another kind of life was offered to him.

During one of his assignments, Erron was contracted to steal artifacts from the Matokan people alongside a ruthless gang of mercenaries, which caused them to have to confront their protector, the one who wielded the mantle of Nightwolf at the time. The exact events which happened that day will be a story for another day, but for now it will be enough to say that Erron discovered that the ones who had contracted him had way darker intentions that he had imagined, something which led him to collaborate with Nightwolf to stop them. They finally succeeded in doing so, and a true friendship was formed in the process, despite their clear differences.

Nightwolf told Erron that there was potential for him to protect others rather than hunting them, and his words made more effect on his new friend than he would ever admit, even if he didn’t act on them for some time. Erron still thought he lived in a violent world, and that his work as a mercenary was fitting for said world, but doubt was already present in him. He would have to confront that doubt when he was met again by his old friend some years later, to participate in an event known as Mortal Kombat.

In other realities, going to said event would have ended in all but Erron taking a better path. In this one, however, things once again played out differently. Nightwolf introduced Erron to the good willing sorcerer Shang Tsung in the middle of the friendly martial arts tournament hosted by said sorcerer, who ended up agreeing with the protector of the Matoka that there was potential for good in the young man. He decided to use some of his time to make him see it.

Shang Tsung offered Erron to accompany him in some of his journeys through the realms to research for knowledge. Given the generous amount of money he was offered, Erron accepted with no second thoughts. He accompanied the sorcerer through various adventures, becoming more knowledgeable of the worlds beyond his own in the process, and also forging a friendship with the old Tsung. Working with him was a comfortable job, unlike the one he had as a mercenary with his life always on the line. He asked Tsung to keep working with him, which the sorcerer gladly accepted.

As Shang Tsung’s worker, Erron was able to reflect on his old ways. He occasionally helped Shang Tsung save lives during his journeys, like when the old man asked him to obtain some substances required to cure an ill person who needed their help. Saving lives rather than ending them, it’s what made him see he had taken the wrong path in life. He decided to atone for it by keeping working with Shang Tsung to help others, a process he decided to extend by asking Shang Tsung to slow his aging, which has allowed him to continue living to our days. He dedicates his long lifespan to do what he now sees as right, which has included following Shang Tsung in his opposition against the Edenian Regime.

Erron has been aware of the Edenian Regime threatening other realms, including his own, for long. He had wanted Shang Tsung to directly intervene for a long time, and had actually started helping those who opposed the tyrannical regime for longer than his old friend. Now that the sorcerer is also present, Erron feels even more motivated to continue his fight, and stop the Regime from taking over other realms. He may prove another dangerous oppositor for the Regime and its allies.

Little interactions between these two I have written with the format of an intro dialogues (although longer than an actual one). Thought It could be curious to show here:

Mirror Sindel: You are... Disappointed?

S11ndel: Look at yourself. So much power, so much influence, such priviledge. And yet, so few real ambitions of your own, always serving your realm's ridiculous ideals. Do you rule your Regime or does your Regime rule you?

Mirror Sindel: glares. Listen, you poor excuse of a jester with a crown. Your mockery is meaningless. Serving the Regime as its greatest enforcer is a responsibility and honor like no other, I would never be ashamed of it. And to your knowledge, my story will end with everyone across the realms remembering me as their saviour. You? I will make sure you are reminded as the insignificant stone in the way you were. None of your priviledge will save you from that.

An inhabitant of the realm of Arnyek, and member of an insectoid species from said realm, the Kytinn. Due to their drastic differences with sapient species from other realms, the Kytinn had once remained isolated in their own realm despite knowing of ways to travel through realms. That was until someone offered them their help.

Kreeya, the protector goddess of Fabir, knew that the Kytinn nature required them to get corpses from other sapient species and corpses, and feared that once the Kytinn population grew enough that would cause them to start conflicts with other species to obtain hosts for their kin. Instead, she offered them bodies she was able to create with the powers the Elder Gods granted her, but absent of any life. The Kytinn gladly accepted Kreeya’s help, which would eventually lead to a close partnership between Arnyek and Fabir. This partnership allowed the Kytinn to live at peace for many years, and to start developing partnerships with other realms now that there wasn’t a reason to get into conflict with any of them.

D’Vorah was born during this time. She was a loyal warrior to her people, and one of the most trusted agents of their queen, Al’Sheva, so much that most of the time she acted as her representative. This position allowed D’Vorah to experience other realms the most, familiarize with their inhabitants, even make some friends, such as the then heir of the Osh-Tekk throne, Ko’Atal K’etz. Without her knowing, these different circumstances she and her people lived in comparison to other universes prevented her from developing some questionable methods for survival, and allowed her to trust others.

When Vorpax took over her realm and allied with the Edenian Regime, the Kytinn were given an ultimatum: either they would follow the new Kreeyan government to aid in Edenia’s ‘pacification’ or they wouldn’t be given bodies to use as host any more. This would have put Queen Al’Sheva in an especially difficult situation, hadn’t it been for D’Vorah suggesting her a solution quickly. Thanks to her friendship with Kotal, she was quickly notified when the Kreeyan rebels joined in partnership with his allies in Outworld, which she communicated to her queen. Thanks to this, the Kytinn were able to contact the remaining Kreeyan rebels, which agreed to help them keep getting new hosts. While they didn’t have their mother’s powers to create life, Kreeya had once made sure they develop their own magic to be able to do it themselves, as a way of making her daughters not completely dependant on her to develop as a society. They couldn’t create bodies as fast as Kreeya, but it was enough to keep the Kytinn population satisfied.

Thankful for their remaining help and recognizing the Edenian Regime and its allies as a mutual threat, Queen Al’Sheva, D’Vorah and the rest of the Kytinn joined the efforts of their allies against them. They will surely prove another fierce rival for those who want to dictate their ‘peace’ across the realms.

Shirai Ryu

Harumi

Scorpion

Satoshi

Yua (OC from friend. Not Shirai Ryu but related to their history here)

Lin Kuei/Tekunin

Oniro

Kuai Liang

Bi-Han

Smoke

Cyrax

Sektor

Triborg

Frost

Kreeyans

Kreeya

Vorpax

Karia (OC)

Matoka

Nightwolf

Osh-Tekk

Kotal

Kytinn

D'Vorah

WIPs

WIP depicting this Sindel's backstory:

Born as Ko’Atal K’etz, he is son of the previous rulers of the realm of Osh-Tekk: Kotal K’etz and Tel T’laz. He decided to honor his father by taking his name once he inherited his throne.

The Osh-Tekk society is unique, but just like any other in one thing: it has flaws and virtues, all kinds of individuals, and both aspects which are better kept and those which had to be left behind. A good example of the latter happened during the late realm of Kotal K’etz.

Osh-Tekk society wasn’t known for having mercy towards enemies. Just like Outworld, their realm had territorial conflicts, which had led many Osh-Tekk to develop the thinking that war was impossible to avoid, and it was killing or dying. Kotal K’etz almost took this belief to its greatest extreme when, after having finished a conflict with a rival race from his realm known as the Qu’attons, the idea of eliminating every single member of said race to avoid future conflicts from happening came to his head. Had he taken that decision, it is safe to say his son would have been influenced by being raised with someone who thought of something like that as a ‘solution’… luckily, in this world it was only an idea which he quickly abandoned, even being horrified at himself for having tolerated that thought even for a moment. K’etz decided to search for a real solution instead. Peace with the Qu’attons was eventually obtained through diplomacy. It wasn’t perfect, took many years, and it surely cost some more conflicts and deaths, but it was eventually achieved. Both the Osh-Tekk and the Qu’attons have been able to coexist ever since.

K’etz experience had also made him reflect, if just a little. He had realized he was a very flawed man, and that there were problems in the ways of thinking typical in the Osh-Tekk society, even if he couldn’t grasp what it was. It was what he had believed all his life, raised to believe, alternatives just escaped his understanding. He still had an idea of how future generations could become wiser, however.

Kotal K’etz got permission from rulers from other realms, such as Edenia or Outworld, for his son to be allowed to visit them, see their different cultures and judge them by himself. His intention was for his son to learn from all kinds of societies in hope it would give him wisdom for his future rule, but the young Ko’Atal learned even more than he had expected.

The young Ko’Atal, until that point, hadn’t really known anyone who treated him like an equal, besides his family. Every Osh-Tekk treated him as their superior, since that was what members of the Osh-Tekk royalty were meant to be in their society: unquestionable authorities which would, supposedly, always do the best for the Osh-Tekk society, no matter what it took. That changed when during his visits he met people he would never rule, people who saw him as any other, people he could call real friends. One of them, and perhaps the most prominent one, was a young Reiko during Ko’Atal’s visits to Onaga’s alliance in Outworld, who Ko’Atal ended up admiring as a warrior and protector of his realm. In the end, it was connecting with regular people no different from the citizens of Osh-Tekk and not seeing them ‘below’ him anymore what really caused Ko’Atal to change his perspective.

Once he gained the throne, Kotal, as new ruler, took the initiative to limit the power of the ruler and the authority forces in the Osh-Tekk society, a decision which was received with controversy and inevitably started disputes. Nonetheless, Kotal’s initiative eventually gained  support from many of his fellow Osh-Tekk and was eventually able to succeed. Nowadays, Kotal's position as a ruler is just that of the main representative of his realm, with the government being run by representatives of each Osh-Tekk community chosen by its citizens. While Osh-Tekk is still far from an utopia, many currently agree with the heavy change which was made and consider it a step in the right direction.

During the next years, Kotal suggested the rest of his realm’s governors establish a close partnership with Onaga’s alliance in Outworld, which was well received and accepted. This partnership has caused the Osh-Tekk, and Kotal especially, to intervene in any instance the Edenian Regime and its allies tried to invade their territories. This has made the Osh-Tekk another enemy of the Edenian Regime, even if for now their realm is safe due to the Regime’s focus in Outworld. Kotal knows this, and is willing to keep fighting for both the people of his realm and Outworld, so the Edenian’s ‘peace’ isn’t imposed upon them.

This is a design I made over a public one. A certain update of Hero Forge has caused the helmet to look werider and I haven't been able to fix it, but I'll publish it like that for now. Feel free to give me any feedback, please! 😊