History Headscratchers / MortalKombat1

* Why was Baraka completely unaffected by the gas Shang Tsung used to try to kill him and the Earthrealmers? Is it a result of Tarkat affecting his body in some way?

** They didn't just take the hourglass, they also took Kronika's power and her place and become Titans themselves.

* What exactly is a Titan? In ''11'' it was established that they were a race of beings (of which Kronika was part of) implied to be more ancient and powerful than the Elder Gods themselves. However, ''1'' treats "Titan" as a title belonging to the kombatants that became Keepers of Time by defeating Kronika and seizing the Hourglass for themselves in their own timelines (Such as Titan Shang Tsung, Titan Kitana and Titan Havik). Did Liu Kang erase the previous game's Titans while creating this new timeline?

* Geras mentioned a second timeline during his interaction with God Liu Kang. Is it possible that the Hourglass also happens to be a portal to other timelines?

** Everything indicates that Edenia is now the central region of Outworld. Liu Kang likely decided that placing Jerrod and an uncorrupted Sindel in charge of Outworld would grant the realm rulers that are strong, just, and willing to work with all of its races. This change also effectively makes the Edenians Outworld's core native populace, and its counterpart to Earthrealm's Humans, albeit they appear to have much longer lifespans and are much stronger physically on average. And finally, placing Edenia in the heart of Outworld has the knock-on effect of overwriting Outland's barren wastelands with Edenia's fertile, GhibliHills-esque geography, changing the realm from a {{Mordor}} into an {{Arcadia}} and removing the need for it to conquer other realms for resources, since its peoples can now sustain themselves via agriculture and animal husbandry. In a sense, Liu appears to have agreed with Shao that Edenia was good for Outworld - just not with how the merger originally occurred.

** Everything indicates that Edenia is now the central region of Outworld. Liu Kang likely decided that placing Jerrod and an uncorrupted Sindel - both of sound moral character, and the former having a strength of will so great he is credited in this timeline and those prior as the de factor "leader" of the souls inside Ermac - in charge of Outworld would grant the realm rulers that are strong, just, and willing to work with all of its races. This change also effectively makes the Edenians Outworld's core native populace, and its counterpart to Earthrealm's Humans, albeit they appear to have much longer lifespans and are much stronger physically on average. And finally, placing Edenia in the heart of Outworld has the knock-on effect of overwriting Outland's barren wastelands with Edenia's fertile, GhibliHills-esque geography, changing the realm from a {{Mordor}} into an {{Arcadia}} and removing the need for it to conquer other realms for resources, since its peoples can now sustain themselves via agriculture and animal husbandry. In a sense, Liu appears to have agreed with Shao that Edenia was good for Outworld - just not with how the merger originally occurred.

** Everything indicates that Edenia is now the central region of Outworld. Liu Kang likely decided that placing Jerrod and an uncorrupted Sindel - both of sound moral character, and the former having a strength of will so great he is credited in this timeline and those prior as the de factor "leader" of the souls inside Ermac - in charge of Outworld would grant the realm rulers that are strong, just, and willing to work with all of its races. This change also effectively makes the Edenians Outworld's core native populace, and its counterpart to Earthrealm's Humans. And finally, placing Edenia in the heart of Outworld has the knock-on effect of overwriting Outland's barren wastelands with Edenia's fertile, GhibliHills-esque geography, turning the realm from a {{Mordor}} into an {{Arcadia}} and removing the need for it to conquer other realms for resources, since its peoples can now sustain themselves via agriculture and animal husbandry. In a sense, Liu appears to have agreed with Shao that Edenia was good for Outworld - just not with how the merger originally occurred.

** Everything indicates that Edenia is now the central region of Outworld. Liu Kang likely decided that placing Jerrod and an uncorrupted Sindel - both of sound moral character, and the former having a strength of will so great he is credited in this timeline and those prior as the de factor "leader" of the souls inside Ermac - in charge of Outworld would grant the realm rulers that are strong, just, and willing to work with all of its races - Tarkat recreating the savage and barely-controllable Tarkatans was clearly not part of the New Era's plan, given Baraka was reborn as an Edenian, who are now Outworld's counterpart to Earthrealm's Humans. Placing Edenia in the heart of Outworld also has the knock-on effect of overwriting Outland's barren wastelands with Edenia's fertile, GhibliHills-esque geography, turning the realm from a {{Mordor}} into an {{Arcadia}} and removing the need for it to conquer other realms for resources, since its peoples can now sustain themselves via agriculture and animal husbandry. In a sense, Liu appears to have agreed with Shao that Edenia was good for Outworld - just not with how the merger originally occurred.

* Why does Edenia not exist anymore? what were both the developers AND Liu Kang thinking?

** Pretty sure they mention the final battle is supposed to be made up of good and evil Titans from throughout the timelines. So taht's why you don't get to use the normal cast, they're outclassed.

** 1) seems possible. 2) I'm not sure if Kuai Liang has the power to summon people of different timelines since that's reserved for a godlike being like Liu Kang.

** 1) Fatalities aren't canon and don't have to make sense, for example: Jax growing huge to stomp on his opponents. 2) it's possible he's calling in Scorpions from different timelines to assist him.

* Scorpion's new fatality which is a ShoutOut to his past fatality of summoning a bunch of Scorpions after dragging his victim to Hell: Considering that Scorpion here is a very human and pretty much alive Kuai Liang... ''who are these Scorpion extras??'' Fellow Lin Kuei/Shirai Ryu members? And how did one of them emulate hellspawn Hanzo Hasashi by having a skeleton for head? (That is one hell of a cosplay if that's true) Or Scorpion is just using hallucinations?

* Was the final battle fought by Titans exclusively, or were they joined by their Mortal allies/variants?

** The real answer is because they didn't want to do extra work including alternate fighting styles/powers so used the same ones with different skins. In universe it may be that Lui Kang and Shang Tsung just had similar ideas on how to change the characters for their New Eras it's just Liu Kang was trying to give them a better life while Shang Tsung was changing them to make them more compliant to his will.

* Why are certain characters in Shang Tsung’s timeline changed in the same way as in Liu Kang’s timeline? For example, Dark Tanya and Dark Rain use a staff and scepter even though in the previous timeline they had different weapons and, in Tanya’s case, different abilities; it’s strange that Shang Tsung and Liu Kang would change the same people in the same ways.

* How did Syzoth not piece together himself that Shang Tsung had already killed his family? What lie could Tsung have possibly told him to not make him question where they are and why he couldn't visit them, or even find them if he snuck off on his own?

* How did Syzoth not piece together himself that Shang Tsung had already killed his family? What lie could Tsung have possibly told him to not make him question where they are and why he can't visit them, or even find them if he snuck off on his own?

* How did Syzoth not piece together long ago that Shang Tsung had already killed his family? What lie could Tsung have possibly told him to not make him question where they are and why he can't visit them, or even find them if he snuck off on his own?