QueenNioiclin

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Writer of Queer Fantasy & Narrative Designer. Gamer. Tá mé ag foghlaim Gaeilge. Lover of great stories. She/her 🏳️‍🌈 / Amateur artist


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We finally got Ashrah's bio yesterday! Let's see what it says about my angelic demon baby:

Okay, so as the trailer indicated, the basic of Ashrah's character has been blessedly left untouched: she's a demon from the Netherrealm who's on this quest for spiritual purification with the aid of the Kriss (by the way, confirmed it's still a kriss!). In the trailer, Ashrah says that she has "purified most evil" from her soul, which is why she looks human.

But I wonder: is NRS might be hiding something? The real question here is: is the Kriss still the Datusha? Because if it is, it might have a huge influence on Ashrah's character development. If it's not... to be fair, it would take away some of the charm.

"Ashrah senses that her final absolution is near." I totally interpret that as "Nitara is nigh and the Datusha is starving for her oh-so-sweet blood!"

Also, an interesting detail here: Ashrah actually left the Netherrealm before finding the Kriss. So, she's not trapped there like before. And, as expected, her sisters didn't try to murder her on Quan Chi's orders since the Brotherhood of Shadows isn't a thing in the New Era. They did try to murder her, though. And from what I understood, Ashrah killed her sisters. It's not 100% confirmed, but I believe (hope) this debunks the theory that Kia/Jataaka/Sareena are her sisters. So, please NRS, explain who the hell are her sisters! xD

And, this might sound cruel, but if the Kriss truly is a holy blade this time, I hope Ashrah doesn't "enter the light." The dual nature is one of the things that makes Ashrah so fascinating! If the Datusha is still a thing as I believe, MK 1 might finally give Ashrah the opportunity to realise her mistake. And then we go back to another post I did a few days ago, in which I expressed my wish for Ashrah and Nitara to start off as rivals and become allies! If Sareena is in the story too, we could have a memorable, intertwined character arc between Ashrah, Nitara, and Sareena, with Ashrah coming to accept that purging her entire demonic nature is not only unnecessary but it might destroy her.

So many theories, so many possibilities!


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in reply to @QueenNioiclin's post:

Do you care about spoilers from the leaks? Won't say anything for the leaks otherwise.

I do think that sareena is deffintly going to be in the story. They seem to be dividing kameos between canon story kameos and non canon dream match kameos. And the non canon dream match ones are really closely sticking to their old designs but the Canon ones are getting design overhauls like goro and sareena.

The kriss (datshua?) seems to have some hints of not being on the level in the trailer. The aura of the sword when she's fighting mileena is like a holy golden glow but when she's fighting havik is like a purple/black evil thing. So I think it's almost certainly datshua or they're just leaning into her dual nature thing for gameplay as well?

If it's story leak, I avoid them like the plague lol Roster leaks I try to avoid as well, although it was impossible to remain ignorant of the main and KP 1 leaks (and I confess I consciously checked the roster leak to see if Ashrah was in it) 😅

I agree. Goro has been spotted in the Umgadi trailer (unless it's another Shokan), and it feels such a waste to have this redesign for Sareena (and her demon form for the first time!) to not use her in the story. I do hope she won't be Bi-Han dependent, though.

Yeah, that purple aura is suspicious. We can't blame the Datusha with 100% certainty because it could potentially be Ashrah doing it. And if it is her, it's also interesting that she's allowing herself to use her demonic powers. I've mentioned the Datusha a few times in Dominic's and Stephanie's tweets (lead writer/QA), and at least none of them has contradicted me so far haha

I'm looking forward to Nitara's reveal. If they include Ashrah in her trailer, we'll likely get our answer!