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| Ermac | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Also known as | Fusion of souls, trash bin for dead things, ghost, mummy, soul taker, green soul, demon, Trashman, Mac-Mac, Error Macro, ghostman, geist, soul construct |
| Nationality |  He's from Outworld
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| Born | February 13, 1022 BH, ig |
| Age | 1023 |
| Status |  Deceased
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| Physical description | |
| Eye colour | Green |
| Hair colour | Black |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Height | 6'1" |
| Weight | 91 kg |
| Blood type | Red |
| Gender |  Male
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| Career, affiliations and family information | |
| Affiliation(s) | Kotal Kahn (former), Shao Kahn (former), Ferra & Torr (former), Red Harlow, D'Vorah (former), Reptile,  Kotal's Army (former),  Kahn's Army, Liu Kang
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| Enemies | Shao Kahn (former), Ashrah, Onaga, Shang Tsung, Kotal Kahn, D'Vorah, Azazel, Chernobog |
| Occupation(s) | Shao Kahn's servant, Kotal's servant (former) |
| Goals | Help Shao Kahn in his misadventures and missions on Outworld and gain more souls for him to absorb his powers (ongoing), wander the planets and search for his own purpose (now, ongoing) |
| Video Games, Movies and Cartoons information | |
| Main appearance(s) (Video Games) | Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat: Return of The Dragon King, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, Mortal Kombat 9, Mortal Kombat X |
| Main appearance(s) (Cartoons) | MK: Defenders of the Planet |
| Created by | Shao Kahn |
| Voiced by (English) | John Turk, Jamieson Price, Kim Do Nguyen, Michael McConnohie, John Mendele |
- "We are many, you are butt one."
- — Ermac in MK 9
Ermac is a red-clad ninja who utilises telekinesis during fights in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. He made his debut in Mortal Kombat 3 and is one of Shao Kahn's lackeys. Well, he was at least until his planet got taken over by Lord Azazel and Shao and his cronies ended 6 feet deep.
He played both: the role of a villain and a hero.
About Ermac[]
Making his debut in Mortal Kombat 3, Ermac is a fusion of the many souls destroyed in Outworld's wars, only to be controlled by Emperor Shao Kahn and his shadow priests. Because of this, he refers to himself as "we", "us", and "our", instead of "I", "me", and "my/mine", similar to D'Vorah's case, as she is a colonial being. Because of the sheer concentration of souls within Ermac, he possesses the gifts of telekinesis, teleportation, and the ability to travel between planets and his voice always echoes like in a fuking tunnel.
Ermac rarely shows any signs of emotion, but he has proven to be quite naive but a very deadly combatant, using his telekinetic abilities in battle to battle multiple opponents at once while keeping the upper hoof. His naivety comes from the fact he is completely loyal and subverbant to Shao Kahn, though in a way it is understandable since the skull-wearing r-tard created him. Disappearing after the events of Mortal Kombat 3, he only returned in Mortal Kombat: Return of The Dragon King, where he was freed from Shao Kahn's grip by the blind swordsman Kenshi, whom he repaid by teaching him the telekinetic slam and he decided to simp for Earth instead. It was in this game that Ermac became less naive and actually managed to put some of the souls that made up his brain to good use. He decided to become a force of good, partly in guilt of his past evils when he found out how bad it is to take another being's life, and boy did he took a lot of those in the past, being Shao's assassin and so. To prove this, he decides to help Liu Kang free the souls of his friends from Onaga's control.
In 13 AH, he came under the possession of Onaga's soul when the Dragon was teleported to Hell, as well as King Jerrod's. Despite this, it's implied that Ermac has free will and is no longer evil due to Shao Kahn's imprisonment, as he willingly chose to side with Kotal Kahn to be ruler of Outworld instead of Mileena in Mortal Kombat X, despite Shao Kahn's decree. While Ermac's goal has varied over time, his overall allegiance is to Outworld, whether from defending it from threats or finding a proper ruler for the planet itself.
Info[]
Ermac was one of Shao Kahn's deadliest warriors. He was created by the emperor himself. Shao, Sektor and Shang Tsung greet to meet up one day and hit the underground chambers of Tsung where he kept the souls of fallen warriors, and when he merged a fusion of souls together under Shao's orders, Ermac was bound to emerge out of the Soul Chamber. Ermac carried out missions for the emperor and in one of his missions in the Never Never Land, Ermac became acquainted with Shujinko, a human warrior that roamed the planets on a quest to find the ancient Kamidogu. Ermac taught Shujinko his own abilities in return for the help Jinko gave him. Ermac was in the Never Land to slay a demon, but the Never Never Land drained Ermac's power and only the Soul Stone could stop this crappy process. Shujinko found the stone for Ermac who thanked him for his help and offered himself to train Shujinko. Later on, Ermac was assaulted by Ashrah who believed him to be a demon as well, but he parried her attack easily and defeated her, although Ashrah survived.
Ermac participated in the invasion of Earth by Shao's order. However, after Shao Kahn's defeat and subsequent loss of power, Ermac remained under Kahn's control and wandered Outworld without instructions. During the events of Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, the wandering Ermac was found by the blind swordsman Kimchi and was freed from Shao's control after some pep talk. "What's the matter? Doesn't Outworld speak freedum?". To show his gratitude, Ermac taught Kenshi the "telekinetic slam" technique.
Ermac's new found freedom meant he was also free to choose his own destiny. He decided to repent his earlier ways and became a force of good. After making this silly decision, he met a warrior soul who, like Kenshi, understood his suffering. This warrior soul was that of Liu Kang and was not only in need of another ally, but assistance in freeing his enslaved comrades.
Ermac was eager to help Liu Kang, as this was an opportunity to help him atone for the evil he had committed in Shao's name. Ermac decided to help Kang and the two would set out to free the Mortal Kombat champion's allies (Jax Briggs, Johnny Cage, Sonya Blade, Kitana, and Kung Lao) from Onaga's control. They are eventually successful in their pursuit and the Dragon fart is scared away.
Later on, Ermac joined the Forces of Light in the Great Battle, where he swiftly incapacitated, if not killed Rain when the battle began. However, during the battle, he disappeared for a short time. Ermac was later shown to be among those who eventually died.
Alternative Timeline[]
Ermac is introduced by Shang Tsung in the first Mortal Kombat Tournament, where he was labelled "the newest creation of Shao Kahn". Despite his deadly powers and strong, spiritual connection to the empire itself, Ermac was defeated by Liu Kang in battle. Later on, Ermac appeared in the Soul Chamber, where the souls that comprise Ermac rest, sleep and regenerate. Sub-Zero, Sonya Blade, and Jax Briggs were all in the Soul Chamber when Ermac emerged from it. Jax attempted to attack Ermac, but he caught Jax's punch and proceeded to telekinetically rip off Jax's arms while Sonya and Sub just watched there. While Sonya tended to Jax, Sub-Zero fought Ermac, who was defeated once again.
During the second tournament at the Coliseum, Ermac defeated and eliminated Johnny Cage (but did not kill him for some odd reason) from the tournament, leaving only Liu Kang and Kung Lao to fight for Earth. After Kung Lao was killed by Shao Kahn, Liu Kang was enraged and tried to avenge his fallen friend. The emperor was supposedly killed, and his allies argued about who would be the next ruler of Outworld, an argument where Ermac was also present, but Sektor had the best arguments for it. Shao Kahn eventually appeared alongside Quan Chi, who had aided him on his recovery and helped the Emperor develop a plan to invade Earth; an invasion in which Ermac took part.
After Kurtis Stryker defeated Kintaro and attempted to call in a medical evacuation for an injured Kabal, Stryker was telekinetically lifted and thrust down into the subway by Ermac. Stryker somehow survived that and Ermac and him then fought, and for a third time, Ermac was defeated despite Kurtis barely surviving the throw. This means that Ermac was just all talk and no balls jobber.
Ermac's final appearance comes after Robot Sub-Zero frees the Earth prisoners in the Cock Tower. The recently freed prisoners were shown being telekinetically thrown back into the sex room by Ermac. In a rematch, the automated Sub-Zero faced Ermac again, and as before, Sub-Zero won. Yeah, this is pretty much everything Ermac does in the entirety of the game: throw people with his green powers just for theatrics then get washed in any fight with anyone. What was Shao and the kingdom thinking, creating such a useless contraption?
The trash bin for dead things had once served under the false Mileena. Two years prior to the game's story in MKX, Mileena and her servants, including Ermac, confronted Kotal Kahn and his allies Reptile and D'Vorah, who were plotting to assassinate her to get rid of any potential rebellion to Ko'atal's rule. After Reptile reveals Mileena's true origins (a genetic experiment formed in Sektor's Flesh Laboratory, as opposed to being the biological daughter of Shao Kahn) to the room, Ermac betrays the wannabe empress and engages her in combat as well. Her remaining allies are eventually slain, and Kotal orders Reptile to escort Mileena away. Ermac then pledges his allegiance to the new emperor of Outworld, Kotal Kahn. Ermac alongside Red Harlow and an army of Outworld soldiers escort Kotal's carriage to its destination during the sunny day one day when Kotal has some teatime with Kano. When Mileena's Tarkatan hordes attack the carriage, Ermac joins D'Vorah and Harlow in fighting them off, killing and raping numerous Tarkatans with his telekinetic powers.
Ermac appears once again alongside Red Harlow and Reptile later, investigating the slain corpses of two Outworld soldiers who had been ordered to take Shinnok's amulet to a safe location. Upon further inspection, they surmise that it is D'Vorah's work, stating that only she had the ability to create such wounds. Soon afterwards, they are ambushed by Cassie Cage and her team, leading Reptile to believe (erroneously) that D'Vorah had set them free. Although Ermac, Harlow, and Reptile have the upper hoof for most of the fight, they are eventually defeated by Takeda and knocked unconscious, enabling the Earthrealmers to escape. Later, they report back to Kotal Kahn and inform him of D'Vorah's betrayal, alleging that D'Vorah had stolen the amulet, set the Earth prisoners free (in reality, they had freed themselves without D'Vorah's help, only with Takeda's), and took the amulet to Raiden (whereas she actually intended to bring it to Quan Chi). In response, Kotal orders Ermac and the others to prepare his army for an invasion of Earth, intending to steal the amulet back, like a group of black people. However, Kotal was smart and only targeted the four teens specifically, as he held no ill against the people of Earth and the world governments, plus he didn't wish to risk another intergalactic war.
After Cassie, Takeda Takahashi, Kung Jin, and Jacqui crash land in a forest, like Harrison Baker Jr., Kotal and his followers emerge from a portal nearby. Kotal orders his minions to attack, but the humans manage to escape. As they venture deeper into the woods in search of Cassie and her friends, Ermac tells Kotal that he can sense their presence. Moments later, Cassie's team spring a surprise attack on Kotal's Army, resulting in a long battle between the two. After defeating Reptile and healing Takeda, Jacqui Briggs confronts Ermac, knowing that he was responsible for ripping her father's arms off years ago. Jacqui emerges victorious, and remarks that with his defeat, her father had been avenged. Ermac is not seen again after this, and it is assumed that he had been driven back to Outworld along with the rest of Kotal Kahn's henchmen.
In Mortal Kombat 12 and the New Era events, Ermac is completely absent and everyone acts like Ermac never, ever existed.
During either Azazel or Chernobog's take over of Outworld during the Outworld-Orinion War or rather Outworld-Never Never Land War, Ermac makes a reappearance as one of Shao's lackeys after Kotal's fall from grace. However, it doesn't do our soul construct any good, as he gets destroyed by either Azazel or Chernobog's goons. However, at least he died with honour, serving his awful but very mentally challenged master.
Films[]
In the movie Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Ermac was one of Shao Kahn's generals. Ermac was portrayed as a cunning and mostly quiet character, though he did not hesitate at the opportunity for a power grab after the death of Rain, Shao's first, adopted sun. However, the position of general was awarded to Kahn's wife, Sindel later, making Mac-Mac jealous, but he kept it to himself. Ermac survived the fights until the final confrontation with Earth warriors, where he did battle with Sonya Blade. Noob Sailbot joins in the fight soon enough from the Netherworld to assist him and they nearly slayed Sonya until Jax interfered. Both ninjas are ultimately defeated; Ermac is twerked to death by Sonya's booty, echoing Kano's similar death in the first movie while Noob is stinkfaced to death.
In the animated series, Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Planet, Ermac had a one-episode appearance in which he and his army attempted to use a female ninja, Ruby, to defeat and to lure the other warriors to their doom under Shao's orders. Ruby proved to be true to her friends on the side of good, however, and Ermac's forces were defeated. Shao was angry at his failure and had him killed by ripping off his head and then have it for dinner.
Powers and abilities[]
Ermac is skilled with psychic powers, and with this power also comes great responsibility and he is able to levitate and teleport himself.
Without the addition of his soul-based and biased abilities, Ermac is rather immensely useless in physical combat. He jobs all the time during story mode and it is unknown why Shao Kahn and his dumb lackeys even created him in the first place.
Quotes[]
- "We are many, you are one. We will destroy you!"
- "YES!"
- "AAARGHH! SUCK IT!"
- "You have disturbed our regeneration process."
- "We will break you as well."
- "The emperor will have your soul."
- "Our creator, Shao Kahn, is dead. We will serve whom we choose."
- "We would serve the new ruler of Outworld."
- "We exist to serve, bound by Shao Kahn's magic."
- "We sense them. But the forest teems with souls."
- "You are a spawn of Jackson Briggs."
- "We took your father's arms. We will take all of you."
- "You are one against a thousand!"
- "Then you are a fool!"
- "Curious creature..."
- "We have evolved above you!"
- "We are many more!"
- "COME! FEEL HIS PRESENCE!"
- "Magick binds me steel."
- "I meant to say magic binds us, still."
- "Our creator is Amogus."'
- "We are the Emperor of Outworld now!"
- "We are Ermac!"
- "We see. Now we cannot see!"
Journal Entry[]
"Dear Emperor Shao Kahn: The creation of the fusion of souls known as Ermac was the hugest success. It has become so deadly that it even ("by mistake") killed four of your Shadow priests, and his behaviour makes me feel proud and I think I did quite a good job. It has been seen that he gets more power for every soul he gets, for every victim that he slays, and becomes greener when it does. I am sending him there with a coach, to see if you will have even more luck with him. Farewell, Shang Tsung."
Trivia[]
- In his Deception ending, he is described by Shujinko as being capable of handling Kung Lao, Sonya, Kitana, Jax, and Johnny Cage all by himself, facing them in the Chamber of Artefacts arena. The five combatants were under the control of Onaga at the time and therefore may have been fighting at significantly less than their full potential, allowing Ermac to effortlessly hold off all five of them at one time. In reality, this is because any character that is under a spell or control of another character, is a jobber, aka loser. His edited, canon ending however, has him kill Onaga and take his rule of Outworld from him. However, this is only for a short while, before Azazel himself appears and kills him and Liu-Liu.
- Because he had taught Kenshi the telekinetic slam, it was believed that he was going to be Kenshi's mentor and trainer. But being Kenshi's mentor didn't make sense since Kenshi is considered to be a skilful and talented warrior himself and too old for him. However, Kenshi and Ermac remain as comrades-in-arms.
- Ermac also appears in the intro of Armageddon. Ermac is seen briefly in the beginning when he clotheslines Rain as the Forces of Light first run into the Forces of Darkness. After Sheeva sends Bo' Rai Cho and apparently Cyrax flying, he and Nightwolf begin to fight Sheeva with a series of punches. Though unsuccessful, Sheeva tried to choke 'em, until Kenshi stabs Sheeva with his sword in the stomak.
- In MK 9, Ermac's "Head Over Splatter" fatality only seems to rip Sheeva's top arms off, leaving the lower two intact and unharmed so he can rip 'em off later for his dinner.
- His "Thought Control" fatality seems to be based on Jax's MK3 fatality, where he grew in size and stomped on his opponent, only that in this case, it is the opposite: Ermac shrinks his opponent instead of growing larger. How Jax, a normal human, can posses such powers is still unknown to this day.
- Story wise, he is so far, the second character created by Shao Kahn's will, the first being Mileena and the third being Skarlet. Unlike Mileena and Skarlet, he turned against Kahn to act as a heroic being and was never considered their child.
- Ermac's Facebook name is "It'sNotAirmac" as is his Twitter's, aka X. At least it was until he got killed.
- In one of Ermac's in game quotes, he says: "we are many, you are but two." in reference to Ferra/Torr.
- According to Shang Tsung's letter to the Emperor, Ermac presumably killed four Shadow priests when he was created which led Tsung to believe if Shao Kahn indeed has enough power to hold his leash.
- According to Moon Kalamari, Ermac was never a hero or good person - he was pretending to be a nice person and has been purely evil all along, just ask Shao.
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