An update to the game’s website reveals brief new story details on the newly revealed Mortal Kombat 1 roster additions.
Mortal Kombat 1âs newest trailer revealed that its roster will also include Rain and Smoke returning as main playable characters, with the likes of Cyrax, Sektor, and Frost returning as Kameo fighters. Now, an update to the gameâs official website has also revealed new story details on Rain and Smoke in particular, and where youâll find them as the gameâs story kicks off.
As per the website, Rain is a student of Outworldâs Imperial Academy of Sorcery, where has has âamazes his peers with his singular aptitude for water magic.â Through his training, he has honed this craft and turned it into a âfierceâ weapon, and now intends to use it to âlearn the realmsâ darkest and most powerful sorcer.â
Smoke, meanwhile, is going to present a rather different rendition in this rebooted universe. When he was a child, his parents were killed by the Lin Kuei after they unknowingly encroached into the clanâs territory, leaving him orphaned. Ashamed by his warriorsâ actions though, the Grandmaster of the Lin Kiue took him in and raised him alongside his sons, Sub-Zero and Scorpion. Now a trained warrior, Smoke has mastered âpractical magicâ and stands in defense of Earthrealm with the rest of the realm.
Previously, the website also revealed story details on the likes of Scoprion, Sub-Zero, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Raiden, Kitana, Mileena, Kenshi, and Johnny Cage.
Mortal Kombat 1 launches on September 19 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC.