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class="infobox ib-character"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above notheme">Ermac</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat" title="Mortal Kombat">Mortal Kombat</a> character</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:ErmacMK1Render.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fe/ErmacMK1Render.png" decoding="async" width="204" height="489" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="204" data-file-height="489" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Ermac in <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_1" title="Mortal Kombat 1">Mortal Kombat 1</a> (2023)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First appearance</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Mortal_Kombat_3" title="Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3">Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3</a> (1995)<a href="#cite_note-umk3-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Boon" title="Ed Boon">Ed Boon</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Tobias" title="John Tobias">John Tobias</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designed by</th><td class="infobox-data">John Tobias (UMK3)<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> Steve Beran (MKD)<a href="#cite_note-beran-3">[3]</a> Cy Mandua (MK2011)<a href="#cite_note-MK2011credits-4">[4]</a> Justin Murray (MKX)<a href="#cite_note-justin-5">[5]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Portrayed by</th><td class="infobox-data">John Medlen (film)<a href="#cite_note-ermacdenofgeek-6">[6]</a> Kim Do Nguyen (web series)<a href="#cite_note-MTV-7">[7]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Voiced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_McConnohie" title="Michael McConnohie">Michael McConnohie</a> (MK2011)<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> <a href="/wiki/Jamieson_Price" title="Jamieson Price">Jamieson Price</a> (2015-present)<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motion capture</th><td class="infobox-data">John Turk (UMK3)<a href="#cite_note-UMK3credits-10">[10]</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Species</th><td class="infobox-data">Fusion of souls</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data">Outworld</td></tr></tbody></table> Ermac is a character in the <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat" title="Mortal Kombat">Mortal Kombat</a> <a href="/wiki/Fighting_game" title="Fighting game">fighting game</a> franchise by <a href="/wiki/Midway_Games" title="Midway Games">Midway Games</a> and <a href="/wiki/NetherRealm_Studios" title="NetherRealm Studios">NetherRealm Studios</a>. Debuting as an unlockable character in <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Mortal_Kombat_3" title="Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3">Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3</a> (1995), he is an amalgam of the souls of deceased warriors and possesses <a href="/wiki/Telekinesis" title="Telekinesis">telekinetic</a> abilities. The character originated from rumors alleging he appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_(1992_video_game)" title="Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)">original 1992 game</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Glitch" title="Glitch">glitch</a>, which were perpetuated by <a href="/wiki/Video_game_journalism" title="Video game journalism">video game magazine</a> <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly" title="Electronic Gaming Monthly">Electronic Gaming Monthly</a> (EGM). His name was derived from a <a href="/wiki/Diagnosis_(artificial_intelligence)" title="Diagnosis (artificial intelligence)">diagnostics</a> menu in the first game that displayed the text "error macro" as ERMACS. Although the rumors were false, growing interest led to him becoming an official playable character. Ermac has additionally appeared in alternate series media including the animated series <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat:_Defenders_of_the_Realm" title="Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm">Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm</a> and the web series <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat:_Legacy" title="Mortal Kombat: Legacy">Mortal Kombat: Legacy</a>. He has received positive reception for his special abilities, character development, and <a href="/wiki/Fatality_(Mortal_Kombat)" title="Fatality (Mortal Kombat)">Fatality</a> finishing moves, while his origins are considered among the most memorable legends of video gaming. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_conception">History and conception</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ermac&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and conception">edit</a>]</div> In the <a href="/wiki/Diagnosis_(artificial_intelligence)" title="Diagnosis (artificial intelligence)">diagnostics</a> menu of the 1992 original <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_(1992_video_game)" title="Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)">Mortal Kombat game</a>, an audits screen<a href="#cite_note-11">[note 1]</a> displayed a <a href="/wiki/Macro_(computer_science)" title="Macro (computer science)">macro</a> created by Mortal Kombat co-creator and <a href="/wiki/Programmer" title="Programmer">programmer</a> <a href="/wiki/Ed_Boon" title="Ed Boon">Ed Boon</a> in order to log <a href="/wiki/Computer_programming" title="Computer programming">coding</a> errors.<a href="#cite_note-ebgamespot-12">[11]</a> This practice was employed by series developer <a href="/wiki/Midway_Games" title="Midway Games">Midway Games</a> since their 1990 arcade release <a href="/wiki/Smash_TV" title="Smash TV">Smash TV</a>.<a href="#cite_note-13">[12]</a> It was spelled as ERMACS—a pluralized <a href="/wiki/Contraction_(grammar)" title="Contraction (grammar)">contraction</a> of error macro—as in the number of times the program would execute.<a href="#cite_note-gameological-14">[13]</a> In early revisions of the game, it appeared on the audits screen beneath the counter "<a href="/wiki/Shang_Tsung" title="Shang Tsung">Shang Tsung</a> Beaten" (in reference to the game's final <a href="/wiki/Boss_(video_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boss (video game)">boss</a> fight). However, after Boon added the hidden character <a href="/wiki/Reptile_(Mortal_Kombat)" title="Reptile (Mortal Kombat)">Reptile</a> to the third revision,<a href="#cite_note-audits-15">[14]</a> ERMACS was now listed below the counters "Reptile Appearances" and "Reptile Battles", which provoked players into searching for a second secret character called <a href="/wiki/Yermak_Timofeyevich" title="Yermak Timofeyevich">Ermac</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ebgamespot-12">[11]</a> Midway removed the ERMACS listing from the game's fifth and final update in March 1993, but speculation about the character intensified after <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly" title="Electronic Gaming Monthly">Electronic Gaming Monthly</a> (EGM) published a submitted screenshot from the game and a letter from "Tony Casey" that claimed he had played against a red <a href="/wiki/Ninja" title="Ninja">ninja</a> named Ermac and taken a <a href="/wiki/Instant_camera" title="Instant camera">Polaroid</a> of the screen as evidence.<a href="#cite_note-EGMermac1-16">[15]</a> Unbeknownst to the magazine, the photo was a doctored image of yellow ninja character <a href="/wiki/Scorpion_(Mortal_Kombat)" title="Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)">Scorpion</a> in the "Warrior Shrine" stage from the <a href="/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System" title="Super Nintendo Entertainment System">Super Nintendo</a> version of the game that was tinted red with the added caption "Ermac Wins".<a href="#cite_note-EGMermac1-16">[15]</a> Reader responses contained varied complex instructions for accessing the character.<a href="#cite_note-EGMermac2-17">[16]</a> With the still-nonexistent Ermac now visualized as a red ninja, players then claimed sightings of a random <a href="/wiki/Glitch" title="Glitch">glitch</a> that would cause the game's ninja characters' <a href="/wiki/Sprite_(computer_graphics)" title="Sprite (computer graphics)">graphics</a> to flash red, with "Error Macro" or "Ermac" replacing their name in their energy bar,<a href="#cite_note-popfiction-18">[17]</a> but such an occurrence was not possible as the macro counter could not increase in the event of a genuine glitch while no red <a href="/wiki/Palette_(computing)" title="Palette (computing)">palette</a> for the character existed.<a href="#cite_note-popfiction-18">[17]</a> A scrambled message was included in the ending of the 1993 sequel <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_II" title="Mortal Kombat II">Mortal Kombat II</a> that read "Ermac does not exist",<a href="#cite_note-ermacdenofgeek-6">[6]</a> but neither Boon nor Midway marketing director Roger Sharpe denied outright the character's presence in the game.<a href="#cite_note-19">[18]</a> In October 1995, two years after the EGM incident, Ermac was added to the selectable roster of <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Mortal_Kombat_3" title="Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3">Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3</a> (an expansion of <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_3" title="Mortal Kombat 3">Mortal Kombat 3</a>), as the developers felt that he had transformed from myth to <a href="/wiki/Urban_legend" title="Urban legend">urban legend</a> and therefore warranted his inclusion in the series.<a href="#cite_note-gameological-14">[13]</a> In 2011, Boon clarified the rumors on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>,<a href="#cite_note-EBtwitter1-20">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-EBtwitter2-21">[20]</a> and said he had kept the meaning of the ERMACS listing secret in hopes of stirring up fan speculation about the character.<a href="#cite_note-popfiction-18">[17]</a> Midway inserted allusions to the rumors and EGM <a href="/wiki/Hoax" title="Hoax">hoax</a> in subsequent Mortal Kombat games and related media. Ermac appeared on one panel in a Mortal Kombat II comic book prequel that was written and illustrated by series co-creator <a href="/wiki/John_Tobias" title="John Tobias">John Tobias</a>.<a href="#cite_note-22">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-23">[22]</a> <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat:_Deception" title="Mortal Kombat: Deception">Mortal Kombat: Deception</a>'s training mode contained a message that read, "It is a little-known fact that 'Ermac' is short for 'Error Macro'",<a href="#cite_note-24">[23]</a> an homage to his origins that was revived in <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_X" title="Mortal Kombat X">Mortal Kombat X</a> for a pre-match introduction sequence between Ermac and series newcomer <a href="/wiki/Characters_of_the_Mortal_Kombat_series#Takeda_Takahashi" title="Characters of the Mortal Kombat series">Takeda</a>.<a href="#cite_note-25">[24]</a> He was an <a href="/wiki/Easter_egg_(media)" title="Easter egg (media)">Easter egg</a> boss hidden at the Warrior Shrine level in <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat:_Shaolin_Monks" title="Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks">Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks</a>, a 2005 <a href="/wiki/Beat_%27em_up" title="Beat 'em up">beat 'em up</a> spinoff title that spans the events of Mortal Kombat II.<a href="#cite_note-SMermac-26">[25]</a> <a href="/wiki/Skarlet_(Mortal_Kombat)" class="mw-redirect" title="Skarlet (Mortal Kombat)">Skarlet</a>, a nonexistent female ninja character from MKII with a similar background, was included by <a href="/wiki/NetherRealm_Studios" title="NetherRealm Studios">NetherRealm Studios</a> (formerly Midway Games) as a playable character in the <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_(2011_video_game)" title="Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)">2011 reboot game</a> in what the company considered a second instance of turning fan rumors into reality.<a href="#cite_note-rainboon-27">[26]</a> Following his omission from <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_11" title="Mortal Kombat 11">Mortal Kombat 11</a>, Ermac returned as a playable character in <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_1" title="Mortal Kombat 1">Mortal Kombat 1</a>, and NetherRealm design manager Nick Nicastro wrote in a 2024 feature on <a href="/wiki/Xbox#Xbox_Wire" title="Xbox">Xbox Wire</a> that the developers were "very pleased to bring Ermac back ... and hope players enjoy playing him as much as the team did working on him."<a href="#cite_note-xboxwire-28">[27]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_portrayal">Design and portrayal</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ermac&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Design and portrayal">edit</a>]</div> Ermac was played by actor John Turk in the digitized games Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and the 1996 compilation title <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_Trilogy" title="Mortal Kombat Trilogy">Mortal Kombat Trilogy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-UMK3credits-10">[10]</a> As a <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_video_game_terms#P" title="Glossary of video game terms">palette-swapped</a> character, he was physically identical to the Mortal Kombat games' other male ninjas, save for his red coloring and darker skin tone.<a href="#cite_note-UMK3credits-10">[10]</a> For Mortal Kombat: Deception, which marked Ermac's return to the series as a playable character after an eight-year absence, he was given a distinct redesign by Steve Beran, the series' lead character designer and art director.<a href="#cite_note-beran-3">[3]</a> Beran explained that his objective of remaking old characters was to greatly differentiate them from their previous incarnations.<a href="#cite_note-beran-3">[3]</a> His Deception design was maintained for the 2011 reboot game, but with an increased black palette.<a href="#cite_note-29">[28]</a> For Mortal Kombat X, Ermac was designed with a more emaciated appearance with his mask exposing more of his face and revealing <a href="/wiki/Decomposition" title="Decomposition">decaying</a> skin as the result of his losing control of the souls inside his body,<a href="#cite_note-30">[29]</a> with a metal <a href="/wiki/Talisman" title="Talisman">talisman</a> modeled after his chest design from Deception affixed to his chest in order to keep his physical form intact.<a href="#cite_note-krypt-31">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-32">[note 2]</a> The talisman initially covered his face, "securely nailed deep into the skull", in concept artwork by character artist Justin Murray.<a href="#cite_note-krypt-31">[30]</a> Early designs by Murray had Ermac unmasked with a stockier figure and solid black palette.<a href="#cite_note-33">[31]</a> Ermac's "Inner Workings" <a href="/wiki/Fatality_(Mortal_Kombat)" title="Fatality (Mortal Kombat)">Fatality</a> (a finishing move that executes defeated opponents) in the game has him levitate his opponent, break their spine in midair, and then telekinetically pull their <a href="/wiki/Digestion" title="Digestion">gastrointestinal tract</a> out from their mouth.<a href="#cite_note-chicagoreader-34">[32]</a> The finisher was conceived by lead game designer John Edwards: "I remember sitting in the pitch meeting for it. People were like, 'That's hilarious and disgusting.' I'm pretty proud of it."<a href="#cite_note-chicagoreader-34">[32]</a> The sound effects used to depict the graphic violence of his finishers were created with <a href="/wiki/Borax_slime" class="mw-redirect" title="Borax slime">slime</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Plunger" title="Plunger">plunger</a>.<a href="#cite_note-35">[33]</a> Ermac first appears in <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_1" title="Mortal Kombat 1">Mortal Kombat 1</a> as a nonplayable character in the story mode and part of a "Kombat Pack" of six downloadable player characters that was first announced by NetherRealm Studios in July 2023,<a href="#cite_note-bleedingcool-36">[34]</a> with him released to players in April 2024.<a href="#cite_note-Mk1redesign-37">[35]</a> His new design retains his black-and-red palette and ashen skin complexion from MKX but with minimal armor,<a href="#cite_note-38">[36]</a> and while he was unmasked throughout the story mode,<a href="#cite_note-mk1chapter6-39">[37]</a> a trailer for his playable release featured him with a mask.<a href="#cite_note-Mk1redesign-37">[35]</a> Nick Nicastro described Ermac's enhanced spiritual powers in that the developers "wanted to further evolve the visual presentation" of the character "by leaning heavily into certain horror inspirations, and then explore the idea that Ermac has been haunted by unique souls he has captured throughout his existence." He added that the improved software capabilities now available to the developers following Ermac's last appearance in MKX additionally enabled "an opportunity to evolve the look of his soul energy to create intricate visual effects-based attacks that help sell the unique telekinesis power he possesses," and "to ensure the visual elements are impactful, blend well with the gameplay elements, and are readable to the player."<a href="#cite_note-xboxwire-28">[27]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gameplay">Gameplay</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ermac&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gameplay">edit</a>]</div> Ermac was one of three hidden unlockable characters in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, and was the only player character who had not appeared in any previous series installments.<a href="#cite_note-UMK3-40">[38]</a> As a palette swap, he had a standard projectile attack while sharing a teleport punch and uppercut-decapitation Fatality used by other characters.<a href="#cite_note-UMK3-40">[38]</a> His signature special move is the "Telekinetic Slam" (later renamed "Force Lift"),<a href="#cite_note-dawson2-41">[39]</a> which has him levitate his opponents and then throw them onto the ground.<a href="#cite_note-42">[40]</a> Ed Boon considered Ermac one of the strongest characters in UMK3 based on the maneuver,<a href="#cite_note-43">[41]</a> and <a href="/wiki/GamePro" title="GamePro">GamePro</a> opined that it was best used on downed opponents.<a href="#cite_note-gameproTK-44">[42]</a> The staff of <a href="/wiki/DK_(publisher)" title="DK (publisher)">BradyGames</a> considered Ermac a "great choice for the advanced player" in MK Trilogy, but felt his offense was ineffective in close range and easily nullified with the block button.<a href="#cite_note-45">[43]</a> His main fighting style in the three-dimensional games is <a href="/wiki/Choy_Li_Fut" title="Choy Li Fut">Choy Lay Fut</a>, a martial art that specializes, as depicted in his Deception ending,<a href="#cite_note-ermacdenofgeek-6">[6]</a> in warding off multiple attackers.<a href="#cite_note-46">[44]</a> <a href="/wiki/GameSpy" title="GameSpy">GameSpy</a> considered his <a href="/wiki/Combo_(video_games)" title="Combo (video games)">combo</a> (a timed succession of attacks) abilities "strong" in Deception, but his special moves less effective individually.<a href="#cite_note-gamespy-47">[45]</a> In Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, Ermac is an unplayable boss hidden inside a statue at the Warrior Shrine level.<a href="#cite_note-SMermac-26">[25]</a> <a href="/wiki/GameFront" title="GameFront">GameFront</a>'s Mitchell Saltzman described Ermac in the 2011 series reboot as a novice-friendly character that experts could use to inflict heavy-damage combos.<a href="#cite_note-gamefront-48">[46]</a> In Mortal Kombat X, Ermac's play style is split into three fighting variations like those of the game's other playable characters,<a href="#cite_note-dawson2-41">[39]</a> and Bryan Dawson of <a href="/wiki/Prima_Games" title="Prima Games">Prima Games</a> wrote that he was ideal for distance fighting and pressuring downed opponents.<a href="#cite_note-dawson2-41">[39]</a> Nicastro described Ermac in Mortal Kombat 1 as having "interesting combo potential and routes, especially from the air," while combining his classic attacks with "new special moves that both serve his gameplay plan while giving players a fresh experience."<a href="#cite_note-xboxwire-28">[27]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appearances">Appearances</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ermac&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Appearances">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mortal_Kombat_games">Mortal Kombat games</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ermac&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mortal Kombat games">edit</a>]</div> Introduced in <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Mortal_Kombat_3" title="Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3">Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3</a> (1995), Ermac was created to serve as an enforcer for <a href="/wiki/Shao_Kahn" title="Shao Kahn">Shao Kahn</a>, the tyrannical ruler of the otherworldly <a href="/wiki/Fictional_universe" title="Fictional universe">dimension</a> of Outworld. Ermac, a hybrid entity created from the souls of many deceased warriors, possesses <a href="/wiki/Psychokinesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychokinesis">telekinesis</a> and uses <a href="/wiki/Plural#Plural_forms_of_other_parts_of_speech" title="Plural">plural pronouns</a>.<a href="#cite_note-49">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-deceptionbio-50">[48]</a> Following his creation, he takes part in Shao Kahn's invasion of Earth and the eponymous Mortal Kombat tournament.<a href="#cite_note-umk3-1">[1]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat:_Deadly_Alliance" title="Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance">Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance</a> (2002), following Shao Kahn's apparent death at the hands of the titular alliance of evil sorcerers <a href="/wiki/Shang_Tsung" title="Shang Tsung">Shang Tsung</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quan_Chi" class="mw-redirect" title="Quan Chi">Quan Chi</a>, Ermac aimlessly wanders Outworld without orders until he encounters the blind swordsman <a href="/wiki/Kenshi_(Mortal_Kombat)" title="Kenshi (Mortal Kombat)">Kenshi</a>, who frees Ermac from Kahn's control, and Ermac hones Kenshi's telekinetic power in return.<a href="#cite_note-51">[49]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat:_Deception" title="Mortal Kombat: Deception">Mortal Kombat: Deception</a> (2004), Ermac reforms to atone for his work with Kahn by aiding the spirit of the deceased <a href="/wiki/Liu_Kang" title="Liu Kang">Liu Kang</a> in successfully freeing the latter's friends from their enslavement by the Dragon King <a href="/wiki/Onaga_(Mortal_Kombat)" class="mw-redirect" title="Onaga (Mortal Kombat)">Onaga</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ermacdenofgeek-6">[6]</a> In the opening of <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat:_Armageddon" title="Mortal Kombat: Armageddon">Mortal Kombat: Armageddon</a> (2006), Ermac joins Earth’s warriors in participating in a battle to claim the elemental <a href="/wiki/Blaze_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blaze (character)">Blaze</a>'s godlike power.<a href="#cite_note-52">[50]</a> After Earth defender <a href="/wiki/Raiden_(Mortal_Kombat)" title="Raiden (Mortal Kombat)">Raiden</a> alters the timeline to avert the events of Armageddon in the reboot title <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_(2011)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mortal Kombat (2011)">Mortal Kombat</a> (2011), Ermac returns to being Shao Kahn's enforcer and is defeated in the first Mortal Kombat tournament by eventual champion Liu Kang.<a href="#cite_note-ermacdenofgeek-6">[6]</a> He obliterates <a href="/wiki/Jax_(Mortal_Kombat)" title="Jax (Mortal Kombat)">Jax</a>'s arms, causing Jax to receive bionic implants.<a href="#cite_note-ermacdenofgeek-6">[6]</a> His ending reveals that one of the souls trapped inside his being is that of King Jerrod, Kitana's father and former ruler of Edenia.<a href="#cite_note-ermacdenofgeek-6">[6]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_X" title="Mortal Kombat X">Mortal Kombat X</a> (2015), following Shao Kahn's death, Ermac initially serves the former's successor, <a href="/wiki/Mileena" title="Mileena">Mileena</a>, before defecting to <a href="/wiki/Kotal_Kahn" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotal Kahn">Kotal Kahn</a> due to Mileena not being Shao Kahn's biological daughter.<a href="#cite_note-53">[51]</a> He joins <a href="/wiki/Reptile_(Mortal_Kombat)" title="Reptile (Mortal Kombat)">Reptile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erron_Black" class="mw-redirect" title="Erron Black">Erron Black</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ferra/Torr" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferra/Torr">Ferra/Torr</a> in serving Kotal Kahn as they conflict with <a href="/wiki/Cassie_Cage" title="Cassie Cage">Cassie Cage</a>'s Special Forces unit in their attempt to protect Outworld from <a href="/wiki/Shinnok" class="mw-redirect" title="Shinnok">Shinnok</a>'s forces.<a href="#cite_note-54">[52]</a> In the rebooted storyline of <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_1" title="Mortal Kombat 1">Mortal Kombat 1</a> (2023), Ermac is again an assimilation of souls, now created by Quan Chi.<a href="#cite_note-mk1bio-55">[53]</a> He overpowers a group of Earthrealm defenders upon his completion but is weakened after Kenshi absorbs several of the souls into his sword to unleash its power, leading to his defeat by <a href="/wiki/Ashrah" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashrah">Ashrah</a>.<a href="#cite_note-mk1chapter6-39">[37]</a> His later defeat in combat by Mileena enables Jerrod's soul to assume control of Ermac's body, and he reunites with his former queen <a href="/wiki/Characters_of_the_Mortal_Kombat_series#Sindel" title="Characters of the Mortal Kombat series">Sindel</a> and family before joining the fight to protect Earth and Outworld. After Sindel is slain during battle with Shang Tsung's forces,<a href="#cite_note-mk1chapter12-56">[54]</a> Jerrod absorbs her soul and appoints his daughter Mileena as the new Outworld empress.<a href="#cite_note-mk1bio-55">[53]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_appearances">Other appearances</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ermac&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other appearances">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ErmacMKLegacy2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/19/ErmacMKLegacy2.jpg/220px-ErmacMKLegacy2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/ErmacMKLegacy2.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="130" /></a><figcaption>Kim Do Nguyen as Ermac in the 2013 second season of <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat:_Legacy" title="Mortal Kombat: Legacy">Mortal Kombat: Legacy</a>, which made significant changes to the character's in-game designs</figcaption></figure> Ermac appeared in two episodes of the 1996 animated series <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat:_Defenders_of_the_Realm" title="Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm">Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm</a>.<a href="#cite_note-57">[55]</a> He has a minor role as one of Shao Kahn’s henchmen in the 1997 feature film <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_Annihilation" title="Mortal Kombat Annihilation">Mortal Kombat Annihilation</a>, played by assistant <a href="/wiki/Stunt_coordinator" title="Stunt coordinator">stunt coordinator</a> John Medlen and identified only in the closing credits,<a href="#cite_note-annihilation-58">[56]</a> and though the script and print media publications mentioned his telekinetic powers,<a href="#cite_note-59">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-blackbelt-60">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-scifimag-61">[59]</a> they were omitted from the film.<a href="#cite_note-annihilation-58">[56]</a> His association with <a href="/wiki/Kenshi_(Mortal_Kombat)" title="Kenshi (Mortal Kombat)">Kenshi</a> in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance was loosely adapted for the 2013 second season of the web series <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat:_Legacy" title="Mortal Kombat: Legacy">Mortal Kombat: Legacy</a>, in which he is a decaying, hooded demon who guards the "sword of Sento" under Shao Kahn's orders and strikes Kenshi blind as the latter takes the sword. Ermac then battles Kenshi in the Mortal Kombat tournament in an attempt to repossess the sword before Kenshi kills him with it.<a href="#cite_note-MKlegacy-62">[60]</a> He was played by stuntman and martial artist Kim Do Nguyen,<a href="#cite_note-MTV-7">[7]</a> with his makeup designed by <a href="/wiki/Christien_Tinsley" title="Christien Tinsley">Christien Tinsley</a>.<a href="#cite_note-MKlegacy-62">[60]</a> Ermac appears in the Mortal Kombat Annihilation <a href="/wiki/Movie_novelization" class="mw-redirect" title="Movie novelization">novelization</a>,<a href="#cite_note-63">[61]</a> and in <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a>' 2015 Mortal Kombat X comic miniseries that is set before the events of the game.<a href="#cite_note-64">[62]</a> The character has been licensed for <a href="/wiki/Action_figure" title="Action figure">action figures</a>,<a href="#cite_note-65">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[64]</a> a life-sized <a href="/wiki/Standee" title="Standee">standee</a>,<a href="#cite_note-67">[65]</a> and an eighteen-inch limited-edition <a href="/wiki/Artificial_stone" title="Artificial stone">polystone</a> statue.<a href="#cite_note-68">[66]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ermac&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Reception">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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style="width:286px;max-width:286px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:152px;max-width:152px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/wiki/File:Ermac1995UMK3sketch.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Ermac1995UMK3sketch.png/150px-Ermac1995UMK3sketch.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="307" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/Ermac1995UMK3sketch.png 1.5x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="409" /></a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:130px;max-width:130px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/wiki/File:ErmacMKDeception.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/55/ErmacMKDeception.png/128px-ErmacMKDeception.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/55/ErmacMKDeception.png/192px-ErmacMKDeception.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/GamesRadar%2B" title="GamesRadar+">GamesRadar+</a> executive editor Eric Bratcher credited the <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly" title="Electronic Gaming Monthly">Electronic Gaming Monthly</a> hoax with Ermac's addition to the Mortal Kombat series.<a href="#cite_note-gamesradar-73">[71]</a> Rudie Obias of <a href="/wiki/Mental_Floss" title="Mental Floss">Mental Floss</a> Yannick LeJacq of <a href="/wiki/Kotaku" title="Kotaku">Kotaku</a> considered it the result of fans' enthusiasm for the character.<a href="#cite_note-mental-74">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[73]</a> Steve Watts of <a href="/wiki/1Up_Network" title="1Up Network">1Up.com</a> wrote in 2011 that supposed video game glitches like Ermac "go on to live as legends until the creators have no choice but to make it a reality."<a href="#cite_note-1UP-76">[74]</a> The staff of <a href="/wiki/GameTrailers" title="GameTrailers">GameTrailers</a> unsuccessfully attempted to access Ermac in the first game, per the reader instructions published in EGM, in an episode of their <a href="/wiki/GameTrailers#Other_shows" title="GameTrailers">PopFiction</a> web series that premiered at <a href="/wiki/PAX_(event)" title="PAX (event)">PAX Prime</a> 2012.<a href="#cite_note-popfiction-18">[17]</a> In his 2019 study Immersion and Worldbuilding in Videogames, Edin Omeragiċ of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Osijek" title="University of Osijek">University of Osijek</a> stated that Ermac's inclusion was "especially immersive for the way it includes <a href="/wiki/End_user" title="End user">end users</a> into the process, with developers seemingly relinquishing control over their world for a moment and making their fans feel as if they also had a hand in its creation."<a href="#cite_note-77">[75]</a> Reception to his designs and gameplay have varied over the course of his series appearances. He and Mortal Kombat's other male ninjas made GamePro's 2009 list of the seventeen best palette-swapped video game characters,<a href="#cite_note-78">[76]</a> but Dan Ryckert of <a href="/wiki/Game_Informer" title="Game Informer">Game Informer</a> wrote in 2010 that he did not want these characters, aside from Scorpion and Sub-Zero, in future series installments.<a href="#cite_note-game_informer-79">[77]</a> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Gerstmann" title="Jeff Gerstmann">Jeff Gerstmann</a> of <a href="/wiki/GameSpot" title="GameSpot">GameSpot</a> felt the unlocking of Ermac in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 was "a hassle".<a href="#cite_note-hiddenreview-80">[78]</a> Author David Church remarked that when Ermac and other hidden characters became playable in "completist" titles like UMK3 and Mortal Kombat Trilogy, "their gameplay abilities were often poorly balanced and their backstories seem[ed] tacked onto the increasingly sprawling story world."<a href="#cite_note-church-81">[79]</a> Following his redesigns and roles in Deception and thereafter, Ermac received positive reception for his development,<a href="#cite_note-86">[note 3]</a> and was rated by gaming media outlets among the top series characters.<a href="#cite_note-92">[note 4]</a> GamesRadar+ commented in 2014: "This red-clad ninja might not be as iconic as <a href="/wiki/Sub-Zero_(Mortal_Kombat)" title="Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat)">Sub-Zero</a> or <a href="/wiki/Scorpion_(Mortal_Kombat)" title="Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)">Scorpion</a>, but it's hard not to love Ermac for his ... supernatural, <a href="/wiki/Sith" title="Sith">Sith</a>-like powers of telekinesis."<a href="#cite_note-gamesradarX-93">[89]</a> Gavin Jasper of <a href="/wiki/Den_of_Geek" title="Den of Geek">Den of Geek</a>, in 2015, noted the character's transformation from "just an altered Scorpion/Sub-Zero sprite with a lazily-animated psychic attack" to "a floating phantom, surrounded by souls and completely unpredictable. It just goes to show that even the lamest character can be fixed with a good hook." He additionally commented on Ermac's growth in Deception, "where he broke the bonds of [Shao] Kahn ... They [Midway] also made him powerful enough to take on Kung Lao, Kitana, Jax, Sonya, and Johnny Cage all by himself."<a href="#cite_note-DoG-89">[86]</a> In 2019, <a href="/wiki/Sociology" title="Sociology">sociology</a> professor Ricardo Cortez Lopes published an analysis of the modifications of the Deception version of Ermac in player-created <a href="/wiki/Mugen_(game_engine)" title="Mugen (game engine)">Mugen</a> game adaptations, and theorized that they influenced <a href="/wiki/NetherRealm_Studios" title="NetherRealm Studios">NetherRealm Studios</a>' future iterations of the character.<a href="#cite_note-lopes-94">[90]</a> Ermac's initial Mortal Kombat 1 design revealed in July 2023 received heavy fan criticism due to the omission of his mask,<a href="#cite_note-Mk1redesign-37">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[91]</a> which resulted in NetherRealm adding it to his redesign for his April 2024 playable release.<a href="#cite_note-Mk1redesign-37">[35]</a> Ermac's finishing moves have met with critical praise,<a href="#cite_note-96">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[94]</a> particularly his "Pest Control" Fatality from the 2011 Mortal Kombat reboot, in which he shrinks his opponent and crushes them underfoot.<a href="#cite_note-99">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-100">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-primagames1-101">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-102">[98]</a> When NetherRealm Studios posted a trailer of the "Inner Workings" Fatality from Mortal Kombat X on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> in March 2015, it accumulated over 850,000 views in less than a month<a href="#cite_note-chicagoreader-34">[32]</a> and was noted for its graphic content.<a href="#cite_note-107">[note 5]</a> <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Reader" title="Chicago Reader">Chicago Reader</a> spotlighted the finisher in an April 2015 article titled "Has Mortal Kombat Finally Gone Too Far?", describing it as "an act of medieval torture as imagined by <a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">Tolkien</a>."<a href="#cite_note-chicagoreader-34">[32]</a> Justin Clark of GameSpot wrote in 2022 that the Fatality "might actually be the most shocking, gory, and disgusting act of surreal horror to ever happen in a video game, let alone the Mortal Kombat series".<a href="#cite_note-gamespot-108">[103]</a> Response to his alternate-media incarnations has been negative.<a href="#cite_note-109">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-newsarama-110">[105]</a> Nathan Birch of <a href="/wiki/Uproxx" title="Uproxx">Uproxx</a> described him in Mortal Kombat Annihilation as a "forgettable red Scorpion clone" and his fight scene with Sonya in the film as "nondescript".<a href="#cite_note-111">[106]</a> Carl Lyon of <a href="/wiki/Fearnet" title="Fearnet">Fearnet</a> censured the character's design in Mortal Kombat: Legacy and his role therein as having "little development outside of an opponent ... that gets quickly dispatched".<a href="#cite_note-fearnet-112">[107]</a> Gavin Jasper of Den of Geek noted Ermac's "pretty sweet fight scene" with Kenshi but was also critical of his role in the storyline.<a href="#cite_note-ermacdenofgeek-6">[6]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ermac&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sheng_Long" title="Sheng Long">Sheng Long</a>, a character from the <a href="/wiki/Street_Fighter" title="Street Fighter">Street Fighter</a> series that originated as an EGM April Fools joke</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cow_level" title="Cow level">Cow level</a>, a secret level from the <a href="/wiki/Diablo_(series)" title="Diablo (series)">Diablo</a> series originating as a hoax and later added to the games</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Characters_of_the_Mortal_Kombat_series" title="Characters of the Mortal Kombat series">Characters of the Mortal Kombat series</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ermac&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-11"><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a> A screen that displays game statistics and is used to assess a machine's performance. </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a> "Shao Kahn's living prison, Ermac, represents what remains of his master's legacy in MKX. The construct's form is not holding up well under the current of time. We wanted to show signs of rot, of a loosening grip on the contained souls. ... [His] costume was designed to showcase an imperial authority, while hearkening back to his appearance in Mortal Kombat: Deception, showcasing their chest design from that game now bolted into the chest, holding the construct together."<a href="#cite_note-krypt-31">[30]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-86"><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a> See: <a href="#cite_note-ermacdenofgeek-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-miller-83">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[83]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-92"><a href="#cite_ref-92">^</a> See: <a href="#cite_note-87">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-UGO-88">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-DoG-89">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[88]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-107"><a href="#cite_ref-107">^</a> See: <a href="#cite_note-miller-83">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-destructoid-103">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-104">[100]</a><a href="#cite_note-105">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-106">[102]</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Ermac&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-umk3-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-umk3_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-umk3_1-1">b</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFJeff_GreesonCliff_O'Neill2007" class="citation web cs1">Jeff Greeson; Cliff O'Neill (October 21, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020220040632/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hist_mortalk/p10.html">"The History of Mortal Kombat: The Beginning of the End"</a>. <a href="/wiki/GameSpot" title="GameSpot">GameSpot</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hist_mortalk/p10.html">the original</a> on February 20, 2002. Retrieved December 3, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=GameSpot&rft.atitle=The+History+of+Mortal+Kombat%3A+The+Beginning+of+the+End&rft.date=2007-10-21&rft.au=Jeff+Greeson&rft.au=Cliff+O%27Neill&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamespot.com%2Fgamespot%2Ffeatures%2Fvideo%2Fhist_mortalk%2Fp10.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErmac" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFtherealsaibot2021" class="citation web cs1">@therealsaibot (April 17, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/therealsaibot/status/1383461183982694412">"I created backstories for the secret characters when we made them playable in later games. At some point I gave Ed a rainbow assortment of color palettes for him to go to town adding secret characters. 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Level/area: Training mode sequence.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mortal+Kombat%3A+Deadly+Alliance&rft.pages=Level%2Farea%3A+Training+mode+sequence&rft.date=2002-11-22&rft.au=Midway+Games&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErmac" class="Z3988"> ("Kenshi sympathized with the plight of the enigmatic kombatant, Ermac. The Outworld warrior spirits that had manifested themselves in the form of a ninja had been violated by Shao Kahn in much the same way that Kenshi's ancestors had been enslaved by Shang Tsung. Kenshi was taught the Telekinetic Slam by Ermac in return for freeing him from the control of the emperor.") </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMidway_Games2006" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Midway_Games" title="Midway Games">Midway Games</a> (October 9, 2006). <a href="/wiki/Mortal_Kombat:_Armageddon" title="Mortal Kombat: Armageddon">Mortal Kombat: Armageddon</a>. 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Level/area: Ermac biography.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mortal+Kombat+1&rft.pages=Level%2Farea%3A+Ermac+biography&rft.pub=Warner+Bros.+Games&rft.date=2023&rft.au=NetherRealm+Studios&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AErmac" class="Z3988"> ("Ermac is a collection of souls, bound together by Quan Chi's dark magic. The souls within him were intended to function as a group mind. That part of the spell is temporarily undone, however, when Ermac is defeated by Mileena. During that period, one of the souls in Ermac's collection takes control of his group mind. It is that of Emperor Jerrod, deceased ruler of Outworld and husband of Empress Sindel. He rejoins the royal family, aiding Empress Mileena's reign. But when Ermac's collection of souls reestablishes its control, Ermac retreats to Outworld's shadows. 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