Mortal Kombat 11 (2019 Video Game)
Phil LaMarr: Kotal Kahn
Quotes
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Kotal Kahn : In her last moments, Kronika tried to tempt me. Spare her and she would re-write history. With Jade as my queen I would rule an eternal Osh-Tekk empire that spanned all the realms. But Kronika never understood the Osh-Tekk heart. Our lives are cloth, woven from choice and circumstance. Pull even one thread, that cloth is torn asunder and made worthless. Now that I am tasked with keeping time, others beg me to have their histories rewritten. But as long as the Hourglass is mine, I will not shape destiny in any one being's favour. History will play out as determined by its players. Let the sands fall where they may.
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The Joker : Love the feathers. Do you talk to birds?
Kotal Kahn : A ludicrous suggestion, jester.
The Joker : Really? I know a king who talks to fish.
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Mileena : Jade will die as Tanya did.
Kotal Kahn : Return her to me, Mileena!
Mileena : Never! You must feel my pain!
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Rain : Where are your minions, Kotal?
Kotal Kahn : I need neither Reptile nor Ermac to kill you.
Rain : Without them, you are finished.
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[the guard brings someone in chains to Kotal's feet]
Kotal Kahn : For years you escaped my justice. Sucked dry the bounty of Outworld's people. Today, your debt is paid.
Kollector : Kill me, Kotal, and you lose profit.
Kotal Kahn : You mistake me for Shao Kahn. I do not inflict bandits upon the poor.
Kollector : Shao Kahn approved! His word was law!
[One of the servants brings Kotal his sword]
Kotal Kahn : Your master is dead, so is his "law". Never again will Outworld suffer from his corruption.
[he raises his sword but an earthquake happens. And as we learn its happened everywhere. The Sands of Time bring the younger versions of many Mortal Kombat characters straight from original games]
Raiden : By the Elder Gods!
[He disappears. Only Shinnok's amulet drops on the floor]
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[the prisoners realize themselves. The Sands of Time bring Skarlet, Erron Black, Baraka, original bald Kano and the ruler of the Netherrealm itself - Shao Kahn. On the other side appears Kitana, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Jade and Raiden]
Kotal Kahn : Raiden? Shao Kahn?
Shao Kahn : General Kotal?
Kotal Kahn : Kotal Kahn.
Shao Kahn : Kahn? Pathetic fool. You pretend to my throne!
Kotal Kahn : It is mine, by right and deed. You were killed, long ago. As was your repugnant spawn, Mileena.
Raiden : We were at the Mortal Kombat tournament. Kung Lao had just defeated Shang Tsung and Quan Chi.
Kotal Kahn : We are decades beyond those events.
Raiden : For us, they happened only moments ago.
Shao Kahn : What game are you playing, Raiden? What magic powers this delusion?
Raiden : If it is a delusion, it is one we all share. Is it possible that the past and future are colliding?
Kotal Kahn : Kitana, Baraka, Skarlet, all Outworld champions long since gone. If you have all returned, has...?
Jade : I am here, Kotal.
Kotal Kahn : Jade.
[Shao Kahn pushes Jade behind]
Kotal Kahn : Osh-Tekk custom requires all refugees be offered assistance. I offer it to you, Shao Kahn...
Shao Kahn : I am no refugee! I am Kahn of Outworld. Vacate my throne. Or I'll soak these sands with your blood!
[They have a fight]
Liu Kang : Lord Raiden? What do we do?
Raiden : I have not met Kotal. But he is reputed to be a man of honor.
Jade : It's true. I know him well.
Raiden : Then we must navigate this crisis by aiding him.
Baraka : Stupid Osh-Tekk. Destroying your future, crossing Shao Kahn.
Kotal Kahn : It is you with no future, Baraka. Your Tarkatans are dead.
Baraka : Impossible!
Kotal Kahn : They allied with Mileena against me. Persist, and you will die again.
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Kotal Kahn : Kotal Kahn: You are Kahn no more.
[a cloud of flies appears in the sky. Flies restrain the fighters and Kotal himself. Di'vorah appears from the portal]
Kotal Kahn : D'Vorah.
D'Vorah : Shao Kahn! To me!
[Shao Kahn and his army leaves]
Kotal Kahn : I have not known stranger days.
Raiden : Kotal Kahn. I am Raiden, Protector of Earthrealm.
Kotal Kahn : I know you.
Raiden : We are acquainted in your era?
Kotal Kahn : We were allies who became enemies.
Raiden : I am surprised, given our shared antipathy toward Shao Kahn.
Kotal Kahn : Everything changed after your defeat of Shinnok.
Liu Kang : Shinnok's defeated?
Kotal Kahn : Our realms joined to fight him. But in victory, you were hardened. To protect Earthrealm, you lashed out at all realms you deemed threats.
Raiden : That cannot be.
Kotal Kahn : My Raiden wears Shinnok's Amulet as a symbol of his fury.
Raiden : Be assured, Kotal Kahn. I am not that Raiden. We have common cause. Both in solving this temporal crisis, and in defeating Shao Kahn.
Kotal Kahn : Agreed.
Raiden : Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and I will return to Earthrealm and learn what temporal anomalies have occurred there. We must better understand the phenomenon we are experiencing.
Kotal Kahn : I will have my scouts track Shao Kahn.
Liu Kang : So, this is goodbye.
Kitana : Only goodbye for now. I can't leave while Shao Kahn threatens Outworld. I must seek justice for what he did to my family, and to all Edenia.
Liu Kang : I will come back for you. To aid you, Princess.
[Kitana hugs him. Raiden, Liu Kang and Kung Lao leaves. Meanwhile in Shao Kahn's hideout]
Shao Kahn : You evade my questions, D'Vorah. I routed your people. Burned this hive. Yet you aid me.
Kollector : We can't trust her, Excellency. Kotal Kahn did, and she betrayed him to Shinnok.
Shao Kahn : Kotal "Kahn" How is it I'm dead and he sits on my throne?
Kollector : You tried merging Earthrealm into Outworld. The Elder Gods Intervened, and Raiden killed you. That's when Mileena became Kahn.
D'Vorah : After This One killed your daughter, Kotal claimed the throne.
Shao Kahn : You killed Mileena? If this is true, you will die!
Kronika : [Kronika and her servants appears] D'Vorah is under my protection, Shao Kahn. As are you. I am Kronika.
Shao Kahn : The legends are true?
Kronika : I am displeased with how history has unfolded.
Shao Kahn : So you broke time?
Kronika : I stopped time. I enlist all those who disdain the current course of history. By merging past and present, we may draw upon allies from both eras.
Shao Kahn : How will fighting your battles benefit me?
Kronika : I offer a greater empire in the New Era, Shao Kahn. Raiden will not exist to thwart you.
Shao Kahn : You can wipe Raiden from history?
Kronika : It is an immense task, requiring great power and effort. My Hourglass requires protection while I work. Will your Outworld armies defend it?
Shao Kahn : They shall.
