Definetly one of my favorite bios so far,and this is definetly more realistic sounding than Cage's,which was pretty bad and weird.

And like i said in the other thread:

I hope Jax doesn't become a robot. The last thing we need in MK is a robot that thinks its a gangsta and says "AWWW YEAAAAAAHHH"

as Shinomune said this bios was very predicable..i made a very similar bios(read:identical) by myself,without reading this bio.really.
however i think that jax will surivive inb his robot form,and in a way or other will have a similar storyplot to smoke,where he would find a way to retunr human cursing for being a machine and wish to be human.
as for Sonya,we don't know anything new about her and in her bio isn't explained how Onaga was defeated.(maybe Shujinko done this!)

Good one. That's my favorite so far. Of course it doesn't cause much impact reading that after playing konquest, but it still has some interesting things (at least for me):

- Kano and the dragon clans aren't her main focus.
- Aparently, Sektor is one of "Shinnok's minions" mentioned in Cage's bio.
- Jax is becaming a more interesting character for me (well... just a little).

I agree that it should have had more about Sonya that we couldn't predict from her appearence in konquest, but, in my opinion, it's still the best of the bios released so far (or - dare I say? - the only one I actually liked).

cool bio, like the rest i quite like it, although i did sort of see the confrontation with sektor coming,

i don't suppose anyone has this in JPG form?

Most likely poor Jax has been converted into a robot. I mean think about what it says in the bio. "His life signs were stronger, but there were changes in his brainwave patterns." Changes in brainwave pattern usually isn't a good thing, often pertains to being controled.

A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!!!!!!

I just couldn’t be happier (well, I could but a few of those detail later). The bio is not perfect, but its excellent, and its lucky number 7, and right after Johnny Cages! .

*****THE GOOD*****

*Personality*

First of all, I really like the way she “speaks” (as to say) in this bio, you always get a light of the characters personality in the bios when reading them, because it is as if they were really speaking to you and you figure out a bit how their personalities work.

Once again you get the confirmation of her true loyalty towards the forces of light and her world, its awesome to see her speak proudly of her realm, but its even better to see her “dangerously angry/calm” when it comes to threats that harm her world and that break the laws.

A strict stern severe bitch with an attitude. I just love that about Sonya.

You hear her speak in a calm way but you know she is dangerous, and when affronting face-to-face the situation, you know she will release the anger and sarcasm we all love.

As she said in Konquest: “I have FULL authority”. That line just plain rocked!

She definitely sounds like a leader here, and as known, the main leader of her organization.

*Black Dragon/Red Dragon*

I love how she refers to Kano as a “particular thorn in her side”. She despises but finds the time to mock him a bit I guess.

It’s just great that they decided to give Sonya new stuff to worry about, new threats etc, and unlike some people believe, the black dragon story has been away from her character since MKDA; her main mission in that game was to save her partners, worry about the safety of her organization, and of course, fight with the heroes to defeat the deadly alliance.

But its good to hear she has more important matters now into her hands, and Im guessing she still doesn’t know about the “new black dragon” criminals. That would had been nice to know about.

But we STILL need closure, if the Black Dragons and Red dragons are still active, its all known that they will, whether Sonya is facing them directly or not, still play important roles in her character, and that she will eventually have to fight them all again.

That’s one thing I didn’t like about this bio, but more of that later.

*Tekunin/Sektor*

I loved the idea since day one, ever since the Tekunin clan was confirmed as part of the storyline in MKTE, I knew they would somehow tie with Sonya and the Special Forces, making Sektor another of her many main enemies.

Also, it was assumed in the past that there was a rivalry in the way because of MK Golds story, where it had Sektor, in the endings, kill Sonya, and Jax for helping Cyrax, who died as well.

I love that they (well, I talk in plural guessing that Ed plays a role, but I guess Vogel takes most of the credit in the bios) made her angry about this new threat and how she is doing all she can do, and that’s all, to stop them.

With luck, this rivalry and storyline will be continued in MK8+, this is the twist Sonya needed, but if she is to return, I do hope to see more new stuff.

But who is Sektor working with? Who did he have to ally with to have more chances in his evil plots? Could it be Shinnok? I really like this bit of still un-covered info, cant wait to see whats in store. Good enough for the discussions.

*Jax*

Wow, some awesome new details here. Its really cool to know he and Sonya are as close as ever as friends fighting against of all that its evil. Its also cool to learn that his ending in MKA finally makes a bit of sense. So, he was captured, and rapped by Sektor, all sounds great for Jax fans, he will finally get his twist! Awesome!

I just hope they don’t seem to suddenly forget his scary rage, developed during MKU.

I really like that he was mentioned in her bio, it gives us more to wonder.

*****THE BAD*****

Well, its not really horrible stuff but I feel Sonyas bio should had covered a bit more that went unnoticed, which sucks:

*Taven*

Her confrontation with Taven should had been mentioned, though not really necessary since its already in Konquest and we know why they fought, it would had still rocked to see her interact a bit more with him after the “I have full authority” speech and after she telling him she will keep an eye on him. If she really said that its because they actually talked and she learned more of him.

*Deceptions idiotic death/resurrection crap*

Once again, my fears that the stupid killing of the heroes during MKD was unnecessary and lame are confirmed. No real detail of that incident is mentioned.

I mean, did she even die????? Did all the heroes really die or were they just enchanted? Or where only some enchanted and not killed?

I just hate how little info on the Onaga thing is given from the affected characters. Unless Vogel or someone else has a bright idea to shock us in the future about the consequences and effects of those deaths, its all worthless.

They all seem to be happy and ignorant of what really happened there. It would had been nice to at least read a bit of bitterness, confusion, sadness and anger about that incident, but so far, zero.

Hopefully its written all in one bio (say, Shujinkos, Liu kangs, or Ermacs), about what were their reactions. If they cried, screamed, felt confused and torn, etc.

*Kano, Mavado and the Black/Red Dragons*

Though it has already been established that her main concerned is the Tekunin, because even if she defeated them they have not been truly annihilated, it would had been nice to read more about these villains.

I mean, does she know about the “new black dragons?”, is she aware that Kano is still alive? What are her feelings towards the red dragons now that they are gathering strength? Does she even know Kira? Is she aware Kabal betrayed them? Etc.

If Daegon is still involved in the futures storylines with Sonya, then these two might have some sort of rivalry eventually. He is leading an enemy clan, thanks to him it was created, he is to be detsroyed.

*Johnny Cage*

Though not really important because it can be assumed already, it would had been nice to read about him informing her of the new threat.

We can assume he eventually found her and told her about this, and she agreed to go to defend the worlds again, but a bit of interaction would had rocked, specially since (as an immortal Sonya/Cage shipper) I had hoped they would had given a sort of clue or indication about a possible romance between the tough blond and the movie star.

Oh well, I guess no more bios will even touch that little possibility, but with luck, in the future, a romance might be developed.

*Cyrax/Kenshi*

A mention about these two would had been nice.

I guess Cyrax might be on a mission or left the SF, and I also guess Sonya didn’t really care about Kenshi, since she didn’t complain about his departure either.


So overall, this is an EXCELLENT bio, and I take my hat off for Vogel who did an excellent job pleasing not only Sonya fans but also the general community for this kick ass bio. Good job Vogel! We love you! We just hope to see some character development for Sonya in MK8, you still missed that important detail.

I just hope you read a bit of our suggestions and guesses so you can see what the fans want or are wondering or complaining about.

Good job!

I agree. More new stuff would had been great since we knew most of her story thanks to Konquest, but I gotta say, I just love how they played her storyline in konquest, it was fun not to really imagine all, since we actually heard her speak when attacking Sektor and his clan, but also when fighting Taven. It was awesome.



You are correct!

And yes, hopefully Stryker is on the way.



I guess we have to assume Johnny Cage talked to her on the way, they found eachother but it does suck that wasn’t written, I would had liked to read about that.



I also love the bio.

About Jax, his ending might not even happen, just part of it and his story. It seems Jax is in for a twist, he needed it.



LOL. Im very happy. But yeah, Im also in love with Cages story. That’s the beauty of discussions, different opinions, different ideas, different tastes.



I agree. Though I didn’t feel like I was reading Jaxs bio, I think more of Sonya should had been done, its rather short imo.



Agreed. She definitely plays a huge role in Earths protection.



I agree Leo! (btw, where have you been? Its great to see you back buddy! Hopefully you pm back me soon).

The bios is great, more of Sonya should had been written, Jax sounds awesome, and Sektor sounds even cooler.



I also think Jax ending leads up to a dumb silly plot, but if they leave it as it sounds in this bios mixed with his sudden rage in MKU, then that could work very well.

Also, I too wanted to see more of the Kano hatred part, but Im not sure I agree that this is some mere rivalry because of her job and his occupation. Its been too long and too personal, specially with the fact that Kano wears Sonyas hair as a reminder of their rivalry (MKDA costumes and MKDA krypt pic and konquest), that gives deoth to the hatred, when she tossed him with the leg grab during the end of Mk3.

Theres got to be more of it.



LOL.

I too like how she feels insulted about the Tekunin daring to harm her world. Good stuff.



Agreed.

Kano has to get his ass kicked by Sonya again.

If they don’t end that now, it has to end in Mk8 or something. CLOSURE.

Unless he is reborn as a new being (as hinted in MKA konquest). But still, the classic fight is a must.

That’s why I loved her ending so much, one of the best of the game.

Great ending, excellent bio...just perfect.

I don't think Jax got so much so captured...but....well, nevermind...

I was waiting for your post Queve

The death of the heroes was TOTALLY necessary IMO, and I think that it's innecesary re-explain things of the precuel (MKD) that are known (see the MKD intro and you see, after several Tarkata dead bodies, the 5 dead heroes...).

The main reason to killed them was "refresh" the characters for the next game... that works out better or not already will depend on the char or on the context of the Armageddon (maybe a "closure chapter" isn't the best scenario for some characters if they needed to "evolve"...) And well, about his reaction, see MKU Kitana & Jax bios

About Kano, Mavado and the Black/Red Dragons... sorry if Vogel doesn't write a bio like the Old Testament But yes, a mention about Cyrax would be nice, but anyways great bio.

In her bio doesn't mention her knowlegde of the Argus' Pyramid... she discovered it following Taven, or she found out for third persons?

Once again, good bio. It seems Sonya and Jax are getting refreshing roles.

I thought they were going to be a thorn in Kano’s side forever.

meh..... Not a bad bio but still meh to me.... All this bio has done for me is make me more interested in what Sektor's and Jax's bio's are. Is Sektor possibly allied with Noob Saibot and Smoke??? That would be kool and would make sense since Noob is wanting to make a army himself.

As for Jax... He has been a cyborg since MK3 so I don't understand some things some of yall of said. Anyways it would be interesting if Jax is like now under the command of Sektor..... but then again that wouldn't make terribly too much sense since he was on the good guy side in the intro.... er....

Anyways back to Sonya.... I'm a little disappointed. What I originally was expecting from MKA is that it would tie up all loose ends in the story and answer all the questions.... Well with bullshit endings and a mess of a story for Konquest and the whole game in general, they didn't really deliver on tying up anything. I was hoping they would in the bio's now, and they have answered some questions in some of the other bio's but what is up with Sonya's? Yeah the whole Sonya vs. Kano rivalry is like 15 years old, but still that is a huge loose end being left out there if ya ask me. And well her bio didn't really answer and previous questions either.... Not a great bio imo.

I really really agree with you on this.

I too wanted closure! I really wanted to learn information and details that have been denied to us for years, things that might not sound important but that could tie many loose ends, give us more Mk trivia and story to discuss about!

*What did Kano do to piss her off so bad?
*Why did Shao Kahn capture her and didn’t kill her? Why keep her alive?
*etc etc etc etc



LOL, I hope you are doing good Shino, great to hear from you.

I still disagree on the whole “killing the heroes” business. Simply because for all we have seen, their deaths were and are so unnecessary, that a simple explanation about: “weakened heroes enslaved by a dark enchantment” would had been so much better and believable then the “death heroes were resurrected to be enslaved by a dark enchantment”. The overused and abused death/resurrection crap got too stale, and when they did it to more then 3 characters (main characters) at the same time to later have no real consequences or character development in each of them is a bit frustrating.

Neither Jax nor Kitanas bio state how it really affected them, nor do they hint any interesting details that could make the characters grow.

For all we got, the death thing was unnecessary, now, the defeat of the heroes and the enslavement, that works well without the resurrection part. See my point? So far, no good, it was useless and too much of a cliché already.

LOL! Well, he has written bigger bios, like Johnny Cages, he has the longuest bio so far. A bit more depth about that wouldn’t had hurt. Nor would had hurt an old testament to be truthful.

How she found out about the pyramid and the fight...who knows. Im guessing Johnny cage found her and informed her like he did with the rest of the heroes in his gathering, or maybe some other character informed her.

I was really hoping that these bios would tie up the horrid loose ends to the storyline. That is why everyone demanded them, is it not? This bio is creative, but it just fails. It's mostly reiterating stuff we already knew.

queve, I believe the reason Sonya hates Kano so much is because he killed her original partner. I know that was in the movie, but I think that is also canon for the game as well. Can't remember for sure though....

As for Kahn letting her and Kano live... I dunno... I don't recall that ever really being explained, but I don't think that is much of a big deal.

.... I wonder if we can get them to release canon endings??

Nah, unfortunately (again weird that this has come up in another recent discussion) no game canon explanation has ever been given with regards to Kano and Sonya's history, other than the fact that they have one. Again, if it's not in either the games, or a source from the game's story writers (like these online bios), then it ain't canon. Not to continually flog this particular point out, but MK: Special Forces WAS originally to explore this bit of plot in greater detail... it just didn't pan out sadly.

Only thing we can surmise is that Sonya has been hunting the Black Dragon for years, Kano in particular. It's a part of her job of course, but because she's such a driven and focused woman, it's become something of an obsession of hers. And the longer Kano eludes her, the more personal it's become. Whether or not Kano's done anything more to hurt her personally beyond that (aside from trying to kill her and her fellow Special Forces/MK comrades obviously) remains to be explored.



Here's my take on the whole "closure" thing; I think that when all the bios are put out and all is said and done, MK Armageddon will prove to be an about average entry in the MK series with regards to storyline and so forth. Certainly not a horrendous label for a series that's widely praised for it's story in a genre where such things are completely beside the point, but still not what the developers hyped it up as; closing up all dangling story threads.

Now me personally, I can easily let go of "hype". Hell I barely take any of it seriously to begin with. That's not cynicism mind you, that's just how I've always been. When I get "psyched" for something, it's on my own terms, not cause the marketing tells me to. So when the marketing lies (as it often does) then to me that's just par for the course. What I'm getting at is, I have no problem accepting this game as just another entry in the series, rather than this big grand finale. MK to me is like pizza; even when it's not as good as it should be, it's still pizza. And taken as "just another MK game" Armageddon's story works fine, assuming of course that the rest of the bios work as well as they have thus far.

However it may not necessarily be that cut and dry; for all we know, as per "MK tradition", when MK8 comes out and gives us the "canon" version of how Armageddon ended; for all we know we COULD get some degree of "closure" there. Not to say it's any excuse for Midway hyping this game up as the one to do so of course (cause it's not), or even that it's likely, just that it's a possibility. Anything can happen in the future.

Jax, a cyborg since MK3? Not really. He simply donned bionic arms. It's not like he replaced his own arms with robotic arms.

I liked the bio. Midway's 7 and 7 so far with the bios, so kudos in that regard.

This one wasn't my favorite, I'll admit. There were parts of it I really enjoyed, such as her take-charge attitude, and several revelations concerning Sektor and Jax. I can't wait to read their bios and see where it goes. Also, I'm glad there was finally context for her konquest mode scenario.

On the other hand, I'll agree, I would like a bit more closure. Her "death" in MK:D isn't even mentioned and her rivalry with Kano remains, 7 games later, unresolved.

Still, not a bad bio. It has some highlights and some low points, but a very decent bio. I'd give it a 7/10.

Well, Sonya believe that she killed Kano in MK3, and I don't remember any game that mentions that Sonya finded that Kano was still alive...

Why Shao Kahn wasn't killed Sonya & Kano? Because the plan was distract the Earthrealm warriors and if was possible, kill all. But if the Shao Kahn's minions could not kill the Earthrealm Warriors, they come back to the Earthrealm warriors and would go "down the guard"... but if the Earthrealm Warriors were finding the corpses, them anxieties of revenge might put in danger his real plan, or at least make them more dangerous for when the plan was executing...

I’m glad they way Sonya’s story has panned out, the Tekunin angle takes her storyline into a different direction and it separates her from all the Dragon clans. I also like how she sounds in her Bio very articulate, professional and passionate. I can’t wait for her next incarnation on next Gen consoles and hopefully she will have her Leg Grab by then!

I like how they’ve reversed the situation of Jax, I remember in Mortal komabt 2, when he rescued her in the outworld and now the tables have turned and its her who is going to have to do the rescuing since she clearly mentioned he was captured. A further twist could follow Jax could become one the baddies and that puts Sonya in a rather difficult situation.
Oooh Hurray I love what they’ve done with her Bio but I kind of miss Kano so hopefully his Bio will reveal more about his infatuation with her.

Bios make MK a lot more interesting for me...this was a good one ...

okay, why is Blaze not mentioned at all? Her bio doesn't go anywhere near the point of the MKA story, it's just more like a prologue for her reasoning to be in the tekunin warship in konquest mode. Also, like another person pointed out, nothing is noted about whether or not she was captured by Onaga during MKD. hmph.

It could be, Im sure he did something more personal to her, something like that, that would make her so obsessed with killing the bastard (a fave of mine btw), it just cant be a “job thing” because she has never really shown such hatred towards Jarek for example, or any other enemy that has to be eliminated because of her job (that includes Shang Tsung, Mavado, Kahn, Goro, and the other minions in charge of destroying Earth and peace).

But like someone said, its not official until its revealed in the storyline. It was in the comics, but not in the one Tobias wrote. As for Kahn capturing them and letting them live, there could be loads of depth there if well explored and written, but it seems to be ignored. I think it could be important if they use their imagination.



Well said.

Too bad, though, that MKA will never be the game that it was supposed to be. Even MKD, with its broken and crappy gameplay, was a more satisfying game overall then this improved version.



Yeah, I think Sonya doesn’t know Kano is alive....but for some reason, that would had been mentioned in her bio, at least a bit. Something like “but now he is finally dead”. Instead, she just says her priority is the Tekunin at the moment.

And the Kahn explanation doesn’t really make sense buddy, he could had killed them but had their corpses hidden if the plot was to distract and evade any sort of revenge feelings. There could be more to that with creativity. He wanted to kill them, kill them all in the process of “distraction”, getting rid of those two, or at least Sonya, would had made things a lot easier and better for Kahn. Maybe he underestimated her, and in result, she helped to defeat him in Mk3.



I too love how she sounds in the bio, very professional and severe.

The Jax twist is great, as long as he is no full cyborg or robot, just something sort of like a hybrid, its great.

The leg grab-is-a-must.



Yeah, it does suck theres no mention of how she finds out about Blaze and all, we can only assume (until some other bio confirms otherwise) that Johnny Cage informed her, or another ally who had already been informed by Cage. Maybe even Taven lead her to believe there was something odd going on. Maybe she found Jax.

We will see.

And yeah, it was me who said the Onaga thing, that whole MKD story bit sucked for everyone (so far).

LMFAO!.

Other than that, Jax's ending has now made SOME degree of sense now since apparently, Jax got captured by Sektor.

I hope Cyrax is next

Oh, Queve, I think you have to remember that this bio takes place BEFORE the events of Armageddon. Therefore, Sonya probably wouldn't have met Taven as yet.

To me, this bio is good if you want to learn what happened to Jax and Sektor. I don't think it really went into much detail about what Sonya did since Deadly Alliance since she doesn't tell of what has happened to her.

Sonya seems a bit like Scorpion in that she still seems a bit one sided.

Up to Deadly Alliance, she was focused on the Black Dragon. When Mavado came about, we were all of the view that she would start focusing on the Red Dragon. And now in this game, it seems that Sektor's Tekunin group comes in and that is all she will be focused on.

Out of all the MK heroes, I realised that Sonya's the only one who doesn't have that many allies or enemies. Jax, Kano, Jarek, Mavado, Sektor. You can count them all on one hand.

How about some female enemies? Frost was a good addition to giving her an edge in Deadly Alliance. And what about Kira? Maybe she and Sonya could get along fine and do what Shinnok and Rayden are doing. In the end, Kira will try to kill her and Sonya will try to destroy the Red Dragon.

Maybe MK8 will be the time for this.