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KAI (finished)

GENERAL STATS:
Chinese/African-American Male
37
6’1
200lbs.
Earthrealm; White Lotus Society
Shotokan, Long Fists & Jeet Kune Do
Alliances with Divine Nine Assassin, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Bo Rai Cho, Shang Tsung; Evil

KAI’S COSTUME & ALTERNATE:
Kai could wear a traditional sleevelees red gi with red trim and a black undershirt underneath to cover up his taco meat chest hair. He could also wear red wrist & shin/foot pads with traditional red gi pants and a black belt wrapped around his waist twice and a Japanese emblem on left side of chest to symbolize his alliance with Shang Tsung’s assassins. His alternate costume could be a sleeveless black gi with a black trim and black wrist & shin/foot pads with traditional black gi pants and a black belt wrapped around his waist twice and a black undershirt underneath the gi to cover up his taco meat chest hair. He can have the ability to manipulate fire with his fiery spirit and personality. He can have a similar uniform as Ken from Street Fighter/Paul Phoenix from Tekken except he can wear a sleeveless black shirt underneath the red gi and wear black wrists/forearm/foot pads. He can also wear a mythical beaded necklace that hangs down to lower neck on both primary and secondary costumes It can look similar to picture shown below without the rips or tears in the shoulder region of his gi.

KAI’S FIGHTING STYLE:
As a member of the White Lotus Society, Kai was taught the Long Fists fighting style to match his aggressive but temperamental persona. Everyday, Kai, was conditioned through stretching and endurance like exercises near the Temple until his body was strong enough to endure the rigorous training conditions of the Long Fists style. Within nine years of continuous training Kai was able to master this style at an expert level sparring with elder monks and cohorts such as Liu Kang and Kung Lao. After learning this particular style of combat, Kai was informed that in order to understand the full spirit of the White Lotus Society that he would have learn benevolence towards others and would have to find that spirit within him outside of the Temple. So Kai respecting the instruction of his Sifu, journeyed outside the Temple for a few years where he would pick up other fighting styles along the way. Through his vast adventures, Kai also learn to be proficient in Shotokan styles of fighting with deliberate, quick and direct movements to add to his mixes of stealth hand speeds forms and kicks. He also picked up learning Jeet Kune Do, in which he took the traditional styles he learned and correlated them into his own unique form through Jeet Kune Do. After years of wandering, Kai, would return to the Temple and find it destroyed, infuriating him. Eventually he would meet up with Liu Kang and try to sabotage Shang Tsung, who was used as bait against Kai to lure him into Outworld.

KAI’S BACKSTORY:
Born of half Chinese half African-American heritage, Kai was brought to the White Lotus Society as an orphan. It was there that found refuge and was taught the discipline of kung fu martial arts training. For years Kai studied under the direction of Liu Kang and Bo Rai Cho at an early age and developed his style of fighting from his treacherous and intense training. Years would past, and Kai would have completed his training with the White Lotus Society and mastered the spirit of the “Tiger”. Elder statesmen and monks of the temple, instructed Kai, that in order to learn the top techniques of the White Lotus Society he would have to possess the spirit of the “Dragon” and be mindful of the harm and extents of his powers can have on weaker people, in that he would have to find it for himself outside the temple. Years would past and a raid by Shang Tsung’s Outworld forces would destroy the White Lotus Temple shortly after Liu Kang was selected as the sole representative of the Temple to fight in Mortal Kombat. Liu Kang would leave the temple and fight for the Earthrealm in Mortal Kombat due to the destruction of their temple while Kai had left the Temple on a journey of enlightenment. Once Kai returned to the remnants of the temple, he was enraged with anger at what laid before him. Kai would ally with Liu Kang in their journey into Outworld to fight against Shang Tsung. After Liu Kang won the Mortal Kombat Tournament, Kai was infuriated that he chose not to kill Shang Tsung in the tournament. Taking matters into his own hands now, Kai followed the defeated Shang Tsung back to Shao Kahn’s kingdom against the wishes of Liu Kang. It was there that Kai would meet Shao Kahn face to face and be quickly overmatched. Kai loosing his fight with Shao Kahn was taken and enslaved for his misguided anger and was entranced under Shao Kahn’s mythical powers to do Kahn’s biddings as an assassin. It would be later revealed that Kai would be recruited by the renewed Shang Tsung as one of his elite assassins for the next Mortal Kombat tournament.

KAI’S SPECIALTY MOVES:

Standard Fireball - Cocks back both of his hands by his waist and throws a fiery orb engulfed in fire towards his opponent.

Enflamed Teleport - A back draft of fire surrounds Kai’s body as he teleports and jumps to the opposite side of the screen horizontally or jumps vertically down from the top of the screen.

Human Flame - Lunges horizontally parallel to the ground entrenched in fire towards his opponent to burn them, leaving them momentarily stunned and open for combos.

Aerial Human Flame (directional) - In mid-air lunges horizontally, diagonally upward/downward entrenched in fire towards his opponent to burn them, leaving them momentarily stunned and open for combos.

Fire Stream - Makes a motion extending his arm and hand with an open palm facing his opponent. A stream of fire shoots from his extended open palm towards his opponent burning them, leaving them momentarily stunned and open for combos then disappears.

Back Draft Shield - Kneeling on one knee, Kai punches the ground beneath him, generating a enraged flame of fire around his body, giving a rise to a shield of fire in a flamed campfire shape that wards off his opponent. If touched the opponent gets burned and momentarily stunned leaving them open for combos.

Orbs of Fire - Motions formations of martial arts style from waist, to generate orbs of fire in a perfect circle from beaded necklace like Goku directly in front of him. He then flings his forward facing arm towards his opponent and orbs of fire orbit circularly as they race across the screen sequentially descending down on his opponent one after the other.

Reign of Fire - Pokes out his chest towards opponent that generates a mythical glow of fire incasing his body. This causes a storm to form over Kai’s head to rain down several streams of fire diagonally down on his opponent.

Charged Flare Punch - Cocks back punching hand by waist and throws a snapping front jab with a flare of a tiger wrapped around his punching hand engulfing his opponent’s body in fire.

Charged Flare Kick - Cocks back kicking foot around stationary foot and generates the flame image of a tiger wrapped around his kicking foot much like the motion of a snapping stationary sidekick. The flame momentarily burns his opponent leaving them open for combos.

Hell-Spawned Punch - Skips in 360 degree motion like a spinning back-hand fists and generates a powerful flame of fire to incase the punching hand of Kai, and generates a fully enflamed tiger wrapped around his punching hand. He then motions into a front snapping punching jab towards opponent that engulfs opponent in a inferno of fire, disorienting his opponent in a inferno flame incasing their body momentarily and leaving them open for combos. (Takes more energy off power bar. )

Hell-Spawned Side Kick - Motions much like Johnny Cage’s shadow kick, to which he runs into a snapping side kick that generates a flare of fire in the image of a tiger around Kai’s body. He then snaps into a powerful stationary side kick that engulfs his opponent incasing them in fire momentarily disorienting his opponent and leaving them open for combos. (Takes more energy off power bar.)

Volcanic Projectile - In fighting stance front side facing the camera, his front arm is cocked back to back side shoulder and then in a flinging motion flings his front arm forward towards his opponent like Scorpion motions in throwing his harpoon. He then throws a flare of fire at the feet of his opponent that erupts into a flame of fire and also erupts into a series of fire sparks that are launched across the screen in all directions burning his opponent momentarily leaving opponent open for combos.


Kai’s costume can look exactly as the picture shown above except there wouldn’t be any tears or rips in the shoulder region of his gi. His alternate look would be him wearing a black traditional sleeveless gi with a black belt wrapped around his waist twice and hanging in the front of his attire loosely.

KAI’S FATALITY:
Engulfed Tiger - Makes several form motions with both fists on fire, a tiger engulfed in fire appears from in a flash of fire to run and pounces on his opponent and disappears into a gigantic flame on opponent, cremating his opponent into a pile of ashes.

KAI’S X-RAY MOVE:
Shotokan’s Fury - Kai flings his forward arm back to backside shoulder and thrusts his bent elbow in the sternum region of his opponent’s chest cracking ribs as camera showcases the internal damage. From there, he then lifts his forearm into a clenched back fist to the face of his opponent. The camera then showcases the internal damage done to the skull. He then finally from the back fists, jumps straight up into a jump reverse hook kick to the face of his opponent. This sends them stumbling backwards grimacing their face from the impact and the hairline fractures across their skull.

KAI’S INTRO:
The cameras full body cut shot showcases Kai motioning in Long Fists formations, with flares of fire flashing around his fists. He then motions into his fighting stance.

KAI’S MID-TAUNT:
Kai flings both of his intersecting arms backwards generating a flash of fire in front of him and around both of his forearms and fists. He then stares down his opponent as the get back to their feet and motions into his fighting stance.

KAI’S WINNING POSE:
A simple bow to in which he lowers his head down to the camera and then rises up.

KAI’S ENDSTORY:
After winning the tournament and defeating Shao Kahn, the spell cast on him wore off and he gradually regained his consciousness. Standing over the fallen body of Shao Kahn, Kai was tempted to murder him for his acts of enslavement and murder sprees against his brothers in the White Lotus Society, but didn’t act on his thoughts. He instead absorbed his energy within his body, rendering Kahn defenseless. The additional powers from Kahn made Kai invincible and corrupted him with the power to do what he wanted to do whenever he pleased. The elevation in power caused him to lash out against Shang Tsung eventually, his former master and subject solely responsible for the mass murders of his White Lotus Society brethren. After being at odds with Liu Kang and Kung Lao for their philosophy on showing mercy to their enemies, Kai decided to leave the White Lotus Society after numerous philosophical and cultural differences. Kai stated his belief that the White Lotus Society would always be vulnerable to their counterparts if they weren’t willing to embrace their dark side to adversaries whom didn’t share their same since of maturity and responsibility. Because of these ideological differences, Kai left the Temple. Although still having a mutual respect for their stances, Kai would honor what he learned from their teachings and as a result would continue to secretly watch over the Temple as an unofficial guardian.




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Noobsmoke92
03/31/2012 10:55 PM (UTC)
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As long as Kai implements capoeira,I will be a happy banana.
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Esoteric
04/01/2012 02:06 AM (UTC)
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Why not have a whole new character that incorporates a capoeira style of fighting instead of using Kai? Kind of like an Eddy Gordo styled character for MK with a capoeira styled moveset combined with a breakdancing and a moveset that gymnast incorporate with their routines on the palmal horse.
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Noobsmoke92
04/01/2012 07:28 AM (UTC)
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Because Kai kinda reminds me Eddy Gordo lol,and second,he had this kind of capoeira move in MK4,where he is spinning on his hands. I gotta ask you back,why not? Why create a new character when we have this unused one which still can contribute to the series? I mean,the guy is already unique looking,and we already have two Shaolins in Liu and Kung,even though I very much like your tiger spirits powers for Kai,so let's leave all shaolin styles for those two...Capoeira will make Kai unique like no one else in MK.
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Esoteric
04/01/2012 06:39 PM (UTC)
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The reason I would argue for a whole new character to have the capoeira style of fighting would be that the Brazilian form of martial arts has a plethra of it's own moves to where you create a whole new character from and have them standout as a unique character with their own identity separate from the rest of the cast of Mortal Kombat.

Another reason I would argue that Kai should have a Shaolin based fighting style is that in MK4 it was described in his bio that he was raised in the White Lotus Society which is a Chinese based organization along with Liu Kang to my knowledge. And it wouldn't make too much sense for someone who is supposedly is brought up in a Chinese based organization to all of a sudden have a Brazilian based fighting style.

You would open yourself up to more questioning such as where did he learn these Brazilian styled moves in the White Lotus Society that's based in China? And then finally, I would say that Liu Kang and Kung Lao already have their moveset pretty well-defined. Giving Liu Kang and Kung Lao even more moves would provide them with an unfair advantage towards the rest of the characters within the cast in terms of their gameplay.
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RazorsEdge701
04/02/2012 02:32 PM (UTC)
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Ed Boon has said that when they developed MK4, they intended for Kai to do a lot more handstanding than just the largely useless special moves he had in the game, and that when they developed him for Armageddon, they wanted one of his fighting styles to be nothing but handstand moves but they didn't have the time and resources to mocap it.

So Kai's whole reason for being created was to be this acrobatic dude who stands upside-down and spins and kicks all the time, and the reason he's never been an interesting character is because they never succeeded in making him what they wanted him to be. If Kai is to be fully realized in this generation as the character he was always meant to be, he HAS to be the Capoeira guy.

Also, nobody wants another character who just uses fire when we already have so many. They need to be individualized. Kai can keep his up and down blasts because they work more like a groundpound than a projectile, but that can't be the main feature of his special moves, the majority focus has to be on something unique.
Also, the White Lotus are not actually the same thing as the Shaolin Temple, they're a club for fighters from all over the world to defend Earth. Even Johnny and Sonya could join the White Lotus if they wanted to. So there's no reason for him to fight like a Shaolin just because he's a member of a group Liu Kang and Kung Lao are members of.
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Esoteric
04/02/2012 08:12 PM (UTC)
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@RazorsEdge701

Trust me, I understand the need for diversity and individualism within the characters in this game.I'm all for giving characters there own identity. I just don't think that Kai should be the designated capoeria guy and when you referr to characters who manipuate fire, which ones are you referring to?

Also Kai doesn't sound a name indicative for a character from Brazil wouldn't you agree? If this character is to have a Brazilian based martial arts style of fighting, it also help if he had a name that reflected where he's origins were kind of like "Eddy Gordo" or "Christie Montenerio". Kai sounds like it has an East Asian origin. If I were to play this game for the first time and heard about a character name Kai, I would automatically think that he had some kind of East Asian influenced fighting style. They should probably change his name then.
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RazorsEdge701
04/03/2012 07:12 AM (UTC)
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Liu Kang, Scorpion, Shang Tsung, Goro, Kintaro, Sheeva, Sektor, Tanya, Hotaru, Kobra, Onaga, Blaze, Taven, and Daegon all have fire attacks.

Sometimes they remember to give each one something unique to separate them (Liu = dragon heads, Shang = skulls, Tanya = purple/black dark magic flames, Hotaru = lava, Goro = shoots green fists instead of breathing fire in MK1 and 9) and sometimes they don't. (Shang and Tanya using generic orange flame in MKDA thru A, Goro stealing Kintaro and Sheeva moves in most of his appearances.)

So yeah, Kai as yet another super-generic fire guy who also uses the same fighting style as Liu Kang and Kung Lao when Liu and Kung are always gonna be in the game is definitely not the direction I'd want to see.
On the subject of names, Kano is an Australian with a Japanese name, most of the people in MK go by psuedonyms, and hey, crazy idea, but it's the 21st century now and people can learn fighting styles without being in the country that invented them because things spread and people open dojos everywhere, particularly in America. (Interesting bit of trivia, MK4's strategy guide billed Kai as being from Detroit.)
Nationality or Stereotype as a character's one-dimensional, defining trait is Street Fighter and Tekken's gimmick, Mortal Kombat doesn't really do that. (Though even Street Fighter's capoeirista, Elena, is actually from Africa.) I mean if the devs thought like you do, Liu Kang, a sheltered monk whose trainers were other monks and an Outworlder, couldn't possibly know Jeet Kune Do, a style invented in America by a man who died only 40 years ago.
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Esoteric
04/03/2012 07:56 PM (UTC)
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In terms of the characters you listed that manipulating fire, I'll agree on Liu Kang, but Scorpion is questionable because up until MK9 his moveset was harpoon based with the exception of his Hell fire fatality. It was until latter that they expanded on his fiery traits. Shang Tsung, Goro, Kintaro, Sheeva, Tanya, all throw fireballs, and I don't know that qualifies as a being able to manipulate fire by just throwing fire projectiles. Kai would have a fire based moveset that would involve more than just throwing fireballs at his opponent.

On the subject of names, Kano is an Australian with a Japanese name, most of the people in MK go by psuedonyms, and hey, crazy idea, but it's the 21st century now and people can learn fighting styles without being in the country that invented them because things spread and people open dojos everywhere, particularly in America. (Interesting bit of trivia, MK4's strategy guide billed Kai as being from Detroit.)


In regards to the naming of the characters, Kai, I just don't think he should be the designated capoeira guy when in MK4 he was fashioned as a monk I think it was. I'm not saying that fighters can't learn other fighting styles outside their origin of birth/nationality, Kai just doesn't strike me as a capoeira fighter where the moves are acrobatically based and require constant motion. But I would like to see a capoeira fighter in the next game though.

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RazorsEdge701
04/03/2012 08:06 PM (UTC)
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I would not say Kai was "fashioned as a monk" in MK4.

I would say he was fashioned as a young man who thought he wanted to be a monk but by the end of the game, changed his mind. Remember, his whole story was "I want to be a Shaolin warrior." Someone who already IS Shaolin would not say that, only a newcomer would. Kai first learned to fight outside the environment of Liu Kang and Kung Lao.

And his moveset was very much about agility and flexibility, he had more handstand attacks than he did fireballs, it's just that nobody used the handstand stance because the gameplay for it was done the same way as weapons were in MK4, every time you got hit, you immediately dropped it and went back to generic stance. Which rendered those moves useless to even try because assuming the stance was too slow and the button inputs were hard to remember, so you'd always get hit and lose it before you could even use it.

Like I said, Ed created him to be a unique, super-agile acro-guy but they just couldn't make it work. They probably CAN make it work now, so they should finally make him what he was born to be.
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Esoteric
04/03/2012 10:20 PM (UTC)
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Yeah, well I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.
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Sub-Zero_7th
05/07/2012 03:33 AM (UTC)
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With your ideas, this sounds like a very different character. It doesn't really sound like Kai at all. I think part of the problem is that you don't have a proper understanding of his backstory. He and Liu Kang actually met each other in America, and Kai was a former member of the White Lotus Society. He wasn't raised by them, and he left to wander the world on a quest of self-enlightenment. Having him as a hothead is sort of what they tried to do with Kung Lao in MKSM, so having two White Lotus characters like that is redundant. I actually think the way Kai's character is in the games is fine, but he just needs to be fleshed out more.

About his special moves, I have to agree with some others here. We have so many characters with fire-related abilities. Also, in MK 2011, Shang Tsung has the same kinds of projectiles that Kai had in MK4 and MKG, and I think they actually fit Shang Tsung better. To me, Kai should be one of those characters whose special moves are centered around his fighting abilities. He had a flying punch move, a spinning roundhouse kick, and his handstand attacks in MK4. In MKA, he had a couple of kicking special moves, one knockdown and one pop up.

About his fighting style, I don't see him as the aggressive type. If you're really going to change the character that much, it makes sense, but Kai was designed to be a nimble, agile fighter, so having him be 181 lbs. and aggressive doesn't make sense for him. I don't see him being quite that tall or that old either. He comes off as someone younger, someone in his 20s instead of his 30s.

Jeet Kune Do is a term that represents the idea of each person's individual expression and interpretation of the martial arts, so that can go for every character. Long Fist could be considered a style if you're talking about a more modern art comprised of techniques from the traditional Long Fist styles (largely from Zhāquán). I do agree that his fighting style should have a large influence from Asian martial arts. I'm not entirely sure on Capoeira moves for him, but it would be interesting to see if they were nicely incorporated.

By the way, what do you mean by "taco meat chest hair"?
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caged95
05/07/2012 04:58 AM (UTC)
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Taco meat chest hair= unruly 70's chest hair.
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moneyguy
05/07/2012 09:01 AM (UTC)
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Why does everyone want to see Kai doing Capoeira moves? No, this isn't Tekken. Mortal Kombat isn't a game based solely on fighting styles. So no, I don't ant to see Kai performing handstands, cartwheels, and backflips through an entire match.

Having always been "intrigued" by Kai, I feel that NRS can take him in a whole new direction. Something unique, no fire, definitely not anything that was recommended earlier, but something totally different. Something in the sense of Cyber Sub-Zero.

I can say that I am not sure what Kai should be, however I know for certain it shouldn't be anything listed previously.

(I know that doesn't help, but I wanted to share my opinion)
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Immortal_Kanji
05/09/2012 12:58 AM (UTC)
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I'm not great with the idea of Kai being evil. I like Kai being good. Its time Liu passes the title of champion to Kai.
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Immortal_Kanji
05/13/2012 06:21 PM (UTC)
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Kai's fatality should be like transforming into a fire-like tiger that pounces on to the enemy and starts clawing and biting.
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Esoteric
05/14/2012 06:54 PM (UTC)
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I just thought that Kai's move set could be expanded more from MK4. I kind of would look at him as the more direct to the point side of Liu Kang with him being the White Lotus Society member.
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Esoteric
07/07/2016 09:57 PM (UTC)
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Does anyone else have any comments or criticisms?
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Esoteric
07/10/2016 02:12 AM (UTC)
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I could see someone like Michael Jai White playing the character "Kai" in Mortal Kombat!!
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