Geras

**Geras** appeared in 2019 videogame called *Mortal Kombat 11*. Geras is a character in the *Mortal Kombat* fighting game series. An immortal, artificial construct created by the former Keeper of Time, Kronika, Geras is loyal to his master and her plans of finalizing the New Era.

Geras made his debut in *Mortal Kombat 11* as a playable character while serving as an antagonist in the game's Story Mode.

Geras has dark skin, glowing blue eyes, no hair on his head - some kind of energy that also is present on his chest and on his back - and has a toned physique. His whole body seems to be attached by pieces, like Geras has been built like a puzzle.

Geras is a loyal and powerful servant of the Keeper of Time and Architect of the Universe's destiny, Kronika. As a creation of Kronika herself, Geras possesses god-like strength and the ability to manipulate the sands of time. His most notable attribute, however, is his imperviousness to death. As a "fixed point in time," he is able to recover from all manner of wounds, even fatal ones, within a matter of minutes, if not seconds. Geras has died thousands of times over, each time coming back stronger and wiser. Due to his immortal lifespan and apparent immortality, he has witnessed various key events throughout time, such as the Ice Age and the Great Kung Lao's defeat at the hands of Goro, and has even fought the former before.

Geras also exhibits the traits of a scholar, as a witness of many lifetimes in many timelines. He studies and collects knowledge of immeasurable events, cultures, and peoples and, as a result, has an impressive knowledge of the realms and the denizens that inhabit them.

## Powers and Abilities

Geras possesses the ability to manipulate time and the Sands of Time. His control over time includes being able to stop its flow, teleport, rewind it and replay his previous actions. By stopping the flow of time, Geras can freely interact with his opponents who are oblivious to his next move and completely unaware of it. His ability to rewind time is useful against enemies who successfully dodge his attacks as he can simply rewind them back to the time when they have not yet moved before setting up another attack. He can also use it on himself as an escape method by rewinding himself from the moment of danger to safety. If necessary, he can erase others from existence instead of blasting them with energy that would normally freeze them in time.

As Geras is a point fixed in time created by Kronika herself, this has granted him a degree of Immortality, being able to revert time moments before his demise. Additionally, Geras grows stronger and wiser with each of his deaths, empowering him to the point that his might was on par, if not outright exceeded, the power of both Gods and Elder Gods, with only Raiden, Sindel and Shao Kahn managing to defeat the construct, with the former defeating him and banishing him to the Sea of Blood, with the latter two defeating Geras in the Soul Chamber in the altered timeline. Geras' durability, alongside his healing factor makes him nearly impervious to attacks, as he was able to instantly heal from getting shot by a barrage of bullets, allowing him to simply shrug it off and continue fighting. Sustaining massive damage to his being takes longer for Geras' healing factor to restore him, as it took longer to recover from being decapitated by Kung Lao's hat. When regenerating - or even being revived - the Sands of Time themselves help rebuild Kronika's most faithful servant.

The element of sand is one of the few things he can control. He can harden sand to make it durable enough to create walls, tables and weapons for crushing and slashing his enemies such as hammers and swords. He can even become intangible by turning into sand, making him impervious to physical attacks. He can also manipulate the Earth in a way similar to Tremor such as summoning rocks to strike his opponent's feet and create metallic gauntlets by using the Sands of Time. In addition to that, he also has supernatural strength allowing him to crush heads into pieces, tear others in half, shatter his own stone constructs and throw people away over a long distance with ease.