Baraka (Mortal Kombat)

* Annihilation
* 2011 Game

The **Tarkatans** are a fictional species of warriors from *Mortal Kombat* franchise, with **Baraka** serving as one of their chief generals. They appear as a minor antagonists in *Annihilation*.

## Biographies

In the games, the Tarkata are an interspecies breed of warrior, which had originally been considered as a cross between humanoids from Outworld and demons from the Netherrealm. In MKX, however, it is suggested that the Tarkatans are instead a species originating from their own realm.

### Mortal Kombat (2011)

Due to the message he heard, Raiden experiences visions of the future during the events of the first tournament from the first game and discovers his amulet has been harmed. Liu Kang needs to win the competition, according to Raiden, in order to rescue Earthrealm. Due in part to Scorpion's murder of Bi-Han, also known as Sub-Zero, in vengeance for the latter's destruction of the former's Shirai Ryu clan, which included Scorpion's wife and young son some years previously, Liu Kang ends up being the sole Earthrealm competitor throughout the tournament. In return for requesting the Elder Gods to raise Scorpion's tribe from the dead, Raiden begs Scorpion to spare Sub-Zero. Scorpion hesitantly agrees, but Quan Chi causes him to see false images that anger him and make him kill Sub-Zero like he did in the previous universe. Goro, the Shokan Prince, and the cunning sorcerer Shang Tsung are both vanquished by Liu Kang. However, Raiden's amulet begins to fracture more, indicating that the course of events will not alter. Emperor Shao Kahn, who had ordered Shang Tsung's execution due to the sorcerer's failure, is persuaded to change his mind when the sorcerer suggests holding a second tournament in Outworld with a different outcome: if Earthrealm wins, Outworld will leave them alone forever, but if Outworld wins, they will be free to invade Earthrealm without restriction. Raiden initially opposes, but when Tarkatans invade Earthrealm as part of Shang Tsung's extortion against Earthrealm, he changes his mind. James gave Baraka's Armageddon death the Golden Chainsaw alongside other kombatants because it was a great opener.

### Mortal Kombat X

During a flashback, Baraka is shown with his fellow Tarkatans in Outworld, loading captive Shaolin monks (taken prisoner during Shang Tsung's raid on the Shaolin Temple) onto a ship commanded by D'Vorah. Before the ship can leave, Raiden, Liu Kang, and Kung Lao arrive to rescue the hostages. While his minions fight Kung Lao and Liu Kang, Baraka personally confronts Raiden. The two fight and Raiden emerges victorious.

Five years prior to the main events of the game, Baraka was a loyal servant to the Empress Mileena. Although Ermac quickly switches sides after Reptile reveals her origins as a product of sorcery, Baraka refuses to betray her. In the ensuing confrontation between Mileena and Kotal Kahn's allies, Baraka is brutally slain by D'Vorah, who rips out his heart and brain with her stingers before squashing them.

### Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)

In *Annihilation*, a group of Tarkata (including Baraka) appear and ambush Liu Kang when he goes to rescue Kitana from the cage Shao Kahn left her in. They fight for a bit, and Liu kills one of them (possibly Baraka) by kicking him into a fire pit (which recycles footage from Rain's death)