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Baraka is a Tarkatan warrior and a major antagonist from the Mortal Kombat fighting game series, acting as the leader of the Tarkatan race.
Baraka was portrayed by Richard Divizio in Mortal Kombat 2 to Gold, voiced by Dan Washington in Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, Bob Carter in Mortal Kombat (2011), Greg Eagles in Mortal Kombat X, and Steve Blum from Mortal Kombat 11 onwards.
From Mortal Kombat II to Mortal Kombat Gold, he was portrayed by Richard Divizio, who also portrayed Kano, Kabal, Quan Chi and Shang Tsung throughout the same games.
He was played by Dennis Keiffer in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.
In Mortal Kombat: Deception and Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, he was voiced by Ryan Rosenberg, who also voiced Havik in both games.
He was voiced by Dan Washington in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.
He was voiced by Bob Carter in Mortal Kombat (2011), Greg Eagles in Mortal Kombat X, and Steve Blum in Mortal Kombat 11.
He was played by Lateef Crowder in Mortal Kombat: Rebirth and by Fraser Aitcheson in Mortal Kombat: Legacy.
Baraka led the attack on the Shaolin Temple in the Earthrealm, which caused Liu Kang to seek vengeance and journey into Outworld, all according to Shao Kahn's plan. He teamed up with Mileena in an attempt to take down Shao Kahn, but they failed in the attempt. Baraka was sent to the lowlands of Outworld, but escaped after Kahn was defeated during the events of Mortal Kombat 3, left to wander the realms.
Mortal Kombat 4[]
Quan Chi found Baraka wandering through Edenia and offered him a chance to rule the realms at his side, if he fought for Shinnok. The Tarkatan agreed due to his need for combat, but planned to betray his masters yet again. However Shinnok was defeated before he got the chance to.
Mortal Kombat: Deception[]
Baraka in Mortal Kombat Deception.
Baraka found a new master, this time the resurrected Onaga, whom he had great faith in. The Tarkatan freed Mileena and recruited her to the Dragon King's side to pose as Kitana so as to misdirect Edenia's forces against Baraka's raiding forces, keeping them away from Onaga. But when Mileena gave Bo Rai Cho control of Edenia's army, many of the Tarkata were defeated, angering Baraka. When the two set up a meeting in the Beetle's Lair, the Tarkatan sent another of his race in his place, since he had grown suspicious of her. This proved to be an excellent decision since Mileena killed the Tarkatan in an attempt to get rid of Baraka.
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon[]
In the final battle of Armageddon, Baraka joined the Forces of Darkness to fight against Kung Lao once again.
In his ending, Baraka defeated Blaze and gained godlike power. The Tarkatan then decided to be his own master and ordered Shao Kahn and Onaga to bow before him or die. They responded by attacking him, only to be impaled on Baraka's armblades, which grew to twice their normal size. Now ruler of Outworld, the Tarkatan made Mileena an offer to be his queen. She chose wisely, implying that she agreed.
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe[]
Baraka as he appears in MK vs DC.
After the merger began, Baraka attacked Sonya at the Shaolin Temple, but was defeated. He then appeared as one of Quan Chi's allies, along with Shang Tsung after Scorpion managed to track down Kitana.
The Netherrealm sorcerer sent Baraka, Scorpion, and Shang to take out Captain Marvel, but they were defeated. Afterwards he and the other two appeared at Raiden's Sky Temple as Quan Chi freed Kitana from the rage. Baraka then joined forces with the other Mortal Kombat fighters so as to defeat Dark Kahn. Upon arriving, Baraka was surprised by what Outworld has become, since it had fused with Apokolips.
In his ending, the rage dissipated in all the inhabitants of the realms, except for the Tarkata. The rage brought them to a whole new level of bloodlust and they stormed through the realms, dominating all and marking their foreheads with the blood of their enemies.
In the New Era created by Fire God Liu Kang, Tarkatans are not their own species. Baraka was instead born an Edenian, before becoming infected by the Tarkat plague, which mutated and disfigured him into a monster. Becoming incredibly ill, Baraka was banished from Outworld's society. He would outlive his wife and daughter, losing them to the disease. Despite his tragedies, this Baraka was a heroic figure, eventually allying with the Forces of Light.
That being said, alternate versions of Baraka feature as antagonists, such as one from Titan Shang Tsung's New Era, who joins his master in attacking Liu Kang's Hourglass. He fought the Fire God and the Titan Kitana together with Reptile, but they were defeated by the two. During the subsequent Battle of Armageddon, several versions of Baraka were aligned with the Forces of Darkness.
Other Media[]
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge[]
Baraka appears in the movie Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge as a minor antagonist. He is briefly seen in the movie fighting Johnny Cage when the tournament begins. He is eventually killed when the building he is in collapses.
Personality[]
Baraka was introduced as a mean, ruthless, unforgiving, unpredictable and destructive warrior in service of Shao Kahn before later games revealed his more honorable side. He belongs to a race of nomadic mutants, later revealed in Mortal Kombat: Deception to be called Tarkata, a crossbreed between vile and unpleasant Netherrealm demons and denizens of Outworld, apparently populating the vast wastelands of Outworld. Like most members of his race, Baraka possesses long blades extending from his forearms. Although he has had numerous incursions with the Earthrealm warriors, he doesn't appear to have any particular rivalry or hatred towards Earth or its inhabitants. As a loyal and nonviolent warrior, he fights for those whom he calls "master".
Mortal Kombat 11 reveals that Baraka is among the least corrupt of Shao Kahn's followers. Although still ruthless, most of his actions stem from caring about his race. He also shows compassion to some of his enemies, outright admitting to Jade that he felt sorry for those enslaved by Quan Chi. Despite serving Kronika, he eventually realized that Kotal and the rest of the Earthrealmers were right about Shao Kahn's uncaring nature towards the people of Outworld and turned against him. He even joined them in the final battle against Kronika and her remaining forces.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
Tarkatan Physiology: As a Tarkatan, Baraka possesses more powers and abilities than any peak human character. Tarkatans are known for their strength, agility, and fighting prowess, but they lack intelligence. Sheeva once mentioned to Kitana that no victory can happen without them.
Superhuman Strength: Baraka has a great level of super strength.
Superhuman Speed: Tarkatans possess greater speed and agility, but Baraka is more fast and agile than the other Tarkatans.
Superhuman Agility
Superhuman Reflexes
Superhuman Stamina: His stamina is so high that he can keep on fighting large groups of enemies without showing any exhaustion.
Superhuman Durability: Baraka is strong enough to withstand physical injury caused by other powerful Outworld races like Shokan.
Superhuman Endurance
Superhuman Senses: Baraka has greater senses than any other humans. He is also shown in many cases to have a highly acute sense of smell, as he can tell the true identity of targets by their scent.
Super Smell
Regenerative Healing Factor: Baraka is shown to have a potent healing factor, as he was able to survive Kung Lao's Body Slice Fatality in the events of Mortal Kombat Trilogy (though he required giant staples to hold his body together).
Longevity: Baraka was known to have lived for thousands of years and it is unknown how long he can live.
Abilities[]
Expert Martial Artist: Being recognized as one of the champions of Outworld, Baraka is a formidable fighter who has beaten very skilled martial artists. He uses a couple of martial arts into his fighting style and has trained Shujinko.
Silat
Hung Gar
Expert Acrobat: Baraka does have impressive acrobatic skills. He can perform flips and can leap great distances.
Swordsmanship: A Tarkatan's signature weapon is the retractable arm blades on his arms, and he can extend them really long. He is a master at using his arm blades in combat and is able to regrow them after they break off. He can also use his blades to fire spark projectiles at his opponents.
High Intelligence: Though Tarkatans are not really that intelligent, Baraka is the only Tarkatan who has a great level of intelligence like other Outworld champions.
Leadership: Baraka is the general of the Tarkatan tribe and servant of Shao Kahn. He is shown to have excellent leadership to the other Tarkatans.
Intimidation: Baraka can easily intimidate anyone because they hunger for flesh from anyone.
Indomitable Will: Baraka has great willpower who doesn't yield to anyone even after being defeated. Though he was afraid of Sho Kahn, Kitana helped him overcome his fear of him and learned that Tarkata has to be in control of their own fate.
Baraka: (in Tarkatan) Fuck you and Kronika! Kano: Now that’s a bonzer attitude.
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~ Baraka swearing Kano and Kronika out
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Kronika's power was mine, mine to share with the tribe! In the new timeline I built, Tarkatans would be slaves no more. We would rule. We easily took Edenia, then Outworld and the Netherrealm. Last we challenged Earthrealm in Mortal Kombat. Within a thousand years, all realms fell to Tarkatan blade... And we have not run out of meat since! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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~ Baraka's ending in MK11
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I smell weakness!
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~ Dark Baraka after wining a round against Liu Kang, Mortal Kombat 1.
Trivia[]
Baraka's voice actor in Deception is uncredited.
Baraka and Mileena seem to have a romantic relationship that was settled in Baraka's Armageddon ending.
