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Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 5:27 pm
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On your right you have Nitara ...
In the middle is supposly the Dragon King ...
Who are the two on the left? Are that Drahmin and Moloch?
Because they look different, but maybe that's Drahmin's new look after he came out the Inner Sanctum Chamber ...
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Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 10:14 pm
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Neither are Drahmin. They are both creatures like Moloch(one of them might be Moloch)...
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http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/moloch.html
Moloch
"King". The sun god of the Canaanites (Ammonites?) in old Palestine and sometimes associated with the Sumerian Baal, although Moloch (or Molekh) was entirely malevolent. In the 8th-6th century BCE, firstborn children were sacrificed to him by the Israelites in the Valleye of Hinnom, south-east of Jerusalem (see also Gehenna). These sacrifices to the sun god were made to renew the strength of the sun fire. This ritual was probably borrowed from surrounding nations, and was also popular in ancient Carthage.
Moloch was represented as a huge bronze statue with the head of a bull. The statue was hollow, and inside there burned a fire which colored the Moloch a glowing red. Children were placed on the hands of the statue. Through an ingenious system the hands were raised to the mouth (as if Moloch were eating) and the children fell into the fire where they were consumed by the flames. The people gathered before the Moloch were dancing on the sounds of flutes and tambourines to drown out the screams of the victims.
According to some sources, the Moloch in the Old Testament is not a god, but a specific form of sacrifice.
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/g/gehenna.html
Gehenna
"Place of Torment." The Valley of Hinnom, south-west of Jerusalem, where Solomon, king of Israel, built "a high place", or place of worship, for the gods Chemosh and Moloch. The valley came to be regarded as a place of abomination because some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch there. In a later period it was made a refuse dump and perpetual fires were maintained there to prevent pestilence. Thus, in the New Testament, Gehenna became synonymous with hell.
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/baal.html
Baal
by Alan G. Hefner
The antiquity of the worship of the god or gods of Baal extends back to the 14th century BCE among the ancient Semitic peoples, the descendants of Shem, the oldest son of Biblical Noah. Semitic is more of a linguistic classification than a racial one. Thus, Baal in his many forms was first worshipped by people speaking the same or similar languages. The word Baal means "master" or "owner". In ancient religions the name denoted sun, lord or god. Baal was common a name of small Syrian and Persian deities. Baal is still principally thought of as a Canaanite fertility deity. The Great Baal was of Canaan. He was the son of El, the high god of Canaan. The cult of Baal celebrated annually his death and resurrection as a part of the Canaanite fertility rituals. These ceremonies often included human sacrifice and temple prostitution.
Baal
The worship of Baal extended from the Canaanites to the Phoenicians who also were partially an agricultural people. Both Baal and his cohort Ashtoreth, or Astarte, who is equivalent to the Greek goddess Aphrodite, were both Phoenician fertility symbols. Baal, the sun god, was fervently prayed to for the protection of livestock and crops. Priests instructed the people that Baal was responsible for droughts, plagues, and other calamities. People were often worked up into great frenzies at the prospects of displeasing Baal. In times of great turbulence human sacrifices, particularly children, were made to the great god Moloch.
Since the Phoenicians also were superb ship builders the religion and cults of Baal spread throughout the Mediterranean world. The worship of Baal was found among the Moabites and their allies Midinites during Moses' time. It was also introduced to the Israelites.
The religion of the god Baal was widely accepted among the ancient Jews, and although it was put down at times, it was never permanently stamped out. The god was worshipped by kings and other royalty of the ten Biblical tribes. The ordinary people ardently worshipped this sun god too because their prosperity depended on the productivity of their crops and livestock. The god's images were erected on many buildings. Within the religion there appeared to be numerous priests and various classes of devotees. During the ceremonies they wore appropriate robes. The ceremonies included burning incense, and offering burnt sacrifices, occasionally consisting of human victims. The officiating priests danced around the altars, chanting frantically and cutting themselves with knives to inspire the attention and compassion of the god.
In the Bible Baal is also called Beelzebub, or Baalzebub, one of the fallen angels of Satan.
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 7:55 am
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On your right you have Nitara ...
In the middle is supposly the Dragon King ...
Who are the two on the left? Are that Drahmin and Moloch?
Because they look different, but maybe that's Drahmin's new look after he came out the Inner Sanctum Chamber ... |
If thats the dragon king he looks bad ass!
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 12:28 pm
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Well, I think he is ...
And indeed he is cool! 
Kinda reminds me of Neptune/Poseidon
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I hope he's a playable character in MK6!
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 4:16 pm
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He most likely won't.
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 4:20 pm
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Im guessing that you have a reason!?
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 5:33 pm
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He will be the new 'ultimate' bad guy ...
Something like Shao Kahn ...
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 8:39 pm
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I mean we should be able to play as him.....like a hidden character!
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 6:58 am
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Maybe in Mortal Kombat : Trilogy 2 
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oh.....nice one!
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Well, I just think he won't be playable in MK 6 ...
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Yeah bosses should never be playble ayleast not without a code. MK4 and 5 made this mistake.
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