Firegrip posted:No. I beleive Reptile was helping Daegon to make the hybrids and to control the dragon.
Kodama posted:It was said in earlier parts that Reptile's race is a separate one, not mutants I mean. But now I won't be surprised if after MKA it turned out to be that reptile is an experimental job of Red dragon.
MasterShiraiRyu posted:yeah Reptile mentions that he is only helping cause he was promised to lead the new dragon-hybrids.
MasterofMe posted:Reptile is a green human like reptilian creature that embodies the archetype of the unhappy underling. Reptile is said to be physically hideous & repulsive but he is renowned for his great stealth & unquestioning loyalty. Unlike many other henchmen of the lords he has served Reptile does not strive for power. He is caught in a delusional state of mind. An obsession about finding the last remaining member of his race the Saurians or freeing his Homeworld from Outworld's grasp. While nobel this obsession is so important to him that it causes him temporary fits of insanity. Reptile was hidden in the original MK & thus holds the distinction of being the very first secret character to appear in a versus fighting game. Before battles with an opponent he would make his appearance and jump in the middle of the screen in a Sub-Zero win pose. Above his head would be clues on how to find him such as "Look to la luna", "Alone is how to find me", "Perfection is the key", or "Tip eht fo mottob". This concept was then copied for Smoke & Jade in Mortal Kombat 2. He was a merge between the original Sub-Zero & Scorpion characters. Mortal Kombat co creators John Tobias & Ed Boon admitted in an interview that the "Birth" of Reptile was when they took Sub-Zero & Scorpion & fused the 2 into 1 & colored him green(Yellow + Blue = Green). They named this character Reptile due to his green color. While he wasn't given a lot of character depth during MK 1 he was worked on more for Mortal Kombat 2. He was developed into a full character with his own special moves & fatalities. It is not quite clear how old Reptile is though. Estimates run in the tens of thousands of years or even millions. What is known is that the Earth realm was nearly destroyed by a battle between the Gods millions of years ago. Reptile's race of Saurians escaped to Zaterra where it was then invaded & annexed by Outworld's emperor Shao Kahn. Most of the Zaterrans were killed in the ensuing battles only leaving a handful of people left. Among those or among those descended from these survivors was Reptile. Unlike the others of his kind who were forced into slavery Reptile was trained to be a servant of both, Shao Kahn & Shang Tsung. Because of this it is unclear exactly what Reptile's place of birth is although Earth, Zaterra, or Outworld are the three likely choices.
