Nitara
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Nitara is a character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series.
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[edit] About Nitara
The winged Nitara is a vampiress who, much like Shang Tsung, has to prey on the life of others in order to remain alive, save that she requires blood rather than souls. Rather than being evil, however, Nitara is depicted as being rather self-serving and morally neutral. She has a distinctly gothic appearance, and has long been on a quest to separate her own realm from Outworld.
[edit] Storyline
Nitara spent a very long time trying to find a mysterious orb that bound her realm to Outworld before actually discovering its location. The orb, however, was inaccessible to her, submerged under molten lava. Fortunately for her, at one point she had spotted the Outer World Investigation Agency agent Cyrax travelling across Outworld. With his cybernetic body, he would be able to descend into the lava and come back with the orb, unharmed.
But she realized she would need to offer the cyborg something in exchange for his services. Seeing Reptile as an easily exploitable fool, she presented him with a Kirehashi blade, an artifact of Reptile's Zaterran realm, and revealed to him the location of Kitana's military encampment. This was merely a deception, as it gave Quan Chi and Shang Tsung time to team up and kill Shao Kahn. After Reptile discovered the dead body of Shao Kahn he offered his services to Nitara, grateful for her apparent kindness. He pledged to serve her, and she commanded him to attack Cyrax, describing him as an Earthrealm invader, and explaining he could be weakened by destroying his arm console, which Nitara was aware the cyborg used to travel between realms.
Reptile did as instructed, and fled after being frightened away by one of Cyrax's attacks. Nitara introduced herself to Cyrax immediately after, and made her proposal: Having the ability to traverse realms through the powers of her gemstone (her race uses these to travel the realms in search of sustainance), she would send him home, under the condition that he retrieve the orb for her. Although hesitant to trust her, Cyrax accepted, having little choice. The two journeyed to the orb's location, Onaga's incubation chamber. There, both parties held up their end of the bargain: Cyrax descended into the lava and retrieved the orb, and Nitara sent the cyborg home. With the orb in her hands, her plans had come to a successful conclusion. She then smashed it into pieces on the floor, separating her realm from Outworld at last. The ordeal knocked her unconscious, but when she awoke, she was home. She then made it her mission to protect her realm's fragile stability.
In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, her ending states that after defeating Blaze, Nitara uses her power to become a blood goddess. She turns the rest of the kombatants into her own army of vampire slaves, which she uses to conquer the realms.[1]
[edit] Combat characteristics
[edit] Signature moves
- Unicorn Kick: Nitara performs a front flip, kicking the opponent. (MK:DA, MK:A)
- Blood Spit: Nitara spits blood at the opponent, causing damage. (MK:DA, MK:A)
- Jumping Blood Spit: Nitara jumps up and performs the Blood Spit move. (MK:A)
- Air Blood Spit: While in the air, Nitara performs the Blood Spit move. (MK:A)
- Quick Escape: Nitara quickly flies away from the opponent. (MK:A)
[edit] Trivia
- The name Nitara is Hindi, meaning "deeply rooted." This is appropriate considering her deep roots to her heritage as a vampire. It may also be a play on what vampires are famous for--for sucking the blood of their victims (which flow from their "roots") by sinking their teeth "deeply" in their target's neck.
- Nitara's throw would suck the opponents blood, regenerating her health.
- Nitara was designed by MK character artist Luis Mangubat. Her concept and design was actually inspired by one of Luis' favorite characters - Vincent Valentine from Final Fantasy VII.
- Nitara's alternate costume in MK:DA results in her having a resemblance to a member of the band KISS.
