Editing Ermac (section)

==Appearances==
===''Mortal Kombat'' games===
Introduced in ''[[Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3]]'' (1995), Ermac was created to serve as an enforcer for [[Shao Kahn]], the tyrannical ruler of the otherworldly [[Fictional universe|dimension]] of Outworld. A hybrid entity created from the souls of deceased warriors, he possesses telekinesis and uses [[Plural#Plural forms of other parts of speech|plural pronouns]].<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3]]|date=1995|level=Ermac biography|developer=[[Midway Games]]|publisher=Midway Games}}</ref><ref name="deceptionbio">{{cite video game|title=[[Mortal Kombat: Deception]]|level=Ermac biography|date=2004|developer=[[Midway Games]]|publisher=Midway Games}}</ref> Following his creation, he takes part in Shao Kahn's invasion of Earth and the eponymous Mortal Kombat tournament.<ref name="umk3">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hist_mortalk/p10.html |title=The History of Mortal Kombat: The Beginning of the End |work=[[GameSpot]]|first=Jeff|last1=Greeson |first2=Cliff|last2=O'Neill |date=October 21, 2007 |access-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020220040632/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hist_mortalk/p10.html |archive-date=February 20, 2002}}</ref>

In ''[[Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance]]'' (2002), following Shao Kahn's apparent death at the hands of the titular alliance of evil sorcerers [[Shang Tsung]] and [[Quan Chi]], Ermac aimlessly wanders Outworld without orders until he encounters the blind swordsman [[Kenshi (Mortal Kombat)|Kenshi]], who frees Ermac from Kahn's control, and Ermac hones Kenshi's telekinetic power in return.<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance]] |developer=[[Midway Games]] |date=November 22, 2002|level=Training mode sequence}} ("Kenshi sympathized with the plight of the enigmatic kombatant, Ermac. The Outworld warrior spirits that had manifested themselves in the form of a ninja had been violated by Shao Kahn in much the same way that Kenshi's ancestors had been enslaved by Shang Tsung. Kenshi was taught the Telekinetic Slam by Ermac in return for freeing him from the control of the emperor.")</ref>  In ''[[Mortal Kombat: Deception]]'' (2004), Ermac reforms to atone for his work with Kahn by aiding the spirit of the deceased [[Liu Kang]] in successfully freeing the latter's friends from their enslavement by the Dragon King [[Onaga (Mortal Kombat)|Onaga]].<ref name="ermacdenofgeek"/> He is not in the storyline of the compilation title ''[[Mortal Kombat: Armageddon]]'' (2006), but in the game's opening sequence, he joins Earth's warriors in participating in a battle to claim the elemental [[Characters of the Mortal Kombat series#Blaze|Blaze]]'s godlike power.<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Mortal Kombat: Armageddon]] |developer=[[Midway Games]]|date=October 9, 2006|level=Opening cinematic sequence}}</ref>

After Earth defender [[Raiden (Mortal Kombat)|Raiden]] alters the timeline to avert the events of ''Armageddon'' in the reboot title ''[[Mortal Kombat (2011)|Mortal Kombat]]'' (2011), Ermac returns to being Shao Kahn's enforcer,<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Mortal Kombat X]]|date=2015|developer=[[NetherRealm Studios]]|publisher=[[Warner Bros. Games]]|level=Ermac biography}}</ref> and is defeated in the first Mortal Kombat tournament by eventual champion Liu Kang.<ref name="ermacdenofgeek"/> He obliterates [[Jax (Mortal Kombat)|Jax]]'s arms, causing Jax to receive [[Bionics|bionic]] implants.<ref name="ermacdenofgeek"/> His ending reveals that one of the souls trapped inside his being is that of King Jerrod, Kitana's father and former ruler of Edenia.<ref name="ermacdenofgeek"/> In ''[[Mortal Kombat X]]'' (2015), following Shao Kahn's death, Ermac initially serves the former's successor, [[Mileena]], before defecting to [[Kotal Kahn]] due to Mileena not being Shao Kahn's biological daughter.<ref>{{cite video game|title=''[[Mortal Kombat X]]'' |developer=[[NetherRealm Studios]] |publisher= [[Warner Bros. Games]]|date=2015 |level=Chapter 6: D'Vorah}}</ref> He joins [[Reptile (Mortal Kombat)|Reptile]], [[Erron Black]], and [[Ferra/Torr]] in serving Kotal Kahn as they conflict with [[Cassie Cage]]'s Special Forces unit in their attempt to protect their home realm of Outworld from [[Shinnok]]'s forces.<ref>{{cite video game|title=''[[Mortal Kombat X]]'' |developer=[[NetherRealm Studios]] |publisher= [[Warner Bros. Games]]|date=2015 |level=Chapter 11: Jacqui Briggs}}</ref> Ermac was omitted from ''[[Mortal Kombat 11]]'' (2019), but makes a brief appearance in the game's "Krypt" feature.<ref name="mk11krypt"/>

In the rebooted storyline of ''[[Mortal Kombat 1]]'' (2023), Ermac is again an assimilation of souls, now created by Quan Chi.<ref name="eurogamer">{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/mortal-kombat-1-shows-off-soul-powered-dlc-fighter-ermac-in-new-gameplay-trailer|title= Mortal Kombat 1 shows off soul-powered DLC fighter Ermac in new trailer|first=Matt|last=Wales|work=[[Eurogamer]]| publisher=[[Gamer Network]]|date=April 9, 2024|access-date=January 7, 2025|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409215044/https://www.eurogamer.net/mortal-kombat-1-shows-off-soul-powered-dlc-fighter-ermac-in-new-gameplay-trailer|archive-date=April 9, 2024}}</ref> He overpowers a group of Earth defenders upon his completion but is weakened after Kenshi absorbs several of the souls into his sword to unleash its power, leading to his defeat by [[Ashrah]].<ref name="mk1chapter6">{{cite video game|title=[[Mortal Kombat 1]] |developer=[[NetherRealm Studios]] |publisher= [[Warner Bros. Games]]|date=2023 |level=Chapter 6: Upward Climb (Ashrah)}}</ref> His later defeat in combat by Mileena enables Jerrod's soul to assume control of Ermac's body, and he reunites with his former queen [[Characters of the Mortal Kombat series#Sindel|Sindel]] and family before joining the fight to protect Earth and Outworld. After Sindel is slain during battle with Shang Tsung's forces,<ref name="mk1chapter12">{{cite video game|title=Mortal Kombat 1 |developer=NetherRealm Studios|publisher= Warner Bros. Games|date=2023 |level=Chapter 12: Queen's Gambit (Mileena)}}</ref> Jerrod absorbs her soul and appoints his daughter Mileena as the new Outworld empress.<ref name="eurogamer"/>

===Other appearances===
[[File:ErmacMKLegacy2.jpg|thumb|Kim Do Nguyen as Ermac in the 2013 second season of ''[[Mortal Kombat: Legacy]]'', which made significant changes to the character's in-game designs]]

Ermac appeared in two episodes of the 1996 animated series ''[[Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm]]''.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=[[Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm]] |date=1996|publisher=[[Threshold Entertainment]] and [[Film Roman]]|medium=Animated series}} (Episodes 12 & 13: "Abandoned" and "Overthrown")</ref><!--Do not list Clancy Brown as the voice actor unless there is a source confirming this. There currently is not.--> He has a minor role as one of Shao Kahn's henchmen in the 1997 feature film ''[[Mortal Kombat Annihilation]]'', played by assistant [[stunt coordinator]] John Medlen and identified only in the closing credits.<ref name="annihilation">{{cite AV media|title=[[Mortal Kombat Annihilation]]|publisher=[[New Line Cinema]] and [[Threshold Entertainment]]|date=1997|medium=Motion picture|people=[[John R. Leonetti]] (director)}}</ref> Although the script and print media publications mentioned his telekinetic powers,<ref>Brent V. Friedman and [[Bryce Zabel]], ''Mortal Kombat Annihilation,'' first draft (May 22, 1996), p. 1.</ref><ref name="blackbelt">{{cite magazine|last=Reid|first= Dr. Craig R.|title= ''Mortal Kombat Annihilation:'' Behind the Scenes at the New Hollywood Blockbuster|magazine=[[Black Belt (magazine)|Black Belt]]|volume= 36|issue= 1|page=83|date=January 1998}}</ref><ref name="scifimag">{{cite web|url=http://www.craphound.com/nonfic/mkii.html|title=Immortal Kombat|first=Cory|last=Doctorow|author-link=Cory Doctorow|work=[[Sci Fi magazine]]|via=Craphound.com|date=December 1997|access-date=December 14, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722173001/http://craphound.com/nonfic/mkii.html|archive-date=July 22, 2015}}</ref> they were omitted from the film.<ref name="annihilation"/> 

His association with [[Kenshi (Mortal Kombat)|Kenshi]] in ''Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance'' was loosely adapted for the 2013 second season of the web series ''[[Mortal Kombat: Legacy]]'', in which he is a decaying, hooded demon who guards the "sword of Sento" under Shao Kahn's orders and strikes Kenshi blind as the latter takes the sword. Ermac then battles Kenshi in the Mortal Kombat tournament in an attempt to repossess the sword before Kenshi kills him with it.<ref name="MKlegacy">{{cite AV media|title=[[Mortal Kombat: Legacy|Mortal Kombat Legacy II]]|date=2013|medium=Web series|number= 3-4|people=[[Kevin Tancharoen]] (director)|publisher=[[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment]]}} (Episodes 4 & 5: "Kenshi's Origin" and "Kenshi Encounters Ermac")</ref> He was played by stuntman and martial artist Kim Do Nguyen,<ref name="MTV">{{cite web|url=http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/09/26/interview-director-kevin-tancharoen-gives-us-something-new-with-mortal-kombat-legacy-season-2/|title=Interview: Director Kevin Tancharoen Gives Us Something New with ''Mortal Kombat: Legacy'' Season 2|first=Charles|last=Webb|work=[[MTV|MTV Multiplayer]]|publisher=[[Paramount Global]]|date=September 26, 2013|access-date=June 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407183932/http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/09/26/interview-director-kevin-tancharoen-gives-us-something-new-with-mortal-kombat-legacy-season-2/|archive-date=April 7, 2015}}</ref> with his makeup designed by [[Christien Tinsley]].<ref name="MKlegacy"/>

Ermac appears in the ''Mortal Kombat Annihilation'' [[Movie novelization|novelization]],<ref>{{harvnb|Preisler|1997}}</ref> and in [[DC Comics]]' 2015 ''Mortal Kombat X'' prequel comic miniseries.<ref>{{cite comic|title=[[Mortal Kombat X: Blood Ties]]|writer=Shawn Kittelsen |volume=1 |issue=1 |date=April 14, 2015 |publisher=[[DC Comics]] |id={{ISBN|1-4012-5708-9}}}}</ref> The character has been licensed for [[action figure]]s,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/cyborgs-ninjas-dominate-jazwares-new-mortal-kombat-toys/|title=Cyborgs, ninjas dominate Jazware's new Mortal Kombat toys|first=Nick|last=Chester|work=[[Destructoid]]|publisher=[[Gamurs]]|date=2011|access-date=October 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025222108/https://www.destructoid.com/cyborgs-ninjas-dominate-jazwares-new-mortal-kombat-toys/|archive-date=October 25, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://toynewsi.com/431-31217|title=2018 SDCC Storm Collectibles 1:12 Mortal Kombat Ermac Figure Preview|first=Jay|last=Cochran|work=Toy News International|date=June 11, 2018|access-date=April 12, 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517134343/https://toynewsi.com/431-31217|archive-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref> a life-sized [[standee]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://advancedgraphics.com/product/ermac/|title=Ermac 70" cardboard cutout|work=Advanced Graphics|date=2011|access-date=December 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222051042/http://advancedgraphics.com/product/ermac/|archive-date=February 22, 2014}}</ref> and an eighteen-inch limited-edition [[Artificial stone|polystone]] statue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/12/06/mortal-kombats-deadly-statues|title=Mortal Kombat's Deadly Statues|first=David|last=McCutcheon|work=[[IGN]]|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=December 6, 2011|access-date=February 25, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320044833/http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/12/06/mortal-kombats-deadly-statues|archive-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref>