Hey….Mortal Kombat

Goro, this big four armed brute who could crush skulls with his hands…was originally an honorable prince who actually was a decent diplomat, smoothing over the beef with Kung Lao and joining up with Kitana during MK4

Sindel looks like the Bride of Frankenstein, Elvira and the queen of the goths all fused together and is married to the inter dimensional conquerer…who is actually mind controlled by said conquerer, is a noble queen and loving mother who tries to save her daughter from the same fate she went through, and fights alongside the heroes to prevent Armageddon

Ermac is this terrifying mummy ninja with creepy psychic and soul powers with the voice of Legion…who is also freed from servitude by the heroes and helps the aforementioned Sindel free Kitana and reunite Kitana with the spirit of her lover Liu Kang

Guess what all three became in recent years?

Only one who got a bone was Ermac with the great retcon that he’s created from Edenian warriors as opposed to outworld warriors (which actually makes Khan threatening and evil in a clever/subtle way as opposed to the blunt and stupid way MK11 does) and that one of those souls is Jarred, king of Edenia, father of Kitana and husband of Sindel.

And then MK11 kills him in the fucking Krypt with a sick design because get fucked.