#au: it's always sunny in the Netherrealm

[valyrra]

NAURETH // MK OC kombat set // a bit mixed between 11/12 games

Reference sheet:

Fighting style: Mid range. Summoner, decay sorcerer, necromancer, swordsman

Special abilities:

Ability 1: Tombstone. Invoking curses she summons a sword-wielding skeleton that appears from beneath the ground and attacks the enemy 1 time.

Ability 2. Pestilence. With her free hand she casts a ray of decay magic to the signed direction, D.O.T. Improved vers: summons a bigger ray, which makes more damage

Ability 3. Knight's pact. summons 3 ghost swords of the dead warriors which fly to the signed direction. Improved vers: summons 6 swords.

Ability 4. Plaguebringer. Calls for Moz, four legged demon that pounces on the enemy from behind.

Close range style: wide, aggressive, reckless, strong attacks. Really reminds me of Kylo Ren's fighting style.

Defence: Naureth holds the blade of the sword with her other hand and defends herself with it.

OST Music:

Vígundr - Loddfáfnir

Announcer:

"The Necromancer"

"Naureth"

Johnny Cage Announcer Nicknames:

"Crazy cat-lady"

"Commander edge"

"Can I pet that dog?" LOL

End of round taunts:

"Anther addition to the army."

*swirls her sword* "Weak."

*raises the sword* "This is almost entertaining!"

*chuckles* "You can do better."

X-Ray:

Harbringer: With a wide swing, Naureth's sword hits her opponent's shoulder, slicing it down to his chest, then with her free hand she places a hand on her opponent's head, green magic penetrating through her fingers into the opponent's eyes and nostrils, shattering his skull.

Fatality:

EPIDEMIC: Naureth casts a curse on her opponent and afflicts him with a blight. His limbs begin to decay. When there is only a skeleton left, Naureth subdues it as well and forces it to kneel.

Fatal blow:

EXECUTIONER: Summons arms of skeletons that fly at the opponent. If they hit, fatal blow starts. After kameo, Naureth curses the ground beneath the opponent, and skeletons begin to appear from it and grab his legs. Then 4 ghostly swords fly into him, cutting off his limbs. After the opponent falls, Naureth finally chops off his head with the sword.

Brutality:

Naureth whistles, behind her slowly walks Moz, who jumps on her opponent and eats his face. UwU

Friendship:

Naureth sighs, upset, then looks down, surprised to feel Moz nuzzle against her legs. She chuckles, sits down on the ground and hugs the demon as he licks her face.

p.s. I hope it's not too edgy anyways sorry for typos and be minded that I might add some things in the future, this is like wip inspiration for the sheet, as always: @scentedcandleibex @theelderhazelnut love yah

[valyrra]

TYSM for tagging me dear! Loved this piece you wrote. Your dialogues are so deep and interesting. EVIL BABES ASSEMBLE? trying to fit Naureth's reworked story into the lore. I'm still bad at timelines :)

Naureth gripped the hilt of her sword a little tighter and plunged the point of the blade into the ground. The glow of the runes flickered slightly, then went out completely. “I don't want to fight you.” Naureth's voice sounded sincere, but blunt. Upon hearing her words, Jataaka's head tilted slightly and she raised her eyebrows in confusion, looking back at the sickly pale woman. "You reek of mortal. Even if Shinnok allowed you to be here, that doesn't mean he's willing to give up powerful relics." Naureth's gaze remained neutral as she looked back at the demon: "Indeed. I am a mortal" she raised the hand that held the Crown, looking at it disinterested. "Let's bargain…" Jataaka's eyes flashed back to the crown, but then she chuckled, studying Naureth's whole appearance. "Bargain?" She approached the mortal woman a bit closer "I can just kill you and take the crown". Naureth's lips twitched in an attempt to smile: "You see… This artifact called up to me from the soul I connected to. It wasn't the first time, it won't be the last. Bring me to your master and I can be of help to him… I'm sure he'll thank you. When we arrive there - I'll give you back the relic" The four legged demon beside Naureth stayed still, moving his tail in an intimidating way, glaring back at Jataaka. The demoness considered her words, then chuckled: "You are an interesting one. I suggest we seal the deal with blood "

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Sighing, I frowned in concern. “Have you ever deliberated the conclusion? Why don’t you just admit the truth? The truth about our world. This is how everything functions. Even if you were put in charge of the whole cosmos, you would do exactly as we did. This is nature. I don’t understand why this enrages you. You will only bring about an apocalypse by quenching your thirst with our blood.”

She rolled her eyes. “I don’t care what happens next. I don’t care how many lives I have destroyed, or how many children I have orphaned. I don’t care if I have to step on people to reach my goal.” She began taking off her overcoat. “And yes, I’d absolutely do as you did. I’d keep my creature’s minds in a cage and feed them with lies just to hold myself in the position of power. I’d play with their silly lives, and kill their parents in a simple flight incident. And once they allow themselves to love someone again, I’d make their lover suffer before their eyes. After all that’s the nature.” She unbuttoned her black shirt. “The nature you created.”

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[valyrra]

NAURETH // MK 9-11 timeline

Name: Naureth

Gender: Female

Pronouns: She/Her

Birthday: 23/03

MBTI: ISTP

Ethnicity: Netherrealmer (Scottish heritage)

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Tarot card: The Hanged man

Sexual Orientation: Pansexual

Appearance: Tall, hourglass shape figure, hip dips and strong arms and abs. May have skipped the leg day so her thighs aren't that muscular. Naureth has a "long" face structure, big eyes with dark eyelids and green iris with a small dotted pupil. Her nose is long and slightly crooked. Small and wide lips are often spread in a smirk or scowl.

Height: 178cm / 5,9 ft

Eye Color: Green, if she uses necromancy they glow with mint color. Later looses right eye.

Hair: Straight black, lower back length

Voice Claim: Diana (League of Legends)

Prominent Features: Her left arm and right leg are covered in black tattoos with asymmetrical patterns, missing right eye [picrew link]

Talents: Speaking with the dead ones, demon taming

Strengths: Loyal, practical, creative

Weakness: Private, reserved, reckless

Fears: Dying, Losing her pet, betrayal

Weapon: ✨magical✨ sword [picrew link]

Combat style: Sorcerer style combat. Tries to distance herself from the enemy, uses summoned flying swords and skeletons. If enemy is closed she fights with a sword.

Combat moves: [LINK]

Pets (?): Demon cat Moz [picrew link]

Casual clothing Style: Silk lower face mask, dark robes

Combat clothing style: Eyepatch. Chest armor that resembles skeleton ribs, long loincloth, over-knee boots, metal gauntlets and metal pauldrons [link1] [link2]

Friends: Shinnok, Sareena, Jataaka, Kia, Noob Saibot, Quan Chi

OC friends: Ombra and Falkus @theelderhazelnut + Lydia the Zatteran @esolean, Moz, Ghost

Rivals: Ongran (OC), later Raiden, Scorpion (Hanzo), Ashrah, "Good" forces

Love interest: Shinnok, Ermac

Short lore: Necromancer and a summoner with a split heart and stolen life time, adept of Shinnok.

Bio: Naureth comes from a secretive family of hereditary witches from medieval Europe who long ago found a connection to the Netherrealm. For decades, the women of the family fed their powers from there, in exchange for sacrifices and loyalty to demonic forces. They have, for the most part, kept their blood pure, remaining human. If necessary - they were infiltrated into politics and the church, at the behest of the Netherrealm demons and the current ruler.

Wanting to live longer than the rest of their family, the aging high witch of the cult - Ongran decided to sacrifice her granddaughter in order to get a longer life. Naureth was about seventeen years old at the time. She had inherited the ability to see the souls of the dead who had fallen in battles on Earthrealm. After performing a ritual, half of Naureth's heart was desiccated and forever chained to Netherrealm, transferring half of her life time to Ongran. Deeply hurt and maddened, Naureth decided to run away from her family, in search of greater powers, so she can get revenge on her Grandmother.

Fueled by rage, Naureth travelled the Netherrealm for 5 years. Looking for artifacts, trying to find anything that can fuel her powers, until she met Jataaka, who brought her into the Brotherhood of Shadows, where Naureth found her sorcery mentors.

After Naureth joins the Brotherhood of Shadows, she becomes a follower of Shinnok and apprentice to Quan Chi. After several years of training, she masters necromancy, decay magic, and undead mind control. When Shinnok decides she is ready, he sends her on a mission to dethrone Ongran as supreme witch, get revenge and lead the cult to serve him and Quan Chi.

With the help of Jataaka and Sareeena and Kia, Naureth kills the witch, but the life forces do not return to Naureth, leaving her with half of her life still shortened.

Dying, her grandmother remarks that she is proud of Naureth, but Naureth is outraged. The cult joins forces with Quan Chi's army, and she marches off to Shinnok.

Shinnok, says that only under his command will she be able to live longer, and bestows the black crown of Ongran, powers that can extend her life, making her life almost infinite as long as the crown is on her. Of course this was a lie, he could give her life back, as it was sealed in Netherrealm. Without knowing it, Naureth simply stays in the brotherhood. Quan Chi appoints her captain of the undead squad along with the witches from her cult.

Playlist: [link]

Inspirations: The Knight (DBD), Kel'Thuzad, Lich King and Death Knights (WoW), Mannimarco (TES), Bwonsamdi (WoW), Vergil, V (DMC), Kylo Ren (SW), Hela (Thor)

[valyrra]

🕯️ if you still do this :3

TYSM for this ask, my dear. As I've stated multiple times, I absolutely love Ombra The Ironhead and IMO she has one of the best OC introductions ever (you legit made an outstanding work). Also like what I want to say is that my mind changes a lot and I don't want to ship my own OC with Quan Chi no more lol just because when I learned about Ombra my mind went like: nah bro, THIS is canon.(+tbh with Naureth's necromancy path I should probably make her more of a Shinnok follower)

Naureth's inner thoughts about Ombra The Ironhead:

- Fear? Admiration? Rivalry? Naureth was growing to admire Ombra and her position in this harsh and cruel world they lived in. Not that she rarely met strong women in her path. Naureth had always been a 'follower'. Therefore, Ombra's independence inspired her.

- Quan Chi was one of Naureth's mentors, and his relationship with the Metalrealmer was very interesting to her. Naureth wasn't allowed to see much, but in a way she could feel the spark between her mentor and Ombra. As long as it was beneficial to Netherrealm - it didn't concern her. Deep down, the 'living part' within her was happy for them.

- Speaking of fear, Naureth never thought much could make her shiver, but seeing the metal vibrate next to Ombra when she was angry was a fascinating experience.

- After all, Naureth had always admired strength. Most of her time spent around Ombra she had spent thinking about how to “not screw up” while trying to earn the Ironhead's respect.

[valyrra]

" Is there any empathy left? "

MK OC short story. OCs: Naureth, Moz, Ghost. Plane: Netherrealm TW: well idk - violence, blood, famine, demons, death

Naureth was lying with her back against a large rock, bleeding dry. "Why fight…? You are alone. Always alone." - Naureth thought. Being betrayed by her only family destroyed her somewhere deep inside where her the half of heart used to be. Even now, in the fog after the battle, dying from her wounds, Naureth counted. "How long is there time left? Fifteen to twenty years? That's not a small amount of time, too bad it's too unrealistic to survive."

The fiery sky of the Netherrealm was indifferent to the suffering of the mortal woman. She looked down, only now realizing that she couldn't see with of her right eye. The wound in her stomach was deep, her legs barely obeying as she tried to kneel. The sound of her armor moving against itself cut her ears, clotted blood tangled in her hair, obscuring her already blurred vision. Naureth fell down on the slain humanoid demon. It was dead, but it's body was still warm. If she'd had the strength, she probably would have thrown up from the odor of it's blood. Darkness.

Still alive? Something tugged at her hair. Naureth raised her head with a frustrated groan.

- "You again? Go away…"

The smaller, skinny, four-legged demon slowly backed away from her. Naureth sneered to herself. “Obedient thing….”. Black as night, covered in needles like a porcupine. Stalked her for days, seemingly feeding off the slain demons she left after her. And that's the way it was now. The four-legged creature moved away from her head, it approached the demon Naureth was lying on. Tried to bite off a piece of it, but the skin was resistant. The battle with this demon was not easy because of that. The bones of Naureth's summoned skeletons barely scratched his rough shell. Naureth rolled over on her side and cut a chunk off the demon with her dagger, she couldn't even lift her sword right now. She tossed the flesh to the four-legged, tailed creature. It fluffed up a little at the unexpected throw, but then sniffed the meat and began chewing it. “At least you can try to survive,” the knight thought.

The all-consuming darkness again. The next time she woke up, she saw the same demon sitting with his back to her. Is he protecting her or waiting for her death like a scavenger? Naïve. Part of the throbbing organ in her chest ached. The familiar Ghost's voice in her head whispered:

- “Siphon the strength out of it and stop whining.”

Naureth rolled over onto her back, thinking about his words. Wandering around for so long in the company of nothing but skeletons should make all empathy go away. Why would she not want to hurt this demon? He's weak, but he's alive enough to help her last a couple more days.

- “No,” Naureth answered the Ghost barely audibly. “You will help me.”

The Ghost's voice in her head echoed in laughter. - “Your grandmother was right.”

Naureth just stared up at the flaming everlasting sky. “Perhaps, but right now I am your only opportunity to fight another battle.

Through the pain, she raised her sword and shoved it into the ground at an angle. Ghost's inaudible growl echoed in her head. Overcoming the pain she rose to her knees, followed by two large bony hands rising from the ground and lifting her to feet by the underarms. The tailed demon cub watched her, his tail quivering slightly.

“Never alone…” - Naureth whispered and walked forward, tugging at the once again hemorrhaging wound. Moz followed after her footsteps.

[valyrra]

Naureth and Moz aesthetic

[valyrra]

What I plan to write about Naureth:

Her combat - [ link / finished ]

MK1: Naureth story - [ link / finished ]

MK1: Naureth intro dialogues - [ wip ]

Panic attack - [ link / wip ]

Naureth x Ermac - [ wip ]

OG AU: Naureth story - [ link / finished ]

OG AU: Her meeting with Jataaka / joining the Brotherhood - [ link / wip ]

OG AU: How Naureth and Moz met, their story - [ link / finished ]

OG AU: Naureth x Shinnok smut??? - [ wip ]