Baraka is a character from the Mortal Kombat fighting games and debuted in Mortal Kombat II (1993). He is from Outworld and a very wild and strong warrior from the race of the Tarkatan nomads there, in his original story from Mortal Kombat II, Shao Kahn himself was impressed by his skills. In later games Baraka continued to work for the main villains while he often planned to overthrown and kill them as seen in his arcade mode endings. A notable exception is Onaga in MK Deception who is described as a powerful master by Baraka in one of his official Bio’s His special moves are mostly related to the blades attached/growing out of his arms, be it a projectile, using them to stab the opponents or using the blades like a sword. His latest appearance in an MK game was in 2011 as part of Mortal Kombat 9, where the official art of Baraka to the right is from. Baraka was the first playable Mortal Kombat character who is not a human or looks like one (Reptile), he was played by Richard Divizio in MK II. In Mortal Kombat Deception he uses the martial art styles of Silat and Hung Gar as well as his blades as the weapon style. In the later MK vs DC and MK9, his style was changed again though to a moveset of fast and wild attacks not based on martial art styles. His Blade Lift Fatality is probably one of the most brutal-looking finishing moves in Mortal Kombat

Baraka in Mortal Kombat (2011)