Mortal Kombat 1 (2023 Video Game)

Susan Eisenberg: Ashrah

Quotes 

• Kung Lao : I have never met anyone like you.

  Ashrah : Are you flirting with me Kung Lao?

• Ashrah : I'm sorry, Kung Lao, but I am spoken for.

  Kung Lao : What's Syzoth got that I haven't got?

• Ashrah : So you were once married?

  Johnny Cage : Amazing anyone would let me go, right?

• Ashrah : I actually like Kung Lao's nickname for me.

  Liu Kang : "Shaolin Demon" is too irreverent.

• Kung Lao : "Shaolin Demon" has a nice ring to it.

  Ashrah : Master Kai agreed to teach me?

• Ashrah : Conquest is inherently evil.

  General Shao : How can a demon be so naive?

• Ashrah : Your father's soul resides in the Netherrealm.

  General Shao : Impossible. He died with honor.

• Ashrah : I couldn't believe that Liu Kang welcomed me in Earthrealm. Or that he thought me worthy to study with his Shaolin masters. After a lifetime of wishing for one, I finally had a home. But my joy was tempered as I thought about Sareena... My Shadow Sister was still under Quan Chi's yoke. And she deserved a life free of him as much, if not more, than I. Quan Chi and my other sisters proved tenacious, but they were no match for my blade. I snatched Sareena from them. Then Liu Kang helped me break Quan Chi's spell. Her mind free of his influence for the first time in years, Sareen chose to join me in Earthrealm. My sister and I once again fight side by side. Only now we do so for Earthrealm. Together, we have formed the Order of Light.

• Tanya : The Order of Light should train with the Umgadi.

  Ashrah : That would be an honor, Tanya.

• Ashrah : Beware of young Hanzo's rage, Tomas.

  Smoke : Don't worry. Kuai Liang and I will tame it.

• Ashrah : Master Kai says I must defeat you to advance.

  Raiden : Then give it your best, Ashrah.

• Ashrah : My lessons with Master Kai go well.

  Kung Lao : Has he been teaching you my Leaping Cheetah style.

• Ashrah : What purpose is served by killing innocents?

  Havik : Their deaths pave the way for freedom.

• Ashrah : The sorcerers made you their stooge.

  General Shao : And for that, both will pay.

• Ashrah : You fixed a sickly body, but not your sickly heart.

  General Shao : Your judgement holds no water, Ashrah.

• Ashrah : How are you like a scorpion?

  Scorpion : I have its strength and its sting.

• General Shao : It's not evil to defend one's realm.

  Ashrah : Was that what you were doing?

• General Shao : Your intervention ruined my plans.

  Ashrah : I am glad to have been part of the resistance.

• General Shao : I've never battled a demon.

  Ashrah : Then you've never been truly tested.

• General Shao : I thought Quan Chi had control of his minions.

  Ashrah : I am no longer under his spell.

• Ashrah : The realms do not need another conqueror.

  Omni-Man : You'll feel differently once I take over.

• Ashrah : I, too, have walked in darkness. But I repented.

  Omni-Man : Repent all you want, my conscience is clear.

• Omni-Man : Demon? Saint? What are you, Ashrah?

  Ashrah : A weary soul seeking absolution.

• Omni-Man : Enough of your sanctimonious crap.

  Ashrah : Redeem yourself or die in damnation.

• Ashrah : You sent Moloch and Drahmin to assassinate me?

  Quan Chi : Clearly they weren't up to the task.

• Johnny Cage : I love redemption stories.

  Ashrah : Yet mine is not for sale.

• Johnny Cage : It's hard to believe there's a demon inside there.

  Ashrah : My true face would horrify you, Cage.

• Johnny Cage : C'mon, a tour would really help my story research.

  Ashrah : No living creature should visit the Netherrealm.

• Johnny Cage : Your kriss would look outstanding on my mantel.

  Ashrah : I could never part with Datusha.

• Ashrah : What kind of son betrays his father?

  Sub-Zero : One who sees his father's time has passed.

• Ashrah : There are many in the Netherrealm just like you.

  Sub-Zero : You conflate ambition with evil, Ashrah.

• Ashrah : Your path leads only to darkness.

  Sub-Zero : A Lin Kuei finds strength in the shadows.

• Ashrah : We will break your grip on the Lin Kuei.

  Sub-Zero : It will be a cold day in hell before that happens.

• Ashrah : I must know, Geras. Is my future set?

  Geras : There is no fate but what you make.

• Ashrah : I will fight without fail until I am absolved.

  Johnny Cage : You are truly a wonder, woman.

• Ashrah : You can't possibly explain away your evil.

  Shang Tsung : How ignorant. You don't know me at all.

• Ashrah : Are you not aware that you repulse people?

  Shang Tsung : I am, Ashrah. I just don't care.

• Ashrah : To save the Empress, you must go with me to Nekros.

  Tanya : The city is no myth? It exists?

• Ashrah : Rain's change of heart is genuine.

  Sindel : It may not be enough to save him.

• Ashrah : Who was it that taught you magic?

  Smoke : Xiaoqing, the Lin Kuei's Elder Arcanist.

• Ashrah : No Netherrealmer has fought in the tournament?

  Sindel : Nor has any ever received an invitation.

• Ashrah : With you at my side, absolution seems within reach.

  Reptile : I'll do whatever I can to help.

• Ashrah : You aren't born of the Netherrealm?

  Shang Tsung : Not to the best of my knowledge.

• Ashrah : You find comfort in the divine.

  Tanya : Not just comfort. Purpose.

• Ashrah : A new evil rises to threaten the royal family.

  Tanya : Elaborate, Ashrah.

• Ashrah : Your anger with Bi-Han still smolders?

  Smoke : Where there's smoke, there's fire.

• Ashrah : I am heartbroken that I could not save the Living Forest.

  Sindel : You are not responsible for Quan Chi's crimes.

• Ashrah : Must you return to Outworld?

  Reptile : Yes, Ashrah. I have been appointed the Empress's emissary.

• Ashrah : I would see all evil destroyed.

  Scorpion : That fire burns within me, too.

• Ashrah : Why do *you* require absolution?

  Sindel : Even a good sovereign must occasionally do evil.

• Ashrah : Bi-Han can be redeemed.

  Scorpion : I don't see how that's possible.

• Ashrah : Liu Kang expects us to defeat Shang Tsung?

  Smoke : He won't overcome your sword and my smoke.

• [Custom AI Intros] 

  Ashrah : I'm unfamiliar with your work, Mr. Jameson. Are you friend or foe?

  Omni-Man : Who is that, Mr. Jameson.

• Ashrah : Things have changed quickly since the Empress's ascention.

  Tanya : She's determined to make the most of her rule.

• Ashrah : My kriss will slit your throat.

  Shang Tsung : Poor Ashrah. You'll be sorely disappointed.

• Ashrah : I'd do well to follow your example.

  Scorpion : Then start by studying my combat.

• Ashrah : Liu Kang has been so generous.

  Raiden : Because he understands your true potential.

• Ashrah : Destroying Vaeternus will assure my ascension.

  Nitara : Committing genocide will expiate your sins?

• Ashrah : If you could become fully human, would you?

  Reptile : In my heart, I am Zaterran.

• Ashrah : The Netherrealm's horrors defy belief.

  Raiden : I can only imagine.

• Ashrah : Scurry back to the shadows, Nitara.

  Nitara : You won't be the one to banish me.

• Ashrah : Each life you take draws your soul closer to the Netherrealm.

  Reiko : My motives are no less pure than yours, Ashrah.

• Ashrah : It will please me to take your life.

  Quan Chi : Spoken like a true demon.

• Ashrah : You've not an ounce of compassion.

  Quan Chi : I have no use for it, Ashrah.

• Ashrah : Do you ever miss Fengjian?

  Raiden : I miss home every day.

• Ashrah : If you were to die today, your soul...

  Rain : I know where it's going, demon.

• Ashrah : The Order of Light needs you, Syzoth.

  Reptile : I know, but my duties lie elsewhere.

• Ashrah : The Netherrealm, not Earthrealm, threatens the Empire.

  Reiko : Neither is a friend of Outworld!

• Ashrah : Shao has twisted your virtues beyond recognition.

  Reiko : You pontificate on things you don't understand.

• Ashrah : What good is there in throwing Outworld into chaos?

  Reiko : From it will rise a shining new order.

• Ashrah : I would smite you, but I would rather see you redeemed.

  Rain : What if the latter proves impossible?

• Ashrah : Seido's destruction was an act of pure evil!

  Rain : You're not the only one seeking absolution.

• Ashrah : Your kind belong in the Netherrealm.

  Nitara : Shall we go to hell together?

• Ashrah : You know of my kriss?

  Nitara : There's no Vaeternian who doesn't.

• Ashrah : There is nothing evil about you and Tanya.

  Mileena : There is to those wedded to Umgadi traditions.

• Ashrah : The Order of Light will capture Quan Chi.

  Mileena : When you do so, turn him over to me.

• Ashrah : Free my sisters of your bondage.

  Quan Chi : Their lives belong to me.

• Ashrah : There is no one in the Netherrealm more evil.

  Quan Chi : You haven't met Valtik, have you?

• Ashrah : Sareena deserves better than to be your slave.

  Quan Chi : I will never grant her freedom, Ashrah.

• Ashrah : Your gift with hydromancy; is it innate?

  Rain : It took years of toil to make it look that way.

• [Custom AI Intros] 

  Ashrah : Why do you keep saying the same three words over and over again, Johnny?

  Johnny Cage : I am Groot.

• Peacemaker : You're a demon. How aren't you evil?

  Ashrah : Because I am the sum of my choices.

• [Custom AI Intros] 

  Ashrah : Do you miss your wife and son, Syzoth?

  Reptile : I prefer not to dwell on them too much, Ashrah?

• Sindel : Some days I simply do not feel *real*. Like I'm a ghost.

  Ashrah : Something is gravely wrong with your soul, Empress.

• Shang Tsung : I'm hosting a tournament. You should come.

  Ashrah : Not on your life.

• [Kriss reacting] 

  Ashrah : Quan Chi is close. The emanations of his evil grow stronger.

  Baraka : That is a powerful weapon.

  Ashrah : And my perfect ally. As I smite the evil it finds, I am further purified.

  Johnny Cage : Now I've down steps, so I'm all for self-help. But since when does a demoness want to be less evil?

  Ashrah : I had spent eternity damned to the Netherrealm. I had assumed that's all there was to existence. But when I saw Earthrealm, saw Outworld. Saw there was a better way to live. And that to have it, I needed to cleanse my soul. My sister demons were furious at my change of heart. Kia and Jataaka were the first to hunt me.

  Reptile : Quan Chi is also a demon?

  Ashrah : Actually, he's an Outworlder. But he mastered the dark magic needed for unfettered travel to my realm.

  [insect buzzing. Reptile's tongue snaps. Crunching sounds] 

  Johnny Cage : Any idea how he buddled up with Shang Tsung?

  Ashrah : They share a common benefactor. She plucked them both from obscurity, taught them everything they know. I've never met her, but there's no question that she is a sorcererss beyond compare.

  [Kriss reacting] 

  Ashrah : Quan Chi is near.

  Quan Chi : I am ready for your contributions. Execellent, Nitara. I need yours as well.

  Havik : Darrius and I have been thinking, sorcerer...

  Quan Chi : Do not try to renegotiate, Havik.

  Havik : We need proof that you'll deliver.

  Sareena : That he's delivered for Nitara's Vaeternians is all the proof you need.

  Nitara : Sareena's right. But of Quan Chi's magic, my realm's people are no longer poisoned by sunlight. We have finally escaped the shadows.

  Quan Chi : Rest assured. The spells you will receive will bring down Orderrealm's government.

  Havik : When will we have them, Quan Chi?

  Quan Chi : After the attack on Earthrealm... which could be called off if the soul stealer's efficacy isn't demonstrated promptly.

  [Quan Chi chanting in the distance] 

  Johnny Cage : Well this plot just got thicker.

  Ashrah : Earthrealm is in grave danger. Just one soul stealer can kill hundreds of thousands. If he unleashes a battery of them...

  Baraka : Millions will die.

  Kung Lao : He must be stopped.

  Ashrah : I will deal with Quan Chi. The four of you subdue the others.

  Johnny Cage : Whoa there, big fella. This stop's where you get off.

  Kenshi : You heard her! Millions could die.

• [Custom AI Intro Dialogues from Chai Tea] 

  Reptile : Is it true that female demons have teeth in Their-uh-lady parts?

  Ashrah : What nonsensical drivel is Johnny telling you now?

  [CLASH] 

  Sareena : Soooooo... Should we tell him?

  Ashrah : I'd rather we don't.

  Jax Briggs : Some things are better left unsaid.

  Reptile : Please tell me!

• [Custom AI Intros Dialogues from CrimsonKnight] 

  Ashrah : Dating my sister is unwise.

  Sub-Zero : I will tolerate no shit from a lizard fucker.

• Peacemaker : I've never locked horns with a demon.

  Ashrah : Then there's no way you win this fight.

• [Custom AI Dialogues from Chhai Tea] 

  Ashrah : Ready to have some fun, Syzoth?

  Reptile : Just letting you know now, it's very scaly.

  [CLASH] 

  Sonya Blade : Relationship goals!

  Reptile : Don't you have any other lines, Sonya?

  Stryker : Do you ship everybody now?

  Ashrah : I assume she does so, Stryker.

• [Custom AI Dialogues from CrimsonKnight] 

  Ashrah : Stay away from my man.

  Scorpion : Are you homosexual?

  Sindel : Don't even think about talking to my sexy Liu.

  Liu Kang : I'm not hers but do stay way from me.

  Shang Tsung : Why does everyone think I'm gay?

  Sub-Zero : Try looking in the fucking mirror!

• [Custom AI Dialogues from CrimsonKnight] 

  Sindel : Oh my god girl, have you seen Lou?

  Ashrah : No, my eyes are only for Syzoth.

  Sindel : You mean that killer croc looking dude. Eww, what the fuck. Are you mental or something?

  Sub-Zero : [Offscreen]  Nah cause for real!

• [Custom AI Dialogues from Chhai Tea] 

  Ashrah : Nitara turned both of us into bloodthirsty, undead creatures.

  Reptile : Doesn't mean we can't continue having fun, Ashrah.

  [CLASH] 

  Stryker : Wait, wouldn't that be necrophilia?

  Reptile : SHE AND I ARE ALREADY DEAD!

  Sonya Blade : So you're an undead, bloodthirsty demon?

  Ashrah : Yeah, pretty much.

• Reiko : I have nothing to atone for, Ashrah.

  Ashrah : Never in existence has there been a sinless warrior.

• Reiko : I've had enough of others judging me.

  Ashrah : Then perhaps you should have made different choices.

• Reiko : A demoness will be a worthy opponent.

  Ashrah : This demon will be your end.

• Reiko : I'll make quick work of you and your kriss.

  Ashrah : An oracle, Reiko, you are not.

• Ermac : Your soul is in flux.

  Ashrah : It grows more sanctified every day.

• Ermac : Not all sins can be absolved.

  Ashrah : If that is true, then I am doomed.

• Ermac : Will you return to Quan Chi?

  Ashrah : I will never serve him again.

• Ermac : Fear us, Ashrah.

  Ashrah : I fear none of Quan Chi's minions.