Bio:
- Name: Motaro
- Age: 566
- Weight: 900 lbs.
- Height: 8’6
- Gender: Male
- Resides: Outworld
- Race: Minotaur
- Eye Color: White
- Status: Deceased
- Alignment: Evil
Motaro is a Centaurian, meaning that he has the body of a stallion and the torso of a man. He also has a pair of Capricorn-like horns and a long, metallic rat-like tail he can use as both an energy channeling point and a limb. He is nearly 9 feet tall. Centaurians are known for their hunting skills and their mystical powers.
Motaro, along with his entire race, harbors a deep-seated hatred for the Shokan, whom he sees as inferior. The two races constantly struggle against each other in order to prove their value to Shao Kahn and to finally define which one is superior.
Mortal Kombat 3
In the realm of Outworld, Motaro’s race of Centaurians had come into conflict with the Shokan. Shao Kahn, Emperor of Outworld, had begun to favor the Centaurians over the Shokan. He had been punishing the latter, aiding the Centaurians in the defeat and subjugation of the Shokan race. When Kahn formed special extermination squads to eliminate the chosen warriors of Earthrealm during his invasion, Motaro was appointed to head this elite group of savage warriors. He was the one who killed Johnny Cage.
Sonya Blade’s defeat of Kano during the events, had resulted in the Black Dragon member being thrown from a skyscraper to the streets below. Motaro recovered the severely injured Kano, and brought him back to Shao Kahn’s fortress. After reviving him with magic, Motaro then imprisoned the criminal so that he could later be punished by Kahn for failing to defeat Sonya.
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
It is at this point that Motaro was assaulted and supposedly killed by Sheeva. He survived, but barely as he returns later on. Since then the Centaurs have been put under a curse by the Shokan, turning him and the rest of his race into bipedal Minotaurs. This gave him and his race another reason to hate the Shokan. Motaro swore to make the Shokan pay dearly for this act.
Motaro fights on the Forces of Darkness during the final battle. Ultimately, as with nearly every kombatant, He is killed at the end of Armageddon.
Powers and abilities
Being a member of the Centaurian race, Motaro possessed incredible strength, so strong that he could knock human opponents several feet away with a single punch. His four-legged lower torso gave him the speed of a horse, allowing him to travel vast distances with ease and possibly unleash powerful charge attacks. He possesses a razor-sharp tail that fires energy blasts from its tip. Perhaps Motaro’s most notorious ability is his absolute immunity to projectile attacks. Motaro’s skin appears to have some sort of reflective surface that automatically repels long range attacks to the point of sending them right back at opponents . He also possesses the power of teleportation so he can easily smash his foes from behind. A mysterious Shokan curse had removed two of his legs, and relieving him of his most powerful abilities, his skin no longer possessing reflective properties.