Fujin

Fujin deserves so much more love
He's as cool as (if not cooler than) Raiden- and in all honestly i just love his character
Fujin is so much more chill and relatable as well
The cool uncle you wanna hang out with

While Raiden is still my favourite, i think Fujin is still close behind

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Information: Gender: Male Origin: Heavens Resides: Earthrealm Species: God Weapons: Plasma Crossbow and Kusanagi no Tsurugi (Devastator sword in previous games) Fighting Style: Lui He Fujin (風神) is a character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. The God of Wind and one of the former Protectors of Earthrealm, he is the younger brother of the Thunder God Raiden and one of the few playable Gods to appear in the series. He has been a supporting character throughout the series. Fujin made his debut in Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero as an unnamed boss before making his playable debut in Mortal Kombat 4. Fujin would return as one of the many playable fighters in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon. Fujin returned in Mortal Kombat 11 as DLC as part of the Aftermath Story Mode expansion, marking his return to the franchise as a playable character for the first time in almost 14 years. He also serves as one of the protagonists of the Aftermath Story Mode expansion. About: First appearing as an unnamed boss in the adventure title Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero, the Wind God Fujin made his debut as a playable character Mortal Kombat 4. Along with Raiden, Fujin is another character in the series to have originated from Japanese religion, based on the Shinto god of the wind of the same name. He appears as a tall, ageless, muscular human with long white hair bound in a ponytail and glowing white eyes. The back of his Mortal Kombat 4 costume features the Chinese character 空, whose most relevant translation to English is air or sky. As expected, he has a great variety of wind-oriented attacks at his disposal. In Mortal Kombat 11, Fujin is revealed to be Raiden's younger brother. At some point in time, Fujin left the Sky Temple to live among the humans, much to Raiden's chagrin. The Thunder God feared sentiment would impede Fujin's duties if he became too close to mortals. This resulted in a fight between the two gods. This, according to Fujin, was the only time they ever came to quarrel with one another. Fujin's time among the humans changed his outlook, realizing that contrary to Raiden's fear of sentiment weakening Fujin, it actually strengthened him. Instead of fighting to kill the enemy, he now fights to protect the ones he loves most, hence why he understands Jax's pain as a result of his "failures" and how deep those wounds can be manipulated. As a result, he is more relatable on a human level than Raiden is. He serves as a beacon of hope to the people of Earthrealm, helping to inspire and uplift their spirits with his relatively optimistic view of life.

Appearance:
Taking on the form of a mortal man, Fujin appears as a light-skinned man with slicked back white hair tied into a ponytail and eyes similar to Raiden. He wore a black vest and green pants with boots. In his debut, Fujin wore a red cape, but was discarded afterward. Interesting to note in Mythologies that his in-game sprite depicts him with blue pants and a black headband, neither of which are used in later 3D renditions.

Following his return in Armageddon, he wears a more detailed version of his original clothing with shoulder guards added. His hair is no longer slicked back with bangs framing his face and his hair longer, extended into a long braid with three hairpieces.

Fujin reappears in Mortal Kombat X's Story Mode. His vest and belt are now of tooled black leather edged in red and accented with metal rings, as well as matching armlets. He retains shoulder guards and lacks a cape. His braid is held back with a narrow leather headband, looped through rings.

In Mortal Kombat 11, Fujin's default outfit features a heavily updated version of his MK4 outfit with embellishments from his Armageddon design. He also bears a glowing tattoo of his namesake on his shoulder. Another of his outfits gives him white flowing robes with more intricate glowing markings covering his arms. His third outfit is loosely based on his Mythologies depiction though with a shorter, tattered cape and short, slicked back hair.

Abilities:
Fujin is in complete control of all things related to wind. He can levitate by manipulating the wind around him, allowing him to strike the opponent from a safe distance. He can also send miniature tornadoes at his opponents that spin them around several times and leave them vulnerable to follow-up attacks. Additionally, he can levitate the opponent and slam them down on the ground and surround himself into a tornado to heave them towards him. Considering that many of these moves can potentially leave the foe open for a free hit, Fujin has proven to be a supremely powerful fighter on par with that of fellow god Raiden. Fujin is also an immortal God much like Raiden, he can't die as was proven in Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero where he literally created a tornado so large it ripped his body apart and then returned shortly (off-screen) after that as seen in MK4.

In Mortal Kombat 11, he is now armed with a Kusanagi no Tsurugi sword and uses it in tandem with its scabbard while using his wind powers to send it flying and slashing at his enemies from a distance, with his plasma crossbow also making a return. His wind powers have also been expanded upon, trapping opponents in vacuums, shooting invisible air bullets from his fists and even sucking the oxygen out of his opponent and weaponizing it. He is also able to walk on literal thin air, giving him a massive aerial advantage over his opponent which cements his status as the true God of Wind.

Fatalities (MK11):
- Wind Blade: Fujin draws his blade and releases shearing gusts of wind that cuts off the opponent's arm and leg. Then he flies into the air and fires two waves of high-powered wind at his opponent, slicing off through their torso with a portion of their midsection barely holding them together. He then tosses his sword, impaling them through the hand and the mouth while their body breaks into three parts.
- Twisted Twister: Fujin slices his opponent's gut open, causing an entrail to spill out. He then steps on it as he lifts them in the air with wind and spins them around, letting their intestine wrap around them. Fujin proceeds to then generate a violent twisting torrent around them, slamming against the ground with enough force that it obliterates their torso, leaving their head and limbs scattered in a bloody heap.
Friendship (MK11):
-Let's Go Fly a Kite: Fujin produces a Raiden kite and uses his wind powers to fly it, but will occasionally get dragged around by the kite.

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