Geras is on the base Mortal Kombat 1 roster, acting as the guardian of the Hourglass. He now works for Liu Kang, following the demise of the previous Keeper of Time, Kronika.
This is Geras' second appearance in the series, having been introduced in Mortal Kombat 11 as an antagonist. It now seems that the roles are reversed, as he now works to protect Liu Kang's "perfect" timeline. However, seeing the kind of moves Liu Kang is throwing out at his unfortunate enemies in this new trailer, it's possible that the pair won't exactly be do-gooders either.
As well as getting a peek at his role in the main story, the trailer also shows off his new moves. Unsurprisingly, they're all centred around time and look absolutely devastating. One move has him pause his opponent, letting him wrack up a huge amount of damage until they can move again.
Even though we've seen plenty of him already, Liu Kang still steals the show. In what appears to be a Fatality, the Keeper of Time drags his opponent up into space and watches as they're slowly ripped apart by a black hole. Geras isn't messing around either, conjuring up a sandstorm and holding the enemy's face to it, peeling the skin off their skull. Lovely stuff.
Other than that, it's your usual gory fighting to the death. But we do see a little more of some Kameo fighters in action. In one instance, Geras just straight-up throws Darrius at his opponent. Kameos really don't mind putting themselves in harm's way, it seems.
This latest trailer was unveiled at DreamCon, which is also hosting a Mortal Kombat 11 tournament. Before we got the Mortal Kombat 1 news, we got to see players face off against one another. With MK1 now just weeks away, this is one of the last chances to check live tournaments for MK11 while it's in its prime, although we can expect to see a bunch of players go all-in on the new game too.
In fact, many already have. During the stress test last month, players got a chance to learn a bunch of combos, so don't be too embarrassed if you get your ass handed to you on launch day. They also found a way to teabag even though it was meant to be removed, because of course they did.
Mortal Kombat 1 is set to launch on September 19, in just a few weeks' time. It will be available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC.