So far so good until...

You presented your ideas to Tanya, and just as you hoped takes them into consideration. Taking a contemplating expression as she runs your plans and ideas through her own cunning mind.

"I can convince the Kollector easily enough", She said. "Between losing his profits and his life to Kotal, he'll have **** but to fight with us. Aside from him though, the Naknada are more workers than fighters, which is valuable in and of themselves, and at worst they make suitable cannon fodder".

"Now the Centuars on the other hand", she continued with a devious smile. "Would certainly give us an edge we desperately need, but aside from whatever trinkets left in the Kollectors purse and promise of thier higher standing in the new regime, even promising the Shokan as slaves would be a hard sell at this point. Still it's worth the attempt of negotiating. Who knows, maybe the new leader will be even more ambitious and bloodthirsty then even Motaro was?"

"As for the Lin Quei, now there's an idea", she conceded further taking on a sinister tone. "If this Student of Sub-Zero is just as gifted as he is in Chryomancy and not at all in line with his teachings, she might just be the edge we need, especially if she doesn't know her powers are of Outworld decent, which might make her even more suceptable to us and our plans, if she has the right amount of ambition, gaining Lin Quei Assassins, even from the half the clan would certainly bolster our power. Though we'll have to be careful and make sure she doesn't get too ambitious."

"We'll need to help her gain the advantage over Sub-Zero, if she can defeat him in front of the rest of the Clan, the rest should follow, and she will follow us out of gratitude and vindication", you say, knowing the best way to win the battles ahead and allies will invovle martial prowess and deception. Weakening Sub-Zero beforehand would ensure things would go there way and smoothen the transistion of power and bring the Lin Quie forces to thier own, which might tip the scales enough that even the Centuars may join them against Kotal.

"Poisoning Sub-Zero?", Tanya asked rhetorically. "That won't be easy, but managable, just enough to weaken him?

"He's more valuable alive, as a hostage and one of the last living Cryomancers", you reply.

"Oh, were you always this devious or this the result of desparation?" she asked, rather thrilled at your line of thought.

"A bit of both", you admit, appreciative that she is finally reconizing your worth, even if it took Mileena's absence for her to notice.

Then she started thinking on the matter further and finds a issue. "If we leave for Eearthrealm to gain the the Lin Quei, who do we leave in charge in the meantime?"

Ah yes, that is a valid concern. You quite sure you'll need Tanya and her magic to help you pull it off, but Tanya is the best and possibly only person to keep the Tarkatans in line while your away due to her close relationship with the late Mileena. You could leave Ruby in charge however she doesn't have as much inflence over the Tarkatans if any, and being left alone with the Tarkatans might just inspire her to just take her fellow Edenians and desert you. You need to think of somthing to ensure your forces hold the line until you return before you can even make your journy.

Suddenly, a lound crash is heard that draws your attention away and you find yourself to a shocking sight.