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The History of Mortal Kombat
Real Name: Forrest Porter
Mortal Kombat Series
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APRIL 19, 2008
- AS YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY HEARD THE NEXT MK GAME IS TITLED MORTAL
KOMBAT VS DC UNIVERSE. ED BOON HOWEVER SAID THAT THE GAME MAY OR MAY
NOT BE CANON TO THE PLOT AND PROBABLY IT WILL NOT BE KNOWN TILL THE
NEXT MORTAL KOMBAT GAME IS RELEASED. KEEPING THAT IN MIND I WILL NOT BE
UPDATING THIS GUIDE FOR THE MK VS DC UNIVERSE STORY UNTIL IT IS
CONFIRMED TO BE APART OF THE PLOT. HOWEVER SINCE MKA BIOS ARE NO LONGER
BEING RELEASED I WILL BE DOING FUTURE UPDATES TO THE MK ARMAGEDDON
SECTION OF THE PLOT AND PIECING THE STORY THE BEST I CAN FROM THE
LIMITED INFORMATION RELEASED ABOUT THE STORY.
- UPDATED THE ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT GAME IN THE INTRODUCTION

2007 RETROSPECT
- ADDED ALL THE RELEASED MKA BIOS

2006 RETROSPECT
- ADDED MKSM STORYLINE INFO
- ADDED MKA STORYLINE INFO
- ADDED SOME DETAILS TO EXISTING PARTS OF THE STORYLINE
- ADDED AND TOOK DOWN SOME SECTIONS

2005 RETROSPECT
- ADDED INFO FOR GORO AND SHAO KAHN FOR MK DECEPTION
- ADDED THE CHAOS AND ORDER SECTION TO THE STORY
- DID SOME CLEANING UP TO MAKE THE FAQ A LITTLE MORE EASIER TO READ
- ADDED NEW DETAILS AND REVISED SOME THINGS IN THE STORYLINE
- ADDED ALL MK SHAOLIN MONKS INFO AND REPLACED THE OUTWORLD TOURNAMENT WITH NEW
MKSM DETAIL

2004 RETROSPECT
- MOST MORTAL KOMBAT DECEPTION INFORMATION REPORTED
- NEW SECTIONS ADDED: RACES, CLANS, REALMS, TIMELINE, LATROM TABMOK
- ALPHABITZED CHARACTER LIST
- MAJOR/MINOR PLOTHOLES FIXED
- MORTAL KOMBAT DECEPTION STORYLINE ADDED
- MORTAL KOMBAT DECEPTION QUESTIONS ADDED

2003 RETROSPECT
- MORTAL KOMBAT HISTORY FAQ CREATED

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1) Table of Contents
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1) Table of Contents

2) Introduction

3) The History of Mortal Kombat
- The One Being and the Kamidogus
- The Dragon King
- The Rise of Shao Kahn
- Prediction of Armageddon
- The Fall of Shinnok
- Order and Chaos
- The Rise of Shinnok in the Netherrealm
- Corruption of the Tournament
- Shujinko Begins Quest for the Kamidogus
- The Unholy Deal
- Sub-Zero and the Lin Kuei
- Sub-Zero's mission
- Battle for the Amulet
- Sub-Zero in the Netherrealm
- The Red and Black Dragon Clan
- Jax and the Black Dragon
- The Mortal Kombat Tournament
- The Outworld Tournament
- The Invasion
- The Return of Shinnok
- The Deadly Alliance
- Return of the Dragon King
- Armageddon

4) The Kombatants
- Ashrah
- Baraka
- Blaze
- Bo Rai Cho
- Chameleon
- Cyrax
- Daegon
- Dairou
- Darrius
- Drahmin
- Ermac
- Frost
- Fujin
- Goro
- Havik
- Hotaru
- Hsu Hao
- Jade
- Jarek
- Jax
- Johnny Cage
- Kabal
- Kai
- Kano
- Kenshi
- Khameleon
- Kintaro
- Kira
- Kitana
- Kobra
- Kung Lao
- Li Mei
- Liu Kang
- Mavado
- Meat
- Mileena
- Mokap
- Moloch
- Monster
- Motaro
- Nightwolf
- Nitara
- Noob Saibot/Sub-Zero
- Onaga
- Quan Chi
- Raiden
- Rain
- Reiko
- Reptile
- Sareena
- Scorpion
- Sektor
- Shang Tsung
- Shao Kahn
- Sheeva
- Shinnok
- Shujinko
- Sindel
- Smoke
- Sonya
- Stryker
- Sub-Zero
- Tanya
- Taven
- Minor Characters

5) Arenas
- The Courtyard (Kung Fu Part 1) (Shang Tsung’s Courtyard)
- Palace Gates
- Warrior's Shrine
- The Pit
- The Pit Bottom (Pit Bottom)
- Shang Tsung's Palace
- Goro's Lair (The Lair)
- The Dead Pool (Dead Pool)
- Kombat Tomb (The Tomb) (Tomb)
- The Wastelands (Wasteland) (Wastelands)
- The Tower (Palace) (Evil Tower)
- Living Forest
- The Armory (Armory)
- The Pit II
- The Portal (Portal)
- Kahn's Arena (Battle Arena)
- The Blue Portal
- The Subway (Subway)
- The Streets (The Street) (Street)
- The Bank
- The Rooftop (The Roof)
- The Soul Chamber (Soul Chamber) (Cave of Souls)
- The Balcony (Kahns Tower)
- The Bridge
- Kombat Temple (The Temple) (Altar)
- Shao Kahn's Tower (The Bell Tower) (Bell Tower)
- The Pit 3 (The Pit III)
- The Graveyard
- The Hidden Portal
- Sky Kombat
- Scorpions Lair (Scorpion’s Lair) (Hades) (Hell)
- The Waterfront (River Kombat)
- Jades Desert (Jade’s Desert) (The Desert) (Cyrax’s Desert)
- Kahns Kave (The Kave) (The Cave)
- Noob Saibots Dorfen
- Lost Bridge (Lost) (SCISLAC BUSOREZ)
- The Star Bridge
- Elder Gods
- The Well
- Ice Pit
- Reptile's Lair
- The Tomb
- Shaolin Temple
- Skull
- The Prison
- Church
- Netherrealm
- Ladder?
- Windworld
- Wu Shi Academy
- Acid Bath
- Nethership
- The Lost Tomb (Lost Tomb)
- Drum Arena
- House of Pekara
- Lava Shrine
- Kuatan Palace
- Palace Grounds
- Portal (The Portal)
- Lung Hai Temple
- Sarna Ruins
- Lin Kuei Temple (Lin Kuei's Temple)
- Quan Chi's Fortress
- Dragonfly
- Shang Tsung's Palace
- Moloch's Lair
- The Swamp
- Spy Facility
- Beetle Lair
- Hell’s Foundry
- Slaughterhouse
- Sky Temple
- Nethership Interior
- Dark Prison
- Falling Cliffs
- Ying Yang Island
- Falling Cliffs
- Golden Desert
- Lower Mines
- Dragon King Temple
- Chamber of Artifacts
- Liu Kang’s Tomb
- Dragon Mountain
- Nexus Arena
- Pyramid of Argus
- Meteor Storm
- Tekunin Prison
- Outworld Spire
- Botan Jungle
- Artika
- Lin Kuei Palace
- Netherrealm Cliffs
- Shinnok’s Spire
- Shinnok’s Throne Room
- Shao Kahn’s Throne Room
- Shao Kahn’s Balcony
- Scorpion’s Lair
- Edenian Ruins
- Krimson Forest
- Red Dragon Caverns
- Chamber of Daegon
- Reptile’s Lair
- Reiko’s War Room
- Fire Well
- Lumber Mill

6) Mortal Kombat Game Timeline
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Mortal Kombat 2
- Mortal Kombat 3
- Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
- Mortal Kombat Trilogy
- Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
- Mortal Kombat 4
- Mortal Kombat Gold
- Mortal Kombat: Special Forces
- Mortal Kombat Advance
- Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance
- Mortal Kombat Tournament Edition
- Mortal Kombat Deception
- Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks
- Mortal Kombat Unchained
- Mortal Kombat Armageddon
- Ultimate Mortal Kombat
- Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe

7) Realms
- Earthrealm
- Outworld
- Zaterra
- Edenia
- The Heavens
- Netherrealm
- Vaeternus
- Orderrealm
- Chaosrealm
- The Void
- Rellim Ohcanep
- Yrrek Divad

8) Factions
- Lin Kuei
- Shirai Ryu
- Red Dragon
- Black Dragon
- Tekunin
- Outerworld Investigation Agency
- White Lotus Society
- Brothers of the Shadow
- The Deadly Alliance
- Shao Kahn’s Empire
- Shinnok’s Empire
- Edenian/ Shokan Army
- The Dragon King’s Empire
- The Special Forces
- Extermination Squads
- Pantheon of Gods
- Seidan Guard
- Resistance
- Mask Guards
- Shadow Priests
- Tengu
- Snow Ninjas
- Jungle Trainer
- Moroi Empire

9) Race
- Humans
- Saurian
- Edenians
- Tarkata
- Undead
- Outworldians
- Shokan
- Centaurs
- Gods
- Cyborgs
- Vampires
- Oni
- Demons
- Elementals
- Wraiths
- Seidan
- Chaos People
- Cryomancers
- Zombies
- Bloody Skeleton
- Clay Soldiers
- Orachi Hellbeast
- Ice Beast
- Hybrid Dragon
- Houan
- Dragons

10) MK Main Story
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Mortal Kombat 2
- Mortal Kombat 3/UMK3/MKA
- Mortal Kombat Trilogy
- Mortal Kombat 4/MKG
- Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance/MKTE
- Mortal Kombat Deception/MKU
- Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
- Mortal Kombat: Special Forces
- Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks
- Mortal Kombat Armageddon

11) MK Comics
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Mortal Kombat II
- Mortal Kombat 4

12) Sources

13) Plot Holes
- Scorpion MK2 Comic
- Cyrax MKG/MKDA
- MK2 Comic/MKSM
- Reptile MK4
- Shujinko’s Prison Sentence
- Shao Kahn and the Amulet

14) Questions and Answers

15) Credits

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2) Introduction
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My name is Forrest Porter and I am the author of this FAQ. I have been a Mortal
Kombat fan since the beginning of the series when Mortal Kombat 1 came out. So
I actually know what I am talking about when it comes to the Mortal Kombat
storyline unlike most people I hear from. This FAQ is meant to cover the Mortal
Kombat games storyline, I will not be covering movies, TV show, cartoons,
books, fan fiction, comics (except for MK1, 2, and 4 official comics) so if you
are going to try to argue about the storylines or ask if I will someday cover
them don’t email me about it or with evidence with those separate storylines.
Failure to do so will result in a head ripped out along with your spine. J/K.
I’m serious though, no emails regarding storylines apart from the video games.
Also those who try to email me claiming to know insider information about the
storyline don’t bother emailing me either, I have enough experience with people
to know who is lying or not and I am fairly certain that an insider would not
even try to contact me about this FAQ. With that said I will now move on to the
Mortal Kombat introduction. Oh and a side note, I am a Mortal Kombat collector
and collect as a hobby, if anyone is interested in trades email me.

Mortal Kombat- Mortal Kombat is the original game that started the series. What
really got this game popular was the extensive violence, fatalities and the
rich storyline which was unheard of in a fighting game up to this point. Some
great moments about this game was knocking opponents into the pit, test your
might, the sub boss Goro, and the hidden character Reptile.

Mortal Kombat 2- Mortal Kombat II is the sequel to the highly successful Mortal
Kombat game. Mortal Kombat II was a game that wanted to double the original
game, more fatalities, more blood, and deeper storyline. This game was closely
followed by the fans. New finishing moves called friendships, and Babalities
were included to make light of the violence controversy. Some great moments
about this game was finding out Shang Tsung had a boss (Shao Kahn), more hidden
characters (Jade, Smoke, Noob Saibot), and the extra finishers Babality and
friendships.

Mortal Kombat 3- Mortal Kombat III is a sequel the fans cried for after Mortal
Kombat II. This game was designed to play faster and smoother than the other
Mortal Kombat games. This game also included button link combos to do a series
of damaging moves. Some great moments about this game was the added run button,
new sub boss Motaro, Shao Kahn’s queen Sindel, return of Sonya and Kano, kombat
kodes, Animalities, UKK, Sub-Zero unmasked, battle ascension, mercy feature,
and the shock that Smoke is now a robot.

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3- Ultimate Mortal Kombat III is an upgrade to the
original Mortal Kombat 3 that included old favorites such as Kitana and
Scorpion. New stages were added for fun and new kombat codes. Some great
moments about this game is the return of old favorites, especially Scorpion,
whom a lot of fans were disappointed were missing from MK3, appearance of Ermac
who was until then thought to be a hidden character in MK1, appearance of a new
kombatant Rain in the opening demo, play as both Sub-Zero’s in one game and the
Shao Kahn treasure feature after beating the game.

Mortal Kombat Trilogy- Mortal Kombat Trilogy is yet another upgrade to the
Mortal Kombat 3 games. This game focused on bringing back the past MK features
as well as a few new ones. Great moments about this game was all characters
returning including bosses, almost all past stages returning,
Khameleon/Chameleon secret fighter, aggressor meter, widely noticed
brutalities, widely notice of selecting Rain.

Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero- This game was to be the first of many more
to come adventure Mortal Kombat type games to further explain the MK storyline.
This game came out to give a little background to Mortal Kombat 4 and it
featured Sub-Zero going on a quest to retrieve Shinnok’s amulet. Some great
moments of this game is first MK with FMVS, Scorpion’s death explained, and the
blooper movie hidden in the game.

Mortal Kombat 4- Mortal Kombat IV was the game that began to try and bring the
Mortal Kombat game back to its darker roots. The game did away with all the
extra “alities” and kept only the fatalities. The game also introduced Mortal
Kombat to the 3D realm. Some great moments about Mortal Kombat IV is the return
of Goro, Reptile’s makeover, introduction of Meat, and weapon kombat.

Mortal Kombat Gold- Mortal Kombat Gold is the upgrade to Mortal Kombat IV. The
game added new characters and new stages and that is really the only difference
that sets it apart from Mortal Kombat IV. Some great moments about this game is
the return of old favorite characters from Mortal Kombat II and III such as
Kung Lao and Baraka, Goro turning towards the light and making peace with Kung
Lao, and Cyrax regaining his soul.

Mortal Kombat: Special Forces- Mortal Kombat Special Forces was the 2nd and
probably final attempt at creating a Mortal Kombat adventure game to further
explain the storyline. This game was started by John Tobias and never completed
when he left Midway. The game was later picked up by Boon and only halfway
completed at best. The game explains Jax adventure hunting down arch nemesis
Kano. Some great moments about the game is meeting other Black Dragon clan
members, using guns, and the shock that Sonya was missing from the game.

Mortal Kombat Advance- Mortal Kombat Advance is a game boy port of Ultimate
Mortal Kombat III. This game is also a failure of a port and doesn’t even match
the original with the extremely cheap AI. This game however does have some
great moments with Ermac’s new PC in a box friendship, original Sub-Zero
finally unmasked, and Rain’s new Mary Poppins friendship.

Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance- Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance is the game that
completely changed the fighting styles by getting rid of the old system and
giving each fighter 2 real life fighting styles and a weapon style. The game is
also the first MK game that does not have a stage fatality game. Some great
moments of Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance is the return of test your might,
added test your sight mini game, added a conquest feature to explain the story
and test your skills, added koins to unlock features and gamble, and a krypt
where you could unlock numerous hidden items.

Mortal Kombat Tournament Edition- Mortal Kombat Tournament Edition is a add on
to Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance for the game boy. This game had all the
fighters that didn’t make the Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance game boy game. Some
great moments about this game is it explained that Noob Saibot killed Goro,
explained Sektor’s storyline shortly after Mortal Kombat Gold, Sareena returns,
Weapon Fatality, and the long awaited Final Secret.

Mortal Kombat Deception- Mortal Kombat Deception is the widely successful
successor of Mortal Kombat Deadly Allinace. This game offers many things that
fans wished was in Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance such as 2 fatalities per
character, a more in depth konquest mode, stage fatalities and much more. It
also has 2 new game modes, chess Kombat and Puzzle Kombat. Mortal Kombat
Deception is also the first Mortal Kombat to have online capable mode. Some
great moments of this game is meeting every kombatant in Konquest mode, the
return of old favorites such as Jade, Kabal, Nightwolf, Sindel and Ermac, and
seeing the old rumor from Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance about characters
running through the krypt being in this game.

Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks- Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks is the 3rd attempt at a
adventure Mortal Kombat game. The game features Liu Kang and Kung Lao in a co
op adventure in their adventures in Outworld following the Mortal Kombat
tournament. Some great moments about this game is that it brings back a lot of
nostalgia levels and lets you play and interact through them. Get to unlock new
fighters to play the game through. Roughly about 10 fatalities per character
and an appearance by every MK1 and MK2 plus a few MK3 and MK4 fighters are in
the game.

Mortal Kombat Unchained- Mortal Kombat Unchained is the upgrade of Mortal
Kombat Deception, like what Mortal Kombat Tournament Edition was to MK Deadly
Alliance and what Mortal Kombat Gold was to Mortal Kombat 4. It was a PSP
exclusive version and contained the Gamecube’s two exclusive characters Goro
and Shao Kahn as well as 4 more extra characters Blaze, Frost, Kitana and Jax.
Some great moments about this game was that explained one of MK Armageddon’s
plot holes of how Frost got frozen in the Lin Kuei temple. The MK ladder plan
is a little bit more different, all characters are immediately available, and
it features a new endurance mode where you can test your skills and fight as
many characters as possible before succumbing to death.

Mortal Kombat Armageddon- Mortal Kombat Armageddon is the 7th installment of the
main Mortal Kombat fighting games. It featured many new modes such as create a
fighter, customizable fatalities, and air combat which was supposed to make up
for the characters getting 2 fighting styles instead of 3 as in the previous 2
installments. Some great moments about this game is that it featured every
single MK character in history. The game also brought back and legitimized 2
characters as canon to the storyline that was previously considered minor
characters, Meat and Chameleon. The game also finally reveals what Blaze’s
mysterious quest that we got hints of in his MK Deadly Alliance ending.

Ultimate Mortal Kombat- Ultimate Mortal Kombat is the handheld port of Ultimate
Mortal Kombat 3, and I must say a pretty damn good one. Of course the arcade
isn’t arcade perfect but it’s as close as it gets for a handheld console. Some
great things about this game are that it has the ability to connect online and
play Vs. matches with people from around the world. Also the game lets you
unlock endings and Kahn’s treasure to choose from anytime you like. This is a
nice little bonus since you don’t have to keep beating the game if you want a
complete Finishing move demonstration. Also another bonus is that there is
Puzzle Kombat in the package.

Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe- COMING SOON

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3) The History of Mortal Kombat
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*The One Being and the Kamidogus*
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In the beginning before existence, there was the One Being and the Elder Gods.
The One Being fed off the Elder Gods. He was everything, and then the six Elder
Gods with the use of the six Kamidogus smashed the one being’s consciousness
into many realms, including the realms of Earthrealm, Netherrealm, Orderrealm,
Chaosrealm, Edenia, and Outworld as well as the rest of existence. All of
existence is the shattered consciousness of the One Being, as if the One Being
was dreaming. The One being has been subconsciously working through the Dragon
King to fuse the Kamidogu into one again which would merge all the realms
together and eventually all the beings back into the One Being, if this happens
everything will cease to exist once again. It is said that in their purest
original form the Elder Gods resemble the dragon symbol of the Mortal Kombat
tournament. The Elder Gods hid each Kamidogu in each of the realms that was
created from smashing the One Being. The Elder Gods do not dwell in the realms,
but in the void and are the true rulers of all reality and watch as worlds are
created and destroyed, they govern the realms with untold eons of wisdom but
they took on the policy of never to interfere in the affairs of the realms to
ensure that they do not unknowingly assist in the return of the One Being.
Another thing that was created at the formation of the realms was good and
evil. Good was any act that promotes the separation of the realms and evil was
any act that consolidated the realms. Since then good and evil balance each
other through the act of combat. Later they instructed sorcerers to create
portals to connect the realms. The Elder Gods also created many lesser gods;
most of these gods remain quiet and never interfere with the lives of men;
however the Elder Gods appoint special tasks to some gods such as Raiden to be
the protector of the realm of Earth. Though his legend has been misread and
misinterpreted over time, he is able to interfere when the realm is in danger
but he cannot directly interfere with the lives of mortals.

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*The Dragon King*
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The Dragon King, Onaga, is the first known emperor of Outworld. He was an
accomplished campaigner and commanded the greatest army any realm has seen,
they were known as the Dragon King's undefeatable army. The secret of their
undefeatable ness lies within Onaga himself. Onaga’s heart has the power to
resurrect any living thing and kept constantly resurrecting his army after each
battle. One day Onaga’s advisor, the protector god Shao Kahn, whom was also
being influenced by the One Being, poisoned Onaga to claim Outworld for
himself. However Shao Kahn was unaware that Onaga could still see events
unfolding from beyond death. Onaga also died before his holy men could incubate
the last great dragon egg. It was then prophesied that the Dragon King would
return upon the hatching of the dragon egg. The Dragon King's undefeatable army
allowed themselves to be ritually killed and buried in the tomb with the Dragon
King and await his second coming, the tomb and its portal is taken care of by
an unknown person. The Dragon King's holy men then searched for a place where
they could incubate the dragon egg, at first they were hoping to incubate it in
the Sarna Ruins, but with growing instability of the land, they were forced to
incubate it in a molten cavern far from this location.

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*The Rise of Shao Kahn*
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It was around this time in an evil realm called Outworld that a new evil power
was rising- the name of the emperor was Shao Kahn and he was on a campaign to
conquer the realms as well as claiming the Kamidogu. Shao Kahn ruled Outworld
with an iron fist and used extermination squads to eliminate those who might
challenge Shao Kahn’s power. Shao Kahn had the documents on how to merge the
Kamidogu and kept it in his realm of Outworld. Two of the realms Kahn conquered
and sapped the energies of were the realm of Edenia and a Vampire realm. A
realm that Shao Kahn managed to take was the vampire realm. Shao Kahn bounded
the vampire realm and his realm of Outworld by means of a mystical orb. Some
vampire people possessed the power to travel the realms though a gemstone they
wore around her neck to feed off the blood of other species, but with
restrictions, they had to travel in the opposite hemisphere of the realms sun's
harmful UV rays, they also kept records of the realms. Shao Kahn's other realm
he took was the realm of Edenia. Edenia was a realm of civility and artistic
expression and ruled by King Jerrod and Queen Sindel and had a daughter named
Kitana. The people of Edenia were known to have long life spans as well. They
were also known to have been in good standings with both the Orderrealm and the
Earthrealm. Shao Kahn gained access to Edenia and fought King Jerrod for the
fate of Edenia; however Shao Kahn emerged victorious, killed Jerrod, and took
Queen Sindel as his bride and Kitana as a step daughter. The thought of serving
Shao Kahn drove Sindel mad and she committed suicide. Enraged, Kahn withheld
her soul from moving on and used it as a token over Jerrod and a reminder to
Kitana of his power. He put a spell on Kitana that makes her obey Shao Kahn’s
every command and she becomes an assassin for Shao Kahn. In addition he also
had his lead sorcerer Shang Tsung create Mileena, a clone of Kitana by using
her and Tarkata genes. Mileena’s purpose was to eventually take Kitana’s place
as princess. The Netherealm is the only realm said that Shao Kahn has no desire
to occupy. Overtime Shao Kahn chose people to be trained as warriors for his
empire, one was Kitana's close friend named Jade. Another Edenian named Rain
was smuggled out of the realm as a small child. When he conquered Edenia he
also gained an alliance with the shokan race, a group of half human dragon
warriors. The leader of the shokan was king Gorbak and he had a son named Goro.
The shokan had a rivalry going on with the centaur race to seek Shao Kahn’s
favor. He also had a General of his armies named Reiko, who secretly wears Shao
Kahn’s helmet. In the wastelands, lived a nomadic group of half Outworld and
half Netherealm demon warriors called the Tarkata, the leader was a warrior
named Baraka, and he was recruited into Shao Kahn’s army because of his
fighting skills. The Tarkata were used when Kahn needed raids in the
Netherealm. A race of called the Cryomancers; people who have learned to
control the cold used to live in the Outworld. A future conquest for Shao Kahn
is the realm of Zaterra, a realm populated by the raptor race. The realm of
Zaterra is where the raptor people fled to after the war between Raiden and
Shinnok. Shao Kahn eventually took total control of the realm of Zaterra, the
raptors were killed and close to extinction. One raptor named Reptile
eventually became apart of Shao Kahn’s army. One other raptor survived and was
the only one who knew the truth about their race, her name was Khameleon. Shao
Kahn's next target was the Earth Realm.

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*Prediction of Armageddon*
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Sometime during Shao Kahn’s conquest of the realms but before Shao Kahn
originally took over Edenia a sorcerers named Delia had a vision of the end of
the realms caused by a huge battle in Edenia by a warring group of powerful
warriors after the corruption of a Mortal Kombat tournament. She told her
husband Argus, who was an Edenian god and the protector of Edenia about her
vision. Argus went to the Elder gods with the information that Delia foresaw in
her vision. The Elder Gods responded that Argus come up with a plan to stop the
Armageddon from happening; he came up with a plan to build a pyramid in the
crater where the battle was to take place. Delia created a fire elemental named
Blaze to monitor the realms and the strength of the kombatants that would cause
the Armageddon battle. However Delia and Argus had one disagreement of how to
deal with the kombatants, Argus argued that the kombatants needed to all be
killed when the time came, while Delia believed that the kombatants needed to
be stripped of their powers because some warriors were noble and undeserving of
death. This led for Argus to implement another part to his plan. His plan was
to put his sons Taven and Daegon on a quest to defeat Blaze at the time of the
Armageddon battle. Argus and Delia created weapons and armor for both sons and
that would determine the fate of the kombatants. One of the armor would kill
the kombatants, the other would strip them of their power, and neither Taven
nor Daegon knew which outcome their armor would produce. Argus and Delia also
scattered Obelisks throughout the realms for the purpose of honing Taven and
Daegon’s skills. Furthermore the son who defeats Blaze in battle will succeed
Argus as protector of Edenia. Taven and Daegon were summoned to see their
father where they were rendered unconscious. Argus charged the dragons Orin and
Caro to watch over their hibernating sons Taven and Daegon in Earthrealm
respectively. They would be linked to Blaze and when Blaze finds that the apex
was drawing near he would signal Orin and Caro to awaken Taven and Daegon to
begin their quest. However Blaze, whom has been wandering Outworld on the
quest, had battled and lost to holy men, these holy men were loyal to the dead
Dragon King and served to protect the last dragon egg. Blaze was then taken to
the lava shrine where the dragon egg was incubating and forced to protect the
egg from within the depths of the lava. This led for the dragon Caro to lose
contact with Blaze and he mistook it as a signal to awaken Daegon, however,
Daegon was awakened prematurely to begin his quest.

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*The Fall of Shinnok*
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Thousands of years ago after the Earth realm was formed, the Elder God named
Shinnok decided to try and take the Earth realm and have unlimited power. Not
wanting a confrontation by the other Elder Gods, Shinnok created an amulet that
would allow him access to the Earth Realm without intervention from the other
five Elder Gods; this amulet could only be created once. Unfortunately for
Shinnok; the Elder Gods, including himself, appointed a protector for the Earth
realm, this protector is known as the God of Thunder- Raiden. Shinnok and
Raiden battled for centuries for the fate of the Earth realm. Raiden eventually
defeated Shinnok because of his overconfidence, Raiden discovered Shinnok's
amulet and how it allowed Shinnok access to Earth and stripped Shinnok
possession of it and with the other Elder Gods assistance, banished Shinnok to
the Netherrealm, a place where unwanted spirits are sent that is inhabited by
foul stench demons and a place that twists mortals into vicious monsters called
Onis. However on Earth the war caused a near extinction of the raptor race, few
raptors fled to the realm of Zaterra. Earth was then faced by centuries of
darkness. Shinnok upon entering the Netherrealm was attacked Lucifer, the god
ruler of the Netherrealm, and souls Shinnok personally condemned to the
Netherealm. Shinnok would exist to be tortured and tormented for thousands of
years. Having been locked and shackled he was helpless against his attackers.
Raiden called forth humans to build a temple in the Himalayan Mountains of
Nepal and housed the amulet in the temple and appointed the Gods of fire,
earth, water, and Fujin the God of wind to guard the amulet, these gods’ powers
are necessary for balancing out Earth, but their powers can be quite
destructive to the inhabitants of Earth. As long as the amulet rested on Earth,
Shinnok would remain trapped in the Netherealm for all eternity. This story has
been forgotten over time with the exception of one document found by the
shaolin known as the map of elements, which is the only evidence of the story
and shows the way to the Temple of Elements.

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*Order and Chaos*
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The realm of Chaos was once like any other realm until the God of Chaos
released his tempest which keeps the realm from obeying the laws of nature.
Chaos can be described as the religion of the chaos people. The Chaos people
hold water sacred since it has no shape and its flow never ceasing, it is
considered to be chaos. They have built a tempest in the middle of the realm
which keeps the realm from obeying the laws of nature. Another structure built
is the labyrinth which serves as a reminder of the importance of confusion. War
is also another value they hold in the Chaosrealm to maintain chaos. Two enemy
tribes called the Yinasi and Yangese have been in constant war for centuries,
this has kept chaos in motion throughout the realm. It took Havik centuries but
he eventually gave into turmoil and is now the Chaosrealm’s most celebrated
cleric. Seido, the realm of Order however is a realm governed by law and order
and despite the confusion, they do not hold freedom as a value, freedom is
looked at as a path towards chaos. It shows as their realm is built by
structure and organization rather than by random. Seido’s laws are strict but
it is also a very safe realm. Their academy accepts citizens from all realms to
study order. As Havik is to the Chaos realm, the Seidan guard Hotaru is seen as
the Seido’s greatest hero. Seido however is not without problems, one of which
is a resistance movement led by the warrior Darrius. Darrius has a tactic he
uses when he needs a Seidan guard by hiring someone to kill the Seidan guards
family in the hope that the guard will kill the person in a fit of rage and
therefore jailed; then Darrius would break the Seidan guard out and easily
recruit him to the resistance. Darrius believes he is fighting an oppressive
government in Seido and wishes to instill a new government. According to Seidan
loyalists he is a terrorists, however separatist sees him as a hero. Another
problem that Seido faces however is their limited supply of water. With the
water supply and the intolerance of chaos has led Seido into direct
confrontation to the Chaosrealm. A Seidan guard once traveled to the Chaosrealm
to enforce law and created a prison there. This infuriated the Chaos people
since their ideals they held sacred, freedom was being taken from them, the
Seidan did not remain in control and his prison is now a relic in the
Chaosrealm as evidence of the Seido’s legacy. Recently a water facility has
been erected in the Chaosrealm by the Seidans as means for obtaining water for
their realm. The Chaos realm sees this as an abomination. However the
Orderrealm is not without its share of chaos problems as well as the chaos
people, including Havik has constantly to encourage chaos. Seido is also not
without its problems with the Seidan guards either. One warrior named Dairou
once served as a Seidan guard and upheld the law; however he once killed an
assailant out of a fit of rage, which is against Seidan law, and was sentenced
to a life of imprisonment. He thought it wrong that after all his years of
loyal service that the one moment of chaos was what came to define him. Then
one day he managed to escape in the confusion of a resistance riot. He could
not return as a Seidan or embrace chaos so Dairou became a mercenary and is
revered by the Orderrealm’s secret underground. The realms of chaos and order
have been in constant warfare.

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*The Rise of Shinnok in the Netherrealm*
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The Netherealm has had many rulers throughout its history with most being
forged within its fiery depths. In the later part of the millennium in the
Netherrealm, Shinnok was about to have a change in his fortune and in his
favor. A powerful free roaming sorcerer and former oni known as Quan Chi
offered to assist Shinnok to overthrow Lucifer and in return only wanted power
and to rule by Shinnok when he escapes the Netherrealm. Shinnok agreed and they
waged a war that lasted for centuries, the war came to an end when Shinnok slew
Lucifer and after imprisoning Lucifer’s essence he became ruler of the
Netherrealm. In return Shinnok granted Quan Chi the position of arch sorcerer
in the Netherrealm. However Shinnok had nothing to rule except a dead realm,
with its true form hidden by its ruler; and he tried his best to emulate it to
look as close to Earthrealm as best he could, and transformed the demons to
look as human as possible. He also transformed people who displeased him to
roam the Netherealm as the animated dead known as zombies. The Brotherhood of
the shadow was created as a group that worships and serves Shinnok. An early
member was a demon named Ashrah, she had been loyal for years in the
Brotherhood of Shadow however she questioned one command from Quan Chi one day
and Quan Chi ordered her sisters to slay Ashrah to be made an example of.
Ashrah escaped and discovered a sword, she quickly came to realize that the
sword purified her soul with each demon she slayed with it. She is now on a
quest to purify herself enough to escape the Netherrealm. The Netherealm drains
all beings of their strength; many spirits have been trapped forever in the
Netherealm. Many things happened during Shinnok’s time in the Netherrealm; Quan
Chi with many other sorcerers who used magic to improve their oni intelligence
and appearance used their magic to create a city that would not drain them of
their magic, and therefore many sorcerers call this city home and rarely
venture beyond its walls. The sorcerers and Onis beyond its walls have a peace
truce where Onis can enter the city. The sorcerers transformed some Oni to
become guards of the city and keep out zombies and kill the zombies that does
enter and enforce the Oni and sorcerer truce, they must remain in the city or
their transformation will be undone. Whenever a sorcerer needs the service of a
demon or oni the three headed god Kochal transports them to the demon or oni.
However the city only brings some order in the dark realm; the sorcerers are
still allowed to kill each other as long as no one witnesses it. Shinnok
however was not satisfied with ruling the Netherrealm, he has always wanted to
be the ruler supreme of all reality. However the only way he can escape the
Netherrealm is if he somehow regained his amulet back and the only way to find
the amulet was to find the Map of Elements, which was only known to a select
few including the shaolin warrior known as Kung Lao.

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*Corruption of the Tournament*
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It was around this point that Shao Kahn decided to start his invasion of the
Earth realm, however little did Kahn know that after his takeover of Edenia,
wise men in the far east in the Earth realm received visions about Shao Kahn
and appeased to the Elder Gods about their concern that Shao Kahn may someday
take the Earth realm, to give Earth realm a chance to defend itself against
Shao Kahn as well as allowing Shao Kahn the ability to merge other realms with
Outworld the Elder Gods created the tournament called Mortal Kombat. This
tournament was hosted in the Shaolin temples and at first was used to compete
for honor and glory every generation. Raiden created the White Lotus Society as
an organization devoted to protecting the Earthrealm from Shao Kahn; Raiden
also became a mentor for Earth warriors chosen to defend the realm since it
tied in with his duties to protect Earthrealm. Then one day Shao Kahn sent his
servant Shang Tsung, a sorcerer who was granted free roaming abilities by
serving Shao Kahn, to the Earth realm to unbalance the furies in the Mortal
Kombat tournament to atone for his crimes in Outworld. Shang Tsung immediately
won the title of Grand Champion; however Shang Tsung was also cursed and must
take his opponents lives and steal their souls to maintain his youth. However
before being able to win 10 Mortal Kombat tournaments, a shaolin monk named
Kung Lao, with his speed and strength, overpowered Shang Tsung and won Grand
Champion. However Shao Kahn would not rest till the Earthrealm is his and years
later after the death of 1 of 3 tournament masters, Shang Tsung returned and
brought with him another warrior who inhabited Outworld, his name was Goro and
he belonged to a race of half human, half dragon called shokan. Goro battled in
the tournament and eventually fought the champion Kung Lao, Goro's speed and
strength proved too much for Kung Lao, even though he fought hard and long, he
eventually lost and Goro became the next Grand Champion. Shang Tsung then took
Kung Lao's soul and took control of the Mortal Kombat tournament and corrupted
it and would guarantee Shang Tsung immortality which he greatly desired. The
White Lotus society begins training of their warriors at an early age and tries
to send representatives to win the tournament every generation by holding their
own tournament where the winner would represent the White Lotus society. Goro
would then go on and win another 8 tournaments making a nine generation streak
and leaving Earth one more opportunity to defend itself. During this period an
Outworld master named Bo Rai Cho was hard at work training warriors to defeat
Shang Tsung, Bo Rai Cho being an Outworld warrior who had many battles with
Outworlders, was restricted from the tournament, for if he won it would be in
the name of the emperor he opposed, Shao Kahn because of his origin. So far all
have been failures.

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*Shujinko Begins Quest for the Kamidogus*
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Shujinko was a young boy that lived in a small village in the Earthrealm. His
adventure started one day when he was outside in the courtyard playing the
ancient Mortal Kombat battle of Kung Lao and Goro. Shujinko had always wanted
to compete in Mortal Kombat and defeat Shang Tsung to become the Grand
Champion. Then suddenly a bell rang and Shujinko had to meet with Bo Rai Cho
for a class in martial arts. He took several classes that day and became
confident in his martial arts abilities. After Shujinko completed all his
lessons with Bo Rai Cho he wanted to head out of the village and into the
world, however Bo Rai Cho would not let him until he felt Shujinko was ready
and told Shujinko to develop his skills further, discouraged, Shujinko complied
with Bo Rai Cho and turned back. Just then Shujinko met a spirit named Damashi
who is an emissary for the Elder Gods. He tells Shujinko of an important
mission that the Elder Gods want Shujinko to do. Shujinko wanted to help but
informed Damashi that Bo Rai Cho would not allow him to leave the village;
Damashi answered Shujinko by granting Shujinko the power to absorb the powers
of many warriors. Shujinko then heads back to Bo Rai Cho and tells him that he
is ready to prove himself in combat and defeats Bo Rai Cho in a spar. After
Shujinko wins the spar, Bo Rai Cho becomes convinced that Shujinko is ready and
offers to train Shujinko at Bo Rai Cho’s house located just outside the
village. Shujinko feels honored and tells Bo Rai Cho he will be at Bo Rai Cho’s
house shortly after completing a few tasks. Outside the village walls Damashi
greets Shujinko again and tells him that Shujinko is the Elder Gods champion
and tells Shujinko more about his mission and how he has to find the Kamidogus
in the different realms to help the Elder Gods. He also tells Shujinko that the
Elder Gods created portals in the Nexus to aid him in his quest and after the
conversation Damashi vanishes. Shujinko arrives at Bo Rai Cho’s house and Bo
Rai Cho offers to teach Shujinko all he knows about combat. Shujinko decided to
train with Bo Rai Cho and they trained for five years. Afterwards Bo Rai Cho
felt Shujinko was ready to go out on his own. Bo Rai Cho asks Shujinko if he
can find his warriors medallion, Bo Rai Cho lost it somewhere and recalled
having it at the docks and told Shujinko to search there. Shujinko was happy to
assist his mentor and set for the docks and decided to start asking around for
the medallion. At the docks Shujinko comes across a fisherman that lived on the
shore, the fisherman informs Shujinko that Bo Rai Cho left the warriors
medallion there a few nights ago when they were drinking Outworld liquor, he
said he would get it but a group of brigands attacked him and stole his key and
now he is locked out of the house. Shujinko tell the fisherman that he is going
to teach the brigands a lesson. Shujinko comes across 3 people who admitted to
taking the fisherman’s tackle box which has the key to the house and tells
Shujinko to stay out of it, Shujinko knocks out the leader and retrieves the
key for the fisherman. The fisherman tells Shujinko to come inside and Shujinko
retrieves the warriors’ medallion. He is on his way to return it to Bo Rai Cho
when he is stopped by Damashi. Damashi suggests Shujinko keeps it for the time
being since it will prove to warrior masters of the bearers great skills,
Shujinko complies with Damashi’s request. Shujinko then happened at the Lin
Kuei training ground and convinces the grandmaster that Shujinko is a great
warrior and proves it by the Warrior’s medallion; the Grandmaster is impressed
and tells Shujinko to go inside the Lin Kuei temple and be trained to be a Lin
Kuei warrior. After his training the Grandmaster instructs Shujinko to head to
the west and meet a Lin Kuei warrior there who has claimed to find a hidden
object. When Shujinko meets up with the Lin Kuei warrior he informs Shujinko
that the Red Dragon are around and know that the Lin Kuei have it, he instructs
Shujinko to take it back to the Lin Kuei temple while they distract the Red
Dragon, Shujinko complies, however Damashi appears before Shujinko and tells
him that he cannot return the item, which turned out to be the Kamidogu, to the
Lin Kuei. Shujinko is instructed to find and walk through the portal to the
Nexus. Shujinko eventually finds the portal and Damashi instructs Shujinko to
raise the Kamidogu above his head, Shujinko complies and the portal opens and
Shujinko walks through. The portal led to the Nexus, Damashi appears and tell
Shujinko that it was made to help the Elder Gods champion, he tells Shujinko
that it is a portal to the realms and that he should place the Kamidogu on the
alter. Shujinko does as he is instructed and the portal to the Netherrealm
opens up and Shujinko walks through. In the Netherrealm Damashi once again
appears to Shujinko and tells him that his soul would not normally be able to
exist here unless his soul was tainted with evil and told Shujinko that the
Kamidogu probably rested outside the city and in the plains of the Netherrealm
then Damashi once again vanishes. Shujinko wanders the Netherrealm and
approached a demon named Ashrah and asks if she is from the Netherrealm since
it does not look like she is. Ashrah says that she is but she found an ancient
sword that when she slays demons with purifies her soul and one day she hopes
to escape the Netherrealm. Shujinko tells Ashrah he is from the Earthrealm and
Ashrah offers to train Shujinko in combat suitable to protect himself from the
hostile Netherrealm residence, Shujinko readily accepts. After the training
Shujinko feels confident about braving the depths of the Netherrealm, Ashrah
suggests that he tests his skills against another warrior to see if he is truly
ready, Shujinko looks forward to the test and they both head into the
Netherrealm plains. Shujinko catches up to Ashrah where she is being confronted
by a Tarkatan warrior sent by Shao Kahn to deal with Ashrah for slaying Shao
Kahn’s men. The Tarkatan warrior and Ashrah then battled each other. Ashrah
defeats the Tarkatan warrior and afterwards tells Shujinko that he was not a
full demon so his death didn’t do much to uncorrupt her soul, she tells
Shujinko if he sees a powerful warrior named Ermac to lead him to her, Shujinko
says he will if he sees Ermac. Shujinko finds Ermac, but did not know it was
Ermac, who he finds out is also looking for a demon by orders of Shao Kahn, he
is however concerned that he will not have enough strength to destroy the demon
since the Netherrealm drains his powers, Ermac instructs Shujinko to find the
soul stone and in return will teach Shujinko his combat skills. Shujinko finds
the soul stone and reveals its location to Ermac right away, after Ermac’s
strength returns he explains about the soul stones purpose of being built by
sorcerers to replenish their energy in the Netherrealm plains, Ermac then makes
good on his promise and trains Shujinko in his combat skills. After the
training, Shujinko finds out that Ermac is also looking for Ashrah on orders of
Shao Kahn, Shujinko tells Ermac that Ashrah is also looking for him and points
Ermac in Ashrah’s direction. Ermac races to find Ashrah, Shujinko arrives to
see Ashrah and Ermac prepare for battle, Ashrah tells Ermac he will bring her
one step closer to being released from the Netherrealm, Ermac tells Ashrah that
he is no demon and she will pay for killing Shao Kahn’s allies. Ermac and
Ashrah then did battle. Ermac wins the battle and taunts Ashrah that she will
need to dish out more to defeat him, Ashrah complies, the fight raged on out of
Shujinko’s sight, however in their battle place the Kamidogu was left behind,
and Shujinko took it. When Shujinko gets back to the city gates he calls for
Damashi and he appears. Shujinko wonders why he has not seen Damashi in a long
time and Damashi explains that he is hesitant about traveling to the
Netherrealm because if he stays there too long or goes too deep into the plains
his avatar could be stuck there forever. Shujinko informs him of the
Netherrealm Kamidogu, Damashi is impressed and tells Shujinko to head back to
the Nexus and Shujinko headed back. Once back in the Nexus Shujinko placed the
Kamidogu on the altar and was confronted by a being named Monster who claimed
to be the Elder Gods champion who will stop Shujinko if he does not leave the
Nexus. Shujinko insists that he is Elder Gods champion and Monster prepared to
battle Shujinko. Shujinko defeated Monster and heads into the next portal to
the Chaosrealm. In the Chaosrealm Damashi appears to Shujinko again and
Shujinko asks who the warrior that attacked him was. Damashi replied that he
did not know and that if Monster thought he was the Elder Gods champion he was
mistaken and reinforced his statement that Shujinko is the Elder Gods champion.
Shujinko headed to the first transporter but it was being guarded by a Seidan
guard, the guard makes Shujinko fight him if he is to pass, they do battle and
Shujinko wins and used the teleporter. Shujinko comes across a citizen of the
Chaos realm who tells him that a wraith from the Netherrealm claimed the a
cemetery for the Brotherhood of Shadow, Shujinko offered to challenge the
warrior and went looking for him, upon arrival he finds the Brotherhood of the
Shadow member and that he claimed the land for the Brotherhood of Shadow,
Shujinko challenges the Netherrealm wraith and defeats him in battle. Shujinko
approaches the warrior Havik and was given the choice to state his business or
have his spine snapped; Shujinko says that he is searching for relics, Havik,
impressed with Shujinko’s chaotic wandering permits him to proceed. Havik also
gives Shujinko the task that if he can defeat and put pendants of chaos on the
four Seidan guards who is trying to restrict the flow of the Chaosrealm’s water
he would train Shujinko, Shujinko agrees and sets out to find the Seidan
guards. When Shujinko arrives at the control plant he meets a chaos realm
citizen that tries to sabotage the Seidan Guards but cannot since their numbers
are great. Shujinko offers to defeat them and meet him back when he is done.
Shujinko proceeded to defeat the four guards and meets back up with the
citizen, the citizen tells Shujinko that Havik awaits in the south town.
Shujinko meets up with Havik who tells Shujinko that he sent the guards back to
the Orderrealm to wreck chaos, Shujinko reminds Havik of their deal for him to
teach him, Havik is upset that Shujinko would hold him to his word and battled
Shujinko, afterwards Havik made it clear that it was a training session and not
a threat. Havik then gave Shujinko a key to the portal labyrinth. Shujinko
takes the portal warp to a bed of water where he finds the Chaosrealm Kamidogu,
however the water aged him. After several years Damashi returns to Shujinko and
tells him that he has aged but he did not perceive it, Damashi also tells
Shujinko to return to the Nexus and put the Kamidogu onto the altar. Shujinko
heads back to the Nexus and sets the Kamidogu onto the altar and the portal to
Outworld opens up and Shujinko heads through. Upon arrival to the Outworld
Damashi once again greets Shujinko, Shujinko says he has heard many tales of
this realm and it was ruled by Shao Kahn, this seemed to strike a nerve with
Damashi as he said that Shao Kahn was once an advisor to the realm much like
Raiden to the Earthrealm however he deceived and betrayed the former ruler
Onaga and took the realm for himself, Damashi leaves Shujinko to find the
Outworld Kamidogu. Shujinko encounters Mileena outside the city of Lei Chen in
Outworld, Mileena threatens to attack Shujinko and Shujinko says he will defend
himself if attacked because he is quite skilled in combat, Mileena proceeds to
attack. After the battle Mileena is impressed that Shujinko survived the
assault. Mileena asks Shujinko if he would talk to the overlord of Lei Chen and
convince him to surrender the city to Shao Kahn or they will be attacked by the
Tarkatan warriors, Shujinko accepts to talk to the Overlord if it means the
survival of the people of the city. Overlord Zeffeero was put in charge of the
city of Lei Chen but recently started rebelling against Shao Kahn. Shujinko
enters the city and talks to Zeffeero the overlord of the city to tell him of
the Tarkatan forces outside the city wall is willing to make a deal that they
will withdraw their forces if he surrenders himself and the city to Shao Kahn.
Zeffeero refuses and suggests an alternate plan, he says if Shujinko can go to
the realm of order and convince the Seidan guards to arrive the city will
remain safe. Zeffeero however did not have money to pay the Seidan guards and
suggested Shujinko to go to the Living Forest where a precious object was
located, he said to find it and offer it to the Seidan as payment, Shujinko
complied and went to the Living Forest, when he got there he found out that
Jade had already obtained the object. Shujinko challenged and defeated Jade in
combat and obtained the Outworld Kamidogu. Damashi appeared again and was
surprised that Shujinko already obtained the Outworld Kamidogu. Shujinko tried
to explain he did not realize it was the Kamidogu and he was instructed to
offer it to the Seidan as payment for coming and protecting the city of Lei
Chen from the Tarkatan warriors. Damashi tells Shujinko that he cannot use it
as a bargaining chip since the Kamidogu belongs to the Elder Gods and he must
not lose focus on his primary objective. He advises that if Shujinko really
wants to protect Lei Chen that he should go to Orderrealm and tell the guards
that the city is willing to give the Seidan occupying control of the city,
Shujinko does not want to do this but reluctantly agrees with Damashi. Shujinko
heads back to the Nexus and places the Outworld Kamidogu on the altar and opens
a portal to the Orderrealm and heads into the portal. Damashi appears once
again and tells Shujinko that the Seidan people upholds their laws very
strictly and that Shujinko cannot afford to get tangled up in their legal
system, Shujinko heeds Damashi’s warning and Damashi vanishes once again.
Shujinko meets Hotaru and tells him that King Zeffeero requests their
assistance to defend their city from Shao Kahn’s Tarkatan warriors and in
return would give Hotaru occupying control of the city; Hotaru says he has long
wanted to battle Shao Kahn but he is currently busy suppressing an uprising and
wants Shujinko’s help to end it. Shujinko offers to help any way he can and
Hotaru then trains Shujinko to be a member of the Seidan guard so that he can
legally partake in the assault against the rioters. After the training Hotaru
instructs Shujinko to defeat the resistance leader named Darrius and to meet
back with Hotaru afterwards and Shujinko headed off to find Darrius. He finds
Darrius and tells him of his intentions to defeat him and end the rioting,
Darrius says he looks forward to resisting arrest and they prepared to do
battle which Shujinko eventually wins. Shujinko reported back to Hotaru and
announced his success of defeating Darrius. Hotaru then made good on his
promise and traveled to Lei Chen in Outworld to protect it from the Tarkatan
hordes. Shujinko then heads back to the portal to the Nexus and to Outworld
where he wants to meet up with Hotaru. Shujinko meets up with Hotaru in the
city of Lei Chen and was informed that he drove off the Tarkatan warriors, he
also informed Shujinko that King Zeffeero didn’t recall making the arrangement
of giving Seido control of the city, Shujinko tried to say Zeffeero probably
forgot because he made the arrangement out of desperation. It didn’t matter
much to Hotaru though since he stripped the governing title from Zeffeero and
now controlled the city, he then left Shujinko so that he can see to Lei Chen’s
governing. When Shujinko leaves Lei Chen he is confronted by several Tarkatan
warriors and asked to follow them to their leader Baraka, Baraka is angry that
Shujinko did not get Zeffeero to surrender and that he brought Hotaru as
reinforcement against him. He wanted to get his Tarkatan warriors to kill him
however Shujinko tests Baraka’s pride and told Baraka he had get his warriors
to kill him because he could not kill him by himself. Baraka says he fears no
human and Shujinko responds by saying that Baraka and himself should battle,
but if Baraka lost he would have to complete a task for Shujinko. Baraka agrees
and they do battle which Shujinko wins. Afterwards Baraka wants to know what he
is supposed to do. Shujinko says he wants Baraka to train him. Baraka complies
and trains Shujinko. Afterwards Baraka tells Shujinko that his Tarkatan
warriors will allow him safe passage out of Outworld and tells Shujinko to go
to the portal and never return to Outworld again. Shujinko complies with Baraka
and returns to the portal and into the Nexus.

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*The Unholy Deal*
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Centuries passed and Quan Chi exhausted all methods of freeing Shinnok from the
Netherealm. It was around a decade before the last Mortal Kombat tournament
will be taking place that the sorcerer Quan Chi was approached by the sorcerer
Shang Tsung and they both were able to help each other out and make a deal. In
this deal Shang Tsung would search through Kung Lao's memory and discover the
location of the secret map of elements that would lead to Shinnok's amulet and
offer it to Quan Chi in exchange Quan Chi would take Queen Sindel's soul and
give it to Shinnok in the Netherrealm to taint the soul with evil and
reincarnate it on the Earthrealm, which would give Shao Kahn the power to step
through the dimensional gates and reclaim his queen and take the Earth realm,
whether not Goro won the 10th Mortal Kombat tournament. However what Shang
Tsung failed to inform Quan Chi about was the fact that the temple of elements
was guarded by the four elemental gods of the Earth realm, Fujin, the God of
wind, earth, water, and fire. The mere existence of the elemental gods made it
impossible for the sorcerer Quan Chi to retrieve the amulet that the Map of
Elements led to. However a human could, if Quan Chi could manage to get the
right human that could defeat the elements he would be able to retrieve the
amulet, thus Quan Chi later enlisted the help of Sub-Zero of the Lin Kuei and
Scorpion of the Shirai Ryu.

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*Sub-Zero and the Lin Kuei*
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In the realm of Earth of the northern parts of Asia, there existed a clan
called the Lin Kuei, which has existed for centuries and thrives on intentions
of people who pay for their services, the clan trained thieves and assassins
chosen at birth to be raised apart from the workings of day to day civilization
and stripped of their former lives. Only the clan knows of their own existence.
These humans all learned special skills and abilities which are passed down
from generation to generation. Sub-Zero was born in America as the oldest
sibling of a brother and sister. Their mother wanted a normal life for her sons
who were already chosen to serve the Lin Kuei. She tried to hide her sons from
their father whose life in America is to disguise the fact that he is a fourth
generation Lin Kuei warrior. The father eventually found and returned his sons
to his homeland to become Lin Kuei warriors; the mother and sister were never
heard from again. However the Lin Kuei had a rival clan called the Shirai Ryu.
Its founder was a renegade Japanese born Lin Kuei warrior and he developed the
art of ninjitsu. He offered his services and knowledge to lords and generals
and they were soon copied throughout Japan. Soon ninja clans emerged throughout
Japan. The ninjas were actually several small clans working together rather
than a single large collective clan. The style of Ninjutsu relied more on
weapons and the clan’s collective magical knowledge that most humans could
master with enough practice rather than individual warriors special powers. The
Japanese warrior was named Takeda and was always a target for assassination by
the Lin Kuei. He always managed to elude his attackers till his elder years
when he died, not of a vicious battle, but rather a poison slipped in his tea.
In Japan a man named Hanzo Hasashi was enticed to join the Shirai Ryu; he
mastered the style of shuriken which he learned from his father who was in a
ninja clan himself. His father forbade his son from joining any ninja clan
because he wanted his son to have a normal modern life. However Hanzo Hasashi
joined the Shirai Ryu because of quick money and he wished to afford his wife
and child the finest things in life. Sub-Zero, who mastered the element of cold
at a very early age from his father, which normally takes a lifetime to learn,
for this reason and that his skills had potential to develop faster than the
other Lin Kuei warriors; Sub-Zero was chosen to represent the Lin Kuei by the
grandmaster to go on the mission for Quan Chi to steal the Map of Elements.
However unknown to the Lin Kuei, Quan Chi also enlisted the help of their rival
clan, the Shirai Ryu. The warrior chosen from that clan was Hanzo Hasashi,
codenamed Scorpion, as a backup plan if Sub-Zero failed.

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*Sub-Zero's Mission*
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Sub-Zero and Scorpion arrived at the temple that housed the Map of Elements at
the same time. Scorpion tells Sub-Zero he will fail and that he will succeed
and runs off into the temple laughing. Sub-Zero soon gives chase trying to get
to the map before Scorpion. Sub-Zero then battles Shaolin monks that guard the
temple and eventually finds the map with Scorpion. Soon a battle between Sub-
Zero and Scorpion ensues to decide which clan will claim the map. Both warriors
fought well however Sub-Zero gained the upper hand and defeated Scorpion and
ripping his head and spine out, claiming Scorpion's life. Sub-Zero then
proceeds to take the map and escape the temple with a rope on the rooftop. Sub-
Zero returns to the Lin Kuei headquarters and offers the grandmaster the sacred
Map of Elements. Quan Chi all of a sudden arrives, very pleased that Sub-Zero
had succeeded in retrieving the map. Sub-Zero however was angry at the sorcerer
for enlisting the help of Scorpion and jeopardizing the mission by hiring
Scorpion, there was about to be a small quarrel between the two until the
grandmaster broke it up asking Quan Chi for payment. Quan Chi then poured out
the bones of the leader of the Shirai Ryu clan and announced he stripped the
skull of its flesh himself and personally made sure every last clan member was
vanquished forever, the grandmaster was pleased with Quan Chi and offered Sub-
Zero's services once again. Sub-Zero, who reluctantly agreed, was told the
meaning of the sacred Map of Elements, and that he would have to defeat the
four elemental gods- wind, earth, water, and fire then retrieve a small amulet.
Sub-Zero used the map and eventually found his way to the temple of elements
where Shinnok's amulet was held.

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*Battle for the Amulet*
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Sub-Zero upon arrival had to fight off shaolin monks that help guarded the
amulet. Sub-Zero also had to overcome traps, pitfalls, elements, blades to get
to his destination. The first god he had to face was the god of wind. Sub-Zero
had a vicious battle with the wind powered Fujin however in the end Sub-Zero
was the victor. He was then transported to the earth section of the temple and
defeated the god of earth by means of pulling a chain when the large god was
under a rising platform, smashing the god, he was then transported to the water
section where Sub-Zero defeated the god of water, and so on in the fire section
and Sub-Zero managed to defeat the last guardian, the god of fire. Sub-Zero
then ascended a stairway that he believed led to the amulet he was looking for;
he saw the amulet and was about to grasp the ancient artifact, never before
touched by human hands when all of a sudden the sorcerer Quan Chi grabbed the
amulet first. Quan Chi revealed the amulet's true purpose to Sub-Zero, that
when returned to Shinnok, he would be able to escape the Netherrealm and
destroy all realms including the Earthrealm and Shao Kahn's Outworld. Quan Chi
then teleported back to the Netherrealm, Sub-Zero, having completed his task
turned to head back to the Lin Kuei headquarters, however at that moment the
God of Thunder Raiden appeared to Sub-Zero and informed him of his grave
mistake. Sub-Zero tried to convince Raiden that Quan Chi was a lunatic and
there was no Shinnok and a Netherrealm. Raiden tells Sub-Zero to start
believing in Shinnok and the Netherrealm, because he was going to the
Netherrealm and follow Quan Chi and try to take the amulet back before he gave
it to Shinnok. He also offered Sub-Zero advice to beware of the Brothers of the
Shadow, for if he fails, his soul will join theirs and the souls of the entire
Earthrealm. Sub-Zero salutes Raiden and charges through the portal that Raiden
had opened to the Netherrealm.

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*Sub-Zero in the Netherrealm*
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In the Netherrealm Sub-Zero spots Quan Chi for a split second before Quan Chi
teleported away again. Sub-Zero found himself in a prison surrounded by guards;
Sub-Zero defeated the guards and made his way through the prison area. On a
long walkway Sub-Zero ran into a giant guard who knocks Sub-Zero unconscious
and throws him into a cell. In the cell he meets Scorpion once again. Scorpion
was angry that Sub-Zero killed him, but Sub-Zero tries to justify it by telling
Scorpion he would have been dead if he hadn't killed him. Scorpion was also
upset that Sub-Zero killed Scorpion's family and clan, Sub-Zero was perplexed
and informed Scorpion that Quan Chi was responsible for their murders and not
the Lin Kuei, however Scorpion does not believe Sub-Zero and a battle ensues.
Sub-Zero and Scorpion fight another vicious battle, and Scorpion comes equipped
with new attacks learned in the Netherrealm. However in the end Sub-Zero
manages to defeat Scorpion once again. Sub-Zero manages his way to the outer
wall of the prison and with the help of an ancient urn, known as the urn of
strength, was able to kick a giant statue of the ruler Shinnok and crush the
prison walls, and escape the prison. Unknown to Sub-Zero as he made his way
towards the Bridge of Immortality, that he was being spied through binoculars
by Quan Chi's personal assassins, Sareena, Kia, and Jatakka. They discussed
what to do about Sub-Zero, and finally Sareena decided to inform Quan Chi about
Sub-Zero. Quan Chi was well aware of Sub-Zero when Sareena explained Sub-Zero.
Quan Chi decided to send out the gate keepers to stop Sub-Zero in desperation,
Sareena tried to object with the intention of stopping Sub-Zero herself, but
Quan Chi would not have it. Sub-Zero crosses the Bridge of Immortality
defeating all gate keepers and finds the bridge has led to Shinnok's pyramid.
In the pyramid Sub-Zero battles his way through Shinnok's forces and eventually
encounters, defeats, and kills all of Quan Chi's assassins, with the exception
of Sareena, whom Sub-Zero sparred her life. Sub-Zero takes each assassin
teleporter crystals and uses them to teleport to Quan Chi's sanctuary. In the
sanctuary Quan Chi informs Sub-Zero that he had already given the amulet to
Shinnok and he was too late. Quan Chi also informs Sub-Zero the reason Raiden
sent Sub-Zero was because his soul was tainted with evil, which was the only
way he could enter the Netherrealm. Quan Chi also offers Sub-Zero a place among
the Brothers of the Shadow to worship Shinnok. Sub-Zero rejects Quan Chi's
offer and the two prepare to do battle. The two fought and when Sub-Zero had
almost beaten Quan Chi, the assassin Sareena teleports in and uppercuts Quan
Chi off the bridge. Sub-Zero was confused as why Sareena helped him. Sareena
tells Sub-Zero that he is still mortal and can escape the Netherrealm and she
wanted to escape with him. Sub-Zero started to explain that he could not leave
without the amulet, when a searing beam cuts through Sareena's chest and she
falls and dies in Sub-Zero's arms. Sub-Zero asks the old man who he is, and he
tells Sub-Zero that he is Shinnok and Sareena was dealt with how everyone would
be dealt with, but Sub-Zero would be dealt with as a bitter enemy. Sub-Zero and
Shinnok started a battle. Sub-Zero cannot hit Shinnok, for he had a force field
that blocks all his attacks. However the force field would temporarily leave
when Shinnok throws an energy ball. Sub-Zero realizes this, and when Shinnok
throws another energy ball, Sub-Zero trades it with an ice ball which freezes
Shinnok on the spot. Sub-Zero quickly runs to the teleportation chamber behind
him and teleports behind Shinnok and grabs Shinnok's amulet. Shinnok turns into
a giant demon and starts to charge Sub-Zero. Raiden opens a portal for Sub-
Zero, and he escapes with Shinnok's amulet, leaving Shinnok once again stranded
in the Netherrealm, and preventing the destructive battle with Shinnok once
again. On the other side of the portal Sub-Zero comes through the portal and
gives the amulet to Raiden. Raiden is impressed with Sub-Zero and tells him
perhaps he will reconcile his reckless past. Sub-Zero then takes the chance to
ask Raiden if what Quan Chi said about being sent to the Netherrealm because of
his evil soul was true. Raiden tells Sub-Zero he is a superb warrior but only
he can control his destiny and not even the gods can interfere with his chosen
path and then gives Sub-Zero the answer yes, but only Sub-Zero can change it.
Sub-Zero returns to the Lin Kuei headquarters and pledges his allegiance to the
Lin Kuei. The Lin Kuei grandmaster welcomes Sub-Zero back and informs Sub-Zero
of a new mission. The sorcerer Shang Tsung request that Sub-Zero take part in
the new Mortal Kombat tournament. However later, a wealth enemy of Shang Tsung
paid off the Lin Kuei to have Sub-Zero assassinate Shang Tsung. Later on Sub-
Zero would pass on the secrets of the location of the temple and the secrets of
stopping Shinnok down to his brother who would later inherit the name of Sub-
Zero.

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*The Red and Black Dragon Clan*
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Also in the realm of Earth, there existed a worldwide crime organization called
the Black Dragon. The Black Dragon clan sprang forth from another clan called
the Red Dragon, which have existed for centuries. The Red Dragon clan was
started by Daegon after he had been awakened, he had learned from his father
about the quest and the prize of godhood that came with winning the contest
between him and his brother Taven, however he had met with Shinnok before this
and Shinnok told Daegon that they decided to help Taven with the quest, Daegon
killed his parents to give him a greater chance of beating Taven. Daegon set up
his base of operations in a cavern in the Krimson Forest. There he started
bizarre experiment on his clan by trying to fuse Red Dragon members and dragons
into a hybrid. He also enslaved his dragon Caro in his chamber and forced him
to transport him and his Red Dragon anywhere in the realms that he needed. The
primary purpose of the clan was to scour every inch of Earthrealm for his
brother Taven and to kill him; he placed them in places that Taven was most
likely to appear such as their parents temples. The Red Dragon was also a crime
organization that stressed the importance of a code system and disciplined
fighting skills to carry out there operations. Unlike most crime clans the Red
Dragon used stealth and secrecy rather than brute force to complete their
intentions which gave them the advantage of not being well known and unable to
be pursued. The Black Dragon was formed by members of the Red Dragon who
thought the Red Dragon code restricted their potential. Since that point of
time, it has been the priority of the Red Dragon to eliminate all remnants of
the Black Dragon clan. Since then the Black Dragon has grew into a major crime
organization that became well known, respected, and feared among other crime
organizations as being mercenaries, thug, extortionists, and thieves. The Black
Dragon has become so powerful that it is a main target of the U.S. Special
Forces. There is no room for honor or compassion in the Black Dragon as
evidenced by their most notorious member Kano who will kill anyone for a price
and many others for fun. In years past a future member of the Red Dragon clan
named Hsu Hao had been part of the Chinese military, and had a cybernetic heart
to enhance physical strength. With the implant Hsu Hao is not easily distracted
and lives to serve the will of the Red Dragon Clan, he has no ambition so there
is no distraction, only his duty to the clan, and also made him an excellent
student for Mavado to train. The same surgeon later worked on Kano's eye
implant. The modern day members of the Black Dragon are Kano, Kabal, Jarek,
Tasia, No Face, and Tremor. The only known Red Dragon members are Mavado and
Hsu Hao.

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*Jax and the Black Dragon*
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In the Earth realm the Black Dragon also had a rivalry going on with the U.S.
Special Forces. Prior to the Mortal Kombat tournament, the criminal Kano had
broken into the maximum security prison facility and helped with the escape of
his fellow Black Dragon members who was imprisoned. Kano put an explosive
device on the inside wall and he and the escapees No Face, Tasia, Jarek, and
Tremor had escaped. While riding in his car the leader of the U.S. Special
Forces Jax received a transmission from the Special Forces headquarters about
Kano and the escapees. Gemini, the Special Forces transmitter then received a
transmission from Lt. Sanchez, leader of a group sent to recapture Kano. Gemini
patched the transmission through to Jax and Lt. Sanchez informed Jax about
their location and that they found the Black Dragon. Jax orders Lt. Sanchez not
to engage in battle till Jax arrives however gunshots go off in the background
and the transmission is lost. Jax, upon arrival finds the Special Forces all
murdered. Jax vowed Kano will pay. Jax then enters the warehouse and makes his
way through the warehouse and fights his way through the Black Dragon. He
eventually comes across one of the escapees; No Face, and after a battle full
of explosives, Jax defeats No Face. He is contacted once again Gemini and Jax
tells Gemini that there is a staircase and he is going to follow to see where
it leads. The staircase led to a sewer and Jax makes his way through it and
battles the next escapee Tasia and defeated her in battle. Gemini and Jax make
contact once again and Gemini tells Jax that one of the Black Dragon let it
spill that the Black Dragon are trying to put on a respectable face and is
hiding at a corporate building. Jax arrives and fights his way through and
finds out that Kano has gone to the lost city called Sing Kiang, and he
encounters the third escapee Jarek, Jax defeated Jarek in battle but failed to
kill him. Jax then goes to Sing Kiang and battles his way through more of the
Black Dragon and finds the last escapee Tremor in front of a dimensional portal
to Outworld. Jax defeats Tremor. Afterwards he contacts Gemini that there is a
portal to another dimension that the Black Dragon was guarding, and he had to
go through it to stop Kano. Gemini pleas for Jax not to go and tells him that
their satellite communication wasn’t designed to work in other dimensions. Jax
goes through the portal despite the danger. On the other side Jax finds he is
now in the Outworld and he battles the Outworld residents to find clues on
Kano's whereabouts. Jax finally figures out how to open another portal that
takes him to where Kano is. Kano tells Jax that he found the Eye of Shitian,
and with it he will control the world. Jax and Kano battle and after an
intensive battle Jax manages to win and takes Kano and the Eye of Shitian back
to Earth.

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*The Mortal Kombat Tournament*
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Sometime before the last Mortal Kombat tournament was supposed to start Shang
Tsung discovered a master swordsman named Kenshi. Shang Tsung recognized that
Kenshi was a descendent of a long line of warrior kings and Shang Tsung was
determined to consume the souls of the warrior kings. Kenshi was also
accomplished warrior and slew many great warriors, after slaying a master
swordsman in Japan, Shang Tsung under the name of Song came up to Kenshi and
told Kenshi of a ancient and historically important sword and convinced Kenshi
he should have the sword. Kenshi convinced himself that he should have the
sword to reflect his greatness and agreed to meet Shang Tsung in China to go
and retrieve it. Shang Tsung led Kenshi down the labyrinth tomb and tricked
Kenshi into opening up a heavy stone lid that would contain the sword, however
upon opening up the stone Kenshi was blinded by a green blast that was a result
of the releasing the souls of his ancestors which also left Kenshi blinded.
Shang Tsung consumed the souls, prolonging his life and left Kenshi to die in
the tomb, however a force from the source led Kenshi out of the tomb, Kenshi
now seeks vengeance on Shang Tsung and vows to return his ancestors souls to
the sword. Damashi appears to Shujinko and tells him that the Elder Gods is
allowing Shujinko to fulfill his dream of competing in Mortal Kombat, Shujinko
is speechless but excited and returns to Earthrealm. Upon arrival he meets the
warrior Kenshi, Kenshi explains a little about his past with Shang Tsung and
how he became blinded. Kenshi also reveals that he is still looking for Shang
Tsung and he will continue looking for him in his present area and tells
Shujinko if he helps Kenshi will train him to fight without his eyes, Shujinko
agrees to Kenshi’s request and Kenshi tells Shujinko to look for him in the
south. Shujinko then happens upon Nightwolf who offers to cleanse Shujinko of
corruptness in his soul, Shujinko accepts and works with Nightwolf to cleanse
his soul. In the Honan Province of China, two weeks before the Mortal Kombat
tournament was to begin again, a warrior named Liu Kang requests permission
from the Shaolin Temple to represent the Shaolin in Mortal Kombat. Liu Kang,
whom was trained by the legendary Outworld master named Bo Rai Cho, was
convinced that he could defeat Goro because of his overconfidence. The Shaolin
gives Liu advice and grants him permission to enter the tournament. Liu Kang
vows that he will not fail. After spending many years with Nightwolf; Shujinko
learned how to heighten his awareness and control the evilness in him. After
several years Shujinko then heads out and catches up with Shang Tsung, Shang
Tsung is looking for warriors to compete in Mortal Kombat. When Shujinko finds
out it is Shang Tsung he told him of his boyhood dreams of defeating him in
Mortal Kombat and ridding the world of him. Shang Tsung agrees to let him
compete in Mortal Kombat if he can prove himself in a fight. Shujinko and Shang
Tsung then prepared for battle. Shujinko eventually bests Shang Tsung in the
battle. After the battle Shang Tsung says he will enjoy consuming his soul when
Shujinko loses. Shujinko reveals to Shang Tsung that another warrior wants to
see his demise too and requests that his accomplice to be able to compete in
Mortal Kombat. Shang Tsung knew it was Kenshi and says that he is most welcome
to join but would have to hurry if Kenshi was to enact his revenge since the
tournament began soon. Shang Tsung vanishes and Shujinko runs off. Shujinko
then meets up with Kenshi once again and informs him that Shang Tsung invited
them both to compete in Mortal Kombat and that Shang Tsung was aware that
Kenshi was after him. Kenshi came to realize that this is how Shang Tsung was
able to stay one step ahead of Kenshi. Kenshi then offered to train Shujinko
when they are done they talked about the Mortal Kombat tournament and how they
both want to defeat him. Kenshi tells Shujinko he will meet Shang Tsung on his
island and runs off to join the tournament. Damashi then appears to Shujinko
because he sensed a change in him, Shujinko tells him it’s because his soul has
been cleansed, Damashi says it is an unfortunate turn of events because the
evilness in his soul allows him to go to the Netherrealm and he wants Shujinko
to return to the Netherrealm to regain the corruptness back even with Shujinko
trying to object. Shujinko tried telling Damashi he was on his way to compete
in Mortal Kombat but Damashi says that he needs to fulfill his obligation to
the Elder Gods, Shujinko reluctantly agrees. Shujinko then begins to head
towards the portal to the Nexus when he happens upon Raiden, Raiden is trying
to block off passage to the portal because it was activated. Shujinko informs
Raiden it was him who opened it because he is the Elder Gods champion, Raiden
does not believe him and forces him to test his abilities in a fight. Shujinko
wins the fight and Raiden apologizes for doubting Shujinko, he asks if Shujinko
has come to aid them in Mortal Kombat. Shujinko says he did but has recently
been redirected to the Netherrealm and offered to aid Earthrealm in Mortal
Kombat if he is done in the Netherrealm in time. Raiden thanks Shujinko then
leaves, Shujinko then enters the portal to the Nexus, from the Nexus Shujinko
returns to the Netherrealm where he will spend some amount of time in. In the
Netherrealm Scorpion was giving permission by his demons to return to the
Earthrealm and take revenge of his murder on Sub-Zero. On tournament day, the
movie actor Johnny Cage awaits Shang Tsung's ship to arrive and take him to the
tournament. His agents try to persuade him not to go, but Johnny Cage was
already set on going and boards the ship when it comes in. A few miles away
Sonya Blade, member of a top U.S. Special Forces unit, is in a vehicle in
pursuit of Kano, whom has just escaped prison and his Black Dragon clan. Kano
was on his way to Shang Tsung's tournament because of the rumor of Shang
Tsung's palace's treasures. He tells the Black Dragon after he wins the
tournament to have the whole Black dragon gang there because of all the
treasure; they will be looting for months. He then jumps out the back of the
jeep and onto the Special Forces van and runs in the other direction. Sonya and
her partner Jake goes after Kano and tells the rest to stay after the Black
Dragon jeep. By the dock Kano comes out of hiding and shoots explosive barrels
behind Sonya to create a distraction, and then he jumps on Shang Tsung's ship.
Sonya then calls in for a ship and slowly follows Shang Tsung's ship. Meanwhile
somewhere in the mountains in Japan, Shang Tsung walks through the God of
Lightning and Thunder, Raiden's lands to personally invite him to take part in
the Mortal Kombat tournament, Raiden accepts. On the ship Johnny Cage and Kano
get in a small fight. Johnny Cage is outnumbered and getting beaten up by Kano
and 2 friends Kano has already made. Liu Kang is in a corner and tells Kano
that Johnny Cage is outnumbered. This distracts Kano long enough for Johnny
Cage to get up and deliver his signature move, the shadow kick on Kano. Before
Kano's friends can interfere, Liu Kang gives them a flying kick and ends the
quarrel. Liu Kang and Johnny Cage then becomes more acquainted, however no
warrior noticed that the Lin Kuei warrior Sub-Zero watched from an upper deck.
The ninja Scorpion sneaks up on Sub-Zero and grabs him and tells Sub-Zero how
Shinnok allowed him to come back to avenge his death. Sub-Zero can't believe
Scorpion is back, and Scorpion says though he could kill Sub-Zero at any
moment, he isn’t a murderer and they will fight at the tournament. Sub-Zero
walks away and calls Scorpion a fool for sparing his life. At sunrise the next
day, the ship makes it to Shang Tsung's island and after a day of practice he
addresses all kombatants, and introduces Sonya Blade, whom was ambushed by
Shang Tsung's army. Her companion’s safety forces her to compete. Then the
tournament champion Goro shouts "Let the tournament begin". Shang Tsung also
had his bodyguard hidden at the bottom of the pit, and was instructed to attack
any warrior that poses a threat. Liu Kang won the Mortal Kombat tournament by
defeating Goro. However after the final battle of the Mortal Kombat tournament,
another battled took place in Shang Tsung’s Palace. The fight was not one on
one but rather an all out brawl. On the Outworld side it was Reptile, Scorpion
and Kano. The Earthrealm side was Sub-Zero, Johnny Cage and Sonya. Sometime
during the battle Liu Kang challenged Shang Tsung to a battle. Shang Tsung
sprung into battle and a hard battle ensued. At one point it looked as if Shang
Tsung was going to be victorious and take Liu Kang’s soul however Kung Lao, who
was disguised as Shang Tsung’s masked guard saved Liu Kang’s life and made it
known that he snuck into the tournament for the purpose of freeing his
ancestors. Soon Baraka and another Tarkata charged into battle. Kung Lao
decapitated one with his hat but not Baraka. Liu Kang and Shang Tsung resumed
their battle and Liu Kang gained the upper hand and delivered his flying kick
to Shang Tsung, the move his tutor Bo Rai Cho taught him. Then a roar came out
of the dark passage across the room and the champion of Mortal Kombat, Goro,
appeared from out of the darkness. Goro charged at the warriors and was
wrecking havoc. However Shang Tsung knew that he was defeated and used Goro’s
distraction to give him time to open up a portal into Outworld and escaped. The
other Outworld warriors followed Shang Tsung’s lead. However Shang Tsung’s
island was held together by his existence and the island started crumbling and
Raiden appeared and instructed the Earth warriors how to escape from the
island. Liu Kang and Kung Lao had the ground break under their feet however and
they feel down a hole into Goro’s Lair. In Goro’s lair Liu Kang and Kung Lao
was warned by Raiden to make their way out before the island crumbled. Liu Kang
and Kung Lao had to battle Onis who lived in Goro’s lair to fight their way
out. Liu Kang and Kung Lao made it to the pit stage and saw Johnny Cage on the
bridge above them, Johnny Cage informed Liu Kang and Kung Lao that the way off
the island was up there and Liu Kang and Kung Lao followed. Liu Kang and Kung
Lao made their way through the upper parts of Goro’s lair and into another pit
stage where they had to fight an Oni overlord. After that they found the portal
to the Wu Shi Academy; they defeated Shang Tsung’s masked guards for the key
and made their escape.

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*The Outworld Tournament*
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Sometime after the Mortal Kombat tournament Scorpion found Sub-Zero and killed
him; sending him to the Netherealm. After his death Sub-Zero arrived in the
Netherrealm, his soul was tainted with evil and he eventually became the dark
warrior called Noob Saibot. At the Wu Shi Academy; Raiden and the shaolin monks
had an award ceremony for Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Sonya and Johnny Cage. Raiden
placed a medal around each warrior’s neck and gave them all their individual
praises; and said they all deserved a nice long rest. Suddenly outside the
academy Baraka and a band of Tarkatan warriors attacked the Wu Shi Academy with
catapults. Raiden tells the Earth warriors to defend the Wu Shi Academy and
they all headed into the academy walls. Liu Kang and Kung Lao made their way
through the courtyard to the actual Academy. Meanwhile Sonya Blade was by
herself in another part of the academy; she saw an injured monk and went to go
aid him when suddenly Baraka jumped down and killed the monk. Sonya and Baraka
had a short fight and Sonya blasted Baraka. When Sonya got close Baraka tripped
Sonya and slammed her against the wall knocking her unconscious; Baraka then
kidnapped Sonya and took her to Outworld. At the Wu Shi Academy Liu Kang and
Kung Lao met up with Johnny Cage; Johnny Cage got Liu Kang and Kung Lao to
assist in defending him while he closed the gates to the academy. After Johnny
Cage closed off the gates he tells Liu Kang and Kung Lao to head to the other
academy to assist them. Meanwhile by the portal to the Outworld Raiden defeated
two attacking Tarkatan warriors and was confronted by Shang Tsung. Raiden was
mad that Shang Tsung is breaking the rules of Mortal Kombat and they engaged
each other; with Shang Tsung coming out on top. At the other academy, Liu Kang
and Kung Lao found the place heavily under siege and in flames. They proceeded
to use the water system to put out the fires and after they succeeded Johnny
Cage appeared to them and informed them that they captured Sonya. Liu Kang and
Kung Lao then began to spar with each other. Shang Tsung morphed into Johnny
Cage and was sneaking behind the trees, he then morphed into Raiden and walked
up to Liu Kang and Kung Lao. Shang Tsung then tells them that Shang Tsung is
not as defeated as they had hoped and he faced Shang Tsung when Liu Kang and
Kung Lao were fighting the Tarkata. He says that Shang Tsung is now defying the
Elder Gods because Baraka could not get to Earth without the help of Shang
Tsung. He tells Liu Kang and Kung Lao that Shang Tsung will want vengeance
after his defeat in the Mortal Kombat tournament and that they needed to take
the fight to Outworld. Liu Kang wanted revenge against the Outworlders
responsible for the attack on the temples and he had to also defend his title
of champion of Mortal Kombat. Liu Kang and Kung Lao accept the responsibility
to fight in Outworld; Shang Tsung then tells them to take the portal. Shang
Tsung leads them into the portal and into Outworld, and Johnny Cage secretly
followed them. In the Outworld Shang Tsung says that he will keep his presence
limited there so as not to attract Shang Tsung’s attention and endangering Liu
Kang and Kung Lao. He also warns that be weary if they encounter Sonya Blade,
because she may no longer be a friend since the realm twists souls. Shinnok
hears about the events and the battle about to ensue in Outworld and sends Noob
Saibot to spy and report back on what he learns. From the Portal Liu Kang and
Kung Lao make their way to another portal into the evil monastery; there they
catch a glimpse of Princess Kitana before Kitana runs up the tower. When Liu
Kang and Kung Lao are in the tower; Shang Tsung appeared before them and tells
them that they can find a potential ally in the Princess Kitana and a little
history of how Outworld wasn’t always a wasteland like it is now. He gives them
a warning not to let this happen to them and takes off. Liu Kang and Kung Lao
fought there way through demons to reach the top of the tower. At the top of
the tower they meet Kitana; Kitana introduces herself and says she is the
daughter of Shao Kahn and they are enemies of Outworld and her enemies. Then a
small fight ensues. Losing the edge Kitana heads through a portal; Shang Tsung
appears and tells Liu Kang and Kung Lao she is under a holding spell and that
they must set her free. Liu Kang and Kung Lao head into the portal after Kitana
and throw her into a trap where the spell is supposed to be broken. However 2
other warriors, Jade; Kitana’s best friend and Mileena; Kitana’s clone appears
to help Kitana out. They free Kitana and she, Mileena and Jade do battle with
Liu Kang and Kung Lao. Liu Kang then throws Kitana back in the trap and fends
off Mileena and Jade while Kitana’s spell is being broken. After the spell
breaks Princess informs Liu Kang she is free but to do battle with Mileena and
Jade because they will not let Kitana go without a fight. Liu Kang and Kung Lao
then battles Mileena and Jade and kills Jade. Afterwards Liu Kang helps Kitana
up, and introduces him and Kung Lao to Kitana. He tells Kitana they are trying
to stop Shang Tsung from taking Earth and Kitana tells them it is not Shang
Tsung that wants Earth. Kung Lao informs that Jade is dead but Mileena is only
stunned. Kitana grieves for her best friend Jade. Afterwards Kung Lao forces
Mileena to explain some things. Mileena let spill that Shao Kahn forced Jade to
track down Kitana and she and Jade were given a spell to control Kitana. Kitana
says he blames Shao Kahn for this; Mileena then attacks Kung Lao and escapes
through the portal; Kitana pursues saying she cant let Mileena get away. Liu
Kang and Kung Lao give chase as well through the portal. On the other side they
are greeted by Shang Tsung. Shang Tsung explains that the more they win battles
the more they weaken Shang Tsung in Outworld, Liu tries to ask who Shao Kahn is
and where is Kitana. Shang Tsung refuses to answer and tells them to go win
more victories to save Earthrealm. Liu Kang and Kung Lao go back down the tower
and go back to the portal. There they see Reptile go through a portal to the
living forest. Reptile hides in the shadows and stops those who threaten his
master Shao Kahn. They decided to pursue Reptile to defeat him to weaken Shang
Tsung some more. Little did they know that Johnny Cage was watching Liu Kang
and Kung Lao from a higher ground. Liu Kang and Kung Lao made their way through
the living forest and eventually find Reptile’s lair. They make their way to
the end of Reptile’s lair and find an arena where Reptile’s pet snake attacks.
Liu Kang and Kung Lao kill the snake by destroying the pillars and knocking
them down to a lower arena where the rocks smashed the snake. Then Reptile did
battle with Liu Kang and Kung Lao. Liu Kang and Kung Lao are eventually
victorious and kill Reptile. Liu Kang and Kung Lao made their way out of
Reptile’s lair and Kung Lao jumped down the waterfall; just then Shang Tsung
appeared to Liu Kang and told him that he thinks that Kung Lao may be a danger
because of his personal quest for family honor and places some doubt in Liu
Kang about Kung Lao. Liu Kang jumps down the waterfall and joins Kung Lao. At
one point Liu Kang did battle with some zombies in the living forest and Shang
Tsung appeared to Kung Lao and gave him advice to trust his instincts then
disappeared before Liu Kang knew Shang Tsung was there. Liu Kang and Kung Lao
make their way back to the portal. Back in the portal Shang Tsung appears
before Liu Kang and Kung Lao and tells them that there are soul tombs which are
the source of Shang Tsung’s power and whenever someone dies, their souls feed
into the soul tombs and makes Shang Tsung stronger. Kung Lao is concerned how
to fight this and wonders if they should stop killing. Shang Tsung says no but
they should go to the soul tombs and destroy the soul repository to weaken
Shang Tsung. He also reveals that the black dragon clan is in Outworld trying
to free a fellow member, Kano, and then Shang Tsung disappears. Liu Kang and
Kung Lao made took the portal to the soul tombs and found that there were 2
doors. They took one and solved some puzzles to get to a battle with the Orachi
Hellbeast. After they defeated the Orachi Hellbeast they made their way to the
beginning area where they found that a beam him a point on the opposite wall.
They went through the other door and solved a puzzle that allowed a statue to
drop a sword to make a sacrifice and make their way into Shang Tsung’s soul
repository. At the soul repository Liu Kang and Kung Lao see Shang Tsung regain
his youth using the souls at the repository; Shang Tsung then attacks Liu Kang
and Kung Lao and defeats them; he plays powerful by saying their souls aren’t
worthy additions to his power and tells the shadow priest in the room with him
to kill them and he escapes through a portal. Afterwards Liu Kang and Kung Lao
destroyed the soul repository and went back to the beginning area where another
beam hit the wall; revealing another door that led to the Tarkatan leader
Baraka. When they entered Baraka was killing shaolin monks captured at the Wu
Shi Academy; then Baraka sprang into battle with Liu Kang and Kung Lao. After a
battle Liu Kang and Kung Lao finally won by impaling soul weapons into Baraka
and the souls killed Baraka. Then Shang Tsung appeared and Liu Kang informed
him that they have done what Shang Tsung suggested; Shang Tsung acknowledged
then disappeared. Then Liu Kang and Kung Lao witnessed their ancestors souls
engaged in a dispute and they tried to figure it out. Liu Kang and Kung Lao
made their way back to the portal area; from there they take the only other
portal to another portal area. They see Princess Kitana confront Mileena there;
Kitana tells Mileena she will not let Mileena tell Shao Kahn that he no longer
controls her. Kitana and Mileena get in a fight and Mileena got the upper hand
and ran away. Liu Kang asks where did Mileena go and Kitana says that she went
to the wastelands to get assistance from Goro to kill her, Liu Kang and Kung
Lao; Kitana gave chase and Liu Kang and Kung Lao followed into the portal to
the wastelands. Sometime after this Mileena does inform Shao Kahn about Kitana;
Shao Kahn instructs Mileena to stop Kitana. Liu Kang and Kung Lao fought the
Red and Black dragon clans and made their way through the wastelands. At one
point they found the black dragon member Kabal trapped in a cage. Kung Lao used
his hat to cut him down and free him. They tell Kabal they are trying to stop
Shang Tsung and ask if Kabal will help them; Kabal says he cannot because his
clan needs him right now and he must warn them that they were betrayed by one
of their own members. He tells them that he too is opposed to Shang Tsung
though and that an enemy of his enemy is his friend and he walks off. Kung Lao
makes a comment of it being a waste of time freeing him, Shang Tsung appears
and tells Kung Lao that he is wrong and that they are looking to freeing
Outworld as well then disappears. Liu Kang and Kung Lao then made their way
though the wastelands once more and found a place where they had to battle
warriors called the elemental knights, with the help of Shang Tsung they
defeated the elemental knights and unlocked a passage to another area of the
wastelands. Suddenly Liu Kang and Kung Lao were surrounded by a wall of ice,
Kung Lao used his hat a sliced it and found the Lin Kuei warrior Sub-Zero
there, this is the younger brother of Sub-Zero. Sub-Zero was sent by the Lin
Kuei to assassinate Shang Tsung after his brother failed to return. Sub-Zero
was also followed by his best friend Smoke. Sub-Zero says that he doesn’t care
who they are; he calls everyone an enemy. After a battle with Sub-Zero Kung Lao
slashed Sub-Zero’s eye with his hat was about to kill him but Liu Kang saved
Sub-Zero’s life. Sub-Zero was surprised that Liu Kang did that and asked why.
Liu Kang says that Raiden told him that Sub-Zero was killed by Scorpion after
the tournament and wanted to know who he was. Sub-Zero said that the Sub-Zero
who died was his brother and he came to believe his brother is still alive and
came to Outworld to avenge him and that he was told if he could find some
vestige of his brother he may find him. Sub-Zero asks why Liu Kang and Kung Lao
are there. Liu Kang answers that they are there to stop Shang Tsung and think
that their ally Princess Kitana is in danger from her clone Mileena, who has
come to ask assistance from Goro. Liu Kang then says he heard a red dragon
member talk about another prisoner and wonders if it could be Kitana. Sub-Zero
starts to think he is wrong about Liu Kang and Kung Lao being an enemy since
they did not kill him, he says he will repair a boat to take them further into
the wastelands and challenge Goro. With the help of Sub-Zero they go into a
lair deep in the wastelands. Just outside where Goro is Sub-Zero freezes a part
of the wall to let Liu Kang and Kung Lao cross, when they get to the other side
Sub-Zero is attacked by Scorpion. Scorpion mistakes Sub-Zero for the one who
killed him and again seeks revenge for his family and clan. When Scorpion
notices that Liu Kang and Kung Lao are watching he escapes into a portal to the
Netherealm. Sub-Zero tells Liu Kang and Kung Lao that Scorpion killed his
brother and that Liu Kang and Kung Lao need to go on, he says he cannot go with
them anymore but if he finds Goro he will keep his oath, then Sub-Zero follows
Scorpion to the Netherealm. Liu Kang and Kung Lao then go into the next room
and confronted by Goro. After Goro was defeated Liu Kang was about to kill
Goro, then Johnny Cage stepped in front of Liu Kang and finished Goro off. Liu
Kang was upset that Johnny Cage didn’t allow him to finish Goro because he was
the Mortal Kombat champion. Kung Lao and Johnny Cage were surprised by what Liu
Kang said. Then Liu Kang attacked Kung Lao, he tried to continue the attack but
Johnny Cage shadow kicked him and revealed that it was Shang Tsung
impersonating Liu Kang. Shang Tsung disappeared and the real Liu Kang came and
helped Kung Lao up. Soon Shang Tsung returned again disguised as Raiden and
said he had another mission for Johnny Cage and took Johnny Cage away. Liu Kang
and Kung Lao then went through a portal to the dead pool and took another
portal back to the main portal area. At one point Liu Kang and Kung Lao finds
Mileena’s secret hiding spot and does battle with her, they defeated her but
Kitana interferes but Mileena sends Kitana through a portal and captures her;
Liu Kang and Kung Lao continue with their journey. Then Liu Kang and Kung Lao
took the portal to the Netherealm. Upon arrival in the Netherealm Kung Lao asks
Shang Tsung how they are able to exist in the Netherealm since only tainted
souls can exist there. Shang Tsung says their souls are tainted because they
have killed on their journey, then Shang Tsung vanishes. Kung Lao becomes
suspicious because Raiden should not be able to exist in the Netherealm. Liu
Kang and Kung Lao then happens upon the dark ninja Noob Saibot battling Sub-
Zero, however Noob Saibot used Liu Kang and Kung Lao’s entrance as the
distraction he needed to escape. Liu Kang and Kung Lao were about to give chase
but Sub-Zero stopped them. Kung Lao asked about him chasing after Scorpion.
Sub-Zero says he was until he found Noob Saibot who he says he thinks is his
brother and he is trying to free him. Kung Lao suspects that Noob Saibot may be
working for Shang Tsung which Sub-Zero assures them that he is not, he then
tells them to defeat Scorpion to defeat Shang Tsung. Sub-Zero says that finding
Scorpion will not be hard because Scorpion wants to kill Liu Kang and Kung Lao.
Liu Kang and Kung Lao part ways with Sub-Zero and goes off to find Scorpion.
They eventually find Scorpion who has been watching them and attacks them. Liu
Kang and Kung Lao eventually defeat Scorpion and heads to the portal out of the
Netherealm. On the other side of the portal they were greeted by Shang Tsung.
He points out the door that was open to the place where they will find Shang
Tsung. After Kung Lao walks away Shang Tsung plants some seeds of doubt into
Liu Kang about Kung Lao, Liu Kang suspects that Shang Tsung is impersonating
Kung Lao. Afterwards Raiden disappears and Liu Kang and Kung Lao head into the
portal to the foundry. Liu Kang and Kung Lao split up at one point and Kung Lao
runs into Jax. Jax says that he was sent by Raiden to rescue Sonya. He confirms
that Raiden has been helping him the whole time then says he has to head off
again to search for Sonya, Liu Kang rejoins Kung Lao as they wander through the
foundry. They found out that they had to make a sword to break the crystals to
open a door to Shang Tsung. After breaking the 2 crystals and opening up the
passage they find themselves in a prison area with Johnny Cage and Kitana
captured. Kung Lao makes a comment of how he doesn’t trust Raiden. To Liu Kang
this seems like enough evidence to conclude Shang Tsung is impersonating Kung
Lao and he attacks Kung Lao. Raiden then appears to break up the fight and
tries to tell them that Shang Tsung is using them to get stronger; then Raiden
was hit with a blast. Liu Kang and Kung Lao turn around to see that he was hit
by Shao Kahn. Shao Kahn tells them to follow them if they want to defeat Shang
Tsung. Liu Kang and Kung Lao goes and talks to Kitana in the cell and she tells
them that she saw some more prisoners go in through the door on the right. Just
then guards hear them and come out; Liu Kang and Kung Lao defeat the guards and
goes through the door to see Jax trying to free Sonya. Jax succeeds but at the
same time frees Kano. Kano does battle with Liu Kang, Kung Lao and Jax however
the odds were not in his favor and he was defeated, he did manage to escape
afterwards though. Afterwards Jax and Sonya thank Liu Kang and Kung Lao. Liu
Kang and Kung Lao then get ready to do battle with Shao Kahn; Jax apologizes
for not being able to help but he has to get Sonya back to Earthrealm to treat
her wounds; Jax and Sonya then head through a portal to the Earthrealm. Liu
Kang and Kung Lao then head out into Shao Kahn’s arena. Shao Kahn then tells
Liu Kang and Kung Lao they are not welcome to Outworld and says they serve him
and reveals Shang Tsung’s plot of how he tricked them. Shang Tsung then appears
disguised as Raiden and attacks them; Liu Kang thinks Raiden is under a spell;
Kung Lao attacks Raiden and Shang Tsung reverts back to his original self. Liu
Kang and Kung Lao then battles Shang Tsung and defeats him. Shao Kahn then has
to think of how he will deal with Liu Kang and Kung Lao, the Outworlders in the
arena start chanting Kintaro and Shao Kahn grants their wish and the shokan
warrior Kintaro comes out to do battle. Liu Kang and Kung Lao battle and manage
to defeat Kintaro as well. Afterwards Liu Kang and Kung Lao confront Shao Kahn
and tell him to release their friends; Shao Kahn says they can go free if they
defeat Shao Kahn. Kung Lao then attacks Shao Kahn but Shao Kahn counters Kung
Lao’s attack. However Raiden already released Johnny Cage and Kitana and they
came running out into the arena and Liu Kang and Kung Lao battled Shao Kahn.
After a long battle Raiden threw lightning at Shao Kahn and turned him into
stone; Liu Kang and Kung Lao then both delivered a kick breaking him and
achieving victory. Raiden commends Liu Kang and Kung Lao on saving Earthrealm
and Outworld. Kitana then commends Liu Kang and tells him that she will rebuild
the realm according to her true father’s wishes. Kung Lao asks Raiden if he
freed his ancestors; Raiden confirms he did which was the only reason he was
allowed to follow the enemy. Raiden then leads Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Johnny Cage
and Kitana away. Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Johnny Cage returned to Earthrealm while
Kitana stayed in Outworld. Raiden returned to the heavens. Sub-Zero and Smoke
returned to the Lin Kuei headquarters. Little did the Earthrealm warriors know
that Shao Kahn was far from dead. He had returned and resurrected Jade, Baraka,
Reptile, Kintaro, and Shang Tsung.

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*The Invasion*
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Back on the Earthrealm, Jax and Sonya try to warn the U.S. government of Shao
Kahn's imminent invasion; however no one listens and Jax and Sonya individually
prepares for war. Sub-Zero and Smoke returned to the Lin Kuei headquarters only
to see the clan were being automated, Sub-Zero and Smoke refuses to be
automated and runs away from the clan but Smoke is caught while Sub-Zero
escapes. Smoke is automated and is ordered to seek and kill Sub-Zero along with
his soulless counterparts Cyrax and Sektor. Liu Kang and Kung Lao pays their
respects to their lost brethren and start to begin a new generation of White
Lotus Society, but their plans came to a halt, because little did the warriors
know that the Outworld tournament was merely a diversion to break the Elder
Gods rules and Shao Kahn reincarnates Sindel's spirit on the Earth realm thus
allowing a portal to the Earthrealm to not only claim his queen, but to claim
the Earth realm. While in the Earthrealm he transforms the Earth into a part of
the Outworld and strips the planet of all human souls. However there were
humans whose souls were protected by the Elder Gods so they could defend the
Earth from the Outworld invasion. The warriors whose souls were protected were
Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Johnny Cage, Sonya, Jax, and Sub-Zero. Shao Kahn knew there
would be survivors and appointed a new general, a centaurian named Motaro to
lead a special group called the Extermination Squad to kill the chosen
warriors, and in exchange he would help the centaurians defeat their natural
enemy the shokan and give them new lands. Motaro’s squads are successful in
killing many chosen warriors including Johnny Cage and brutally beating a
warrior named Kabal and leaving him for dead. At the end only 3 more warriors
not previously involved with the Outworld survived the attacks, a Native
American named Nightwolf, a riot cop named Stryker and the near death ex Black
Dragon member Kabal, whom found an artificial respirator to keep him alive.
Nightwolf had used his shaman powers and protected his land from Shao Kahn’s
evil; this is the only piece of land that is known to be immune to Shao Kahn’s
sorcery. In Outworld a rebellion starts and Shao Kahn sends the warrior Baraka
to settle it. Kano had actually roamed Outworld and convinced Shao Kahn  to let
him live, in exchange Kano will teach Shao Kahn's armies how to use Earth's
weapons. Shang Tsung had been granted more power to help out with the invasion.
Shao Kahn also knew Kitana was on the move and knew Kitana would try to reach
Sindel, so he picked a female shokan warrior named Sheeva to be the protector
of Sindel. Also in addition he appointed Kitana's best friend Jade to bring
Kitana back alive and Reptile to stop Kitana even if it means her death. Shao
Kahn had also become aware that deceased Outworld warrior’s souls gave life to
a new entity named Ermac; Shao Kahn manages to take possession of Ermac and use
the souls for his own tyranny. While on Earth, the Edenian born warrior Rain
was confronted by the Extermination Squads, Rain chose to fight for Shao Kahn
rather than die at the hands of the Extermination Squad. The extermination
Squad tried to kill Liu Kang above all else for posing the greatest threat to
Shao Kahn's rule and putting a halt on Shao Kahn's past schemes. Sub-Zero also
knew he had been a target for the Extermination Squad and must take on not only
Outworld, but 3 soulless assassins whom go undetected by Shao Kahn. In Outworld
Kahn also decides to try and invade the Netherrealm; however he is unsuccessful
and releases the hell-spawn specter Scorpion and his clone Mileena to roam
Earth once again. Shinnok was enraged by Shao Kahn's act and sends Noob Saibot
out to spy again. The shokan warrior Goro also returned and he remained hidden
but his purpose is unknown. Kintaro had also returned but none knew for what
reason. Baraka soon returned to fight in the invasion after successfully
settling the rebellion. Raiden asks the Elder Gods to assist, when they refuse
he takes matter into his own hands and transforms himself into a mortal once
again to join the Earth warriors in battle, this time however he risks his
immortality and his place among the Pantheon of the Gods. Johnny Cage finds
himself being brought to life when the path to the heavens is blocked by the
merger of the Outworld and Earthrealm; he once again assists his friends in the
battle with the Outworld. A raptor named Khameleon tried to seek out Reptile to
warn him of their true past and for a chance to begin a new generation of the
raptor race. In the Outworld a warrior named Chameleon that worked for Shao
Kahn joined the invasion of Earth. During the battles, Sonya Blade had caught
up with Kano on a rooftop and a battle ensued, Kano was winning the fight and
kicked Sonya onto a gargoyle and had pulled out a Locke of Sonya's hair, Sonya
then feigned injury, and when Kano had advanced to finish Sonya off, she threw
Kano off the rooftop, however Motaro saw the battle and picked up Kano's dying
body and brought him to Shao Kahn’s fortress, Motaro then revived Kano and Shao
Kahn imprisoned him for his failure. Later on Sindel's protector Sheeva snuck
into Shao Kahn's fortress and killed Motaro in battle in front of Kano and was
on her way to kill Shao Kahn. Kano convinced Sheeva to let him out of his cell
and in return he would assist Sheeva in killing Shao Kahn. Their plan was for
Kano to go in first and create a diversion for Sheeva to deliver the attack,
but he instead betrayed Sheeva and informed Shao Kahn of Sheeva's plot, when
she entered, Shao Kahn killed Sheeva with a sword and promoted Kano to replace
Motaro as General of his armies, Kano was instructed to form a force for the
final invasion of Earthrealm, Kano had kept Sonya's hair as a reminder of their
rivalry ever since. Sub-Zero was able to defeat Cyrax in battle; however
instead of finishing Cyrax, he reprogrammed Cyrax to kill Shao Kahn. When Shao
Kahn was defeated at the hands of Liu Kang he managed to save his home of
Earthrealm. Cyrax malfunctions and ends up stranded in the middle of a dessert.
Sektor was still operating and reported back to the Lin Kuei. At some point
Smoke was captured by Shao Kahn’s forces and Smoke was imprisoned in a torture
chamber as he lay inoperative, he was little more than Shao Kahn’s war trophy.
Sonya and Jax were thanked and chosen to head the Outerworld Investigation
Agency that would learn how to create portals through science rather than
magic. Kung Lao had previously fought Shao Kahn, however Shao Kahn had defeated
Kung Lao, and he was presumed dead. Kitana was successful in reaching Sindel
after thwarting an assassination attempt by Reptile and allying herself with
her friend Jade, Liu Kang’s victory also freed Edenia from Shao Kahn’s rule and
Sindel became queen of Edenia once more. Nightwolf returned back to his home.
Afterwards Jade returned to her home world of Edenia, her allegiance belonging
to the Edenian crown and her queen, Sindel. Reptile escaped and wandered the
realms. Shinnok's Netherrealm escapees and agents Scorpion, Mileena, and Noob
Saibot are forced to return to the Netherrealm. The whereabouts of Stryker is
unknown. Rain too seemed to have vanished. Goro once again remained hidden.
Kintaro returns to Shao Kahn’s side once again. Khameleon also seemed to have
disappeared as well as the warrior Chameleon. Kabal had decided to leave the
Black Dragon clan and decided to fight for justice against crime, however he
later ran into a member of the Red Dragon clan named Mavado who sought to
destroy members of the Black Dragon and since Kabal used to be a member, Mavado
battled and Kabal and took his hook swords, though he failed to kill Kabal and
left him for dead. Later a warrior named Havik rescues Kabal from death and
inspires him to kill Mavado and restart the Black Dragon clan. Kano heard of
Mavado killing Kabal and would have killed Mavado himself if he hadn’t been in
Outworld the whole time. The mutant Baraka had fled and wandered the realms for
a great amount of time. Johnny Cage's soul departs from his body after Kahn's
defeat and Cage ascends into the heavens. The thunder god Raiden after
successfully guiding the mortals of Earth, returns to the heavens and continues
his role as the protector of the Earth realm. However Shao Kahn was still not
killed and he retreated back into the Outworld with Shang Tsung and Ermac. By
the time Kano assembled his troops for the final invasion Shao Kahn was already
defeated, he returned to Outworld and continued his services to Shao Kahn. In
Outworld Shao Kahn incarcerates Shang Tsung for failure. Over time Shang Tsung
was periodically released to perform favors for the dark emperor, until Shang
Tsung is eventually released all together and creates a sanctuary over an acid
pool where he must fend and steal souls for himself to keep himself alive.

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*The Return of Shinnok*
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Reptile had gone on a killing spree and had succeeded in committing genocide
against several species. Soon Reptile was banished to the Netherrealm for his
crimes. In the Netherrealm, Quan Chi and Shinnok had formed a plan to escape
the Netherrealm. Shinnok gathered his generals Reiko, Noob Saibot, the recently
banished warrior Reptile to get ready for war. Quan Chi also sought out
Scorpion in hopes of gaining Scorpion as an ally for their upcoming war;
Scorpion accepted the offer to not only escape the Netherrealm but continue his
mission and seek out Sub-Zero. In the realm of Edenia Queen Sindel had ushered
in the ambassador to new realms and his daughter Tanya to enter her throne room
and seek her guidance. The ambassador explained to Queen Sindel how Tanya was
contacted by another realm to allow them to refuge in the realm. Queen Sindel
then heard from the people's spokesperson. He explained how they were a quite
and peaceful dedicated to the arts when they were being oppressed by an evil
sorcerer. The spokesperson then offered Queen Sindel an orb created by their
realms most gifted artist and Queen Sindel accepted the gift. 500 miles to the
south of the capital and in the city of Kuatan and right after Shao Kahn's
defeat Princess Kitana went on a diplomat mission to bring peace to the Shokan
and Centaur races. The races had a dispute over the lands. The shokan wanted
back their Eastern lowlands that the centaurs gained from helping Shao Kahn.
Princess Kitana took on the side that every race should live in their own lands
and that Queen Sindel does not honor the wishes of Shao Kahn. A centaur got
angry with the Kitana for taking the side of the shokan and proceeded to attack
princess Kitana. Unknown to anyone however the shokan prince Goro was watching
the events in the rafters above the room and jumped down to intervene with the
attacking centaur. Goro then defeated the centaur and explained how he was
never dead in the original Mortal Kombat tournament and he went into hiding
being ashamed of his defeat in Mortal Kombat and unwilling to serve Shao Kahn
any further, he also announces how he will take his fathers place as the leader
of the shokan and the war will come to an end between the shokan and centaurs
and all those will disagree will be crushed by Goro personally. The centaurs
agree with Goro and the end of the shokan and centaur war came to an end.
However just then there was a huge explosion coming from the capital of Edenia
and everyone knew Queen Sindel was in danger. In the capital city the orb which
was given to Queen Sindel began to transform and it turned into a portal. This
portal came from the Netherrealm and allowed Shinnok to escape. Shinnok also
brought with him his generals and army of demons. The demons quickly dispatch
the Edenian guards and the spokesperson is revealed to be none other than the
sorcerer Quan Chi, and Quan Chi reveals to Shinnok that Tanya was to be given
gratitude for entry to the realm. Tanya then imprisoned Sindel in a prison in
Edenia. Shinnok however was not satisfied with escaping into Edenia, he wanted
to gain revenge on the Elder Gods and Raiden for banishing him to the
Netherrealm in the first place and he took his army to battle in the heavens.
In the battle the demons were successful in destroying most of the gods of the
Earth realm. One of Shinnok's generals Reiko however was reported to have been
killed in the battle with the Elder Gods. The demons also sent the God of Wind
Fujin crashing down onto the Earth realm. The movie star Johnny Cage sought out
Raiden to get his help in restoring his deceased soul so that he could return
to the Earth realm and help Liu Kang on his quest. After Shao Kahn's defeat
Sub-Zero's Lin Kuei clan is disbanded and Sub-Zero is no longer hunted down.
Sub-Zero had then traveled to the temple of elements that he learned the
location of from his older brother. His purpose was to make peace with the
elemental gods that his brother had fought but he found the temple empty not
knowing that the gods had went to the heavens in the war with Shinnok. Sub-Zero
then sees a ball of light in the sky and decides to go investigate the crash
site. Fifty miles from Sub-Zero the champion Liu Kang was sparring with an old
ally Kai that he had met in America previously. Kai was also a former member of
the White Lotus Society and learned his skills from the great masters in Asia.
After Liu Kang and Kai were done sparring some shaolin monks approached Liu
Kang informing Liu Kang that his grandfather requests his presence. Just then
something fell from the sky and caused an explosion, Liu Kang then tells the
monks he will visit his grandfather shortly because he and Kai went to
investigate what fell from the sky. Liu Kang and Kai looked over into the
crater and saw the God of Wind; Fujin being attacked by dozens of demons.
Meanwhile in Shanghai, Sonya Blade was tracking down the last member of the
Black Dragon clan named Jarek. Sonya was fed information by her partner Jax and
a member named Hsu Hao who was part of the Red Dragon that posed as a part of a
secret Chinese military group and covertly feed the Special Forces about the
Black Dragon. Hsu Hao was successful in gaining information to bringing down
all the Black Dragon members so far and the Black Dragon clan had seemingly
been destroyed, Hsu Hao was instructed to stay with the Special Forces until
further notice. Sonya Blade however was not winning the fight with Jarek and
Jarek jumps off the building they were fighting on and escapes Sonya Blade.
Jarek then rides off on a motor cycle. Sonya however is determined to stop him
points a gun at Jarek but her concentration is lost when Jax radios in for
Sonya. Jax informs Sonya that the Outerworld Investigation Agency had monitored
dimensional rifts in southwestern China and she was the closest agent to
checking it out and had sent a chopper to pick Sonya up. When the chopper
landed Sonya was shocked to see that Johnny Cage was in the chopper, Johnny
Cage had found Jax and was authorized to go along to help out Sonya. Back at
the crater Liu Kang and Kai were attacking the demons and tried their best to
defend Fujin. Suddenly Lord Raiden appeared and electrocuted the remaining
demons. Raiden then explained to Liu Kang and Kai about the Elder Gods being
under attacked and introduced Fujin to them. Fujin added in to the story how
they gained access from the realm of Edenia and Liu Kang became very concerned
for the princess Kitana. Raiden then instructed Liu Kang and Kai to gather the
Earth's warriors and continue the fight in Edenia while Raiden and Fujin battle
Shinnok's forces from the Eternal Palace. Just then the helicopter with Sonya
and Johnny Cage lands in front of them. Liu Kang introduces Johnny Cage and
Sonya to Kai. Liu Kang is curious on how they managed to fly into Chinese
airspace and Sonya explains that she is now part of the Outerworld
Investigation Agency and was allowed to go to more places. Liu Kang then told
her what he had seen and told them they needed to return to Edenia. Sub-Zero
then appeared after following the fallen ball of light from the sky. Sub-Zero
then informs the rest of the Earth's warriors about Shinnok and his brother’s
previous encounter with him and his brother passed down secrets to him and it
was up to them to put an end to the menace. Everyone agreed to help in the
battle. Liu Kang brought up the fact they didn’t have a passageway to Edenia
however Sonya had the answer. Sonya's Outerworld Investigation Agency learned
to create portals with a nuclear generator. Sonya then creates the portal and
informs the Outerworld Investigation Agency to inform Jax and send backup, then
they charged through the portal. In Edenia they are greeted by Quan Chi. Earth
warriors are also unsuccessful in their attempt to free Kitana in Edenia and
return to the Earthrealm to continue the fight with Shinnok there and soon
battle ensued. The general who was supposedly killed in the attack with the
Elder Gods Reiko had mysteriously resurfaced and continued to fight for Shinnok
along with his allies Noob Saibot, Scorpion, and Reptile. Jax has also joined
the Earth warriors after getting a backup message from Sonya. The last member
of the Black Dragon Jarek also joined the fight to keep the world safe from
Shinnok's invasion. Even the shokan warrior returned for a second chance to
regain his Mortal Kombat Grand Champion title from Liu Kang. Tanya was also
instructed to join with the Earth warriors so Shinnok could have an eye on
them. Little did Sub-Zero know that the Lin Kuei was reformed and had rescued
the cyber ninja Cyrax from the desert. The Lin Kuei repaired Cyrax and sent him
and Sektor on another assassination mission against Sub-Zero. However Cyrax has
been acting strangely and Sektor had an alternative instruction to watch Cyrax
and report back to the Lin Kuei. When Quan Chi's forces leave to battle the
Earth warriors, Kitana makes her escape easily with only a few remaining
guards. She then joins the fight against Shinnok; also little does Kitana know
that Mileena has used the battle as a chance to escape her servitude to Shinnok
and to avenge her own death. The mutant Baraka had spent a lot of time
wandering the realms after Shao Kahn's defeat, when he returns to Edenia Quan
Chi finds him and offers Baraka the chance to rule with Quan Chi after they
destroy Shinnok, Baraka accepts. After Shao Kahn's defeat in the last
tournament Kung Lao was believed to be dead by the Earth warriors, however he
was alive, he choose to live a life of peace instead of violence. However with
the news of Shinnok's attack and the return of Goro, Kung Lao prepares for war
and the chance to take revenge on his ancestors murderer. Another warrior was
also hiding in the shadows, he was known only as Meat and he was a bloody
skeleton, his purpose in the struggle is unknown. During the struggle Scorpion
had confronted and defeated Sub-Zero, Scorpion tells Sub-Zero his soul will
finally rest but Sub-Zero informs Scorpion that the Lin Kuei only murdered him
and his family's true killer is still free. Just then Quan Chi entered and
admitted he was the murderer of Scorpion's family and clan. He informs Scorpion
that he was only used as a pawn to destroy Sub-Zero and had to return Scorpion
to the Netherrealm, Scorpion reacting quickly grappled Quan Chi as he was
teleported back to the Netherrealm and Quan Chi was now stuck in the
Netherrealm with Scorpion. Sub-Zero then left with his fight being over. The
war then ended when Liu Kang and Shinnok battled, Liu Kang was once again
successful and defeated Shinnok and his threat was over. Raiden was then
rewarded for his efforts by being made an Elder God, Raiden choose Fujin to be
his next successor to the realm of Earth. After Shinnok's defeat Sonya
confronted Jarek on top of the cliff, she tells Jarek he is the last one and
the rest of the Black Dragon is dead. Jarek refuses to believe this and runs to
attack Sonya, Sonya sidesteps and Jarek falls off the cliff, with Sonya's task
finally complete of eliminating the Black Dragon menace she radios in Jax of
her completed mission and she returns to base. Kitana is confronted by Mileena
wanting Kitana’s status as Princess of Edenia. Kitana tells her she has no
right and they are not sisters, Mileena then attacks and uppercu