Shinnok’s first attempt to invade Earthrealm resulted in his defeat by the hands of Raiden and the other Gods, and he was banished to the Netherealm to spend an eternity in literal hell. Here, we turn our attention away from Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn for a while and focus on two new villains, or actually, two old villains that have been scheming and plotting in the shadows for literally millions of years: the Fallen Elder God Shinnok and the Demon Sorcerer Quan Chi. He commands his shadow priests, led by Shang Tsung, to resurrect Sindel inside Earthrealm, which would allow him to cross into Earthrealm to reclaim her - fully brainwashed into believing she’s his loyal and loving wife - and begin his invasion as he used to in the good old days.īut in an all too familiar story at this point, the Earthrealm warriors, led by Raiden and championed by the Shaolin Monk Liu Kang, defeat Shao Kahn and save not only Earthrealm but also liberate Edenia and in the process. It’s here that the events of Mortal Kombat 2 take place, in which the Earthrealm warriors, led by Raiden, and championed by the Shaolin monk Liu Kang, manage to win the tournament, defeating both Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn in the process.īy Mortal Kombat 3, Shao Kahn is fed up with these dumb rules of Mortal Kombat, and so he enacts a new plan that doesn’t involve winning martial arts tournaments. Shang Tsung begs Shao Kahn for forgiveness and comes up with new plan to lure the Earthrealm warriors into Outworld and hold a non-Elder God sanctioned Mortal Kombat tournament, where Shao Kahn is able to deal with them himself. When Shang Tsung comes back for the second tournament, he brings a new secret weapon: The Shokan Prince Goro, who just thrashes The Great Kung Lao, and Outworld goes on to win 9 consecutive Mortal Kombat tournaments.Īnd THAT finally brings us to the actual events of Mortal Kombat 1, in which the Earthrealm warriors led by Raiden and championed by the Shaolin monk Liu Kang win the tournament, with Liu Kang sparing Shang Tsung at the end. The Earthrealm warriors, led by the Thunder God Raiden and championed by the Shaolin monk, the Great Kung Lao, manage to win the tournament, with Kung Lao sparing Shang Tsung in the end. Shao Kahn uses the Outworld sorcerer Shang Tsung to invoke Mortal Kombat against Earthrealm. This brings us to the events of Mortal Kombat, or at least, the immediate backstory as told by the opening text of Mortal Kombat 1. Miserable and sickened by being betrothed to Shao Kahn, Sindel commits suicide, but in doing so, also places a ward on Earthrealm, Shao Kahn’s next target, to prevent him from stepping foot inside. Sindel convinces Shao Kahn that her daughter Kitana is worth sparing, so Kitana winds up in Shao Kahn’s royal guard and trained as a fan wielding bad-ass assassin. The merger brings together the queen of Edenia, Sindel, and the ruler of Outworld, Shao Kahn. Turns out, Edenia probably deserved to get conquered, as Outworld bested it in 10 tournaments in a row, thus causing the two realms to merge. Under the rules of Mortal Kombat, before a realm can be invaded and taken over, the invading realm must defeat the defending realm 10 times in a row, with a new Mortal Kombat tournament taking place every generation. The Elder Gods, who rule over all the realms, didn’t like this, and thus they created Mortal Kombat, a martial arts tournament where each realm’s strongest warriors do battle, as a way to give the defending realms a chance to avoid being invaded. Outworld, in particular, looked to conquer and absorb as many realms as it can. Despite each existing in their own dimension, these realms are almost constantly at war with each other.

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