

With Mortal Kombat 3, Shao Kahn is fed up with the dumb rules of Mortal Kombat and passes a new plan that is not about winning martial arts tournaments. Here are the events of Mortal Kombat 2, where the Earthrealm warriors, led by Raiden and Shaolin monk Liu Kang, win the tournament defeating both Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn. Shang Tsung asks Shao Kahn for forgiveness and comes up with a new plan to lure the Earthrealm warriors into Outworld and host a Mortal Kombat tournament that has not been approved by Elder God, and Shao Kahn is able to even with himself to deal with them. When Shang Tsung returns to the second tournament, he brings a new secret weapon: Shokan Prince Goro, who is beating The Great Kung Lao, and Outworld wins nine consecutive Mortal Kombat tournaments.Īnd that brings us to the actual events of Mortal Kombat 1, in which the Earthrealm warriors led by Raiden and represented by Shaolin monk Liu Kang win the tournament, with Liu Kang spared Shang Tsung in the end , The Earthrealm warriors, led by the Thunder God Raiden and the Shaolin monk Great Kung Lao, win the tournament, with Kung Lao spared Shang Tsung in the end. Shao Kahn uses outworld wizard Shang Tsung to call him Mortal Kombat vs Earthrealm.

This brings us to the events of Mortal Kombat, or at least to the immediate back story, as told in the introductory text of Mortal Kombat 1.

Miserable and ill because he is engaged to Shao Kahn commits suicide to Sindel, placing a station on Earthrealm, Shao Kahn's next target, to prevent him from stepping in. Sindel convinces Shao Kahn that her daughter Kitana is thrifty, so Kitana lands in Shao Kahn's royal guard and trains as a fan with a bad assassin. The merger brings together the Queen of Edenia, Sindel, and the ruler of Outworld, Shao Kahn. Turns Edenia probably deserved to be conquered when Outworld outranked it in 10 tournaments in a row, causing the two realms to merge. The Elder Gods, who ruled all kingdoms, did not like it, and so they founded Mortal Kombat, a martial arts tournament where the strongest warriors of each empire fight to give the defending rich a chance not to be attackedĪccording to Mortal Kombat's rules, the invasion area must defeat the defensive empire ten times in a row before an empire can be attacked and taken over, with a new Mortal Kombat tournament taking place in each generation. Above all, the world wanted to conquer and absorb as many areas as possible. Many people are sent there if they are very bad or very dead.ĭespite their existence in their own dimension, these areas are almost always at war. Outworld: A predominantly deserted and … violet empire with conquest ambitions thanks to its history of warlords like Onaga and Shao Kahn.Įdenia: A beautiful and magical realm that was originally ruled by Kitana and Sindel until … well, we'll get there. There are a total of eight areas, but to keep things simple we will focus on the four most notable ones, namely:Įarthrealm: That which is closest to our own soil. Riches are like planets, but instead of all existing in the same space, they each exist in their own dimension. Defender of the Realmsįirst, we have to understand the MK universe, which is mainly made up of realms.

That's a lot of plans that need to collapse, so make yourself comfortable.
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The series has been running for almost 27 years and includes 10 mainline games, three spin-offs and a variety of ports. Fighting games are not usually known for their stories, but Mortal Kombat is an exception.
