History Recap / MortalKombatX

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!Comics
[[folder:Issues 1-12 (Blood Ties)]]
!! Issue 1: Prelude
A pursuit is taking place, where Kenshi runs through the forest with a boy in his back. He's being pursued by the Red Dragon who, according to Hsu Hao, were betrayed by him. The boy runs to his safety, but is intercepted by a Red Dragon soldier, who's then killed by a man in yellow. The man in yellow turns out to be Hanzo Hasashi, known by his nickname Scorpion, and both Kenshi, the boy, and the Red Dragon are trespassing Shirai Ryu territory. Hanzo kills Hsu Hao, then fends off the Red Dragon. After this small battle, Kenshi and Hanzo talk about how the Shirai Ryu was reborn, and Hanzo asks who the kid is. Kenshi introduces him as his son, Takeda Takahashi. Another survivor.

We're then treated to his story: Kenshi was doing undercover work for the Special Forces by infiltrating the Red Dragon. Needless to say, his cover was blown. The Red Dragon informed him that they know he has a kid living in Thailand with his mother (and Kenshi's wife) Suchin. She sent Takeda running to the next town, while Suchin was murdered by Red Dragon assassins.

Back to the present, Kenshi and Hanzo talk about the former's next moves. They agree to leave Takeda in Hanzo's (and the Shirai Ryu's) hands, so he can improve his fighting skills. Meanwhile, in China, Kuai Liang starts beating Red Dragon soldiers in his search for a blade. Then he's attacked by Kano and gets cut by the blade he was searching for.

!! Issue 2: Scorpion's Apprentice, part 1
Some years after Kenshi left Takeda in Hanzo's care, he and a boy, called Forrest Fox, duel between each other while Hanzo observes the match. Several years after, Takeda's skills haven't improved enough, so Hanzo leaves Takeda in Forrest Fox's care. Forrest starts hearing voices in his head.

Cue another flashback. Some days ago, Hanzo received Raiden's visit. The Elder God entrusted him with a dagger, and he went personally to the Shirai Ryu temple in order to audit and warn him about a demon breaking through cosmic barriers protecting Earthrealm from beyond. Back to the present, Hanzo tells both Forrest and Takeda to be warned about this demon, so they will kill it should it manifests. At midnight, Forrest was awakened by the voice in his head, broke through the Temple's defences and stole the dagger. Then, he destroyed the remanent of the Shirai Ryu, and captured Takeda.

!! Issue 3: Scorpion's Apprentice, part 2
A possessed Forrest took Takeda to Hanzo, who was put upside down from the ceiling. Hanzo then starts remembering the massacre of the original Shirai Ryu... except for a detail which awakens him from that memory and allows him to become Scorpion. Cue a battle against the possessed Fox, who's then offed by Takeda. Takeda and Hanzo travel to Raiden's Sky Temple in order to find the Elder God and make him pay for what he did.

Speaking of the Sky Temple, we're treated to a conversation between Raiden and Fujin, where Raiden cuts himself with the Kamidogu dagger of Order, and he starts seeing visions of events yet to come.

!! Issue 4: Caged, part 1
Back to the Sky Temple, Fujin berates Raiden for not listening to him. Cue to Cage's, where Cassie Cage, Johnny's daughter, is sparring with her friend, Jacqueline Briggs. They break one of Johnny's "awards" for "worst actor". The next scene takes place at the Special Forces base, where Colonel Sonya Blade, escorted by some soldiers and a scientist, talk about matters with Outworld: emperor Kotal Kahn, escorted by D'Vorah and Erron Black, came in order to ask for Earthrealm's aid in order to fend off Mileena, and they were captured. A brief battle begins.

Meanwhile, Cassie and Jacqui go to an underground fight club, thinking that it's just a MMA club. Then Jacqui notices that things aren't what they thought about, and the club is a Deathmatch club. Cassie then is forced to fight for her life against Frost.

!! Issue 5: Caged, part 2
The battle at the Special Forces base escalates quickly, until it's interrupted by Raiden. The Outworlders go back to their realm, and Raiden asks Sonya about Cassie's whereabouts.

Back to the Deathmatch club, Frost is dominating Cassie, but the battle's tides are turned with a comeback from Cassie's part. Then she finds she can't leave the cage without killing Frost. Just when Cassie is about to do so, Black Dragon members Jarek and Tasia interrupt the fight and start murdering people. Cassie and Jacqui are found by the Black Dragons and they run for their lives... directly to a teleport. Cassie leaves a trail behind capturing it with her phone, which captures an image of Erron Black, one of Kotal Kahn's soldiers. Sonya finds about this, and the Special Forces prepare to invade Outworld.

!! Issue 6: Kotal Kahn: Secret Origin
The issue relates Kotal Kahn's story. Ages ago, the golden realm of Osh-Tekk was ruled by proud warriors. Helmed by Kotal K'etz, they conquered all of their enemies. Growing so powerful and wealthy, they forgot the meaning of defeat, until they met Shao Kahn, emperor of Outworld, and his champion, Goro, prince of the Shokan race. Kotal K'etz surrendered his realm to Shao Kahn, and in exchange, he was allowed to keep his treasure: the Portal Stone. Kotal K'etz gives the stone to his reluctant son, who now must fulfill the Realmwalk rite. So Kotal Kahn survived the harshest of Earthrealm, and found a civilization which reminded him of his home: the Amazon. He came at the same time as the Spanish armada. He started by saving a little girl from the Spanishmen, and then taught them the rite of drinking their enemies' blood. In exchange, the Amazon tribe gave him a new name: Buluc, the War God. As the tribe's enemies dwindled, he returned to Outworld, expecting his father's approval. He didn't got what he wanted, instead K'etz asked him to return the stone, as he condemned the tribe to oblivion with his acts. When he came back, he confirmed his father's suspicions: the tribe fell to a disease brought by the Spanishmen.

Cut to the present, where Kotal Kahn was speaking to his people, at Z'unkahrah, Outworld capitol, where he claimed that he would find and kill Mileena.

The next scene takes place at a building where Reiko, Mileena and Goro start planning their next steps in order to depose Kotal Kahn from his seat.
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!Story Mode
[[folder:Chapter 1: Johnny Cage]]
Shinnok launches an invasion of Earthrealm and makes way for Raiden's Sky Temple, so that he may corrupt the Jinsei, Earthrealm's life force. Johnny Cage, along with Sonya Blade and Kenshi, are on their way to the temple while Raiden and his fellow Elder God Fujin fend off Quan Chi and his legions of demons and revanents.

Johnny and his companions are ambushed by Scorpion and a revanent Sub-Zero, but he manages to fend them off. As they approach the temple, they are attacked again by revanents of Jax, Smoke, and Nightwolf. When Jax goes after Sonya, Johnny intervenes and drives him away.

Quan Chi and Shinnok reach the Sky Temple's Jinsei Chamber, and the fallen Elder God is poised to dispose of Raiden and Fujin until Johnny intervenes. When Shinnok tries to kill Sonya, Johnny jumps in the path of his magic attack, his body enveloped in a green aura that protects him. After fighting Shinnok to a standstill, Johnny takes Shinnok's amulet and gives it to Raiden, who seals Shinnok within it. With Shinnok's new imprisonment, the battle ends, but the war rages on: Quan Chi escaped in the chaos. While Sonya recovers in the Jinsei Chamber from her injuries, Johnny stays with her. Even though the fighting has not yet ended, he has a reason to smile:

"She called me 'Johnny'..."

Twenty-five years later, Johnny now commands a new generation of Special Forces: Cassandra Cage, his daughter with Sonya; Jacqueline Briggs, daughter of Jax; Kung Jin, a cousin of the late Kung Lao; and Takeda Takahashi, son of Kenshi and a disciple of Scorpion's Shirai Ryu. Trouble is brewing in Outworld, but the Lin Kuei have gone silent. Thus, Johnny tasks Cassie and her team with going to their temple to make sure the grandmaster, Sub-Zero, is still on their side.
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[[folder:Chapter 2: Kotal Kahn]]
Meanwhile, in Outworld, Kotal Kahn, the realm's new ruler, is in talks with Kano: the Black Dragon leader claims to have information concerning the whereabouts of Mileena, the leader of rebels hoping to usurp Kotal. However, Kano is actually in Mileena's employ and tries to assassinate the Kahn. Kotal drives him off, but is then attacked by Tanya and Rain, both rebels. After fending them off, Kotal finds and fights Mileena, but the rebel leader has a secret weapon: Shinnok's amulet, which she uses to kill several of Kotal's foot soldiers. Nonetheless, Kotal fends off Mileena and forces her into retreat.
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[[folder:Chapter 3: Sub-Zero]]
Back in Earthrealm, Cassie and her team infiltrate the Lin Kuei temple. When the hot-headed Kung Jin confronts Sub-Zero, the grandmaster sends his soldiers after them. One-by-one, he defeats and detains Cassie, Jacqui, Takeda, and Jin. In truth, though, the expedition to the Lin Kuei temple was a training exercise that Johnny Cage and Sub-Zero came up with. The training reveals that they hold promise, but in order to make the most of their potential, they had to work cohesively as one team.

The Special Forces are recalled at the behest of General Sonya Blade as Outworld refugees start coming to Earthrealm to escape the war between Kotal Kahn and Mileena. According to the refugee leader Li Mei, Mileena wielded a weapon, the description of which matches Shinnok's amulet. Although it shouldn't have been stolen with all the protection placed on it, Raiden leaves to verify if it has, indeed, been stolen. Meanwhile, Cassie's team is charged with going to Outworld.
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[[folder:Chapter 4: Kung Jin]]
In Outworld, Cassie and her team are confronted by Erron Black, an Earthrealm-native mercenary allied with Kotal Kahn. Kung Jin tries to negotiate with Erron, but upon seeing a villager about to be executed for stealing food, fights off the Outworld soldiers and frees the villager. Jin fends off Erron and the tag-team of Ferra and Torr before D'Vorah, one of Kotal Kahn's top enforces, appears. Although displeased with the chaos wrought from Jin's actions, she decides to honor Earthrealm and Outworld's non-aggression pact and consult with the Kahn.

Jin, as it turns out, has a very personal reason for freeing the bread thief: several years ago, he was a thief, himself. He broke into the Sky Temple one dark and stormy night to steal an heirloom of his cousin Kung Lao, but was confronted by Raiden, whom Jin blamed for Lao's death. The two came to blows, with Raiden allowing Jin to defeat him so he could dispel his anger and be more open to reason. Raiden encouraged Jin to put aside his life of crime and join the Shaolin. Although reluctant because of his past deeds and his sexuality, Jin took Raiden up on his offer.

In the present, Kotal Kahn, mistrusting of the Earthrealmers because of the earlier interruption of an execution and cross about Mileena's theft of the amulet they were supposed to protect, deems Cassie and her team to be allies of Mileena and sentences them to death. Jin, however, demands a trial by kombat to prove their innocence. In the ensuing duel, Jin emerges victorious. Kotal deems them innocent and leaves himself to Jin's mercy. Jin decides to spare Kotal's life and ask for his aid, instead, as Mileena posed a threat to both Outworld and Earthrealm so long as she had Shinnok's amulet.
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[[folder:Chapter 5: Sonya Blade]]
Raiden confirms his worst fears being realized: Shinnok's amulet has, indeed, been stolen. Johnny and Sonya argue while she tries to track down Kano, with Johnny accusing her of putting her work before family.

Twenty years ago, Johnny and Sonya infiltrated Quan Chi's fortress. Therein, they are attacked by the sorcerer and three of his revanents: Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and Jax. While Sonya fends off the undead Shirai Ryu and Lin Kuei, Johnny is stabbed by Jax, and a revanent begins to form of him as his life ebbs away. After Sonya fends off Jax, Raiden appears to reverse the dark magic being placed on Johnny. Quan Chi intervenes, but Sonya defeats him, and Raiden not only succeeds in saving Johnny's life, but also undoing the necromantic magic on Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and Jax, returning them to life and restoring their free will. Raiden hopes to be able to do the same with the other revanents.

Back in the present, the hunt is on for Kano, who is hiding among the Outworld refugees. They find him, and he offers information in exchange for freedom, and when that doesn't work, threatens Cassie. Sonya nearly beats him to death, but Johnny stops her. The battered Kano finally gives up Mileena's location, which Sonya passes on to Cassie in Outworld.
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[[folder:Chapter 6: D'Vorah]]
In Outworld, Cassie and her team, along with Kotal Kahn and D'Vorah, use the information gained from Sonya to track down Mileena. D'Vorah offers to sneak in and retrieve the amulet while the Outworld army engages Mileena's forces, a plan Cassie and Kotal agree with.

Some time before, Mileena was the ruler of Outworld, but proved to be a poor leader: the realm suffered under her reign. D'Vorah discussed this matter with two other members of Mileena's cabinet, Kotal and Reptile, but they are found by Mileena and demanded their execution. D'Vorah kills Mileena's enforcer, Baraka, and Mileena is thrown into a dungeon, her rule usurped and given to the young Kotal Kahn.

In the present, D'Vorah and Cassie engage Rain and Tanya. Both rebels are defeated and, at Cassie's insistence, spared. Fate is not so kind to Mileena, whom D'Vorah captures and, by Kotal Kahn's demand, executes. Afterwards, Kotal has Cassie's team captured and imprisoned: he declares that he will be the new guardian of Shinnok's amulet, and will talk with Raiden about the team's fate.

Unbeknownst to the Kahn, D'Vorah is actually allied with the Brotherhood of Shadow: she kills the guards watching over Shinnok's amulet and escapes with it.
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[[folder:Chapter 7: Takeda]]
While Johnny and Sonya enlist the help of a retired and reluctant Jax to travel to the Netherrealm following Quan Chi's re-emergence, Takeda comes up with a plan to escape: he asks a guard for food, then uses his telepathic powers to incapacitate the guard and steal his keys, breaking the team out from their prison.

Five years ago, Takeda was training with the Shirai Ryu, having been left in the care of the reformed Scorpion and clan leader Hanzo Hasashi by his father, Kenshi. After completing his training, he is approached by Kenshi, with whom Takeda is cross for seemingly abandoning him after his mother's death. Hanzo explains that his mother had been murdered by the Red Dragon clan, and Kenshi left him with the Shirai Ryu for his own protection. Kenshi promises his son that, one day, they will hunt down the Red Dragon together.

Back in the present, Takeda and his teammates are attacked by Erron, Reptile, and Ermac: they found the dead guard, discovered the amulet was missing, and pointed the blame towards the team. Takeda fends them off, but Kotal Kahn comes to believe D'Vorah is working for Raiden, and gathers his army for an invasion of Earthrealm.
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[[folder:Chapter 8: Jax]]
Jax and Kenshi rendezvous in the Netherrealm with Sareena, who reveals that without Shinnok's magic, Quan Chi has grown weak and has to travel through conventional means. Kenshi manages to set an ambush on Quan Chi and spring it, but they are attacked by Quan Chi's revanent forces. Jax fends of the revanent Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and Sindel before finally fighting and subduing Quan Chi and dragging him back to Earthrealm.
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[[folder:Chapter 9: Scorpion]]
With Quan Chi detained in the Earthrealm, the question remains what to do about D'Vorah. While Sonya asks Cassie to return to base to think of a new strategy, she is approached by Hanzo Hasashi, who demands Quan Chi so that he may kill him. Sonya tries to explain that Quan Chi is needed to restore the other revanents, but Hanzo will not listen to reason. He orders his Shirai Ryu soldiers to subdue Sonya and her forces. After fending off both Sonya and Johnny, he goes to retrieve Quan Chi, deaf to Kenshi's pleas to not destroy the trust the Shirai Ryu had forged...

Some time earlier, Hanzo had visited the Lin Kuei temple at the behest of Sub-Zero. He was reluctant and suspicious of the Lin Kuei grandmaster's offer to put the past behind them and forge a new alliance between the Lin Kuei and Shirai Ryu, and his misgivings seem confirmed when he is ambushed by the hot-headed cryomancer Frost. Sub-Zero subdues her, however, and reveals that after he killed Sektor and retook control of the Lin Kuei, he found a recording in the cyborg's computer brain that revealed Quan Chi's complicity in the Shirai Ryu's destruction and Hanzo's death. Shocked at this information, Hanzo pledges to see Quan Chi brought to justice.

In the present, Hanzo soundly beats Quan Chi. However, D'Vorah appears and tosses Shinnok's amulet to Quan Chi, the sorcerer completing a spell to release Shinnok in the moments before Hanzo beheads him. Free again in Earthrealm, Shinnok captures Johnny Cage and defeats Sonya before leaving for the Sky Temple. Cassie and her team arrive just as Shinnok disappears with Johnny in tow.
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[[folder:Chapter 10: Raiden]]
After Quan Chi's beheading, we're sent to Raiden's temple, where Bo'Rai Cho is waiting for his friend Raiden. They talk about the possibility of bringing back Liu Kang and Kung Lao to the realm of the living. Cut to a flashback taking place in the events of [=MK9/MK2=]: Raiden, Liu Kang and Kung Lao reach the Cove, where Baraka, D'Vorah, and a bunch of other Tarkatans are incarcerating the captured Shaolin in a prison vessel. Raiden manages to beat Baraka and D'Vorah while Liu Kang and Kung Lao fend off the other Tarkatans, and free their comrades.

Back to the present, while recuperating in the Jinsei chamber, Bo'Rai Cho is attacked by Shinnok, who then proceeds to neutralize Raiden with the help of D'Vorah (who was carrying an incapacitated Johnny Cage) and the Revenants Smoke, Kung Lao, Liu Kang, Kitana and Sindel. However, as Raiden is left alone and bullied by the Revenants, he starts fighting, incapacitating Kitana, Smoke and Sindel and beating Kung Lao and Liu Kand. Shinnok then walks into the Jinsei and corrupts the life force of Earthrealm, gaining immense power in the process, while Raiden is captured by one of Shinnok's bone hands.
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[[folder:Chapter 11: Jacqui Briggs]]
Cassie and her team fly to the Sky Temple, but corruption from the Jinsei forces them to land. While walking to the Temple, they are ambushed by Kotal Kahn and his forces. Jacqui calls for a strategic retreat and fends off Reptile, Ermac, and [=Ferra/Torr=], helping Takeda all the while. Jacqui then tries to reason with Kotal, but he is deaf to reason. As the team find themselves surrounded by Outworld soldiers, the Lin Kuei appear to fend them off, giving Cassie and her friends a chance to escape and make a break for the Temple.
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[[folder:Chapter 12: Cassie Cage]]
Cassie finds the revanents of Smoke, Liu Kang, and Kung Lao attempting to find a way to the heavens to attack the gods, but Cassie attacks them and thwarts their plans. As Jacqui and Takeda distract them, Cassie and Kung Jin make their way to the Jinsei Chamber, where they find Johnny being slowly devoured by D'Vorah's insects. After aiding her father and fighting off D'Vorah, Cassie goes toe-to-toe with the corrupted Shinnok. When Shinnok tries to kill Johnny, Cassie's hidden power finally manifests itself: her body became enveloped in a green aura, like Johnny's when he saved Sonya.

With this new power, Cassie is able to defeat Shinnok. She and Jin then help Raiden reach the Jinsei, where he is able to cleanse Earthrealm's energy of Shinnok's corruption. The revanents retreat, Jacqui and Takeda nurse their wounds, and Sonya arrives to help Johnny and capture Shinnok and D'Vorah.

After the crisis is averted, though, Raiden, now bearing a more menacing appearance, confronts the new rulers of the Netherrealm, Liu Kang and Kitana, and warns them that he will no longer simply react to threats, but seek them out and destroy them. He presents the severed, still-living head of Shinnok as an example, warning them that there are fates worse than death.
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!!Ladder Endings
[[folder:Scorpion]]
Remorseful for the role he inadvertedly played in Shinnok's near-konquest of Earthrealm, Scorpion offers to commit hara-kiri. Raiden, however, had other plans: he imbues Scorpion and the Shirai Ryu with a portion of the Jinsei's essence, turning them into immortal guardians of Earthrealm.
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[[folder:Sub-Zero]]
In the outskirts of Outworld, Sub-Zero finds Frost Dragon eggs. He hatches and raises them into mounts for the Lin Kuei, making them formidable assets in the defense of Earthrealm.
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[[folder:Cassie Cage]]
Cassie is tasked by Raiden with hunting down a "soul stealer", possibly a revived Shang Tsung. She finds the sorcerer, in question and kills him, but he reveals to her that he is not Shang Tsung, but [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Shujinko]].
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[[folder:Jacqui Briggs]]
Following Kotal Kahn's attack on Earthrealm, Jacqui is assigned to surveil his activities. She tracks him to a hidden jungle temple, where he retrieves a crystal skull. Jacqui ambushes Kotal and makes away with the skull. However, was this what Kotal wanted her to do?
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[[folder:Kung Jin]]
Kung Jin is praised for his assistance in aiding Earthrealm, but he remains worried for his cousin, Kung Lao, who now resides in the Netherrealm. When he finds him in the Netherrealm, he realizes that the Shaolin spirit within Lao is stronger than Quan Chi's dark magic, and vows to find a way to return him to the land of the living.
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[[folder:Takeda]]
Takeda sets out to find his mother's killer, along with his father Kenshi. They infiltrate the Red Dragon clan and find an actual red dragon, Caro, who reveals the identity of the murderer. With his magic, Caro sends Takeda and Kenshi to a cave, where they find [[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Taven]], a man who Caro claims has reason to find the murderer as well...
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[[folder:Kotal Kahn]]
Kotal Kahn returns to Outworld to rebuild his empire, only to be attacked and ousted by Raiden. The Kahn petitions the Elder Gods to help him defend his realm. His request is granted in the form of the most sacred of laws: every ten years, Kotal and his warriors must face Raiden's champions in Mortal Kombat.
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[[folder:D'Vorah]]
D'Vorah captures Shinnok and implants larvae within him. The Kytinn young born from his body absorb his godlike powers. When they mature, they proceed to ravage all realms.
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[[folder:Erron Black]]
150 years ago, Erron Black was rewarded with slowed aging by Shang Tsung after completing a contract with the sorcerer. With time on his side, Erron could be patient with his jobs, waiting for the perfect time to strike. He used this to his advantage to assassinate Cassie Cage and her team.
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[[folder:Ferra/Torr]]
Upon nearing physical maturation, Ferra retreated to the Tarkatan wastelands and, over the course of the next three years, underwent a transformation, during which time her companion, Torr, withered and died. At the end of this transformation, Ferra became a hulking brute like Torr and is given a young symbiotic companion to accompany her. Thus, the cycle begins anew...
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[[folder:Johnny Cage]]
Johnny Cage returns to Shang Tsung's temple, where his strange adventures as a champion of Earthrealm began. Therein, he finds a book that revealed the secret to the Edenians' millennia-long lifespans. So much for retirement...
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[[folder:Sonya Blade]]
Sonya has a nightmare about Kano holding Cassie and Jax at gunpoint, forcing her to choose who lives and dies. She chooses Cassie, and Kano executes Jax. When she awakens, she learns from Johnny Cage that, to her horror, Jax had been assassinated.
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[[folder:Jax]]
Johnny Cage asks Jax to look after his team while he's on the mend. Jax agrees, since it would let him look after his daughter Jacqui. When Erron Black appears to assassinate the team, Jax steps in to defend them and subdues Erron, but then succumbs to a bullet wound he took...
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[[folder:Ermac]]
Ermac returns to Shao Kahn's fortress in search of a voice that calls to him. Therein, a cloud of dust steals one of his souls, gains human form, and starts taking all of Ermac's souls. The assailant is revealed to be a resurrected Shang Tsung.
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[[folder:Kenshi]]
On his quest with Takeda to avenge his wife's murder, Kenshi finds a man named [[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Taven]], who reveals the murderer to be his brother Daegon, who also killed their parents. Together, the trio lay siege to the Red Dragons, with Kenshi personally laying Daegon low.
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[[folder:Kitana]]
Kitana has a vision where she is the queen of Edenia, after it was freed from Outworld. In this vision of a timeline unaltered, Shao Kahn had destroyed Earthrealm, yet she united the other realms against the konquerer and defeated him. Sadly, it was but only that: a vision. In truth, she is a revanent trapped in the Netherrealm, which she blamed on Raiden.
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[[folder:Mileena]]
Mileena awakens in the Flesh Pits and finds herself surrounded by clones of herself, all of whom shared a psychic link with one another. Mileena decides to rally her clones together into a fearsome army to exact revenge against those who wronged her, not realizing that this was a plot by her architect...
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[[folder:Reptile]]
Kotal Kahn sends Reptile to Earthrealm on surveillance. From a crack in the earth formed during kombat, Reptile finds others of his kind who remained in Earthrealm instead of being wiped out in the konquest of Zaterra. Reptile decides to stay with his kin, and help them reclaim Earthrealm for themselves.
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[[folder:Raiden]]
Raiden decides to no longer simply defend Earthrealm and instead destroy all threats to its safety, beginning with a preemptive strike on Outworld along with the Shirai Ryu before Kotal Kahn could rebuild his army. With the Kahn defeated, Raiden konquers Outworld.
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[[folder:Liu Kang]]
Shinnok's defeat leaves a power vacuum in the Netherrealm, with demons fighting amongst one another for dominion. The former Shaolin fights his way to the top and becomes the Netherrealm's new sovereign, and plots his konquest of the other realms...
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[[folder:Kung Lao]]
Kung Lao was trapped in the Netherrealm, his soul corrupted by Quan Chi. With help from his cousin Kung Jin, however, he is able to stave off the dark magic inside him and escape the Netherrealm. He now fights against the forces of the Netherrealm.
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[[folder:Quan Chi]]
Quan Chi is summoned by the Elder Gods. The summoning and subsequent defeat of Shinnok had caused an imbalance of power which the Elder Gods now task Quan Chi with rectifying. His task: kill Raiden.
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[[folder:Shinnok]]
Successful in his konquest of Earthrealm, Shinnok proceeds to merge all of the realms and its inhabitants into The One Being, which devours the Elder Gods and results in the end of all reality.
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[[folder:Goro]]
The Shokan had been ousted for being neutral in Outworld's civil war. When the war ends, however, Goro re-emerges. With Kotal Kahn's forces weak and Mileena's rebels scattered, Goro is able to gain dominion and become the new ruler of Outworld.
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[[folder:Tanya]]
Mileena's execution seems to dash all hopes that Tanya has of liberating Edenia. With Rain proving useless in her plans, Tanya gives him up to Kotal Kahn in exchange for a lenient punishment, buying her time to form a new plot...
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[[folder:Tremor]]
Tremor had gained great power since he and the Black Dragons had ventured into the Dream Realm: having been sent there by Kano to find a weapon to steal Shinnok's amulet, Tremor's exposure to the realm turned him into an Earth Elemental, able to rival even Raiden and Fujin.
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[[folder:Jason Voorhees]]
The revenant menace of ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' catches the attention of the Netherrealm's new ruler, Liu Kang. He offered Jason a plentiful bounty of victims in exchange for his fealty. Jason instead disembowels Liu Kang and strangles him with his own innards, as Jason's loyalty lies only with one person: his own mother.
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[[folder:Predator]]
The Franchise/{{Predator}} took an interest in magic after seeing it wielded during his hunt on Earthrealm. After studying Shinnok's amulet, he incorporates sorcery into his weaponry and becomes an even more dangerous hunter: The Apex Predator.
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[[folder:Leatherface]]
After killing Shinnok, [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]] skins his face and plans to present it to Cassie Cage as a present in hopes it'll win her affection. After sawing through an army base to reach her, killing her friends in the process, his advances are spurned. He kills her and chops her up for his brother, Drayton, to use in his chili, but keeps her face for himself.
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[[folder:Alien]]
After killing Shinnok, the Tarkatan Franchise/{{Alien}} began capturing Kombatants to use as hosts, spawning Xenomorphs from Ferra, Torr, and Goro, among others. Once a Queen was produced, the Xenomorphs launched an all-out assault on Outworld. The Kahnum stood as the last bastion against the invasion but was wiped out, with the Tarkatan Xenomorph itself killing Kotal Khan.
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[[folder:Triborg]]
Triborg lays siege to the Special Forces, wiping them out and gaining access to the Lin Kuei storage drives that birthed him. He saves the brainwave data of his fellow Lin Kuei onto the S-F servers and uses the S-F's resources to create robotic bodies for them. The cyberized Lin Kuei are reborn, but splinter off from Sub-Zero's Lin Kuei to form their own clan: the Tekunin.
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[[folder:Bo' Rai Cho]]
Bo' Rai Cho returns to his homeland of Outworld, which was now protected by the laws of Mortal Kombat to fight alongside Kotal Kahn in the realm's defense. With the warriors of Outworld trained by Bo' Rai Cho, and Bo' Rai Cho's fighting prowess, Outworld was able to defend itself against Raiden and Earthrealm's invasion.
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!!Story Mode

While recuperating in the Jinsei chamber, Raiden is attacked by Shinnok. He is subdued as Shinnok walks into the Jinsei and corrupts the life force of Earthrealm, gaining immense power in the process.

Cassie finds the revanents of Smoke, Liu Kang, and Kung Lao attempting to find a way to the heavens to attack the gods, but Cassie attacks them and thwarts their plans. As Jacqui and Takeda distract them, Cassie and Kung Jin make their way to the Jinsei Chamber, where they find Johnny being slowly devoured by D'Vorah's insects. After aiding her father and fighting off D'Vorah, Cassie goes toe-to-toe with the corrupted Shinnok. When Shinnok tries to kill Johnny, Cassie blocks his attack: in the same way that Johnny had when he saved Sonya, Cassie's body became enveloped in a green aura.

The revenant menace of ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' peaked the attention of the Netherrealm's new ruler, Liu Kang. He offered Jason a plentiful bounty of victims in exchange for his fealty. Jason instead disembowels Liu Kang and strangles him with his own innards, as Jason's loyalty lies only with one person: his own mother.

Triborg lays siege to the Special Forces, wiping them out and gaining access to the Lin Kuei storage drives that birthed him. He saves the brainwave data of his fellow Lin Kuei onto the S-F servers and uses the S-F's resources to create robotic bodies for them. The cyberized Lin Kuei were reborn, but splinter off from Sub-Zero's Lin Kuei to form their own clan: the Tekunin.

The revenant menace of ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' peaked the attention of the Netherrealm's new ruler, Liu Kang. He offered Jason a plentiful bounty of victims in exchange for his fealty. Jason refuses the offer and instead disembowels Liu Kang and strangles him with his own innards.

The revanent menace of ''Film/FridayThe13th'' peaked the attention of the Netherrealm's new ruler, Liu Kang. He offered Jason a plentiful bounty of victims in exchange for his fealty. Jason refuses the offer and instead disembowels Liu Kang and strangles him on his own innards.

The Film/{{Predator}} took an interest in magic after seeing it wielded during his hunt on Earthrealm. After studying Shinnok's amulet, he incorporates sorcery into his weaponry and becomes an even more dangerous hunter: the Apex Predator.

Kung Jin is praised for his assistance in aiding Earthrealm, but he remains worried for his cousin, Kung Lao, who now resides in the Netherrealm. He knows that the Shaolin spirit within Lao is stronger than Quan Chi's dark magic, and vows to find a way to return him to the land of the living.

D'Vorah captures Shinnok and implants larvae within him. The Kytinn young born from his body absorb his godlike powers. When they matured, they proceed to ravage all realms.

150 years ago, Erron Black was rewarded with slowed aging by Shang Tsung after completing a contract with the sorcerer. With time on his side, Erron could take his time with his jobs, waiting for the perfect time to strike. He used this to his advantage to assassinate Cassie Cage and her team.

Back in the present, Takeda and his teammates are attacked by Erron, Reptile, and Ermac: they found they dead guard, discovered the amulet was missing, and pointed the blame towards the team. Takeda fends them off, but Kotal Kahn comes to believe D'Vorah is working for Raiden, and gathers his army for an invasion of Earthrealm.

The revanent menace of ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' peaked the attention of the Netherrealm's new ruler, Liu Kang. He offered Jason a plentiful bounty of victims in exchange for his fealty. Jason refuses the offer and instead disembowels Liu Kang and strangles him on his own innards.

The Franchise/{{Predator}} took an interest in magic after seeing it wielded during his hunt on Earthrealm. After studying Shinnok's amulet, he incorporates sorcery into his weaponry and becomes an even more dangerous hunter: the Apex Predator.

The revanent menace of ''Film/FridayThe13th'' peaked the attention of the Netherrealm's new ruler, Liu Kang. He offered Jason a plentiful bounty of victims in exchange for his fealty. Jason refuses the offer and instead disembowels Liu Kang and strangles him on his own innards.

The Film/{{Predator}} took an interest in magic after seeing it wielded during his hunt on Earthrealm. After studying Shinnok's amulet, he incorporates sorcery into his weaponry and becomes an even more dangerous hunter: the Apex Predator.

Jin, as it turns out, has a very personal reason for freeing the bread thief: several years ago, he was a thief, himself. He broke into the Sky Temple one dark and stormy night to steal an heirloom from his cousin Kung Lao, but was confronted by Raiden, whom Jin blamed for Lao's death. The two came to blows, with Raiden allowing Jin to defeat him so he could dispel his anger and be more open to reason. Raiden encouraged Jin to put aside his life of crime and join the Shaolin. Although reluctant because of his past deeds and his sexuality, Jin took Raiden up on his offer.

Quan Chi and Shinnok reach the Sky Temple's Jinsei Chamber, and the fallen Elder God is poised to dispose of Raiden and Fujin until Johnny intervenes. When Shinnok tries to kill Sonya, Johnny jumps in the path of his magic attack, his body enveloped in a green aura that protects him. After fighting Shinnok to a standstill, Johnny takes Shinnok's amulet and gives it to Raiden, who seals Shinnok within it. With Shinnok's new imprisonment, the battle ends, but the war wages on: Quan Chi escaped in the chaos. While Sonya recovers in the Jinsei Chamber from her injuries, Johnny stays with her. Even though the fighting has not yet ended, he has a reason to smile:

Film/ThePredator took an interest in magic after seeing it wielded during his hunt on Earthrealm. After studying Shinnok's amulet, he incorporates sorcery into his weaponry and becomes an even more dangerous hunter: the Apex Predator.

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