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The Story
Shao Kahn wasn’t the first to attack our realm... Thousands of years ago, Shinnok
existed as an Elder God. The Elder Gods are the true rulers of all realms. They
watch as worlds are created and destroyed and govern the realms with untold eons
of wisdom. Shinnok, however, gave in to greed and illusions of false power by the
new realm of Earth. If he could have that realm to himself, he would have power
unmatched. He first would have to face the young god of thunder known as Raiden,
who was appointed as Earth’s guardian by the Elder Gods themselves. Their battle
for the realm of Earth was fierce; causing the planet’s near destruction and plunging
it into centuries of darkness.
Raiden soon discovered that Shinnok entered the realm through the powers of a mystical
amulet. It allowed Shinnok to enter the realm without challenge and keep the other
Elder Gods from intervening. The amulet could only be created once, and Raiden stripped
it from Shinnok’s possession. With the aid of the true Elder gods, he banished the
fallen god into a place known as the Netherrealm. Raiden buried the amulet deep
within the mountains of Asia. He then created a massive temple within the mountain
to house the amulet, and appointed four guardians as the protectors of Shinnok’s
sacred amulet. Each guardian represents one of the four elements that make up the
realm: Wind, Earth, Water, and Fire. As long as the amulet remained on Earth, Shinnok
would be trapped, forced to remain dormant for the rest of eternity.
Over the millennia, the Netherrealm has had many rulers. Most of them were forged
within it’s fiery pits, eventually ripping their masters mercilessly from their
thrones. One, however, came not from the bowels of the Netherrealm, but from the
heavens of reality. He was the fallen Elder God known as Shinnok.
Upon entering the realm, Shinnok found himself immediately under attack by its then
ruler Lucifer. He would exist tortured and tormented by the dregs of hell for thousands
of years. Until he met Quan Chi.
Quan Chi is a free roaming sorcerer. That means that he can travel the various planes
of reality without detection from their gods. It also means that over the years
he has obtained great power. Aware of Shinnok’s dilemma, Quan Chi traveled to the
Netherrealm and made the fallen god an offer. He will free him from his confines
and assist him in defeating Lucifer and his minions, in exchange for power and the
ability to rule at his side if and when he escapes the Netherrealm entirely. Shinnok
agreed and the two waged a war in the Netherrealm that lasted for centuries. But,
the ex-Elder God eventually won as he viciously slew his former master, then took
his seat as the new ruler supreme of the dead realm. Shinnok, however, had nothing
to rule. The realm was a desolate wasteland of fire and brimstone inhabited by grotesque
demons. So, he decided to create a physical world, trying his best to emulate the
realm he wanted so badly... Earth.
He took the demons of his realm and transformed them into as human a form as possible.
But unlike the Outworld, which became a wasteland after Shao Kahn sapped its energies,
the Netherrealm never was a living planet. It always will exist as a dead world.
Its true form hidden by its ruler.
It was through the Mortal Kombat tournament that the Outworld’s soul-stealing sorcerer
Shang Tsung discovered the location of the sacred Map of Elements. After Goro, the
reigning Outworld champion, defeated the first Kung Lao over 400 years ago, Shang
Tsung sapped the human’s soul. He retained his thoughts and memories thus discovering
the secrets of the sacred map, which has been hidden within the Shaolin temples
for centuries. These events enabled Shang Tsung to strike a bargain with Quan Chi.
In exchange for Shinnok’s assistance in a plot to reincarnate the Outworld Emperor
Shao Kahn’s dead queen, Shang Tsung would reveal to Quan Chi the location of the
map that would lead to Shinnok’s sacred amulet. But, Shang Tsung failed to inform
Quan Chi of the elemental guards that protect the amulet. Their mere existence makes
it impossible for Quan Chi to enter the temple where the amulet rests. But, if he
could get a human to enter, the right human, one who could perhaps defeat the elements...
Mortal Kombat
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