THE MORTAL KOMBAT NETWORK

SHAO KAHN

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STORY ABOUT SHAO KAHN

A civilized realm known as Edenia was once a living planet similar to the earth. A peaceful, quiet planet it was ruled by King Jerrod and Queen Sindel. Edenia used a fighting tournament to defend itself against invaders just like the earth does now. But the dark emperor known as Shao Kahn managed to successfully invade Edenia and take the life of Jerrod, just shortly after the birth of Princess Kitana. Kahn then sapped the realm's energies, causing Edenia to become a large wasteland known as The Outworld. Shao Khan took Sindel as his queen and Kitana as his step-daughter, the realm would remain in this condition until Kahn's reign over it would end. The thought of serving Shao Kahn eventually drove Queen Sindel to madness, thus committed suicide at a young age. Kahn was enraged by this. He withheld her soul from moving on to a higher existence and used it as a token for his victory over Jerrod, as well as a constant reminder of his power to Princess Kitana. Over the years, Princess Kitana was trained as a personal assassin for Shao Kahn, working alongside her friend, Jade. Another of the many assassins trained to serve Shao Kahn was Rain, the son of a general in Edenia's army who was killed by Kahn during his invasion. Shao Kahn's next target was the realm of earth...

Soon after Shao Kahn's takeover of the Outworld, an order of the wisest men in the far east received visions of the dark emperor. In order to prevent such an invasion on the earth, they created their own tournament. The tournament was known as Mortal Kombat, hosted by the Shaolin temples -- warriors from around the world are invited to compete in it, once every generation. But if Outworld warriors win 10 tournaments in a row, Shao Kahn would be allowed to enter the earth and do with it as he pleases.

Shang Tsung's scheme in the first (new) tournament came to a violent end at the hands of Liu Kang, one of the seven chosen warriors who survived. Facing his execution for his failure and the apparent death of Goro, Tsung convinces Shao Kahn to grand him a second chance. Shang Tsung's new plan is to lure his enemies to compete in the outworld where they will meet certain death by Shao Kahn himself. But this time, in the second (new) Mortal Kombat tournament, Kahn himself appears to be too weak to stand up against the earth warrior Liu Kang. Once again the emperor finds himself defeated, and the world became safe again.

For centuries earth has used Mortal Kombat to defend itself against the outworld's emperor Shao Kahn. But Kahn becomes frustrated by the failed attempts at taking earth through tournament battle. He enacts a plan, which began 10.000 years ago. During this time Kahn had a queen. Her name was Sindel and her young death was unexpected. Kahn's shadow priests, lead by Shang Tsung make it so Sindel's spirit would some day be reborn, not on the outworld but on the earth realm itself. This unholy act enables Shao Kahn to step through dimensional gates and reclaim his queen. Thus enabling him to finally seize the earth realm. Upon breaching the portal into earth, Shao Kahn slowly transforms the planet into a part of outworld itself. Kahn strips the earth of all human life, claiming every soul as his own. But there are souls, which Kahn cannot take. These souls belong to the warriors chosen to represent earth in a new Mortal Kombat. The remaining humans are scattered throughout the planet. Kahn sends an army of fierce outworld warriors to find and eliminate them.But even with the tremendous power of these warriors, Kahn wasn't able to stop them from reaching Sindel and face Kahn himself. Once again Kahn in defeated by the hands of the Mortal Kombat champion, Liu Kang, in the third (new) Mortal Kombat tournament. And this time Kang puts an end to Kahn's rule permanently

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