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SHEEVA |
| Sheeva is a member of the Outworld race known as Shokan. She initially joined Kahns army because of how much she admired the then champion of Mortal Kombat, Goro. Sheeva got to fight a great deal of battles in the Outworld, but none against the Earth warriors until Kahn's invasion of Earth. Sheeva was chosen as Sindel's bodyguard, an honorable position considering Sindel's importance to the Outworld invasion. However, Sheeva was proud of her race, and became suspicious of Kahn's loyalty to the Shokan when he made a Centaurian, Motaro, general of his armies. Centaurians are the natural enemies of the Shokan, so Sheeva denied to herself that Motaro outranked her, instead considering herself to be working for Kahn, and nobody else. This attitude enraged Motaro, who disliked Sheeva already. After Kahn is driven back into Outworld, he tries to keep Sheeva's support since he needs strong allies. Sheeva is unconvinced that she should continue to be in Kahn's army until Kahn replaces Motaro with Goro as general of his army. Sheeva knows Kahn is doing this only so he can enter the new Mortal Kombat tournament, but she nevertheless sees it as a victory of the Shokan over the Centaurians. She joins the fight to further prove her race superior. | |
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SEKTOR |
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| Sektor was once a human assassin for the Lin Kuei. He was considered the most loyal member of the Lin Kuei, a fact which the other members were often reminded of by their leader. When he buys the technology to transform humans into automated cyborgs, the leader of the Lin Kuei covertly asks Sektor to be the first to volunteer. Out of loyalty to the clan, he does volunteer for the procedure. When Sub-Zero and Smoke find out about what the leader of their clan is doing, both decide to quit the clan. Sektor and another newly created cyborg, Cyrax, are sent after them before they can alert the rest of the clan about what's going on. Sektor and Cyrax manage to capture Smoke, and then are sent out after Sub-Zero. While they are pursuing him, Shao Kahn begins his invasion of Earth. Both Sektor and Cyrax survive his invasion since they have no souls to take. Sektor loses track of the Cyrax unit and continues on to find Sub-Zero, but is stopped by a spectre named Scorpion. Oblivious to the greater battle that was going on around him, Sektor returns to the Lin Kuei base to report and to receive new instructions. But when he arrives he finds that the Lin Kuei has been disbanded. Sektor's programming contains no instructions for such an event. He begins acting solely on the last programmed commands. The first is to find and kill Sub-Zero. The second is to destroy and threats to the Lin Kuei. With the Lin Kuei disbanded, Sektor's program is unable to regard anyone as not being a threat. He sets out to perform his deadly tasks. | |
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SCORPION |
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| Before his death, Scorpion was part of a Japanese Ninja clan. His clan was the rival of the Lin Kuei, a clan based in China. Before the Shaolin tournament, Scorpion was hired by Quan Chi to retrieve the map showing the location of Shinnok's amulet. What he didn't know was that Sub-Zero of the Lin Kuei was hired as well. The two fought at the Shaolin temples in China, and Scorpion was killed by Sub-Zero. His family and all that was left of his clan were destroyed by Quan Chi as payment to the Lin Kuei. Scorpion's soul became lost in the Netherrealm. There he stayed and wished for vengeance against Sub-Zero. Scorpion blamed Sub-Zero for his own death and the death of his family, not knowing of Quan Chi's involvement. Finally, Scorpion was given an opportunity. Quan Chi had his own reasons to hate Sub-Zero, so he offered to allow Scorpion to leave the Netherrealm as a spectre and get revenge against Sub-Zero. The only condition would be that he would one day have to do a favor for Quan Chi. Scorpion wanted revenge badly enough to accept. He followed Sub-Zero to the Mortal Kombat tournament, and murdered him. Later, Scorpion got word that Sub-Zero was still alive. He didn't think it possible but tracked him into the Outworld anyway. There he found the younger brother of the Sub-Zero he had killed. The reality of what he had done hit him. He had taken this honorable warrior's brother the way his family was taken. To atone for this act, Scorpion vowed to protect the younger Sub-Zero. His protection was the reason Sub-Zero was able to survive the threat of the Lin Kuei cyber ninjas as well as the Outworld warriors. However, as this new tournament is beginning, Quan Chi calls in the favor Scorpion owes him for the release from the Netherrealm years ago. Scorpion has no choice but to fight on the side of the Netherrealm. | |
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TANYA |
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| Tanya is the daughter of Edenia's ambassador to new realms. Like most Edenians growing up in a world rules by Shao Kahn, her life was hard. Her race wasn't valued as highly as Shokan or Centaurians. As a teenager she began experimenting with bizarre rituals in the worship of the fallen elder god, Shinnok. A few years later, during one such ritual, she caught the attention of the Netherrealm sorcerer Quan Chi. Quan Chi contacted her to find out who she was. As he spoke to her she was quick to pledge her loyalty to Shinnok. Quan Chi told her to wait, that as soon as Shinnok had his amulet she would be needed. During the Outworld tournament and Kahn's invasion of Earth, Tanya kept to herself. She wanted nothing to do with Kahn's plans, seeing Kahn as inferior next to Shinnok. When Outworld is separated from Edenia, and Shinnok's amulet is finally returned to him, Tanya convinces her father to allow several refugees from another realm into Edenia for safety. With Queen Sindel missing, her father makes the decision on his own and allows them in. What he finds is that they are not refugees, but instead warriors from the Netherrealm, led by the newly freed Shinnok. Shinnok promises to reward Tanya for her help, and enlists her for the battle against the Earth realm. | |
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CYRAX |
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| Cyrax, Lin Kuei unit number LK-4D4, is a cybernetic ninja. He is the second of three cybernetic ninjas created by the Lin Kuei before it was disbanded. Like the Sektor unit, Cyrax was a Lin Kuei assassin who allowed his humanity to be stripped away from him out of loyalty to the Lin Kuei. During Shao Kahn's occupation of Earth he was programmed to find and destroy Sub-Zero. He nearly succeeded, but was beaten by Sub-Zero and then reprogrammed to attack the Outworld warriors. His help played a role in defeating Shao Kahn. However, after completing his perceived mission Cyrax began wandering the Earth, searching for his Lin Kuei commanders to receive new orders. Eventually he was lost, covered by sand in a large desert near the middle east. There he was found by Quan Chi. Quan Chi took the battered cyborg to Shinnok. Shinnok was able to convince Cyrax that he was the leader of the Lin Kuei. Shinnok ordered Cyrax to assassinate as many of the Earth world and Outworld warriors as he could, using him as a pawn in his quest to enslave all realms. | |
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ERMAC |
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| For years, Ermac was rumored to exist in Outworld. It was said that he was a warrior with incredible power, made up of the souls of dead Outworld warriors. He was rumored to wear only red, signifying the blood of the fallen warriors contained within him, and to possess telekinetic powers. When Shao Kahn began his invasion of Earth it seemed that the rumors had been true when a warrior calling himself Ermac joined Kahn's extermination squads. Those who believe him to truly be the Ermac that was rumored about do so because of his red clothing, great fighting ability, and limited mastery of telekinesis. ERMAC himself has said very little to confirm or deny the rumors. He seemed only to be interested in proving himself to be a supremely skilled warrior by becoming the new Mortal Kombat champion. He didn't get his chance before Kahn was driven out of the Earth realm. As this new tournament starts, ERMAC voices his desire to fight for the Outworld, in his usual manner giving no indication why. Some believe he wants his chance to battle the current Mortal Kombat champion Liu Kang. Others, who believe he is a being made of Outworld's dead souls, believe he wants Outworld to merge with all other realms because he cannot exist in those realms otherwise.... Research I found out on my own was that he was a glitch in MKII that if you pressed a certain combo of buttons you would see scorpion but in red...this was know as ERror MACro...hence his name....yet again research by me | |
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GORO |
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| Goro is a member of a race known as Shokan. The Shokan are a subterranean race who are highly respected in Outworld, except by their natural enemies the Centaurians. Goro gained fame in Outworld for his role in Kahn's takeover of Edenia. Kahn was convinced of Goro's abilities, so he sent him to Earth with Shang Tsung to win it's Mortal Kombat so that he could take over Earth as well. In one tournament, Goro became the new Mortal Kombat champion by defeating a monk named Kung Lao. The new champion held his title for thousands of years, winning more victories for Outworld. However, on the verge of winning the final victory, Goro was beaten by Liu Kang. Goro was humiliated and returned to Outworld. Most people believed that he had died during the Shaolin tournament. He let them believe that and went into hiding. Honor is very important to Shokan, and Goro felt he had no right fighting anymore after being beaten by a human. He remained in hiding during the Outworld tournament and Shao Kahn's invasion of Earth. When Kahn is defeated and is driven back into Outworld, he follows up on rumors that Goro is still living and tracks him down. Because Goro is the former champion, the rules of Mortal Kombat allow him, and only him, the right to enter the Outworld in the new tournament between Earth and Netherrealm. Kahn offers to make Goro general of Outworld's armies despite his dishonor if he enters the Outworld in the tournament. Goro accepts. All this time Goro has been improving his skills and decides he is finally ready to take the title of Mortal Kombat champion back from Liu Kang. |
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