
Naturally, Shang Tsung plots to take the Crown for himself, betraying Sindel and Shao Kahn in order to do so. However, Shang Tsung reappears when Liu Kang is trying to create a new history and warns him that he needs Kronika's Crown to use the Hourglass. Additionally, Shao Kahn is angry at Shang Tsung once again for failing, and he puts the souls collected by Shang Tsung into Sindel, which results in Shang Tsung dying. (function() ) Ĭonsidering Mortal Kombat's confusing timelines and plot twists, it's no surprise that Shao Kahn is not actually dead, and Shang Tsung's hopes of being emperor are crushed. Shao Kahn spares Tsung only because of his idea to challenge Earthrealm to a tournament in Outworld as a diversion, but this failure among others ends with Shang Tsung being imprisoned and tortured until he regains Shao Kahn's favor. When Goro is on the verge of winning his 10th tournament, which would allow Outworld to conquer Earthrealm, Raiden brings Liu Kang to fight on Earthrealm's behalf where he ends Goro's streak and saves Earthrealm despite Liu Kang having the least lethal fatality in Mortal Kombat at the time. As Goro holds the position of champion, Shang Tsung becomes the only Grandmaster to keep his control over the Mortal Kombat tournaments.

He reappears after the suspicious death of one of the tournament's Grandmasters, bringing with him his prized student, Goro, who is half-dragon and half-man. After his defeat, Shang Tsung is absent from the tournament for an unknown amount of time. Shang Tsung holds the title of champion until he's defeated by the Great Kung Lao from Earthrealm. While Earthrealm provides many of the heroes, its counterpart Outworld, which is brutally ruled by Shao Kahn, is home to many of the series' villains. As a bonus, the winner of Mortal Kombat receives slowed aging and immortality until the next tournament. The best fighters from various realms, one of the most recognizable being Earthrealm, gather together to try and win the right for their realm to invade and conquer other realms. Mortal Kombat is a fighting game released in 1992 that centers around the Mortal Kombat Tournament, where a win streak of ten wins allows the realm of the winner to takeover other realms. As one of the primary antagonists, he is one of the main enemies of the main protagonist Liu Kang.


One of the few characters from the original game is Shang Tsung, and he could be considered the starting point of the series since he is the host of the Mortal Kombat Tournament, which plays an important role throughout the story. Mortal Kombat makes it difficult to keep track of its characters with the series' convoluted timeline.
