Hi! i'm NYsk8r, and this is my new blog series called "This is the story of..." This is the part where i take a relatively confusing game storyline, and make it... less confusing! This week: Mortal Kombat! Before we even get in to the story, let me just clarify a few things, 1. Mortal Kombat takes place in the present. Not the past, nor the future... 2. (spoiler alert!) Yes, in Armageddon everyone dies. Alright! now that that's done, ON WITH THE STORY!!! Every 500 years or so, the Elder gods hold a tournament between the realms. Earthrealm (us.), Neatherrealm (a hellish world), Outworld (Shao Kahn's[we'll get to him later] world), Seido (the realm of order and peace), And the Realm of Chaos (opposite of Seido), And fianally Endina (The beautiful, perfect world) all compete in a tournament known as "Mortal Kombat". Earthreal has one 9 of these and the tenth one is taking place in The first mortal kombat is about seven earthrealm warriors fighting for earthrealm. among those are Liu Kang, Sonia Blade, and Johnny Cage. Eventually, Liu Kang wins and becomes the champion of mortal kombat. In Mortal kombat two, Shao Kahn (The bad Guy) lures the earthrealm fighters to Outworld, but is defeated. In Mortal kombat 3, Kahn revives his wife Sindel, and merges earthrealm with outworld. When he tries to invade it, he is defeated by earthrealm warriors. The following game, Mortal Kombat 4, The Former Elder god Shinnok, tries to kill the Elder god raiden, but he too is defeated by earthrealm warriors. In Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, Quan Chi (Shinnoks partner) and Shang Tsung (Shao Kahn's partner) Team up to conquer the realms. They succeed. In Mortal kombat Deception, However, Raiden comes to oppose them. after an epic opening fight, they are all badly beaten. But then, Onaga, The ancient dragon king, gets Resurrected to take the last of the six kamidogu (the source of all power) which is on Quan Chi's amulet. Realizing this, Quan Chi, Raiden, And shang tsung, all band together, and create an explosion so massive, that it scatters the kamidogu across all of the realms. During the story of Deception, The protagonist, Shujinko, is fooled by onaga to gather the six kamidogu across the realms (that's why the game title is "Deception"). After he succeeds, he realizes that he was tricked, and that he caused the destruction of all realms. In the next game, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, The elder gods put a temple in the middle of the realms to stop all fighting. so in the opening cut scene, all the warriors from all the realms have a massive fight. but in the end, everyone dies, and shao kahn gets the six kamidogu. In a last resort, Raiden tries to defeat him, but it is no use. so the last thing raiden does is send a message back in time saying "He Must Win." and that is where the "Mortal Kombat" Timeline ends, and the "Reboot" Timeline begins! And that is the epic tale of Mortal Kombat. Tune in Next Week for "This is the story of...'. and write in the comments what game i should do next!