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The Black Dragon clan sprung forth from the Red Dragon by renegade Red Dragon
members. This clan trains members to use excessive force and intimidation to
carry out their plans. They have become so powerful that they are a main focus
on the U.S. Special Forces and their rival clan, the Red Dragon.
The Brothers of the Shadow is a group started by Quan Chi as personal group
devoted to the ex Elder God Shinnok in the Netherrealm. The Brothers of the
Shadow are known to perform special tasks for Shinnok such as spies, and
generals.
The Deadly Alliance was formed by the sorcerers Shang Tsung and Quan Chi. This
alliance was formed to give both sorcerers something they both desperately
wanted, for Shang Tsung it is immortality and for Quan Chi it is military
power. The deadly alliance already claimed the lives of Liu Kang and Shao Kahn
and are a force to be reckoned with. The Deadly Alliance had been eliminated
with the return of Onaga.
Little is known about the Dragon King’s empire. It is known he was a ruler in
the Outworld and had an undefeatable army and also had priests at his service.
The Dragon King died prematurely and his army allowed themselves to be ritually
killed until the Dragon King was resurrected by the priests.
After Shao Kahn’s defeat on the Earth realm, the Shokan and the Edenian people
made peace and planned to overthrow Shao Kahn once and for all together and
started an Edenian and Shokan army led by Princess Kitana and Prince Goro. They
struggled with war with Shao Kahn’s army until Shao Kahn was assassinated by
the deadly alliance and Kano’s troops retreated. Prince Goro however was killed
by Noob Saibot during on of the battles and the army itself was destroyed when
Reptile attacked them and then when the Dragon King’s undefeatable army
attacked them.
When Shao Kahn tried to invade the Earthrealm he appointed a special group of
centaurs led by Motaro known as the Extermination Squads to eliminate the
surviving chosen warriors of Earth, they managed to kill Johnny Cage, scare
Rain into joining Shao Kahn, and brutally beat Kabal and left him for dead. The
Extermination Squads dissolved when Shao Kahn was defeated.
The Lin Kuei clan has existed for centuries somewhere in China; their first
known base was located somewhere high in the mountains and they trainer
warriors to be assassins and thieves. Just before Shao Kahn’s invasion of
Earth, the Lin Kuei decided to turn their ninjas into soulless assassins and
turned 3 ninjas into cybernetic ninjas including Smoke, Sub-Zero’s best friend.
After Shao Kahn’s invasion the Lin Kuei disbanded and shortly afterwards during
Shinnok’s invasion a few members tried to restart the clan and sent out their
only cybernetic ninjas they had left, Cyrax and Sektor. Sektor however soon
assassinated the grandmaster due to a data error in his circuits and tried to
claim grandmaster status within the Lin Kuei by taking the Dragon Medallion,
however Sub-Zero battled Sektor for that right and won, Sub-Zero now leads the
Lin Kuei and relocated to an Ice Temple and uses the Lin Kuei as a force for
good.
The Outerworld Investigation Agency was started after Shao Kahn’s invasion by
Special Forces agents Sonya and Jax. They learned to open portals through
science rather than magic and deal with threats to the Earthrealm. This is an
international organization.
The Pantheon of Gods is just the Gods in general. They all have an element to
control on any given world and some are appointed more tasks such as Fujin’s
status as protector of Earth as well as God of wind. There are countless gods
and most never interfere in the destiny of men.
The Red Dragon clan has existed for centuries and had a code system and used
fighting styles to carry out their operations. Unlike most crime organizations
they relied on stealth and secrecy to carry out their operations. However some
members of the Red Dragon thought the code system restricted their potential
and defected from the Red Dragon and created a new clan called the Black
Dragon. Since then the Red Dragon made it a top priority to rid all members of
their rival clan.
The Resistance is a group in the Orderrealm that does not support the current
government. They believe that the current government is too harsh in its
punishments and seeks to establish a new government. The Resistance is known as
terrorists to some but others see them as nothing but terrorists.
The Seidan Guard is known for their ability to maintain order in areas they
control. The Seidan are known in many realms and sometimes their services has
been sought out to maintain order in what would be a very unstable area.
Shao Kahn’s empire consists of many realms that merged into Shao Kahn’s
universal realm of Outworld. In just about every realm he conquered he has
generals recruited in his army, assassins, he has advisors known as the shadow
priests, the nomad army is also at his command and even at one point had a
queen. It is even rumored he commands reptilian slaves. After his defeat on
Earth, Shao Kahn’s empire now only hangs by a thread.
Shinnok’s empire is consisted of demons and souls who have been tortured in the
Netherrealm. Shinnok took Edenia and shortly afterwards attacked the Heavens
and the Earthrealm after Shao Kahn’s invasion. However due to the combined
forces of Earthrealm and disloyalty in his own ranks, Shinnok’s invasion was
quickly thwarted.
The history of the Shirai Ryu extends back to the Lin Kuei, in the early days
of the Lin Kuei there was a Japanese Lin Kuei member named Takeda and he
decided to defect from the Lin Kuei, this naturally marks him for death for his
betrayal to the clan. Takeda returns to Japan and offers to teach lords and
Generals their the art of ninjitsu and soon Japan has ninja clans spawning
everywhere including the Shirai Ryu, which was founded by Takeda. Takeda was
later killed in his elder years by a poison slipped in his tea. Before being
killed by Sub-Zero, Scorpion belonged to this clan.
The Special Forces is a U.S. government team made to deal with terrorists. They
are trained for combat and are the ideal team to bring in threats to peace such
as the much feared Black Dragon gang members.
The Tekunin clan is a cybernetic clan started by Sektor after he lost in battle
with Sub-Zero over the control of the Lin Kuei clan. This clan was started in
Japan with Sektor as the leader.
The White Lotus Society was started by the Order of Light. However, soon after
Liu Kang won the Mortal Kombat tournament Shang Tsung led a group of
Outworlders to kill off members of this super secret group for revenge on Liu
Kang. Soon after their Outworld challenge, Liu Kang and Kung Lao returned to
Earth and briefly tried to reform the White Lotus Society before Shao Kahn’s
invasion. However after Shao Kahn’s defeat, they managed to start the White
Lotus Society back up and it is currently training warriors.