Millions of years ago, Shinnok, one of the Elder Gods , turned on his fellow deities and invaded Earthrealm. Raiden and the Elder Gods stopped Shinnok. Locked him up in the Netherrealm. Others followed in Shinnok’s footsteps… like Outworld’s emperor, Shao Kahn, who was obsessed in conquering with Earthrealm. So Raiden convinced the Elder Gods to enact the Mortal Kombat tournament as a way to even out the odds to even out the odds… give Earthrealm a chance. For generations, Shao Kahn followed the Elder Gods’ rules. The war moved to the arena, where he sent his toughest fighters to challenge Raiden’s greatest defenders in Mortal Kombat. Two years ago, we beat him. But Shao Kahn wasn’t ready to lose. He violated the rules of Mortal Kombat and invaded Earthrealm. Most of Earth’s defenders- our friends- were killed. Turned into undead warriors. Despite all odds we stopped Shao Kahn’s invasion. As punishment, the Elder Gods destroyed him. We thought the long nightmare was over. But it turns out that Shinnok had been manipulating events: Shao Kahn’s invasion… his death… All part of Shinnok’s plan to escape the Netherrealm and resume his war on the Elder Gods.