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If Raiden is attempting to invade Outworld, he might trick Jason and Leatherface among possible others (a return of Freddy Kreuger or Kratos?) into fighting for Earthrealm if the Special Forces and Lin Kuei are unwilling. If the previous Guest Fighters are reused, many would react to Raiden with a WhatTheHellHero look since he would be unleashing a bunch of OmincidalManiacs which include [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet a child murderer]], [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre a cannibal]], [[GodOfWar a guy who literally brought about the apocalypse in his own world]], and [[Franchise/FridayThe13th a mindless zombie killing machine]], onto Outworld.

In his own arcade ending, it's shown that Shinnok proceeds to merge all of the realms and its inhabitants into [[GreaterScopeVillain the One Being]], which devours the Elder Gods and [[CessationOfExistence results in the end of all reality]]. Being an Elder God who knew a lot about [[GreaterScopeVillain the One Being]], it's possible that Shinnok was tempted and manipulated by [[GreaterScopeVillain the One Being]] [[TheManBehindTheMan from behind the scenes]], just like how it did with Shao Kahn and Onaga in the past.

* [[Anime/KillLaKill Ryuuko Matoi]] (Or possibly [[Main/DarkActionGirl Satsuki Kiryuin]] or [[Main/BigBad Ragyo Kiryuin]])

[[WMG: The BigBad of the next Mortal Kombat game will be [[spoiler:Raiden]] ]]
With most of the primary antagonists dead (Shao Kahn, Quan Chi) or incapacitated (Shinnok, Shang Tsung), it's highly likely that [[spoiler:Raiden]] would become the BigBad of the next Mortal Kombat game, albeit of the AntiVillain, HeWhoFightsMonsters, KnightTemplar, and WellIntentionedExtremist varieties, and if [[spoiler:Kotal Kahn's and Raiden's endings are canon]]. [[spoiler: Having been corrupted while purifying the Jinsei at the end of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', it was a given that he'd end up pulling a FaceHeelTurn. Disfigured, [[FaithHeelTurn faithless in the Elder Gods]] and still [[TraumaCongaLine traumatized by the death of many of his allies]] (especially Liu Kang, whom he [[LikeASonToMe regarded like a son]] and [[DragonAscendant who's now the ruler of the Netherrealm alongside Kitana]] after Shinnok's demise), Raiden would begin to question whether passively defending Earthrealm is a good idea, and does this by preemptively attacking a weakened Outworld, forcing Kotal Kahn to invoke Mortal Kombat to stop Raiden's invasion. It's very likely that some of Raiden's allies may support the invasion (Scorpion and the Shirai Ryu, for example; it's possible that Raiden could solicit Kano, Hotaru and Liu Kang as his enforcers), while others such as Fujin, Sub-Zero and Team S-F would begin to see the thunder god as a BrokenPedestal, and would work with Kotal Kahn to stop Raiden. The One Being would then be the GreaterScopeVillain, pulling the strings from behind the scenes while Raiden himself wages a RageAgainstTheHeavens, seeking to merge the realms so he could [[KnightTemplar better]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist "protect" Earthrealm]] and disobeying the [[JerkassGod jerkass Elder Gods]] he once revered.]]

Given that they share [[KnightTemplar similarly strict views of justice]] and mutual animosity towards Outworld for its attacks upon their realms in the past (even in spite of [[RedeemingReplacement Kotal Kahn's]] efforts to mend relations with the other realms), it would be very logical for such an alliance to be made [[note]] (and also if he fears that the events of the original timeline that he can recall from his premonitions are starting to repeat, he will at the very least try to prevent the Seidans from seeking to make a deal with Onaga.)[[/note]] in order to carry out a pre-emptive campaigns (possibly [[MoralEventHorizon genocidal]]) against Outworld and all other realm aside from their own. Cassie's team and her allies are not going to allow this to happen [[WhatTheHellHero upon uncovering this big conspiracy]] for being DisproportionateRetribution and work with Kotal's forces to stop it.

With most of the primary antagonists dead (Shao Kahn, Quan Chi) or incapacitated (Shinnok, Shang Tsung), it's highly likely that [[spoiler:Raiden]] would become the BigBad of the next Mortal Kombat game, albeit of the AntiVillain, HeWhoFightsMonsters, KnightTemplar, and WellIntentionedExtremist varieties, and if [[spoiler:Kotal Kahn's and Raiden's endings are canon]]. [[spoiler: Having been corrupted while purifying the Jinsei at the end of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', it was a given that he'd end up pulling a FaceHeelTurn. Disfigured, [[FaithHeelTurn faithless in the Elder Gods]] and still [[TraumaCongaLine traumatized by the death of many of his allies]] (especially Liu Kang, whom he [[LikeASonToMe regarded like a son]] and [[DragonAscendant who's now the ruler of the Netherrealm alongside Kitana]] after Shinnok's demise), Raiden would begin to question whether passively defending Earthrealm is a good idea. He does this by preemptively attacking a weakened Outworld (still recovering from its civil war), forcing Kotal Kahn to invoke Mortal Kombat to stop Raiden's invasion. It's very likely that some of Raiden's allies may support the invasion (Scorpion and the Shirai Ryu, for example; it's possible that Raiden could solicit Kano, Hotaru and Liu Kang as his enforcers), while others such as Fujin, Sub-Zero and Team S-F would begin to see the thunder god as a BrokenPedestal, and would form a resistance group against Raiden's forces. The One Being would then be the GreaterScopeVillain, pulling the strings from behind the scenes while Raiden himself wages a RageAgainstTheHeavens, seeking to merge the realms so he could [[KnightTemplar better]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist "protect" Earthrealm]] and disobeying the [[JerkassGod jerkass Elder Gods]] he once revered.]]

2008's ''[=MKvsDCU=]'' previewed Shao Kahn's return as the main antagonist as well as the fracturing of the relationship between Raiden and [[spoiler:Liu Kang]] in 2011's ''Mortal Kombat 9'' (albeit in the case of first he was merely part of the BigBad Dark Kahn). In the case of ''Mortal Kombat 11'', [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs Insurgent Batman and Regime Superman]] are replaced with Fujin or Sub-Zero and [[spoiler:[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh]]-[[KnightTemplar style]] [[CameBackWrong Corrupted]] [[FaceHeelTurn Dark]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Raiden]]]].

[[WMG: Mileena is capable military commander but a terrible peacetime administrator]]
The contradiction of Mileena supposedly having been an awful Empress but leading a decent rebellion is due to the fact that Shao Kahn drilled Mileena's head with everything related to war, but not foreseeing his untimely demise, (and probably also because of his complete obsession with conquering Earthrealm) never thought of teaching his "daughter" about how to govern Outworld during times of peace. Therefore, when Outworld found itself not at war, Mileena, who we should also considerer would've had the mind of 12-year old at most, had no idea what to do, nearly driving Outworld to ruin and allowing Kotal, who would've had far better experience at governing Outworld since he acted as Shao Kahn's regent while the ladder was off conquering, to usurp her with little opposition

Given that they share [[KnightTemplar similarly strict views of justice]] and mutual animosity towards Outworld for its attacks upon their realms in the past (even in spite of [[RedeemingReplacement Kotal Kahn's]] efforts to mend relations with the other realms), it would be very logical for such an alliance to be made [[note]] (and also If he also fears that the events of the original timeline that he can recall from his premonitions are starting to repeat, he will at the very least try to prevent the Seidans from seeking to make a deal with Onaga.)[[/note]] in order to carry out a pre-emptive campaigns (possibly [[MoralEventHorizon even genocidal]]) against Outworld and all other realm aside from their own. Cassie's team and her allies are not going to allow this to happen [[WhatTheHellHero upon uncovering this big conspiracy]] for being DisproportionateRetribution and work with Kotal's forces to stop it.

[[WMG: [[FaithHeelTurn Raiden]] will turn against the Elder Gods]]
Now that he's corrupted, its a question of time until he see them as the "toothless worms", just like Shao Kahn, and begin to disobey them so he can "better protect the Earth". [[spoiler: Made more explicit in Quan Chi's ending, who is revived by the Elder Gods. They have begun to view Raiden as the new threat.]]

With most of the primary antagonists dead (Shao Kahn, Quan Chi) or incapacitated (Shinnok, Shang Tsung), it's highly likely that [[spoiler:Raiden]] would become the BigBad of the next Mortal Kombat game, albeit of the AntiVillain, HeWhoFightsMonsters, KnightTemplar, and WellIntentionedExtremist varieties, and if Kotal Kahn's and Raiden's endings are taken into account. [[spoiler: Having been corrupted while purifying the Jinsei at the end of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', it was a given that he'd end up pulling a FaceHeelTurn. Disfigured, [[FaithHeelTurn faithless in the Elder Gods]] and still [[TraumaCongaLine traumatized by the death of many of his allies]] (especially Liu Kang, whom he [[LikeASonToMe regarded like a son]] and [[DragonAscendant who's now the ruler of the Netherrealm alongside Kitana]] after Shinnok's demise), Raiden would begin to question whether passively defending Earthrealm is a good idea. He does this by preemptively attacking a weakened Outworld (still recovering from its civil war), forcing Kotal Kahn to invoke Mortal Kombat to stop Raiden's invasion. It's very likely that some of Raiden's allies may support the invasion (Scorpion and the Shirai Ryu, for example; it's possible that Raiden could solicit Kano, Hotaru and Liu Kang as his enforcers), while others such as Fujin, Sub-Zero and Team S-F would begin to see the thunder god as a BrokenPedestal, and would form a resistance group against Raiden's forces. The One Being would then be the GreaterScopeVillain, pulling the strings from behind the scenes while Raiden himself wages a RageAgainstTheHeavens, seeking to merge the realms so he could [[KnightTemplar better]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist "protect" Earthrealm]] and disobeying the [[JerkassGod jerkass Elder Gods]] he once revered.]]

2008's ''[=MKvsDCU=]'' previewed Shao Kahn's return as the main antagonist as well as the fracturing of the relationship between Raiden and [[spoiler:Liu Kang]] in 2011's ''Mortal Kombat 9'' (albeit in the case of first he was merely part of the BigBad Dark Kahn). In the case of ''Mortal Kombat X'', [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs Insurgent Batman and Regime Superman]] are replaced with Fujin or Sub-Zero and [[spoiler:[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh]]-[[KnightTemplar style]] [[CameBackWrong Corrupted]] [[FaceHeelTurn Dark]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Raiden]]]].

With most of the primary antagonists dead (Shao Kahn, Quan Chi) or incapacitated (Shinnok, Shang Tsung), it's highly likely that [[spoiler:Raiden]] would become the BigBad, albeit of the AntiVillain, HeWhoFightsMonsters, KnightTemplar, and WellIntentionedExtremist varieties, and if Kotal Kahn's and Raiden's endings are taken into account. [[spoiler: Having been corrupted while purifying the Jinsei at the end of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', it was a given that he'd end up pulling a FaceHeelTurn. Disfigured, [[FaithHeelTurn faithless in the Elder Gods]] and still [[TraumaCongaLine traumatized by the death of many of his allies]] (especially Liu Kang, whom he [[LikeASonToMe regarded like a son]] and [[DragonAscendant who's now the ruler of the Netherrealm alongside Kitana]] after Shinnok's demise), Raiden would begin to question whether passively defending Earthrealm is a good idea. He does this by preemptively attacking a weakened Outworld (still recovering from its civil war), forcing Kotal Kahn to invoke Mortal Kombat to stop Raiden's invasion. It's very likely that some of Raiden's allies may support the invasion (Scorpion and the Shirai Ryu, for example), while others such as Fujin, Sub-Zero and Team S-F would begin to see the thunder god as a BrokenPedestal, and would form a resistance group against Raiden's forces. The One Being would then be the GreaterScopeVillain, pulling the strings from behind the scenes while Raiden himself wages a RageAgainstTheHeavens, seeking to merge the realms so he could [[KnightTemplar better]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist "protect" Earthrealm]] and disobeying the [[JerkassGod jerkass Elder Gods]] he once revered.]]

With most of the primary antagonists dead (Shao Kahn, Quan Chi) or incapacitated (Shinnok, Shang Tsung), it's highly likely that [[spoiler:Raiden]] would become the BigBad, albeit of the HeWhoFightsMonsters, KnightTemplar, and WellIntentionedExtremist varieties, and if Kotal Kahn's and Raiden's endings are taken into account. [[spoiler: Having been corrupted while purifying the Jinsei' energies at the end of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', it was a given that he'd end up pulling a FaceHeelTurn, first by beheading Shinnok to a FateWorseThanDeath. Disfigured, faithless in the Elder Gods and still traumatized by the death of many of his allies (especially Liu Kang, whom he [[LikeASonToMe regarded like a son]] and [[DragonAscendant who's now the ruler of the Netherrealm alongside Kitana]] after Shinnok's demise), Raiden would begin to question whether passively defending Earthrealm is a good idea. He does this by preemptively attacking a weakened Outworld (still recovering from its civil war), forcing Kotal Kahn to invoke Mortal Kombat to stop Raiden's invasion. It's very likely that some of Raiden's allies may support it (Scorpion and the Shirai Ryu, for example), while others such as Fujin and Team S-F would view this as wrong. The One Being would then be the GreaterScopeVillain, pulling the strings from behind the scenes whilst Raiden himself wages a RageAgainstTheHeavens, seeking to merge the realms so he could [[KnightTemplar better]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist "protect" Earthrealm]] while disobeying the [[JerkassGod jerkass Elder Gods]] he once revered.]]

With most of the previous villains either dead or incapacitated, it is very likely that [[spoiler:[[KnightTemplar Raiden]]]] will be the [[SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome main]] [[RogueProtagonist antagonist]] of the next Mortal Kombat game, if various endings in MKX and [[TheStinger the post-credits scene]] are taken into account. [[spoiler:Raiden begins to question his methods of defending Earthrealm from outside threats, especially after Shinnok's second attempt at conquering his beloved realm. [[DespairEventHorizon Losing many of his fellow Earthrealm defenders to the Netherrealm's taint,]] [[EvilTaintedThePlace purifying the Jinsei]] and [[CameBackWrong getting corrupted as a result]] made him convince that there must a change in tactics on how to defend Earthrealm. Worse, he loses [[FaithHeelTurn faith in the Elder Gods]], as he remembered that they did nothing against Shao Kahn's invasion until it was almost too late. With recent events in mind and [[SanitySlippage his morals now]] [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil starting to go off balance,]] Raiden [[PayEvilUntoEvil starts to]] [[DisproportionateRetribution take a]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist more militaristic approach]] [[KnightTemplar to defend Earthrealm]]. He [[HeWhoFightsMonsters decides]] [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans to do]] this by [[MightMakesRight preemptively attacking other realms]], with [[EnemiesList Outworld topping the hit list]].]]

[[spoiler:[[BigGood An unprepared Kotal]] [[AntiHero Kahn]] then invokes Mortal Kombat, hoping to stop this sudden invasion. Soon enough, new factions emerge in this war, with Raiden securing the support of the Shirai Ryu, the Black Dragon clan and Orderrealm; it's also possible that, Triborg (who now created the Tekunin clan in the new timeline), a revived Shang Tsung (who could revive Mileena) and Liu Kang, who's now the emperor of the Netherrealm, could back Raiden in his war against Outworld. The Earthrealm defenders/Team S-F (Kenshi, Jax, Sonya, Johnny Cage, Cassie Cage, Kung Jin, Takeda and Jacqui Briggs) and the Lin Kuei learn that [[BigBadSlippage Raiden]] is indeed [[SanitySlippage losing his sanity]] and [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope has attempted]] [[MightMakesRight to conquer Outworld by brute force]] in order to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans make Earthrealm "safe" from outside threats]], and decide to support Kotal Kahn in order to stop Raiden; Bo' Rai Cho and Fujin lead the Earthrealm resistance against Raiden and throw in their support to Kotal. [[OmnicidalManiac Raiden]], [[AxCrazy outraged]] that Kotal Kahn invoked Mortal Kombat and that his [[DefectorFromDecadence fellow Earthrealm defenders have defected to support Kotal Kahn]], could enact [[MoralEventHorizon morally questionable things]] to [[DisproportionateRetribution destroy Outworld and to punish those who have threw in their support of Kotal Kahn.]]]]

* [[spoiler:Groups and individuals that could back Raiden: The Shirai Ryu back Raiden (however, this ends the brief alliance between Sub-Zero and Scorpion), and it's also possible that Raiden could gain support from [[ArmsDealer Kano and his Black Dragon Clan]] (in [[OnlyInItForTheMoney exchange for money]]), [[BackFromTheDead a resurrected Shang Tsung (if Ermac's and Mileena's endings are taken into account,]] and it's possible [[CloneArmy Shang Tsung could create Mileena clones)]], [[KnightTemplar Orderrealm (led by Hotaru, who is a known military zealot and is willing to work with other realms who want to impose martial law)]], [[IAmLegion the Tekunin clan (led by Triborg)]] and [[ArmyOfTheDead the Netherrealm (led by Liu Kang, who rose to power after Shinnok's defeat)]].]]
* [[spoiler:Groups and individuals who could could oppose Raiden: [[DefectorFromDecadence The Lin Kuei]] (Sub-Zero ends his new alliance with Scorpion, thus reviving the conflict between the Shirai Ryu and Lin Kuei), Special Forces ([[LaResistance Sonya, Jax, Kenshi, Johnny Cage, Takeda, Kung Jin, Cassie, and Jacqui]] become convinced that [[BewareTheSuperman Raiden]] has indeed become a FallenHero), [[EccentricMentor Bo Rai Cho (who lends a hand to train Outworld's warriors after ending his friendship with Raiden)]] and [[HeroWithBadPublicity Fujin]] (who has realized that Raiden has turned on the Elder Gods, and leads the Earthrealm defenders/Special Forces against Raiden's oppressive regime), on the other hand, could back Kotal Kahn to stop Raiden.]]
* [[spoiler:Groups and individuals that are neutral in this conflict or are potential WildCards: Chaosrealm, the Red Dragon Clan (may oppose the Black Dragon clan), the Brotherhood of Shadow (if Noob Saibot comes back, he may work with anti-Kotal Kahn forces such as Tanya and D'Vorah and would make a bid to claim the Netherrealm for himself by attempting to overthrow Liu Kang)]]

[[WMG:Predator's Variations will be [[{{Film/Predator}} Jungle Hunter]], [[{{Film/Predator2}} City Hunter]], and [[AlienVsPredator Alien Hunter]]]]

* [[Film/{{Halloween}} Micheal Myers]]

[[spoiler:Dark Raiden]] will play the role of Regime Superman, while [[spoiler:Hotaru and the Realm of Order]] will be the Mortal Kombat equivalents of Sinestro and Korugar, allying themselves with [[spoiler:Dark Raiden]] due to, as mentioned above, their shared draconian views on justice. There will be an [[spoiler:Earthrealm]] insurgency, likely led by [[spoiler:Sub-Zero or Fujin]] as MK Insurgent Batman. [[spoiler:Shang Tsung]] will return as a combination of Lex Luthor and Ares, secretly aiding Earthrealm's insurgency simply because [[spoiler:Dark Raiden]] will be a major problem in the long run. It's also possible that [[spoiler:Liu Kang, Kitana and the Netherrealm]] could side with [[spoiler:Dark Raiden]] in a manner similar to Yellow Lantern and Wonder Woman serving as CoDragons to [[spoiler: Dark Raiden]]. Taking his Arcade ending into account, [[spoiler:Scorpion]] will almost certainly play a role similar to Aquaman, pledging his and the [[spoiler:Shirai Ryu's]] allegence to [[spoiler:Dark Raiden]] much like Aquaman did to Superman.

[[WMG: If the One Being is revived, Shao Khan's creations (Ermac, Skarlet, and possibly Mileena) would survive]]
Because They were artificially created instead of born, the whole "part of The One Being" thing doesn't apply to them. Also, Ermac and Skarlet are a [[IAmLegion collection of souls concentrated into one body]] meaning that it would be difficult to integrate them into the One Being's essence. Ermac's arcade ending in Deception implied that he at the very least can sense the One Being's influence, bringing up interesting implications. This could be used as a PlotCoupon in case Ed Boon decides to allow the One Being to be released, as it would as allow for an AfterTheEnd scenario where [[IncrediblyLamePun Khan's Kreations]], possibly with Raiden or Fujin's help, would have to put the One Being back in it's dormant state

This game has included Liu Kang, Kung Lao and Kitana being perfectly normal, living being, even if [[spoiler:they never turn back into living beings and stayed revenants, with Liu Kang and Kitana leading the Netherrealm in the ending]]. And even then, with the pre-match quotes, their personalities seem... differrent. Kung Lao seemed to be more respectful on Raiden instead of blaming him for getting his neck snapped by Shao Kahn (which his revenant did), and his appearance and Liu Kang's is that of an aged version of themselves. Along with other dialogues that did not match with what happens in Story Mode (Scorpion and Sub-Zero still hating each other, multiple Mileena and Kano, Raiden facing off with Dark Raiden), this might be a sequel/DLC hook that for some reason, characters from various timelines are dragged into this timeline and a problem will arise. For instance, [[spoiler:Old Liu Kang might meet Revenant Liu Kang and have a baffled reaction...]]

* Goals: Taking a more aggressive, pre-emptive action in defense of Earthrealm against threats (e.g. A new Deadly Alliance, Onaga, and/or the Red Dragon). [[spoiler: However, this could change as Raiden decides to take matters into his own hands, pursue his own bid to [[KnightTemplar remake the realms,]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist go on a warpath against other realms,]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters mercilessly cleanse all evil]] and thus become the BigBad of MK11.]]

* [[spoiler:Subverted above, as though Liu Kang is not the BigBad, he is [[ReforgedIntoAMinion into a minion]] for Shinnok.]]

* Members: [[spoiler: Raiden, White Lotus Society (including Kai?), Shirai Ryu (including Scorpion?) and Ashrah(?)]].
* Goals: Taking a more aggressive, pre-emptive action in defense of Earthrealm against threats (e.g. A new Deadly Alliance, Onaga, and/or the Red Dragon)

[[spoiler:Dark Raiden]] will play the role of Regime Superman, while [[spoiler:Hotaru and the Realm of Order]] will be the equivalents of Sinestro and Korugar, allying themselves with [[spoiler:Dark Raiden]] due to, as mentioned above, their shared draconian views on justice. There will be an [[spoiler:Earthrealm]] insurgency, likely led by [[spoiler:Sub-Zero or Fujin]] as MK Insurgent Batman. [[spoiler:Shang Tsung]] will return as a combination of Lex Luthor and Ares, aiding Earthrealm's insurgency simply because [[spoiler:Dark Raiden]] will be a major problem in the long run. It's also possible that [[spoiler:Liu Kang, Kitana and the Netherrealm]] could side with [[spoiler:Dark Raiden]] in a manner similar to Yellow Lantern and Wonder Woman serving as CoDragons to [[spoiler: Dark Raiden]]. Taking his Arcade ending into account, [[spoiler:Scorpion]] will almost certainly play a role similar to Aquaman, pledging his and the [[spoiler:Shirai Ryu's]] allegence to [[spoiler:Dark Raiden]] much like Aquaman did to Superman.

Having been killed by Raiden in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', it was a given that he'd wind up in the Netherrealm with his allies since that was the deal Quan Chi made with Shao Kahn. Disfigured, faithless and traumatized by the death of his friends and lover, Liu Kang would be approached by Shinnok, who would offer him the chance at revenge in exchange for his loyalty, whilst stripping him of all that was good about him. Shinnok would then be the GreaterScopeVillain, pulling the strings from behind the scenes whilst Liu himself wages a RageAgainstTheHeavens, demanding that he be made Earthrealm's guardian over Raiden.

* [[spoiler:Subverted above, after Shinnok's defeat with most of all warriors who were made into a servant by Quan Chi, revived, and he start to reconcile with Raiden.]]

Now that he's gone heel at the end of ''Mortal Kombat X'', he could convince the following individuals into serving him:

* Triborg: Since Tri-borg has Sektor's bad habits in essence, Raiden could encourage the cyborg to create an army of super-soldiers.

* '''Fartality''': A TakeThat[=/=]ShoutOut to TattooAssassins, where the opponent is finished with a lethal fart!

* Rain & Tanya: They may work with Raiden in exchange for a free Edenia by inciting a 2nd civil war within Outworld, so Kotal Kahn will be bogged down with dealing with multiple problems (a Mortal Kombat tournament, combined with a new insurrection), as a way for Raiden to weaken Outworld in the long term.

[[WMG: Raiden will [[ManipulativeBastard convince]] or [[JoinOrDie coerce]] several individuals into serving him.]]
Now that he's gone heel at the end of ''Mortal Kombat X'', he could convince or force the following individuals into serving him:

* Scorpion: He unwittingly doomed the remaining revenants to stay as revenants forever, thanks to his RevengeBeforeReason. [[spoiler: Raiden could [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse convince]] [[ManipulativeBastard him]] into becoming [[TheChampion his champion]] in Scorpion's Arcade ending. Raiden and Scorpion invade Outworld (in Raiden's Arcade ending), but Kotal Kahn invokes Mortal Kombat, forcing the thunder god to withdraw and come up with a Plan B to destroy Outworld.]]
* Mileena: In her Arcade ending, [[spoiler:Mileena awakens in the Flesh Pits and finds herself surrounded by clones of herself, all of whom shared a psychic bond with one another. Raiden notes this, [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse offers her]] to exact her own revenge on those who wronged her in the past, and allows her to use the clone army to wreck havoc on Outworld.]]

* Kano: Since Kano had a role in releasing Shinnok's amulet and giving it to Mileena during the Outworld civil war, Raiden won't let him off the hook [[spoiler: The Thunder God could convince him to join by his side and destroy Outworld, or [[JoinOrDie face the consequences]].]]

* Scorpion: He unwittingly doomed the remaining revenants to stay as revenants forever, thanks to his RevengeBeforeReason. [[spoiler: Raiden could [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse convince]] [[ManipulativeBastard him]] into becoming [[TheChampion his champion]] in Scorpion's Arcade ending. Raiden and Scorpion invade Outworld (in Raiden's Arcade ending), but Kotal Kahn invokes Mortal Kombat, forcing the thunder god to withdraw and come up with Plan B to destroy Outworld.]]
* Mileena: In her Arcade ending, Mileena awakens in the Flesh Pits and finds herself surrounded by clones of herself, all of whom shared a psychic bond with one another. Raiden, taking note of Kitana's hideous clone, [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse offers her]] to exact her own revenge on those who wronged her in the past, and allowing her to use the clone army to wreck havoc in Outworld.

* Kano: Since Kano had a role in releasing Shinnok's amulet and giving it to Mileena during the Outworld civil war, Raiden won't let him off the hook [[spoiler: The Thunder God could convince him to [[ join by his side and destroy Outworld]], or [[JoinOrDie face the consequences]].]]

[[WMG:D'vorah will be coerced, or enslaved, to serve Raiden.]]
It's not like he'd just let her pack up and go after Story Mode's conclusion. [[spoiler: This also gives the Thunder God good use for Shinnok's decapitated corpse... as a host for an army of super drones a la D'vorah's Ladder ending.]]

[[spoiler:[[BigGood An unprepared Kotal Kahn]] then invokes Mortal Kombat, hoping to stop this sudden invasion. The Earthrealm defenders/Team S-F (Kenshi, Jax, Sonya, Johnny Cage, Cassie Cage, Kung Jin, Takeda and Jacqui Briggs) and the Lin Kuei (led by Sub-Zero, who has dissolved his alliance with Scorpion, who is supporting Raiden) later learn that [[BigBadSlippage Raiden]] is indeed [[SanitySlippage losing his sanity]] and [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope has attempted]] [[MightMakesRight to conquer Outworld by brute force]] in order to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans better "protect" Earthrealm]], and decide to support Kotal Kahn in order to stop Raiden. [[OmnicidalManiac Raiden]], [[AxCrazy outraged]] that Kotal Kahn invoked Mortal Kombat and that his [[DefectorFromDecadence fellow Earthrealm defenders have defected to support Kotal Kahn]], could enact [[MoralEventHorizon morally questionable things]] to [[DisproportionateRetribution destroy Outworld and to punish those who have threw in their support of Kotal Kahn.]]]]

[[spoiler:Fujin (who leads the Earthrealm defenders against Raiden's oppressive regime), along with Cassie Cage's team, must work with Kotal Kahn to stop [[BigBadFriend Raiden]]. Bo Rai Cho also joins Kotal Kahn's side after learning of [[EvilFormerFriend Raiden's]] attempted invasion of Outworld, and [[WeUsedToBeFriends severs his ties with Raiden]].]]

With most of the previous villains either dead or incapacitated, it is very likely that [[spoiler:[[KnightTemplar Raiden]]]] will be the [[SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome main]] [[RogueProtagonist antagonist]] of the next Mortal Kombat game, if various endings in MKX and [[TheStinger the post-credits scene]] are taken into account. [[spoiler:Raiden begins to question his methods of defending Earthrealm from outside threats, especially after Shinnok's second attempt at conquering his beloved realm. [[DespairEventHorizon Losing many of his fellow Earthrealm defenders to the Netherrealm's taint,]] [[EvilTaintedThePlace purifying the Jinsei]] and [[CameBackWrong getting corrupted as a result]] made him convince that there must a change in tactics on how to defend Earthrealm. Worse, he loses [[FaithHeelTurn faith in the Elder Gods]], as he remembered that they did nothing against Shao Kahn's invasion until it was almost too late.]]

[[spoiler:With recent events in mind and [[SanitySlippage his morals now]] [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil starting to go off balance,]] [[DisproportionateRetribution Raiden responds]] by [[PayEvilUntoEvil starting to take a]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist more militaristic approach]] [[KnightTemplar to defend Earthrealm]]. He [[HeWhoFightsMonsters decides]] [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans to do]] this by [[MightMakesRight preemptively attacking other realms]], with [[EnemiesList Outworld topping the hit list]].]]