For centuries Earth has used Mortal Kombat to defend itself against the Outworld's Emeperor Shao Kahn.
But, Kahn becomes frustrated by failed attempts at taking Earth through tournament battle.
He enacts a plan which began 10,000 years ago.
During this time Kahn had a Queen. Her name was Sindel and her young death was unexpected.
Kahn's Shadow priests led by Shang Tsung, make it so Sindel's spirit would someday be reborn:
Not on the Outworld but on the Earth Realm itself.
This unholy act gives Shao Kahn to step through the dimensional gates and reclaim his Queen.
Thus enabling him to finally seize the Earth Realm.
Upon breaching the portal into Earth, Shao Kahn slowly transforms the planet into a part of the Outworld itself.
Kahn strips the Earth of all human life: Claiming every soul as his own.
But there are souls which Kahn cannot take.
These souls belong to the warriors chosen to represent Earth in a new Mortal Kombat.
The remaining humans are scattered through out the planet.
Shao Kahn sends an army of fierce Outworld warriors to find and eliminate them.
After the first tournament Sonya Blade turned up missing. Jax then embarked on a rescue mission into the Outworld.
He found Sonya being held captive with her nemesis Kano.
In freeing Sonya, Jax also frees Kano. Kano then uses the chance to escape arrest.
The ultimate advancement in Lin Kuei technology comes with the creation of the first cyber-assassin.
They begin converting their human ninjas into soulless machines.
But Sub-Zero refuses to take part and is marked for death by his own clan.
After winning the first Mortal Kombat and escaping from the Outworld, Liu Kang looks to the future.
He begins training a new generation of Shaolin alongside Kung Lao.
But nothing could prepare them for the unexpected Outworld invasion.
But, Kahn becomes frustrated by failed attempts at taking Earth through tournament battle.
He enacts a plan which began 10,000 years ago.
During this time Kahn had a Queen. Her name was Sindel and her young death was unexpected.
Kahn's Shadow priests led by Shang Tsung, make it so Sindel's spirit would someday be reborn:
Not on the Outworld but on the Earth Realm itself.
This unholy act gives Shao Kahn to step through the dimensional gates and reclaim his Queen.
Thus enabling him to finally seize the Earth Realm.
Upon breaching the portal into Earth, Shao Kahn slowly transforms the planet into a part of the Outworld itself.
Kahn strips the Earth of all human life: Claiming every soul as his own.
But there are souls which Kahn cannot take.
These souls belong to the warriors chosen to represent Earth in a new Mortal Kombat.
The remaining humans are scattered through out the planet.
Shao Kahn sends an army of fierce Outworld warriors to find and eliminate them.
After the first tournament Sonya Blade turned up missing. Jax then embarked on a rescue mission into the Outworld.
He found Sonya being held captive with her nemesis Kano.
In freeing Sonya, Jax also frees Kano. Kano then uses the chance to escape arrest.
The ultimate advancement in Lin Kuei technology comes with the creation of the first cyber-assassin.
They begin converting their human ninjas into soulless machines.
But Sub-Zero refuses to take part and is marked for death by his own clan.
After winning the first Mortal Kombat and escaping from the Outworld, Liu Kang looks to the future.
He begins training a new generation of Shaolin alongside Kung Lao.
But nothing could prepare them for the unexpected Outworld invasion.
The game's Attract Mode
Thousands of years ago, an order of the wisest men from the Far East received visions of the dark realm known as the Outworld.
It was a world ruled by chaos and a vicious emperor known as Shao Kahn.
They learned that travel between Earth and the new found realm would someday be possible, if the conditions were right, the conditions being the unbalancing of the furies -
Negative and positive forces which keep our unstable universe from collapsing onto itself.
Knowing that an Outworld invasion was imminent, the wise men appealed to the Elder Gods.
It was for this reason that the Elder Gods created the tournament called Mortal Kombat.
For nine generations, Mortal Kombat was ruled by Outworld's finest warrior-prince, Goro.
The Earth was on the brink of its destruction when a new generation of warriors were victorious in defending its realm.
The warrior monk, Liu Kang, would become the new champion.
But his victory was short-lived as he and his comrades find themselves lured into the Outworld to compete in a second tournament.
Little did they know that the tournament was merely a diversion, a scheme devised by the dark emperor to break the rules set forth by the Elder Gods and witness the reincarnation of his former queen Sindel on the Earth Realm itself.
This unholy act gives Shao Kahn the power to step through the dimensional gates and reclaim his queen, thus enabling him to seize the Earth.
These are the trilogy of events which comprise Shao Kahn's final attempt at taking the earth.
It was a world ruled by chaos and a vicious emperor known as Shao Kahn.
They learned that travel between Earth and the new found realm would someday be possible, if the conditions were right, the conditions being the unbalancing of the furies -
Negative and positive forces which keep our unstable universe from collapsing onto itself.
Knowing that an Outworld invasion was imminent, the wise men appealed to the Elder Gods.
It was for this reason that the Elder Gods created the tournament called Mortal Kombat.
For nine generations, Mortal Kombat was ruled by Outworld's finest warrior-prince, Goro.
The Earth was on the brink of its destruction when a new generation of warriors were victorious in defending its realm.
The warrior monk, Liu Kang, would become the new champion.
But his victory was short-lived as he and his comrades find themselves lured into the Outworld to compete in a second tournament.
Little did they know that the tournament was merely a diversion, a scheme devised by the dark emperor to break the rules set forth by the Elder Gods and witness the reincarnation of his former queen Sindel on the Earth Realm itself.
This unholy act gives Shao Kahn the power to step through the dimensional gates and reclaim his queen, thus enabling him to seize the Earth.
These are the trilogy of events which comprise Shao Kahn's final attempt at taking the earth.
The Attract Mode for Mortal Kombat Trilogy, the Updated Re-release
