Mortal Kombat Three Story FAQ
Version 2.0 Updated May 23, 1995
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What's New This update:
More Possibilities.
Most Spelling corrected.
Some endings revised.
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CONTENTS:
*General Story -Standard EGM Story
*Group Stories -The general story to the next level.
*Individual Stories -Beginnings and endings
*Possibilities -Possible characters that might be added in September,
Please send me (By email to Robocod@aol.com)any characters you make 
up, even if it's obvious they will never be in MK3.
*Credits -Without them, this FAQ wouldn't exist!

               *General Story*
               The Beginning
         (Insert dark, spooky, music here)

     Thousands of years ago an order of the wisest men from the Far
East received visions of a dark realm. This realm came to be known as 
the  OUTWORLD. It was a dark and chaotic and ruled by a vicious 
emperor. The  wise men knew that travel between the dark realm and 
Earth 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 the eminent Outworld invasion would prove 
too much for Earth, they appealed to the Elder Gods. It was for this 
reason the Elder Gods created the tournament of Mortal Kombat. Though 
this contest, we protect not only the safety of our realm, but the
existence of our souls.

               Evil Reborn
     
     For centuries Earth has used Mortal Kombat to defend itself
against the Outworld's Emperor -- Shao Kahn. But Kahn becomes 
frustrated by failed attempts at taking Earth though the tournament 
battle. He decides to enact a plan which began almost 10,000 years 
ago. It was during a time in which Kahn had a queen. Her name was 
Sindel and her premature death was devastating.  Kahn's shadow priests, 
lead by sorcerer Shang Tsung, would 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 the power to step though the dimensional 
gates and reclaim his queen, thus enabling him to finally seize Earth.


               Conquest
     Upon breaching the Portal into Earth, Shao Kahn strips the planet
of all human life. He claims every soul as his own. Slowly the Earth 
begins to transform into a part of the Outworld itself. But there are 
human souls which Shao Kahn cannot take. These souls belong to the 
warriors chosen to represent Earth in a new Mortal Kombat. The warriors 
are scattered throughout the planet and Kahn sends an army of fierce 
Outworld warriors to find and eliminate them. Some of the Earth's warriors
survive the attacks, but most do not. The remaining few hold the chance 
at saving all of human kind.

               Radien's Creed

Remember these words warriors,
     You have been chosen to represent Earth in Mortal Kombat. Each of
you poses a vital threat to Shao Kahn's occupation of Earth. Be warned;
although your souls are protected against Shao Kahn's evil, your lives 
are not! I can not interfere with these matters any longer. Your earth 
is now governed by the gods of the Outworld. 
These are the words of RAIDEN.


               *Group Stories*
          -=-=-Kano, Sonya, and Jax=-=-
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.
          -=-Sektor, Cyrax, and Sub-Zero-=-
The Ultimate advancement is 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.
     
          =-=Liu Kang and Kung Lao=--=
After winning the first Mortal Kombat and escaping from the 
Outworld, Liu Kang looks towards the future.  He begins training
a new generation of Shaolin alongside Kung Lao. But nothing 
could prepare them for the unexpected Outworld Invasion.

	                    Individual Stories

                                  - Major Jax Briggs -
     After failing to convince his superiors of the coming Outworld 
menace, Jax begins to covertly prepare for the future battle with Kahn's 
minions. He fits both arms with indestructible bionic implants. This is a 
war Jax is prepared to win.

Ending:
     Jax was prepared for the Outworld invasion.  Thought to be the
strongest man on earth, Jax proved it easily. He easily dispatches
Kahn's minions, and eventually Kahn himself. After winning, Sonya
and Jax set up the Outworld expedition agency (OEA). They used science
to find ways of opening portal's to the Outworld instead of black
magic, and Jax led the first expedition to explore a new dimension.

               - Sheeva -
     She was hand picked by Shao Kahn to serve as Sindel's personal 
Protector. She becomes suspicious of Shao Kahn's loyalty toward her race
of Shokan when he places Motaro head of his extermination squads. On the 
Outworld Motaro's race of Centaurians are the natural enemy of the Shokan.

Ending:
     Her race is going to be enslaved by Shao Kahn, who gives Motaro's 
race of Centaurians the Information they need to defeat the Shokan. Sheeva
is outraged and kills Shao Kahn and Motaro, restoring her race to one of 
Nobility.

               -Cyrax-
     Cyrax is unit LK-4D4, the second of three prototype cybernetic 
ninjas built by the Lin Kuei. Like his counterparts his last program 
command is to find and terminate the rogue ninja Sub Zero. Without a soul 
Cyrax goes undetected by Shao Kahn and remains a possible threat against 
his occupation of Earth.

Ending:
     Cyrax is reprogrammed by Sub-Zero out in the desert. Cyrax wins 
and it turn out that Sub-Zero reprogrammed him to kill Shao Kahn instead
of himself. Cyrax, being soulless attacks Shao by surprise. Cyrax then
receives orders from the Lin-Kuei to return to base, but being 
reprogrammed by Sub-Zero, has a severe malfunction on his way back. 
Cyrax is then seen wandering through the desert, blindly trying to get
back to his Ninja Clan.


               -NightWolf-
     Works as a historian and preserver of his People's culture.  When
Kahn's portal opens over North America,  Nightwolf uses the magic of his 
Shamen to protect his tribe's sacred land. This area becomes a vital threat
to Kahn's occupation of the Earth.

Ending: 
     After the defeat of Kahn, Nightwolf goes back to his homeland.
He has saved his people and is a hero. Shao Kahn has underestimated 
Nightwolf and payed for it. Nightwolf now starts a race on earth.

               -Liu Kang-
     After the Outworld invasion Liu Kang finds himself the prime
target of Kahn's extermination squads. He is the Shaolin Champion and has
thwarted Kahn's schemes in the past. Of all the humans Kang poses the 
greatest threat to Shao Kahn's rule.

Ending:
     Liu Kang once again reigns as champion after proving himself
again. It is the apparent death of Kung Lao that enrages Kang into 
defeating Kahn. He won easily after watching his fellow Shaolin Brother 
Kung Lao die in battle. All the souls of the Outworld run free, and 
Princess Kitana comes to the Mother Realm (Earth) to thank him.

               -Kabal-
     As a chosen warrior his identity is a mystery to all.  It is 
believed he is a survivor of an attack by Shao Kahn's extermination
squads. As a result, he is viciously scarred, kept alive only by 
artificial respirators and a rage for ending Shao Kahn's conquest.

Ending:
     Kabal was once a member of the Black Dragon Mercenary clan
alongside friend Kano. Now Kabal wants to serve justice. He gives
crime's inner circle something to fear now.
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               -Kung Lao-
     I plan to go to the arcade some time, during off peak hours,
and watch attract mode for a while.

Ending:
     Kung Lao's plans to re-make the White Lotus society are delayed 
by the attack of Shao Kahn on Earth.  Kung Lao and Liu Kang fight 
together and defeat Shao Kahn.  However, in the battle, Kung Lao received
deadly wounds and is believed to have died, joining his ancestors in a 
new world.

               -Stryker-
     When the Outworld portal opens up over a large city in North 
America, panic and chaos rage out of control. Kurtis Stryker was the
leader of the riot control brigade when Shao Kahn began taking souls. 
He finds himself the lone survivor of a city once populated by millions.


Ending:
     Ignorant of why he was spared, Radian comes to Stryker in a 
dream, Radian instructs him to meet up with all the other earth warriors.  
Stryker has saved everyone in the world. After all his townspeople were 
killed, he left to go into battle. Now he has returned to find everything 
the same as he left it, and no one brought back to life.
     
          -Kano-
     Kano is thought to have been killed in the first tournament.  
Instead, he is found alive in the Outworld where he again escapes capture
by Sonya. Before the actual Outworld invasion, Kano convinces Shao Kahn 
to spare his soul. Kahn needs someone to teach his warriors how to 
use Earth's weapons.  Kano is the man to do it.

Ending:
     After destroying all of Kahn's Warriors with a stolen weapon,
the former Black Dragon tries to take control of all the souls Kahn 
has collected over the years. However the souls revolt, and catch
Kano unprepared. Without Kahn's magic to control the souls, It is 
believed he suffers a violent death.

          -Sindel-
     She once ruled the Outworld at Shao Kahn's side as his queen. 
Now, 10,000 years after her untimely death, she is reborn on Earth.  
Her evil intentions are every match for Shao Kahn's Tyranny. She 
is key to his occupation on Earth.


Ending:
     Sindel recovers her memory of the past. She remembers being 
Queen of the Outworld, her husbands name was Jerrod. They had a daughter
named Kitana. Shao Khan came to the Outworld and challenged Jerrod and 
his champions to a fighting tournament. Shao Khan won, and took Sindel 
as his wife and Codeine as his daughter, and through magic made Sindel 
evil. She remembers this, and kills her "husband" and returns to the 
Outworld, reunited with her daughter Codeine.

          -Sektor-
     Sektor is actually the code name for unit LK-9T9.  He was the
first of three prototype cybernetic ninjas built by the Lin Kuei. Sektor 
was once a human assassin trained by the Lin Kuei.  He volunteered for 
automation because of his loyalty to the Clan.  Sektor survives the 
Outworld invasion - he has no soul to take. 

Ending:
     Having completed his mission of eliminating the rouge ninja
Sub-Zero, Sektor finds himself attacked by new enemies, and he fights
back. Sektor identifies Shao Kahn and his followers as enemies of 
the Lin Kuei, and attacks them. After the defeat of Shao Kahn, 
Sektor enters the tower, activates his auto-destruct sequence, and takes 
out all the rest of Kahn's followers, and the Outworld portal. 

          -Shang Tsung-
     Tsung is Shao Kahn's lead sorcerer. He once fell out of favor with
his emperor after failing to win the Earth Realm through tournament
battle. But the ever scheming Shang Tsung is instrumental in Kahn's
conquest of earth. He has now been granted more power than 
ever.

Ending:
     Assigned to hunt down the renegade Earth Warrior, Tsung realizes 
that Kahn will take his soul as soon as he is down. So he kills Shao Kahn 
and Motaro, takes all of Earth's souls and rules the world.

          -Sub-Zero-
     The ninja returns unmasked.  Betrayed by his own clan, the Lin
Kuei, he broke sacred codes of honor by leaving his clan and is marked 
for death. But unlike the ninja of old his pursuers come as machines. He 
must not only defend from the Outworld menace, but he must also elude 
his soulless assassins.

Ending:
     Sub-Zero finds himself hunted not only by the two cyber-ninjas,
but a third, his old ally Smoke, who has been automated. Sub-Zero 
defeats Kahn, and he destroys the Cyber-Ninja's except for the third. 
Smoke was a friend of Sub-Zero in his Lin Kuei days, so Sub-Zero helps 
him discover his true identity. After Smoke rediscovered himself, 
Sub-Zero gives Smoke his soul back and returns him to human form. 
Sub-Zero then returns to the shadows, his legacy known by a select few.
(Editors note: He really loves those shadows.)

     
          -Lt. Sonya Blade-
     Sonya disappears in the first tournament, but is later 
rescued by Jax. After returning to Earth, she and Jax try to warn the 
US Government of the looming Outworld menace.  Lacking proof, they 
watch helplessly as Shao Kahn begins his invasion.

Ending:
     Sonya finally defeats her arch enemy Kano high atop a
rooftop on a skyscraper. With Kano out of the way, Kahn is no problem.
Sonya and Jax form the  Outworld investigation agency. Here they catch 
criminals left alive after Kahn invades. They enter the tournament in an 
effort to destroy Kahn and save the world. Sonya finally defeats Motaro 
and the almighty himself, Shao Kahn. Sonya's and Jax's group prospers, as
they learn about portals without the use of Magic.  
(I suggest you see Jax's ending for some better descriptions of the group.)

               -Smoke-   
     No backstory, SECRET GUY.
     
Ending:
     Sub-Zero and Smoke were friends and both members of the Lin
Kuei. The Liu Kuei attempted to turn them into robots; Sub-Zero 
escaped, but Smoke was caught, and automated. His new program 
to hunt down and kill the rouge ninja Sub-Zero, he finds 
himself attacked by Kahn's minions while he attempts to kill
Sub-Zero. He discovered he still has a soul. He manages
to destroy Shao Kahn and save the world, but he will
be forever trapped by his artificial body

Possibilities:
     *Raiden* By Robocod (Robocod@aol.com)
     Returning after rallying the Gods to oppose Kahn, Raiden 
realizes what Kahn is up too, and opposes him on all fronts. Raiden
is the most powerful threat to Kahn, and his godly soul is desperately
needed by Kahn to finish off the chosen ones.

     *Scorpion* BY Robocod (Robocod@aol.com)
     accidentally thrown through the Portal, Scorpions wounds are healed
in the Outworld by Princess Kitana. Dressed in an all new suit made
special to contain all the new energy he's been granted by the demigod
Yu, to oppose Kahn, he is a definite threat to Kahn.
     
          *Goro, Prince of Pain* By Kurt A. Sanders 
(kasande@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu  
Goro was killed by Liu Kang in the first 
Mortal Kombat tournament.  Shang Tsung was on hand, and captured 
Goro's soul to add to his own power.  Through the following 
tournament, Goro struggled against Tsung, but the wizard was too 
powerful.  In the third tournament, however, Tsung came up against 
his old nemesis, Liu Kang; along with Kung Lao.  Tsung fought a good 
battle, but was on the losing side.  In desperation, Tsung attempted to 
morph himself into Goro.  This was the opportunity the Prince of 
Pain needed.  He took control of Tsung's body and easily crushed 
his enemies Kang and Kung. Then he, along with Sheeva, killed 
Motaro and the traitorous Kahn.

*Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat I)* By Kurt A. Sanders (kasande@rs6000.cmp.
ilstu.edu)
     In the original tournament, Scorpion was matched up against 
Sub-Zero.  The hellspawned ninja killed his enemy.  Then, when 
Scorpion was hunting Sub-Zero's brother, the current Sub-Zero, the 
original ice ninja made a deal with the devil.  After Scorpion 
realized the situation with the current Sub-Zero, the hellspawned 
Sub-Zero (Brimstone for lack of a better name) attacked Scorpion. 
After a battle, Brimstone made the score against Scorpion two to one.
Brimstone had a contract to fulfil, so he entered the final Mortal 
Kombat. Along the way, he killed his brother for his crimes against 
the clan. Brimstone finally came up against Shang Tsung, and killed 
him; completing his final contract.  Brimstone then retired to hell, 
content to let Kahn rule Earth.

*Noob Saibot* By Kurt A. Sanders (kasande@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu)
Noob Saibot was the former king of the Outworld.  He had been cursed 
to his shadow form after Kahn defeated him and stole his wife and 
twins.  One of his daughters, Jade, slipped out of Kahn's enchantment,
and was banished to the Earth realm as well.  With the resurrection 
of Sindel, both Saibot and Jade were able to overcome their curse, 
and along with the help of Codeine they break the enchantment on 
Sindel.  Together the family crush Kahn's evil, letting good reign 
over Earth and the Outworld, unknowingly tipping the furies to the 
side of good and destroying the universe.  Have a nice day.

*Millena* By Robocod (Robocod@aol.com)
     After her physical demise in the Outworld, Millena's mind 
stubbornly refuses to die. She drifts as a ghost, unable to touch,
communicate or anything until she finds the body of Scorpion. Siphoning
some of his incredible power, Millena gains a sort of physical form,
she is able to make herself touchable at will, she vows revenge on Kahn, 
for leaving her dead. 

Ending:
     Millena's fury is unstoppable by anything Kahn throws at her, 
she beats him with ease. But forever cursed as she is, Baraka
steps out of the shadows and destroys her psionic existence,
because she refused to share power with him. As he does this, 
Baraka accidentally destroys the portal and with it the Earth.
Have a nice day.

*Ermac* By James Ayton (JAyton@aol.com)
     Originally disguised as a little error symbol 
in MK 2, Ermac and his Watchdog group has been
studying the strange ways of Liu Kang's Shaolin Temple.  
He has attacked the temple while Liu Kang was in the 
Tournament, and set it up to look like Shao Kahn had 
done it.  

MK 4:  Liu Kang was killed by Ermac and the watchdogs.

*ErinMac* By Robocod (Robocod@aol.com)
     The wife of Ermac, she vows revenge against 
Ed Boon and John Tobias for taking him out of the game.
She is said to be nearly unstoppable, but EGM has a picture
of her, which undoubtably will be flashed all over the Internet.
And confuse everyone.

Ending:
     The game crashes.


Credits.................
druboy@aol.com, Urmom@mcl.ucsb.edu, Kano81@aol.com, jrbail01@nx38.mik.uky.
edu, c638153@showme.missouri.edu, KENNERSON2HAL.LAMAR.EDU, fubar@netaxs
.com, gororules@aol.com, PARRE01@tigger.stcloud.msus.edu, ermac@imap1.
asu.edu, allend4775@aol.com, vctr113062@aol.com, cclayton@mail.utexas.
edu, edju@chaph.usc.edu, xerex@aol.com, kasande@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu,
 

Thanks!
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so! Please, I am missing Kung Lao's story, I need help with this.
                 

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