Pre-story:
- Shang Tsung makes him way back somehow and finds out he cannot control the revenants. With the help of his old lackey Goro, he seeks out Nightwolf who possess some spiritual powers and allows Shang to bring Nightwolf and others back to normal form. Only Nightwolf & Smoke decide to serve him, Jax refuses and is killed and Sindel as well, Tsung's way to get some revenge on Shao Kahn who was the reason for his 'death'. Goro still feels loyalty towards the Emperor and disagrees with killing Sindel. Shang Tsung finally has enough of Goro after losing the MK tournament etc. so he offs him.
Tsung is now more powerful than ever with his evil and good spiritual powers combined. With Mileena and Baraka dead and no big 'goon' by his side, he decides to create a stronger and bigger version of Baraka in his flesh pits. Fujin is made protector of Earthrealm and wants to stop Raiden as well as Shang Tsung. Kung Lao managed to flee and along with Bo Rai Cho trains Kung Jin as well as Kai who has heard of Lui & Raiden's turning and forces him to come out of retirement. Kenshi on the other hand retired, the whole Cage family as well (the hell with them).
Story:
- Kitana & Liu Kang serve Raiden and the trio confront Shang Tsung who has D'vorah (Quan Chi's dead), Nightwolf, Smoke and new Baraka with him. Tsung is after Kotal Kahn and wants to claim Outworld. Kotal wants to claim the Netherrealm and take over Edenia, convinced by Tanya, so they all get caught up in a big fight. Kotal has Tanya, Reptile, Ermac & a new sorceress on his side. Fujin takes on Bo Rai Cho as his assistant and they recruit Kung Jin & Kai, Jacqui, Li Mei, Takeda & Sub-Zero.
The death of Shinnok upset the rules of Order, releasing Havik who is shown to be in control of Raiden, Liu & Kitana. In this timeline, Order and Chaos are not realms but rules made for Elder Gods. Hotaru is also released, the counterpart of Havik, who calls on Fujin to help him to catch Raiden since he can only be saved through certain rituals that only he knows and can perform. They have to try and trick Raiden to be by himself and decide to distract Liu & Kitana by using Edenia as bait. Li Mei assists Hotaru since she wants to repay Raiden for helping to take down Shinnok.
Kotal is called upon to work together with Fujin's troops and if he helps restore Order and save Raiden, he will get Edenia in return. Havik has recruited and manipulated Scorpion & works together with Shang Tsung to form a squad that would eliminate any adversary. When Kitana & Lui are separated from Raiden, they are found by Tsung and after he works his magic he gives them back their old look back as to appear good again and have them fight for Edenia against Kotal Kahn.
While Hotaru tries to catch Raiden alone, Fujin and Kotal's troops fight Havik and Tsung's in a battle for the ages. When everything appears at its bleakest, Hotaru resorts to a dangerous tactic and revives Shinnok. Hotaru dies as the spell of Havik is broken and Li Mei gets her shot at Shinnok but is not strong enough. Raiden shows up and tricks Havik who shows up into possessing Shinnok. Raiden takes Hotaru's sacrifice and collects all his powers to destroy Shinnok. Order is restored, but there's still another battle to be fought.
This leaves for Fujin's troops to get the job done against Shang Tsung. Fujin and Raiden try their hardest to break Shang Tsung's power by asking the spirits of Nightwolf in overturning the spell. Meanwhile the fight is still on between all of them. Fujin's troops who were almost lost get re-energized upon Raiden's return to normal and the attempt to take away Tsung's powers. They are successful, returning Nightwolf to their old selves and of course turn on Tsung.
Shang remembers that Ermac possesses the soul of Shao Kahn and he could unleash it. Shang tries to gain control of Ermac, but Kotal finds out and goes into an epic battle with Tsung for the soul and power of Shao Kahn. In the midst of battle, Bo Rai Cho is reminded by Fujin that Ermac can be taken out of the equation if they defeat him on Earth and capture all the souls he embodies. First they have to deal with Kano's son who i is impartial and assigned to guard Ermac.
However, Ermac serves Kotal so Shang insists Baraka stands guard just in case. Fujin assisted by Takeda and Sub-Zero go after Ermac but have to take care of Baraka and Kano's son. Prior to this, D'vorah attempted to go after Ermac herself. Baraka does not fall for it and gets his revenge and kills her off. He doesn't last long though as Fujin and co. off him. Witnessing this, Kano's son decides to run for it and is nowhere to be found. The spiritual Kai aids Bo Rai Cho as they convince Ermac to come to Earth and discuss potential gain of spiritual power. They trick and destroy him, trapping Shao Kahn's soul in some kind of contraption.
With Kotal Kahn losing, Liu Kang shows up and wants his final revenge against Shang Tsung. Kotal Kahn flees and creates a plan to take over Edenia since nobody is focused on that right now. Lui Kang is powerful but Shang is still too much for him. Raiden decides something drastic, he decides to hand over his god status to Liu and sacrifice himself as Hotaru did earlier. Liu Kang destroys Shang Tsung and vows to keep Edenia safe while Fujin does the same for earth realm. Meanwhile, Edenia has been merged with Outworld with someone sitting on the throne. Kotal is next to him so who is it? Is that..HAVIK?
He looks different though. He has the fire in his eyes, his hair on fire, spears on chains around both arms. It turns out that while Shinnok was possessed by Havik and destroyed, Havik escaped and trapped Shinnok in his world. Havik uses Scorpion's body and soul so he can unleash Hanzo's fury. Havik with some mix of Scorpion's moves is incredibly tough to beat. Who will challenge him?
Follow-up for MKXll
- I will leave the end open, but the follow up to this story are endless. Liu Kang & Kitana fighting for the restoration of Edenia, Scorpion and or Havik still alive after this, some survivors of all sides who are drawn back to battle. The whole plot of Argus, Deagon and Taven with Blaze,can be daggers explored. Maybe expand upon the whole idea of dragons with the Dragon King & Nitara, some more typical fantasy type stuff.
Roster
1. Raiden / Dark Raiden**
2. Liu Kang / God Liu Kang**
3. Scorpion
4. Sub-Zero
5. Ermac
6. Smoke**
7. Shang Tsung**
8. Nightwolf**
9. Fujin**
10. Shinnok
11. Kotal Kahn
12. Kitana
13. Tanya*
14. Li Mei**
15. Reptile
16. Havik / Boss Havik UNLOCKABLE **
17. Hotaru**
18. Kai**
19. Bo Rai Cho**
20. Kung Jin
21. D'Vorah
22. Takeda
23. Jacqui
24. NEW Baraka (more buffed, stronger, faster. Name is too cool though!)
25. NEW Kano's son (not alligned)
26. NEW Monster (deformed) type character - Kabal / Torr hybrid
27. NEW Female scoreress type character (Kotal Kahn ally)
28. NEW Male who is a great fighter and uses some kind of weapon
Revenants / possessed are only in early cut scenes since Shang Tsung returns them to normal as a way of deception. Skins like in MKX is possible of course. Dark Raiden and Raiden, Liu Kang and God Liu Kang are different (speed, power and some different moves) so could work in a variations system of just 2 which is what a lot of people are favouring. The boss is unlockable.