Originally Posted by
Jabare
Fair enough. Didn't realize Takeda and Jin had big fanbases.
Kotal was interesting and I was digging him in this game till eh gets absolutely wrecked on two occasions later in the story.
1)MKD where he and Raiden where said to be of the same race
1.5)MKDK the tv show it is stated, that Shao Kahn used to be a God-Protector of Outworld and ALSO an advisor of Emperor Onaga at that time
2)MKD where Onaga says that Kahn was an advisor SIMILAR TO RAIDEN IN EARTHREALM, like Raiden to Liu
3)MK1 comic mentions Shang Tsung's gods, well, seeing that his soul is owned by Kahn even beyond death, and seeing that he gave him the soul stealing power in the first place, that would mean Kahn himself is his god
4)MK3 states (Although your souls are protected against Kahn's evil: your lives are not. I CANNOT INTERFERE ANY LONGER AS YOUR EARTH IS NOW RULED BY THE OUTWORLD GODS.).....sounds like Kahn, since he now RULES Earthrealm.....
The popular MK theory is: Shao Kahn used to be, like Raiden, some kind of god protector of Outworld also being Onaga's advisor. However, he lost his god status when he backstabbed Onaga and took Outworld for his own, hence his grudge towards the Elder Gods who might have been the ones who took his status from him. Kind of like Shinnok but on Raiden's level, cause Shinnok is an Elder God above both (until Raiden gets amped up anyway).
One of the speakers in Netherrealm/Chaosrealm says, "Shao Kahn, Lucifer, and Raiden are of the same race of beings."
Don't forget that he's the guy who taught Shang how to soul steal. In MKDA he was able to create a clone of himself and revive Gorro. All in all, that sounds pretty godlike to me, which left me scratching my head when Katana just went HAM on him.
I actually liked hat they did with Katana in MK, some of the best character development she ha in a while, but if she's gonna take down Shao Khan it shouldn't have been that easy IMO.