Onaga (Mortal Kombat)
Onaga is a male video game character who features in Mortal Kombat.
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Biography
Original Timeline
Onaga was a powerful being who was also known as the Dragon King. His origins remain unknown but it was known that millennia ago, Onaga was the ruler of the realm of Outworld. He was noted as an accomplished campaigner and that he commanded the greatest army in all the realms. His army was undefeatable with its secret being Onaga himself who's heart possessed the power of resurrecting any living being; through this he constantly brought back his soldiers after each battle to the point that they were truly invincible. In order to cheat death, Onaga also sought the means of gaining eternal life and thus ordered the last known dragon egg being kept be brought to him. Through it, he had hoped to gain immortality through the use of the infant dragon's blood. However, before he could accomplish this, Onaga was poisoned by his closest advisor, Shao Kahn. Upon his death, Kahn took over the realm as Emperor of Outworld. Though dead, his soul was still active and sought to bring about his rebirth. A cult also formed around him that sought to also bring his resurrection through the use of a dragon egg. The soul of Onaga finally found a mortal to serve bring about his rebirth with this being an individual named Shujinko. The young boy from Earthrealm who was being trained by the Shaolin monks with Onaga taking the guise of a spirit named Damashi. As Damashi, he appeared before Shujinko and claimed he was a servant of the Mortal Kombat where he stated that he had a quest to save the realms. Over years, Damashi had sent Shujinko on a series of quests to collect the godly relics known as the Kamidogu.
Thus, the Dragon King was reborn where he made his way to the Nexus in order to confront Shujinko. Shujinko believed that Onaga had taken Damashi captive initially before the monstrous villain revealed the truth of Damashi and his deception of the Earthrealm warrior. He prepared to kill the mortal but Shujinko escaped through a portal with the Dragon King content to leave him be as he desired to collect Shinnok's Amulet. Arriving in Outworld, he arrived at the palace in the midst of the battle between Raiden, Shang Tsung and Quan Chi. As he entered the palace, his undead army bowed to him whilst the Thunder God and two sorcerers decided to work together to battle this new threat. Combining their powers, they attempted to defeat the Dragon King but Onaga's power allowed him to brush aside their attacks. This led to Raiden to conclude that even the three of them working together could not defeat their foe and he decided to build-up his energy into a powerful explosion to kill them all. The mystical eruption destroyed the palace and killed everyone except for the Dragon King. He emerged from the destruction and had the Amulet in his hands allowing him to begin the next stage of his plan which was to unite the realms.
It was at this time in which Shujinko, finally realizing he had been duped, took action. He traveled through the realms in order to find recruits to fight Onaga. All of these warriors came from extremely diverse origins but Shujinko planned to unite them to fight this enormous threat, who was now in possession of the six Kamidogu and attempting to unite all of them into one. Unbeknownst to Onaga, Shujinko had united many warriors and absorbed their fighting abilities, and was planning an attack on the Dragon King's stronghold. Shujinko had destroyed each of the Kamidogu, giving him the opportunity to eliminate Onaga. But as Shujinko landed the final blow, Onaga's soul was forced from Reptile's body and dragged down to the Netherrealm, where he was bound by Nightwolf. He remained there for a long time until he was discovered by Shinnok, who had also been trapped there. The fallen Elder God proposed that he would give Onaga his place at the Outworld throne in exchange for his help in returning his own power. Onaga reluctantly agreed, for the time being.
New Era
In restarting the timeline, Liu Kang redesigned the destinies of many kombatants he once knew. In doing so, due to creating a more benevolent Outworld under Sindel's rule, Onaga never obtains the throne as he did in the original timeline and as such, Shao Kahn never interacts with the Dragon King to the full extent as he did in previous timelines. Onaga exists within Outworld far away from Sun Do and its inhabitants. He is regarded as one of the most powerful, non-deity beings in all of Outworld. Only a few kombatants have encountered and faced the Dragon King and lived to tell the tale, this being General Shao's ancestors, who imprisoned the Dragon King within Mount Tsaagan in Outworld to prevent his destructive nature from bringing ruin to Outworld. After attempting to usurp the Outworld throne from Sindel, General Shao and his subordinates are imprisoned for treason. Despite this, the General and his men eventually escape, regrouping to attempt to seize Outworld again, this time from Mileena, Outworld's newest and current Empress. In desperation, the General dispatches Reiko to free Onaga as a last resort. Although the task is near suicidal, Reiko follows the General's commands and confronts Onaga in Mount Tsaagan to tame the beast and release him onto Mileena's benevolent Outworld.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Onaga was a large reptilian being with dragonic features such as hoofed legs, a tail, horns and wings.
He had a dim view on traitors which was primarily attributed to the fact that Shao Kahn had betrayed him. Furthermore, he viewed himself as the rightful ruler of Outworld.
The ultimate goal of the Dragon King was the acquisition of the Kamidogu in order to unite the realms. It was believed that this was actual the subtle manipulations of the One Being that sought to be reconstituted by the merger of the realms.
Onaga originally formed the greatest army that Outworld had ever known; an army so powerful that it had never lost a battle. When he was betrayed and killed by Shao Kahn, his army was entombed along with him after they ritualistically committed mass suicide after his death. After Onaga's return and eventual defeat, it was revealed that the army was only undefeatable due to his ability to constantly resurrect them after their death during battle.
Powers and abilities
Onaga was said to be one of the most powerful beings in Outworld.
Being a dragon, Onaga is able to exhale flames in a concentrated ball of fire or a stream of fire, similar to a flamethrower.
The Dragon King had numerous abilities making him a formidable threat in battle. He had superhuman strength and a resistance to all forms of magic which did little but slow him down. This made direct confrontation with him impossible for opponents. His dragonic nature meant that he was a fire breather and was capable of exhaling flames into either a concentrated ball of fire or as a stream of fire to burn his enemies. Furthermore, he had a great immunity to most forms of attacks including magic with the might of two sorcerors and an Elder God doing little but slow him down. In addition, a concentrated release of a godly essence that created a huge explosion had little effect on him as he simply rose from the wreckage that could kill hundreds.
Onaga's heart was a potent source of magical power and allowed him the innate ability to raise the dead. Its power was capable of being bestowed upon others by slaying the Dragon King and devouring his heart allowing individuals to use the magic to bring back the dead.
One of his powers was the capacity of projecting his consciousness at great distances which appeared as a flying ball of orange light. In this form, he took on the identity of Damashi from beyond death itself and used it to set events in motion for his resurrection.
When Onaga had the Kamidogu, he became nearly unstoppable and any direct confrontation with him was nigh-impossible.
The Dragon King's Army, also sometimes known as the Army of the Dragon King, are a legion of long dead soldiers
Notes
- Onaga was created by Netherrealm Studios where he featured in the setting of the Mortal Kombat universe.
- The character was the primary villain and boss of Mortal Kombat: Deception.
In other media
Comic Books
Appearances
- Mortal Kombat: Deception:
- Mortal Kombat: Armageddon:
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