Elder Gods (Mortal Kombat)

The Elder Gods are a group of beings that feature in the Mortal Kombat series.

History

According to ancient legend, at the beginning of time the beings that were the Elder Gods were at war with the One Being with the latter feeding of their essences in the void. In those times, six of the Elder Gods forged the Kamidogu who used them to split the One Being's essence thus creating the Realms. With their victory secured, the Elder Gods made use of sorcerers to connect the realms with one another through the magical portals.

At some distant point after the creation of the ralms, the Elder Gods discovered that the numerous kombatants and champions that were appearing through the realms had a destabilizing effect that would lead to Armageddon. Thus, they turned to the Protector god of Edenia and trusted him with the task of preventing this fate.

The Elder Gods ranks were consumed by conflict among their own when the god of Earthrealm, Shinnok attempted to gain dominion over all life. It was only through the efforts of Raiden that they were able to defeat him and his armies. Shinnok himself was captured and banished to the Netherrealm where he was to be chained for all of time.

The elder Sub-Zero was dispatched by the sorceror Quan Chi to retrieve the amulet from the temple where he battled with its guardians and defeated them. Years later, the younger Sub-Zero attempted to make peace with the guardians only to discover that they were gone.

Most of the Elder Gods were slain when Shinnok had risen as the lord of the Nether Realm and began his war against Heaven itself. Those that survived were then responsible for ascending Raiden to the position of Elder God.

When the threat of Onaga seemed to help in the re-establishment of the One Being, the Elder Gods saved Scorpion from destruction in order for him to be their champion. In exchange for his service, he required as payment the resurrection of his clan but instead brought them back as undead hellspawns like Scorpion himself. This resulted in his eternal vengeance against the Elder Gods and their servants.

Overview

The Elder Gods were powerful immortal beings that resided within the Heavens. They rarely interacted with the lower planes except in matters that endangered all of existence. Certain Elder Gods appeared as blue skinned humanoids with glowing eyes though the minor gods appeared more Human in skin tone but had white eyes. They sometimes manifested their faces in the Elder Gods Arena which were blue faces with white glowing eyes or made an avatar to speak to certain individuals.

They were quite powerful and capable of resurrecting people who were killed; either as living breathing beings or as undead hellspawns.

Shinnok was an Elder God and Raiden was originally the protector of Earth but ascended as an Elder God. Fujin was later assigned as the god protector of Earthrealm.

Membership

The Fire God.

• Argus : a powerful god he was the protector of the realm of Edenia.
• Earth God : sometimes known as Ohano who was the god of the earth. He appeared as a massive humanoid made of rock with great levels of strength and easily capable of killing mortals due to his immense power. He was one of the four elemental gyardians assigned by Raiden to protect Shinnok's amulet in the Temple of the Elements in the Himalaya's in Nepal. He was protecting the earth chambers in the temple and was an opponent to Sub-Zero when he invaded the temple. The Lin Kuei warrior dropped chandelier from the chamber onto Ohano eventually defeating him allowing him further entry into the Temple. His fate is unknown though its presumed he was killed when Shinnok's forces stormed the Heavens and killed most of the Elder Gods.
• Fire God : somtimes known Hinoka who appeared very similar in design to Raiden but was covered by flames. He was the god of the element of fire and used it as his primary method of attack. He had the ability to teleport, fire jets of flame and performing a burning chokehold on his enemies. He was final of the four temple guardians that protected the Shinnok's amulet in the Temple of Elements in the Himalaya's located in Nepal. After the defeat of his comrades, he battled against Sub-Zero and was defeated him the Lin Kuei assassin. His fate is unknown but it is presumed he was killed when Shinnok and his forces stormed the Heavens and slayed many of the Elder Gods.
• Fujin :
• Raiden :
• Shinnok :

The Water God.

• Water God : sometimes known as Kumari. He appeared as a water skinned Human looking being who was a god. Being a nature god of water, he was capable of manipulating it to attack his enemies. Kumari was capable of firing jets of water at his enemies as well as teleport in order to ambusha and attack his enemies. He was one of the guardians of the Temple of the Elements in the Himalaya mountains in Nepal where he was assigned to protect Shinnok's amulet. He was defeated by Sub-Zero allowing Quan Chi to arrive into the temple to grap the amulet. Kumari was perhaps the weakest of the foes Sub-Zero had to face as his watery nature meant that Sub-Zero's ice powers had a dramatic effect on him His fate is unknown though he was presumably killed when Shinnok stormed the Heavens and killed the Elder Gods.

In media

Films

• In Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, the Elder Gods intervened when they discovered the treachery of Shinnok and prevented him from aiding his son Shao Kahn thus leading to the Outworld Emperor being defeated by Liu Kang.

Appearances

• Mortal Kombat:
• Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero:
• Mortal Kombat: Deception:
• Mortal Kombat: Armageddon:

External Link

• Mortal Kombat Wiki Entry

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