Elder Gods (Mortal Kombat)

The Elder Gods.

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

History

Original Timeline

Battling the One Being.

The Elder Gods were a race of god-like beings that inhabited the cosmos and resided in the Heavens. According to legend, at the beginning of creation was an entity known as the One Being. Once the Elder Gods formed, the One Being was responsible for feeding off their essence in the void. In that time, six of the Elder Gods sought to defeat the One Being and the were responsible for forging the Kamidogu. With its power, they split the essence of the One Being and through this act they created the various Realms. As a result, the Elder Gods became the prime rulers of all of creation and sought to enforce rules to prevent the reformation of the One Being. With the realms created, the Elder Gods enlisted the aid of the first sorcerers in order to connect these various lands to one another by way of magical portals. Among the areas that were created that linked these realms was the Nexus and the Kamidogu were split apart where they were placed in their respective realms. They also instituted the creation of the Mortal Kombat Tournament to govern the conquest of the various reams and prevent forced mergers. Long ago, one of the Elder Gods named Shinnok who governed Earthrealm became corrupted and sought dominion over all life. This brought him into conflict with the Elder Gods that ravaged Earth. Shinnok was ultimately defeated by the thunder god Raiden who imprisoned the fallen god in the Netherrealm. To prevent his rise, Shinnok was imprisoned for all of time and his Amulet taken from him where it was secured at the Temple of the Elements in Earthrealm. At some distant point, the Elder Gods realized that the rise of various kombatants had a destabilizing effect on the realms. They determined that the powers of these champions would bring about the destruction of all creation by bringing about the Armageddon. In an effort to stop this cataclysm, Edenia's protector god Argus was entrusted with the task of preventing this fate.

By the modern age, the sorcerer Quan Chi arose in power and assembled the Brotherhood of Shadow who worshipped the fallen god Shinnok. In an effort to free him, Quan Chi purchased the services of the Lin Kuei where the warrior Sub-Zero the Elder was dispatched to retrieve Shinnok's amulet from the Temple of the Elements. During his mission, he battled the godly guardians the Elder Gods had placed to protect it.

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. It was said that they manifested themselves as fearsome dragons. They were quite powerful and capable of resurrecting people who were killed; either as living breathing beings or as undead hellspawns.

Though they instituted the Mortal Kombat Tournament, they were not concerned with warfare between the realms. They were only concerned with the merger of the realms that can bring their wrath. As such, it was said that their only concern was the continued existence of the realms.

Membership

The Fire God.

The Water 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 :
• 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

This article is a stub. You can help Multiversal Omnipedia by expanding it.