

Shao Kahn was something of an archvillain throughout the series despite appearing in only four of the series' thirteen episodes, being responsible for allowing other realms to invade Earthrealm. The warriors operated out of a hidden base from where Nightwolf and Rayden monitored portal openings the warriors would fly dragon-shaped jets to deal with disturbances. The assembled warriors included Liu Kang, Kurtis Stryker, Sonya Blade, Jax, Kitana, and Sub-Zero, with Nightwolf functioning mostly as tech support but still entering the fray on various occasions. The show was focused on a group of warriors assembled by Raiden (spelled Rayden in the series) to defend Earthrealm from invaders who entered through portals from various other dimensions. Driven by purpose and bound by honor, these are the Defenders of the Realm!" Only the most extraordinary warriors can possibly meet this challenge: Liu Kang, Princess Kitana, Sub-Zero, Jax, Sonya Blade, Nightwolf, Kiva, Kurtis Stryker. These attacks are seriously weakening Earth's dimensional fabric, enabling not only Outworlders to enter the Earthrealm, but warriors from other domains as well. Dark Forces of Outworld have begun invading the Earthrealm. "Much has changed since the last Mortal Kombat tournament. The show serves as a combination of an alternative sequel to the first Mortal Kombat film and the events of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. Produced by Threshold Entertainment and Film Roman, it aired on the USA Network's Action Extreme Team animation block for one season of thirteen episodes from September to December 1996, back-to-back with the Street Fighter animated series. Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm is a 1996 American animated series based on the popular Mortal Kombat video game series.

You don't need to know the others specifically to understand the story.Įdit: Character from orderrealm is Hotaru, not Howard.Warner Bros. For a beginner with MK lore, basically focus on Earthrealm, Outwlrld Netherrealm, Edenia, and just be familiar with the concept that there are more. There are possibly more, as Outworld has conquered a ton of realms and is essentially a chaotic mish-mash of various worlds merged into one. Osh-Tekk - Kotal's realm which was conquered by Shao Kahn and merged with Outworld. Tarkata - in the new timeline Baraka claims loyalty to Shao Kahn because Kahn conquered his realm, implying that the tarkatans also come from another realm which has been merged with Outworld.Īrnyek - D'Vorah and thr ktyin's home relam which was conquered by Shao Kahn and merged with Outworld. It is never mentioned in the new timeline. Nitara is the only character shown, and she unmerged the realm during MK Deadly Alliance. Vatenus is an obscure realm and home to the vampire people, and was merged with Outworld for a long time. Reptile's species was forced out of Earthrealm into Zaterra, before Zaterra was conquered and merged into Outworld by Shao Kahn. Zaterra is a realm that was absorbed by Outworld long ago and was never really explored much. These realms have a side-feud going on between the two. Howard Hotaru is a somewhat unpopular character and is from Orderrealm. Havik is a popular 3D era character, and is from Chaos Realm. Order realm, a.k.a Seido and the Chaosrealm were pretty much one-off realms explored in MK Deception, but don't play major roles otherwise. Characters like Kitana are from this realm originally. In the old timeline it was freed, but in the new one it remained merged. Earthrealm, Outworld, and Netherrealm are the main players in the MK story.Įdenia is a very important relam for the lore, and was merged with Outworld for a large chunk of time.
