Lava Shrine

The Lava Shrine is an arena in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. It takes place inside a hollow volcano located in Outworld. Inside the shrine, there is an altar with dragon-like wings.
== History ==
In here, generations of guardians called the Lava Shrine Priests, dedicated to protecting and care for this last known dragon egg, were also descendants of a group of royal Outworld mystics whose only loyalty and faith belongs to the legendary Dragon King. After his death, Onaga's holy men then hid the egg, and traveled to the molten cavern of this hollow volcano in Outworld and chose it as the right location for the egg, other than the old Sarna Ruins because of its unstable conditions. While they arrived there, they placed the sacred dragon egg in the globe on the altar and they guard this shrine and protected the egg ever since. They long waited for the return of the Dragon King upon the hatching of the dragon egg before they died.
Centuries later, it finally than be isolated and abandoned, and the Great Dragon egg itself was left without its guardians. The Vampiress Nitara came to this particular location with the aid of the cyborg ninja Cyrax in her desperate search of a mysterious, magic orb that'll free her people from Shao Kahn's cruel iron fist. Since Cyrax possess a strong, cybernetic armored body that can withstand such intense heat, she sends him down into molten depths to locate it. The enormous heat of pressure burned out Cyrax's sensors almost immediately as he cast out blindly within the infernal pit to search of the Portal Sphere which he found on a small, submerged pedestal beneath the molten depths. As soon he clambered to the surface, Nitara demanded he hand it over to her. Honoring her part of the deal to sends Cyrax back to his Earthrealm home, Nitara then took her crystal necklace in hand and uttered a mystical incantation. A swirling portal opened around Cyrax and he'd about give her a solemn bow before he was swept into the vortex. As the Portal Sphere is in Nitara's possession at last, she raises it above then smash it on the ground, unleashing the immense power trapped within. it exploded away and knocked her unconscious. Her mission was finally fulfilled: Nitara was later awakened in her own native homeland.
The firespawn Blaze was too set free from the molten depths by the explosion after years of guarding over the last dragon egg as he continued on his original quest before been subdued and captured by Onaga's holy men. This caused Blaze to be tainted and changing the results of Armageddon.
Meanwhile, back at the Lava Shrine in Outworld, the vengeful Raptor Reptile who was upset at Nitara's betrayal still hunting down both her and Cyrax to this crumbling, burning temple and could smell that they both been here recently, despite the strong sulfurous stench filling the chamber. There was no sign of them now, except for some shattered glass shards and a residual trace of strong magical energy. His revenge would have to wait. Suddenly, an expectant hush filled the chamber as energy cascaded around what appeared to be a dragon embryo. The tiny dragon stretched, and the egg cracked. A beam of energy ripped out from inside and lanced into Reptile. His world was filled with a roaring power as his own squamous, reptilian body was twisted and transformed before the cavern came crashing down upon him. Then out of the ashes arose a new creature, yet this being was a familiar legend that has come home to Outworld.
The ancient prophecy has been fulfilled: the Dragon King had returned...
Theme song: Lava Shrine (Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance)
== Mortal Kombat: Vengeance ==
The Lava Shrine was first visited by the cryomancers, Sub-Zero and Frost, after Sonya followed Cyrax and the vampire bat into the maul of the dormant volcano. The intense heat was proven to be too much for her and the other Special Forces agents; only Kuai was able to observe Cyrax and Nitara further, before the cyber took a dive into the fatal depths! Kuai followed in as he found a shiny orb. They broke the surface, leaving their vitals critical. Nitara kept demanding to hand it over and she shattered the orb, freeing Vaeternus from Outworld. She left the two ninjas behind as Cyrax escaped. Hanzo managed to drag Kuai away from the fatal environment and Liu's spirit reduced his pyrexia! They soon met up with the futuristic Baraka, who warned they must prevent the Deadly Alliance on awakening Onaga; he believed his closest ally, Reptile, shall be its own uberous! Kitana believed the egg and the tombs had been relocated by Onaga's fanatics since the Lost Tomb and the Sarna Ruins were unstable and too violent; eggs do need warmth to hatch, after all.
== Final Kombat ==
The mysterious Oriental at the Yin Yang Island took in Caro's concerns on losing mental contact with Blaze. Caro assumed it was the time to wake up Daegon, though it was prematurely, resulting in his rapid growth and corruption. The elemental figured something must've happened to Blaze and he was able to rewind to the moment when he met Kitana. He then traced back further to Blaze's imprisonment as he remained stuck at the Lava Shrine. He entered the portal there and concentrated to the same vision and sped up to when he was freed as soon as Onaga's egg hatched, shot out a beam of light, and Reptile transformed. He then went back to the island and reiterated his findings.
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