Shang Tsung's Island

Shang Tsung's Island, also known as the Island Fortress, is a place located between the realms of Earthrealm and Outworld on the Lost Sea, a region located in the East China Sea.
The Mortal Kombat tournament has been held here many times. In fact, this island was the setting for centuries of kombat and trepidation before the treacherous, shapeshifting sorcerer Shang Tsung while calling this island home, stole the Mortal Kombat tournament from the Shaolin order and corrupted it in order to win Earthrealm for his emperor, Shao Kahn.
Though Shang Tsung's Island was said to have sunk after his defeat in the Mortal Kombat tournament as the island was held together by Shang Tsung's existence. However, in several games, such as Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance and Mortal Kombat 11, the island is still perfectly intact.
In Mortal Kombat X, in his Arcade ending, Johnny Cage went to the abandoned Island Fortress, where he found that Shang Tsung had unraveled the secret to Edenian long life.
In Mortal Kombat 11, Shang Tsung's Island is also the location for The Krypt. Players are greeted by Shang Tsung as they enter The Krypt and bid to explore as they please, and the island becomes explorable in the third person. It is also a stage, Shang Tsung's Island Ruins.
In her non-canonical Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe ending, it is revealed that Shang Tsung's Island is given over to Princess Kitana and her Edenian Resistance fighters who rename it "Argus Island" in honor of their god, Argus. They turn the island into a place of beauty and light which serves as a place of asylum for them in Earthrealm after Shao Kahn's defeat where they are sheltered from the eyes of mortals.
It is possible that the island is located somewhere close to the Yin Yang Island, an island also stuck between Earthrealm and Outworld.
Shang Tsung's Island is the primary setting for both the 1995 film Mortal Kombat and the animated film Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins. According to the novelization of the film, Shang Tsung's Island is located in the South China Sea.
In the comic Mortal Kombat Comics published by Malibu as well as the novel Mortal Kombat by Jeff Rovin, Shang Tsung's Island is located in the East China Sea, the same region as mentioned in the comic Mortal Kombat: Collector's Edition published by Midway.
== Trivia ==
* Yin Yang Island was mistakenly identified as Shang Tsung's Island in Ikran's MK Khronology; while it and Shang's are 2 separate islands, she'd rather prefer for it to be as Shang's reformed and more comfortable turf instead.
== Locations ==
File:Shangislandmk11.webp|Shang Tsung's Island (MK11)
File:Shang Tsung's Island Courtyard.webp|The Courtyard
File:ShangTsungIslandRuins.jpg|Island Ruins
File:GorosLairMK11.jpg|Goro's Lair (MK11)
File:Shang Tsung's Flesh Pits.webp|Flesh Pits
File:ShangTsung'sGardens.webp|Garden
File:Shang Tsung's Throne Room.webp|Throne Room
File:Palace Gates.webp|Palace Gates
File:PitDeception.webp|The Pit (Deception)
File:ThePitBottom.webp|Pit Bottom (MK1)
File:WarriorShrine.webp|Warrior Shrine
File:Welcome to Shang Tsung's Island.webp|Invited contestants arrived on the shores (MK `1995)
File:Mountain on Shang Tsung's Island.webp|A mountain with strange giant towers in the Island (MK 1995)
File:ShangTsungIslandasArgusIsland.webp|Princess Kitana and the Edenian Resistance on their new home named Argus Island (MK vs. DC Universe)
File:Shang Tsung's Island cartoon.webp|Shang Tsung's Island (MK: The Journey Begins)
File:Let's Visit Shang Tsung's Island
== Ikran's Mortal Kombat Khronology ==
It was mentioned there that Shang's Island was once Han's Island until late 1970. After Han was killed by Lee, and soon his daughters, Shang took over the abandoned isle more easily, and it became the stage of the first modern tournament. It took place there, Liu, Sonya, Raiden and Johnny embarked there from Shanghai, with Kung Lao being the stowaway, and several fatal bouts were fought. After Liu slew Shang, Shao Kahn resurrected him hastily and hell broke loose within the courtyard. Shang and his elites escaped thru his portal to Outworld while he triggered the island to collapse, prompting Liu Kang and Kung Lao to flee as the remaining stragglers. Since then, the isle was once more vacant.
=== Mortal Kombat: Vengeance ===
Raiden conjured a portal leading to Shang Tsung's Island from the Wu Shi Arena. Kung Lao, Aiko, Nightwolf and Kiba took the rip to the abandoned enemy stronghold. Lao barely remembered the place as he snuck onto the island then evacuated with Liu Kang back to the Academy. This was indeed the place of the first tournament, although all that was left was a large pile of rubble from its destruction when Shang Tsung was resurrected from his demise by Liu Kang, then he and his generals evacuated into a portal. The quintet arrived so that Raiden can train Kung Lao thru while encasing Liu's soul as a crucial method to defeat the Deadly Alliance.
A few nights later, Lao meditated deeply, and he and Liu's minds merged to create their subconscious. Raiden woke him up several hours later and he assigned Fujin to recruit their distant allies across Earthrealm. So far, he has sent Sonya and Johnny thru a portal leading to the island, while they wait for other able fighters and Lao continuing his training, even sparring and wielding a thick branch to review his sword swipes.
Hours later, Fujin arrived via F0 tornado carrying him, Hanzo, Kuai and his new apprentice, Frost. After an hour of intros and last-minute preparations, all the heroes were ready to traverse into Outworld while first crossing the Celestial Portal; a location which only deities and sorcerers knew. Fujin and Raiden conjured a portal, and the heroes were underway!
=== Final Kombat ===
It's been implied that Shang Tsung's Island remained in shambles up to the events of Ikran's last epic as it was the current location of the Hourglass in which the elder Liu Kang relocated it to as the new God and Keeper of Time. As the "mysterious Oriental," he and the elder Kitana lived there, now known as Yin Yang Island no longer having inclinations of Shang's regime and still being smack dab between Earthrealm and Outworld. It's likely he reversed and sped up time to restore life there! Even Caro lived there, and Aiko visited, which became a sanctuary for them, even if they'd travel thru time.
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