Shinnok (Mortal Kombat)

### Aliases

Father of All Evil, Demon King, The Bane of All Existence, Dark Lord, Lord Cockatrice, Fallen One

## Appearances

### Debut

Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (1997)

> *"The legacy of life is death, Raiden. My followers accept this and live on. **They fight for me!**"*
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## Appearance

Shinnok appears as a very tall, slender built man. Because of his imprisonment in the Netherrealm, his skin is completely white and looks decayed. His eyes are usually seen changing from white to green, which is apparently because of his powers.

## Personality

He is seen to be seemingly leading the side of evil.

Unlike Shao Kahn, Shinnok relies less on brute strength and fear-mongering, but more on magical powers and ancient artifacts. He is the ruler of the Netherrealm, possessing millions of years' worth of knowledge and power, including the ability to perfectly impersonate any other beings of his choosing, as well as to transform into an immense demon. He also possesses extreme cunning, as well as the ability to manipulate events through others. For example, he had Quan Chi convince Shao Kahn to merge Earthrealm with Outworld against the Elder Gods' will. As a result, both realms were severely weakened and left vulnerable to invasion by the Netherrealm.

Shinnok demands unwavering faith and loyalty from his followers and will not hesitate to kill anyone who doubts, challenges, or even represents a potential threat to him. He is even more brutal, heartless.

## Powers, Abilities, and Weaknesses

Being a (former) Elder God, Shinnok possesses and wields immeasurable powers. His powers seems to mainly revolve around darkness and the Netherrealm, such as summoning a skeletal hand from the ground to grip his opponent and take them into the Netherrealm.

Shinnok can also shapeshift and mimic the powers of other kombatants, however the powers he mimic must be in his jurisdiction. He can also take on a larger demonic form as shown in the final level of *Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero* when his precious amulet became stolen from him and in his anger, he transforms into a gigantic, unholy monster.

His magic also includes the ability to create demons and wraiths to do his bidding, as well as creating clones and illusions of others and himself.

The fallen Elder God Shinnok, when combined with his Sacred Amulet (Amulet of Shinnok) once more, becomes already more powerful then ever, meaning he is allowed to freely traverse the realms and open up portals as well as instantly destroys anyone and anything that stands in his way. Even the combined powers of Raiden and Fujin could barely slow him down (though one could argue that they were already tired from facing his army beforehand).

In *Mortal Kombat X*, when absorbing Earthrealm's life force, he turns into a demonic creature with immense power and the ability to manipulate fire, as well as conjuring objects such as stones and bladed pillars. This also increased his strength as he was able to put up a decent fight against Cassie whose powers possibly surpass even that of Johnny. Even then, it took Raiden undoing the damage he caused to Earthrealm's life force to strip this newfound power away.

**Godly powers**

**Immense combat proficiency**

**Teleportation**

**Ability to move freely between the realms using his namesake Amulet of Shinnok**

**High intelligence**

**Immortality**

**Manipulation**

**Dark magic**

**Elemental abilities**

**Spirit control**

**Necromancy**

**Dimensiokinesis**

**The Amulet of Shinnok**

**The Amulet Staff**

**Kuo Shou fighting style**

**Power Mimicry (Was capable of copying Darkseid's Omega Beams and Marcos' Elasticity)**

**Immunity to Time Paradoxes**

**ETC.**

##### Weaknesses

* **Arrogance:** Due to his overwhelming power and status as an Elder God, Shinnok feels a strong sense of superiority to his foes and tends to underestimate them.
* **Amulet Dependence:** A lot of Shinnok's power comes from his amulet, and without it he becomes noticeably weaker.

## History Outside MM

Since the dawn of time, Shinnok ruled reality with his brethren, the Elder Gods, from Heaven. However, he had a greedy heart that lusted for power and desired more than just a share of the power. To acquire the power he desired, Shinnok set out to conquer Earthrealm and claim it as his own. To avoid the sacred rules of the Elder Gods, along with their detection when he entered Earthrealm, Shinnok crafted his powerful amulet that weakened the dimensional barriers of reality. With his weapons ready, he entered Earthrealm and began his conquest. Before he could take the realm as his own, however, Shinnok met resistance in the gods of Earthrealm, lead by the thunder god Raiden. For centuries their battle raged, until the day the Elder Gods intervened and assisted Raiden in stripping Shinnok of his title and eternally banishing him into the Netherrealm.

For ages, Shinnok was chained and tortured in the Netherrealm by its evil leader, Lucifer. There was nothing Shinnok could do, until the day he met a wandering sorcerer named Quan Chi. With Quan Chi's help, Shinnok defeated and overthrew Lucifer as ruler of the Netherrealm. As payment for his service, Quan Chi was granted great magical power and became Shinnok's right hand man. With his new position, Shinnok built an army of demons and eventually reacquired his precious amulet. With an army and his amulet, Shinnok was almost ready to try once more at conquering Earthrealm.

After using Quan Chi to manipulate Shao Kahn to his inevitable demise, Shinnok struck. With his militia and the souls of victims from Shao Kahn's conquering, he pressed an attack to acquire and merge with Earthrealm's life essence, the Jinsei. Shinnok almost got his grasp on it, but Johnny Cage distracted him in combat long enough for Raiden to imprison the fallen god in his own prison. For 25 years he awaited his freedom, until his servants Quan Chi and D'Vorah managed to free him from his amulet, at the cost of Quan Chi's life. Free from his amulet, Shinnok imprisoned Johnny Cage and Raiden as he stole the Jinsei, merging with it. With a sudden burst of power, he corrupted Earthrealm and readied to merge all the realms together. He almost succeeded in the annihilation of reality, were it not for Johnny's daughter Cassie Cage coming in at the last moment and defeating him in combat. After being subdued, Raiden used his power to absorb the corruption into the amulet and himself, becoming more aggressive and brutal in his personality, and then beheaded Shinnok to leave him powerless, though living. For eternity, Shinnok must now watch as his throne was taken by two of his former minions, the undead Liu Kang and Kitana.

## History Within MM

##### The Ultron Battle

During the battle, Shinnok first made his appearance through a portal after finally once again escaping the Netherrealm! With intentions to stop Ultron so that he can take over the area once it's all over, destroying several clones of Ultron alongside Gohan, Vegeta, Mr. Satan, Mothra, Godzilla, Lord Boros, Rarity, Cherno Alpha, Pinkie Pie, Doom Slayer, Twilight Sparkle, Zardy, Majin Buu, Doctor Strange, Jerry, and Ryu Hayabusa.

Although, the area they fought in began tearing apart from a White Hole, so Shinnok simply escaped with another interrealm portal.