Kintaro is the only Shokan shown to be of Tigrar lineage.
#MORTAL KOMBAT GORO TV#
The rest appear in the comics or TV series. Only three Shokan are featured as either playable or NPCs in the series, Sheeva, Goro, and Kintaro.They are also one of the few Outworld races, along with their Centaurian enemies, who consistently fight and live barefoot all the time.The Shokan are some of the tallest characters in the series.Shokan Xenomorph (Non-canon, appears in the Alien's arcade ending as a cameo in Mortal Kombat X).Sheeva (Deceased in the Original Timeline, Queen of the Shokan in Current Timeline).King Gorbak (Status unknown in the Original Timeline, Deceased in the Current Timeline).
#MORTAL KOMBAT GORO SERIES#
They make an appearance in the television series Mortal Kombat: Conquest. The Shokan also own the Cobalt Mines, a huge mining facility and prison in Outworld. Taven eventually defeats Goro, who storms off.
In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, Goro is confronted by the half-god Taven in Shao Kahn's Fortress, as the latter wishes to kill Quan Chi but must get past Goro in order to do so. He (along with Shang Tsung) aided Shao Kahn in reclaiming his stronghold and his throne as the emperor of Outworld. Agreeing to these terms, Goro placed his royal seal on a nearby fallen disfigured Shokan (whom Kitana and the other Shokans found and mistook for him) and resumed his place at Shao Kahn's side. However, Goro was able to survive, being saved from death by Shao Kahn himself, with the promise to return the Shokans to their former glory and banish the Centaurians in exchange for his allegiance. So, Princess Kitana held and attended a royal funeral for her former ally. He was mortally wounded, apparently dying from the injury. Goro was exhausted from battle and was struck from behind by Noob Saibot. Years later, during the time of the Deadly Alliance, the united Edenians and Shokans marched on Shao Kahn's weakened army. With the Edenian forces, they fought against Shao Kahn's forces, commanded by the dangerously adept Kano. In the events immediately preceding Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, Princess Kitana would be instrumental in forming an alliance with the armies of the Shokan. This would be the start of their fall within Shao Kahn's eyes and their status was reduced during the invasion of Earthrealm with Motaro serving as a general, while Sheeva served as a bodyguard for Queen Sindel. It was at his hands that Earthrealm's former champion, the Great Kung Lao, died.Īfter Prince Goro's supposed death following Liu Kang's first Mortal Kombat victory, Kintaro would take this role in Outworld but he too was defeated.
One Shokan, Goro, would be chosen to serve as Outworld's champion in the Earthrealm Mortal Kombat tournaments. They would usually face competition with the Centaurians for this role but they maintained it for generations. One of their kind would always serve in some high capacity within Kahn's empire. Kindness is forbidden in the Shokan race.Īt least two distinct Shokan racial variations have been identified: the royal Draco and the lower-class Tigrar lineage. Goro and Sheeva are from the Draco lineage while Kintaro is of the Tigrar.įor millennia, the Shokan loyally served Outworld's Kahn, Shao Kahn. Furthermore, on a single particular day, it was customary to give the King a present.Īmong the Shokan, there is one rule that surpasses all others: survival of the fittest and most ruthless. The victor thus becomes the ruling crown-prince who will eventually inherit the throne. In Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins, it's shown that multiple heirs to the throne must compete with one another and demonstrate their ruthlessness by fighting to the death. Their heir is usually a prince in line for the throne. Their civilization and society is structured under a monarchy with a king and queen ruling their people and representing Kuatan's concerns to Shao Kahn. Shokan from the Tigrar class, most notably Kintaro, also boast tiger-like stripes, fur, whiskers, and other feline features. As a composite species, they combine the traits of dragons and Outworlders alike, resembling oversized muscular humans with dragon-esque eyes, forked lizard-like tongues, reptilian scales (mostly located on the back), four arms whose hands have only three digits each, with black fingernails, and only two digits (big toes) on each foot, also with black toenails.
The Shokan are large creatures that dwarf Humans in size and boast incredible strength. Several Shokan, as seen in Mortal Kombat X.
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