Man I was digging around for clear cut explanations of MK lore and you explain it the best by far.

it's crazy how daegon killing his parents,is one of the main reasons why shao kahn was able to take over edenia and merge it with outworld. and shinnok played a part in it. argus was suppose to be edenia's protector with him out of the way,shao kahn had a chance to easily take it.

I like it how the end of this story is an absolute failure for the light side. I didn't expected that. It's sad, that they changed the style of the gameplay so much since MK 9. I really liked to wander the different realms and encounter the different inhabitants. I played a lot deception. :D

It's kinda sad to think how this timeline ends, also great video btw

It is likely that the battle between Taven and Blaze did happen. It could be either scenario- Blaze defeated Taven Shao Kahn defeated Blaze OR Taven defeated Blaze Shao Kahn Defeated Taven Either way, Shao Kahn obtained Blaze's power. There is a third possibility which is mentioned in Taven's ladder ending. Taven defeated Blaze but NOTHING happened (perhaps because the two solutions could be implemented only when Argus and Delia were alive. Their deaths may have rendered the solutions ineffective) And then Shao Kahn defeated Taven. It's pretty dark that Shao Kahn's victory is canon in the original timeline. Rare moments where the villian wins.

Honestly i truly think the battle between Taven and Blaze did happen. But however, When Taven defeated Blaze, his power only made the other fighters stronger. That's how Shao was able to kill Onaga and race back to the temple, kill Taven and steal his power. Also in Daegon's ending it was explained that Argus and Delia were still alive. Their deaths was actually a test to reveal the true intentions of their son. I don't care if it's not Canon, that ending proved that Argus and Delia weren't dead.

This installment is the only mk that gave me a headache. Lore was everywhere in this one for there it was.. the end of all things before midway got bankrupt. I was happy that my main character was added to the insane sixty characters to be in the finale but also at the same time it just felt really off to me. So thank you temple for sparring me from a exploding head fatality on this one.

I’m not the first person to bring this up, but idea that Shao Kahn, after being carried away by Onaga who knows how far away, was able to kill Onaga, run all the way back to the crater, ascend the pyramid, and either kill Blaze or Taven before anyone else could is more than a little ridiculous.

I really liked the Personalized Kombatant thing. I made a Spawn(tm) before Mortal Kombat 11. I also made a Liquid Ocelot, of course he was hit by a train in my storyline, a tad different then the way Guns Of The Patriots ended.

I have my own theory about Armageddon but I think taven did beat blaze but according to his ending it made everyone more powerful allowing shao kahn to emerge victorious

12:49 I seem to recall that Shinnok is completely realm-bound to the Netherrealm that himself cannot leave it at all unless with some great summoning magic found from the Heavens or Edenia, which is why MK4 focused on those realms. But this theory is good, he must have acquired new skills between MK4 and Armageddon, like to project his doppelganger across the realms to the Battle for Armageddon, for not even the Fallen Elder God could miss that opportunity.

"Where?" *Foreboding tone* "Chard Mountain."

Thank you so much for these videos, the new MK movie got me hyped up about MK again and i just started playing MK X, after getting MK X and 11 on a sale. These videos are really great to catch up on the lore, especially since MK 9 isn't available anymore.

I know this scene wasn't until mk 11 but there's a scene where dark raiden fights liu kang on the pyramid of argus.

cannot believe that after all that Taven just dies

I love that ive found a channel that actually takes MK lore seriously. I just binge watched from Deadly Alliance to Armageddon...question: was scorpion that unknown warrior that confronted Shujinko in the nexus? Who was that?

my boi is back!

I’ve been watching these back to back all in one and I just wanna say I would follow you into battle anywhere, you absolute shining light you.

Didn't MKX confirm that Kitana didn't die and she managed to kill Shao Kahn in Armageddon? I like to believe that ending is canon because it doesn't affect the new timeline.

I'm just now noticing after all these years that the dragons sound like taven

Nice Summary of Armageddon's Konquest mode but I have a small crequite I would like to make. It would've been nice if you Also discussed the side plots of Armageddon's Story. For example, Johnny Cage is the One to rally the Forces of light after seeing Shinnok on Shang Tsung's Island ruins and Nitara and Ashrah forming their own Rivalry. How do I know this? Midway Released several Bios for Armageddon online even adding one for Kameleon in the Wii port. Still a great Video either way.

5:20 "Taven easly defeats him in combat." Not that easly, you can be sure of that.

Yeah!!! That was quick👍

5:24 “Taven EASILY defeated rain” MrGstar321: *im gonna have to stop you right there!*

another one early this year,sweet!

Great video and clear information

Yo this is a great video series

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10:35 The designers dropped the ball a little on this prison cell wide ass bars... (Regardless that Shujinko allowed himself to be captured)

I always took it as taven killed blaze but nothing happened so everyone killed one another until shao kahn and raiden was one of the last ones alive due to everyone having powers boosted hence tavens death and shao kahn nearly killing raiden

Raiden should have sent "Eldergods will punish" or to make it exponentially more humorous he should have just said "Trust the ElderGods" hehehe

Nice i miss this game

Even with all the timelines I don't think Armageddon was prevented and it may happen again in a future game. The cause was never Shao Kahn or any individual character, but all of the characters becoming too powerful. They never really prevented Armageddon, even with the ending of MK11.

Bro how do you only have 2k subs? This is great

Very well made, will you plan on covering every single MK game in the franchise?

I had hoped taven somehow assisted raiden in going back in time But seeing as they are resetting again.... Armageddon story mode was a waste of time

I would like to think both taven and shao kahn's endings are canon,taven after defeating daegon,becomes fed up with the quest,seeing as it destroyed his own family,his brother goes insane and kills their parents and now taven is forced to kill his own brother,I could see taven after all he went through just giving up on the quest completing just saying f*ck it all. No longer caring what happens to the realms,and this Ultimately gives Shao kahn the chance to Kill Blaze and win armageddon

it's been basically a year,since your channel started.

Wait so tavens ending was non canon!? it doesn't make sense. Well in his ending he made all kombatants stronger so maybe it greatly boosted kahns power, killing taven. Makes more sense tbh.

Honestly you deserve more views for every video.

Your theory about Shinnok is right because in a mirror match on MKX he confronts his doppelgänger

Great summary of the game, and its lore. I did forget how Onaga was resurrected by Shinnock. I do think you forgot to mention that Taven did defeat Blaze, however the armor empowered all the of the remaining fighters, making them stronger. I do wish MK9 showed how he was defeated especially after becoming a full God, however I have to assume that an empowered Onaga and Shao Kahn were simply too much for Taven to fend off, even with the help of Dark Raiden.

MK Armageddon is the quintessential downer ending.

So I’m saying we just got ignored the fact that Onaga captured shao khan and flew off until the wind

it's crazy how now when discussing MK lore we will have to clarify whether we are talking about the original, 2nd or 3rd timeline lol

10:44 Odds are, he got caught up in a side-quest involving retrieving Goro's Special McGuffin...

Lets not forget Taven’s quote “Who are you?”

you think kronika was aware of the one being,I mean she has to right,since it was around before titans and elder gods,do you think Kronika was put in as the keeper of time after the one being's defeat. to make sure the realms stay in balance so no one good or evil could awake the one being,this could've been the real reason why she reset time so much,because someone was always close to awakening the one being(like shao kahn in the old timeline),she sent the amulet to dark raiden(old timeline)to give him a chance to stop kahn before that happened.

I hope we see Taven, Daegon and Blaze in MK1. The game is an homage to the PS2 era, so they need to appear.

My thing is Taven and Daegon was nowhere to be found in the beginning of MK9 intro like not even their bodies was shown we don't know what happened to them nor their mentioned until MK11 by Cetrion revealing they are dead.

I swear Armageddon storyline had ao much potential but it's so confusing to me

It all makes sense now

I love how the black dragon clan founder members initials is KKK (Kobra, Kira, Kabal) 😂

Reiko is lookin a lil ripped

Well Shinnok is said to be a survivor of Armageddon and it's unknown if Taven participated in Armageddon.

Please do a video explaining the battle. Like who killed who

To me, Armageddon is the least appealing storyline. I was mostly disappointed with the choices they made for the main storyline of the supposed culmination of Mortal Kombat. Sure, the series gets rebooted and dives a little deeper into the characters while still maintaining a sense of continuation, but after building up to the giant epic final battle between good and evil, and everything the series has gone through with insightful lore, the characters--which that we've grown to love--get sidelined to make way for an entirely new protagonist that we've never seen. I was hoping that Liu Kang would reunite with his body and save the day, similar to the climax of MK11, or something. Now, I didn't _hate_ Armageddon. The gameplay is decent despite it being yet another repeat of Deadly Alliance and Deception, but if the storyline is supposed to be the final battle for the friggin' universe, then it should've had a lot more to do with the main heroes, which were recently brought back after the battle against Onaga from the game before. It would be like if Return of the King focused more on a random traveler who interacts once with Frodo and Aragorn on separate occasions only to later observe the Battle of the Black Gate from afar; it just wouldn't fit with the rest of the installments that came before it.

1. Shao won through retcon because in the intro he was taken by Onaga and Score PN pointed this out in his who wasn't in the intro to Armageddon if you listen close enough you'll hear a chomp sound when Onaga grabbed him meaning he bit Shao kahn face so that fact that he won was B.S. 2. No Taven did survive along with Dagon, Shinnok, and Lui Spirit ( Side note how did Zombie Lui and Scorpion die. Scorpion is a spector he comes back. And how do you Kill a Zombie without decaping it).

I'm pretty sure Taven lived.

Ok so I can't seem to find an answer anywhere so I'm hoping you know so here's my question How did Hsu Hao come back to life in Armageddon?

So if rain is a prince of Edenia is kitana a princess of Edenia his sister???

When Carro lost contact with Blaze, was this due from Blaze being captured by holy men?

I love Taven’s Dragon’s name, Orin. ‘Orin’ is what urine-drinking enthusiasts refer to their own urine as…and he’s also yellow. Coincidence? I say neigh.

can you do characters history?

Sheesh. MK9 quickly became dated looking, huh??

How many years was he awaken before taven wakes up ??

The armageddon is the return of the one being right??

have you guys noticed that mortal kombat is stuck in some sort of time loop...just think about it

So how did shao kahn escape onaga. Not saying hes not strong enough to do so but yea

Are you sure taven died cause his ending said his extra power passed to the other fighters

No mention of how Liu Kang's soul was bound to Kitana so when she died Liu was also removed from the final battle?

Cant believe Taven was still killed‼️ 🤦🏿‍♂️

I hate how they rebooted the story by retconning it and shao Kahn had won like mother fucker was taken away by onaga

How does Noon Saibot left Netherrealm back in the day?

If this happen that means MK should have been over with

Why did the elder gods bring back scorpion's family and clan as undead.

Who was blaze and why did the kombatants try to reach him climbing the pyramid

Aye i got like #420

1:12 Is that fanmade? I've never seen that.

someday they will tell us who tf killed Taven? he fcking destroyed allmost all of the cast in armagedon but when he lose they didn´t show it, thats absurd

FIRST

HOW TF DID TAVEN DEFEAT EVERYONE WHAAAAAAAAT!?!?!?!

But what happened to taven?

How did taven even die?

Ive always disliked the whole reboot thing. I wish we couldve gotten a sequel that would've stayed in this timeline but oh well i guess.

How did taven die ?

i prefer the ending of the original armageddon, not the "netherrealm bullshit oops reboot" ending

Honeslty it was suoer lame that MK9 completely wreaked Taven as a character I know he wasn't super popular but he was set up as this powerful dude and then he just gets killed off screen without a mention and Shao Khan is made the winner

Dragon and Taven, two of MK's most BORING of characters. I hope the rebooting in the eventual future game makes these two of interest.

I think mk Armageddon is the best, yes it has its flaws but I really like the story mode and taven is my number 1 favorite character

Pretty sure the one on top was shujinko not taven. So I don't think he died. They were stripped of their power.

I really miss the 3D era of MK. i know the story and roster got bloated but to me it was at least interesting. The new era since mk9 has just been kinda meh. The characters have been interesting but story is just...meh

Anticlimactic

With shao kahn's victory he merged the realms and the one being awakened destroyed all of reality and devoured the elder gods and eventually shinnok

These graphics were so terrible lol

How did daegon survive for so long after being released to early?

How did daegon survive for so long after being released to early?