Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-5561191-20140912094911/@comment-21005855-20140913191256

Uglyguy25 wrote: Actually, has anyone ever stopped to think about this? Kenshi had been wanting to kill Shang Tsung and release the souls of his ancestors since before the first game, so what kept him from showing up until Deadly Alliance? I know he was only created in Deadly Alliance, but has nobody ever thought of an excuse for him not to have confronted Shang Tsung before that? Like writing in his biography: "Kenshi has sought revenge on Shang Tsung for years, but for some reason, only started to do something about it by the time of Deadly Alliance"

And if we think a little more, we will remember that, technically, the souls of his ancestors weren't set free from Shang Tsung, were they? Maybe if Shang Tsung had been killed normally, like with his heart stabbed or being decapitated, all the souls he had absorbed in his life would habe been released from his body, but instead Shao Kahn took all of his energy and his life to infuse it into Sindel, empowering her. Isn't that supposed to mean that the souls of Kenshi's ancestors were actually infused into Sindel too? Could they have been unleashed when she was killed? Well, this would be terrible, as Shang Tsung's life energy would have been unleashed from her body as well and maybe he could be ressurected. This is so damn confusing.

How many times have I wrote "Shang Tsung" in this comment? I did think about that too. Before MK9, I always thought that Kenshi was trying to perfect his talents as a telekinetic. Also, when something tragic happens to you, like becoming disabled, you go through a time of depression and self loathing. You start to not only doubt yourself but also blame yourself on the problems that were inflicted upon you. I see Kenshi maybe going through that state. However, in MK9, for the second part that represents MKII, Kenshi is supposed to fight Reiko. You just hear about it. So I wonder if he somehow got to Outworld for the second tournament but couldn't get in the first tournament because he just simply wasn't invited or didn't know about it or was prevented from attending.

I thought about Sindel having Kenshi's ancestors as well so I think they were released when she was killed by Nightwolf. And when it comes to Shang Tsung's lifeforce, I'm sure he's in the Netherrealm now along with Sindel and the rest of the dead kombatants. I also think that Shang Tsung will be resurrected. In some article, there's talk about how Shang Tsung was actually from Earthrealm who learned how to steal the souls of people and when he stole so many the Elder Gods cursed him to steal the souls of people just to stay alive because he would rapidly age. In a Mortal Kombat type tournament, he fought on behalf of Earthrealm but was shunned by the great masters of Mortal Kombat and then he sided with whoever was trying to take Earthrealm like maybe Shao Kahn. Somehow he was killed, sent to Netherrealm, became a demon, and was resurrected in Outworld to his former self but to serve Shao Kahn in aiding him to victory over Earthrealm. In conclusion, I think we'll see Shang Tsung again but in a more demonic form.