Board Thread:Mortal Kombat X/@comment-70.169.224.88-20150427184942/@comment-72.207.104.181-20150515220825

Dragonspyne wrote: Maybe it's like that in this timeline too. If Shinnok had the real amulet maybe he would've succeeded in his plans. I suppose he almost did but maybe the amulet he was not only trapped in but also used was the fake amulet. Or it could be the real amulet and it was Raiden who knew Quan Chi had the real one and took it from him.

Possibly. This could explain why Scorpion was able to kill Quan Chi in the story mode. If Quan Chi had the REAL amulet, this wouldn't have worked because as we saw in the original timeline, the amulet gave the sorcerer immortality.