It has been a hundred years since the Great Kung Lao was killed by Goro in the Mortal Kombat Tournament. The Thunder Lord Raiden has searched all of Earthrealm looking for the most powerful mortal warriors of Earth; the braves of the Native Americas, the Samurai of Japan, the Chinese masters of Wu Shu, The assassins order within the Ottoman Empire, the knights of Europe, the Kshatriya resisting the Mughals. Anyone and everyone who can represent their world against the might of Shao Kahn's warriors.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Dramatis personæ</strong></span><br/><strong>Anashi/Zeth (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=154080.msg7084318#msg7084318) (Scarification)</strong><br/><strong>Ajei (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=154080.msg7042033#msg7042033) (Muse)</strong><del><br/><strong>Ayumi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=154080.msg7027047#msg7027047) (Inerrant)</strong></del><br/><strong>Fatin Nejem (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=154080.msg7082112#msg7082112) (Thorn14)</strong><br/><strong>Gao Wu (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=154080.msg7037363#msg7037363) (Interested)</strong><br/><strong>Ieremia (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=154080.msg7042705#msg7042705) (Raven)</strong><br/><strong>Jade (http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Jade) (Inerrant)</strong><br/><strong>Kaillei O'rourke (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=154080.msg7083111#msg7083111) (Mystic Mika)</strong><br/><strong>Kitana (http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Kitana) (Kokaine?)</strong><br/><strong>Mora (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=154080.msg7082811#msg7082811) (Mora)</strong><br/><strong>Raiden (http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Raiden) (Inerrant)</strong><br/><strong>Reptile (http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Reptile) (Inerrant)</strong><br/><strong>Shang Tsung (http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Shang_Tsung) (Inerrant)</strong><br/><strong>Skarlet (http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Skarlet) (Inerrant)</strong><br/><strong>Sucuri (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=154080.msg7030459#msg7030459) (Foxy Oni)</strong><br/><strong>Wū tiān é (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=154080.msg7071603#msg7071603) (AK47)</strong><br/><strong>Yamagi Fuuryu (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=154080.msg7027057#msg7027057) (Shadow)</strong><br/><br/>In order to merge Earthrealm with Outworld, ten consecutive Mortal Kombat tournaments must be won in a row. Attendance to the tournament is entirely voluntary, but in order for there to be a tournament, Earthworld must present a suitable number of fighters. Thus it is in Outworld's interest to compel Earth's warriors to compete through extortion, bribery, and other means. Raiden himself is not above manipulating the world's strongest fighters into competing, as Outworld would simply stack the competition with inferior fighters.<br/><br/>Though Earthrealm's fighters are predictably mostly from Earth and Shao Kahn's fighters are mostly from Outworld, one needs only align themselves with one side or the other in order to fight on their behalf. There are few rules, if any, in a Mortal Kombat tournament. But among them include;<br/><br/>Mortal Kombat, once declared, cannot be refused by either party.<br/>The fighters have any means available to them to defeat their opponents. Special powers, weapons, ect.<br/>As a God, Raiden cannot participate unless directly challenged.<br/><br/><strong>Kreate your Kombatant!</strong><br/>Please put your sheet in one post and preferably by itself in this thread. That way I can link it to that individual post in the table of contents on this post. New characters can be written up at any time. As a guideline, I've offered an example sheet below. You are free to add or subtract what you'd like from it.<br/><br/><strong>Choose your Opponent!</strong><br/>In game, characters can challenge one another freely. Other times, Outworld presents a fighter to battle Earthworld's champions. Some characters are not active participants but may still present and accept challenges. Characters can attack one another outside of the official tournament as well.<br/><br/>Out-of-character, players can decide between themselves who they'd like to fight. Otherwise I will match-make randomly. If you have any preferences, let me know so that I can take that in account (I'll straight-up exempt certain characters from fighting if they request it... for example, if the players' O/Os conflict like heterosexual male and homosexual female.)<br/><br/><strong>Fight!</strong><br/>Fights may be concluded one of two ways;<br/>A mutual agreement between players.<br/>A coin-toss adjudicated by me. I'll PM the winner, or both players if they'd like to coordinate.<br/><br/><strong>Finish him!</strong><br/>At the end of a fight, if the winner presses their advantage, the Kombatants each have two options available to them.<br/><br/>Fatality: The winner kills the loser.<br/>Sexuality: The loser either offers up their body in return for their life or the winner takes it by force. The winner may perform a fatality regardless.<br/>Hara-Kari: The loser kills themselves rather than subject themselves to their opponent's whims.<br/><br/>A Hara-Kari overrides a Sexuality which overrides a Fatality... until it's done.<br/><br/><strong>One more thing!</strong><br/><br/>This won't be an RP about just the fights. That's just a plot device... it's my hope that we have a whole bunch of other things going on beyond the ladder tournament that provides for the basic premise of the story.