Liu Kang

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Liu Kang is a video game character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series created for Midway Games by John Tobias and Ed Boon. First appearing in the series'' first title Liu Kang is portrayed as a Shaolin monk who enters the Mortal Kombat tournament to save his world, Earthrealm, from being destroyed due to having lost nine consecutive tournaments. Since his victory in the tournament, Liu Kang acts as defender from the Earthrealms along with the Earth''s warriors and his mentor, the thunder god Raiden. In later games, Liu Kang is killed by the sorcerers Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, but his soul continues protecting Earthrealm by using his body reanimated by Raiden.