Shang Zun Biography

The villain eats souls to preserve youth. Thanks to this ability, it takes any appearance and becomes stronger. The story of the creation of the character in the initial concept of the sorcerer was a traitor named Shan Lao, who sold his soul. The prototype of the antagonist was the hero of the film "Big Plocketing in Little China" David Luo Pan, a powerful magician. The design of the character has changed throughout the game series.

The first appearance happened in the year, the villain appeared as a decrepit old man with gray hair. In the 2nd part of the game, Shang was younger, acquiring black long hair. A characteristic feature of the appearance of the Tsonga became nothing that did not express white eyes. In the 3rd part of Mortal Kombat, John Tobias noticed the problems associated with the character’s hairstyle, so the sorcerer began to wear a horse tail.

The hero’s mission was primarily connected with the service of Emperor Shao Kan. Being the final boss in the debut, the souls of souls continued to exist in the series, becoming a game character. The image and biography of Shang Tsongga is the story of the antagonist covered with a veil of secrets. It is known that he is a native of the earthly kingdom, who, due to incomprehensible circumstances, came to the service of the great emperor.

However, there are several versions explaining this fact of the biography of the villain. According to one of them, in his youth, the Shang entered the training of an outstanding master. The guy was more interested in the art of ancient magic. In secret, he began to comprehend dark science, in particular the absorption of souls. Having reached skill in this, he killed his own teacher.

The senior gods, learning about the vile act of Tsung, cursed him. Since then, the traitor began to fade accelerated and supported life with the help of murders. Another hypothesis indicates that Emperor Shao Kan himself taught his secret art. One way or another, these abilities put the character on a par with the strongest heroes of the Mortal Kombat universe. Forced to take life, he understood that without them he would quickly grow old and die.

From this circumstance, the main task of the villain streamed - to find an endless source of souls that would support his youth constantly. Turning into the enemy is the side effect of the hero’s witchcraft. Killing a warrior, Shang could not only take his appearance, but also copy the tricks. The secret knowledge that the victim possessed was available to him.

All this made the great magician a serious and wise enemy, who nevertheless repeatedly felt the taste of defeat. Another of his ability was the ability to use fiery forces. During the battle, Tsung concentrated entire clots of energy, taking them from the air or from the ground. Also, the sorcerer easily opened portals to other worlds. Throughout the game biography, the hero demonstrated 6 types of rival finishing.

The most popular “fatalics” of the character is called the “shower abductor”. To do this, the Shang takes the enemy by the neck and slowly sucks energy from him, leaving the dried body. The second option - abruptly pulls out the soul with a hand, after which the enemy turns into dust. Players appreciated the technique of "internal explosion". The sorcerer penetrates the opponent, whose body simply explodes.

In the MK3, the victim after the tsung is instilled into it, she breaks off her head. An interesting fact: in Mortal Kombat 11, the character turns into a clown - a reference to the supervision of Joker. Being the main boss in MK1, the antagonist can take the appearance of any hero, except for reptile, and also takes souls in battle. In the deadly battle, the start of which he announced, the vast enemy of Shang - Li Kan received the victory.

The magician had no choice but to escape into the outside world. In the 2nd part, the sorcerer was not a boss, but an ordinary warrior. He concludes an agreement with the emperor and prepares a plan to seize the earthly kingdom in exchange for gaining youth. Tsung comes to Reiden and offers to start the tournament again, the result of which will determine the future of earthlings.

But in the final battle of Liu, Kan throws the emperor again. The final attempt to seize the Earth occurs in MK3. The next defeat of Shao Cana leads to the fact that he ceases to trust Shange. The latter is forced to go to the underground world. There, the villain gets acquainted with another dark magician - Kuan Chi. Together they form a deadly alliance and overcome Shao Cana.

The army of the emperor obeyed him, and all the displeased were destroyed, including Liu Kan. The deadly alliance marked the beginning of chaos in the worlds, which did not like God Raiden. But he was not able to stop the strongest sorcerers. Soon the duet broke up, and the former allies took up arms against each other. They began to fight for the right to own the ancient amulet, and from the fight came the winner of Kuan Chi.

This time, opponents were united by a common enemy - the King of the Dragons. Onaga took possession of the amulet, while overcoming the risen Rayden. The revived Shang woke up in the outside world and again took the oath of allegiance to Shao Kan, becoming the supreme magician. Soon Kuan Chi and Shinnok joined them. Together they began to create a large army. But Tsonggu wanted to get rid of his obligations to the emperor.

Having absorbed the fiery elemental, he converted the Canor to the centaur and made it a slave.So the sorcerer became the Lord of the outside world. But his abilities were not enough to defeat Liu Kan - he in the final match turned the shower of his neck. Shang Tsung in films the hero appeared in the film "Deadly Battle" of the year. According to the plot, Shang seeks to intimidate the earthly soldiers, and also manipulates the results of the tournament in order to extract maximum benefits from the deadly battle.

The villain himself during the picture does not participate in fights, entering only dialogues with opponents and observing the battles of others. Nevertheless, he had to use the technique of “transformation”, trying on the appearance of his brother Liu Can. But this trick failed - the sorcerer won over him and threw it off the tower.

Carey-Khiroyuki Tagawa once again demonstrated the role of a dark magician in the short Internet series “Mortal Battle: Heritage”, in the 2nd season. The series “Deadly Battle: Conquest” Antagonist most of the plot is contained in a dungeon, chained by the emperor himself. But he manages to run away from imprisonment with magic. In this film, the character and biography of the character was changed, according to which he was cursed due to the use of prohibited techniques.

And only in order to avoid death, the hero joined Shao Kan. In this project, the role of the sorcerer was played by actor Bruce Lock. Interesting facts are the most famous phrase of the hero - “Your soul! In Intro-Video, Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, as well as MK11, appears a throne of Tsung, on which he sits and watches the course of the battles. The reception of the "brutalit" of the eater of the shower is available only in MK3.

In the first addition to MK11, the Shang became one of the most colorful characters and distinguished himself with a large number of quotes in the introductory dialogs. Quotes “a simple boy from the earthly kingdom not to defeat the deadly alliance. I will crush him for one blow!