The Dragon Priests-Dovah Sonaak-are powerful beings. However, ages have passed and there has not been one in the flesh. With the return of Alduin, a new Sonaak will be chosen, and the Dragonborn will have to worry about more than just the dragons.

Lace is a normal EarthRealm girl, who like most EarthRealm people, do not know of other Realms or Mortal Kombat. So what happens when there is an invasion of strange men with bladed arms? What do you do when you've allied yourself with Quan Chi and Scorpion, and your only brother, who has been missing for four years, is Sub-Zero.

Life is never fair. To some, it may be brutal-but to others a little more fair. For a certain Shaolin, however, being brushed off is as fair as it gets.

Not much is known besides the fact that Shinnok was cast from the Heavens, though he has his own storybook before even the Realms and Raiden were created...