dissolves when he discovers this puts him against Sub-Zero, who has allied with Earth's defenders. The game Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (1997) featured Scorpion as an unplayable boss character who appears twice. The game's story is a prologue to the original game, expanding on the elder Sub-Zero's backstory, Scorpion's backstory, and introducing the sorcerer Quan Chi. The game established Scorpion's real name and the name of his clan, cemented the Lin Kuei is a Chinese clan and its warriors do not consider themselves ninja, and explained the reason for Lin Kuei warriors and Shirai Ryu warriors wearing such similar costumes. According to the game's story, the Shirai Ryu was originally founded by the ninja Takeda, who served with the Lin Kuei before developing his own form of fighting and deciding to leave the clan. He kept the same basic uniform design for the Shirai Ryu but altered details and coloring. In the main story of Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero, years before the original game's events, the still living Shirai Ryu ninja Hanzo Hasashi A.K.A. Scorpion is enlisted by the necromancer Quan Chi to find a map hidden in a Shaolin temple. Quan Chi also gives this task to Sub-Zero of the Lin Kuei clan. Hanzo and Bi-Han duel, resulting in Hanzo's death. Sub-Zero delivers the map to Quan Chi, who repays the Lin Kuei clan by eliminating all members of the rival Shirai Ryu clan, including Scorpion's wife Harumi and his son Satoshi. The Lin Kuei Grandmaster applauds this action. Sub-Zero takes another assignment for Quan Chi, retrieving an amulet that, unknown to him, is the power source of Shinnok, the fallen Elder God who ruled the Netherrealm. Taking the amulet, Quan Chi leaves to the Netherrealm, but returns a fake to Shinnok, keeping the real amulet for himself. Afterward, the thunder god Raiden confronts Sub-Zero, holding him responsible for giving Quan Chi power a mortal is not meant to possess. To fix the situation, Raiden sends Sub-Zero to the Netherrealm where he meets Scorpion again, who is now a fiery specter. After defeating Hanzo's spirit, Sub-Zero eventually finds and defeats Shinnok, retrieving the fraudulent amulet and bringing it to Raiden. Returning to the Lin Kuei stronghold, Sub-Zero is told by the Grandmaster of his clan that his next task is to participate in the Mortal Kombat contest as one of several champions fighting for the sorcerer Shang Tsung. Despite