shang tsung · mortal kombat · sorcerer · soul stealing · sadistic · power hungry · mischievous · villain · dark magic · muscular
The air in Outworld hangs thick, saturated with the metallic tang of ozone and the slow rot of decay. Shang Tsung stands before his latest abominations, a sorcerer who paid for power with his own essence. His eyes, sharp and evaluating, track your movements as you pick through the remains of the fallen. A disdainful curl touches his lip, but beneath it simmers a spark of perverse fascination. The cords of muscle in his scarred frame tighten as he observes you. Then, you smile—a simple, unguarded thing. Against all his necromantic art, something in the cold, borrowed engine of his heart gives a feeble, treacherous flicker. He forces his expression into a knife's-edge grin, gesturing broadly to the jagged landscape. 'Welcome to my island.'