As an assassin, Scorpion is well versed in the art of combat, able to fight just as well with his hands as he can with a twin set of swords he wields on his back. After being reborn as an undead, he replaces the rope with a chain and can imbue the blade with hellfire. Before his unlife, he was a skilled assassin and ninja who had mastered the rope dart, a dagger attached to a rope that he would throw to impale his adversary before yanking them back over. Scorpion is an undead wraith spawned from the Netherrealm, imbued with the very fires of the realm to call and command at his will. Scorpion came out as the victor and took control of the demon king's army, using it to conquer the earth.

In his ending, Trigon accuses Scorpion of leaving his army (unaware that Hanzo is NOT from the DC universe), and both had a massive duel in hell. Most notably, in the Mortal Kombat X Comic, it's shown he took in victims and survivors of the Netherrealm War into his iteration of the Shirai Ryu to now protect Earthrealm while also raising Takeda Takahashi.īefore the ninja of vengeance could finish his cold rival, he is transported into another world, a very new place that he is unaware of. In the second timeline, Scorpion truly intended to spare the first Sub-Zero in exchange for the resurrection of his clan, but Quan Chi prevented this.

In the original timeline, when he discovers the Sub-Zero in the second tournament isn't Bi-Han and, in fact, his more merciful brother, Scorpion, vows to protect Kuai Liang instead of killing his kin. Scorpion has also (indirectly) assisted the game's protagonists to fulfill these motives.Īlthough Scorpion is often strict and wrathful, at times, he shows a caring side and is very honorable. He joins the forces of evil when promised a means of resurrecting his clan on Earth or the chance to inflict his wrath against those who butchered them. Despite his malevolent appearance, he is not inherently evil. Now Scorpion is a hell-spawned specter, inexorably seeking vengeance against those responsible for the destruction of his clan and the death of his own family. However, Hanzo joined despite his father's wishes to provide his wife and son with a comfortable life. It is known that his father, a former member of the Shirai Ryu, forbade his son from joining the clan, as he did not wish for his son to live the life of an assassin.

Hanzo accepted, and would gain the moniker Scorpion, being one of the Netherrealm's deadliest participants in the Mortal Kombat tournaments. The warlock Quan Chi approached him and offered him to become his pawn in exchange for the Lin Kuei that was responsible, Sub-Zero. While Hanzo would be one of their best ninjas, his clan would be horrifically slaughtered, leaving him brutally injured. Hanzo Hasashi is raised by the Shirai-Ryu ninja clan, the rivals to the fellow Lin Kuei clan.

Images of scorpion from mortal kombat