In each of us there burns a soul of a warrior. In every generation a few are chosen to prove it. Centuries ago, in a time of darkness and fury, that fate befell three strangers. monk Kung Lao, an exiled guard Siro, and a thief Taja who have to defend our Earth realm from the forces of Outworld by fighting for their lives, by fighting for their honor and by fighting for their world. In a tournament called "Mortal Kombat".