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Kung Lao trained with the Shaolin Monks to become one of Earthrealm's most skilled defenders. But his immaturity and impetuousness prevented him from being taken as seriously as his friend Liu Kang. Despite Lao's shortcomings, he was able to defeat both Shang Tsung and Quan Chi in Mortal Kombat. But his life was cut short when Shao Kahn brutally murdered him. In death, Kung Lao's soul was collected by Quan Chi, who used it to create and evil "revenant" version of Kung Lao. He now serves Quan Chi and the Netherrealm.
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After Shinnok's defeat, Kung Lao found himself trapped in the Netherrealm, his soul corrupted by Quan Chi's dark magic.
There he would have remained but for the aid of his cousin Kung Jin.
Together their Shaolin strength repelled the evil sufficiently enough for Kung Lao to escape that dark realm and control his inner demons.
Compromised but not lost, Kung Lao now exists as an agent of vengeance.
He will show evil no mercy.
We had a lot of freedom with Kung Lao, due to the state of his character in Story mode. We wanted to elaborate on the possible shapes and blades involved with his hat, while melding Asian-influenced cloth and armor designs.
Our first finished concept was a 'What if Kung Lao Survived MK': a young face in an embellished version of his traditional outfit. We then needed to create a version that had not only survived the second tournament, but the 25 years since then. We had created this outfit for the young Kung Lao, but didn't want to see it go to waste, and used it for this 'Kurrent' look.
For the Revenant version, we reversed the stereotypes for Kung Lao: gave him armor that looks like serrated razors, an altered hat blade, and a mask to hide his shame. Unfortunately, we had to lose the mask for the sake of functionality.
