Netherrealm Necromancer
Quan Chi was born into hard labor in an Outworld mine. He had no future, just the guarantee of certain death in its dark tunnels.
To curry favor with the mine’s owner, Quan Chi informed on fellow workers who were planning a strike. It was broken and many strikers killed. The survivors were not going to forgive and forget. They plotted to kill Quan Chi.
Quan Chi’s life was saved by a mysterious benefactor. In exchange for his service, she offered to free him from the mines and train him in dark magic. Quan Chi eagerly accepted.
Now a master of the Netherrealm's most vile sorcery, Quan Chi plots with Shang Tsung to conquer the realms. He will not be denied.

Though Ermac had freed me from my Lei Chin cell, I found myself no less imprisoned. I had no allies, no benefactor, and no obvious path back to power.
And power is what I crave.
But why should I settle for the scant abilities of someone who is an underling sorcerer?
I should be the one who controls history, who bends people and events to my whim. I should control the Hourglass and wield it as the Keeper of Time.
While I search the realms for the Hourglass, I further master the dark magic needed to destroy Liu Kang.
My quest may take a lifetime, but it will be worth it. For when I succeed, I will achieve omnipotence.