Shang Tsung's Island

Shang Tsung's Island, also known as the Island Fortress,[1] is a place located between the realms of Earthrealm and Outworld on the Lost Sea,[1] a region located in the East China Sea.[2] Advertisement Overview The Mortal Kombat tournament has been held here many times. In fact, this island was the setting for centuries of kombat and trepidation before the treacherous, shapeshifting sorcerer Shang Tsung while calling this island home, stole the Mortal Kombat tournament from the Shaolin order and corrupted it in order to win Earthrealm for his emperor, Shao Kahn. Shang Tsung's Island was said to have sunk into the sea after his defeat in the Mortal Kombat tournament as the island was held together by his very existence.[3][4] However in several games, such as Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance and Mortal Kombat 11, the island is intact, either left undisturbed or in a state of heavy decay depending on the timeline. In Mortal Kombat X, in his Arcade ending, Johnny Cage went to the abandoned Island Fortress, where he found that Shang Tsung had unraveled the secret to Edenian long life. In Mortal Kombat 11, Shang Tsung's Island is also the location for The Krypt. Players are greeted by Shang Tsung as they enter The Krypt and bid to expore as they please, and the island becomes explorable in the third person. It is also a stage, Shang Tsung's Island Ruins. In Mortal Kombat 1, Shang Tsung founded his island after escaping Lei Chen prison and traveled by sea during a horrible storm. In the caves beneath, he discovered the Well of Souls and planned to master it to become invincible. In her non-canonical Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe ending, it is revealed that Shang Tsung's Island is given over to Princess Kitana and her Edenian Resistance fighters who rename it "Argus Island" in honor of their god, Argus. They turn the island into a place of beauty and light which serves as a place of asylum for them in Earthrealm after Shao Kahn's defeat where they are sheltered from the eyes of mortals. It is possible that the island is located somewhere close to the Yin Yang Island, an island also stuck between Earthrealm and Outworld.