Onaga

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Onaga

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Age: Unknown (beyond 10,000 years)
Height: 10'
Weight: 1,500 Ibs
Resides: ?

A millennia ago, Onaga, also known as the Dragon King, was the true ruler of Outworld. Hoping to gain eternal life, he ordered the last known dragon egg to be kept, hoping that the blood of an infant dragon would grant him immortality. However, he died before this could be fulfilled. Shao Kahn, one of his chief advisors, had him poisoned and took over his rule of Outworld. His army, however, was kept in a mummified state. This army was considered undefeatable because Onaga possessed the innate power to raise the dead. By means of constant resurrection during battles, his army truly was undefeatable. During the millennia that followed, Onaga was apparently forgotten.

Quite some time before Liu Kang's victory over Goro and Shang Tsung at the Shaolin Mortal Kombat tournament, Onaga communicated through death to Shujinko through an avatar named Damashi. He persuaded Shujinko to embark on a quest to unite the Kamidogu, claiming he was carrying out the will of the Elder Gods, as well as granting him the power to learn the fighting techniques of warriors he encountered. Shujinko readily embarked on his quest, beginning to set in motion events that Onaga hoped would lead to his eventual return to power. Additionally, a sect of holy men still dedicated to him had been guarding the egg of the last great dragon in a chamber of molten lava. During the events of Mortal Kombat II, they captured the Outworld elemental Blaze, who was forced to guard the egg until it was ready to hatch and revive the king.

A few years later, Quan Chi and Shang Tsung, the Deadly Alliance, used their powers to resurrect Onaga's army. Their plan was to use this army to conquer Outworld and eventually, all other realms as well. Raiden embarked on a mission with the Earthrealm warriors to Outworld to stop their plans, but his attempt ultimately failed. His comrades were slain and he himself was defeated by the Deadly Alliance in person. However, their victory was short-lived. The vampiress Nitara convinced Reptile to help her access the chamber of the last dragon egg. The chamber also held an orb that would separate Outworld from the vampire realm. After she destroyed the orb, Nitara left, but Reptile, feeling betrayed, arrived almost as soon as she transported herself to her native realm. At that moment, the egg hatched and sent its energy into Reptile, which fulfilled the prophecy of Onaga's return. The Dragon King, as such, used the transformed body of Reptile as a host, after he had gained the ability to rise himself from the dead through Shujinko's actions.

Just as the army stood ready to receive commands from Quan Chi, who had emerged victorious in a battle with his former ally Shang Tsung, Onaga returned. Even the combined might of Shang Tsung, Quan Chi and Raiden was not sufficient to defeat him. Raiden's desperate last measure was to use a self-destruct magic that released his godly essence, but that only succeeded in destroying Onaga's army and, presumably, the two sorcerers. Onaga was unaffected due to being resistant to all forms of magic and was now in possession of the amulet Quan Chi previously held.
It was at this time in which Shujinko, finally realizing he had been duped, took action. He traveled through the realms in order to find recruits to fight Onaga. All of these warriors came from extremely diverse origins but Shujinko planned to unite them to fight this enormous threat, who was now in possession of the six Kamidogu (found in the Temple background) and attempting to unite all of them into one.

Unbeknownst to Onaga, Shujinko had united many warriors and absorbed their fighting abilities, and was planning an attack on the Dragon King's stronghold. Shujinko had destroyed each of the Kamidogu, giving him the opportunity to eliminate Onaga. But as Shujinko landed the final blow, Onaga's soul was forced from Reptile's body and dragged down to the Netherrealm, where he was bound by Nightwolf. He remained there for a long time until he was discovered by Shinnok, who had also been trapped there. The fallen Elder God proposed that he would give Onaga his place at the Outworld throne in exchange for his help in returning his own power. Onaga reluctantly agreed, for the time being.

Shinnok informed Onaga about Blaze and the godlike power that would be given upon whoever defeated him in kombat. He proposed that the Dragon King join with Quan Chi, Shang Tsung, and Shao Kahn so that he may stand a better chance at attaining the power. Onaga did not trust Shinnok, and suspected that the former Elder God had something else up his sleeve. But with no other alternative to escape the Netherrealm, he accepted. Satisfied, Shinnok opened a portal to Outworld and sent Onaga back through, where he met with Quan Chi, Shang Tsung, and Shao Kahn and allied with them. He vowed that he would take Blaze's prize for himself, and would destroy everyone who ever stood in his way.

In Onaga's ending in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, the forces of Darkness defeated Blaze, and the Dragon King seized the prize for himself, attaining ultimate power. He immediately focused his wrath upon the one being he despised most: Shao Kahn. Long ago, Shao Kahn had stolen Outworld from him. Now Onaga would repay that treachery. Shao Kahn was beaten to the point of death, but Onaga would not see him die so quickly. He ordered Quan Chi and Shang Tsung to deal with the former emperor. While Onaga reclaimed his throne, Shao Kahn remained a captive in his own dungeon, tortured by those who had once pledged to him their allegiance.
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Signature Moves
Dragon's Fire (MK:D, MK:A)
Flame Breath (MK:D, MK:A)
Jumping Stomp (MK:D, MK:A)
Sliding Kick (MK:D, MK:A)
Dirty Face (MK:D, MK:A)
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I may get flamed for this, but I would have preferred that Shao Kahn became the Dragon King instead of Reptile. But he shouldn't look like above, he should look like he did in Raiden's DA ending.

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He's the guy with the staff.
 
It would be interesting if King Onaga appears in MK9. They need to expand the Shao Khan/ Onaga betrayel.
 
When they announced that the new boss in MK6 was going to be The Dragon King, the original emperor of Outworld, I was really excited. But was pretty disappointed when I saw him.

He looks silly- I can't take him too seriously. His storyline is good, but he needs to look less goofy (like Nitara).
 
I DREADED fighting him in MK:D.

Guy was a total powerhouse, plus he had the ability to kill you mid fight :(
 
I think Onaga would be cooler if instead of legs he had a snake body, kinda like how Motaro is half horse. Onaga and Blaze were to similar and making the bosses just bigger versions of humans is kinda being lazy.
 
The costume design is my favorite thing about him. The flame breath and brute force are sort of a Scorpion & Moloch copycat, but still it fits his sizeable body quite well.

What I found really confusing is his allignment. He seems evil, but his backstory says that Outworld was more united with him as a leader. Plus, he was betrayed by Shao Kahn. So in all else, he seems like a victim of a greater evil.

Then there's his agenda with the Kamidogu. Sure, he wants to merge all the realms into the one being, but from an ethical perspective is this really so bad? Like it's all confusing on who the real bad guy is here. There's the One Being who threatened to destroy the elder gods, but I bet back then everyone was just neutral. The One Being seems like the injured party here, and this makes Onaga seem like the redeemer of the One Being.

But realtive to Shujinko, Raiden and all of them, Onaga is a bad guy. Relative to the audience, it's really all up to what kind of person you see him as. To me, I think Onaga deserves some respect with the kind of life he goes through. Sure, he wants to take over all of reality, but then again he also wants to take down one of the major villians: Shao Kahn.

Story-wise, I think Onaga's done. Deception was his best game, but I don't think it gets much better than that (other than the little alliance he made in Armageddon). The only potential left for him, I think, is to make breif cameo apperances and maybe be a secret character in future MK games.
 
Onaga had a nice storyline although his costume and moves were very bland.
I think they can revamp him as part of MK10's story but just not a real character. Maybe backs up the story.

But please, just no fireball explosions!!!! Stewpid.
 
Right now, although I don't have time to finish it up the remaining chapters, but I'm currently working on Dragon King Chronicles, detailing Onaga's backstory and things he done in the Original Timeline, plus possible what ifs in the Alternate Timeline.
 
I came up with an X-ray move and a couple of fatalities for him.
X-Ray move: He gribs his opponents head with his claws, piercing their skull and brain. He then throws them to the ground, flies high up into the air, and crashes down on them, severely damaging their rib cage.

Fatality 1: He grabs his opponent, then flies up into the air. He then slams down the opponent on the ground so hard that they explode.
Fatality 2: He rips out his opponent's vital organs one by one, then proceeds to eat them.
 
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