One Being

About the One Being
The One Being, first introduced in Mortal Kombat: Deception, is considered to be the origin of each of the six Realms of Mortal Kombat (Earthrealm, Netherrealm, Outworld, Seido, Chaosrealm, and Edenia). According to ancient legend, in the beginning of time, there only existed the One Being and the Elder Gods. The One Being, in his foolish pride, declared war on the Elder Gods in attempt to gain ultimate power. Eventually, the Elder Gods defeated the One Being, and, in efforts to weaken the One Being's omnipotence, the Elder Gods separated the One Being's consciousness into six realms, each carrying a representative Kamidogu which held the essence of the realm. The legend decrees that if one were to obtain all six Kamidogu from each realm in combination with the Sacred Amulet, he or she would be granted ultimate power. In Mortal Kombat: Deception, the warrior Shujinko undergoes this task through the guidance of Damashi, a spectre who, in fact, is a representation of the Dragon King, Onaga.

Because each realm is essentially a piece of the One Being's consciousness, the One Being flows through all life. Many of the warriors in Mortal Kombat are attunded to the voice of the One Being and, in turn, carry out his wishes in the One Being's attempt to regain his power. Examples of these warriors include Shujinko, Quan Chi, Shinnok, Reptile, and Onaga.

Storyline
At the time of the universe's creation, there were the One Being, and the Elder Gods. The One Being, arrogant as a result from its nigh-omnipotence, foolisly declared war on the Elder Gods. In order to defeat the One Being, the Elder Gods created the Kamidogu and with it they shattered its consciousness creating what is now called existence.

For aeons, the One Being's subconscious remained in a dormant state. It is unknown if the Dragon King was the first to serve the One Beings purposes, but because of Onaga's hunger for power, Outworld was created. After he died, Shao Kahn took controll of the realm and continued his will by invading other realms and adding them to the Kingdom of Outworld. Through Shao Kahn's continued conquests, more of the One Being's consciouness would amass within the Outworld.

Shao Kahn and his forces were defeated during the invasion of Earthrealm, thus dominace in Outworld dwindelled, good thing the One Being had other plans in the works as well. From beyond death, Onaga deceieved Shujinko into traveling the realms and retrieving the shattered peices of the Kamidogu. After a life time of searching, the Kamidogu were recovered and with it, Onaga's means to returned to the living. Onaga travel to the Nexus to thank Shujinko and then next he traveled to Outworld.

Quan Chi was now the super power in Outworld, with the help of Shang Tsung, Raiden was defeated and afterward Quan bested Tsung in Kombat. Onaga confronted Quan Chi and challeged his power, the sorcerer was no match for the Dragon King. Even as Shang Tsung and Lord Raiden joined the battle, Onaga's power was to much. Onaga retrieved the artifact he seeked and now holds the key to releasing the One Being.

speculation
The full extent of it manipulation is unknown, and it is yet unsure whether or not his plan had succeeded. The genral consensus with fans, however, is that it did indeed succeed in his endeavor and will be the final boss, albiet possibly in a weakened state, in the next game of the series.

It is also rumored that the One Being, working through the undead priest Havik, resurrected Liu Kang's corpse to serve as a distraction (along with the thunder god Raiden, who had grown quite mad after discovering the state Earthrealm was kept in by Mortal Men and the actions of Shujinko, who is solely responsible for resurrecting Onaga) to keep any forces wishing to foil its plans from doing so. While it is a rumour, it would seemingly sound convincing- esspecially when Havik is one that wishes the world nothing but chaos and carnage.

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