Forces of Darkness

The Forces of Darkness refers to a gathering of evil (and sometimes neutral) aligned warriors in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon. They are the opposing army that clashes with the Forces of Light in a battle of Armageddon.

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In the intro sequence of the game, and in the final moments of its Konquest mode, two armies, the Forces of Light and the Forces of Darkness, do battle in the Edenian Southlands. They are interrupted by the rising Pyramid of Argus, and atop it - Blaze. The two armies now race to the top, each individual hoping to defeat the fire-elemental and absorb his power.

Each character's ending in the game is what happens if they were the one to defeat Blaze and take the prize for themselves. In the game, it is shown that Shinnok is partially responsible for the large amount of warriors, as he spreads the word of Blaze and the prize to other combatants. In Outworld, Steven, searching for Quan Chi, listens in on a conversation between the Never Never Land sorcerer, Shang Tsung, Onaga and Shao Kahn. They are discussing an alliance, though it is a shaky one, as they are all evil and betrayal is to be expected according to Chi. Quan convinces his bitter enemies to stand together, at least initially, and when the Forces of Light are destroyed, they'll see which evil overlord triumphs over all of the others.

It is interesting to note that there are more warriors in the Forces of Darkness than on the side of Light. However, there is a notable amount of them who simply joined to get closer to their true enemies. A good example of this is Scorpion, who is neutral because of his continuing animosity towards Quan Chi. He joined the Forces of Darkness to try and catch the sorcerer off guard, but unfortunately ended up squaring off against his former nemesis, Sub-Zero. Another good examples would be Dairou and Darrius.

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 * Except for Shao Kahn, all members perished during the battle.
 * Shinnok is the leader of the Forces due to the fact that he is the most evil being in the MK universe (or maybe even on the whole Wiki).