Black Dragon Clan

The Black Dragon Clan (黒龍会 Kokuryū Kai Japanese) is a faction, a clan of mercenaries, in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series.

History
While the Black Dragon Clan garnered notoriety around the world, the Red Dragon Clan marked every renegade for death, and the United States mayor formed the Special Forces to deal with the activities of both clans. Jax, a Major in the Special Forces, was able to track down and destroy the Black Dragon following their escape from prison, killing all but Jarek, who was presumed dead, on his mission to arrest Kano, the leader of the Black Dragon Clan, and stop him from retrieving an artifact of great power called the Eye of Terminator. Jax defeated Kano in a fierce battle and arrested him. Kano did not stay in custody for long, however, as he managed to escape and entered Shang Tsung's Mortal Kombat tournament, followed closely by Lt. Sonya Blade and her team. Though Sonya was at a severe disadvantage with her unit massacred and forced to compete in the tournament held there, the tournament would also be the beginning of the end of what remained of the Black Dragon Clan.

After the tournament, Shang Tsung fled to Outworld, taking both Sonya and Kano captive to appease Shao Kahn and to lure the other Earth warriors to Outworld to compete in a second tournament. During this tournament, Jax rescued them both, but Kano soon escaped back into Outworld. He was able to convince Shao Kahn to spare his life and become a bounty hunter and sell Kahn's militia some modern weapons. Through deceit and trickery, he even made it to general after Kahn's foiled invasion of Earth, feigning death. Kabal, a former member of the Black Dragon, turned away from his criminal life to become a cop.

Thought to be the last member of the Black Dragon Clan, Jarek fought against Shinnok alongside Jax and Sonya. After Shinnok's invasion of Heavens foiled, Jax dropped Jarek off a cliff, seemingly killing him. Jarek survived the fall by thrusting his axe to the side of the cliff, but he was badly injured. Jarek went into hiding and the Black Dragon was thought to be completely dead.

The Red Dragon Clan was persisent in eradicating all those who had once belonged to the Black Dragon, however. When the Shang Tsung and Chi assumed power over Outworld, Navado, one of the Red Dragon's best members, defeated the blind swordsman Kenshi for them, and in exchange was given the opportunity to fight Kano, although it's unclear whether or not this transpired. Reportedly, he had already killed Kabal in combat. But unknown to him, Kabal was saved from the brink of death by Chaosworld grim Havik. Though Kabal had renounced his life of crime, Havik was able to convince him in going back to clan. After taking revenge on Navado, Kabal become the leader of the Black Dragon Clan more as an ideological than a purely criminal organization, and vowed to learn from its past mistakes. Together with his two new recruits, Kira and Kobra, he travelled to Outworld to assist Havik in his schemes and test the strength of his new gang. Kabal's aims seem to go further than Kano's. While Kano was content to be a common gang leader, Kabal wishes to tear down other societies. Kano was captured by the Red Dragon and was going to be used as a test subject for combining humans with dragons, but he escaped before they could finish. Jarek also returned apparently alive after his ordeal with Jax, who dropped him into a cliff, having plunged his weapon into the sides of the cliff as he fell to escape death. It is as yet unknown if he has returned to the Black Dragon, as his current agenda involves perfecting his fatalities enough so that he may take revenge on the traitor that sold him out.

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