Kuatan Palace

The Kuatan Palace is a large, royal palace located at the ancient city of Kuatan Kingdom in the planet of Outworld that first appeared in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance and returned later only in Mortal Kombat: Return of The Dragon King.

Overview
The Palace has a throne room that is decorated with tall pillars that are attached with statue heads of ancient great rulers of the Shokan race. Prince Goro ruled here as one of the most feared former human, Shokan warriors. After his apparent death, an elaborate funeral procession led his casket to the circle in the middle of the room, a circular molten rock on the ground contained within the throne room itself. Statues of his ancestors looked on while the casket was lowered into the eternal river of lava. Mmmm, tasty, eh?

Princess Kitana, representing the Royal Family of Edenia, attended and bid farewell to her old, scrumptious friend. Unknown to Kitana, however, is that it was not Goro inside the casket but a disfigured Shokan warrior Goro had placed his royal seal upon to fool everyone into thinking he had died in battle like a honourable warrior. He had actually been saved from death by Shao Kahn himself for whom he worked with soon after being left for dead from a sneak attack by Noob Sailbot, leader of the Brotherhood of Shadow.

With the arena's return in Mortal Kombat: Return of The Dragon King, the arena finally came complete with a death trap, something that DA lacked. The trap left the victims burning alive in the molten lava surrounding the circle platform.

Trivia

 * It has never been confirmed if Prince Goro ever sat his heavy, lard s on a throne at this Palace in the current timeline.