Clan Shirai Ryu is one of the most famous combat communities in the Mortal Kombat Universe. This organization has a long and bloody story that will interest all fans of the games in this series. To learn more about all the important events related to the clan, you should read the article where they are outlined in brief.
Founding a combat community
Even the creators of the gaming universe themselves will not be able to accurately determine the date of the founding of Shirai Ryu, because the chronology in it is too much confused. We only know that it was incredibly long ago, and the leader was a native of another clan of Lin Quay - a warrior named Takeda. He should not be confused with the son of Kenshi, whose name is the same. He not only created a clan, but also came up with his own ninjutsu, which he began to train all the fighters who joined him. His martial art attracted many people, which soon made the community incredibly powerful and influential. They began to pay attention to him, which had some consequences.
Mutual hostility
Because of the founding of the Shirai Ryu clan in Japan, where Takeda returned, other combat organizations soon began to emerge. This is because the leader of the new organization revealed to everyone the secrets of the Lin Kuei technician. The Chinese warriors hated him and the entire Shirai Ryu for this. Since then, two powerful clans have been at odds with each other. Takeda even created a form like Lin Quay, only with yellow flowers. This touched the honor of the ninja even more. The leader of the Japanese military unit began to offer the services of his warriors to different people across the planet and took away work from Chinese colleagues. It ended with the fact that unknown people poisoned Takeda. Shirai Ryu, meanwhile, found a new leader and continued to exist. The feud with Lin Quay continued. The story takes a new turn in the game Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero. This project tells the tricks of the powerful sorcerer Kuan Chi. Thanks to his manipulations, the entire Shirai Ryu was destroyed, except for one man named Hanzo Hasashi.
New story
For a long time, the Shirai Ryu clan was in oblivion, because there was no trace of it. Everything changed when the master of Hasashi returned from the Abyss already under the name Scorpio. For a long time he had to be a servant of different personalities, but he never forgot about the revenge of Lin Quay. At that moment, he did not yet know that Kuan Chi was actually to blame. Under the name Scorpio, he illegally participated in the Mortal Kombat tournament and tried in various ways to kill Sub-Zero. Their mutual hostility often intersects with the former politics of the Lin Quay and Shirai Ryu clans. When Scorpio managed to gain his own body and free himself from the shackles of the influence of Kuan Chi, it was Sab-Ziro who told him about how the destruction of his clan happened. At that time, Hanzo Hasashi was already able to completely restore his military organization and even make peace with Lin Quay, commanded by a former enemy in the person of an ice ninja. He regained the confidence of the Earth’s defense forces and even took up the son of his friend Kensha, whose name is also Takeda, to raise.
Obsession with revenge
Hanzo Hasashi managed to regain his confidence in Shirai Ryu, but lost it just as quickly. In the events of the new chronology, namely it is discussed in the article, he did not manage to forget the atrocities of Kuan Chi. When Scorpio found out that the sorcerer had captured Jax and brought him to the Earth Kingdom, he gathered his best warriors and surrounded the location of General Blade. At first, Hanzo tried to peacefully ask him to give him a sorcerer, but the commanders of Earth forces refused this. A battle ensued in which the superior forces of Hasashi’s master prevailed, largely thanks to his strength. Then Scorpio challenged Kuan Chi himself and won. At that moment, Di Vora appeared with the amulet of Shinnok and threw him to the sorcerer. Before cutting off his head, he managed to cast a spell that freed the Old God. He returned and was ready to enslave all existing worlds again. Thus, the desire for revenge by Hanzo Hasashi led to the fact that he contributed to the return of Shinnok. He and his Shirai Ryu clan made a fatal mistake.
New story
In its history, this organization was destroyed one more time. One of the members of the clan contributed to this - a guy named Fox. His mind was captured by a powerful demon, who controlled all his actions. Without any difficulty, he cut all his brothers and poisoned Scorpio. When Takeda (the son of Kenshi) saw this, Fox ordered him to kill Hanzo Hasashi. He flatly refused and instead attacked the obsessed fighter with a sword. During their battle, the Scorpion comes to its senses, sets fire to Fox and tries to kill the enemy with the Kamidogu dagger. The demon did not let the former Shirai Ryu fighter at Mortal Kombat die. He made it even stronger so that he could repel the attack of the clan leader. He succeeded, but while Fox concentrated his attention on Hasashi, Takeda from behind cut him in two with one blow of his sword. So there was a new destruction of the clan from Japan. After some time, it was restored again, but these events are already described only in comics. The game plot stopped at the moment with the new advent of Shinnok.