Raiden (Earth-3900)

"There are fates worse than death."

- the newly born corrupted Raiden to Shujinkō

Raiden was the God of thunder and former protector of Earthrealm before he choose to transcend to Elder God status and leave the realm's protection for his fellow Earthrealmer, the God of wind Fūjin. One of the original Gods, Raiden saw himself in conflict with the Elder God Shinnok, who wished dominion over all the realms, and alongside the aid of the Gods from all realms and the Elder Gods, managed to emprision the corrupted into the darkest pits og the Netherrealm.Shao Kahn since 320 AC when he showed desire over the merging of Earthrealm with Outworld, which prompted him and his fellow Gods to take all odds against the Mad Titan, creating the King of Iron Fist Tournament between the two realms in the hopes of giving Earth a chance of freedom, with the conscent of the Elder Gods. After the loss of Earthrealm in numerous Tournaments, one which killed the legendary Jinpaichi Kazama, Raiden's hopes for a better future almost came to and end, but this changed when he took notice of the young Ryū Hōshi, which he, alongside Master Bo' Rai Cho, trained to the apex of mind and body perfection, in the hopes he could aid Earth during the Tenth King of Iron Fist Tournament, which proved sucessfull after the defeat of Bison, Goro and Shang Tsung.