I actually had an... odd creature appear in the Earthrealm forest as well. I could never make him reappear no matter how much I meditated however. I've heard many people mentioning Kung Lao... but I've yet to encounter him. Coordinates, realm, and method would be appreciated.

Kung Lao is easy as hell to find and so is Kai.
First you have to train with every person in konquest mode mening learn everybodys fighting style that is playable , you have to beat the game to train with Lui Kang ghost, behind the bridge where Jax is, and train with everybody else, then Kung Lao is in the other shaodin temple i think by the army guy by the portal some temple over there that has a pot of gold or fire next to it and guards and there is bridges that place you have to train with all to see him there.
then he wont let you talk and u cant cencel his challenge do a 10 hit combo then a scene occurs where you tell him u arent the enemy and he tels you how non spoiler, how so and so and so dies, and to meet Kai in earthrealm in frozts ice cave, that is when u are able to meet kai only through kung laos mission, he gives you raidens staff for whatever reason, and go back to kung Lao and he says something like kill shao khan with this staff but i accidentally skipped the most important scene in the game and dont know how to kill khan and when u talk to him again he just says go show action and dont be a talker. After u train with all and get Lao and find Kai and go bak to LAO tell em what he says please thankx, and tell me how to find the Shokans and Motoro
I too also encounter that thing that disappeared at night when u first enter the second village in earthrealm in the forest but i couldnt see what it was, it was the forest where the lady ask for a stone to find her way home and a guy nearby talks about things in the forest to beware. I never seen it again and started the game over and over but never seen it, i also seen this poff of smoke in the nethrealm a row away from where moloch is and goro fighting cage on a platform that u cannot reach in netherealm.

Wait so kung lao is on the south place?
theres no more guards down there for me, im around 99% sure i learned all optional styles.
1. bo rai cho
2. Subzero
3. Ashra
4. Ermac
5.havik
6.mellina
7. hotaru
8.baraka
9.kenshi
10. nightwolf
11.scorpian
12. lei mei
13.sindel
14-noob
15-raiden
16-kabal
17-tanya
18-jade
19-dairou
20-liu kang
21-kira
22-kobra
23-Darrius
the first 13 r required by story right?
if so then I got all 23

i HAVE seen goro. i don't remember the exact location, but he was dead. i think he was anyway, he was laying face down on the ground! he was in one of the buildings when you first enter the neatherrealm. you know theres like a town when you first start out... theres a ton of buildings, but i'm SURE he's in one of them.

iirc thats sheera.. or however you spell her name..

ya I have gotten money from motaro (like 500 ruby koins) but I have yet to see the other person that appears in earthrealm.
I havnt seen kung lao or kai for that matter because I think i still need to train with darrius? coudl someone plz tell me where he is to train with? thx alot
and a question of my own...where do you find strykers academy at? lol one again thx

if i remember correctly darrius training was in orderrealm.. on the outter skirts of the realm.. i dont remember the exact cordinates