Think you got the story mixed alittle..I see what ur trying to say..BUT it stated that the dragon king ruled the outworld and alot of other realms LONG b4 shao-kahn came into power..after he tryed to gain immortality and accidently imprisoned himself in that egg..his army was put under hibernation by his priest and they were put to rest..then thousands of years later shao kahn appeared to take the thrown..

as Simon Cowell would say..."ABSOLUTELY DREADFUL".

ok, but shao kahn wears similar armor to the dragon king's army. Maybe it's outworld's battle military attire, and everyone wears the same armor, thus explaining why reiko wore similar armor in mk4 ending. No one ever mentioned that. Also, i was wondering why one of shao kahn's guards in mk2 and mk1 weren't ever secret characters. You know, the "shadow priests" in mk2 and those watchdog guards from MK1

Sbzrealm, I think YOU got some of the DK's story mixed up. He never imprisoned himself in the egg. Close but not quiet. Ill explain DK's whole story from when he ruled, to Reptile's part in DK's return. The Dragon King was an ancient ruler of Outworld before Shao Kahn's rise to power. He had formed the greatest army that realm had ever known. An army so powerful that it had never lost a battle. In an attempt to gain immortality and rule Outworld forever, The Dragon King commanded his holy men to hatch the last known Great Dragon egg. Legends told that drinking the blood of a newborn dragon would bring eternal life only if the dragon was slain moments after hatching. Unfortunately, the Dragon King died prematurely. His holy men loyally continued to incubate the egg with the intent of eventually reviving the dead king with the dragon blood. His army allowed themselves to be ritualistically slain and were buried in the pyramid along with their sovereign to be resurrected as well some time in the future. Generations of the Dragon King's holy men had been incubating the egg in secret ever since. As the prophecy had been told through the ages ... "Upon the birth of the last Great Dragon will the Dragon King return." Reptile tracked Cyrax and Nitara to the Lava Shrine as the vampire searched for the orb which bound her to Outworld. He arrived too late to exact his revenge on the pair. Suddenly an expectant hush filled the chamber as energy cascaded around what appeared to be a dragon embryo. The tiny dragon stretched and the egg cracked. A beam of energy ripped out from inside and lanced into Reptile. His world was filled with roaring power as his squamous body was twisted and transformed. The ancient prophecy had been fulfilled, the Dragon King had returned.

Its speculation, but the energy that shot out of the Dragon Egg, transformed Reptile into the vessel for the Dragon King. No one knows for sure but its the only logical explanation for what occured. Or perhaps a SubBoss for DK, being that it states the army was buried next to his sovereign, meaning DK's physical body is still around, mummified. Reptile was prophezied to find the egg... but what his role is, is still the mystery. Yet, the game is subtitled Deception, so who knows what the MK storyboard guys come up with to explain all this. More will be explained when MK:D rolls around no doubt.

picture of a female dragon king!!!!!!!

http://paizo.com/image/product/magazine_issue/dungeon/110/cover_500.jpg

obviously dragon queen..... :)