-Final Update for Tiger-
(I thought I'd finish the last update for Tiger, so even if he loses, at least his story is completed to the point of the next Mortal Kombat Tournament.) PS - I'd suggest skimming down to the 'Final Part' if you've read the story before, cus that's the only NEW update, besides grammatical ones. Oh, and a couple of minor changes to the introductory info had been made as well.
Tiger's Full Story:
Name: Tiger
Alignment: Unknown
Race: Human?
Age: 22
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 250lbs
Status: Renegade ninja/warrior
Fighting Styles: Tiger Claw, Judo
Weapon: Katana
Apperance: (A pic I drew of him is in the Fan Art Section.)
Tradtional Ninja Outfit (MK1 ninja style) which is orange with lots of black claw like marks running down both sides of the entire outfit. Looks like a tiger has actualy ripped his outfit
Face mask is orange, but has two fangs as an overbite - like a Saber-toothed tiger.
Story: Once NIghtwolf's greatest student, the old man had found him in the jungles of Asia and soon realized he was the quickest warrior the shamen had ever seen. He took Tiger under his wing and promised to make a champion out of him. But his temprement was not focused enough to be a Grand Champion - Tiger became cocky and let the adulation of his master swell his already large ego. He began to question the teachings of his trainer and after a short while forgot most of what Nightwolf had taught. When he began to lose to the other students of the shamen he blamed it entirely upon Nightwolf and disappeared once again into the jungles. No one had seen him since, until he showed up at the tournament to prove he is the best fighter EVER!!!
Special Moves: Jugular attack - bites at the neck of the opponent.
Eye gouge - Rips at the eyes of the opponent.
Stage: The jungle of course!
Interaction: Tiger's has five tigers, chained in the background, four are orange and one is white. They scratch and bite at the fighters if they venture too close.
Death Trap: The opponent is hit towards the white tiger chained in the background who mauls the victim to death - much blood is shed.
Fatality: More of an Animality, he either transforms into a tiger and claws/bites the victim to death, or he uses the power of the shamen and summons a tiger to do the same.
Stage Fatality: Like a real tiger, he takes his vanquished foe up a tree and begins to devour them.
A once mighty stealth ninja from Japan, Tiger belonged to a clan that was long forgotten. Minimal knowledge exists of this clan - we don't even know the name, but they are rumored to worship a jungle creature - they did have a distinctive outfit however. A bright orange, a colour not typical of his country. Tiger was a skilled warrior but lacked experience. Once on a thievery mission to the temple of a rival clan, he and his fellow ninja's were ambushed by the very people they were planning to rob. EVERYONE but Tiger was slaughtered, he managed to escape using a combination of his quick thinking and skilled fighting. After seeing his Master die right in front of him he grabbed the fallen wise man's ceremonial Katana and fled to the East, where he eventually ended up in Mongolia. He was welcomed into the home of an old master, who could see his warrior clothes and took pity on the young ninja. The old man taught the young student the technique of the Tiger Claw on a daily basis. But the wise old sensai was very critical of him, in reality the master was only trying to improve his student, but Tiger began to feel hatred towards the Mongol master. One day during a routine training session, the two were sparring with Katana's. The man critisized the young trainee once too many, and during the next bout Tiger laid a fatal blow to the jugular of the old man. For a split second, Tiger's eyes gleemed at the sight of the poor man stuggling to survive. But he soon realized that he could not face the widow and her child, so he fled, eventuallly settling in the jungles of India. There he hid alone - some say it turned him a little mad, but he may have been in a fragile state of mind already. He had seen his comrades massacered in front of his very eyes.
Nightwolf had gone back to his homeland after the Outworld Invasion had subsided thanks to the efforts of the Chosen Warriors. He decided to go on a spiritual journey around the world, and he began his trip in the jungles of India. While there he encountered a man that was eating the raw flesh from a dead carcass. His clothes looked ninja in origin, but orange? He also had what looked like claw marks running down either side. And what looked to be a ninja sword strapped to his back. Nightwolf approached this former warrior, but was met with hostility. After some initial scrapping the Shamen was able to convince Tiger he was not a threat. He soon learned that Tiger was a very skilled fighter, particularly in Tiger Claw (Mongolia) and Judo (Japan), but he also found that his deadliest asset (besides his insanity and sadistic tendancies) was his ability with a sword. Not any sword, but a Japanese Katana - a most deadly weapon if placed in the wrong hands - and these were the wrong hands!
Nightwolf had calmed Tiger down enough to begin talking about his past, and his unusual clothes. Tiger explained that his clan was so secretive that if he even mentioned the name to an outsider, he would be marked for death. Seeing that Tiger would not reveal anymore on the matter Nightwolf asked where he was from, before he joined the clan. Tiger told the shamen that he was once a student at the Wu Shi Academy and had been taught by Liu Kang and Kung Lao. He had been their mightiest young warrior, the next Chosen One, but he lacked the discipline. More importantly though, his soul was tainted by evil. This was never more evident than in the annual Wu Shi Academy tournament, a contest to determine the best student at the Academy, and judged by Kang and Lao. Tiger annihilated all comers before reaching the final where he would face another promising fighter, Chong Wei. This was the first proper competition Tiger had encountered during this exhibition, and he soon realized this was a worthy opponent. Wei fought with intelligence and avoided many of Tiger's attacks, infuriating the arrogant student. In one swift move, Tiger incapacitated his opponent - but illegaly. Chong Wei had been a victim of Tiger's eye gouge special move, something that was strictly against the rules and left Wei blinded. But before Kang could stop the fight and disqualify Tiger, he had lunged at Chong and bit into his neck. He died quickly, but in agony. Tiger was banished from the Academy for ever and was almost sentenced to death. Fortunately for him the Order of Light decided he should be exiled and told that if he was ever seen again by Kang or KUNG LAO (at the next tournament perhaps??) he would not escape next time. He wandered Asia for months aimlessly, stealing to survive, a skill he was surprisingly good at. One day he was attempting to pick pocket someone at the local market in Tokyo, it turned out to be Chow Chan - a leader of a very secretive clan. He saw the young man's potential for thievery and invited Tiger to join his clan.
Tiger accepted.....
-So the last part happened before he joined his clan, escaped death at the hands of the rival clan and fled to the East. The final part picks up after Tiger has told Nightwolf of his past-
Final Part:
After Tiger had informed Nightwolf of his dark past, the shamen vowed to reform the renegade ninja and use his extrordinary fighting skills for good rather than evil. He would personaly teach him, to prepare him for the next Mortal Kombat - so he could fight for Earthrealm. They left the jungles, and returned to the American Indian's sacred land, to begin training with Nightwolf's other skilled fighters.
Tiger once again proved to be the greatest student of them all, as Nightwolf could see the potential he had to become the next chosen one. But the shamen could also peer into his soul, and realized that it was tainted with evil - if only he could change Tiger to be good, the Earthrealm warriors would have one more genuine threat against occupation of Earth, besides reigning MK champ Kung Lao. Over time however, Tiger began to learn some valuable qualities from Nightwolf's techings. It seemed, to the master, that he was on the verge of greatness, but after much praise Tiger became cocky. And when he began to lose to other students of the Shamen, he placed the blame on Nightwolf's shoulders - and fled once again to the jungles of India.
Nightwolf did not want Earth to lose the abilities of such a skilled warrior, so he visited his old allies at the Wu-Shi Academy, Grand Champion Kung Lao, and Kai. Lao told Nightwolf that Tiger was best left, as his soul would never be pure enough to win Mortal Kombat. The old man disagreed and argued his case continuously, but Kung Lao remained firm in his belief and would not help him find Tiger. All the while Kai had been lurking in the shadows, listening to every word of the argument. Kai confronted Nightwolf and explained to the shamen that he could convince Lao to find Tiger in Asia, and that Nightwolf need not worry about him being at the tournament - he should go back and train more fighters for the next MK.
After Nightwolf's departure, Kai left to seek Tiger. But he had no intention of recruiting the renegade ninja to represent Earth, but rather to help Kai in achieving his alterior motive. Ever since Raiden had given Kai his lightning staff after the forth MK, it had changed the fighter. It seems as if the power it bestowed was too great, and that Kai had not been as pure a soul as Raiden had originaly believed. He wanted complete control of the Order of Light and the immortality that the champion of Mortal Kombat enjoyed. He knew that Kung Lao resented Tiger and that if they met in the next tournament, Lao would be too consumed with anger to fight properly. He was to use this anger against him, to either attack Lao himself, or to help Tiger defeat the reigning Grand Champion.
So Kai left to find Tiger, and when he found him, he explained the benefits of helping in his plan. Tiger had nothing to lose, and wanted to prove himself as the best fighter ever, while also gaining revenge on Lao for banning him from the Wu-Shi Academy all those years ago. Tiger agreed, grabbed his ceremonial Katana, summoned his adopted friend - a ferocious white Bengal tiger, and left with Kai. He arrives ready and hungry to compete in the next Mortal Kombat, and will slaughter anyone who stands in his way...
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So in a timeline, The Wu Shi Academy tournament happened 1st,
He joined his clan 2nd.
He was ambushed with his fellow clansmen and escaped to the East 3rd.
Forth, he kills his trainer and hides in the jungles.
Fifth, Nightwolf finds him after having visions that he should go on a spiritual journey and start it in India.
6th Nightwolf trains him, Tiger becomes too cocky, begins to lose then flees again to the jungles.
And finaly Kai finds Tiger and leads him to the next tournament so he can aid in his plan to overthrow Lao as the leader of the Order of Light, and claim the title of Grand Champion of Mortal Kombat for himself.
MK Khronology: 58.49% complete...
art by fear-sAs
