After Bi-Han was killed by Scorpion, Kuai Liang swore to avenge him and took his brother's former codename 'Sub-Zero' as a means of honoring his brother. However, in Sub-Zero's trailer for Mortal Kombat 2011, the siblings' background stories are retconned that both brothers were kidnapped by the Lin Kuei when they were still children.īi-Han appeared as Sub-Zero in the first Mortal Kombat tournament, while Kuai Liang went by the codename 'Tundra'. The brothers would then be trained as Lin Kuei assassins. Their father was a secret operative for the Lin Kuei in the United States, eventually taking both sons back with him to China, against their mother's wishes. In the current timeline, Bi-Han is the one who scarred him on his right eye with his ice dagger.īi-Han and Kuai Liang were born to a Cryomancer father and a Chinese-American human mother. In the second timeline, revealed in the Mortal Kombat X comic series, it was Kano who created the scar. However, as seen in Deception, the scar eventually faded away, possibly as a result of the Dragon Medallion's power. In the original timeline, he received it sometime prior to the events of Mortal Kombat 3. Kuai Liang bears a scar on his right eye. However, they were born in Earthrealm and only the younger Sub-Zero would discover his heritage (in the original timeline). They are descended from Cryomancers, an exiled Edenian race possessing the ability to generate and control ice. Both are blue garbed warriors who, at different times, have used the codename 'Sub-Zero', and both are members of the Lin Kuei. There are two incarnations of Sub-Zero, both of whom are siblings: older brother Bi-Han, and younger brother Kuai Liang. 10.10 Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind.10.9 Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms.9.2 Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm.7 Combat Characteristics (as Cyber Sub-Zero).He would later end the long standing rivalry between the Lin Kuei and Shirai Ryu after becoming Grandmaster and making peace with his rival Hanzo Hasashi in the alternate timeline. Kuai Liang would become a frequent supporting character after his debut. He takes the mantle of Sub-Zero in his later appearances in the series but reappears under his original alias of Tundra in Mortal Kombat (2011) before again going under the mantle of Sub-Zero. In Mortal Kombat 1, he takes the mantle of Scorpion in the newly altered timeline. Kuai Liang made his playable debut in Mortal Kombat II as the younger brother of Bi-Han, who was the original Sub-Zero in the first Mortal Kombat game. Kuai Liang (奎良), once known as Sub-Zero (絶対零度, 'Absolute Zero'), Grandmaster (of the Lin Kuei), Tundra, and briefly as the cyborg LK-52O is a Lin Kuei assassin in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. For the other versions of the Sub-Zero and Scorpion character, see Sub-Zero (disambiguation) or Scorpion (disambiguation).

This article is about Kuai Liang, the second Sub-Zero and the current version of Scorpion. We may not share blood, but we are brothers.

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