Now that you're Kahn, you will free Edenia. Rain can also perform a powerful roundhouse kick that knocks the opponent to the other side of the screen. Rain is able to fire a powerful blast of water from his hands or feet that he can use to propel himself forward or to blast opponents, call down a lightning bolt on his foe, fire an orb of water that allows him to stun his opponent and move their body around, and submerge himself in water then reappear behind them. However unlike the other sons of Argus, Rain does not control fire, he can manipulate water and lightning. Rain is a skilled fighter and possesses great power due to being a demigod. In Tanya's arcade ending, she betrays Rain and hands him over to Kotal Kahn who kills the male Edenian for his crimes.Īlthough originally only appearing as a random easter egg (Being found fighting Blaze in Shang Tsung's Island and in Shang Tsung's moveset as a transformation, Rain himself appears as a playable DLC character in Mortal Kombat 11. After losing to D'Vorah, Rain is not seen again. However, Cassie Cage stopped her, sparing them.
However, D'Vorah defeated him, and was about to kill him and Tanya. Rain reappeared fighting and trying to kill the Kytinn creature D'Vorah. He later fought with Kotal Kahn, but he ended up defeated and was forced to escape. But with his divinity confirmed, Rain's path was clear: he would later assemble and lead a massive army of followers including those of Shao Kahn's militia to not only take over Outworld, but to conquer all the realms including, to Raiden's surprise and horror, Earthrealm as his first target.Īfter Shao Kahn's death, he allied himself with "Empress" Mileena alongside Tanya, waiting her to die by the prolonged use of the sacred Amulet of Shinnok and then claim the throne of Outword. While there, he shown Rain the source of his origins when they approached the ancient statue of Argus, a god of Edenia who was Rain's biological father. The thunder god Raiden was impressed, he then took Rain to his old home of Edenia. He then drowned the Emperor in his own blood. In his MK9 ending, Rain defeated and crushed the Edenian Resistance, but was later denied of his own army by Shao Kahn. While he fought for them and quickly rose the ranks, his arrogance grew along with him and when he demanded leadership of its forces and was denied, he willingly betrayed his realm for power by allying himself with Shao Kahn who promised Rain leadership of his own army. Rain is a playable character in Mortal Kombat (2011), his backstory as an Edenian orphan is still retained but it was revealed that he was taken as a refugee by the Edenian Resistance. But Rain instead used his power to enslave the realm of Edenia and due to Argus' position as an Elder God, he could not do anything about it.
He defeated Blaze and gained full godhood with Argus declaring him the new Protector god of Edenia.
In his ending, Rain was revealed to be Taven and Daegon's half-brother and Argus had tried to keep his identity secret. He eventually tracked Taven to Artika within Earthrealm and fought him, only to be defeated and disappeared in a watery portal. Rain sought to kill his two half-brothers, Taven and Daegon, and then claim the ultimate prize and power promised for defeating Blaze. He began to refer to himself as prince of Edenia and continued to fight on the side of evil. Enraged, he turned on the emperor and embarked on a mission to bring him down.Īs the final battle of Armageddon drew closer, Rain found out about his true origins from Quan Chi, an emissary of the fallen Elder God Lord Shinnok who told him that his true father was actually Argus, Edenia's protector god. Rain fought against Earthrealm's forces, until Princess Kitana of Edenia confronted him and told him that Shao Kahn had killed his father. He was given a choice, fight for Kahn or die, and chose to join Shao Kahn, either out of fear or ulterior motives, turning his back on Edenia. Millennia later, Rain resurfaced during Shao Kahn's invasion of Earthrealm, but was attacked by the emperor's extermination squads. However the realm's forces were crushed and Rain's father was killed by Shao Kahn. As chaos enveloped the realm, he was smuggled away at the behest of his adopted father, a general in the Edenian army who stayed behind to perform his duty. Rain was born in Edenia and when he was very young, he watched as his realm was invaded by Shao Kahn and the forces of Outworld.