

During the mission, both Hanzo and Sub-Zero would run into each other and being from rival clans naturally did battle. Unbeknownst to Hanzo, Quan Chi had gone to the Shirai Ryu's principle rivals, the Lin Kuei, who sent an assassin named Bi-Han a.k.a.

Hanzo set out to honor his family and clan by completing the mission. This map would lead the sorcerer to the Amulet of Shinnok, though Quan Chi would need a human to enter the temple where it was housed since magic prevented magicians, sorcerers, and necromancers like himself from entering. Hanzo's life began to change when a necromancer named Quan Chi hired the clan to retrieve the Map of Elements from the Order of Light's Shaolin Temple. Scorpion had fought for the honor of the Grandmaster and the Shirai Ryu clan itself and was considered one of the clan's best by age 32. Hanzo was trained and became a highly skilled killer for the clan and earned the nickname "Sasori" - Japanese for Scorpion. Hanzo's father was a former member of the Shirai Ryu and forbade his son from joining the clan, but Hanzo saw a way to give his own family comfortable life and so he joined against his father's wishes. Scorpion was born Hanzo Hasashi to the Shirai Ryu clan of ninjas and assassins.
