The Deathstone was an artifact used by Shao Kahn. It held the power to reanimate dead warriors, more precisely an entire legion of them, and bring them under the command of whoever held it.
History[]
The Deathstone was used to control Siang, forcing him into servitude of Shao Kahn. The emperor granted the Deathstone to Scorpion, who became the general of his new undead armies, implemented due to the mutants of Outworld leaving him. Scorpion spoke to Kano about a dream of leading his armies against all of Outworld, then Earthrealm, then perhaps even against the Elder Gods themselves, all in the name of Shao Kahn.
It appears as a small, blue-black rounded stone on the end of a chain, and sometimes set at the end of a rod. It is said that the Deathstone is very cold to the touch, and can cause normal mortals to freeze up and loose control of their body as they feel the power of the dead coursing through them. This happened to Kano, who planned to steal it for personal profit, before Scorpion took it back and scolded the would-be thief.
Scorpion would soon find himself fighting against Baraka and Noob Saibot over the mutant baby Nania. In this conflict, the Deathstone was seemingly destroyed by Baraka. The undead army that accompanied Scorpion then withered to dust as he himself was teleported to be punished by Shao Kahn.
During the battle in Shao Kahn's Fortress to stop the union between the Dark Emperor and Sonya Blade, Goro revealed to Siang that a fragment of the Deathstone survived which was enough to take control of the half-dead warrior once again. This fragment was eventually returned to Scorpion's hands. However, Scorpion seemingly abandons his grand plans with the stone and destroys it in order to grant the release of death to Siang. Why he did this is uncertain and unexplored by the end of the Malibu Comics run.
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