Fire God Liu Kang saves the timeline by defeating Kronika and becoming the new Keeper of Time. The realms in which the Mortal Kombat games take place are filled to the brim with fantastical ...

The fanbase hated this plot-point so much, Mortal Kombat 11 retconned it, explaining that Raiden was under the influence of a Titan called Kronika (who had never been mentioned before).