Mortal Kombat 1 is the latest entry in the long-running franchise. As its title suggests, MK1 is a reboot, marking the start of a new story. At the end of MK11, Liu Kang became the new god of fire and reset the timeline to create a more peaceful world with less suffering. Mortal Kombat 1 picks up in Liu Kang's new world as things begin to go awry. Like other timelines, the world of MK1 is filled with violence, and some characters die horribly. Despite the game's incredibly gruesome nature, the amount of main characters killed in the game's story is more restrained than in some previous entries.