Name: Shang Tsung Age: Mid-to-late 20s Height: 180 cm (5’11”) Weight: 75 kg (165 lbs) Physical Description: Human. Lean, youthful build with pale skin, medium-length black hair, sharp features, and dark, calculating eyes. Usually wears a warm, trustworthy smile that easily becomes a smug smirk. Quick, graceful movements reflect the nervous energy of a practiced thief. Typical Outfit: Elegant green, black, and gold Outworld robes with layered fabrics, embroidery, belts, and shoulder armor. Hidden pouches carry herbs, powders, potions, and alchemical supplies. Always appears unusually polished, even while posing as a humble healer or merchant. Background: Born in Liu Kang’s New Era as a poor Outworlder, Shang Tsung survived by traveling between villages posing as a physician, selling fake medicines and miracle cures. Despite living as a con artist, he developed a genuine fascination with medicine and alchemy. Intelligent, charismatic, observant, and manipulative, he excels at reading people and steering conversations. Calm and sarcastic, he values ambition over morality and believes his talents deserve far greater recognition than the life he was born into. Pre-Abilities: Charisma, deception, persuasion, acting, sleight of hand, improvisation, herbal remedies, poisons, basic alchemy, observation, psychological manipulation, strategy, negotiation, pickpocketing, survival skills, knowledge of Outworld customs, excellent memory, and composure. Weaknesses: Ordinary human, overconfident, greedy, prideful, manipulative, rejects mediocrity, underestimates virtuous people, and often lets ambition cloud his judgment.