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While all the other characters must perform "mercy" to use their Animalities, Kabal can do so automatically on the Sega Geneis ports.Kabal's fatality in MK3, where he removed his mask to scare the opponent to death, was listed as ninth on Screwattack's Top 10 Worst Mortal Kombat Fatalities list.This may be a reference to a side mission players can perform, where he will reward them with his hookswords. One of the hints in Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks is "Kabal says thank you very much".~ Kabal to Stryker, after seeing Reptile in Mortal Kombat (2011) I'm thinking shoot first, ask questions later. Now Kabal devotes his life to fight injustice: He will give crime's inner circles a new reason to fear. He was once a member of the Black Dragon along with Kano. Kabal is later resurrected as a vengeful revenant by Quan Chi. Right afterwards, they were set upon by the empowered Sindel, who killed them all. The Lin Kuei surrounded the group, and Kabal and the others fought them off. As part of the Earthrealm Defenders, Kabal is reunited with Stryker and after Earth's souls were saved by Nightwolf and Sub-Zero, they try to work out their next move. After Smoke revealed Sub-Zero used to be his friend, Kabal agreed to help him. Kabal recognised the former from earlier, and is assured that Stryker has joined them. Kabal is than approached by Raiden and Smoke to join the Defenders of Earthrealm. Afterwards Sheeva, mistaking him for a treacherous member of the Cyber Lin Kuei, fights him but Kabal defeats her. Right after, he is attacked by Cyber Sub-Zero due to using the portal without permission, but defeats him.
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In Earthrealm again, Kabal figures his super speed is a residual effect of Outworld's magic.
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Shao Kahn quickly demands Quan Chi to close the Earthrealm portal, but Kabal unknowingly uses his super speed to jump into the portal in time. However, he's stopped in his tracks by Mileena and Noob Saibot, both of whom he defeats. In Shao Kahn's throne room, Kabal decided to make a surprise attack, despite Kano telling him Kahn was too powerful. After Kabal discovers the Black Dragon were aiding the invasion, he realised his disfigurement was Kano's fault, and after fighting him, forces him to take him to the leader of the invasion. When Kabal awakens, Kano tries to tempt him back to the Black Dragon, even giving him his old hookswords. Kabal's body is healed to a workable state by Shang Tsung's magic, aside from his severely damaged lungs that could not be repaired, which leads to him being forced to wear artificial respirators as his lungs. However the monstrous Kintaro severely burns Kabal, and when Stryker was indisposed, Kabal is dragged into Outworld and rescued by Kano. After Stryker defeats Mileena, the two of them encounter Raiden, with Kabal being surprised to see him shoot lightning. While Kabal and Stryker goes street level, they encounter Mileena. Stryker and Kabal head to street level, despite Kabal warning his partner that it wasn't safe. The two face Reptile, who knocks Kabal back, leading Stryker to defeat the reptilian ninja. When Shao Kahn began an invasion of Earthream, Kabal and Stryker fought on a New York rooftop against the invaders. In the 2011 reboot, Kabal was a former Black Dragon member who reformed and now worked with Stryker as a cop. Kabal agrees, returning to his criminal roots. Havik visits Kabal at the brink of death and restores him, and then instructs him to revive the Black Dragon as a force of anarchy and decay. Afterwards, Kabal decides to become a scourge on crime.Ä«etween MK3 and MK: Deadly Alliance, Kabal is wounded severely in battle by Mavado, a leading member of the rival Red Dragon who stole his hookswords and kept them both for himself. He leaves behind his life of crime with the Black Dragon and becomes a force for good, aiding in the battle against Outworld. Kabal had survived an attack from Kahn's extermination squads, and was left disfigured and kept alive by artificial respirators. His soul was spared and he discovered that he was one of the chosen fighters. Kabal first debuted in Mortal Kombat 3 as a member of the Black Dragon until Shao Kahn invaded Earthrealm.