Lord Rayden Quotes in Mortal Kombat (1995)

[Johnny has challenged Goro]

Lord Rayden: What have you done?

Johnny Cage: I made a choice. This is OUR tournament, remember? Mortal Kombat. WE fight it!

[Johnny leaves, Rayden smiles]

Lord Rayden: Good. At last one of them has understood.

Lord Rayden: [appears before Cage, Sonya and Liu Kang] Listen, what you are about to face is for more important than...

[to Cage]

Lord Rayden: your ego

[to Sonya]

Lord Rayden: your enemy

[to Liu Kang]

Lord Rayden: or your quest for revenge. You're about to embark on a secret mission. You have been chosen to defend the realm of Earth. In a tournament called Mortal Kombat.

Lord Rayden: I have looked into their souls... and yours. One of you three with determine the outcome of the tournament. The fate of billions depends upon you. Heh, heh, heh!

[resigned]

Lord Rayden: Sorry.

[last lines]

Shao Kahn: You weak, pathetic fools, I've come for your souls!

Lord Rayden: I don't think so.

Liu Kang: I guess you knew it would end this way.

Lord Rayden: Didn't have a clue.

[repeated line]

Lord Rayden: I don't think so.

Liu Kang: [At Grandfather] I had enough of this. I'm going to find my brother's killer at the tournament, with or without your consent.

Grandfather: [At Lord Rayden] He isn't ready my lord, and we lost so much time.

Lord Rayden: I know, but there's no one else.

Lord Rayden: You're a coward, Sorcerer! Stand and fight!

Jax: If your Father's an Elder God, what does that make Kahn?

Lord Rayden: Kahn is my brother.

Lord Rayden: [Coming into the Temple of the Elder Gods] I have come to the Eternal Palace. Because your sacred rules have been broken. Shao Kahn has invaded the Earth.

[Then, the dark place turns into the temple]

Elder God of Wind: As always Lord Rayden, you are granted 3 questions.

Lord Rayden: This one must be, why was this treachery ever allowed?

Elder Water God: We do not control the destiny of men.

Elder Fire God: Everybody possesses the ability to change their fate.

Lord Rayden: So, you will stand by and watch the ruination of Earth?

Elder God of Wind: You are correct, believing Princess Kitana is the key to closing Kahn's portals

Lord Rayden: But, if I reunited her with Sindel, how can I be sure that the portals will stay closed until the next tournament?

Elder Water God: Only if Shao Kahn is destroyed should the future be safe.

Elder God of Wind: By living amongst the humans, do you really care for them?

Lord Rayden: More than I can remember.

Elder Water God: Do you love them so much to sacrifice your immortality?

[Rayden thinks about his deicsion]