I think it might just be a case of "immortal spirit, mortal body" - that the god in question can be physically wrecked but can't be eliminated permanently without certain circ*mstances, like binding them to a kamidogu or having them eaten by the restored One Being.
I've noticed that every time we see the Elder Gods, they are portrayed as larger-than-life ethereal beings - powerful yet bodiless. Even at the end of MK9, when the Elder Gods finally intervene, they come as magical dragon spirits and don't actually accomplish anything until they possess the decidedly physical body of Raiden. Only after Phys!Raiden beats Phys!Shao Kahn up do the Spirit!Elder Gods harm Spirit!Shao Kahn. Back in Deadly Alliance, Raiden said that he had forsaken his status as Elder God in order to fight alongside the heroes - this implies, to me, that Raiden just returned to his physical body instead of staying what is essentially a big floaty bureaucrat.
Overall, I think only physical forms are able to actually "do stuff" on a physical level. The few things the Elder Gods do or are implied to do are specifically on a spiritual or metaphysical level, like establishing the rules of Mortal Kombat or, in the case of Quan Chi's MKX ending, "burning free will from one's mind". But what about handling stuff like kamidogu, something on both a physical and spiritual plane? They don't do jack beyond sending a lackey who DOES have a physical body to handle it for them.
Shinnok probably "fell" from the Elder Gods in the sense that, to pursue his own agendas counter to the rest of the Elder Gods, he acquired a physical form in order to personally enact his will.
Y'know, as I'm writing this, I remember the ending to MK9, where Quan Chi communicates with the not-quite-freed Shinnok about their future plans. And how does the fallen Elder God appear? Big floaty spirit, just like the Elder Gods. His "imprisonment" probably involved seperating Shinnok from his physical body and locking both away in different locations, which could explain why he didn't act immediately after the events of MK9 - that he didn't have his body back yet.
This is all speculation on my part, of course, but I'm firm in my belief that "only a physical form can interact with the physical world" and that the gods haven't figured out how to make a body that's indestructable.
is a god, therefore, he is immortal. In Shinnok's case, it is stated that he cannot be killed because he's a god. He could have his head lopped off and dropped in the Netherrealm
Netherrealm
The Netherrealm is an unholy, supernatural world of the negative afterlife in the Mortal Kombat universe. The Netherrealm due to it's semblance as an eternally volcanic "continent" with many volcanoes and lava pits, is comparable to Hell within the Abrahamic faiths as well as others of different religions and cultures.
Initially unable to participate due to the merger of Outworld and Earthrealm, Raiden sacrifices his immortality in order to help his chances against the Kahn after the Elder Gods refuse to assist him in Mortal Kombat Trilogy.
He served as the protector of Earthrealm and God of Thunder in the original timeline, but Liu Kang made some changes with his own version of the events. In short, Liu Kang is now the God Protector, while Raiden is the chosen champion of Earthrealm.
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10: Meta-Immortality: Entities that are not alive or dead in a conventional sense, standing outside the ordinary laws of reality, temporality, and dimensionality (of any number). If it is possible to destroy such a character, it can only be accomplished by a being of a similar or higher existence.
Raiden is a god, therefore, he is immortal. In Shinnok's case, it is stated that he cannot be killed because he's a god. He could have his head lopped off and dropped in the Netherrealm, but he won't die. Raiden, however, apparently can die.
He revealed that he had struck a deal with Kahn, agreeing to let the Emperor of Outworld conquer the other realms, so long as Earthrealm was left alone. In return, Raiden agreed to hunt and eliminate Taven for Kahn, so that he could claim Blaze's godlike power for himself.
Raiden's essence soon gathered again in the Earthrealm, where, because his essence was corrupted because of Onaga, he had now become furious with the way Earthrealm's inhabitants had treated their own realm.
Some rumors say that Shinnok is the father of Raiden and Shao Kahn. The figure that looks a lot like Shinnok that died during Armageddon is his clone sent by the real Shinnok who was in the Netherrealm.
Carlos Pesina, who played Raiden in the first two games, did not appear in MK3 as a penalty for his involvement in the rival game BloodStorm, but was still employed by Midway and his character would return in Mortal Kombat Trilogy, although through the use of recycled sprites from MKII and new sprites performed by Sal ...
Liu Kang's faith in Raiden and the Elder Gods is shattered when Raiden's actions result in Shao Kahn killing Kung Lao, as well as Kitana and most of their allies being killed by a soul-infused Sindel.
Raiden, like all other gods, loses his powers when he enters a realm that is not native to him, but he will regain them when he leaves. He can also take on a mortal form so as to be allowed to take part in Mortal Kombat tournaments.
The electricity Raiden creates is blue and white. After his corruption, starting in MK11, Raiden now creates red electricity. The color of his lightning attacks can change color based on which shader is selected in his guest appearance in Injustice 2. His default shader retains the original blue lightning.
Raiden, a.k.a. Snake, and Solid Snake, circa 2009. Snake was a codename used by the special forces units FOX and FOXHOUND, to distinguish several of their agents. It was named after the animal of the same name due to the reptile's stealthy nature.
7: Undead: Characters who cannot die due to technically being already dead, often overlapping with other forms of immortality. This includes characters who can keep existing as spiritual entities upon dying.
Turritopsis dohrnii — otherwise known as the immortal jellyfish — is a tiny creature smaller than the nail on your pinky finger. It possesses an extraordinary ability to revert its cells back to their earliest form, essentially resetting its life cycle.
During the Tang Dynasty, Sima Chengzhen categorized immortals into five types in his work “Tian Yin Zi” (The Hidden Child of Heaven): Human Immortals, Earthly Immortals, Celestial Immortals, Water Immortals, and Divine Immortals.
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