Hsu Hao

Hsu Hao is a member of the criminal organization, the Red Dragon Clan, and a villain from the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games.

Work with the Special Forces
Hsu Hao was ordered by his superior, Mavado, to infiltrate the U.S. Special Forces and help them destroy the Red Dragon's enemies, the Black Dragon Clan. He proved successful and was finally ordered to return to the clan headquarters. However Mavado gave Hsu Hao new orders to stay at the Special Forces headquarters and destroy it, along with their tele portal facility. He succeeded in this by arming a miniature nuclear weapon and managed to escape before the explosion.

Serving the Deadly Alliance
Hsu Hao then headed to Outworld to get new orders from Mavado, but found himself pursued by Jax, who had barely survived the explosion and had a score to settle with his traitorous former comrade. After Kano was captured by Mavado, Hsu Hao was commanded to kill Shang Tsung under the orders of the Red Dragon's new ally, Quan Chi. However he was cornered by Jax, who tore out his artificial heart, finishing him.

Armageddon
However Hsu Hao inexplicably came back to life during the events of Armageddon, most likely the work of Shinnok due to his alliance with Daegon. In his ending, the explosion resulting from Blaze's death killed Hsu Hao and he descended into Netherrealm. There he formed into a cold emotionless demon and he defeated Shinnok and his minions, becoming the new ruler of Netherrealm.

Abilities
Hsu Hao is a skilled fighter and is capable of slamming his hands together to generate a shockwave. He can also jump into the air and stomp on the opponent, slam his fist into the ground to generate a fireball, and fire a powerful laser from the cyborg implantations on his chest.

Trivia

 * Hsu Hao is one of the more unpopular characters that were introduced in Deadly Alliance. One of the messages that the people of Chaosrealm say is "Will Hsu Hao return from the dead? Err... probably not." indicating he wasn't intended to return.


 * In the Konquest mode of Mortal Kombat Deception, it was revealed the Shujinko was the one who introduced Hsu Hao to Mavado and the Red Dragon.


 * Hsu Hao is stated to be of Mongolian despite his being a Chinese agent.


 * John Vogel stated that his death in Deadly Alliance was acceptable because he wanted to get rid of the character.


 * During early productions, Hsu Hao's name was Khan.


 * Hsu Hao is one of the few characters in Mortal Kombat from Earthrealm to be evil in all of his appearances, others include Sektor and Kira.


 * Hsu Hao is the second character to be confirmed to be getting the axe for Mortal Kombat 9, the first being Chameleon.