Kano and Sub-Zero fight over a dagger with a scorpion tail pommel. Its magical properties, aside from the standard red-eye, are unknown. It was brought to the Red Dragon temple against Mavado's better judgment. Origin... Netherrealm?




Raiden uses the Kamidogu of Order, which seemingly gives the gift of prophecy. For some reason the blade bears the glaive-shaped symbol of Outworld, instead of the simple square of Seido. Is that a simple art fail? Because the Outworld design is even reiterated in Chapter 10, by a different artist.




Scorpion held custody of a dagger bearing a circular gem(?) on the blade and a ring on the handle. Two circles is vaguely reminiscent of Earthrealm's symbol, and it would make sense for it to be guarded on Earth. It appears to have some sort of healing ability that works when self-targeted.




Kotal possesses an unknown Kamidogu which seemingly gives him his Blood God variation with increased attack power. The dagger has no special ornamentation that can be seen, but it seems reasonable to guess it's Outworld's.



In multiple places in the comics, the "demon" behind the dagger antics has been hinted to be tied to the force of chaos. Could the demon, then, possibly be the God of Chaos? That would explain its attempt to turn Scorpion back to the fire and its mission to, in Raiden's words, "set us free." It also fits the MO for this description from the comic:



But then again, manipulating people to honor the Blood Code -- or any sort of code -- seems like the opposite of the do-whatever-the-hell-you-want spirit of Chaos. Is this the "Dark Knight Joker" brand of chaos, where you act like you're just doing random shit, but you're actually scheming out elaborate and -- *shudder* -- orderly plans like a mofo?

Then again, supposedly the daggers and their Blood Magick are connected to the One Being, which is presented as a separate entity from the (presumed) Chaos demon, so maybe the force that possessed Fox was not the demon Raiden warned them about after all:



We hear from Kano that the dagger possesses anyone it cuts, yet the one in Scorpion's care speaks to Fox before he ever touches it. Is that the same One Being influence that once drove Shao Kahn and Onaga to conquer? Speakng of possession, why is Kotal able to control himself so much better than Fox, and even Raiden? Is it because he offered himself as a willing sacrifice?

The description goes on to say that the six Kamidogu, when gathered together, have the power to contain a god. Perhaps this is how they managed to pokeball Shinnok? But they also have the power to create a god, in keeping with Onaga's plot in MKD. If the One Being is trying to unify its consciousness once again, then maybe the forces of Chaos are once again working to stop it? Raiden's insistence that "it doesn't want to destroy us, but set us free" makes a bit more sense in that light. But if that's the case, then why would the daggers want that?

And just what is their connection to Quan Chi?

The pieces are slowly coming together, but mysterious abound, and some of the information we know now appears to be inconsistent. What are everyone's thoughts on which blade is which, what they do individually, and what they do as a whole? What is the endgame here? And who is the final challenge?