

As Marduk was returning to the tournament waiting room, the lights went out and he was suddenly attacked. This time, however, the two exchanged a handshake of respect after the match. Marduk and King fought one another, and Marduk was again beaten. She urged him not to seek revenge, but King ignored her, ultimately defeating her and pushing on to his match with Marduk. ĭuring the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5, King encountered Julia Chang who was aware of his vendetta against Marduk. Enraged by the disgrace to his mentor's name, King accepted the challenge. He then turned to the camera and taunted King, telling him he would be next. Marduk entered a Vale Tudo tournament wearing a replica of Armor King's black jaguar mask and beat all the competition bloody. He decided his search for vengeance was foolish, and walked away. King entered his hospital room, intending to kill Marduk. King and Marduk clashed in the tournament with King emerging victorious. On release, Marduk was handed a plane ticket and a newspaper article with details of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 4. Using the money he'd saved from winning tournaments, King bribed judiciaries to release Marduk from prison eight years early. The attack was ruled as manslaughter and Marduk was sentenced to ten years in a penitentiary. Armor King had interceded in a bar brawl in Arizona, but in the process was killed by the assailant, Craig Marduk. Disaster struck for King again when the man he considered both his mentor and foster father was taken from him. King was unable to win the third tournament. King entered the King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 determined to end Ogre. Feeling the time was right, Armor King tearfully recounted how King had died at the hands of Ogre. By this time, the now twenty-eight-year-old wrestler was a worthy heir to his successor. For four years, the two of them trained, and the new King learned quickly, maturing into a forceful wrestler with extreme power, known as King II. Having heard of King's death, Armor King, an old friend of King's felt obligated to train the young man and to help him take revenge.

Unfortunately, he had only seen King's wrestling moves as a child, and he lost every competition he entered. Seeing that the orphanage would crumble into ruin (the money gained from King's wrestling matches was the only funding it received), this man donned the mask of King and imitated his style.

Until the age of twenty-four, this person worked hard with King until, one day, news broke of the first King's death. The second King was a street urchin who was brought up in the first King's orphanage. 3.8 Fist of the North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE.
