Sub-Zero also killed the Lin Kuei Grandmaster who attempted to bar him from meeting his original family from before his Lin Kuei days.

The alliance quickly dissolved when Peron, Scorpion's partner, killed Lisa, Sub-Zero's sister, while Sub-Zero killed Peron to avenge the death of his sister. He were later forced into a partnership with Scorpion on orders from Shao Kahn, who believed that the combined strength of the two fighters would finally result in the death of Kung Lao after their individual failures. At a certain point, he was hired by Shang Tsung to defeat Kung Lao and retrieved from his home a magic crystal that had the ability to transport its keeper to other dimensions. Sub-Zero was a assassin trained to use cryomancy by Lin Kuei.