As the tournament reached its finale, Julia successfully rescued Michelle and learned that Heihachi had used Michelle's pendant to fully awaken Ogre, the God of Fighting in an ancient Aztec temple. When she did not return, Julia suspected foul play from Heihachi and entered the third King of Iron Fist Tournament to rescue her mother. Fearing that tribal tales of the God of Fighting were coming true and that her pendant was somehow connected, Michelle headed to Japan to find Heihachi Mishima and ask him what he knew about the pendant and why he had sought it previously. Julia also developed a fascination for her tribes heritage, and began studying archaeology to learn more about her forefathers.Īs Julia neared her eighteenth birthday, stories started to reach the tribe of martial artists disappearing around the globe. Julia grew up with a strong love for her adoptive mother and tribe, and was taught to fight so that she could protect her homeland. Her fortunes changed, however, when she was found by Michelle Chang, a young woman from a native tribe who adopted her and raised her as her own. Julia's life got off to an inauspicious start born to unknown parentage, she was abandoned as a baby in the ruins of a Native American settlement.