The Temple of Ilkan is built to built to honor the once properious realm of Ilkan which it was named after, with the inscribtions written on its very walls retelling the history of the realm's forgotten culture. But most of all, it is also where Ilkan's greatest treasure, the Swords of Ilkan were believed to forged and created within the temple. The Temple of Ilkan later became completely abandoned along with the Crystal Realm after Princess Kitana of Edenia hidden one of the swords somewhere outside the realm of Ilkan during the war against both Shao Kahn and Zara.