He also didn't believe that Mortal Kombat was real and thus didn't acknowledge Kung Lao as a champion and savior of the Earth realm. He was against his daughter's relationship with Kung Lao, as he wanted her to marry a wealthy man. He had many bodyguards at his disposal, most notably Siro and Takeda. He was a very wealthy and greedy man with connections to underworld organizations such as the Black Dragon to whom he owned money. He was portrayed by the late John Reilly.īaron Reyland was the father of Kung Lao's girlfriend, Jan Reyland and the owner of a trading post in the city of Zhu Zin. Baron Reyland is an antagonist from the 1998-99 TV series Mortal Kombat: Conquest, being one of the two main antagonists (the other being Shang Tsung) of the two-part episode 'Warrior Eternal'.