
Mileena succeeds and takes Shujinko to Shao Kahn's palace. The emperor then commands Mileena to capture Shujinko, who would be used as a bargaining chip in gaining Onaga as an ally. Though at first confident that Outworld is hers to rule, Mileena is forced to reveal herself and surrender to the returning Shao Kahn when he mounts an offensive against the fortress to re-instate himself as ruler.

In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (2006), Mileena seizes Shao Kahn's fortress while maintaining her Kitana guise and decides to continue her charade until the Edenian forces are corrupted enough to follow her under her true identity. In the game's Konquest Mode, Mileena also trains the young Shujinko in Outworld and fights against Jade. However, as Mileena begins the game's titular deception, she develops a hidden agenda and decides to take control of Edenia's forces and Onaga's undead army for herself. During the events of Mortal Kombat: Deception (2004), Mileena is ordered by Onaga to pose as Kitana in order to confuse and misdirect his enemies. Mileena remains imprisoned for years until Onaga the Dragon King launches his own invasion of Edenia, during which she is freed by her ally Baraka. Kitana refuses before defeating and imprisoning Mileena. Following Shinnok's defeat, Mileena comes to Kitana's palace and demands the power over Edenia be shared with her. In Mortal Kombat Gold (1999), she assists in Shinnok's invasion of Edenia, but allows her sister to escape from a dungeon. After Shao Kahn is defeated, Mileena is summoned back to the Netherrealm. Shinnok sees this as an opportunity to covertly monitor the events unfolding in Earthrealm and allows her to return to life.

During the events of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1995), Shao Kahn decides to resurrect Mileena to help him defeat Earthrealm's chosen warriors, magically granting her the ability to read Kitana's thoughts. In the 2005 beat'em up Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, a retelling of Mortal Kombat II, Mileena fights Liu Kang and Kung Lao alongside Jade and Kitana, but is defeated by the two Shaolin warriors and flees to the Wasteland to seek help from Goro.ĭamned to the Netherealm after her death, Mileena swears fealty to its ruler Shinnok. While Mileena is determined to stop her twin at any cost, she is killed by Kitana. While the two grew up together as his daughters and elite personal assassins, Mileena grew to harbor a great bitterness and jealousy towards Kitana, whom Kahn favored over her.Īs the Kahn feared, Kitana discovers the truth about her past and Mileena is ordered to keep close watch over her rival when Kitana secretly allies with Earthrealm warriors during the events of Mortal Kombat II (1993). To facilitate this, he introduced Mileena to Kitana as her supposedly lost twin sister. Instead of replacing Kitana, Mileena instead would be used to spy on her and ensure her allegiance to Shao Kahn. However, the process was not a complete success, as the hybrid clone has a Tarkatan's hideous mouth. Though she grew up knowing nothing of her origin, the emperor nonetheless feared that one day Kitana would discover her true parentage and turn against him, so he ordered the sorcerer Shang Tsung to create a more vicious and loyal version of Kitana who can take her place if necessary, using the essence of a Tarkatan warrior. She has been featured in various media outside of the games and is one of the franchise's most popular characters.Īppearances Mortal Kombat games Īfter the ruler of the other-dimensional realm Outworld, Shao Kahn, conquered the realm of Edenia and merged it with his own, he decided he would keep the former king's daughter Kitana alive and raise her as his own. She is also the love interest of the Edenian traitor Tanya.ĭespite some criticism for her revealing character designs, Mileena has received a positive reception for her unique appearance and personality. Mileena uses a pair of sai as her primary weapons. She is portrayed as a cruel villain throughout most of the series.

Her creation results in her developing the deformed facial features of the Tarkatan, which she conceals with a veil. Introduced in Mortal Kombat II (1993), she is a clone of the Edenian princess Kitana, created with the blood of the fictional Tarkatan species. Mileena is a fictional character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise by Midway Games and NetherRealm Studios. Kitana (cloned from, birth twin sister )

Quynh Chi Nguyen ( MK1, facial and mocap) Įdenian-Tarkatan clone (1st - 2nd timelines)
