
In Mortal Kombat Gold, she assists Shinnok in his invasion of Edenia, but allows Kitana to escape from imprisonment. Following Shao's defeat, Mileena is forced back to the Netherrealm. Seizing the opportunity, Shinnok allows her to be resurrected so he can use her to spy on Earthrealm. Shao later resurrects her to help him defeat Earthrealm's warriors and grants her the ability to read Kitana's thoughts. In Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, having been damned to the Netherrealm, Mileena swears fealty to its ruler Shinnok.

In an alternate take of the story depicted in Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, in which she appears as a boss, Mileena joins Kitana and Jade in fighting Liu Kang and Kung Lao, only to be defeated and forced to flee to the Wasteland to seek help from Goro. While Mileena is determined to stop her twin at any cost, she is killed by Kitana. In Mortal Kombat II ( MKII), after Kitana discovers her true heritage and joins forces with Earthrealm's warriors to fight him, Shao orders Mileena to watch over her.

Mileena and Kitana would grow up to become Shao's personal assassins, though the former became bitter and jealous towards the latter, who Shao favored over her. Due to this, Shao introduces her to Kitana as her long-lost twin sister as a means of spying on Kitana and ensuring she remains loyal to him. In creating the clone, Shang Tsung used Tarkatan essence, but this resulted in Mileena taking on a Tarkatan mouth. To remedy this situation, he tasks the sorcerer Shang Tsung with creating a vicious yet loyal clone of her to take her place if necessary. While she grew up not knowing her true heritage, Shao nonetheless feared she would eventually discover the truth and turn against him. 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 conquering Edenia and merging it with his realm, Outworld's emperor Shao Kahn took Edenian princess Kitana and raised her as his own.
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Mileena is featured as a prominent villain throughout the series and uses a pair of sai as her primary weapons.ĭespite some criticism for her revealing character designs, Mileena has received a positive reception for her unique appearance and personality. Her creation results in her developing the deformed facial features of the Tarkatan, which she conceals with a veil. Until in a third timeline depicted in Mortal Kombat 1 (2023), Mileena becomes a biological twin sister of Kitana, but was infected with a Tarkatan virus as Baraka and other victims of the virus. Introduced in Mortal Kombat II (1993), as a clone of the Edenian princess Kitana, created with the blood of the fictional Tarkatan species in the first two timelines. Mileena is a fictional character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise by Midway Games and NetherRealm Studios.

Edenian-Tarkatan clone (1st – 2nd timelines)
