Mileena
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Mileena is a fictional character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series.
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[edit] About Mileena
Mileena is a clone, and evil twin, of Kitana, created by Shang Tsung using Tarkatan physiology. She looks just like Kitana when her mask is on, but when it is off, her hideous visage is exposed.
She despises Kitana, and feels that it is her own right to rule Edenia as princess in her place. Her fondest wish is to kill her "sister", and claim her existence for her own. Something of an opportunist, she will make use of any chance to seize power that comes within her grasp.
[edit] Storyline
After Shao Kahn conquered the realm of Edenia and merged it with Outworld, he decided he would keep the former king's young daughter Kitana alive and raise her as his own. Although Kitana grew up loyal to the emperor, unaware that he had murdered her father, Kahn feared if she should ever discover the truth about her past, she'd turn against him.
Kahn then ordered Shang Tsung to create an evil clone of Kitana who would take her place. Tsung combined Kitana's essence with a Tarkatan's to achieve this purpose. However, complications arose with the clone's creation and her face deformed into a hideous Tarkatan mouth. Rather than disposing of her, she was given the name Mileena and introduced as Kitana's twin sister. Instead of replacing Kitana as originally planned, Mileena would be used to watch Kitana and make sure she remained loyal to Kahn.
Kitana and Mileena grew up together as Shao Kahn's personal assassins, even though Mileena secretly harbored a growing bitterness and jealousy towards her "twin", who Kahn favored over others. Also at some time during her life, Mileena became the secret ally and possible lover of fellow Tarkatan Baraka. As Kahn feared, Kitana did finally discover the truth about her past and family. Although she continued to feign loyalty to Shao Kahn, she secretly plotted and waited for the right time to overthrow him.
During Mortal Kombat II, Shao Kahn began to grow suspicious of Kitana and Mileena was ordered to watch over her sister. After finding out Kitana was indeed conspiring with the Earthrealm warriors, Mileena attacked Kitana, but Kitana proved to be the superior fighter and killed her. Mileena's essence descended into the Netherealm, giving her even more reason to hate her sister.
Damned to the Netherealm, Mileena found herself recruited by Shinnok. During Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Shao Kahn made an attempt to resurrect Mileena, and Shinnok saw this as an opportunity to spy on the events unfolding in Earthrealm, thus allowing Mileena to be brought back from the dead and granted the ability to read Kitana's thoughts. After Kahn was defeated, Mileena was summoned back to the Netherealm.
During Mortal Kombat Gold, Mileena assisted in Shinnok's invasion of Edenia. Seeing this as a chance to finally prove she is superior to Kitana, Mileena allowed her sister to escape Shinnok's dungeons. However, Mileena would again be denied. After Shinnok's defeat, she was again bested by Kitana and secretly locked away in an Edenian prison, perhaps in the hope that she would one day reform.
Mileena remained imprisoned for many years, until the Dragon King, Onaga, returned during Mortal Kombat: Deception and began his own invasion of Edenia. Mileena was freed from her prison by Baraka. She joined Onaga, and was ordered to pose as Kitana in order to mislead the princess' armies while Onaga gathered his strength. Mileena accepted, seeing this as a chance to gain some amount of revenge against Kitana. However, as Mileena began her deception, she also began to consider taking control of the armies for herself.
In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, Mileena had seized Shao Kahn's fortress using the Edenian forces, all in the 'name of peace'. Though she did this still under the guise of Kitana, she had decided to continue her charade until the Edenian armies were corrupted enough to follow her under her true identity. Though at first confident that Outworld was hers to rule, Mileena soon discovered that Shao Kahn, alongside Goro and Shang Tsung, had mounted an offense against the fortress to re-instate Kahn's rule over Outworld.
At first, Mileena hid in the throne room, and had instructed her mages to cast a defensive spell on the main door. Their magic, however, proved futile against Shao Kahn's brute force, and soon, the former emperor was face to face with Mileena. The mages then stood between the two in a last effort to protect their 'princess', only to be stabbed in the back by her. Revealing her identity to Kahn, Mileena surrenders to him.
Shao Kahn accepts Mileena's surrender, and then commands her to capture Shujinko, who would be used as a bargaining chip in gaining Onaga as an ally. Mileena then sends Shujinko a false invitation, which apparently works, as Shujinko soon finds himself confronted by the dark alliance and quickly imprisoned after being defeated by Mileena herself. However, having tasted power for herself, she is no longer content with being a minion. Deciding that she is destined for greater things, and with Outworld out of her reach, sets her sights on ruling Edenia instead.
She appears in Armageddon's Konquest mode, encountering Taven in the dungeons of Shao Kahn's fortress. She battles the intruder, but ultimately is not successful in preventing his progress.
In Mileena's Armageddon ending, she defeats Blaze, causing herself and her "twin" Kitana to psychically fuse together for a moment. When they separate, Mileena finds that she has taken Kitana's features and become beautiful, while Kitana has been cursed with Mileena's Tarkatan teeth. Mileena is now able to take her rightful place as princess of Edenia. She rules in Kitana's place and locks her "sister" in the Edenian palace dungeon, where Kitana eventually goes insane.[1]
[edit] Combat characteristics
[edit] Signature moves
- Soaring Sai: Mileena's signature move. She throws two sai, charged with purple energy, at her opponent. In older games, it was a charged move and could be performed in mid-air. (MKII, UMK3, MKT, MKG, MK:D, MK:SM, MK:A)
- Teleport Kick: Mileena slides through the ground and quickly hits her opponent from above with a jump kick. (MKII, UMK3, MKT, MKG, MK:D, MK:SM, MK:A)
- Rolling Thunder: Mileena tucks into a ball and rolls toward her opponent. If the move is blocked, she rolls up in the air and leaves a huge opening for an uppercut. (MKII, UMK3, MKT, MKG, MK:D, MK:SM, MK:A)
[edit] Fatalities
[edit] Recurring fatalities
- Multiple Stabbings: Mileena pulls her sai out and stabs her opponent to death. In Shaolin Monks, after she is done stabbing, she kicks her opponent to the wall. (MKII, MK:SM)
- Bone Stripper: Mileena removes her mask and literally inhales her opponent. She then turns to the other side and regurgitates a torrent of bones onto the ground. (MKII, UMK3, MKT)
- Nail Shooter: Mileena removes her mask and fills her mouth from a bottle full of nails. She then unleashes a deadly barrage upon her helpless foe. (UMK3, MKT, MKG)
[edit] Appearances in other media
[edit] Film
Mileena briefly appeared in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, and was played by Dana Hee. She was featured and defeated in a fight scene with Sonya Blade, but was never mentioned by name.
[edit] Television
Mileena appeared in one episode of the live-action TV series Mortal Kombat: Conquest as an ugly Outworld warrior sent to kill Kung Lao, though she has no initial relation to Kitana. She was briefly portrayed by Megan Brown in her Outworld form, and then by Audie England (who also played Kitana) when she assumed the form of the princess.[2]
[edit] Comic books
Mileena appeared as a minor character in Malibu Comics' MK series, first in the Goro: Prince of Pain miniseries as part of a team lead by Kitana with orders to find the missing Goro in Outworld. She is shown having reservation as of Kitana's true loyalty, though she never speaks of such reservations to anyone.
She was also featured in a one-shot special with Kitana entitled Kitana and Mileena: Sister Act, which explained their past. Mileena is shown as a creation ordered by Shao Kahn, though he revealed Mileena lacked something Kitana has and that she would never replace her.
[edit] Character development
Mileena was the first evil female character to appear in the series. In Deception, she boasted an alternate outfit that covers less skin than any MK outfit to date. She was also mentioned in a special edition of Playboy that spotlighted video game characters. A promotional render of her, commonly known as "Sexy Mileena," is an edited version of her alternative outfit concept art. The render depicts her in a stream/waterfall setting, dripping wet and with a great deal of both her breasts exposed. Her sai are the only things covering her breasts, blocking her areolae from view. However, the image was not actually pictured in Playboy, and only a fairly common render of her in her primary MK:D attire was published (although a render whiouth background of the image was used for the Deception promotion in some magazines); it can, however, be unlocked for viewing in Deception.
In Kitana's character card video for Deception, MK co-creator Ed Boon has described Kitana and Mileena as the female equivalents of Scorpion and Sub-Zero.
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