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 Netherealm.
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. ĭamned to the Netherealm after her death, Mileena swears fealty to its ruler Shinnok. 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. While Mileena is determined to stop her twin at any cost, she is murdered by Kitana, her soul descending into the Netherrealm. 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 the 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.
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.