Bio:
- Name: Jade
- Age: 2985
- Resides: Netherrealm
- Species: Formerly assassin of Shao Kahn/ Undead Servant
- Status: Former Edenian Ass
- Height: 5’9
- Weight: 58.2 kg
- Eye color: green(former)/ white
- Gender: Female
- Alignment: Unwillingly evil
Jade is a childhood friend of Princess Kitana. While her motives were unclear, she served Shao Kahn alongside Kitana and Mileena as his personal assassin for most of her life. When Kitana finally turned against Shao Kahn, Jade was ordered to capture her for the Emperor. She ultimately chose to join her friend, and has since loyally assisted Kitana in her quest to free their native realm and restore its original beauty. Now residing in the freed Edenia, Jade is a General of the Edenian Army and continues to dutifully serve Kitana and her mother Sindel.
Always known for her loyalty towards Kitana, she has proven herself to be a dependable, sincere and devoted friend to the princess. She is sarcastic, patronizing and cocky towards her opponents. Furthermore, the edenian is incredibly ruthless towards those she considers a personal enemy.
Storyline
Jade first appeared in the Mortal Kombat Tournament held by Shao Kahn, where it is assumed she was spying on the events unfolding for her then Emperor. Jade is a loyal Edenian patriot and does not tolerate those who threaten her home land. Like Kitana, Jade’s origins were not from Outworld. She originated from the realm of Edenia, a realm conquered many years ago by the emperor, Shao Kahn. A longtime ally of the Edenian crown, and a close friend to Princess Kitana, Shao Kahn had her trained to be a proficient and formidable assassin under his command.
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
During the Earthrealm invasion by Shao Kahn’s army, Kitana was sentenced to death after pleading guilty for treason and murder. The edenian princess escaped Outworld and fled to Earthrealm. Enraged, Shao Kahn appointed Jade and Reptile to venture into Earthrealm and capture the princess. Jade was assured that Kahn wanted Kitana back alive, but Reptile was secretly told to bring Kitana back by any means necessary including death.
The two ventured into Earth to find Kitana. Jade found herself torn between loyally carrying out Kahn’s orders and betraying her friend. She ultimately decided to help Kitana and thwarted Reptile’s assassination attempt. With his defeat, the path was cleared for the two women to join Raiden and his Earthrealm combatants in the battle against Shao Kahn and his forces. The immediate importance was Kitana’s personal mission to reach and warn the resurrected Queen Sindel about their true past together. Jade’s assistance made that possible, with Sindel’s memories recovered, she turned against the emperor. Shortly afterward, Shao Kahn was defeated by Liu Kang and Kitana went on to free Edenia from Outworld.
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
Jade attempted to join Kitana and her allies in the battle against the Deadly Alliance, but had arrived too late at Shang Tsung’s Palace. She found her friend’s body lying on the ground with the other Earthrealm warriors. Heartbroken, Jade knelt beside her fallen friend’s side and noticed a large creature approaching. She then hid in the nearby shadows and watched as Onaga, the Dragon King, resurrected the bodies of Kitana and her fallen friends. The spell allowed Onaga to control the warriors, and he ordered his new recruits to regroup in the Living Forest.
Mortal Kombat: Deception
Jade followed the resurrected warriors in secret, only to discover that they had already invaded Edenia and held Queen Sindel prisoner. Finding her Queen guarded by the resurrected Kitana, Jade attacked Kitana and managed to trap her in a cage of her own while she freed Sindel. Kitana then began shouting for the guards to capture them, forcing Jade and Sindel to flee to the portal into Outworld. Before they went through the portal, Jade caught a glimpse of the traitor, Tanya, standing next to Onaga. Jade made it her personal mission to assist her Queen in rescuing Kitana from the Dragon King’s spell and to seek justice against Tanya.
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Ermac and the spirit of Liu Kang successfully managed to free Kitana and her friends from Onaga’s influence. The Dragon King would be soon incapacitated by Nightwolf’s Sin Eater ritual, temporarily quelling any imminent danger to the realms. Unbeknownst to the heroes, was that a new, more fatal threat, was soon approaching. The fabrics of the realms was beginning to tear apart as the warrior’s all grew stronger, which would result in Armageddon. To prevent this, an Edenian half god known as Taven needed to defeat the firespawn, Blaze. If Taven succeeded, he’d be able to claim Blaze’s power and nullify the strength of the warriors. But word had spread of Blaze’s power, and the Forces of Darkness sought to acquire it.
Jade joined the Forces of Light in an attempt to stop the Forces of Darkness effort’s in defeating Blaze the firespawn. Last seen in battle fighting Tanya, she was eventually killed along with almost all the other combatants. Raiden alone, had to deal with an all powerful Shao Kahn who eventually killed him and brought Armageddon to all the realms.
Mortal Kombat 9
Jade watched from the sidelines as the tournament in Earthrealm took place. Jade and Kitana were eventually dispatched by Shang Tsung to prevent Sonya and Jax from leaving. Both of them faced Sonya in a battle, but they were ultimately defeated.
Later on, Jade would confront Raiden, Jax, and Johnny Cage. She demanded that the intruders leave the restricted area. The edenian engaged Jax in combat but was defeated by him before he continued on with his allies to save Sonya Blade. Shao Kahn later reprimanded Kitana during the second tournament after her failure to intercept the trespassing Lin Kuei warriors, and ordered Kitana to leave the Colosseum. As her bodyguard, Jade followed Kitana into the Wastelands. Jade noted Shao Kahn’s displeasure with Kitana’s behavior and pleaded the princess to behave more accordingly. This enraged Kitana further, which prompted Jade to leave her friend alone.
When Kitana left to go to Shang Tsung’s Flesh Pits, she called out to Jade, who she knew was following her through the Living Forest. Jade explained that she was told by the Emperor to prevent Kitana from entering the Flesh Pits. Following this, she begged Kitana to turn back on her quest. Kitana refused to turn back however and a battle began, from which Kitana emerged victorious. Leaving Jade defeated in the Living Forest, Kitana continued on to the Flesh Pits.
As Kitana was escorted out of the throne room later on by Tarkatan Guards, Jade emerged from the shadows. Revealed to have been eavesdropping on the Emperor’s revelation of Mileena, the mutant clone of Kitana. Jade Realized that her loyalty to Shao Kahn had put her best friend in jeopardy. The edenian set out to make amends and free Kitana from captivity in the Tower. Entering the Armory, she encountered Baraka, who refused to let her go to the Princess. Jade openly mocked him before defeating him. Upon finding Kitana restrained by magic and protected by Sheeva, Jade mocked and defeated her as well.
Jade and Kitana shared a brief moment of joy before they became aware of the guards that were following Jade. Kitana told Jade to find Raiden and ask for his help. Hesitantly, Jade agreed, and fled back to the Wastelands. Mileena taunted and attempted to defeat Jade but was unsuccessful. With Mileena defeated, the Earth warriors approached. Seeing the defeated Mileena on the ground, Smoke mistakenly believed that Jade had just defeated Kitana. Before she had the chance to explain herself, Smoke attacked her. After Jade’s reluctant fight with Smoke, she informed the rest of the Earth warriors of Kitana’s capture and her location.
Jade joined the Earthrealm warriors during the invasion of Earthrealm. When the Lin Kuei cyborgs ambushed the Earthrealm warriors in the Temple, she assisted in defeating them. However, when Sindel arrived, Jade was one of the warriors who was killed by the empowered Queen as Sindel ripped her organs out of her body. Jade was last shown in the Netherrealm, resurrected with her soul in the possession of Quan Chi. She is last spotted when the Necromancer orders herself, Smoke, and Sub-Zero to attack the Thunder God. Raiden escaped before any battle could take place, leaving Jade trapped in the Netherrealm along with her other companions.
Powers and abilities
Unlike Kitana and Mileena, Jade wielded two weapons: a steel, sharp-pointed staff which transforms itself into a supply of ‘razorangs’. She displayed the most effectiveness with the staff, preferring weapon combat over hand-to-hand combat. During one of her Fatalities and her win pose, the staff left behind purple energy trails, hinting at magical properties. Jade is able to emit a ‘force rejection field’ around her, which seems to cause projectiles in particular to fly right through her like air.