Bio:
- Mileena
- Height: 5’9″
- Weight: 130 lbs
- Species: Edenian clone/Tarkatan
- Origin: Outworld
- Eye Color: Yellow (I think)
- Status: Former Empress of Outworld/Deceased
- Alignment: Neutral
- Age: Original Timeline, 915/New Timeline, 20
Mileena is a clone of Kitana, created by Shang Tsung’s sorcery in his flesh pits for Shao Kahn, using Tarkatan physiology. Vicious and evil, 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. Somewhat of an opportunist, she will make use of any chance to seize power that comes within her hands.
Storyline
Shao Kahn conquered the realm of Edenia and merged it with Outworld. The Emperor decided to keep the former king’s young daughter Kitana alive and raise her as his own daughter. Although Kitana grew up loyal to the emperor, unaware of Kahn’s deeds, he feared she’d turn against him if she discovered the truth.
Kahn then ordered his sorcerer Shang Tsung to create an evil, vicious, and loyal clone of Kitana who would take her place. Tsung combined Kitana’s essence with a Tarkatan’s to achieve this purpose. Given the name Mileena, she was introduced as Kitana’s twin sister. The tarkatan half-breed’s only noticeable physical defect was her teeth which she kept covered with a mask. Instead of replacing Kitana as originally planned, Mileena would be used to watch Kitana and make sure she remained loyal to Kahn. As Kahn feared however, 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.
Mortal Kombat II
Shao Kahn began to grow suspicious of Kitana, and Mileena was ordered to watch her sister more carefully. After finding out Kitana was indeed conspiring with the Earthrealm warriors, Mileena attacked Kitana. The full blooded edenian proved to be the superior fighter and killed her mutant sister. Mileena’s essence descended into the Netherrealm, fueling the hatred for her twin sister.
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Damned to the Netherrealm, Mileena found herself recruited by the fallen Elder God Shinnok. She was resurrected by Shinnok and sent to Earth to spy for him during Shao Kahn’s invasion. She was also granted the ability to read Kitana’s thoughts. After Kahn was defeated, Mileena was summoned back to the Netherrealm with Noob Saibot.
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 dungeon. After Shinnok’s failure, she was again bested by Kitana and secretly locked away in an Edenian prison. The edenian princess perhaps in the hoping that she would one day reform.
Mortal Kombat: Deception
Mileena remained imprisoned for many years, until the Dragon King returned 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. 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.
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Mileena had seized Shao Kahn’s Fortress using the Edenian forces, all in the ‘name of peace’. Though she did this under the guise of Kitana, Mileena planned to continue her ruse for the Edenian armies. One day they would be corrupted enough to follow tarkatan half-breed under her true identity. Though at first confident that Outworld was hers to rule, Mileena soon discovered that Shao Kahn, and his forces, had mounted an offense against the fortress.
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 ditch effort to protect her, 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. He would be used as a bargaining chip in gaining Onaga as an ally. Mileena sends Shujinko a false invitation, which apparently works, as Shujinko soon finds himself confronted by the dark alliance. The misguided monk is quickly imprisoned after being captured by Mileena herself. Having tasted power for herself, she was 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 encounters Taven in the dungeons of Shao Kahn’s fortress. She battles the intruder, but ultimately is not successful in preventing his progress. She is later seen with the Forces of Darkness as they march to battle towards the forces of Light. She initially battles Nightwolf rather than Kitana, and as Argus’s Pyramid rises from the Earth she is next seen being punched in the face by Stryker during a moment of distraction. Her last sighting is as Shang Tsung is near the top of the Pyramid, as she is seen leaping on his neck and biting him, only to be tossed off his shoulder. Ultimately however, Mileena was killed in her efforts to reach the top of the Pyramid as were most of the warriors present at the battle.
Mortal Kombat 9
Mileena is first discovered by Kitana in Shang Tsung’s Flesh Pits, after the Princess witnesses a sleeping clone lying on a table. When she awakes, Kitana is horrified by Mileena’s creation, so she attacks and defeats her. After confronting Shao Kahn about her creation, the Emperor reveals he knew about this the whole time. He sentences Kitana to be executed for consorting with Raiden and the Earthrealm warriors. He then orders Shang Tsung to fetch his “true daughter” from the Flesh Pits. Mileena then would later find Jade in the wastelands. After teasing Jade about Kitana’s execution the two would fight, and Jade would become the victor. When the Earth warriors appear, Smoke confuses Mileena for Kitana, unaware that Mileena is Kitana’s clone. This prompts him to attack Jade before she has the time to explain that Mileena is not the Princess. Mileena uses this opportunity to escape. She is later joins Shao Kahn at coliseum.
After Shao Kahn’s defeat at the hands of Liu Kang, Baraka points out that Mileena is the next successor to the throne. Shao Kahn, however, emerges, thus keeping his reign as emperor. Mileena is quick to bow before her father who explains that Quan Chi healed his wounds.
During the Earthrealm invasion, Mileena is spotted by Kurtis Stryker and Kabal while witnessing the carnage unfold on the streets of New York. Stryker notes that Mileena is definitely a foe, whilst Kabal isn’t sure. Stryker approached Mileena, and they face off, with Stryker proving victorious.
After Kabal is burned by Kintaro, and later revived by Kano, he forces the Black Dragon thug to lead him to the Emperor’s throne room. When he arrives, Mileena is seen entering the room with Lin Kuei Cyborgs and Tarkatans. They bring with them the corpse of Motaro, She informs her Emperor that Raiden has slain the Centaur General. While Shao Kahn is transferring Shang Tsung’s essence into the bewitched Queen Sindel, Noob Saibot and Mileena both intercept Kabal as he attempts to attack the Emperor. Kabal defeats them both and then escapes back into Earthrealm.
Mortal Kombat X
Mileena confronts Kotal Kahn, D’Vorah and Reptile as they are conspiring to dethrone her sometime after. Reptile intervenes and claims that her succession is illegitimate since she is an artificial creation and not Shao Kahn’s biological daughter. Mileena insists she is his heir by decree. Kotal gives her one final plea to listen to his advice, but she refuses and orders a Tarkatan to kill him. Ermac then betrays her, saying he will serve whom who he chooses, and they engage in a fight. Mileena’s army is wiped out, including Baraka, and she is imprisoned by Kotal Kahn, who becomes the new emperor of Outworld. At some later point in time, she is freed by a group that includes Tanya and begins a rebellion to reclaim the throne.
In the present day, Mileena launches a sneak attack on Kotal Kahn in Z’Unkahrah with Rain, Tanya and Kano. However, all four of them are defeated by the emperor. Before Kotal Kahn can execute her, Mileena uses Shinnok’s amulet to protect herself. But she collapses afterwards and Rain escapes with her. Wielding the power of the amulet without precision, Mileena also destroys Li Mei’s village and causes its citizens to be displaced in Earthrealm as refugees. It is later revealed by Rain that wielding the amulet kills her slowly. Part of the edenian prince’s plan was to take Outworld’s throne for his own after both Kotal and Mileena have been disposed of.
The Special Forces learn of Mileena’s location from Kano after he is captured. Cassie Cage’s group is sent to the Kuatan Jungle with Kotal Kahn’s army to retrieve the amulet. Mileena stumbles upon D’Vorah and Cassie in her tent while they are trying to steal Shinnok’s amulet and fights the former. The former empress is defeated and brought to Kotal Kahn. He considers her unworthy to be executed by his hand, and ushers D’Vorah to do so. She unleashes her flesh eating parasites on Mileena through a kiss while Cassie and her group look on, visibly disgusted.
Powers and abilities
Mileena, half Edenian, half Tarkatan, has proven that she is a deadly combination of beauty and beast. She has been shown to be able to fight with brute strength rivaling that of a Shokan, if not surpassing it. Mileena has shown an incredible amount of agility and acrobatic prowess. In addition, she possesses incredible speed, making her one of the deadliest combatants in the whole series. Mileena wields a pair of sai, and is able to teleport, roll, and bite the opponent with her deadly Tarkatan teeth. Because of her being Kitana’s clone, she almost is equal in strength to her. Mileena does not have the same knowledge of martial arts as her former but replaces it with more wild, fierce attacks that make her exactly same or even deadlier in terms of ferocity, although she is more mentally unstable.
Being Kitana’s clone, Mileena possesses incredible combat strength, aptitude and agility like her sister. What separates her from Kitana, though, is her weapon of choice in the sai. She exhibits proficiency with the sai that is equivalent to Kitana’s with her fans. Coupled with the Tarkatan blood coursing through her veins and physique that allows for superb agility, this makes Mileena one of the most vicious and deadly characters in the entire series. Mileena becomes enshrouded in a pink, flame-like aura when executing her signature techniques.
Her powers have developed further, granting her the ability to instantly warp towards sais she has thrown on the ground through a variation called Ethereal.