MILEENA
Origin: Outworld
Species: Human, sort of
Affiliation: Worked for Shao Kahn and later Shinnok
Mortal Kombat II: Mileena was sent to take care of Kitana, her supposed
twin sister. In reality Mileena was really
a monstrous clone created by
Shang Tsung. She also had a secret romance going on with Baraka, a member
of Shao Kahn's
army. When she fought Kitana she was put out of her
misery.
Mortal Kombat Trilogy: Mileena had mysteriously returned and helped out
Shao Kahn by reading Kitana's thoughts from
afar. She was really waiting
for Kahn to be weakened from the heroes' onslaught so that she could
attack in the name
of Shinnok, the god who resurrected her in the
Netherealm.
Mortal Kombat Gold: Mileena fought on the side of Shinnok with plans to
turn on him and break the chains of slavery.
She also wanted revenge for
the death she suffered at the hands of Kitana. She tried to attack her
"sister" in Kitana's
throne room, but she made the mistake of knocking
Kitana right next to the location of a trigger that opened up the trap
door. Mileena fell to her supposed death.
Deception: No details are known other than that she's plenty peeved with
her
boyfriend Baraka.
Miscellaneous Facts and Notes:
I'm sure everyone knows this already, but it's worth mentioning.
Mileena's mask hides a set of teeth identical to Baraka's. As far as we
know that's the only freakish similarity between
the two. I don't think
we've ever seen under her wrist coverings.
Her retconned UMK3 ending had her kidnapping
Sindel and Kitana and using
them as hostages so Shao Kahn could get Earthrealm's warriors to enter a
fourth tournament
where Baraka would make his big return and tear them
apart. The reason they changed this was because of Baraka's inclusion
in
MKT and also so they could build up Shinnok's big appearance.
I'm hesitant to say that Mileena and Baraka are
from the same race.
Baraka's race of mutants seem to be something different from humans while
Mileena is a mutant
in the traditional sense. She is a human being who is
facially deformed. Since I've yet to see another member of Baraka's
race
show up in something officially canon, I can't really comment much
further.
Either way, I think I speak
for everyone when I classify Mileena as a
"Butterface" :)
