Jade
Kitana's childhood friend, an assassin with a steel staff.
Jade debuted in Mortal Kombat II (1993) as a hidden opponent and became playable in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1995). Her main weapon is a steel bo staff. She is the childhood friend of the Edenian princess Kitana; she starts as an assassin for Shao Kahn but backs Kitana's rebellion against him.
Quick Facts
- Series
- Mortal Kombat
- First game
- Mortal Kombat II (1993)
- Origin
- Edenia
- Weapon
- Steel bo staff
Facts from the source article.
Lore & Background
In Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Shao Kahn orders her to bring Kitana back alive, forcing her to choose between her master and her friend. In Deception she frees Sindel from the Edenian palace dungeon and pursues the traitor Tanya. In the 2011 reboot she is Kitana's bodyguard, changes sides after Kitana is captured, and is killed by Sindel and turned into a revenant by Quan Chi. In Mortal Kombat 11 her past self supports Kotal Kahn, with whom she once had a romance, and then Kitana, who becomes Kahn of Outworld.
Reader's Guide
She began as 'an evil version of Kitana', a green palette swap with darker skin and gold fans, and was played by Katalin Zamiar, who also played Kitana and Mileena. In her MKII secret battle she was very fast and immune to projectiles; from UMK3 on she fought with the staff and a three-pronged boomerang.
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