Jade (Mortal Kombat)
Jade is a female video game character who features in Mortal Kombat.
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Biography
Original Timeline
Jade was a female inhabitant of the realm of Edenia who was loyal to the crown rulers of her homeland. Their world later came to be conquered by Shao Kahn with the realm being merged with Outworld. Emperor Shao Kahn came to take Queen Sindel as his wife whilst her daughter Kitana became his adopted daughter who was unaware of her true origins. Jade came to grow up alongside Kitana where they were close friends and was became a committed guardian to the princess. Shao Kahn later attempted to conquer Earthrealm through the Mortal Kombat Tournament but after Shang Tsung's failure a follow-up match was held in Outworld where Jade kept a watch on the battle. Ultimately, Outworld lost the tournament but despite that Shao Kahn launched an invasion of Earthrealm to forcibly conquer it. By this point, Princess Kitana went renegade and sentenced to death after pleading guilty to treason and for murdering Mileena in the second tournament. This saw the Edenian Princess fleeing to the unknown regions of Earth with Shao Kahn appointing Jade and Reptile to track her down and capture her. Jade was assured that Kahn wanted Kitana back alive but was unaware that Reptile was secretly given orders to bring the Princess back by any means necessary even if it meant killing her. The two ventured into Earth to find Kitana. However, 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. Of immediate importance, however, 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.
Later on, Jade attempted to join Kitana and her allies in the battle against the Deadly Alliance, but had arrived too late to Shang Tsung's Palace, and found her friend's body lying on the ground with the other Earthrealm warriors. Afterwards, she came to witness the arrival of the reborn Dragon King Onaga and rushed to Edenia to inform the Queen of the fate of Princess Kitana. However, upon returning, she found Queen Sindel had been deposed and imprisoned by Tanya. Thus, Jade worked to free the Edenian Queen and the two escaped the realm by fleeing into Outworld. 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. In Outworld with Sindel, 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, who had betrayed Edenia once again.
After Ermac and the spirit of Liu Kang successfully managed to free Kitana, Jax, Johnny Cage, Kung Lao and Sonya Blade from Onaga's influence, Onaga was soon incapacitated by Nightwolf's Sin Eater ritual, temporarily quelling any imminent danger to the realms. But 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, and claim Blaze's power to 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 her rival Tanya, she was eventually killed along with almost all the other kombatants, leaving Raiden alone to deal with an all powerful Shao Kahn who eventually killed him and brought Armageddon to all the realms.
Reboot Timeline
During the Armageddon, Shao Kahn ultimately won where all of creation faced destruction but during the last moments of Raiden he managed to his past experiences back to his younger self. This created a change in the timeline as the younger Raiden was guided by the scattered visions of the future where he sought to avert this dark future leading to a different history of events. Born to Edenian nobility, her home realm came to fall to the Emperor Shan Kahn when he conquered it whereupon his family gave their daughter as tribute when she was only a child. This saw her take part in years of rigorous training in the art of kombat where she was eventually awarded the position of bodyguard of Princess Kitana.
Jade initially appeared at the side of Shang Tsung along with her best friend Kitana, watching from the sidelines as the tournament in Earthrealm took place. When Sonya successfully freed Jax from captivity in Goro's Lair, Jade and Kitana were ordered by Shang Tsung to prevent Sonya and Jax from leaving. Both of them faced Sonya in a two-on-one battle, but ultimately were defeated. After Shang Tsung was defeated by Liu Kang, Jade is next seen as she returned to Outworld through a portal along with her peers. Later on, Jade appeared in the Armory, finding Raiden, Jax, and Johnny Cage. Demanding that the intruders leave the restricted area, she 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 behaviour and pleaded the princess to behave more accordingly, observing the fact that she had never seen him as angry with the Princess as he currently was. This enraged Kitana further, which prompted Jade to leave her friend alone, remarking that she would speak to Kitana later, once she was in more of a mind to listen. Her departure from the Wastelands was only moments before Raiden arrived and informed Kitana that the answers to her own doubts and suspicions would be answered in the Flesh Pits, a place Kitana was forbidden to go to. 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, and remarked that she did not question the Emperor's orders. 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.
After the revelation of Mileena's birth, Kitana brought Shang Tsung before the Emperor, only to learn the truth about her realm of Edenia from Shao Kahn himself. As she was escorted out of the room by Tarkatan Guards, Jade emerged from the shadows, having been eavesdropping on the conversation the whole time. Realizing that her loyalty to Shao Kahn had put her best friend in jeopardy, Jade 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. Comparing him to a guard dog, she openly mocked him before defeating him. As the Tarkatan insulted the Edenian race for their "lack of loyalty", Jade teased Baraka with a cryptic hint before stomping on his face, rendering him unconscious. Upon finding Kitana restrained by magic and protected by Sheeva, Jade continued to mock the Shokan both before and after she defeated her. 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, where she was found by Mileena. Claiming there was to be a going away celebration for her "Sister" meaning capital punishment for Kitana; Mileena attempted to defeat Jade but was unsuccessful, which prompted Jade to remark that she was much more of a sister to Kitana than Mileena could ever be. 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, which resulted in Jade reluctantly fighting and defeating him. Jade informed the rest of the Earth warriors of Kitana's capture and her location, which encouraged Liu Kang and Kung Lao to go to save her.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Jade was a beautiful dark-skinned woman of Edenian origin who tended to wear a green skin-tight outfit.
She was noted for being a close friend of Princess Kitana.
At some point, she was noted to had met the Osh-Tekk warrior Kotal Ketzz with the two falling in love with one another.
Ultimately, she was a long-time ally to the Edenian Crown.
Powers and abilities
It was known that she had lived for centuries without visibly aging.
For years, she took part in rigorous training in the art of kombat until she became a skilled warrior and bodyguard. In facf, as an assassin, she earned a reputation for being agile and stealthy. She came to be skilled in two fighting styles which included Fan Zi and Kuo Shou.
Her Vanishing Winds technique allowed her to disappear into green mist where she could appear behind her foe.
Jade was a skilled user in the use of the bō longstaff. Her Deadly Butterfly technique where she spun her staff around in front of her while moving towards the opponent. It struck her opponent exactly seven times with the final strike knocking them away.
Another weapon used by her was the Triblade that had three sharp points which Jade could throw at enemies.
She was armed with a number of Razor-Rangs that she could throw at her enemies.
Afterwards, she came to be a member of the Edenian Resistance that aimed to free Edenia from Outworld.
Notes
- Jade was created by John Tobias where she featured in the setting of the Mortal Kombat universe.
In other media
Television
- In Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, the character was slated to had appeared in the 1996 animated television series but Threshold Entertainment came to make an original character called Ruby instead.
Films
- In Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Jade appeared in the 1997 live-action film where she was portrayed by actress Irina Pantaeva. Initially, she appeared to be an ally of the heroes but was actually a spy who was loyal to Shao Kahn. After failing to seduce Liu Kang and leading the other warriors to an ambush, Kahn himself has her eaten and swallowed by a living gargoyle in his palace due to her alleged failure at keeping the Earth Warriors from escaping. There is also little to no indication in the movie that Jade and Kitana know each other from the past. Instead, Kitana glares at Jade when she betrays the group
- In Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, Jade appeared in the setting of the animated film sequel where she was voiced by actress Emily O'Brien
Video games
Other
Appearances
- Mortal Kombat II:
- Mortal Kombat: Armageddon:
- Mortal Kombat:
- Mortal Kombat 11:
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