It made all the sense in the world for her to be there.

The first game was known for the palette-swapped ninja guys Sub-Zero, Scorpion, and Reptile.

Of course, the next game would have to have lady ninjas with the same color-changing gimmick.

The ladies were portrayed by Katalin Zamiar.

Storywise, Kitana and Mileena were Shao Kahns top assassins, though there was something up with Kitana.

She was seen speaking with one of the heroes, and Kahn wasnt quite sure about her loyalties.

Mortal Kombat IIhad an interesting theme going on with the five masked, playable characters.

For all of them, the mask actually meant something and hid their true natures.

Kitanas mother, Queen Sindel, killed herself rather than marry Kahn.

No longer was she the mysterious henchwoman, but instead Princess Leia with razor fans.

Slave Leia, to be more specific, becausemale gaze.

The following game played up her royalty as a rebel against Shao Kahns rule.

While she wasnt inMortal Kombat 3as a playable character, she showed up in Liu Kangs ending.

In it, Kahn was defeated and the portal to Outworld was closing.

Kitana appeared to thank Liu personally for his help, hinting at a romantic connection between the two.

Said romantic connection got more play in theMortal Kombatmovies, where Kitana was played by Talisa Soto.

Rather than beat around the bush, there was no surprise reveal in her backstory.

followed by Sindel responding with the cheesiest delivery, Too bad you…will die.

Let me tell you something.

I have never walked out of a movie in theaters in my entire life.

But only three minutes intoMortal Kombat: Annihilation, after hearing that?

I strongly considered it.

Kitana also had a role in theMortal Kombatcomic series by Malibu Comics.

She and Mileena got their own one-shot where Kitana investigated who she was and discovered the truth.

In this version of the story, Kitana was old enough that Kahn needed to magically remove her memories.

When Kitana found out who she was, Kahn just gave her that mind-whammy one more time.

Kahns magic could only do so much.

Nothing much came of that team due to the series cancellation.

WithUltimate Mortal Kombat 3hitting the arcades, Becky Gable portrayed Kitana, Mileena, and Jade.

Much like inAnnihilation, the plot revolved around a mind-controlled Sindel.

She showed up in the animated seriesMortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, voiced by Cree Summer.

Kitana was recolored as Tanya and given a different weapon.

In it, she offered Liu a spot as her husband and fellow ruler of Edenia.

She had no portrait or ending, so she had a tendency to make the game crash.

Kitana would return for reals in the updated version,Mortal Kombat Gold.

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliancewas bad news for Kitana across the board.

Liu Kang got killed.

Her new ally Goro got killed (sort of).

Man, those guys deserved what was coming.

In the PSP upgradeMortal Kombat: Unchained, Kitana was included as an extra character.

The ending had Blaze approach Kitana to tell her about the upcoming plot inMortal Kombat: Armageddon.

She needed to gather all her allies for one big final brawl.

Kitana fell to her knees, exhausted and distraught over all this endless violence when she just wanted peace.

Blaze told her that if everything were to work out right, all would be good.

Everyone died and Shao Kahn became the ruler of all reality.

God, Ive never realized just how much everything sucks for Kitana.

No wonder she had a breakdown in front of Blaze.

In the non-canon gameMortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, Kitana had problems there, as well.

The magical power calledTHE RAGE!caused her to turn on some of her allies and slaughter them.

The live-action web seriesMortal Kombat: Legacyfeatured Kitana as played by Sam Tjhia.

In the first season, they explained Kitana and Mileenas origins.

The big difference was that King Jerrod hadnt been killed by Kahn yet.

He simply escaped with his life for a time.

Kahn raised Kitana and when the time was right, he sent her and Mileena to go assassinate Jerrod.

Jerrod almost got through to Kitana, but Mileena killed him with her sais.

Kitanas infant memories returned and she realized that Jerrod was right.

Through the cutscenes, the story was expanded on and retconned.

At the same time, Raiden meddled with the timeline and made some alterations.

She tried to assassinate Liu Kang and it went badly for her.

Despite Kitanas intent to snuff him out, Liu took a shining to her.

Also changed was Kitanas relationship with Mileena.

Kitana fought off a 95% naked Mileena and yelled at Kahn about what Shang was up to.

Kahn shrugged it off and was all, Yup.

By the way, youre not really my daughter.

In this altered timeline, Kitana remained allies with Earthrealms protectors, but it all went horribly wrong.

Kitana tried to reason and even fight her, but it was no use.

It was pretty vague, but it did the job.

Nightwolf stopped the process for a second and ended up killing Sindel while sacrificing his own life.

Throughout the story, Liu had gradually lost faith in Raiden due to his screwing around making things worse.

This was the final straw and caused Liu to go completely off the deep end.

Later on, Kitanas soul was shown to be in the thrall of Quan Chi.

Despite Kitanas death, shell be around forMortal Kombat X.

How is she back?

No idea, but Im sure its connected with Kung Laos curious return.

Life sucks for Kitana is what Im saying.