Jade

Jade is a character in the Mortal Kombat Darkverse. The lifelong friend of Princess Kitana, she served as both one of Shao Kahn's assassins and spies, and as the personal bodyguard of Kitana.

## Appearance

Jade is an Edenian woman from Ennead clan which features ancient Egyptian-like human appearance. She has a dark skin tone, green eyes, eye of Horus tattoos around her eyes, and long black hair. Her body is athletic and curvaceous with well-toned abs, large breasts, and a large round bottom. She wears mascara, green eyeshadows, and red lipstick.

Her outfit consists of a gold tiara with a falcon image with the eye of Ra symbol on its mid section, green veil with gold patterns on its edges, green Egyptian-style bra that exposes her belly, green loincloths held by a golden belt, gold armlets, and gold-plated Egyptian-style ankle boots. She's usually seen holding her Bo staff.

## Personality

Jade is usually a kind and friendly woman, having a very strong connection with her friends. She is loyal to those who earned her loyalty and is willing to protect them even at the cost of her life. She has a strong bond with Kitana, acting like they're sisters.

Despite her kind personality, she is a professional and calculative assassin, being one of Shao Kahn's favorite agents due to her professionalism and skill. She's willing to fight dirty if necessary and is ready to use her feminine charms to accomplish her missions, even seducing her target if needed. However, she doesn't approve of needless torture and cruelty even towards her enemies, and won't hesitate to speak out against it as she would rather kill her enemies quickly instead of making them suffer.

Despite her loyalty to Shao Kahn, she still held sympathy for Earthrealm warriors, not showing any hostile intention towards them unless ordered to, when Kung Lao was captured she decided to secretly release him despite the possible consequences she would face. In return, Kung Lao helped her escape from Shao Kahn when she decided to turn against the emperor to save Kitana. Since then, she formed a friendship with Kung Lao, which developed into a romantic interest on him. Their romantic relationship was confirmed when she and Kung Lao shared a kiss after Shao Kahn's invasion was thwarted. Her relationship with Kung Lao was one of the main reasons of Kung Lao's character development, as he became more serious and responsible to prove himself worthy as Liu Kang's successor and her love. She has mostly decent relationships with other Earthrealm's Defenders, especially Sonya and Johnny.

She and Tanya have a strained relationship due to their differences, but they both shared a close bond as sisters. She cares deeply for Tanya, and is saddened and disappointed with Tanya's decision to side with Shinnok during the fallen Elder God's invasion of their home realm. When Tanya became more corrupted after her allegience to Shinnok and served Onaga, Jade was forced to fight her sister in order to save the realms. Despite her anger, Jade is still trying to redeem Tanya, and is hoping for her sister's redemption.

She is a devoted worshipper of Argus and the Elder Gods, and would often pray to them before or after a mission and whenever the realms are in danger. Despite her devotion to Argus, she's not afraid to antagonize his two sons Rain and Daegon for their arrogance and their actions, especially Daegon who slayed Argus which Jade and the other Edenians consider a blasphemy and a treason against Argus and the realm of Edenia. However, despite her god-devoting aspect, she refuses to see Shao Kahn as a god like many Outworlders and was only loyal to him because he had her under his thumb. She also lost her respect and reverence towards Shinnok for his betrayal towards the other Elder Gods and for invading Edenia.

While on Earthrealm, she is fond of its culture and nature, enjoying her stay in the realm even during her visits. She was genuinely surprised that some of her Ennead relatives were worshipped as gods by the ancient Egyptians. She would visit the realm after the end of the wars and enjoy a moment of peace there.

## Gameplay

### In Free Roam

Jade can be found in either Wu Shi Academy in Earthrealm or Edenia's Military Base. Players can interact with her to learn her kombat skills, or to request her to train them and spar with her.

Players can ask her various questions and talk about different subjects with her. The conversations and dialogues differ depending on the player's gender. Players can bring her gifts and she will give the player rewards in return. If players give her the right gift, they can gain new kostumes for her.

Jade runs a training facility where she can teach the player her movesets. The player can join her training classes, but they will have to buy certain items from shop in order to attend the class. Being one of characters who have a partner, Jade cannot be asked for a date or to spend a night with, asking her for romantic favors will only result in her laughing and refusing the offer.

She sometimes will give the player special missions which will reward the player with items if they are successful. She can also give the player side quests like escort and protection mission.

## History

Jade was born when Shao Kahn conquered Edenia, her father was one of the many people killed in the invasion and her mother died when Jade was a child. As a child, she was taken in by Shao Kahn to be one of his personal guards, he also brainwashed her to ensure her loyalty to him, but he never fully succeeded, as she still had memories of her past and had her own thoughts.

During her early years of service, she met and befriended the adoptive daughter of Shao Kahn, the young girl is named Kitana, and the two grew a sisterly bond, often sparing each other when fighting. Eventually Jade rose through the ranks and became one of Shao Kahn's trusted officers and assassins, often working alongside her best friend, Kitana, and Kahn's another daughter, Mileena.

She was tasked by the sorcerer Shang Tsung under Shao Kahn's permission to hunt down and capture Earthrealm's Champion, Kung Lao, because the Shaolin Monk was deemed to be a nuisance due to his victory over many of Outworld's representatives during the tournament.

## Quotes

### In Kombat

"I'll finish this quickly" (Battle Cry)

"Like what you see?" (Win a round)

"You were not worthy of me" (Win a round)

"Is that the best you can do?" (Win a round)

"Did that sting a bit?" (Win a round)

"What were you expecting? An easy fight?" (Win a round)

"Hmph, shame. I thought you were worth fighting" (Win a round)

"That wasn't too difficult" (Win a round)

"It was just a warm-up" (Win a round)

"Are you holding back again, Kung Lao?" (Win a round against Kung Lao)

"Come on, Kung Lao, don't let me win. Fight me!" (Win a round against Kung Lao)

"Don't be embarrassed, Kung Lao. We'll have a rematch, just the two of us." (Win a round against Kung Lao)

"Kitana, let's make this a little more interesting, shall we?" (Win a round against Kitana)

"What's the matter, princess? Not in the mood?" (Win a round against Kitana)

"That definitely was not your best performance, Kitana." (Win a round against Kitana)

"You will stay away from, Kitana!" (Win a round against Mileena)

"I won't let you hurt Kitana!" (Win a round against Mileena)

"Don't make me do this, sister." (Win a round against Tanya)

"I'm sorry, Tanya, but you brought this upon yourself." (Win a round against Tanya)

"It looks like I just smoked you out" (Win a round against Smoke)

"You will go back hungry, Skarlet! " (Win a round against Skarlet)

"I will not let you bleed me dry, Skarlet" (Win a round against Skarlet)

"For being the son of Shao Kahn, you're not that intimidating" (Win a round against Rain or Reiko)

"It looks like I'm a better green "ninja" than you" (Win a round against Reptile)

"I'm done being your lapdog!" (Win a round against Shao Kahn)

"Edenia will never submit to you again, Shao Kahn!" (Win a round against Shao Kahn)

"Ahh...you did surprisingly well..." (Lose a round)

"How...did I let myself...lose?!" (Lose a round)

"\*Huffs\* You're gonna regret this." (Lose a round)

"Well then. That was embarrassing." (Lose a round)

"It looks like i have to go all out this time" (Lose a round)

"That's what i expected from you, Kung Lao" (Lose a round against Kung Lao)