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Sareena is a character from the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. Template:Mortal Kombat character

About Sareena

Sareena is a demon who first appeared in Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero as a non-playable boss character. She has only been playable in Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition for the Game Boy Advance. She is from the Netherealm and a former assassin for Quan Chi but turned against him. Her young and beautiful appearance hides her true form of a hideous demon. In the past, she required Quan Chi's magic to sustain her human form, but since recently escaping the Netherealm, she has managed to find a way to remain beautiful without him. She currently has a neutral alignment, since her motives for the most part remain unknown.

Storyline

The demon Sareena first appeared in Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero as one of Quan Chi's personal assassins. She and her two partners, Kia and Jataaka, were ordered to kill Sub-Zero before he reached Quan Chi. They were defeated, but Sub-Zero strangely spared Sareena's life. Later, as Sub-Zero battled Quan Chi, Sareena suddenly appeared and helped him defeat the sorcerer. After expressing her desire to escape the Netherealm with him, she is shot in the back with a bolt of energy by Shinnok. She collapses into an enraged Sub-Zero's arms and appears to die.

It is later revealed in Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition, that Sareena was not killed by Shinnok's attack, but rather, her human form was destroyed. Her essence was then banished to the 5th Plane of the Netherealm as punishment for her betrayal, where she would suffer for years. After years of being trapped, Sareena discovered the portal Quan Chi and Scorpion used to escape the Netherealm shortly before Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. She went through the portal and is transported to Outworld where she later discovered a way to restore her human form without Quan Chi's magic by absorbing the energy of the realm.

Shortly after regaining her human form, Sareena encountered the younger brother of the Sub-Zero she met years before. Feeling he owed her for helping his brother, Sub-Zero granted her sanctuary with the Lin Kuei back on Earthrealm.

Possible future

It is believed she accepted his offer and is currently hiding on Earth with the Lin Kuei. However, Sub-Zero has been warned that there is risk that comes with trusting a demon from the Netherealm. Whether this risk proves to be Sub-Zero's undoing or not may be learned soon, as she is confirmed to appear in the upcoming Mortal Kombat: Armageddon.

Special moves

• Kama Throw: Sareena throws one of her Kamas at her opponent. (MKM:SZ)
• Spinning Tornado: Sareena begins spinning fast, injuring any enemy who approaches her. (MKM:SZ)
• Skull Bash: Sareena fires a skull surrounded with fires. This attack is borrowed from Quan Chi. (MK:TE, MK:A)
• Split Kick: Sareena does a forward flip, kicking the opponent in the process. (MK:TE)
• Throwing Knife: Sareena throws a throwing knife to her opponent. (MK:A)

Fatalities

• Punch and Kick Pummel: Sareena beats the opponent to death with a series of kicks and hand strikes, including her Split Kick attack (MK:TE)
• Weapon Fatality: Sai Slaughter: Sareena slices up her enemy with a few devastating swipes of her weapons (although they more resemble Frost's Daggers than the traditional sai) (MK:TE)

Trivia

• In Mythologies, there was a briefly hinted love interest between Sareena and the elder Sub-Zero.
• Early in Mortal Kombat 4's development, Sareena was briefly considered to be added to the roster; the MK team wanting to include another Mythologies character in addition to Quan Chi and Shinnok. However, they ultimately decided to include Fujin instead.
• Shortly before and briefy after Mortal Kombat 4 was released in arcades, it was vaguely hinted that Reiko was going to share some sort of connection or relationship with Sareena. However, this connection was never developed and later forgotten
• Sareena was originally meant to be in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance but was cut from the final game, only to be added to MK:Tournament Edition. She was also heavily rumored to be included in Mortal Kombat: Deception, but was again left out.
• Although Sareena has, until Armageddon, only appeared in side-games, she has amassed a surprisingly strong fan-base.
• Sareena makes a brief cameo appearance in Deception's Konquest mode. For a side mission, Shujinko is ordered by the Brotherhood of the Shadow to find the traitor Sareena. However when Shujinko finds her, she pays him not to tell the Brotherhood where she is.

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