Characters of the Mortal Kombat series: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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Sindel appears as a downloadable playable character in ''[[Mortal Kombat 11]]'' (''MK11'') via the ''[[Mortal Kombat 11#Aftermath|Aftermath]]'' expansion pack, in which her history is [[Retroactive continuity|retconned]]. When Shao invaded Edenia, she willingly sided and married him, killed Jerrod herself for his perceived weakness, and claimed Shao did so to appease her subjects. Quan Chi, believing she was distracting Shao, later killed her and staged it as a suicide before using her soul to temporarily stop Shao from invading Earthrealm. In the present, Shang Tsung captures her revenant and revives her to help him steal [[#Kronika|Kronika]]'s Crown of Souls.<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Mortal Kombat 11#Aftermath|Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath]] |developer=NetherRealm Studios |publisher= Warner Bros.|date=2019 |level=Chapter 14: Guardian for Life (Sheeva)}}</ref> Sindel agrees while also reconsolidating her power with Shao before betraying and defeating Kitana and Earthrealm's forces.<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Mortal Kombat 11#Aftermath|Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath]] |developer=NetherRealm Studios |publisher= Warner Bros.|date=2019 |level=Chapter 15: Winds of Change (Fujin)}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Mortal Kombat 11#Aftermath|Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath]] |developer=NetherRealm Studios |publisher= Warner Bros.|date=2019 |level=Chapter 16: Visions of Empire (Sindel & Shao Kahn)}}</ref> After helping Shang Tsung breach Kronika's keep however, the sorcerer in turn betrays Sindel and Shao, absorbing their souls in retaliation for killing him to empower Sindel.<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Mortal Kombat 11#Aftermath|Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath]] |developer=NetherRealm Studios |publisher= Warner Bros.|date=2019 |level=Chapter 17: Checkmate (Shang Tsung)}}</ref>

Sindel appears as a playable character in ''[[Mortal Kombat 1]]'', in. whichAfter Fire God [[Liu Kang]] created a second new timeline wherewhile stopping Kronika, Sindel is rewritten to become the Empressfirm yet fair empress of Outworld and biological mother of Kitana and [[Mileena]], the latter of whom is set to inherit her throne, who maintains the Mortal Kombat tournaments alongside Liu Kang in the late Jerrod's memory. Though ashe fairis anda just ruler, Sindel is strict in preparing Mileena to succeed her and becomes more determined to protect her realm and the throne following Jerrod's death. She also employs Shang Tsung to help with Mileena's Tarkat disease,<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Mortal Kombat 1]] |developer=NetherRealm Studios |publisher= Warner Bros.|date=2023 |level=Chapter 3: Chosen One (Raiden)}}</ref> unaware that he and General Shao are conspiring against her and encouraging her to turn against Earthrealm until they are exposed by Liu Kang and Earthrealm's warriors.<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Mortal Kombat 1]] |developer=NetherRealm Studios |publisher= Warner Bros.|date=2023 |level=Chapter 4: Secrets and Lies (Kenshi)}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Mortal Kombat 1]] |developer=NetherRealm Studios |publisher= Warner Bros.|date=2023 |level=Chapter 11: For the Empire (Sindel)}}</ref> Sindel is later reunited with Jerrod after Quan Chi uses his soul, among others, to create [[Ermac]] and the former gains control of the body, before she is killed by her counterpart from Titan Shang Tsung's timeline. Before she dies, she entrusts Mileena with Outworld's throne before Jerrod preserves her soul within Ermac,<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Mortal Kombat 1]] |developer=NetherRealm Studios |publisher= Warner Bros.|date=2023 |level=Chapter 12: Queen's Gambit (Mileena)}}</ref> where the pair work together to fight off the other souls and maintain control of the body.<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Mortal Kombat 1]] |developer=NetherRealm Studios |publisher= Warner Bros.|date=2023 |level=Tower Mode}}</ref>

During production of ''MK3'', Sindel was nicknamed "The Bride" and "Muchacha" by the developers before her official name was determined.<ref>''Video Games The Ultimate Gaming Magazine'' 75 (April 1995) page 48.</ref> She was played by actress Lia Montelongo, who was nineteen years old at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davesmk.net/mk-interviews/lia-montelongo-interview/|title= Lia Montelongo interview|work=Dave's Mortal Kombat|date=2001|access-date= March 11, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704005226/https://www.davesmk.net/mk-interviews/lia-montelongo-interview/|archive-date=July 4, 2020}}</ref>