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| “ | For the Shokan! | „ |
| ~ Sheeva's battle cry. |
Sheeva is a proud member of the native Outworld race known as the Shokan and an antagonist from the Mortal Kombat series. She is a supporting antagonist in Mortal Kombat 3 and Mortal Kombat (2011) and a minor antagonist in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon. In the Mortal Kombat X comic books, she finally breaks away from Outworld and becomes a neutral anti-hero, something that continues in Mortal Kombat 11, in which she is a playable DLC character.
Portrayals[]
- She was played by Marjean Holden in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.
- She was voiced by Dawnn Lewis in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm.
- In Mortal Kombat (2011), she was voiced by Lani Minella, who also voiced Sindel in the same game, Isabella "Ivy" Valentine in Soul Calibur, Rouge the Bat in Sonic the Hedgehog, Silitha and Tiamat in Darksiders and Lucia Von Bardas in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.
- In Mortal Kombat 11, she was voiced by Vanessa Marshall, who also voiced Olga Gurlukovich in Metal Gear Solid, Wonder Woman in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, Giganta in Harley Quinn, Ursa in Young Justice, Killer Frost in Young Justice: Legacy, Poison Ivy in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Madame Viper in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Hela in Avengers Assemble, Vertigo in Wolverine and the X-Men, Sarah Kerrigan in Heroes of the Storm, Rook Kast in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Queen Bee in Ben 10.
History[]
Mortal Kombat 3[]
Like many other people from the Shokan, Sheeva was a warrior for Shao Kahn. Her ferocity earned her the warlord's attention and when he invaded Earthrealm using the resurrected Queen Sindel, he appointed Sheeva her bodyguard. However the Shokan became distrustful of Kahn when Motaro, a Centaurian, the rivals of her race, was appointed the head of Kahn's extermination squads. During the invasion, Sheeva fiercely fought against anyone who tried to get near Sindel and eventually battled against Kitana and Jade, who sought to free the Edenian queen from Shao Kahn's control. Her brute strength wasn't enough to beat the two and Sheeva fled to Outworld in shame.
Upon arriving there, she found out that Shao Kahn had betrayed her people and led an attack on them. However since the Shokan could not defeat the emperors forces, Sheeva decided to simply finish off Motaro. Upon sneaking into his palace, she discovered that he had the criminal, Kano, imprisoned there. She made him a deal, in exchange for his assistance in defeating Motaro, she will give him precious jewels. After launching a sneak attack on the Centaurian, Sheeva made plans to take down Shao Kahn and Kano offered to distract him. He told the Shokan to wait for his signal but actually double crossed Sheeva and told Kahn what she was planning. After Kano gave Sheeva the signal and she found Kahn ready and waiting to fight her, who fought her and defeated her.
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon[]
In the Konquest mode of Mortal Kombat Armageddon, Sheeva appeared in Shinnok's Spire in the Netherrealm and fought Taven. However in this was revealed to be simply an illusion created by Shinnok to test the demigod. The real Sheeva fights alongside the Forces of Darkness in the battle of Armageddon, during which she threw Bo Rai Cho off Argus's Pyramid. While climbing up, she was halted by Nightwolf and Cyrax, and she threw him off her. She fought Nightwolf and Ermac to a standstill, adn was stabbed by Kenshi.
In her ending, Sheeva defeated Blaze and was transformed into a goddess of destruction with a powerful kamidogu. She then laid waste to the realms and when they reformed, nothing was as it had been. However, no one survived Armageddon including Sheeva.
Mortal Kombat (2011)[]
In the opening, it shows where Sheeva died in Armageddon near the top of the Temple. Once the timeline is resed Sheeva isn't seen until Cyrax is terminated with Kahn's agreement. Sheeva battles him first but is defeated along with Baraka, later they alert Kahn about the circumstance. After Liu kang wins the tournament And Shang Tsung Tricks Raiden with a new Tournament, Sheeva has Sonya held captive. She berates and states she would not be in the situation if she didn't attempt escape.
Jax, along with Raiden, and Johnny comes, after a brief battle with Jax, Sheeva is defeated. The next day Kitana is held for betraying Shao Kahn; She is held in magical bonds gaurded by Sheeva. Jade, arrives and fights Sheeva with Jade prevailing. When Earthrealm's invasion begins Sheeva changes her outfit with a little more armor and runs into Kabal who defeats her. Sheeva isn't seen again after this but after the death of Kahn she gathers her forces for battle against Kotal Kahn.
Appearance[]
Sheeva's iconic appearance.
Her height is over 7 feet tall and she's the tallest female character in the MK series. Sheeva is part of the shokan race and thus has four arms and three fingers on each (12 in all). She wears dark red lipstick and has orange eyes. Sheeva has black hair thats laid back. She has spiked gauntlets on her arms and legs with jewels that resemble rubies embedded in them. For clothing, She wears a revealing red strip onepiece thats held at the waist and goes over her chest, leaving her midriff, legs, feet and cleavage bare. She has an established, proportional body, excellent physical prowess, muscular limbs and a well-toned skin. Sheeva prefers going barefoot.
Sheeva fighting Jade in Mk9 story, Sheeva towering over Jade
In her alternate costume Sheeva has more armor for protection and has her strips over her chest forming an X over her breast with chains running through it. She paints around her eyes with black as her color. With her armor she wears spiked metal shoulder guards and wears leg and thigh guards.
Powers and Abilities[]
Sheeva possesses the superhuman strength typical to her race and can shoot fireballs and perform a teleport stomp that other Shokan use. Having the fighting skills of her race she can throw her enemies or grab them and brutally beat them.
Based on feats Sheeva has enough strength to lift around 2 tons.
Sheeva lifting Ermac and Nightwolf easily.
Sheeva was able to lift Nightwolf and Ermac effortlessly, exhibiting her Shokan strength. In Mk9, Sheeva was able to give the shaolin champion Liu Kang a bit of trouble by countering his attacks and blocking, although Liu Kang still prevailed despite her shokan advantage. Unlike Goro and Kintaro who are strong but slow in speed, Sheeva's a bit more agile than them, and she's able to keep up with fast characters. Sheeva's able to dash forward and back like other playable characters, and do backflips and frontflips when jumping, unlike other shokans.
Sheeva countering and blocking Liu Kang.
She can jump high in the air and stomp on her opponents. Sheeva can fracture bones literally by just punching or crushing her opponents with body Shots. Her kicks are ferocious, being able to kick her opponents across the map or staggering them with all her might. Sheeva has a very high damage tolerance, being able to survive cuts and bruises and fatal wounds that would kill the average person.
Sheeva has the ability to ground stomp, being able stop shake the ground with powerful stomps hurting her enemy. Although not frequent, Sheeva is shown to be adept in sword-play using Shokan daggers only in Armageddon. Sheeva's fireballs have been evident for being stronger than most characters considering the damage and knocking them back.
Personality[]
While not evil in the past timeline, Sheeva is mostly Shao Kahn's jailer usually being indifferent towards this job but sometimes hates it. Sheeva's two most significant characteristics are her willingness to defend the pride of the Shokan, and her eagerness to fight different types of opponents. Sheeva's personality strongly contrasts with the personalities of Goro and Kintaro as she is much more calm and respectful, even going so far as to bow after every battle, a clear display of dedication to even her opponents. Sheeva believes people that fight with honor are worthy to be called "warriors".
Sheeva halts Baraka to give Cyrax a fair fight against her.
One instance where Sheeva shows her honor is when her and Baraka are about to fight Cyrax; She halts Baraka, so Cyrax has a fair fight against her. When Sheeva is facing her opponents, she wants to fight them on equal footing. She also doesn't like seeing other clans betraying each other; it's shown when Sheeva mistakes Kabal for a Lin Kuei, even saying "Why do you turn on your brother Lin Kuei" However, Kabal clarifies that he isn't Lin Kuei.
Sheeva's viewpoint on Earthrealmers is very mixed depending on how she's portrayed in the MK stories. Sheeva in Mk9/MKX, her past self does respect certain Earthrealmers like Sonya, Liu Kang, Johnny, for their own strength and support; While feeling disgusted with Earthrealmers like Kano for his heinous crimes and vulgarness. In Mk11, Sheeva's a bit more arrogant in her battle interactions with certain characters, some speculate that her change in attitude is due to her status as queen.
Relations[]
Current Allies[]
- Kitana Khan (current leader)
- Kotal Kahn (former leader)
- Jade
- Liu Kang
- Kung Lao
- Sonya Blade
- The Shokan
- Baraka
- Tarkata
- Reptile
- Saurians
- Ermac
- Erron Black
- Ferra & Torr
- Outworlders
Former Allies[]
- Shao Kahn
- Shang Tsung (returns in DLC for MK 11)
- Goro
- Sindel (MIA)
- Cyrax
- Kano
- Reiko
- Mileena
- Sektor
- Black Dragon
- Kintaro
- Red Dragon
- Johnny Cage (currently)
- Elder Gods (in her MKA Ending)
Current Enemies[]
- Raiden and Dark Raiden
- Revenants
- Revenant Liu Kang (dead)
- Revenant Sindel (MIA)
- Revenant Kitana (dead)
- Revenant Smoke (MIA)
- Revenant Kabal (dead)
- Revenant Kung Lao (dead)
- Nightwolf
- Revenant Kurtis Stryker (MIA)
- Netherrealm Demons
- Reiko (killed by Havik in MKX comics)
- Chaosrealmers
- Havik (killed by Scorpion in MKX comics)
- Cyrax (killed himself in MKX comics)
- Goro (dead)
- Kano
- Black Dragon
- Daegon
- Onaga
- Red Dragon
- Motaro (killed by Raiden in MK 2011)
- Centaurians
- Frost
- Jarek (MIA)
- D'Vorah (MIA)
- Kollector (MIA)
- Rain (MIA)
- Tanya (MIA)
- Skarlet (MIA)
- Young Shao Kahn (revived in MK 11)
- Young Kano
- Young Cyrax
- Young Sektor
Former Enemies[]
- Kitana
- Johnny Cage
- Raiden
- Liu Kang
- Jade
- Kung Lao
- Sonya Blade
- Bo' Rai Cho
- Fujin
- Li Mei
- Sareena
- Barack
- Tarkata
- Reptile
- Ermac
- Erron Black
- Ferra and Torr
- Sub-Zero
- Scorpion
Trivia[]
- Sheeva is the first and only female Shokan introduced in the series.
- Sheeva's name comes from the Hindu god of destruction Shiva. This is reflected in her Armageddon ending.
- Like many new characters in Mortal Kombat 3, it took some time to decide on her name and was at first called "She-Goro".
- Sheeva's present self is a villain while her past self is a hero.
