Queen Sindel


Sindel is the gothic grace of Mortal Kombat, an instantly distinct character via her radiant witch-like features, long flowing white hair with her signature black streak, and purple body suit atop of all.

The white-eyed Queen of Edenia was once the undead bride of Shao Kahn, and is the mother of Kitana. She carries a variety of awesome special abilities, from manipulating sonic waves, to using her hair as a living whip, and flying.

Mortal Kombat 3








She debuted in MK3 (1995) and became an instant MK star, being sported on the game’s arcade machine alongside Shao Kahn, having perhaps the most prominent role in the storyline than any other new character since she was the very foundation of it, and being recognizable to all as the wicked bride of the game’s famous boss and mother to the popular female kombatant, Kitana.

She wore a purple outfit which is most loved by me due to the fashionably torn black stockings, silver back-collar attached to her opened jacket top, and the purple and black color combo.

Her storyline was incredibly fascinating for this game, like something that could be turned into a movie or soap opera. She was established as Shao Kahn's evil bride who ruled Outworld at his side and was part of his 10,000-year-old plan to invade Earthrealm. She was good once, when she ruled Edenia with her husband Jerrod, but when Edenia lost the Mortal Kombat tournament to Outworld, it was taken over by Kahn and he forced her into marriage shortly after, adopting her daughter Kitana as his own as well. After seeing her people enslaved, her husband killed, and losing her daughter, she was overwhelmed and commited suicide (the only MK character to ever die through suicide). Her soul was captured by Shao Kahn and Shang Tsung through sorcery and formed into a pawn that would allow Kahn to invade Earth if Shang Tsung and his Mortal Kombat tournament failed to conquer Earth. Shang Tsung failed so Kahn enacted his sinister plan by resurrecting Sindel (in a brainwashed, evil state) on Earth and thus granting Shao Kahn the right to pass through the earthrealm portal to reclaim her as his queen while invading Earth along the way - this process being the basis of MK3 - MKT's storyline.

Read her entire storyline from MK3 to MKA here. (Scroll to "Storyline")

Gameplay-wise, she was a force to be reckoned with because of her special moves and damaging combos. Unlike with any other character, one could fight a battle as Sindel while remaining airborne the entire time! Though her moves in the air were limited to only one diagonal fireball, it was still very exciting if you challenged yourself to remain airborne without getting knocked down by your opponent.

Her fatalities were classical. Her Death Shriek fatality, remains my all-time favorite fatality to date. She’d scream the skin off of her victim with her furious voice and leave them as a bony, bloody, skinless freak. Just awesome. Her Hair Spin fatality was pretty interesting since it incorporated her hair. Her Friendship was one of the cutest friendship finishers to me since she was all seriously evil yet she kicks a football and says "That was fun" in a perky voice. And her Animality was actually one of the boringest to me, but fitting for Sindel since wasps fly and are also lethal.

In her ending, Sindel receives visions of her true past and eventually regains her memory regarding who she really is and what Shao Kahn has done to her. She turns against him and defeats, and by doing so, she also frees Edenia, un-merging it with Outworld, and restores it back to its former beauty. She then has a reunion with her daughter Kitana who is now grown up.

What actually ended up happening though is that Kitana, with Jade's assistance, made Sindel remember her true past, and when she did, Sindel turned back to good and thus immediately weakened Kahn's presence in Earth, allowing Liu Kang and his allies to defeat him and save the Earthrealm.

Watch her fatalities here...

Death Shriek

Hair Spin



View her MK3 bio and ending here (scroll to "Biography" or "Ending." You can also see her fatalities here again.)

Feast your eyes on her killer MK3 render...



Mortal Kombat Trilogy



Like all kombatants from MK1 - UMK3, Sindel re-appeared in MKT exactly as she appeared in MK3 except with an added Double Fireball move, which was simply an extension of her original Fireball move by having her exhale 2 powerballs this time. She also got a Brutality finisher like everyone else.

Mortal Kombat Annihilation (Feature Film)




(The white blur on her mouth is her sonic wave coming out)

Sindel played a key role in the second Mortal Kombat movie, played by actress Musetta Vander (who played her extremely well, btw. Excellent casting). She appeared wearing a covered-up and somewhat modified version of the purple and black costume from MK3, and her hair color was changed to black with thin white streaks. She also used all of her exciting trademark moves in one way or another:

Death Shriek - Well this was the same as in the game. She just screams immensely and does some heavy damage.

Fireball - Rather than spitting out a blue mini-comet, Sindel blows out a forceball by concentrating her sonic waves into a small sphere projectile (which she blows at Raiden and knocks him through a brick wall. ...Good stuff).

Hair Whip - Here, she uses her hair, not as a whip to grab things with, but as a weapon that slices and dices. She shifts her hair into a chaotic rave of flapping, razor-sharp hair strands which she swings at Raiden to slash him. This was her coolest moment in the whole movie for me.

Flying: Well she doesn’t fly, but she teleports upward. I guess that makes up for it.

Mortal Kombat Deception





After being completely absent in MK4 and MK: Deadly Alliance (although mentioned in MK: Gold), Sindel finally returned in MKD (2004) with a mature, benevolent, and rather spiritual personality, away from the depraved and sadistic bad-ass bitch she was in MK3.

In this game, Sindel lacked many of her signature moves from MK3 (Hair Whip, Flying, Air Fireball) while gaining one all-new move, Sliding Foot Grab, which was not really acclaimed by anyone. And the moves that DID return were pretty unsatisfying to me:

Her shriek sounded more like the engine of a passing plane rather than the furious echoing scream from MK3, it also looked much more plain, and her fireball became a sparkly pinkish projectile instead of the roaring blue smoke ball. And she doesn’t even open her mouth while executing these 2 orally-conveyed abilities! At least she flies for 2 victory poses and to stand up after losing a round, though. She also plays a short, but significant role in Konquest (giving Shujinko the last Kamidogu) and she’s a playable character in the mini-game Puzzle Kombat, having the strongest super of all the characters, evidenced by it’s hugely beneficial effect and how long it takes to obtain it.

Her primary outfit was a de-flavored, pinkified, and slutty version of her MK3 costume, consisting of plain, flatly-designed pinkish/purple gloves, gartered thigh boots in place of the torn black stockings, and an upper-body suit like the one from MK3 minus the back-collared jacket and black color trimming in exchange for a nearly bare chest. Although, the costume carries more sophisticated qualities, it just feels too bland for me, mainly because it is so ridiculously skimpy.

Her hair was somewhat changed also, but in a better way. In this game, it was a lot puffier and fluffier than in MK3 and also appeared wavier as oppose to the original totally sleek style.

Her make-up was also changed to black and purple instead of all black, and she was added 2 side-by-side black dots on her forehead to represent or proclaim who knows what. Mostly likely she wears them to repel evil spirits, perhaps akin to the Hindu belief now that she's very spiritual.

Her Alternate costume was gorgeous and brilliant. It was a much more regal and warrior-like costume, consisting of arms covered by a complex design of black and crimson material, thigh boots attached by black garters to her upper body area which was an arrangement of thick black straps, a stylized dress-like piece of cloth that would hang behind her fanny, and a golden crown. I would have liked this costume much better had her hair not been tied-down by those damn bands, but oh well. It still looks fantastic.

Her story was nothing as prominent as it was in MK3, but was pretty decent, nevertheless. At first, we learn that Edenia is once again invaded by evil forces, this time by Onaga, and she is imprisoned by him in her own dungeon while being guarded by a brainwashed Kitana, which prevented her from fighting for her freedom since she couldn't bring herself to fight her own daughter.

If you ask me, this is a stupid plot point because Sindel has so many different powers she can use to help herself escape without necessarily having to fight Kitana. She could have blown down a prison wall with her scream and flown away, or use her hair to hold down Kitana while she escapes, etc. All of this or other things could have been done, and all without having to "assault" her daughter. I hate how they treated her as being weak and powerless in this game when her abilities are actually very powerful and versatile.

Anyway, Jade freed her from jail and from there, her mission was to free Kitana from Onaga's spell by first learning all she could about him.

Gameplay-wise, she was rather bad since she had many weak and unsafe moves with critically slow recovery times that would open her up to attacks. Yet, her primary fighting style, Zha Chuan, was a perfect fit for her with its gaceful movements and elegant stance. I love this fighting style for her. Fu Jow Pai carried most of her quick and effective moves, but I disliked the stance it gave her, even though it looks more like her stance from MK3. Her Kwan Dao was an excellent weapon choice for her since, being a queen, she should have a large weapon, plus it also came with spikes. This fighting style was effective, especially for the long ranged attacks it came with, but lots of its moves were also slow, so hazardous to execute. The main issue with it though was that it did not do heavy damage.

Her Finishers in this game were all very good and some of the best, imo. Her Banshee Scream fatality would blow up her victim limb from limb. That was nice but I would have liked it if her victim would have let out a long painful scream right before they finally blow up at the end like how they do in the Slaughterhouse death trap.
Her Kwan Dao fatality was visually amazing and creatively unique. It's her only finisher that doesn't end too quickly, and one of the best fatalities in the whole game. She would knock her victim into the air and then spin her kwan dao overhead like helicopter blades, so when her victim fell, they would bounce on the spinning blade and loose a limp everytime they touched it. Just spectaclar and definitely memorable.
Her Hara-Kiri was fitting for her. She'd jump up and let herself fall flat on her face. It's fitting for her since it's sort of aerial-based, but it's too damn short.

Watch them here...

Banshee Scream fatality

Kwan Dao fatality

Kara-Kiri


Or click here (scroll to "Movelist," or "Ending" to read her ending)

In her ending, Sindel discovers that Onaga was not inhabiting Reptile's body. She finds a spell inscribed in his tomb that is designed to transport his soul back into his original body. As she begins to use the spell, Onaga emerges from behind her and Jade, with Kitana at his side. He orders Kitana to attack them, but Jade holds her off while Sindel finishes the spell. The spell begins to work and it pulls Onaga's soul back into his original body, but to make sure the body will not allow Onaga his life, Sindel stabs the body in its heart with her Kwan Dao and holds her weapon in place to prevent its heart from reforming. When the spell is complete, Onaga is transported into a broken dead body and so he loses his life and dies. Kitana is then free from his spell and Edenia is free once again. (Getting freakin tired of these "free Edenia" stories they keep bombarding her with, if you ask me.)

This ending was established as non-canon in MKA, even though it was one of the most popular endings of the game. Her bio in this game also shows us that she has been the most psychologically tormented character out of all MK. First in MK3 she was brainwashed and forced into marriage by the very man that killed her husband, took her daughter, and enslaved her people, then in this game she's held captive in her own prison under her own daughter's guard while her very realm is savagely invaded. Truly, she's the most psychologically tormented character.




Click on her MK: Deception photos below...

Sindel's MKD Render
Sindel's Alternate Costume
Sindel's Ending 1
Sindel's Ending 2
Sindel's Ending 3
Sindel Wallpaper

Mortal Kombat Armageddon



Like everyone else once again, Sindel returns in MKA exactly as she appeared in MKD but minus her Fu Jow Pai fighting style and plus her aerial combos (which everyone has so it’s nothing truly special). It was extremely painful and heartbreaking to see her return without her much-needed signature moves (mostly her Hair Whip and Air Fireball. Flying would have been nice though, and fitting since the inclusion of air combat. Since several special moves were swapped between characters, they could have at least given her Ermac's levitation moves), while other characters like Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and Nitara received either new moves, new throws, and/or new air attacks. Sindel was sadly left out in the cold, worsening her loss in popularity since MKD. (I should also note that Jarek has a special move exactly like Sindel's Hair Whip but using a real whip instead. This move could have easily been granted to Sindel, with her using her hair to grab and slam the victim instead of the whip, but it wasn't, sadly).

The only new good thing about her in this game (for me at least) was the picture for her versus pose. I LOVE it!!! It is so perfect for her. She’s posed in a strong womanly fashion, her hair looks spectacular, and her face and everything looks completely graceful. The whole picture is flawless aside from the tits hanging out of course.

One interesting note about Sindel in MKA is that she is one of the few characters who made it to the game's premium edition covers. In the cover she appears in, she's floating next to Shao Kahn's face. The last time she was on an MK cover was on MK3's arcade machine, so this was a great joy for me to see. The only bummer is that they used her old MKD render, which I was bored of by then already. Would it have been so hard to make a new render for her? Still, it's not everyday that Sindel makes it to the cover of an MK game so of course I went mad about finding and buying a copy of this.



Gameplay-wise, she’s the same as in MKD except minus Fu Jow Pai. Her air combos are pretty good, but too stiff-looking for the most part.

Can’t say anything about her fatalities cuz she’s got what everyone else gots. (How horribly unsatisfying).

As for her story in this game.... Her bio was never released. They pulled the plug on the MKA bios before Sindel ever got a chance to have one. How depressing. Oh I can only wonder what adventure they would have taken her on. Would she have remained Queen of Edenia but with a new conflict and goal? Would she have ascended into a goddess? Would she have lost her status as Queen of Edenia? Would she have had anything to do with Shao Kahn once again? Would she have remained in Kitana's shadow still? Or would she have gone through something totally unexpected and unlike any of these things?

One can only wonder. *sighs* Hopefully next-gen will do the trick.

Watch her ending here...



Or click here (Scroll to "Ending")

Future Video Games

Most people agree that Sindel is unlikely to return for Mortal Kombat 8 and after, but I feel there is a chance she might be seen again. If Midway decides to make a sequel to successful MK: Shaolin Monks and its storyline revolves around MK3, then Sindel will most likely make an appearance in that game of some sort since she played a prominent role in that game. Other than that, though, Armageddon will most likely be the last time she is seen again, and it makes me wanna cry.

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Well, that’s my bitch for ya. I love her to death. The reason why Sindel means a lot to me is because she’s a prime example of strong and bold femininity to me. She carries those fun awesome powers and those intimidating, goddess-haired, brisk, and powerful womanly qualities that I just love female characters to have. There's just something big about her image. It feels like it can fill a whole room or something.

Well, please post any comments you have about Sindel, hopefully good ones, or any comments about this thread in general.

Thanks.