Tanya

Tanya is a traitor to the realm of Edenia and a villain from the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games.

Fall into Darkness
To this day, it is unknown as to what made Tanya join the forces of darkness. It might have been because she'd grown up under the rule of the cruel Shao Kahn or she may have been drawn to forbidden magic, which led to her contact with Shinnok. Also living in Outworld made have prevented her from having any loyalty to Edenia.

Shinnok's Invasion
Tanya was the daughter of a well known Edenian ambassador and invited some refugees that were fleeing their own realm into Edenia. However this was actually Shinnok, Quan Chi, and their Netherrealm warriors in disguise. Tanya's traitorous actions allowed the fallen Elder God and his forces to take control of Edenia and recommence his war with the gods. Tanya later attempted to draw Liu Kang into a trap, but failed and Shinnok was defeated, leaving her masterless and a wanted traitor in Edenia, forcing her to flee to Outworld.

Serving Onaga
Tanya later joined the Deadly Alliance and worked as their enforcer, imposing their will on Outworld's denizens. But with their defeat, she was again left masterless, until she was found by Baraka. He gave Tanya two options, serve the resurrected Onaga or die. She joined the ranks of the Dragon King, who was seeking information on how he could create one ultimate Kamidogu out of the six lesser ones. Tanya brought him to Edenia, believing Onaga could find the information there.

It is unknown what became of her after Onaga's defeat and leading up to the events of Armageddon.

In her Armageddon ending, Tanya is transformed by Blaze's fires into a being known as a Dragon Caller, able to summon dragon spirits in corporeal form just by thought. With this army of Dragons at her command, Tanya began conquering realm after realm and soon even Shao Kahn would call her master.

Abilities
Tanya is a skilled fighter and has a number of special attacks. She is able to shoot a fireball from her hands and lunge forward in a corkscrew style attack with her feet covered in flame aimed at the opponent. Tanya can also perform kicks that have her feet charged with fire and she can also disappear in flaming haze, turning invisible.

Trivia

 * Tanya is named after Ed Boon's sister, Tania.


 * It was very hard to tell that she was evil at first, since she seemed very innocent. However her ending in MK4 showed her truly malicious nature.


 * Tanya is considered one of the most untrustworthy characters, since she constantly double crosses people.


 * She was at first thought to be a clone of Jade, similarly to how Mileena is a clone of Kitana.