Ruby (Mortal Kombat)

&nbsp Ruby is a non-canon Red Female Ninja character who appeared in the animated series Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm. Ruby was very similar to the characters Tanya and Jade.

She was a friend of Kitana and came from a realm which Shao Kahn has invaded, a realm which was called Hinpar. Ruby was notorious for being a traitor as well as Tanya is in the games, betraying all her allies for the likes of Shao Kahn.

It is assumed that Ruby may have been the killer of Jax Briggs' grandfather, as she states that she "took care" of him before he died.

Traitor
In the series Defenders of the Realm, Jax meets Ruby who is secretly working as one of Kahn's agents. She tries to find out the location of the Earth warriors base, Jax then finds himself captured Ermac's forces and is held captive by the Emperor were he received numerous torture by Kahn's Shadow Priest. Jax's allies came to his rescue but were shortly outnumbered by the Emperor's troops and they too were captured. It seemed that their destruction was inevitable, but at this moment Ruby decides to help the Earthrealm warriors escape by leading them through an hidden exit. Jax offers Ruby a chance to go along with him but Ruby decided that her place was in Outworld. After this, Ruby was never seen again. She chose to stay and try to restore the freedom of her old homeworld.

In Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks she appears a glitch red female ninja and originally was named "Scarlet". She was a palette swap version of Kitana.