produced by DC Comics, Sheeva is crowned by Kintaro as the current leader of the Shokan in a peaceful treaty with Kotal Kahn, following the death of previous rule King Gorbak. Sheeva mourns Kintaro's death after Sonya — possessed by Havik — kills him in battle. Reception of the character has been mixed. While Wirtualna Polska featured Sheeva among gaming's top ten female villains in 2011, she placed a middling 28th in UGO.com's 2012 ranking of their top fifty Mortal Kombat characters, and 47th in Den of Geek's 2019 ranking of the series' 77 playable characters. Game Informer, in 2010, stated that "despite a somewhat cool ground-pound move [in MK3], she was an addition to the series that never really served a purpose or did anything particularly noteworthy." However, her Fatalities over the course of her appearances have been fairly well received. Sindel Portrayed by: Lia Montelongo (MK3); Musetta Vander (Annihilation); Beatrice King (Legacy) Voiced by: Laura Boton (MK:D); Lani Minella (MK9); Kelly Hu (MKX); Mara Junot (MK11) Sindel debuts in MK3 as the queen of Edenia alongside her daughter, Princess Kitana, but her kingdom loses ten consecutive Mortal Kombat tournaments and is invaded by Shao Kahn, resulting in a forceful merging of the two realms. After her husband King Jerrod is killed and their then-infant daughter Kitana is adopted by Kahn, she commits suicide rather than become his consort. Kahn resurrects her with the assistance of the sorcerer Shang Tsung in Earthrealm, allowing Kahn to invade Earthrealm while regaining his queen in the process. Sindel is successfully revived but in a brainwashed state with no knowledge of her past. After the Earthrealm defenders defeat Kahn, Kitana convinces Sindel her of her true past, turning Sindel against the emperor. Sindel is not playable in Mortal Kombat 4, but one of her subjects, Tanya, betrays her homeland and allows the fallen Elder God Shinnok's Netherrealm forces to invade her palace. Though Kitana escapes, Sindel is imprisoned in her own dungeon until Shinnok's forces are defeated. Sindel then sends Kitana to form an alliance with the Shokan armies and lead them into battle against a weakened Shao Kahn while she continues to help restore Edenia to its former beauty. Edenia is once again invaded in the storyline of Mortal Kombat: Deception, this time by the Dragon King Onaga, who had killed and resurrected Kitana and her Earthrealm allies before placing them under