Skarlet

The Lady in Red is a fictional character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. She made her debut in Mortal Kombat (2011) as a Downloadable Character (DLC).

Appearance
The Lady in Red appears to have reddish-orange hair, tied back into a ponytail. Her clothing is primarily red and black in in color. She wears a mask over her face (similar to other female assassins, Kitana and Mileena).

Character Development
The Lady in Red is based on the (debunked) rumor of Skarlet in Mortal Kombat II. Supposedly, a red-pallet swap of Kitana, little was known about her aside from that. On September 10th, 2010, Ed Boon' updated his twitter with an image of the leg of an unknown, red-clad, female character. Speculation has abounded that this might be a redesign of Sareena, or Skarlet. Boon had initially promised to release the full image should Shao Kahn win against Gears of War's General RAAM in Gamespot's "All Time Greatest Villain" Contest. However, after Shao Kahn's loss, no additional information as to the identity of this character was given for months. She has been seen since in the background of the Kahn's Arena during gameplay videos for Mortal Kombat (2011). On March 26th, 2011, Gamepro released information regarding which characters would be available as Downloadable Content (DLC) in Mortal Kombat (2011). Amongst Kintaro and Kenshi, The Lady in Red was revealed – although her name was not. All that is known about her at this time is that she is "armed with throwing knives".

Trivia

 * She is the third character to have been made playable based on a rumor. The first two being Ermac and Blaze.