This once legendary species known as the Kreeyans is from an unnamed distant realm and they are comprising primarily of beautiful Amazonian warrior women that develop inside of hives. They first appeared in the 16th episode "Kreeya" of the television series Mortal Kombat: Conquest. Their empress, Queen Kreeya is also the very first of her kind, the matriarch of the Kreeyan race which is why this culture of powerful women is named after her.