The Great Detective

Beautiful, valiant, generous and supremely unchaste, The Great Detective is ahead of her time. She knows what she wants, and she knows how to get it. Her swordsmanship rivals that of the greatest warriors; she could outsmart a quick-witted trickster or a seasoned scientist. Her name is Madame Vastra, and she (along with her illustrious human companion) is the sort who lives out tales which were made to last through the ages. Her skill and intelligence allows her to defeat an agent of the Tong of the Black Scorpion, kill the infamous Jack the Ripper, and leave a lasting impression upon an eventually-famous Victorian author, who will later go on to immortalize her exploits as fictional in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.