At 5'9" Jade is short for one of her elven heritage, but towers over most of the humans that she meets. Looking at her it is hard to believe that she is one of the most famous warriors in the forgotten realms, combining magic and martial arts in a deadly whole. She looks as though a breeze would blow her over, and if she weighs 100lb it is because she has lead in her pockets. Her elven ears are usually hidden under her black hair: one of the few aspects of vanity that she partakes in. Except when required to for 'state occasions', which she tried to avoid, she usually wears simple white clothes: her paladin aura usually keeping them shiny and bright. When the going get's tough though she has been known to wear slightly less shiny clothing.

In her experience Paladins come in two flavours. Those who wish to punish the guilty and those that want to help the victims. She is firmly in the latter camp. A devoted follower of Midnight, the Mistress of Magic she was reared as a witch hunter, a career usually followed by the 'punish the guilty'. She however has followed the 'it's never too late for redemption' path, with a couple of landmark successes (the forming of the splinter cult known as Umberlee the fluffy to its enemies, and the friendship of the Dragon Icewing), but also a disastrous failure resulting in the death of her true love the human rogue John Silverhand. Despite her best efforts she was forced to kill the sorceress, Celeanor, who had deceived them, and often dwells on whether she should of tried harder to capture the sorceress.

About 20 years ago, by her personal timeline, with the help of some others (including Piergeiron Paladinson and Rhodea Firehair), she freed the people of Dragonspear castle from the Lich that lived there: locking his soul into a large black gem that resides under the alter to Mystra/Midnight in that castle. Replacing him as the overlady of that castle she has taken to rulership only mediumly well. She has no appetite for the 'small lies' that diplomacy usually requires, preferring to 'call it as it is'. However her significant personal power, the friendship of her adventuring companions and the love of the people she rules over, have kept her in place despite the political machinations of those that fear her.

Since she came into power she has begun work on clearing the Troll marshes: a famous haven for evil creatures and things that prey upon mankind. A strange race of bug like creatures live there and after a shaky start involving deaths on both sides, she has managed to form a fragile peace with them

In a fight Jade has been known to wear a suit of shining gleaming plate mail with or without a shield, and used weapons varying from war hammers to rapiers to two handed swords or simply her hands, feet and elbows. She is as at home fighting on the back of a horse as she is with her feet firmly on the ground. When not expecting trouble she wears only light armour under her pristine clothes.

Jade isn't a spell caster, but has some ability to invoke magical powers. She has been known to heal by a touch, turn the undead, summon creatures or breathe fire.