Jade (Beyond Good & Evil)

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It had already delivered one of the most outstanding female leads in 11 years. She was a super-sharp, osmium tough journo-spy Jade. Names like Faith, Elena Fisher, and Chell are all martial artists, parkour experts, and brainiacs all rolled into one. They all have traits that were inherited from Michel Ancel’s brilliantly skilled troubleshooter. The most important thing is that they were undisp... read more

The main protagonist of the action-adventure video game Beyond Good & Evil. She is a photo-journalist, and was created by Ubisoft developer Michel Ancel, with the goal of creating a character resembling a real person, rather than a "sexy action woman." In Beyond Good & Evil, she and her ally Pey'j, a half-pig half-human, work together to both rescue orphans they were taking care of and expose governmental corruption.

Since appearing in Beyond Good & Evil, Jade has been met with very a positive reception and has been included on several lists of top female video game characters. She has been compared to other such characters, including Alyx Vance from Half-Life 2, Kendra Midori from the Avatar video game, and others.