A naive young pre-Victorian lady with some second sight encounters the Faction during one of their hunts. Her friend's aunt is threatened and her friend killed by Father Sabbath to obtain his Godfatherdom - vowing retaliation she intrigues Godfather Morlock who takes her under his wing and mentors her in the Faction. Justine survives the Sontaran attack on the Eleven-Day Empire but loses her shadow. Morlock convinces the witch Godmother Quelch to bond the Grandfather's Knife to Justine and she obtains his shadow. She and Eliza flee the Empire before Lolita swallows it, and stay on the run seeking allies throughout time until they can deal with Lolita, inadvertently defeating Sutekh on the way. She spent some time locked up at Shada, but was freed by Cousin Eliza (with Compassion's help). She was caught up in the feud between Shuncucker and the Blood Coteries before escaping. Now with her nemesis Lolita out of the way, she is free to pursue her goal of re-establishing the Faction as a power.

The apocryphal history of Cousin Eliza is that she started life as a drug addicted nobody on the streets of modern day london. She may or may not have been the sacrificial clone of Bernice Summerfield in a bottle universe (going by the name of Christine Summerfield). She may or may not have had a love affair with a Chris Cwej. We catch up with her as Cousin Eliza when she helps defend the Eleven Day Empire from the Sontaran led invasion. From there she travels through eighteenth century London, Egypt and various other parts including Shada to rescue Cousin Justine (and Shuncucker). In order to thwart Sutekh she became possessed by Horus, eventually sacrificing herself to Sutekh to keep him off guard when she kills him earlier in her own personal timeline, after taking care of Lolita (whatever that means). Horus is likely to return - he's done it before. But as to Cousin Eliza - who knows?