Lady of Black Magic: Difference between revisions

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She's elegant, she's composed, and she's graceful. She's also packing enough magic to level half a city. The '''Lady of Black Magic''' is a character type found in fantasy who is primarily an [[Black Mage|offensive magic user]].

 

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* Urd from ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]''.

* [[Words Worth]]: Maria is a stately example, garbed in an elegant white robe (though it has split seams, [[She's Got Legs|showing plenty of leg]]), a sea green cloak, and sandals.

* Both Miyu and Reiha from ''[[Vampire Princess Miyu]]'', as they both are very elegant and reserved as they attack their enemies with [[Playing with Fire|fire]] (Miyu) or [[Kill It with Ice|ice]] (Reiha)

 

* Sistah Spooky from ''[[Empowered]]''.

 

* [[Ms. Fanservice|Luster]] in ''[[The Gamers]]: Dorkness Rising'' seems to be an attempt at this archetype, but her player isn't very good at the whole "dignity" aspect.

* Claudia's mother in ''[[Snow White: A Tale of Terror|Snow White a Tale of Terror]]'' is implied to have been one.

 

* In the 1998 ''[[Merlin (TV miniseries)|Merlin]]'' series, Mab fills this role, as well as being the series' [[Big Bad]].

* In the BBC ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', it was Morgause, until she died and Morgana stepped up to the plate. [[Word of God]] says she's at least as powerful as Merlin now.

 

* Nicci of the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'', a former Sister of the Dark who functions as one of Richard's primary magic experts, and is also the team expert on [[Black Magic|Subtractive Magic]].

* [[Dragaera]]'s Sethra Lavode is a [[Time Abyss|250,000+ year-old]] undead sorceress, and contrary to the trope description she couldn't just level ''half'' a city—she [[Person of Mass Destruction|could probably cause]] [[The End of the World as We Know It]].

* Skuld, a half-elven sorceress from the 13th century ''[[The Saga of Hrolf Kraki|Saga of Hrolf Kraki]]''.

 

* The eponymous "Devil Woman" from the song by [[Cliff Richard]].

* [[The Eagles]], "Witchy Woman".

 

* The ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series has liked this trope in recent games.

** Lulu from ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', of the [[Ice Queen]] variety. Also somewhat [[goth]]y.

* Rose from ''[[Street Fighter]]'' is among the closest to this trope that you'll find in fighting games.

 

* Rose Lalonde, from ''[[Homestuck]]'' becomes this after upgrading her weapons with [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Powers]].

* Miranda Io from ''[[No Songs for The Dead]]'' has great potential in [[Black Magic]], which she genetically inherited from her mother Lilith.

* ''[[Magick Chicks]]'' has Anastasia - mom of Melissa, who apparently taught her both fashion style and witchcraft.

 

* Raven from ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', despite being younger than average for this trope, is [[Wise Beyond Her Years]], and her aloof personality is more in line with this trope than [[Black Magician Girl]].

 

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[[Category:Always Female]]

[[Category:An Index of Ladies and Gentlemen]]

[[Category:Tropes in Black]]

[[Category:Wizards and Witches]]

[[Category:Action Girl]]