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* [[H. Rider Haggard]]'s ''[[She]]'': Ayesha spends most of her time doing this to the main characters.
* Robert E. Howard's [[Conan the Barbarian]] has a knack for often running into this trope.
* Any High Elf still in Middle Earth in the Third Age of [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]]'s legendarium fits this trope, but the prize has to go to Galadriel, who has has lost her home multiple times by ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', and used the power of her Ring to make Lothlorien itself a Living Relic, since as the ages pass on [[The Magic Goes Away]], and in the end even she has to leave. However, the oldest Elf to be still living in Middle Earth is actually Cirdan, who is implied to have been one of the Elves that awoke at the beginning of time, and intends to stay in Middle Earth making ships until the last Elf leaves.
* Daetrin Haal of ''[[The Madness Season]]'' is one of these, as he is the only person old enough to remember what Earth was like before the Tyr invaded and subjugated humankind. His parents were also such, as they witnessed the fall of European civilization into the Dark Ages.
* ''[[Dark Reflections Trilogy]]'' has a few characters who [[Really 700 Years Old|remembers the civilization of ancient Egypt]], but most prominent example may be {{spoiler|The Flowing Queen herself}}, who lived in the age when gods walked the Earth. She was stated to be much older than any form of life in the sea, so this borders on a [[Time Abyss]].
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