Mystical Waif: Difference between revisions

{{trope}}

A subtrope of [[Mysterious Waif]]. Stereotypical party member in many [[Role Playing Game|RPGs]]. The Mystical Waif is usually a physically young girl (although she may be [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]) with a mysterious, plot-relevant past (often symbolized by an [[Orphan's Plot Trinket]]). The bad guys usually want to exploit her powers to control/destroy the world, while the heroes want to save her out of chivalry or general contrariness. Often magically inclined. Usually the last scion of some mysterious, previously unknown society or race, and not uncommonly the [[Last of His Kind|last of her kind]]. She usually joins the party eventually, although she may spend some time as a [[Distressed Damsel]] before then.