History Main / LadyOfAdventure

* Leliana in ''DragonAge'' first appears to be a kind of nun and later a pious thief who found refuge in a monastary. However, she really is [[a professional spy and assassin who worked for the high society of her home country]]. She occasionally complains that even though traveling on the road and fighting the undead horde is fun, she really misses the fine clothes and art of her country and the company of other more sophisticated people.

She is a [[{{Ojou}} high-class]] [[BlueBlood lady]] (though not [[RoyalBlood a member of royalty]]), self sufficient, but not willing to get tied down in marriage (though she may find love in her travels, she will always [[InHarmsWay choose adventure]] over love -- not even [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosting]] will help). Sometimes, her BigFancyHouse will contain mementos of past adventures.

* Ronni Ancona [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBliRh97JiM#t=7m39s did a lengthy impression]] of one of these (and read an an actual journal entry from one) in the "Dictionary" episode of ''{{QI}}''.

* Ronni Ancona did a lengthy impression of one of these in the "Dictionary" episode of ''{{QI}}''.

* Liana in ''DragonAge'' first appears to be a kind of nun and later a pious thief who found refuge in a monastary. However, she really is [[a professional spy and assassin who worked for the high society of her home country]]. She occasionally complains that even though traveling on the road and fighting the undead horde is fun, she really misses the fine clothes and art of her country and the company of other more sophisticated people.

** As well as Charley Pollard in the BigFinish audios, who (originating in the actual Edwardian era) frequently describes herself in these exact words.
** Lady Christina de Souza in ''Planet of the Dead'' combines this with ClassyCatBurglar, as she steals for the risk rather than the reward. The Doctor's parting gift to her is a ''flying double-decker bus'', so that probably won't be a problem anymore.

Most often, she will have no powers of her own (though she may have some small degree of [[ActionGirl physical prowess]]), but will surround herself with a [[{{Nakama}} band of friends]] that will help her on her travails. Will almost certainly live to become a CoolOldLady.

-->The very first lines of '''''The Illyrian Adventure''''' by LloydAlexander

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-->''Miss Vesper Holly has the [[ExtremeOmnivore digestive talents of a goat]] and the mind of a [[TheChessmaster chess master]]. She is familiar with [[{{Omniglot}} half a dozen languages]] and can swear fluently in all of them. She understands the use of a slide rule but prefers doing calculations in her head. She does not hesistate to risk life and limb--mine as well as her own. No doubt she has other qualities yet undiscovered. I hope not.''\\
-- The very first lines of '''''The Illyrian Adventure''''' by LloydAlexander

Compare and contrast LadyOfWar.

** As well as Charley Pollard in the BigFinish audios.

* Romana ([[TheNthDoctor both of her]]) in ''DoctorWho''.

* Romana in ''DoctorWho''.

** And Lady Christina de Souza in ''Planet of the Dead''.
** River Song can be this or the ClassyCatBurglar, depending at which point on her personal timeline the Doctor catches her.

--> "Careful? Tried that once. Ever so dull."

* Lady Johanna Constantine of ''Hellblazer''.

* Gertrude Sanford Legendre (1902-2000) was an American socialite who served as a spy during World War II. She was also a noted explorer, big-game hunter, environmentalist, and owner of Medway plantation in South Carolina. She spent 1923 to 1929 travelling the world as a big-game hunter in South Africa, Canada, and Alaska. Shortly after exploring Abyssinia for the American Museum of Natural History as part of the Sanford-Legendre Abyssinia Expedition, Gertrude Sanford married the expedition's co-leader Sidney J. Legendre on 17 September 1929. During WWII, Legendre worked for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), essentially as a spy. She was the first American woman captured on the western front in France by the Germans. Legendre was held as a prisoner of war for six months and then escaped into Switzerland. She lived to be 97 and wrote two autobiographies, one in 1948 and another in 1987. She once said, "I don't contemplate life. I live it."

Compare and contrast KnightsInWhiteSatin and LadyOfWar.

* Lady Johanna Contantine of ''Hellblazer''.

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* The Damsels Errant found in knightly romances, you know the lovely mysterious young ladies who guide and advise the knight on his adventures, are an early form of this trope making it OlderThanPrint.

* Gertrude Sanford Legendre (1902-2000) was an American socialite who served as a spy during World War II. She was also a noted explorer, big-game hunter, environmentalist, and owner of Medway plantation in South Carolina. She spent 1923 to 1929 travelling the world as a big-game hunter in South Africa, Canada, and Alaska. Shortly after exploring Abyssinia for the American Museum of Natural History as part of the Sanford-Legendre Abyssinia Expedition, Gertrude Sanford married the expedition's co-leader Sidney J. Legendre on 17 September 1929. During WWII, Legendre worked for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), essentially as a spy. She was the first American woman captured on the western front in France by the Germans. Legendre was held as a prisoner of war for six months and then escaped into Switzerland.She lived to be 97 and wrote two autobiographies, one in 1948 and another in 1987. She once said, "I don't contemplate life. I live it."