History Main / LadyOfBlackMagic

** Princess Winter Opera is an Alicorn goddess of Dark Magic and a {{Goth}} who wears [[PimpedOutDress lavish ball gowns]], though her personality is zigzagged - she has a stage persona where she is a refined ProperLady, but off-stage she is rather casual with friends and family. That being said, she can still be composed and well-mannered at times, and when teaching, she is very kind and nurturing towards her students. It's justified as while she is skilled in dark magic, she was taught how to approach it with ethics and rightful behavior by Luminiferous.

** Like [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Blue Diamond]], Blue Diadem is demure, refined, and soft-spoken, and she evokes the image of a classical witch with her [[TheEeyore gloomy disposition]] and regal robes/gowns and hooded cloaks. Some of her powers involve [[TheEmpath emotion]] and [[BeamSpam energy manipulation]]. Except here, she's [[TheArchmage the strongest and most accomplished spellcaster]] compared to her older/younger sisters, as she is the most skilled in wielding the magical aspects of her domains. She also wields a MagicStaff as her main weapon. However it's subverted; not only does Blue Diadem embody ''[[GodOfLight Primordial Light]]'', but she was also a victim of horrific familial abuse for much of her life, leaving her with a HairTriggerTemper that made her prone to DisproportionateRetribution if someone makes slight deviations to her rules and policies. Blue Diadem's demure personality was [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/932814645/5024111348 the result of being indoctrinated by Silk Dawn to fulfill a traditionally feminine role]], in accordance to her being [[TheDividual White Corona's sorrow and guilt given form]]. Fortunately, with Rose Regalia and Moon Ray Vaughoof's help, she gets better.

* ''Literature/CodexAlera''

* Almost all female enchantresses of the ABC series ''Series/OnceUponATime'' (e.g. Regina the Evil Queen, Zelena the Wicked Witch of the West, [[RelatedInTheAdaptation their]] mother Cora, etc.) are elegant and favor dark clothing.

* Almost all female enchantresses of the ABC series ''{{Series/Once Upon a Time}}'' (e.g. Regina the Evil Queen, Zelena the Wicked Witch of the West, [[RelatedInTheAdaptation their]] mother Cora, etc.).

* Almost all female enchantresses of the ABC ''{{Series/Once Upon a Time}}''.

* Mitsuki Hokuto from ''VideoGame/TokyoXanadu'' is tall, graceful {{Ojou}} whose also the most formidable magician in the group, fighting with a staff that's imbued with a Shadow Element and has an array of ranged spell attacks. While {{barrier|Warrior}}s are more traditionally associated with the WhiteMage, in her case, they're simply part of a broadly offensive magical style.

** [[TheSociopath Cinder Fall]] is a powerful [[PlayingWithFire fire-user]], who is usually calm, elegant and smug. Her Semblance allows her to transform dust and dirt into obsidian-like glass and use it for a range of effects such as firing a volley of glass daggers. She can create fire geysers from the ground which explode underneath her targets, incinerating them, and manifest fire from her body which she can direct in attacks such as fireballs and sustained streams of fire. By sewing Dust into her clothes, she can appear to manifest weapons from nowhere, glyphs on her clothing glow when she uses her abilities, and she can transform her clothing from a catsuit to a dress as if by magic and without breaking stride. She is additionally capable of [[KungFuWizard fighting hand-to-hand]] and her preferred weapons are twin swords and a [[MageMarksman bow that shoots arrows]] that can perform feats like creating explosive fire attacks wherever they strike. During the pilot episode, she and Glynda fight each other to a draw in one of the most powerful magical battles in the entire show. [[spoiler:At the end of Volume 3, Cinder obtained the full power of the Fall Maiden, making her one of the most powerful users of true magic in the entire world. Although she continues to favour fire attacks, she now has the ability to perform any [[ElementalPowers elemental attack]].]] As time goes on, however, this is subverted: while Cinder would certainly like to be a Lady of Black Magic and has the firepower to back it up, her initial calm and elegance is revealed to be a front for her true personality: angry, desperate, petty, violent, and traumatized.
** The BigBad, [[TheDreaded Salem]], is ''the'' LadyOfBlackMagic, an elegant and unspeakably powerful sorceress that has existed in the shadows of history. She is one of a handful of beings to possess the True Magic, ruling over both a carefully-chosen cabal of servants and the vast hordes of the Grimm as a sort of Goddess-Queen. Cinder Fall is her protege, groomed and trained to wield the considerable powers of a Maiden but ''patiently'' warned to never forget her place. The ancient war between [[BigGood Ozpin]] and Salem has raged for thousands of years, and while she has never succeeded in her ultimate goal, Salem has remained a powerful supernatural threat that rarely needs to do more than raise her voice slightly to cow even the strongest of warriors. While Ozpin and Salem were once evenly matched in their magical power, he has given away portions of his magic over the centuries. Salem, on the other hand, has carefully cultivated her power for the rare occasions when she might actually need to use it. Even at her strongest, Cinder remains terrified of her mistress's wrath.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': As the head of the Emperor's Coven, [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLilithClawthorne Lilith Clawthorne]] wears a conservative and elegant black dress and carries herself with an air of properness and composure, in contrast with her HotBlooded wild witch sister Eda. [[SubvertedTrope However]], that composure goes out of the window the minute her buttons are pressed or when in situations of high stress and frustration.

* The ComicBook/ScarletWitch has this role in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''. She's generally depicted as beautiful, demure, reserved, and a powerful user of [[WindsOfDestinyChange Chaos Magic]].
* ''Franchise/TheDCU'':
** ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} has the magical power to defy the laws of physics and reality with a few backwards incantations, and is often depicted as mature and graceful, wearing a revealing stage magician outfit and having a calm, composed demeanor.
** ''ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}}'': The Enchantress is the team's spellcaster and the most pragmatic one among them. She has the IceQueen personality down and [[BrutalHonesty can be blunt]] to the point of tactlessness but shows her more humane side from time to time.
** ComicBook/{{Raven}} of ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''. She's dark, aloof, and has many supernatural and sorcerous powers thanks to her half-demon heritage and her upbringing in the pacifistic parallel dimension Azarath.
** Nightflame from Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} story ''ComicBook/DemonSpawn'' subverts the type. Although she is a powerful mage, she is also a formidable physical fighter and swordswoman.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': In Volumes [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 1]], [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 2]], [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2006 3]], and [[ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth 5]] Wonder Woman fights Circe, a long-lived, powerful and narcissistic sorceress whose favorite move is transforming people into her animalistic monster slaves against their will.
* Magica De Spell from the ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'', who was designed by Creator/CarlBarks this way in order to subvert the WickedWitch trope. DependingOnTheWriter, she either can only cast her spells with the help of magical artifacts, or has inherent magical powers. In any case, her favorite offensive weapons are her foof bombs.
* Sistah Spooky from ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'', a powerful gothy superhero who made a hellpact with a demon to use black magic.
* ComicBook/{{Hela}} of ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor''. An evil death goddess of vast mystical sorcery with a fondness for wearing [[MsFanservice tight catsuits]] and speaking FloweryElizabethanEnglish, and composed, elegant, and prideful. Unlike most she's also very capable in [[MagicKnight hand to hand and swordsmanship]], doubling as a [[DarkActionGirl Dark]] LadyOfWar.
* Nico Minoru of the ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' usually works like this, wearing elegant and elaborate [[GothGirlsKnowMagic gothic]] clothing and casting magic through the Staff of One. Though, being still a teenager, she can slip into BlackMagicianGirl sometimes, but also being the TeamMom makes her more of this trope than the former.

* Mitsuki Hokuto from ''VideoGame/TokyoXanadu''. She's tall, graceful, and an {{Ojou}}. She's also the most formidable magician in the group, fighting with a staff that's imbued with a Shadow Element and has an array of ranged spell attacks. While [[BarrierWarrior barriers]] are more traditionally associated with the WhiteMage, in her case, they're simply part of a broadly offensive magical style.

Ladies of Black Magic are AlwaysFemale (GentlemanWizard is the [[GenderFlipped male counterpart]]), unlike their counterparts BlackMagicianGirl and WhiteMagicianGirl. She is rarely a LoveInterest for TheHero, although if she is it will often be part of a DefrostingIceQueen plot. Instead, she's usually older than TheHero and fills the role of a bigger sister, often a CoolBigSis, or [[TeamMom maternal figure]].

** Ivy is a composed and elegant lady who wields offensive magic on the battlefield. Her unique class notably allows her to wield S-Rank tomes, something only two other classes in the game (one of them also restricted to one character) can do.
** Citrinne is a haughty and sophisticated noblewoman who deals out plenty of magical damage in battle thanks to her high Magic.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage'': Ivy is a composed and elegant lady who wields offensive magic on the battlefield. Her unique class notably allows her to wield S-Rank tomes, something only two other classes in the game (one of them also restricted to one character) can do.

** Comicbook/{{Raven}} of ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''. She's dark, aloof, and has many supernatural and sorcerous powers thanks to her half-demon heritage and her upbringing in the pacifistic parallel dimension Azarath.
** Nightflame from Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} story ''Comicbook/DemonSpawn'' subverts the type. Although she is a powerful mage, she is also a formidable physical fighter and swordswoman.

* Sistah Spooky from ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'', a powerful gothy superhero who made a hellpact with a demon to use black magic.

* ''Comicbook/XMen'':

* Toyotomi Kagehime/Hitomi Kira, the late UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi's daughter, in [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/ SlifofinaDragon]]'s VideoGame/SengokuBasara fanfic ''Finally Home'', until [[HeelFaceTurn abandoning her thirst for vengeance]]. She is a immensely powerful witch excelling in levels of BlackMagic, such as [[CastingAShadow umbrakinesis]] and [[{{Necromancer}} necromancy]].

* ''Videogame/{{Awakening}}: Moonfell Wood'': The Witch of the Woods is a dark-robed witch said to be fearsome and powerful and who held off Dreadmyre's attacks with her magic. She's also loyal to the human kingdom and swore to them to protect the sleeping Princess until the day came that Sophia would wake and save the realm.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' plays this straight with Mima, a cool and collected spirit who can use her immense magical power to cast a WaveMotionGun. PlayedWith regarding Byakuren. She's quite collected and graceful, wears a feminine black dress, but instead of casting destructive spells from afar she uses her BlackMagic to [[MagicEnhancement enhance]] her [[KungFuWizard physical attacks in combat]]. She can cast traditional spells though.

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** ComicBook/{{Storm}} was briefly the queen of Wakanda and PhysicalGoddess, and her mutant powers give her control over the elements, which she commands with a regal air.

** Like [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Blue Diamond]], Blue Diadem is demure, refined, and soft-spoken, and she evokes the image of a classical witch with her gloomy disposition and regal robes/gowns and hooded cloaks. Some of her powers involve [[TheEmpath emotion]] and [[BeamSpam energy manipulation]]. Except here, she's [[TheArchmage the strongest and most accomplished spellcaster]] compared to her older/younger sisters, as she is the most skilled in wielding the magical aspects of her domains. She also wields a MagicStaff as her main weapon. However it's subverted; not only does Blue Diadem embody ''[[GodOfLight Primordial Light]]'', but she was also a victim of horrific familial abuse for much of her life, leaving her with a HairTriggerTemper that makes her prone to DisproportionateRetribution if someone makes slight deviations to her rules and policies. Blue Diadem's demure personality was also [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/932814645/5024111348 the result of being indoctrinated by Silk Dawn to fulfill a traditionally feminine role]], in accordance to her being [[TheDividual White Corona's sorrow and guilt given form]]. Fortunately, with Rose Regalia and Moon Ray Vaughoof's help, she gets better.

* [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicQueenChrysalis Queen Chrysalis]] from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. The haughty leader of the Changelings and a bitchy sadist, she's a capable magic caster, able to shapeshift and fire magic beams from her horn. Hell, after draining Shining Armor's [[ThePowerOfLove love]] she can overpower [[PhysicalGod Princess Celestia]] in a BeamOWar.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' version of Raven. Despite being younger than average for this trope, she is WiseBeyondHerYears, and her aloof personality is more in line with this trope than BlackMagicianGirl.