History Main / MysticalWaif

** Also, Ixpellia from ''AudioPlay/StrikersSoundStageX'', who has the power to invoke NightOfTheLivingMook.

* Vivio of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', the main character's adopted 6-year old daughter who has differently colored eyes and was found trudging through the sewers while chained to a pair of cases containing [[MacGuffin Relics]]. She turns out to be [[spoiler: [[CloneJesus the clone of the Sankt Kaiser]], required by the BigBad to activate the [[KillSat Saint's Cradle]] and packing enough power to match Nanoha blow for blow]].
%%** Also, Ixpellia from [[AllThereInTheManual the CD dramas]].

A character archetype that frequently appears in TheHerosJourney, the Mystical Waif is usually a physically young girl (although she may be ReallySevenHundredYearsOld) with a plot-significant power. While most commonly female, a Mystical Waif could be a young boy, as long as he evokes feeling of protectiveness.

Sure signs you're dealing with a Mystical Waif are odd hair colors; weird (by the standards of the game world), often futuristic-themed clothing; magical powers; blank, serious facial expressions; lots of [[VisibleSilence ellipses]] in her speech; and an inordinate amount of attention from the villains. Frequently overlaps with MysteriousWaif, especially if her past or identity is kept hidden for most of the story.

* Isabella/Catleia from ''AdvanceWars: Days of Ruin.'', though being from a strategy game she obviously doesn't have the RPG stats part of the trope, being instead a decent all-round CO with a GameBreaker CO power.

* Alouette from ''[[LaPucelle La Pucelle Tactics]]'' hits enough of the required traits to fit here. Although not the last of her kind, she is found with amnesia, is mostly good with magic (although, as with all NipponIchi games, you can customize her as you like), is self-sacrificing and [[spoiler: is the current Maiden of Light, even if she doesn't know it, which is a powerful position held only by one woman at a time and chosen directly by the Goddess.]]

* ''FireEmblemElibe'' has siblings Nils and Ninian in ''Blazing Sword'' and Sophia in ''Sword of Seals''. All three of them are [[spoiler: Really700YearsOld HalfHumanHybrids]], can sense the future and fit quite well personality-wise. Furthermore, both Nils and Ninian are strictly support units and are not able to attack or defend themselves (Sophia is a [[BlackMagic Shaman]] instead, but still falls under the SquishyWizard category. She also has a [[HealingHands healing touch]], but in game proper, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation it's only used once and off-screen and promptly forgotten afterwards]]). Also, both Ninian and Sophia are possible LoveInterests for TheHero of their respective game.

* ''FireEmblemElibe'' has siblings Nils and Ninian in ''Blazing Sword'' and Sophia in ''Sword of Seals''. All three of them are [[spoiler: Really700YearsOld HalfHumanHybrids]], can sense the future and fit quite well personality-wise. Furthermore, both Nils and Ninian are strictly support units and are not able to attack or defend themselves (Sophia is a [[BlackMagic Shaman]] instead, but still falls under the SquishyWizard category. She also has a [[HealingHands healing touch]], but in game proper, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation it's only used once and off-screen and promptly forgotten afterwards ]]). Also, both Ninian and Sophia are possible LoveInterests for TheHero of their respective games.

* ''FireEmblemElibe'' has siblings Nils and Ninian in ''Blazing Sword'' and Sophia in ''Sword of Seals''. All three of them are [[spoiler: Really700YearsOld HalfHumanHybrids]], can sense the future and fit quite well personality-wise. Furthermore, both Nils and Ninian are strictly support units and are not able to attack or defend themselves (Sophia is a [[BlackMagic Shaman]] instead, but still falls under the SquishyWizard category. She also has a [[HealingHands healing touch]], but in game proper, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation it's only used once and off-screen]]).

* ''FireEmblemElibe'' has siblings Nils and Ninian in ''Blazing Sword'' and Sophia in ''Sword of Seals''. All three of them are [[spoiler: Really700YearsOld HalfHumanHybrids]], can sense the future and fit quite well personality-wise. Furthermore, both Nils and Ninian are strictly support units and are not able to attack or defend themselves (Sophia is a [[BlackMagic Shaman]] instead, but still falls under the SquishyWizard category. She also has a [[HealingHands healing touch]], but in game proper, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation she uses it only once and off-screen]]).

* Elizabeth from [[Videogame/BioshockInfinite Bioshock Infinite]] fits this trop to a T: She had a sheltered upbringing (The only character she had a relationship with prior to the game start was a [[MechanicalMonster giant Bird-Man call Songbird]]); she is naive and tries to help the people of [[FloatingContinent Columbia]]; she has [[DimensionalTraveler mystical powers]]; is of huge interest to the antagonist due to her aforementioned powers (And to the protagonist [[spoiler:due to actually being her father]]) and gameplay-wise she fits the support role, giving you medkits, ammo, and salts. [[spoiler:She [[TookALevelInCynic takes a level on cynic]] after she is tortured by Comstock on an alternate timeline.]]

* Reverie "Ren" Metherlence of ''ElementalGelade'' is a mysterious and legendary weapon who is frequently rendered helpless and constantly protected by the main character.

* Yukina from ''YuYuHakusho'' appears young but, like her brother Hiei, is a demon and therefore may be much older than she appears. She is pure-hearted, kind, distant, naïve, and has blue (or, arguably, sea-green) hair. She is targeted by villains either for her gem-making powers (They come from her tears! Awwww!) or because the main characters care about her and she is no ActionGirl. She occasionally serves as [[TheMedic the group's healer]], due to her abilities in that field.
* Lala Ru from ''NowAndThenHereAndThere'', who possesses the power to control water using a pendant that contains a vast reservoir of water. However, unlike most examples, she is neither pure-hearted nor kind. In fact, [[spoiler: she hates all of humanity due to the utter HELL they put her through, and refuses to save the planet even though she has the power to do so]]. [[HeelFaceTurn Until later]], of course... but [[TearJerker even then]], you [[DeathIsASadThing wish]] she [[BittersweetEnding hadn't]].

* In many ways, Oasis from ''SluggyFreelance'' is what you'd get if you trained her as an assassin and {{Brainwashed}} her into having a {{Yandere}} style crush.

%%* RumorsOfWar has Occela, who fits most of the requirements for MysteriousWaif and MysticalWaif. Not sure yet if she's a WaifFu practitioner.

* Ophis "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Infinite One]]" in ''HighSchoolDXD'' is this. All she wanted was to kick [[TheRival Great Red]] out of the Dimension Gap and she became the PuppetKing of Chaos Brigade just to fulfill her wishes. [[spoiler: And then she joins Issei with most of her powers gone.]]

* Yagami Hikari from DigimonAdventure and DigimonAdventure02, the human lightbulb. Also an IllGirl, she is the only one to have a Crest (Light) that ''doesn't'' refer to an innate virtue or trait. The powers of this Crest usually manifest themselves in weird ways, and she has been shown as both 1) unusually self-sacrificing and 2) drawn to the Dark Ocean, because of her powers and walled-in emotional problems. She's also empathetic to the point of being borderline psychic, which sends her into two {{Heroic BSOD}}s in 02 (and during the last one, her best friend Miyako has to [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan literally bitchslap her]] back to sanity).

* %% ''VideoGame/ArcTheLad: Twilight of the Spirits'' plays this straight in Lillia, and also includes a somewhat bizarro version in the demon puppeteer Bebedora.

* %% Wild Flower from ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire''. As if you couldn't tell just from the name.

* Melissa in "Fortissima's Treasure Hunters". She was apparently encased in a large green crystal for several generations, is able to shoot fire from her fingers, speaks a backward language (literally! The words in her speech balloons are spelled in reverse), and her eyes glow when she sleeps. I'll wager that there's plenty more we haven't learned about her yet...

** She steps up into the realm of CuteBruiser as time passes, especially after the time skip.

* Fina from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' practically defines this trope - she's a futuristically-dressed, kind, naive, with the highest magic attack and most potent healing abilities in the game, who is a descendent of one of the lost Ancient Civilizations and is doggedly pursued by [[TheEmpire the Valuan Empire]] (due to the fact that [[spoiler:every member of her race gets their life force from one of the Silver Moon Crystals, and the only other member of the race the BigBad has access to is TheDragon and is therefore not expendable]]) to the point that the game ''begins'' with botching the Valuans' first kidnapping attempt. The game revolves around her, in fact; the part of the game you spend neither helping her on her quest (which, to hammer the trope home, is to [[GottaCatchEmAll collect all]] of the [[MineralMacGuffin Moon Crystals]] to stop the villains from using them to destroy the world) nor trying to save her is about one dungeon long, and it's at the very start of the game between bringing her to your hometown and [[DoomedHometown the Valuans destroying it to get to her]]. Oh, and she's also one of the hero's two LoveInterests alongside the GirlNextDoor.

* Fina from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' practically defines this trope - she's a futuristically-dressed, kind, naive, with the highest magic attack and most potent healing abilities in the game, who is a descendent of one of the lost Ancient Civilizations and is doggedly pursued by [[TheEmpire the Valuan Empire]] (due to the fact that [[spoiler:every member of her race gets their life force from one of the Silver Moon Crystals, and the only other member of the race the BigBad has access to is TheDragon and is therefore not expendable]]) to the point that the game ''begins'' with botching the Valuans' first kidnapping attempt. The game revolves around her, in fact; the part of the game you spend neither helping her on her quest (which, to hammer the trope home, is to [[GottaCatchEmAll collect all]] of the [[MineralMacGuffin Moon Crystals]] to stop the villains from using them to destroy the world) nor trying to save her is about one dungeon long, and it's at the very start of the game between bringing her to your hometown and [[DoomedHometown the Valuans destroying it to get to her]]. Oh, and she's also the hero's LoveInterest alongside the FirstGirl.

%%* Fina from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'', despite being a fairly recent character, defines this trope to a "T", hitting almost all the major aspects. She dramatically subverts one part however; she's the least powerful attacker for 99% of the game, until her EmpathyPet is upgraded to his final form, which has the highest attack power of any weapon in the game.

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. She is often magically inclined. Usually the last scion of some mysterious, previously unknown society or race, and not uncommonly the [[LastOfHisKind last of her kind]].

Typically introduced as a part of the CallToAdventure, the MysticalWaif often appears to the hero seeking for his help while giving him an exposition to the unknown aspects of their universe. She usually joins the heroes eventually, although she may spend some time as a DamselInDistress before then. If the story includes romance, she may eventually develop to be the Hero's LoveInterest, or at least a contender for one.

Personality-wise, the Mystical Waif is usually pure-hearted and kind, although she can seem distant at times. She is also extremely naive about the world, and unfamiliar with even the most basic facets of the characters' lives. That is, she has NoSocialSkills -- which can be PlayedForLaughs in the more light-hearted parts. Occasionally she'll begin the game not being able to speak the main characters' language. She can be selfless to the point of [[HeroicSacrifice self-sacrifice]] at times. Sometimes she provides exposition -- the introduction of the Mystical Waif (or the revelation of her true identity or purpose) is often what propels the plot from random adventuring to serious world-saving, as she recruits the rest of the party to help her [[GottaCatchThemAll collect the crystals]].

Sure signs you're dealing with a Mystical Waif are odd hair colors; weird (by the standards of the game world), often futuristic-themed clothing; magical powers; blank, serious facial expressions; lots of [[VisibleSilence ellipses]] in her speech; and an inordinate amount of attention from the villains. She may overlap with MysteriousWaif and keep her plot important information to herself.

She is a stereotypical party member in many [[RolePlayingGame [=RPGs=]]]. Gameplay-wise, the Mystical Waif is almost always magic-oriented. She often overlaps with the WhiteMagicianGirl, or if more proactive, as BarrierWarrior or SquishyWizard. She'll have weak physical stats, but strong magical stats and average-or-better speed. Her quality as a game character is almost entirely tied up in how powerful her attack spells are and whether anyone else has the ability to heal. Lots of Mystical Waifs spend a lot of time on the bench, fighting either not at all or only against bosses where constant healing is required.

A character archetype who frequently appears in TheHerosJourney, the Mystical Waif is usually a physically young girl (although she may be ReallySevenHundredYearsOld) who possesses a plot-significant power. While most commonly female, a Mystical Waif could be a young boy, as long as he evokes feeling of protectiveness.

The Mystical Waif is usually a physically young girl (although she may be ReallySevenHundredYearsOld) with a plot-relevant past (often symbolized by an OrphansPlotTrinket). While most commonly female, a Mystical Waif could be a young boy, as long as he evokes feeling of protectiveness.