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* [[TheGoodShepherd Brother]] [[TheMissionary Angelico]] from ''VideoGame/DeadInVinland'' is a rare gender flip, being an EndearinglyDorky PrettyBoy with a long white robe and a nervous stutter who's gentle, physically frail, determined to be helpful, and has some healing ability and a support role in combat. He's even a potential love interest for [[MasculineGirlFeminineBoy Kari]], despite an inconvenient vow of chastity. [[spoiler: Subverted to HELL and back when he turns out to be a SerialKiller.]]

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** Aerith from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' is probably [[TropeCodifier one of the more famous examples]] of this trope.

* [[TheGoodShepherd Brother]] [[TheMissionary Angelico]] from ''VideoGame/DeadInVinland'' is a rare gender flip, being an EndearinglyDorky PrettyBoy with a long white robe and a nervous stutter who's gentle, physically frail, determined to be helpful, and has some healing ability and a support role in combat. He's even a potential love interest for [[MasculineGirlFeminineBoy Kari]], despite an inconvenient vow of chastity.

* Alarielle the Everqueen in TotalWarWarhammer2. A benevolent and loving queen mother to the Elven race, complete with FertileFeet, LightIsGood magic fueled by ThePowerOfLove, and a GoodHurtsEvil effect on her Dark Elf rivals. Finally, her FriendToAllLivingThings nature means she's the first Everqueen to lead armies into battle to defend all creation from the forces of Chaos.

* Fall-From-Grace in ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' has the femininity, the nurturing personality and is the only healer found in the game; she only has about one offensive spell and is firmly a support character.

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** The Princess of Moonbrooke in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'' is the UrExample, debuting all the way back in '87. While she may have set a (possibly) unfortunate trend for RPG females, she's still a vast improvement over the {{Distressed Damsel}}s that were so common at the time. [[UnbuiltTrope Ironically enough]], she's more of a RedMage than her successors since she learns the strongest attack spells in the game.

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* Piffany in ''ComicStrip/{{Nodwick}}'' is an example played for comedy. She's a kind, adorable, [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure-hearted]], FriendToAllLivingThings, but [[DumbIsGood not overly bright]] robe-clad staff-wielding cleric. Piffany's the party healer and MoralityPet in an adventuring group with two [[ComedicSociopathy comedic sociopaths]] and their chew-toy henchman, whom she regularly resurrects with her [[DuctTapeForEverything Duct Tape of Healing]]. She also, canonically, [[SupremeChef bakes the best cookies in the universe]].

** All these may be preceded by the White Mage of the original ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Final Fantasy]]'', an early example of the character design, to the [[FeaturelessProtagonist extent any gender can be determined]]. For a lot of young gamers in 1987, when ''Final Fantasy'' was released, the original White Mage party member appears to be gender neutral with a simple white and red theme and a hood drawn up, covering most of the face. Ambiguous gender, for a lot of players [[MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial defaults to male.]] When your party "matures" and upgrades to [[PrestigeClass prestige classes]] the White Mage's hood comes down, giving new perspective of the White Wizard with [[http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQWuDvhvG-tqr_no_Km-EMT3VKqWGiSKhmE9jVJ_3-6TWkof7yS5nxSuw cascading red hair, thick eyebrows, and strong, lantern jaw.]] This was taken by many to be TheReveal that the White Mage was a woman, much like recent contemporary ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'s'' Samus Aran.
*** And although subject to FlipFlopOfGod for a while, as of the PSP release, it's permantly decided to be a girl and it shows.

*** In the second generation, Edain's daughter Lana is the primary one, filling the same role as her mother, although depending on who her father is she has the potential to become more of a RedMage after promotion.

*** Nanna is another one whose qualifications are borderline, and perhaps in some ways dependent on her heritage.[[note]] She's a Troubador, which means [[MagicKnight Sword and Staff]], but due to her mother Raquesis's bloodline she's at the very least guaranteed to get a decent Strength growth, which could be very good with the right father. Her mother ''doesn't'' give Pursuit, however, so with a father that fails to remedy this in favor of focusing on other aspects, she could qualify, especially with her Charisma ability which causes her mere ''presence'' to give a 10% boost to accuracy and avoid to all units within a three-tile radius. (In particular, if Lex is her father, his ridiculous Defense and HP growths combined with the Elite ability for quicker leveling up and lack of Pursuit turns her into a CombatMedic, able to deal decent damage if needed but more importantly able to ''take hits'' and stay near the front lines, healing and buffing the main fighters with Charisma.)[[/note]] Personality definitely fits, since she's gentle and calm but not exactly willowy.

* '''Takes a [[CombatAndSupport support role]] in combat:''' A White Magician Girl's primary role in combat is performing [[TheMedic healing]] and/or [[StatusBuff support]] abilities, usually through WhiteMagic. As a result, they usually have relatively poor physical combat skills. Although classic for the look, their WeaponOfChoice is not always a SimpleStaff or MagicStaff; blunt objects like [[CarryABigStick maces, scepters]], or [[DropTheHammer hammers]] are common, as are [[GuysSmashGirlsShoot ranged weapons]], such as bows. In the ''very'' rare cases where she uses a bladed weapon, it's usually a [[KnifeNut knife]] or [[RoyalRapier rapier]] (latter is common if she's also a [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]]) at ''largest''. ImprobableWeaponUser White Magician Girls are not unheard of, especially heart-shaped weapons. It's also not unknown for them to have [[TheRedMage some offensive magical capabilities]] as well, though not to the extent of a BlackMagicianGirl or LadyOfBlackMagic. One common exception is when battling the undead or demons, in which case she may possess some [[HolyBurnsEvil frighteningly powerful offensive spells that work]] [[ReviveKillsZombie only on those beings.]] In these cases, if she is [[GoodShepherd some manner of priestess]], then you can count on her wielding a HolyHandGrenade.

While not a requirement, she is frequently the LoveInterest of TheHero, which typically places her as half of a SwordAndSorcerer combination, and will generally overlap with traditionally feminine fantasy archetypes such as the RebelliousPrincess or MysticalWaif. It's not uncommon for them to be [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princesses]] (rebellious or not), [[ActualPacifist pacifists]], or [[GoodShepherd clergy]]. Characters of this archetype are frequently paired with a BlackMage, usually a BlackMagicianGirl or LadyOfBlackMagic, as a {{Foil}}.

* The Princess of Moonbrooke in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'' is the UrExample, debuting all the way back in '87. While she may have set a (possibly) unfortunate trend for RPG females, she's still a vast improvement over the {{Distressed Damsel}}s that were so common at the time.
** Ironically enough, she's more of a RedMage than her successors since she learns the strongest attack spells in the game.

*** ''Echoes'' offers a subversion in Faye, who ''can'' become a Cleric and will perform well as such (in fact, she has [[ExtraTurn an unique spell]] and learns another much earlier than the other Clerics), but has other possible reclass options. In fact, her ''FE Cipher'' cards depict her either as a [[ActionGirl a Pegasus Knight]] or as [[LadyOfBlackMagic a Priestess]].

* ''{{WebVideo/AFK}}'': Serena fits into this mode, as she's traditionally effiminate, a healer, in a support role, carries a staff, and always caring toward others.

* Nahlia Cole from Literature/TheLostRedeemer. All of her abilities revolve around healing and protection in some way. Even when she's learning combat in Whitecliff Academy, she takes a pacifist approach refuses to hurt anyone.

* Carlie of ''VideoGame/SeikenDensetsu3''. She has the most healing of the six main characters, and uses a mace as her weapon.