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* Chana of the mine-robbers in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'', noted explicitly as the only human among them who counseled against attacking Paul. The “PC Dialogue” behind this particular incident (and available directly from the author if you want it) indicates that Chana is the party's cleric and has that classic support role. Mildly ironic in that she's black.

* Goldmoon, from the ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' series, is a prototypical example of this, the bearer of a powerful magical staff who sought to inspire the people to a return to faith in the gods. She is the High Priestess of her people. Goldmoon is a nurturing being and an encouraging and persuasive speaker. Her attire, however, is atypical, as she is a ''barbarian'' noble and cleric.
* Priestess from ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'' fits this trope to a T, being a caring and gentle young girl that specializes in healing and protective spells, wears white and gold, carries an ornate staff, as well as being [[TheHeart the moral core of the group]].
* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': Asia Argento fits the role to a T. Having been formerly a nun and devout Catholic, she's sweet and compassionate to everyone, and her Sacred Gear is even called Twilight Healing. While she does learn some elemental magic later on, she's still mainly a healer.

* The titular heroine of [[Literature/AmaranthineSaga ''Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox'']] is an extremely gentle and compassionate person but she is a very powerful class of Reaver, known as a Beacon. Throughout the story, her abilities are solely used to nurture others, while she leaves the physical fighting up to others. She is eventually contrasted with Anna Starmark, a Beacon of similar power level, who is also a fierce warrior.

** An interesting pair of inversions are Naga the Serpent and Amelia Wil Tesla Saillune. Both of them are exceptionally gifted in white magic (it [[spoiler:runs in the family]]) and are both very competent healers, yet Naga smacks of [[BlackMagicianGirl black magician girl]] due to her personality and outfit, and Amelia is very much a tomboy [[ActionGirl action girl]].

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* Lily from ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls''. A former [[NobleProfession nun]] of the Church, now a CombatMedic that specialises in healing while whacking her foes with her [[BladeOnAStick Church Pick]]. Despite this, her being the GirlyGirl in the [[FiveManBand Five-Hunter Band]] means that she plays this trope mostly straight. To top it off, she wears the White Church Set.

* The titular heroine of [[Literature/AmaranthineSaga ''Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox'']] is an extremely gentle and compassionate person but she is a very powerful class of Reaver, known as a Beacon. Throughout the story,her abilities are solely used to nurture others, while she leaves the physical fighting up to others. She is eventually contrasted with Anna Starmark, a Beacon of similar power level, who is also a fierce warrior.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' Alma Beoulve and Princess Ovelia are both exclusively {{White Mage}}s, much more feminine and passive than the other {{Action Girl}}s in the game, and are both very much {{The Chick}}.

* Coatl, in ''Literature/TrintonChronicles'', is very much this but with out a weapon, instead she has a mystical necklace that produces shields of force and protects her and allies.

The White Magician Girl is a StockCharacter appearing in {{Fantasy}} Literature and {{Role Playing Game}}s, acting as the party's resident healer, nurturer and [[WomenAreWiser source of feminine wisdom]]. While the other party members are slaughtering opponents, the White Magician Girl is taking care of their wounds with gentleness and compassion, and congratulating them after the battle with her brilliant smile. She is often included as a female lead because GuysSmashGirlsShoot or as a {{Foil}} to a [[AcceptableFeminineGoalsAndTraits less traditionally feminine]] ActionGirl. She's basically the WhiteMage infused with IncorruptiblePurePureness.

* '''Caring and compassionate:''' White Magician Girls have nurturing, motherly tendencies that tie-in with their feminine appearance and white magic. Very often they act as TheChick, TheHeart, or TeamMom of their party. Common personality types include being ThePollyanna, TheIngenue, ProperLady, YamatoNadeshiko, or an AllLovingHero. More rarely, they may be a PluckyGirl. White Magician Girls are almost never a straight GenkiGirl, {{Tomboy}}, or {{Tsundere}} type, although mild tendencies are not disqualifiers.

Note that whiteness in race is not required for this trope, only the use of [[WhiteMagic white magic]]. See also TheMedic, WhiteMage, TheHeart, and TheChick. This trope is ''almost'' the inverse of the BlackMagicianGirl. Not to be confused with MagicalGirl, although it does commonly overlap.

* Lily from ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls''. A former [[NobleProfession nun]] of the Church, now a CombatMedic that specialises in healing while whacking her foes with her [[BladeOnAStick Church Pick]]. Despite this, her being a GirlyGirl and TheChick in the [[FiveManBand Five-Hunter Band]] means that she plays this trope mostly straight. To top it off, she wears the White Church Set.

* '''Girly Girl:''' The White Magician Girl is classically female and always feminine. {{Tomboy}}s, {{Sweet Polly Oliver}}s, and {{Bifauxnen}} need not apply (though a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak '''may''' be spotted once in a while). Their femininity will usually be emphasized in her character design with the use of long hair and overtly feminine clothing, such as dresses or robes. Male analogs, which are rare, will mimic the same gentle appearance, sometimes to the extent of wearing long robes and long hair (or perhaps a suitably pious hat).

* '''GirlyGirl:''' The White Magician Girl is classically female and always feminine. {{Tomboy}}s, {{Sweet Polly Oliver}}s, and {{Bifauxnen}} need not apply (though a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak '''may''' be spotted once in a while). Their femininity will usually be emphasized in her character design with the use of long hair and overtly feminine clothing, such as dresses or robes. Male analogs, which are rare, will mimic the same gentle appearance, sometimes to the extent of wearing long robes and long hair (or perhaps a suitably pious hat).

* ''Manga/DragonQuestTheAdventureOfDai'' has two female WhiteMagic users among the main cast. Maam, the party's staff-wielding CombatMedic and TeamMom, has elements of this trope, but she's quickly overshadowed by SpiritedYoungLady and BigGood Princess Leona. While Leona is worse in a straight fight than Maam[[note]]She's a Sage with access to both BlackMagic and WhiteMagic, but her attack spells are nothing special compared to what the group Mage can throw around, and the largest weapon she's ever carried is an emergency knife.[[/note]] she has much better healing abilities, and a combination of empathy and [[PragmaticHero pragmatism]] that allow her to be more effective at the emotional side of her job as well. In fact even Maam herself starts to realise that [[CantCatchUp the only thing she has to offer over Leona]] is [[GuestStarPartyMember being less busy]]; this leads her to start focusing more on [[BareFistedMonk hand-to-hand combat]], moving away from this trope and towards EmotionalBruiser ActionGirl.

* ''Manga/DragonQuestTheAdventureOfDai'' has two female WhiteMagic users among the main cast. Maam, the party's staff-wielding CombatMedic and TeamMom, has elements of this trope, but she's quickly overshadowed by [[GuestStarPartyMember irregular party member]] and SpiritedYoungLady Princess Leona. While Leona is worse in a straight fight than Maam[[note]]She's a Sage with access to both BlackMagic and WhiteMagic, but her attack spells are nothing special compared to what the group Mage can throw around, and the largest weapon she's ever carried is an emergency knife.[[/note]] she has much better healing abilities, and a combination of empathy and [[PragmaticHero pragmatism]] that allow her to be more effective at the emotional side of her job as well. In fact Maam herself realises that [[CantCatchUp she's redundant with Leona around]] and starts focusing more on [[BareFistedMonk hand-to-hand combat]], actively moving away from this trope and towards EmotionalBruiser ActionGirl.

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* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'': Aqua serves as the team's healer and has a powerful ability to eliminate undead. She also has the ability to purge corruption, which comes in handy when the team gets a quest to purify a lake. Unfortunately, Aqua has difficulty controlling her purification powers, which results in virtually any liquid she gets near turning into water.
* ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'': Leylia appears like this trope initially, being a kind healer cleric and all, in but ''Chronicles of the Heroic Knight'' she shows she's not above using bladed weapons with brutal efficiency when the situation calls for it.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'':
** Sylphiel Nels Lahda is extremely gifted at healing and protection magic compared to other users in the series, is kind and caring, and has a huge crush on the swordsman Gourry.
** An interesting pair of inversions are Naga the Serpent and Amelia Wil Tesla Saillune. Both of them are exceptionally gifted in white magic (it [[spoiler:runs in the family]]) and are both very competent healers, yet Naga smacks of [[BlackMagicianGirl black magician girl]] due to her personality and outfit, and Amelia is very much a tomboy [[ActionGirl action girl]].
* In ''Manga/LegendOfHeavenlySphereShurato'', Lakshu is this through and through since she's not a fighter, but being a priestess of Vishnu [[spoiler:(and eventually her successor, but nobody know that)]] allows her to use her spiritual energy (''sohma'') to heal people.
* Priestess from ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'' fits this trope to a T, being a caring and gentle young girl that specializes in healing and protective spells, wears white and gold, carries an ornate staff, as well as being [[TheHeart the moral core of the group]].
* Mimosa from ''Manga/BlackClover'' is a kind girl who'll heal anyone regardless of whether they're a different race or enemy, and explicitly described as the healer of the group.
* In ''Manga/FinalFantasyLostStranger'', Sharuru is a capable White Mage capable of casting healing spells all the way up to Curaga. But she admits that she's far from omnipotent and White Magic is only good for stemming bleeding, closing gashes, and alleviating pain. She can't fix broken bones, restore lost limbs, or revive the dead.
* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': Asia Argento fits the role to a T. Having been formerly a nun and devout Catholic, she's sweet and compassionate to everyone, and her Sacred Gear is even called Twilight Healing. While she does learn some elemental magic later on, she's still mainly a healer.

* 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 and refuses to hurt anyone.

* Princess Peach in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'', though she wields [[ParasolOfPain umbrellas]], [[FryingPanOfDoom frying pans]], [[PaperFanOfDoom fans]], and [[ArmorPiercingSlap slapping gloves]].

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'': Asia Argento fits the role to a T. Having been formerly a nun and devout Catholic, she's sweet and compassionate to everyone, and her Sacred Gear is even called Twilight Healing. While she does learn some elemental magic later on, she's still mainly a healer.

* ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar'' has Jessica de Alkirk, a priestess who specializes in healing magic. However, she's more hot-headed than most examples, making her something of a proto-MamaBear and her WeaponOfChoice is a mace.

** ''VideoGame/StarOcean1'' has Millie Chliette, although she has {{tsundere}} tendencies.

* '''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 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 knife or [[RoyalRapier rapier]] (latter is common if she's also a 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 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}}.

* ''VideoGame/WildArms'': Yulie from ''VideoGame/WildArms4'', who also hits the MysticalWaif trope.

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Liberl arc]]'' has Kloe Rinz, whose orbment configuration is one line of mostly blue, meaning a high magic pool with HealItWithWater arts. She also wields a rapier. Even her S-Crafts often involve healing.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Crossbell arc]]'' has Elie [=MacDowell=], whose Crafts and [[LimitBreak S-Crafts]] involve healing, and who has two green-locked slots on her orbment. The latter means that she most likely will have access to HealingWinds arts.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'': Kloe's orbment configuration is one line of mostly blue, meaning a high magic pool with healing and support skills. She also wields a rapier. Even her S-Crafts often involve healing.

** Ange Serena from ''VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence'' is a [[GoodShepherd priestess]], famous for healing people for free with her supernatural abilities. She has the best healing artes in the party, including several party-wide ones, and her combat spells, while powerful, pale before magic of other party members. Her girliness, menwhile, is underscored by her being in the party with two ([[UpdatedReRelease later three]]) {{Tomboy}}s. She, however, deviates from the norm by having her melee moveset lifted from "Thief" class from ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfTheWorld Radiant Mythology]]'' games, including a VideoGameStealing arte and a [[DeviousDaggers knife]] for a weapon.

* Charlotte of ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana''. She has the most healing of the six main characters, and uses a flail as her weapon.

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* Alice Elliot in the first ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' game. She is gentle and demure, softening [[AntiHero Yuri's]] harsher side. In combat, she uses a book and is the primary healer. She is also an exorcist to emphasize her holy powers.

* Mint in ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' is the page picture, and the purest example in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'', having no damaging spells or artes whatsoever (The healers in the other games all fall under CombatMedic). Late in the game, her fairly potent arsenal of heals, cures, stunning hammers and status enhancers is capped off by the power to temporarily ''stop time''. Given, it [[UselessUsefulSpell doesn't work on bosses]], but it's [[RuleOfFun freaking]] [[RuleOfCool sweet]] [[AwesomeButImpractical to have around]].

* ''VideoGame/WildArms'': Yulie from ''VideoGame/WildArms4'', who also hits the MysticalWaif trope.

* ''Franchise/BreathOfFire'' often subverts the trope. Only the first and fourth games really play the trope straight with Nina, and even then ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'' gave her some offensive magic to let her qualify more as TheRedMage.

* Charlotte of ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana''. She has the most healing of the six main characters, and uses a flail as her weapon.
* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}''
** LoveFreak Flonne from [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness the first game]], and ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice''.
** After ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'', Creator/NipponIchi games have any generic Healer unit. While the mentor system can be used to get healing magic from one person to another, the Healers are all female, and can wield staves (bows are useful too), and are always dressed in elegant dresses with long hair. They believe that healing their wounded comrades is a necessity and thus they are committed to developing their skills and school of magic. In contrast, the male healers believe that healing the injured in the battlefield is a sin and wear barbed robes as a form of atonement.
* Marle from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', who is also a RebelliousPrincess. She's a little more of a tomboy than normal, but she makes up for it by being extra [[TheHeart compassionate]]. She's also [[TheHero Crono's]] LoveInterest, for bonus points.
* Among its massive cast of playable characters, ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' has [[ProperLady Lady Riddel]], whose techs are all dedicated to support roles like healing or buffing. There's a few other characters that could be played similarly, like [[GirlNextDoor Leena]] or [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Irenes]].
* ''VideoGame/StarOcean'':
** ''VideoGame/StarOcean1'' has Millie Chliette, although she has {{tsundere}} tendencies.
** ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'' has Rena Lanford. Her primary combat role is healing and support, but she is a somewhat effective fist fighter and is a borderline RedMage.
** ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'' has Sophia Esteed. Feminine, skilled at domestic tasks and somewhat naive, she is the most powerful healer. [[RedMage She does, however, have a wide array of offensive spells too.]]
** ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope'' has Serah Jerand, who, if [[CloudCuckoolander a bit airheaded]], is the best healer in the game.
** ''VideoGame/StarOceanIntegrityAndFaithlessness'' has Miki Sauvester. She is the party's strongest healer, but has [[TheRedMage nearly the same amount of offensive spells]] as the LadyOfBlackMagic, just different elements. Miki's late mother is also said to have been one; Miki learned how to heal to feel closer to her, since she [[ParentalAbandonment can't really remember her parents otherwise]].
* Yaobikuni from ''[[VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}} Onmyōji]]'', who is a YamatoNadeshiko LadyOfWar, is the master of buffs and has PsychicPowers. At least she has two attack skills, unlike poor [[WhiteMage Seimei]] who only has one.
** While we're at it, Seimei himself. He is very kind and level-headed, if not [[TheStoic stoic]] and specializes in buffs, debuffs and defense. Oh, and he's quite the [[{{Bishonen}} handsome]] [[LongHairedPrettyBoy man]].
* Princess Peach in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'', though she wields [[ParasolOfPain umbrellas]], [[FryingPanOfDoom frying pans]], [[PaperFanOfDoom fans]], and [[ArmorPiercingSlap slapping gloves]].
* [=MOMO=] from ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'', who starts with a rod and in later games gets upgraded to an ether bow. Ultimately subverted in Episode III, where one of her two development paths turns her into an effective [[BreakMeter break attacker]].

* Alice Elliot in the first ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' game. She is gentle and demure, softening [[AntiHero Yuri's]] harsher side. In combat, she uses a book and is the primary healer. She is also an exorcist to emphasize her holy powers.
* Mint in ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' is the page picture, and the purest example in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'', having no damaging spells or artes whatsoever (The healers in the other games all fall under CombatMedic). Late in the game, her fairly potent arsenal of heals, cures, stunning hammers and status enhancers is capped off by the power to temporarily ''stop time''. Given, it [[UselessUsefulSpell doesn't work on bosses]], but it's [[RuleOfFun freaking]] [[RuleOfCool sweet]] [[AwesomeButImpractical to have around]].

* 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. Of course, unlike most examples, she's literally a demon, albeit [[AscendedDemon one who is winning the fight against her natural inclinations]].
* Cosette of ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesII'' fits the personality to a T, and in her primary roles has only healing and support abilities. You can unlock an offensive class for her, but this is [[GameplayAndStorySegregation non-canon in the story]].
* Fiona from ''VideoGame/NostalgiaRedEntertainment'' is a BarrierMaiden version of this. With some holy magic mixed in with her predominantly healing and support skills, she often gets paired off with Eddie while [[PairTheSpares Pad and Melody]] have a [[BelligerentSexualTension more turbulent relationship]].
* Shiho from ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'' is the closest to fit the archetype. When she joins your party, she knows a large variety of healing and defensive magic, but no attack spells.
* Rosea in ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfileCovenantOfThePlume'' seems at first like a ''very'' generic example of the type, contrasted with the sadomasochistic fire mage Lieselotte. However, each of them blames the other for the murder that got them both exiled. [[spoiler:In the neutral path, Lieselotte kills Rosea, speaking afterwards of how it was a fitting punishment for a murderer and a hypocrite. In the evil path, Rosea kills Lieselotte, sacrificing her innocence and becoming a fitting companion for your VillainProtagonist. In the good path, they both kill each other--and only in that path do you find out that neither of them committed the original murder!]]
* Wynne from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' is a rare ''elderly'' example of this archetype, being around ''sixty'' when she first meets the Warden. Once she joins the group, she quickly falls into the role of the resident Healer, frequently is shown to offer kind words of wisdom to various characters and becomes the unofficial TeamMom (or Team Grandma if you prefer) of the group. Aside from [[BlackMagicianGirl Morrigan]], it's clear that ''no one'' has a bad thing to say about her. Most of the other healing mages you encounter throughout the series are men, and none can match Wynne's nurturing, maternal nature.
* ''VideoGame/{{Utawarerumono}}'' has Eruru, who in the game serves as a healer during battles and in the anime adaptation still goes to battles and... apparently just watches without ever getting attacked really.

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' has Mia, who plays this trope as straight as possible. Girl with long hair, wears feminine clothing? Check. Heals people, uses a staff? Double check. Has as her main (if not only) personality trait being caring and compassionate? Jackpot. [[VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn Her son]] inherited all of these points.
* The ''Franchise/BaldursGate'' games has a few odd examples.
** Viconia [=DeVir=] is a [[InvertedTrope inverted]] example as she's the best cleric in the game (especially in the sequel where she's the only pure cleric and her Wisdom is maxed out and has excellent Charisma on top of it), but she's [[TokenEvilTeammate evil aligned]] and a massive [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]].
** Another example is Aerie. while technically a RedMage since she's a Mage/Cleric hybrid, her behaviour screams of this trope.

* While Mercy of ''Videogame/{{Overwatch}}'' uses nanomachines rather than magic, she otherwise fits this trope, being a healer wearing white angelic armor, wielding a staff and is the most feminine of the female cast.
* Mipha from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''. Her magical ability, Mipha's Grace, functions much like carrying a fairy, reviving Link if he runs out of hearts while also giving him a few extra yellow hearts. In the backstory, she used her powers to heal Link of lesser injuries, and she also had a crush on him.
* The Mirage Casters in ''VideoGame/ValthirianArc1'' fit this trope quite well, as a class of female healers who seem to be incredibly sweet and kind (though their uniformly black hair does break the aesthetic a bit). [[VideoGame/ValthirianArc2 The second game]] plays with this trope by replacing Mirage Casters with Medicae, who can be of any gender and temperament.
* Alarielle the Everqueen in ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerII''. 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.
* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'' has Ophilia Clement, the [[WhiteMage Cleric]]. Gentle, pious and nurturing, her base class can only wield staves as it focuses on healing and support with a few LightEmUp spells.
* [[GoodShepherd 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.]]

* '''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 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 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.

[[caption-width-right:200:ActualPacifist, [[HealingHands healer]], LoveInterest, with a SimpleStaff.]]

* '''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 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.

* Among its [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters massive cast of playable characters]], ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' has [[ProperLady Lady Riddel]], whose techs are all dedicated to support roles like healing or buffing. There's a few other characters that could be played similarly, like [[GirlNextDoor Leena]] or [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Irenes]].

* Mint in ''VideoGame/{{Tales of Phantasia}}'' is the page picture, and the purest example in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'', having no damaging spells or artes whatsoever (The healers in the other games all fall under CombatMedic). Late in the game, her fairly potent arsenal of heals, cures, stunning hammers and status enhancers is capped off by the power to temporarily ''stop time''. Given, it [[UselessUsefulSpell doesn't work on bosses]], but it's [[RuleOfFun freaking]] [[RuleOfCool sweet]] [[AwesomeButImpractical to have around]].

* Fiona from ''VideoGame/{{Nostalgia}}'' is a BarrierMaiden version of this. With some holy magic mixed in with her predominantly healing and support skills, she often gets paired off with Eddie while [[PairTheSpares Pad and Melody]] have a [[BelligerentSexualTension more turbulent relationship]].

*** Porom from the same game also counts. She is not as brash as her Brother, and tends to actually keep him in line. And Porom along with her Brother do temporarily sacrifice themselves to save the rest of the party. Rydia would also count except that she lost the ability to cast White Magic when she was taken to the Land of Summons.

* ''Videogame/DarkestDungeon'': The Vestal is the game's traditional healer, with very strong group and individual healing skills. Though she carries a mace, it's generally just a last resort for when she gets pushed up to the front line unintentionally. Most of her skills are based around ranged attacks and healing, and she can only use her healing powers from the back row.