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| 11 | [[caption-width-right:350:BlackMagic is the new black.]] |
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| 13 | ->''"I got a black magic woman\ |
| 14 | Got me so blind I can't see\ |
| 15 | That she's a black magic woman\ |
| 16 | She's tryin' to make a devil out of me"'' |
| 17 | -->-- '''Music/{{Santana}}''' (CoveredUp from Music/FleetwoodMac) |
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| 19 | She's elegant, she's composed, and she's graceful. She's also packing enough magic to level half a city. The Lady of Black Magic is a character type found in fantasy who is primarily an [[BlackMage offensive magic user]]. |
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| 21 | Personality-wise, a Lady of Black Magic is elegant and more mature than TheHero. She may be an IceQueen. |
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| 23 | In design, this character will almost always be wearing something feminine, usually a dress of some sort. Unlike the LadyOfWar, the Lady of Black Magic can be MsFanservice. |
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| 25 | Physically, [[SquishyWizard she'll be weaker than the melee type fighters]], and will usually be equipped with a rod or [[GuysSmashGirlsShoot ranged weapon]]. Very rarely she will have a melee weapon, but it will be weaker or less impressive than the hero's. Her primary combat role is to [[GlassCannon unleash destructive]] {{Black Mag|e}}ic, although she will occasionally have secondary healing, buffing, or debuffing abilities, as well. Occasionally, she will be a KungFuWizard or MagicKnight, in which case she is also a LadyOfWar. |
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| 27 | Ladies of Black Magic are AlwaysFemale (GentlemanWizard is the [[SpearCounterpart 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]]. |
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| 29 | Subtrope of BlackMage. Compare EvilSorceress; compare BlackMagicianGirl, the other stock character type for offensive mages in fantasy who is often younger and less mature. Contrast WhiteMage and WhiteMagicianGirl, to whom this character type is often a {{Foil}}, and BlackMagic. |
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| 32 | !!Examples: |
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| 36 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 37 | * Urd from ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' is a {{Physical God}}dess who has the [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple appearance]], elemental affinities of [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and [[ShockAndAwe lightning]], and an [[GuardianAngel Angel]] named "World of Elegance". However, she doesn't have the composure, instead being headstrong, short-tempered, and bratty. |
| 38 | * ''Manga/BlackClover'': |
| 39 | ** Noelle Silva is a graceful, haughty royal who has great potential as an Attack Mage which is hampered by her poor magic control. She begins developing into this as she hones her magic, eventually becoming a MagicKnight version of the trope with her spell Valkyrie Armor. |
| 40 | ** Vanessa Enoteca. When not in her usual [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl drunken]] state and taking the situation seriously, she is very calm and composed while using her Thread Magic to provide essential support to her companions. She later gains the power to [[WindsOfDestinyChange change the fate]] of allies her cat familiar touches in her favor. |
| 41 | * ''Manga/FairyTail'': |
| 42 | ** Ultear Milkovich is very beautiful, aloof, graceful, raven-haired, and a very powerful wizard adept in several magics, namely TheDarkArts to perform BrainwashedAndCrazy on her victim, [[MindOverMatter Telekinesis]] (used only on her CrystalBall), AstralProjection and especially her Lost Magic [[TimeMaster Arc of Time]], which she can use to [[RapidAging age]], [[ResetButton rewind]], or [[TimeStandsStill stop]] the time of objects, which include her opponents' attacks. During her fight with Gray, she uses [[AnIcePerson Ice-]][[ShapingYourAttacks Make]] to attack with ''flowers'' made of ice. |
| 43 | ** Juvia Lockser is a ProperLady, being demure and composed when she isn't jealous or hammy, and many times she's been shown to be very powerful with her [[MakingASplash Water Magic]]. |
| 44 | ** Evergreen is a VainSorceress, a young, beautiful and fickle {{Meganekko}} woman who wears green dresses and refined jewels, equipped with the advantageous and powerful ability of TakenForGranite through DeadlyGaze. Moreover, her Fairy Magic, although explicitly shown and cataloged as WhiteMagic, is powerful enough to allow her to create [[HavingABlast considerable explosions]] and to [[FlechetteStorm form needles of pure magical energy whose number increases at her will]]. |
| 45 | ** [[ElegantGothicLolita Sherry Blendy]] of Lamia Scale can easily take possession of the bodies of non-human creatures and animate any object that surrounds her so as to transform it into a monster under her complete control. In battle against a summoning wizard, she make full use of the HoistByHisOwnPetard trope. |
| 46 | ** Minerva Orland is the cruel {{Ojou}} of Sabertooth, likes wearing elegant dresses like a UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}}, and has an air of grace as she [[HavingABlast blasts]] anything in her line of sight with her [[SpaceMaster Territory Magic]]. |
| 47 | ** [[MsFanservice Brandish]] from the Spriggan 12 is a very powerful example of this with her high-level magic that allows her to change the size, shape, and mass of ANYTHING, to the point of being able to influence an entire island with its inhabitants. |
| 48 | ** The best example within the series is Irene Belserion, [[spoiler:the inventor of Dragon Slayer Magic]]. A beautiful, voluptuous woman, she's dressed in a revealing witch outfit and has a composed and knowledgeable demeanor. She's also regarded as a [[TheArchmage High Enchanter]], having the magical power to [[{{Terraform}} alter]] landscapes and climates so much that she can create a gigantic fireball and [[RealityWarper rewrite the geography]] of an entire country while teleporting her enemies and allies in there to random positions. |
| 49 | * ''Manga/GirlsBravo'': [[CuteAndPsycho Lisa Fukuyama]] is a self-taught BlackMagicianGirl, who's well on her way to becoming a full-fledged sorceress. She already dresses the part, in a shoulderless black dress and matching high-heels, along with gold jewelry. And she certainly has the attitude, [[LetsGetDangerous once she decides to get serious]], as Tomo learned the hard way. |
| 50 | -->'''Lisa: (imperiously)''' "I think it's time you learn [[CurbstompBattle what happens]] to those [[TemptingFate who dare to oppose me...]] '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpKZa7zy9H0 NOW TREMBLE BEFORE THE POWER OF THE NETHERWORLD!!"]]''' |
| 51 | -->'''*unleashes spell that sends Tomo and all three of her summons flying*''' |
| 52 | * Kagura from ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' is this and a LadyOfWar, having a reserved and graceful demeanor while using her [[CombatHandFan fan]] to call down [[BlowYouAway wind]] spells that can [[RazorWind slice]] enemies, and [[{{Necromancer}} resurrect]] corpses as her personal puppets. |
| 53 | * Miyuki Shiba of ''Literature/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'' is the embodiment of the YamatoNadeshiko. She has a tremendous amount of magic power, and her [[AreaOfEffect AoE]] magic allowed her to defeat a whole warehouse of soldiers with [[OneHitKo one spell]]. |
| 54 | * Kurohime of ''Manga/{{Kurohime}}'' is the world's most powerful witch and famed for her beauty, cruelty, and power. |
| 55 | * ''Manga/MagiTheLabyrinthOfMagic'': |
| 56 | ** Yamraiha is one of the Sindria Kingdom's [[BadassCrew Eight Generals]] and a powerful and gentle lady of a sorceress whose specialty is [[MakingASplash water magic]]. |
| 57 | ** Dunya Musta'sim, a FallenPrincess and member of [[NebulousEvilOrganization Al-Thamen]]. She retains her polite and princessly manners even as she uses [[ShockAndAwe lightning magic]] or manipulates sand to lay waste on her enemies. |
| 58 | * ''Manga/MakenKi'': Himegami is royalty [[spoiler: and a demigoddess]] dating back more than 2,000 years. She's known for her reserved demeanor and [[ElegantGothicLolita gothic lolita fashion]], but if her wrath is incurred, she can [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c023/35.html unseal Yasakani]] -- a Maken containing the power of [[spoiler:[[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c023/36.html the original 8 combined.]]]] And she can also cast [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c048/6.html high-level spells]] and [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c048/7.html summons.]] |
| 59 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has Mei Terumi, the Fifth Mizukage and a [[MsFanservice beautiful older woman]] who prefers using powerful [[ElementalPowers elemental ninjutsu]] to attack from afar. Such ninjutsu includes Lava Release, a combination of Fire and Earth, and Boil Release, Water and Fire. She's good enough at her ninjutsu that even [[spoiler:[[OneManArmy Madara Uchiha]]]] was impressed. |
| 60 | * Kuesu from ''Manga/OmamoriHimari'' seems too young to be one as a sixteen-year old but has the grace befitting her status as heiress of the Jinguji, a demon slayer family who are masters of [[BlackMage Western dark magic]]. |
| 61 | * Takius from ''Anime/RagnarokTheAnimation'' is a dark and elegant Magician with a magical emphasis on ShockAndAwe and KillItWithIce. She later [[spoiler:ascends to [[PrestigeClass Sage]]]]. |
| 62 | * ''Manga/SailorMoon'' has Queen Nehellenia. A VainSorceress obsessed with her beauty, she has a regal bearing as Queen of the Dead Moon, and can cast powerful waves of darkness energy. |
| 63 | * ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'' has Merlin, a gender-flipped version of {{Myth/Merlin}} of Arthurian Lore. Composed, knowledgable, and mature, she is a powerful and dangerous magic user and one of the titular sins. She is the Boar's Sin of Gluttony. A ForScience-type of a mage, she will expand her knowledge by experimenting on even her allies. She knows few proper healing magics, instead favoring on more offensive means, like a little demon slug that eats all one's internal organs is altered to just eat tumors. |
| 64 | * Arachne Gorgon, the second BigBad of ''Manga/SoulEater''. The leader of the Organization "Arachnophobia", she's also a powerful Witch like her younger sister Medusa, but much more [[WickedCultured refined]] and aristocratic. Her spells don't attack directly but from within, and she can blast people's minds. |
| 65 | * Miyu and Reiha from ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu'' are both very elegant and aloof. Miyu is a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Japanese Vampire]] who attacks with [[PlayingWithFire ruby-red fire]], while Reiha is a [[{{Youkai}} yuki-onna]] who attacks with [[KillItWithIce ice]]. |
| 66 | * ''Words Worth'': Maria is garbed in a flowing white robe (though it has split seams, showing plenty of leg), a sea green cloak, and sandals. She's also [[StoryBreakerPower a high-level Paladin]], who specializes in [[LightEmUp white magic]], and is known for her signature spell: [[KameHamehadoken "Mystral Window".]] |
| 67 | * ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' has Aki Izayoi, who was known as the Black Rose Witch when she was a DarkActionGirl. Reserved, and aloof, she has tremendous PsychicPowers that she used to make her cards' attacks real in the form of [[CombatTentacles vines]] and [[KillItWithFire fire]] before her HeelFaceTurn. |
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| 70 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 71 | * ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': The ComicBook/ScarletWitch has this role. She's generally depicted as beautiful, demure, reserved, and a powerful user of [[WindsOfDestinyChange Chaos Magic]]. |
| 72 | * ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': Magica De Spell, 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. |
| 73 | * ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'': Sistah Spooky is a powerful gothy superhero who made a hellpact with a demon to use black magic. |
| 74 | * ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': ComicBook/{{Hela}} is 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. |
| 75 | * ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'': Nico Minoru 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. |
| 76 | * ''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. |
| 77 | * ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': Nightflame from the story ''ComicBook/DemonSpawn'' subverts the type. Although she is a powerful mage, she is also a formidable physical fighter and swordswoman. |
| 78 | * ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': ComicBook/{{Raven}}'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. |
| 79 | * ''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. |
| 80 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': |
| 81 | ** ComicBook/{{Magik}} serves as a cross between this and MagicKnight by fighting with her sorcery and Soulsword. |
| 82 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm 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. |
| 83 | * ''ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}'': 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. |
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| 85 | |
| 86 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 87 | * ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch, much like her canon counterpart. This version, however, was trained by Doctor Strange as his apprentice and is therefore a much more accomplished sorceress. |
| 88 | * ''Fanfic/CodexEquus'': Some users of dark magic are skilled, experienced females, whether divine or mortal. |
| 89 | ** 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. |
| 90 | ** Even before she became a '[[DemonOfHumanOrigin Demon Queen]]' and a '[[GodOfEvil Dark Goddess]]', Vicearch Iniquitous was a skilled and capable witch, having learnt from her mother's notes, and building upon and developing it further by innovating new spells and hexes that were instrumental to her eventual triumph. To note, Dark Magic remains part of her portfolio, and she is widely considered one of the greatest practitioners of dark magic in and to ever come into existence. As a result, many come from far and wide to learn from her, and she became a mentor to various deities, such as Prince Dissonant Tune and a few members of the Deti Uzhasov. |
| 91 | ** Like [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Blue Diamond]], Blue Diadem evokes the image of a classical witch with her [[SilkHidingSteel regal]] yet [[TheEeyore regal gloomy]] disposition, and her penchant for wearingregal robes and cloaks. Except here, Blue Diadem is [[TheArchmage the strongest spellcaster]] of her older/younger sisters, with her canon powers of [[TheEmpath emotion]] and [[BeamSpam energy manipulation]] being the tip of the iceberg. However, it's subverted as Blue Diadem is both a goddess of ''[[GodOfLight Primordial Light]]'' and a victim of horrific familial abuse, leaving her with a HairTriggerTemper that made her prone to DisproportionateRetribution towards minor slights. Blue Diadem's demure personality was also [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/932814645/5024111348 the result of Silk Dawn's indoctrination]], as she is [[TheDividual White Corona's sorrow and guilt given form]]. Fortunately, with Rose Regalia and Moon Ray Vaughoof's help, she gets better. |
| 92 | * The ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10314079/1/The-Eye-Contact-Rule The Eye Contact Rule]]'' portrays [[UsedToBeASweetKid Young!]]Cinder as one: she's a kind girl who calmly explains magic to the protagonist, and comforts her on their first day at Beacon Academy. |
| 93 | * 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]]. |
| 94 | * ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' has Olga Discordia. She is a haughty MsFanservice with magical prowess that rivals Celestine, the Goddess Reborn. Throughout both versions of the fanfic (moreso for the remastered one, courtesy of the additional fight between Olga and Kyril), she has shown a variety of magics, including: {{Mordor}} creation; [[PlayingWithFire fire manipulation]]; control over the Black Fortress; DeflectorShields; swiftness augmentation; [[BlownAcrossTheRoom knockback]]; [[DispelMagic anti]]-{{intangibility}}; and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking trivial abilities like catching a pillow mid-air and sound muffling]]. |
| 95 | * ''Fanfic/UnderTheNorthernLights'': Due to a combination of news becoming corrupted as they pass down the international grapevine and a cultural distrust of magic, the reindeer view Twilight as a cross between this and an EvilSorceress -- scheming, deceitful and dangerously powerful, but also courtly, alluring, and elegant. |
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| 98 | [[folder:Films -- Animated]] |
| 99 | * ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'': Elsa. A reserved and elegant queen dressed in a silky blue gown, she has ice magic so strong that she accidentally puts Arendelle in eternal winter. Interestingly, she doesn't want her magical powers until she undergoes CharacterDevelopment. |
| 100 | * The greatest one may be Maleficent from ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''. She has a gothically elegant design, a beautiful woman wearing flowing black and purple robes. Even when acting sinister she maintains a proper and graceful demeanor, remaining soft-spoken much of the time. As the "[[RedBaron Mistress of All Evil]]" she wields dark magic that lets her cast powerful spells. |
| 101 | * The Evil Queen from ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', a VainSorceress of Black Magic. However, she loses her grace and beauty when she [[EvilMakeover turns herself into an old hag]]. |
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| 104 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 105 | * ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian2011'': Marique is an elegant, deadly woman. Most of her magic is used to harm others, directly or at least indirectly and often [[BloodMagic requires blood]]. |
| 106 | * [[MsFanservice Luster]] in ''Film/TheGamersDorknessRising'' seems to be an attempt at this archetype, but her player isn't very good at the whole "dignity" aspect. |
| 107 | * Winifred Sanderson in ''Film/HocusPocus'' is a subversion of this trope. She is extremely vain, obsessed about youth and beauty, and tries to appear as a grandiose and imposing lady, wearing an elegant and rich dress alongside strange-looking jewelery. She even does her makeup and hairdo to evoke Queen Elizabeth I. But it all fails when you take into account how ugly, immature and tantrum-prone she is. Even funnier: she tries to emulate Elizabeth I's style in 1693. Meaning she is roughly a century late in term of fashion... |
| 108 | * Scarlet Witch from the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''. Her magical powers manifest as eerie dark red energy, with hugely destructive effects both physically and psychically. Her combat outfits are also more feminine in appearance compared to fellow Avenger [[ActionGirl Black Widow's]], with a fondness for dresses and fashionable jackets, and she usually carries herself with a calm, contemplative demeanor. [[PersonOfMassDestruction Except when she’s angry or upset]], in which case she seesaws between TranquilFury and UnstoppableRage. |
| 109 | * ''Film/RedSonja'': Gedren, though not able to do magic innately, becomes this after she acquires the Talisman. A cruel yet elegant queen, she uses it to conquer many rival kingdoms and destroy any who resist. |
| 110 | * Morgana le Fay from ''Film/TheSorcerersApprentice'' to a T. She's progenitor of all evil sorcerers and very elegant, dressing in a feminine black dress and carrying herself with grace and dignity. |
| 111 | * ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' has Enchantress. An ancient, evil sorceress, she's scantily-clad and has immense magical powers, being a PhysicalGoddess capable of easily decimating a city. She also stops her feral mannerisms and conducts herself much more sophisticatedly once she regains her heart. |
| 112 | [[/folder]] |
| 113 | |
| 114 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 115 | * Fiona of ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber''. Her personality is a mix between elegant ProperLady (when it suits her) and FemmeFatale (when it amuses her); and she has Pattern-based powers that could easily destroy a good chunk of the multiverse. |
| 116 | * ''Literature/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath'' has Lady Rawneth, also known as the Witch of Wilden. She's elegant, feminine, and proud. She's the matriarch of the Randir, patron of the Priests' College, and the most powerful women is the Kencyrath--in no small part because she's a strong Shanir,[[note]]superpowered individual[[/note]] and also practices native magic like shadow sorcery and shadow casting. |
| 117 | * Jadis, the White Witch, from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''. Elegant, merciless, and pure evil, she is an incredibly powerful sorceress who had the magical power to put Narnia in an eternal winter for 100 years and can turn beings into stone with her magic wand. |
| 118 | * ''Literature/CodexAlera'': |
| 119 | ** Lady Placida is a calm, regal woman who cares about those under her charge and will stand up to the Citizens if one is about to harm those she has come to respect. She is the only woman to attain Citizenship by virtue of ''winning'' an Juris Macto battle in her teens while the other women, [[spoiler:save Isana]], earned the title by marriage. |
| 120 | ** Invidia is something of a hybrid of this and DarkActionGirl. Amoral and carefully calculating, she is a powerhouse on the battlefield and able to firecraft so precisely in a confined space and not hurt anyone present. |
| 121 | ** [[spoiler:Gaius Isana, First Lady of Alera]] is not as combat-able as either of the two above, but she will not shy away from combat in later books, having [[spoiler:fought a High Lord to his defeat by means of her own strength and willingness to sacrifice herself and opening his eyes to his own deep hatred]] and took down six powerful vord [[spoiler:that were covered in metal with just water attacks]]. |
| 122 | * ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'''s Sethra Lavode is a [[TimeAbyss 250,000+ year-old]] undead sorceress, and contrary to the trope description she couldn't just level ''half'' a city--she [[PersonOfMassDestruction could probably cause]] TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. |
| 123 | * Medea from ''Literature/TheIcemarkChronicles''. She's quiet, cunning, and mysterious, and a princess of the Icemark. Her powers grow in diversity throughout the series, from [[WeatherManipulation lightning storms]] to [[TimeMaster freezing time]]. |
| 124 | * Zia Rashid in ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'' is a young magician of exceptional skill and power who specialises in PlayingWithFire. Meanwhile, the younger Sadie Kane is more a BlackMagicianGirl. |
| 125 | * Matilda in ''Literature/TheMonk'', a beautiful and seductive young lady who helps Ambrosia destroy Antonia with her magic. She's a woman of many talents. |
| 126 | * ''Literature/OldKingdom'': Sabriel is something of a subversion of this trope. Though she uses necromantic magic and is of high status [[spoiler: even becoming a queen in "Lirael" and "Abhorsen"]], she is an anti-necromancer, using her dark magic to restore the undead to Death. In the later books she is described in elegant attire, though normally she is practically attired in her armour. |
| 127 | * While many in "Literature/NoNeedForACore?" could technically fall into this category, the prime example would be Aia, Matriach of the Azeria clan, and a nine-tailed [[AsianFoxSpirit kitsune]]. |
| 128 | * Skuld, the half-elven sorceress from the 13th century ''Literature/SagaOfHrolfKraki'', the title hero's treacherous half-sister and eventual architect of his downfall. In the Battle of Hleidragard, she summons a giant demon-boar and makes her fallen warriors come to life again, so they continue fighting as zombies. |
| 129 | * In ''Literature/SkateTheThief'', Laribel Ossertine is a titled Lady witch descended from a famous KnightInShiningArmor who spends her time discussing magic and history with other scholars in [[CityOfAdventure Caribol]]. |
| 130 | * Melisandre the Red from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fits this personality aspect ([[spoiler:and tries to becomes something of an advisor to Jon Snow during ''A Dance With Dragons'', though he is wary of her]]), but as part of a low-magic setting, she's usually limited to soothsaying, illusion and giving birth to deadly [[LivingShadow Living Shadows]]. Given that she's one of a handful of people to show outright supernatural abilities at ''all'', however, that says something. Her powers increase when she is near the Wall, apparently allowing her to combust an eagle from within, burning its blood. |
| 131 | * ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Jasnah Kholin is an elegant, decorous, [[TheStoic stoic]], world-renowned [[BadassBookworm scholar]]... and uses the transmutation magic of Soulcasting to rearrange battlefields or reduce her enemies to [[TakenForGranite crystal]] or smoke. Not only can she use techniques that were previously thought to be impossible, transmuting humans is sacreligious in Vorinism -- not that she cares. [[spoiler:As of ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}'', she's the BenevolentMageRuler of Alethkar.]] |
| 132 | * Nicci of the ''Literature/TheSwordOfTruth'', a former Sister of the Dark who functions as one of Richard's primary magic experts, and is also the team expert on [[BlackMagic Subtractive Magic]]. |
| 133 | * ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': Valeriana fits this trope to a tee, though unlike many she's straight up villainous. Her magic is largely offensive, though she can do other kinds in a pinch. Also it's weaker than in most cases, as Dark magic is fading from the world. |
| 134 | * ''Literature/WorldsOfShadow'': [[spoiler: Shadow]] turns out to be one, though she isn't so elegant as the usual portrayal, looking like an ordinary middle-aged woman, but still the most powerful magic user in the series, capable of creating many huge monsters plus ruling an entire world by herself.. |
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| 137 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 138 | * ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven'': Miss Robichaux's Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies aspires to turn its wards into this. This trope is also what the position of Supreme embodies. This includes Fiona Goode, a charismatic witch who always exudes an air of glamour and grace. Fiona's daughter, Cordelia Foxx, grows into this, eventually [[spoiler:succeeding her mother as Supreme.]] |
| 139 | * ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'' has Zelda Spellman. She is a devout follower and a competent witch of the Church of Night and the harsher, more fashionable sister of Sabrina's aunts. She's by far the most elegant and sophisticated of all the witches in her coven, and only matched by Lord Blackwood in this regard. |
| 140 | * In ''Series/ChinesePaladin'', all the [[DivineParentage descendents]] of [[PhysicalGod Nu'Wa]] fit this, both in personality and powers: Zixuan of ''Chinese Paladin 3'' is an IceQueen priestess who takes on the undefeated Demon King in single combat; her daughter Qing'er, TheHighQueen, who has similar, though lesser powers; and granddaughter Ling'er is a LadyOfWar. |
| 141 | * The kids show ''Series/ElectraWomanAndDynaGirl'' had the Empress of Evil, with her magical arsenal of gravity-related, electrical, and teleportation powers. [[spoiler:Then [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when it's revealed at the end that she's actually a robot controlled by her fawning "sidekick".]] |
| 142 | * ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': The Dweller is stoic EvilSorceress who is capable of using all sorts of elemental magic, and is very proficient at it. She is very weak in physical fights though. |
| 143 | * In the 1998 ''[[Series/{{Merlin1998}} Merlin]]'' series, Mab fills this role, as well as being the series' BigBad. |
| 144 | * In the BBC ''{{Series/Merlin|2008}}'' we have three examples. |
| 145 | ** Nimueh, a vengeful witch and an immensely powerful High Priestess of the Old Religion. [[spoiler: Killed by Merlin in a violent magical battle in the final of the season one.]] |
| 146 | ** Morgause, a powerful sorceress and High Priestess of the Old Religion, until she died. |
| 147 | ** Morgana, an intelligent and beautiful young lady of RoyalBlood, steps up to the plate as she trains her raw magical power under Morgause herself. WordOfGod says she's at least as powerful as Merlin now. |
| 148 | * 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, Regina's friend Maleficent, etc.) are elegant and favor dark clothing. |
| 149 | * ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': {{Subverted|Trope}} in "The Last Defender of Camelot". Lancelot believes that Morgan le Fay is a wicked sorceress but she tells him that her evil reputation has been greatly exaggerated. She claims that, between Myth/{{Merlin}} and [[Literature/LeMorteDarthur Thomas Malory]], she got some very bad press. Morgan proves herself to be honorable when she fights Merlin in order to protect Lancelot and Tom from his magic. She is mortally wounded in the process and, shortly before she dies, jokes that she hopes to finally get some good press out of it. |
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| 153 | * Music/BlackSabbath's "Lady Evil" is about one of these described as a "magical, mystical woman." |
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| 156 | [[folder:Mythology and Religion]] |
| 157 | * Isis of ''Myth/EgyptianMythology'' is the goddess of magic, as well as healing and motherhood, and is portrayed as elegant, wise, and the representation of the pharaoh's power. She is also known as [[IKnowYourTrueName "She Who Knows All Names"]], a fearsome title because using names for casting Egyptian magic spells was believed to give one great power, for being the only one who knows Ra's true name. Because of Isis, this trope is OlderThanDirt. |
| 158 | * Hecate from ''Myth/GreekMythology'', the goddess of magic, crossroads, ghosts, and moonlight. She is a virgin goddess, has [[TheHecateSisters three appearances or heads]], and lives in the Underworld, portraying her as dignified, mysterious, and solitary. She is also usually presented as beautiful and garbed in dark robes, and many stories state that she is extremely powerful. |
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| 162 | * ''TabletopGame/DiscworldRolePlayingGame'' invokes and parodies the trope in the person of the primary example character, Jemzarkiza of Krull. She's a powerful sorceress with effective offensive powers who even carries a wand to focus her powers. She's also a slightly nerdy scholar who's persistently irritated by her reputation as a lady of black magic. |
| 163 | %%* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' setting has a few: |
| 164 | %%** The Simbul, SorcerousOverlord of the Kingdom of Aglarond, PersonOfMassDestruction, and a contender for the most powerful spellcaster on the planet.%%And a "Lady" how? |
| 165 | %%** The Srinshee, an undead elf TimeAbyss, Chosen of multiple gods and archmage extraordinaire.%%And a "Lady" how? |
| 166 | %%* ''TabletopGame/{{Ironclaw}}'': Lady Amalsand Jakoba, [[BlackWidow briefly]] the queen of Calebria, is a powerful necromancer who's often used as the campaign villain.%%And a "Lady" how? |
| 167 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': Liliana Vess is an elegant FemmeFatale who favors long gowns and a high-class lifestyle, and is also an accomplished {{Necromancer}} who can easily throw a city's worth of corpses at a problem if the mood so strikes her. |
| 168 | * ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': Hatiphas, the Balseraph Demon of Sorcery and the primary demonic patron of mortal dabblers in things beyond their ken, greatly enjoys affecting this trope. When manifesting on Earth she does so as an archetypal evil sorceress, tall and seductive, clad in black leather and silver jewelry and full of husky laughter. |
| 169 | * ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'' has Morathi, the Hag Sorceress, queen mother of the Dark Elves and an ancient and powerful wizard of great renown, although she is also quite a vicious hand-to-hand fighter too when the mood takes her, wielding a wickedly sharp excoriating spear called Heartrender and an enchanted sword. |
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| 173 | * ''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. |
| 174 | * ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'': The FemmeFatale [[ReligionOfEvil Evil Cleric]] DefectorFromDecadence Viconia. Ironically, she technically classifies as a ''WhiteMage'', given the Cleric's spell-set focuses on healing and augmentation over direct magical destruction. |
| 175 | * ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': The titular protagonist is an Umbra Witch who uses her MagicHair to {{summon|Magic}} demons capable of causing great destruction, and acts in a cool and classy manner. She's also ''very'' sultry and sensual, from her [[MsFanservice appearance]] to her mannerisms. |
| 176 | * ''Franchise/BlazBlue'': Nine/Konoe A. Mercury has the skill set but not the personality; rather than composed she has a fiery temper. Rachel Alucard, on the other hand, plays it straight despite looking more like a BlackMagicianGirl, being [[{{Ojou}} dignified and snobby]] and one of the few members in the cast to wield actual magic. |
| 177 | * ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'': The Lady Grey, supreme commander of Vanguard. Easily the most powerful wizard in the whole game, ever composed, ever graceful and one wicked [[DarkIsNotEvil Dark Defender]]. |
| 178 | * Astarte, {{Satan}}'s right-hand assistant, in ''Tecmo's VideoGame/{{Deception}}''. She wears a flowing red dress, and commands a fairly vast array of offensive spells. Whether she uses them on ''you'' depends on how you play. |
| 179 | * ''Franchise/DragonAge'' |
| 180 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' has Morrigan (the image-post girl) , a shapeshifter witch who is well-spoken and cunning--and evil. In the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' toolset, she's also listed as one of the few characters with "High" intelligence, and her biography notes that she favors a look of wild elegance. She's the [[TokenEvilTeammate most evil member of the party]], using destructive magic spells, and [=NPCs=] often comment she's very beautiful. However, romancing her will [[DefrostingIceQueen reveal a sweeter side.]] |
| 181 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' has Vivienne, who overlaps with LadyOfWar by virtue of being a MagicKnight. She is quite regal and graceful, but [[{{Foil}} in contrast]] to Morrigan's "wild elegance", Vivienne is most at home in [[DecadentCourt the highest echelons of Orlesian society]]. In combat she can be seen KickingAssInAllHerFinery while turning her opponents into frozen statues. |
| 182 | * The Sorceress of ''VideoGame/DragonsCrown'' is possessed of powerful magic, allowing her to conjure blizzards, petrify enemies, turn them into toads, and create food to heal her comrades. She's also the bustiest character in the game, if not the bustiest character of any Creator/{{Vanillaware}} game. |
| 183 | * ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'': |
| 184 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': Nera is very demure and graceful, and learns many offensive spells that can cause massive damage. |
| 185 | ** Jessica from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII''. Although she's a little more [[FieryRedhead fiery]] than this trope typically is, she has a rich upbringing, possesses a sharp tongue backed by a British accent, and generally has an overall bearing that's more lady than [[GenkiGirl genki]]. Also her [[MsFanservice penchant for fanservice]] is an actual game mechanic. |
| 186 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' has several examples. |
| 187 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' has [[MageMarksman Maria]], the first of this trope in the series. She's a kind and composed young lady who has the most [[MagicIsMental Intelligence]] out of the main party, making her most suited for casting offensive spells. |
| 188 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'': Though she started out as a BlackMagicianGirl, Rydia's PlotRelevantAgeUp turned her into one of the original video game Ladies of Black Magic. [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience Unusually for this trope]] however, she dresses in green. |
| 189 | ** Celes Chere from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' is one of only two characters who naturally learn magic and one of the best magical attackers in the game. Aloof, cold, and elegant, she's skilled with ice magic, which is very much befitting her being an IceQueen. |
| 190 | ** Lulu from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', of the IceQueen variety. Also somewhat {{goth}}y. She is the most composed of the party members, and figures as a bit of a mother or sister figure to the protagonist, Yuna. She's quiet, fashionable, and of course uses offensive magic. |
| 191 | ** Ultimecia, a [[WickedCultured cultured]], elegant, and all-powerful Sorceress of Time dressed in an opulent red dress, who turns out to be the BigBad, and Edea, a refined and sophisticated Sorceress with a specialty in ice magic, from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII''. This trope is pretty much what the Sorceress power is all about, really. |
| 192 | ** While she may not match most examples in height, she more than substitutes with pure might. With ladylike grace and magical fire, Shantotto from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' is to what this trope aspires to be. [[NobleWomansLaugh Oh Hohohoho]]! |
| 193 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' continues the tradition. Y'shtola is a poised and cultured Conjurer who takes up black magic in ''Shadowbringers''. Lady [[AnIcePerson Iceheart]], also known as Ysayle, is a skilled thaumaturge and can even [[spoiler:[[SummonMagic summon]] Shiva [[WillingChanneler into her own body]]]]. |
| 194 | ** Series wide, the summon Shiva herself generally fits this pretty well. |
| 195 | * Many female anima/dark/light magic users from the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' sagas: |
| 196 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEchoesShadowsOfValentia'': |
| 197 | *** Celica is a graceful princess with equal proficiency in both swords and magic. Sonya is a mature, powerful mage who wears a bejeweled dress into battle. |
| 198 | *** The game also introduces the Witch class, beautiful women who offered their souls to Duma [[spoiler:(whether willingly [[HumanSacrifice or not]])]] for magical power. They include Sonya's sisters Marla and Hestia, and in ''Echoes'' Nuibaba, an ancient, seductive sorceress, and [[spoiler:Rinea]]. |
| 199 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'': Hilda (villainous example, handles Fire Magic due to being of the Fala bloodline), Ishtar (Hilda's daughter alias the "Goddess of Thunder" for having major Tordo blood and thus handling the VERY strong Mjolnir tome). Possibly Aida, too; her class is MagicKnight. |
| 200 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776'': Miranda (though she's more HotBlooded than the standard), Olwen (who uses Thunder Magic and swords). |
| 201 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'': Niime, a Druid Sophia (Dark Magic), Princess Guinevere when unlocked (Anima Magic). Maybe Cecilia and a Valkyrie Clarine. A Sage Lilina has the skills, but attitude-wise she's more of The Messiah. Bruhnya is an {{Anti Villain}}ous version. |
| 202 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'': Sonia and Ursula, both villainous examples. Bishop Serra and Sage Nino are two on the side of the heroes. In the BackStory, Saint Elimine was said to be one. |
| 203 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'': Lute, specially if a Sage. Also the promoted L'Arachel, though she's more... [[LargeHam expressive]] than others. Selena follows it wholeheartedly. |
| 204 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'': Callil. Also a well-trained Ilyana. |
| 205 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': |
| 206 | *** Tharja, an elegant and brooding MsFanservice Dark Mage who enjoys practicing curses and is a {{Yandere}} towards the Avatar. There's also Miriel, a skilled Anima mage with scientific leanings. [[ProperLady Maribelle]], a proud and upper-class lady, will qualify if promoted to a [[RedMage Valkyrie]]. |
| 207 | *** Celica from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' becomes this in the DLC, with her "Priestess/Princess" classes changed to Mage/Sage. |
| 208 | *** The Dark Flier class has a foot here and another in LadyOfWar, as its members can use both Magic tomes and lances. This includes Aversa, the elegant, seductive, and merciless servant of Validar who can even wield Dark Magic thanks to her unique Shadowgift. |
| 209 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'': The Nohrian FortuneTeller and BlackMage Nyx has the cool attitude and the Dark Mage skills, and Camilla is a sultry and graceful [[MagicKnight Malig]] [[DragonRider Knight]]. The Hoshido Spellcaster Orochi is a noble who speaks in old-fashion and use talismans to cast spells, while Rhajat is [[{{expy}} basically a teenaged Tharja]] and mixes this trope with DarkMagicalGirl. [[spoiler:Nyx and Orochi are potential mothers for Rhajat, shall either of them marry her father Hayato.]] |
| 210 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses:'' |
| 211 | *** Dorothea is a flirty songstress who wears a bejeweled gown as a Mage/Warlock post-timeskip. Mercedes has a gentle, motherly demeanor and strengths in Faith and Reason. Constance is a haughty, sophisticated Dark Flier with some of the strongest black magic spells in the game. |
| 212 | *** The game introduces Gremory, a female-only master class dressed in opulent gowns with expertise in white and black magic. A villainous one is Cornelia, a cruel sorceress in a revealing dress who is [[spoiler:allied with "those who slither in the dark"]]. |
| 213 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage'': |
| 214 | *** 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. |
| 215 | *** Citrinne is a haughty and sophisticated noblewoman who deals out plenty of magical damage in battle thanks to her high Magic. |
| 216 | * Millenia from ''VideoGame/GrandiaII''. The twist being, she's [[spoiler:the SuperpoweredEvilSide of the WhiteMagicianGirl, Elena. Until right before last dungeon, at which point [[LiteralSplitPersonality she's split off into an independent being]].]] |
| 217 | * Cia, The Dark Sorceress, from ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors''. Poised and dressing in a seductive outfit, she's a witch who's a {{Dominatrix}} and total {{Yandere}} for Link, and manages to [[spoiler:defeat ''Ganandorf'']]. Twili Midna also counts, being the Twilight Princess and elegant and composed, much more so than her cursed form. |
| 218 | * Chizuru Kagura from ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' is an odd blend of this and LadyOfWar. She relies a lot on her MasterOfIllusion powers, which ''hurt'', but also on her DanceBattler hand-to-hand fighting style. |
| 219 | * Aqua from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' is a [[MagicKnight hybrid]] between this and LadyOfWar. She's the graceful and [[TeamMom motherly]] female of the PowerTrio as well as the magical powerhouse of the game, using devastating Elemental magic. She's still a talented Keyblade wielder, but is the SquishyWizard to Ventus's FragileSpeedster and Terra's MightyGlacier. The "Black" part's averted, though -- she's quite pro-LightEmUp...[[spoiler:until her [[FaceHeelTurn fall to Darkness]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' [[SubvertedTrope playing it straight]].]] |
| 220 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'': Emma Millstein is a graceful lady who has the highest magic stat of Class VII and fights exclusively with her magic and Orbal Arts. [[spoiler:Her older adoptive sister, Vita Clotilde, is also an offensive magic user, with a seductive personality and [[MsFanservice sultry appearance]]]]. |
| 221 | * From ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' there are several elegant Mage Champions. |
| 222 | ** Ahri the [[AsianFoxSpirit Nine-Tailed Fox]] is a [[FemmeFatale seductive]] and graceful gumiho dressed in a [[MsFanservice revealing outfit]] who can conjure arcane energy orbs and spectral flames to attack. Her voted name ''[[MeaningfulName Ari]]'' (아리) even means "elegant". |
| 223 | ** [=LeBlanc=] [[MasterOfIllusion the Deceiver]], an aristocrat and head of the Black Rose, an evil society of ageless illusionists. She fights using illusions and magic orbs and chains. |
| 224 | ** Morgana the Fallen wields powerful black magic and has a feminine design, making a striking contrast [[ThePaladin to her sister, Kayle]]. Said magic is actually the same celestial power granted to Kayle from their mother, [[https://twitter.com/Jellbug/status/1098400730719744001 though Morgana's manifests much differently]] [[https://twitter.com/Jellbug/status/1099032899481817088 due to her rejecting her celestial heritage]]. |
| 225 | ** Lissandra the Ice Witch has a regal demeanor and crushes and impales foes with black ice spells. Her NoblewomansLaugh and EvilBrit voice accentuates her being an IceQueen. |
| 226 | ** Syndra the Dark Sovereign. She wears elegant dark purple clothing and [[PowerFloats floats]], giving her movements a sense of grace. She also has very powerful magic, and fights using strong orbs of dark energy. |
| 227 | * [[IceQueen Fatima]], the antagonist Witch of ''VideoGame/LuminousArc2'', adequately mirrors the [[HotBlooded cheerful]] [[PlayingWithFire Althea]]. Icy and stoic, she is arguably the most powerful Witch, with the ability to mercilessly wreak havoc with [[EvilIsDeathlyCold Shadow]] [[AnIcePerson Frost]] magic. |
| 228 | * Miranda from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' is the sci-fi equivalent, a powerful [[MindOverMatter biotic]], a LadyOfWar and the Illusive Man's top [[TheDragon Operative]]. |
| 229 | * ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' has one in the unnamed TheStoic Witch that Neo saves in one level. She wears a short, corset-topped black, red and purple dress. Her main weapon is her [[BlowYouAway banshee wail which can knock people out and tear down walls.]] Yet, she also proves very good, a few levels later, with a shotgun when she helps Neo defeat some vampires. |
| 230 | * ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'' has Primrose Azelhart, a powerful user of dark magic as well as a former highborn daughter of a noble house, with a befitting elegant demeanor and a vengeance against those who killed her father. As an erotic dancer, her unique Path Action "Allure" lets her seduce [=NPCs=] to fight alongside her. |
| 231 | * Moira from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' is this, despite being set in a futuristic setting. While her powers are explicitly based on Biotic tech, it is virtually MagicFromTechnology as it is activated by hand gestures and she often remarks something along the lines of [[RealityWarping "My will made manifest"]], a common description of magic. Aesthetically, her long dark coat and FemmeFatalons give the appearance of a classic witch lady. |
| 232 | * ''VideoGame/PathOfExile'' has the Witch exile player character. She has the looks of an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette and is equal parts DeadpanSnarker and SociopathicHero, meeting the horrors of Wraeclast with curiosity and detached interest. Her [[PrestigeClass Ascendancy classes]] allow her to specialize as a {{Necromancer}}, [[ElementalPowers Elementalist]], or [[{{Curse}} Occultist]]. |
| 233 | * ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'': Mitsuru Kirijo in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', a reserved and elegant {{Ojou}} whose specialisation in ice magic makes her one of the best magical attackers in the game. Likewise, ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'s'' Yukiko Amagi, a graceful YamatoNadeshiko who has enormous magic stats and high-level fire spells, but she also crosses this with WhiteMagicianGirl. |
| 234 | * ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': |
| 235 | ** ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'': Gardevoir fits, with its feminine and elegant appearance, dress-like form that turns into a ballgown when it [[SuperMode Mega Evolves]], and high Special Attack. Its types, [[PsychicPowers Psychic]] and [[TheFairFolk Fairy]], are also closely associated with magical powers. |
| 236 | ** ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'': Pheromosa shades of this as a KungFuWizard. Despite being genderless, it looks like a woman and is known for its beauty and grace. It's also a GlassCannon with a huge Special Attack stat of 137. |
| 237 | ** ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'': Hatterene is a serene, female-only Pokémon with the appearance of a stereotypical witch and a whopping 136 Special Attack. It's known as the "Forest Witch" for its violent tendencies and, while Gigantamaxed, the "Raging Goddess", with the power to shoot down beams like lightning made up of pure energy from its tentacles. |
| 238 | * [[spoiler:Katrina]] of ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'': Stunningly beautiful, [[FemmeFatale seductive]], and without question one of the most powerful characters to appear in the series. Even ''Literature/BabaYaga'' fears getting on her bad side, she absolutely kicked [[SmugSnake Ad Avis's]] ass in a magical duel some centuries before the game is set, and in ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryV'' her magic will [[GameBreaker tear the Dragon of Doom to shreds]]. She can have a ''real'' temper if you piss her off, but normally presents a very polite and friendly demeanor. |
| 239 | * ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'' has Eruca, a reserved literal RebelliousPrincess who packs some of the most powerful offensive magic in the game. Raynie is a partial example, having the grace in battle and offensive power of a Lady, but being slightly more rough around the edges than is typical for this trope. |
| 240 | * ''VideoGame/{{Rift}}'' has Asha Catari. High general of the Defiant and formerly the heir to a long line Ethian mages, she is a top Arcane Warrior, using her blade to cast spells. |
| 241 | * ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'': Hex is Undead mage who [[DarkIsNotEvil nevertheless remains on the side of good]]. She dresses in all black, is creepily composed, and has a SkeletonMotif, using her magic to conjure bones and skulls. |
| 242 | * Viola of ''VideoGame/SoulCaliburV''. She primarily uses magic in battle, a first in the series, to move her CrystalBall in attacks. Her overall look is a combination of a FortuneTeller and ElegantGothicLolita, and she has a cold and ominous demeanor. [[spoiler:It is strongly hinted, and confirmed as of ''VI'' that Viola is actually an adult Amy Sorel with amnesia.]] |
| 243 | * Krystal from ''Franchise/StarFox'' fits whenever she wields her MagicStaff such as in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''. She's one of the only magic users in a primarily sci-fi setting capable of using a versatile array of offense and defensive spells with her staff, while being a [[SheFu graceful]] and [[MsFanservice sensual]] FoxyVixen. She bucks a few trends regarding team dynamics, as she's the protagonist's love interest and despite her TeamMom position, is the youngest of the Star Fox team. |
| 244 | * Celine from ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory''. She's a graceful BlueBlood who uses [[PowerTattoo Power Tattoos]] to cast offensive elemental symbology. |
| 245 | * Rose from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' is among the closest to this trope in fighting games. She fights with her unique [[PsychicPowers Soul Power]], which gives her one of the most elegant fighting styles in the series, and she always fights with an air of grace. |
| 246 | * [[KungFuWizard Zelda]] and [[MagicKnight Female Robin]] from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' are this but from two different fighting approaches. Zelda is very elegant, even moreso than the other [[LadyOfWar Ladies of War]], and can use her magic to [[FullContactMagic enhance her unarmed blows]] or unleash powerful spells from afar. Robin has a composed and quiet demeanor in battle, and can use [[ElementalPowers elemental tomes]] or the magic-infused [[ElementalWeapon Levin Sword]]. |
| 247 | * Mitsuki Hokuto from ''VideoGame/TokyoXanadu'' is a tall, graceful {{Ojou}} whose also the most formidable magician in the group, fighting with a staff that's imbued with a [[CastingAShadow 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. |
| 248 | * ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' 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. |
| 249 | * ''VideoGame/TriangleStrategy'': Frederica is soft-spoken, graceful, and a pyromancer with destructive fire spells. And Ezana is a composed shamaness with the power to harness the weather, excelling at wind and lightning magic. |
| 250 | * Jaina Proudmoore from the ''Franchise/{{Warcraft|ExpandedUniverse}}'' franchise currently has the title as the most powerful living archmage in Azeroth. She is usually a compassionate and kind lady who will is not afraid to use her magic to both devastate her enemies and protect her people. Only lately that she's been a wee bit too destructive thanks to [[spoiler:the mana-bombing of her home Theramore]], but her elegance still remains even if it takes a turn to an eerily sinister elegance. She is slowly getting a little better, though. |
| 251 | * Yennefer, Geralt's love interest from the books, is shown as this in ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'', where she has no qualms about using black magic as long as it will help her find her adoptive daughter Ciri. |
| 252 | * ''VideoGame/WitchHunterIzana'': The party's mage Cyrano counts, being tall, thin, sporting an afro and wearing robes the entire adventure. She also has the most offensive spells, the best type coverage and some borderline broken buff spells. She's the most mature of the party and the best educated. |
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| 256 | * Servant Caster from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' to a T. As the Caster servant of the present Holy War, she's the one who relies the most on spells rather than weapons, and she's also beautiful and merciless. [[spoiler:Even more so this particular Caster used to be Medea from Myth/GreekMythology, pretty much the TropeCodifier for WomanScorned and one of the greatest sorcerers in history]]. |
| 257 | ** Assassin of Red/Semiramis of ''Literature/FateApocrypha''. A beautiful and dangerous Servant that qualifies as a Caster-type who, while within the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, can fire magic chains and cast spells great enough to be in the realm of True Magic. Her Sikera Ušum Noble Phantasm even gives all her Magecraft [[PoisonIsEvil poisonous]] attributes. |
| 258 | * Mei Amanohokosaka, heiress of the Amanohokosaka Clan, from ''VisualNovel/XBlaze''. She has a more [[ElegantGothicLolita elegant Wa-lolita]] design and comes across as haughty and cold, trying to maintain a mature air. As a {{miko}} she uses UsefulNotes/{{onmyodo}} to cast spells with the aid of seithr, and in her route she gains the Drive [[spoiler:[[CastingAShadow Blood Cain]]]]. |
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| 261 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 262 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': |
| 263 | ** In addition to her stylish blouse and pencil skirt, [[BadassTeacher Glynda Goodwitch]] wears a cape that gives her a magician's air. She has a commanding presence and carries herself with stern grace. Her primary method of fighting is with a riding crop, through which she directs her attacks by pointing towards her targets, being they people, Grimm or inanimate objects. Between her [[MindOverMatter telekinetic Semblance]] and her ability to focus Dust into unique effects, her style of fighting resembles magic: she can create defensive shields, create lethal showers of ice daggers, drag storm clouds into the area and kick up storm winds. She can also toss Grimm aside with [[OffhandBackhand barely a glance]] just by swishing her riding crop as she walks by. She can even rebuild broken buildings and mend holes in the street just by using telekinesis. In the pilot episode, she and Cinder fight each other to a draw in one of the most powerful magical battles in the entire show. |
| 264 | ** [[Characters/RWBYCinderFall 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. |
| 265 | ** The BigBad, [[Characters/RWBYSalem 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. |
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| 268 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 269 | * ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'''s Wanda Firebaugh is this to a tee. Interestingly, because of how Erfworld operates, she started life seeing her physical form as a LadyOfBlackMagic, something she felt she had to live up to. |
| 270 | * Rose Lalonde, from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' becomes this after upgrading her weapons with [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Powers]]. Made even more obvious in her Alpha universe counterpart, who's an adult. |
| 271 | * Miranda Io from ''Webcomic/NoSongsForTheDead'' has great potential in {{Black Magic}}, which she genetically inherited from her mother Lilith. |
| 272 | * Rachael from ''Webcomic/SilverBulletNights'' is always the model of elegance whether running her nightclub for supernaturals and the undead or bathing in the blood of her enemies. |
| 273 | * Elia Redscallion of ''Webcomic/TrueVillains'' is an elegant, always perfectly dressed lady from a noble family. She is also an eighty-four-year-old necromancer, held together with black magic and spite, who can paint the town [[BloodKnight red]] with undead armies and deadly spells and will ''literally'' rip off her own skin[[labelnote:*]](Not her ''original'' skin, true, but she plundered it fair and square.)[[/labelnote]] for a tactical advantage. |
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| 277 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 278 | * Raven Queen from ''Toys/EverAfterHigh''. Although she's not evil she has the dark and elegant fashion of an EvilSorceress, is usually calm and composed, and can use black magic like her mother the [[Literature/SnowWhite Evil Queen]]. Her magic becomes much more powerful when she [[spoiler:signs the Storybook of Legends to defeat Courtly Jester]]. |
| 279 | * In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', [[BitchInSheepsClothing Desdemona]] and [[VisionaryVillain Shyralis]] are quite frail-looking but wise women who possess tremendous magical powers. |
| 280 | * In ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'', [[SummonMagic Gaea]] can pass as one as long as she's not showing her DirtyCoward side or giving someone PuppyDogEyes, while being her group's [[TheSmartGuy Smart Girl]]. [[PlayingWithFire Roxana]] has a dignified attitude on a more permanent basis and is the leader of the [[PlayerKilling Player Killer]] guild. |
| 281 | * Celine in ''WebVideo/WhoKilledMarkiplier'' dabbled too much in the dark arts. Notes in [[spoiler: the detective's office]] read 'DON'T TRUST THE SEER'. |
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| 283 | |
| 284 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 285 | * Charmcaster's design and personality in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' and ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' fit this trope, although not in any other series of the franchise. |
| 286 | * Lady Bane on the ''WesternAnimation/GummiBears''. She is a very powerful witch, on the hunt for Gummi secrets and magic. She first appears in the episode "The Road to Ursalia", ravaging the ruins of the ancient Gummi capital in search of its library. |
| 287 | * [[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 proved capable of overpowering [[PhysicalGod Princess Celestia]] in a BeamOWar. |
| 288 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': As the head of the Emperor's Coven, 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. |
| 289 | * [[Characters/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilEclipsaButterfly Eclipsa Butterfly, The Queen of Darkness]], from ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil''. A former queen of Mewni before running off with her monster lover, she wears a gothic dress and hat and carries herself with an air of sophistication. While using her parasol wand, she is a master of dark magic and reputed to have been the most powerful Butterfly Queen to have ever lived. And unlike most magic users in the show, she studies dark magic for the sake of knowledge rather than malice. |
| 290 | * The Nightsister shaman and leader Mother Talzin from ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' wears a rather elaborate dress, her motivations and goals remained a secret, and while she's also [[ShockAndAwe able conjure green force lightning]], or use magical {{Deflector Shield}}s, she mainly uses more "subtle" techniques, such as transforming Savage Opress into a hulking, nigh-unstoppable avatar of primal anger, and torturing Count Dooku from millions of lightyears away with a VoodooDoll. She also possesses VoiceOfTheLegion. |
| 291 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Of the four Diamonds, Blue Diamond is the most traditionally feminine, with her court mostly taking after her in looks and personality. Both her regal robes and hood invoke a resemblance to a classical witch, and unlike the combat-oriented [[LightningBruiser Yellow Diamond]], she primarily uses magic to fight -- either in the form of her [[EmotionBomb depressive aura]] or [[BeamSpam energy blasts]]. |
| 292 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': The 2003 animated version of Raven, voiced by Creator/TaraStrong, is half-demon through her father, Trigon, giving her both vast occult knowledge and incredible sorcerous powers like shadowy telekinesis, [[TheEmpath empathy]], and the ability to project her soul-self. She is also generally cold, deadpan, and somber, often isolating herself in her room. A huge reason for this is because her powers, likely due to her demonic heritage, are tied to her emotions; in "Titan Rising", she specifically states that she has to meditate every day to keep her emotions -- and therefore her powers -- in check. At her strongest, she could [[spoiler:overpower Trigon himself and obliterate him singlehandedly to save Jump city, shown by her clothes becoming white]]. |
| 293 | * High Priestess Haggar from ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender''. Leader of the Druids, the mystical order of the Galra Empire, she wears a cloaked dress, has a merciless and sadistic demeanor, and is a master of dark magic, able to unleash magical blasts of lightning and destroy whole planets with the proper {{Magitek}} apparatuses. Underneath the hood she is revealed to be an [[spoiler:Altean]] with vestiges of her beauty before being [[spoiler:driven to insanity by Quintessence]]. |
| 294 | * Wuya from ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' is a [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 1,500 year old]] Heylin witch and the true BigBad of the first season. In contrast to her ghost form she's calm and decisive as a human, and a master of Heylin magic and one of the most powerful beings in the universe. |
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