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12	A character archetype that frequently appears in TheHerosJourney, the Mystical Waif is usually a physically young girl (although she may be ReallySevenHundredYearsOld) with a plot-significant power. While most commonly female, a Mystical Waif can be male, as long as he evokes feeling of protectiveness.
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14	Ofttimes, she's a part of some mysterious, previously unknown society or race that possesses great magic, and she's not uncommonly the [[LastOfHisKind last of her kind]]. The bad guys usually want to exploit her powers to control/destroy the world, while the heroes want to save her out of chivalry or general contrariness.
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16	Typically introduced as a part of the CallToAdventure, the Mystical Waif often appears to the hero seeking for his help while providing him with an exposition to the unknown aspects of their universe. Her introduction is what usually propels the plot from random adventuring to serious world-saving, as she recruits the rest of the party to help her [[GottaCatchEmAll collect the crystals]], and she may spend some time as a DamselInDistress before eventually joining the Heroes' team. If the story includes romance, she may eventually develop to be the Hero's {{Love Interest\|s}}, or at least a contender for one.
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18	Personality-wise, the Mystical Waif is usually pure-hearted and kind, although she may seem a little distant at times. She is also extremely naive about the world, and unfamiliar with even the most basic facets of the characters' lives -- that is, she has NoSocialSkills, which can be PlayedForLaughs in the more light-hearted parts. She might not even speak the same language as the main characters' during her initial introduction to further highlight her cryptic nature. She can be selfless to the point of [[HeroicSacrifice self-sacrifice]] at times.
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20	Sure signs you're dealing with a Mystical Waif are odd hair colors; weird (by the standards of the fictional world), often futuristic-themed clothing; magical powers; blank, serious facial expressions; lots of [[VisibleSilence ellipses]] in her speech; and an inordinate amount of attention from the villains. Frequently overlaps with MysteriousWaif, especially if her past or identity is kept hidden for most of the story.
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22	She is a stereotypical party member in many [[RolePlayingGame [=RPGs=]]]. Gameplay-wise, the Mystical Waif is almost always magic-oriented, usually doubling as a WhiteMagicianGirl, or if more proactive, as BarrierWarrior or SquishyWizard. She'll have weak physical stats, but strong magical stats and average-or-better speed. Her quality as a game character is almost entirely tied up in how powerful her attack spells are and whether anyone else has the ability to heal.
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24	See also MysteriousWaif, WaifProphet, OracularUrchin, BarrierMaiden, ApocalypseMaiden and JustForFun/MysteriousWaifTan.
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31	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
32	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * Chi from Manga/{{Chobits}} is an almost perfect example of this trope.
33	%%%* C.C. from ''Anime/CodeGeass''. Personality wise she's more of a DeadpanSnarker, though, and can't be considered exactly naive. [[spoiler: Except when she loses her memory, then she fits the trope perfectly.]]
34	* Yagami Hikari from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' and ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', the human lightbulb. Also an ill girl, she is the only one to have a Crest (Light) that ''doesn't'' refer to an innate virtue or trait. The powers of this Crest usually manifest themselves in weird ways, and she has been shown as both 1) unusually self-sacrificing and 2) drawn to the Dark Ocean, because of her powers and walled-in emotional problems. She's also empathetic to the point of being borderline psychic, which sends her into two {{Heroic BSOD}}s in 02.
35	* Reverie "Ren" Metherlence of ''Manga/ElementalGelade'' is a mysterious and legendary weapon who is frequently rendered helpless and constantly protected by the main character.
36	%%* The titular Eureka from ''Anime/EurekaSeven'', though, like Ms. Sune further up the list, she's quite the accomplished pilot.
37	* Wendy from ''Manga/FairyTail'' has elements of this in her introductory arc, including a MysteriousPast, bad guys wanting her (in the case of Brain), non-action status, bit of a DamselInDistress, purehearted and kind, and TheMedic. As the series goes on though she graduates to LittleMissBadass.
38	%%* Sulia Gaudeamus in the ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' Motion Picture.
39	%%* The manga based on the ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' gameverse gives Chitose a bit of this.
40	%%* Tiffa Adil from ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]''.
41	* Ophis "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Infinite One]]" in ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' is this. All she wanted was to kick [[TheRival Great Red]] out of the Dimension Gap and she became the PuppetKing of Chaos Brigade just to fulfill her wishes. [[spoiler: And then she joins Issei with most of her powers gone.]]
42	%%* Neya from ''Anime/InfiniteRyvius''.
43	%%* Alice from ''Manga/KingOfThorn''.
44	%%* Sheeta of ''Laputa: CastleInTheSky''.
45	%%* Alvis Hamilton from ''Manga/LastExile'' epitomizes this trope in every way, as "the key to the [legendary ship] Exile."
46	* Vivio of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', the main character's adopted 6-year old daughter who has differently colored eyes and was found trudging through the sewers while chained to a pair of cases containing [[MacGuffin Relics]]. She turns out to be [[spoiler: [[CloneJesus the clone of the Sankt Kaiser]], required by the BigBad to activate the [[KillSat Saint's Cradle]] and packing enough power to match Nanoha blow for blow]].
47	** Also, Ixpellia from ''AudioPlay/StrikersSoundStageX'', who has the power to invoke NightOfTheLivingMooks.
48	%%* Arguably, Lalah Sune from the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', though she counts a bit more as WaifFu since she's one really powerful Newtype ''and'' a skilled pilot.
49	%%* [[spoiler: Marie Parfasy]] from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''. Subverted when she grows up into [[spoiler: DarkActionGirl Soma Peiris]].
50	* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': [[spoiler:Chisaki's "daughter" Eri]] is a particularly dark take on this, showing what can happen if the waif ends up in the hands of an enterprising villain. She's much younger than the rest of the cast (around elementary-school age), doesn't know much about the outside world, and has a ludicrously potent Quirk that can [[spoiler:reset anyone or anything to an earlier state]]. This apparently [[SemanticSuperpower works almost any way you'd like to interpret it]], which makes it both uniquely powerful and incredibly dangerous. She ended up in the bad guys' hands after accidentally [[spoiler:erasing her father from existence, just by touching him. A side-effect of her power is [[HealingFactor constant self-regeneration]], so the villain has been [[TheyWouldCutYouUp dissecting her repeatedly]] to make [[DePower Quirk-destroying bullets]] out of her flesh.]]
51	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * Asuna Kagurazaka from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi''. The only exception is that she is rather {{tsundere}}, but shows the canonical catatonic personality in flashbacks.
52	%%* Rei from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is a {{Deconstruction}}, having this role [[spoiler:imposed on her]] and assuming it with blatant disregard for her own well-being.
53	* Lala Ru from ''Anime/NowAndThenHereAndThere'', who possesses the power to control water using a pendant that contains a vast reservoir of water. However, unlike most examples, she is neither pure-hearted nor kind. In fact, [[spoiler: she hates all of humanity due to the utter HELL they put her through, and refuses to save the planet even though she has the power to do so]]. [[HeelFaceTurn Until later]], of course... but [[TearJerker even then]], you [[DeathIsASadThing wish]] she [[BittersweetEnding hadn't]].
54	%%* Melfina from ''Manga/OutlawStar''.
55	%%* Quon from ''Anime/RahXephon''.
56	%%* Young Neese from ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' could be the poster girl for this trope. Her mother Leylia played a similar role in the OVA series, but is actually very tall.
57	%%* Anthy from ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' fits this description quite well in her manga incarnation.
58	* ''Literature/ReZero'': Emilia is a mysterious girl in a white dress and is capable of using ice ([[spoiler:and eventually fire]]) magic. In Act 3, she is targeted by the Witch Cult, who intend to [[spoiler:revive Satella, the Witch of Envy, by having her possess Emilia's body]].
59	* Hotaru Tomoe/Sailor Saturn from ''Anime/SailorMoon'' seems to have many characteristics of this trope. She is mysterious, ready for a self-sacrifice, and wears unusually dark clothes; she also has several mysterious powers even outside of her Sailor Senshi identity (although many of the other girls did too). Her situation is somewhat different, as there are [[EvilerThanThou three sides]] involved: Sailor Moon, who wants to save her; the Guardians of the Outer Solar System, who want to get rid of her as she poses a threat to the world; and the evil Death Busters, who want to destroy the world with her help. A couple seasons later, she joins the main cast, and her powers overlap somewhat with those of the WhiteMagicianGirl CoolBigSis, Sailor Pluto.
60	%%* Kagura Tennozou from ''Anime/SpeedGrapher''.
61	* Yui in ''Anime/SwordArtOnline'' is the textbook definition of this trope. A mysterious girl found wandering in the woods with no memory of how she got into the game, Asuna and Kirito quickly discover her secret powers when she confronts a power dungeon boss that downed both of them and take it out almost effortlessly.
62	%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * Nia Teppelin from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.
63	%%* Cheza from ''Anime/WolfsRain''.
64	%%* Very rare male example: Kakyou Kuzuki from ''Manga/{{X 1999}}''.
65	* Kisara of ''Anime/YuGiOh'', the white-haired and blue-eyed Egyptian and homeless, quiet, vaguely psychic, mysterious keeper of the spirit of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon who [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed herself]] to protect the only person who ever showed her kindness, High Priest Seto...
66	%%* This is one of the standard fantasy plots ridiculed by ''Manga/YuruYuri'', with "the girl who fall from the sky".
67	* Yukina from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' appears young but, like her brother Hiei, is a demon and therefore may be much older than she appears. She is pure-hearted, kind, distant, naïve, and has blue (or, arguably, sea-green) hair. She is targeted by villains either for her gem-making powers (They come from her tears! Awwww!) or because the main characters care about her and she is no ActionGirl. She occasionally serves as [[TheMedic the group's healer]], due to her abilities in that field.
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71	* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Luna Lovegood, who, like canon, is sweet, kind, decidedly strange, and deceptively powerful. Harry encounters her earlier than canon and being more HotBlooded than usual, takes on bullies on her behalf (something which, while well-meant, backfires). While her appearances are relatively limited (she only appears a few times between chapters 50 and 70 in the first book, and even more rarely after and in the sequel), she's [[SmallRoleBigImpact extremely important]] [[spoiler: (her death triggers Harry's first obvious manifestation of the Phoenix)]] and in the sequel it's revealed that she's now [[spoiler: (following her death)]] the new [[spoiler: Delirium of the Endless]].
72	* One of the very first ''Star Trek'' fan clubs, "Spock's Scribes", published a journal with satirical fan fiction about young women passengers on the ''Enterprise'' who cause trouble. Spock's human cousin Samantha Scott, written by the only adult member of the club, was definitely one of these. The daughter of Amanda's sister Amelia and a Dr. James Scott (no relation), both physicians on planet XX Larid, she was RaisedByNatives after her parents died in an earthquake, and picked up PsychicPowers from them. She caused and attracted random chaos on the ship.
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77	* ''Film/{{Bright}}'' has Tikka, a young elf found by two police officers in the middle of a gruesome crime scene. Though her being an elf isn't necessarily out-of-place (in this [[AlternateHistory timeline]], magical beings have always coexisted with humans), she is a Bright (i.e. a mage) and is hunted by her fellow renegade elves who wish to recover a wand she is guarding for their own nefarious means.
78	* Leeloo, the title character of ''Film/TheFifthElement'' is a human weapon created to stop the BigBad who crash lands on the main protagonist's cab and they must find a way to save mankind.
79	* Nine-year-old Moksha from ''Film/OnceUponAWarrior'' is a child with psychic powers, namely the ability to heal wounds, and containing a powerful inner aura that the main villain, Irendri the Sorceress, intends to covet for her invincibility.
80	* ''Film/TheScorpionKing'': The fifth movie features Amina, the keeper of the Book of Souls [[spoiler:though she is actually the Book ''herself'']] which the heroes intend to use to stop the EvilOverlord Nebserek from rampaging over the tribes of Egypt. Unusually, the bad guys aren't pursuing her in specific, they want TheHero since Nebserek has a score to settle with him and its the protagonists using her to stop his evil instead.
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84	* In Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Monstrous Regiment'', Wazzer Goom fits this trope, as the brutalised girl who becomes the spiritual channel for communications with the long-dead Duchess of Borogravia.
85	* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Through a horrifying series of events, the mantle of [[BadassBookworm The Archive]], the repository of all knowledge (including all the memories of the past Archives), was passed on to a newborn baby. To be exact, it's passed down the maternal line; her grandmother died relatively young in a car accident, and her 17 year old mother died in childbirth ([[spoiler: and, in fact, chose to die, not wanting to bear the Archive and bitterly resenting her newborn daughter for having a life ahead of her free of the burden]]). We first meet the Archive - dubbed Ivy by Harry Dresden - when she's barely 7 years old. She's tiny, resembling a little china doll, initially emotionally distant, has a degree of precognitive ability (previous seers such as the Pythia were the Archive using her knowledge of the past to predict the future), and is terrifyingly powerful. As in, in her second appearance, she goes toe to toe with an even dozen Fallen Angels in a trap ''specifically designed'' to restrict her powers and prevent her from escaping, and were it not for [[spoiler: the gas]] she'd have got away clean, and the rest of the book has a lot to do with rescuing her. She's ''12.## When Dresden states that the White Council's assessment of her as being on par with [[PhysicalGod the Summer and Winter Ladies]] is a significant underestimate, he's not kidding.
86	* Flute, in ''Literature/TheElenium'' trilogy by David Eddings, is a small girl who is revealed, slowly, to have greater magical powers than anyone else in the party. She can control time and animals, among other things. Eventually [[spoiler:they find out that Flute is actually the goddess Aphrael]], which explains everything.
87	* Luna Lovegood in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' Last of her line. Mother died when she was 9. Orphan's plot trinket = Butterbeer cork necklace and Dirigible plum earrings. Also pure-hearted and kind, distracted at times, weird, persecuted, absolutely adorable! Don't forget that she turns out to be pretty darned good at magic herself and can notice things that others don't.
88	* ''Literature/HouseOfManyWays'' features a little white dog who is actually ''named'' Waif, who had been living with Charmain's great-uncle William (Wizard Norland) for a short time. Waif is no ordinary dog, but a rare, magical enchanting dog. Later, we find out that Waif actually is the latest generation of the Elf Gift, which (or, as it turns out, who) is supposed to protect the royal family of High Norland. However, unlike most examples, besides having magical powers Waif does not act very mystical, but like an ordinary dog, who begs for scraps, overindulges on human food, and clings to Charmain who she has adopted as her owner.
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92	* Maia, the child with the ability of Precognition from ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'' fits many of the characteristics of this trope, with her slightly creepy otherworldliness (and, of course, her potentially important ability).
93	* River Tam from ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' is the youngest member of the crew of ''Serenity'', and aside from being a peerless genius and psychic, she apparently can [[GunKata shoot people without even looking]] and [[WaifFu defeat small armies of berserk space pirates in hand-to-hand combat]] without trouble.
94	%%* Kes from ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' though her past is well-explained (if not her subsequent FaceHeelTurn) given that she's only lived a couple of years when the crew encounters her.
95	* Eleven from ''Series/StrangerThings'' is a sci-fi-flavored version of this trope. She's a young girl with PsychicPowers and NoSocialSkills who EscapedFromTheLab and is taken in and protected by the other main characters. Most of the series' villains are after her for one reason or another, and her abilities are instrumental in fighting off the supernatural forces that inevitably get unleashed in the process.
96	* Raven/Rachel Roth from ''Series/Titans2018'' hits most of important points of this trope. She is a teen girl with demonic magical power, appears in the main hero's life seeking his help, kicking a CallToAdventure, after some strange cult is trying to capture her. Her origins and powers drive the plot of Season 1, as her father is a interdimensional demon and wants to turn her into an ApocalypseMaiden. She also has the [[ReiAyanamiExpy unusual physical appearance]] that comes sometimes with this trope.
97	* Ciri from the ''Series/TheWitcher2019''. She is very important to Geralt's story, as he is prophesied to meet her, with decades before she is even born, and when she is actually born she becomes his child of surprise. To go further, she is a teen princess whose mysterious magical powers of unknown origins, whose home was invaded and destroyed, forcing her to run away and search for Geralt. What's even worse, it's implied she is the reason why Nilfgaard invades Cintra and kills her family.
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101	%%* Quito Power in the Roleplay/LeagueOfIntergalacticCosmicChampions.
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105	* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'':
106	-->''Once, there was a maiden...\
107	...who fled a shadow, in the company of a friend.\
108	They traveled through strange places, and among strange people.\
109	"How can you trust me," he asked, "with such horror behind you?"\
110	"Love endures," she said.''\
111	-- ''The Scripture of the Bride''
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115	%%* ''VideoGame/ArcTheLad: Twilight of the Spirits'' plays this straight in Lillia, and also includes a somewhat bizarro version in the demon puppeteer Bebedora.
116	* Isabella/Catleia from ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars: Days of Ruin.'', though being from a strategy game she obviously doesn't have the RPG stats part of the trope, being instead a decent all-round CO with a GameBreaker CO power.
117	* ''VideoGame/{{Aveyond}}'' series has several.
118	** ''Aveyond 2: Ean's Quest'' has Iya, a failed Singer who was kidnapped by the Snow Queen to be used as a sacrifice to freeze the entire world. By the end of the journey, it is revealed that she is not a Singer, but actually a Song Mage, believed to only exist in legends.
119	** The third game has Stella, an amnesiac girl who was pursued by [[BigBad Gyendal]] because he needs her powers to activate the Orb of Light.
120	** Myst from the fourth game plays with this. She's a mist wraith, whose unique power sets include healing and shapeshifting. However, her younger brother fills the role better, as he's the one kidnapped by the bad guys to be used to summon Qetesh. The mist wraith queen (Myst's mother) kidnaps [[TheProtagonist Boyle's]] dog and blackmails him into rescuing her son, and Myst serves as just another ally in the quest.
121	* ''VideoGame/BatenKaitosEternalWingsAndTheLostOcean'': {{Zigzagged}} with Xelha. She fights with spells, owns a [[PlotCoupon magical pendant]], and has TheEmpire on her tail. Then, it's revealed that she was just a maid in [[TheEmperor Geldoblame]]'s palace, and stole the pendant and ran away after finding out about his evil plans. Then [[spoiler:she's revealed to be the Queen of the mysterious land of Wazn, who knew ''exactly'' what she's doing from the start]]. However, at that point {{MacGuffin}}s are more important than her. And finally, [[spoiler:in the ending, she turns out to be the seal for the Ocean, returning which is pretty much a dream for the entire world]].
122	* Elizabeth from ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'' fits this trop to a T: She had a sheltered upbringing (The only character she had a relationship with prior to the game start was a [[MechanicalMonster giant Bird-Man called Songbird]]); she is naive and tries to help the people of [[FloatingContinent Columbia]]; she has [[DimensionalTraveler mystical powers]]; is of huge interest to the antagonist due to her aforementioned powers (And to the protagonist [[spoiler:due to actually being his daughter]]) and gameplay-wise she fits the support role, giving you medkits, ammo, and salts. [[spoiler:She [[TookALevelInCynic takes a level in cynic]] after she is tortured by Comstock on an alternate timeline.]]
123	* Nina from ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireDragonQuarter''. She is a young CuteMute winged girl with the power to purify air pollution, a godsend for an underground society. It then gets deconstructed, as the [=BioCorp=] created her [[spoiler:to ''be'' a prototype air filter, a tool, not even a slave, her "wings" are kind of extensions of lungs]], they specifically decided to mute her, and now they want her gone. A late-game revelation further muddles the matter: [[spoiler:Elyon says that Nina was created to test if {{the Chosen\|One}} wanted to unseal the surface on their own will, or if they were influenced by the dragon to want it, leaving it unclear, was Nina genuinely useful to [=BioCorp=], or was it all a part of a twisted test]].
124	* ''VideoGame/ChainsOfSatinav'' has Nuri the fairy. The villain needs her for his evil plan (which involves an artifact that can only be used by a fairy, and she's the only one around), and has been searching for her. [[CallToAdventure The main plot of the game gets into gear]] when the protagonist, Geron, finds himself duty-bound to flee his DoomedHometown with Nuri in order to protect her [[spoiler: even though, as his master explains to him [[MentorOccupationalHazard just before his death]], killing Nuri would stop the villain]]. She becomes Geron's {{Love Interest\|s}} by the end as well. Being a fairy, Nuri has several magical abilities, though most of them cause her physical pain if she uses them. Dressed all in bright orange, and with feathers in her hair, she contrasts visually with most of the other characters in the game (who tend to wear neutral colors).
125	* ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' dilogy: Sera is a young woman, who mysteriously appeared in Junkyard the day everyone got the demonic power of Atma. She has no memory of her past, and her hair is of an unusual color (that being black -- Junkyard is a WorldOfTechnicolorHair). She also has the power to suppress HorrorHunger of Atma infectees by [[MagicMusic singing]]. This alone makes her the target of rival tribes, even before the Karma Temple promises to reward the tribe that brings Sera to them.
126	* ''VideoGame/DragonNest'' has Rose, the last of the Ancients who is able to [[WaifProphet see the future]]. She has been hunted by multiple factions seeking her powers, and the introduction quest for the Warrior and Archer classes is to rescue her from the clutches of goblins.
127	%%* Linear from ''VideoGame/EvolutionWorlds''.
128	* ''VideoGame/EXTRAPOWERAttackOfDarkforce'': Emerald, the DiscOneNuke [[PsychicChildren Psychic Child]] of the PMEC team. She's of uncertain origins, rarely says more than a few words at a time when she does speak, but is one of the most powerful members of the team due to her psychic ability. She's also something of a clairvoyant and knows when sometimes is about to happen, and seems to be able to detect people's intentions or trustworthiness.
129	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' is no stranger to this trope. Here are a few examples:
130	** Rydia from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' -- [[LastOfHisKind Last of the Summoners of Mist]]... [[spoiler: Well...[[NiceJobBreakingItHero Thanks to the main character]]]].
131	** Terra from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' -- HalfHumanHybrid of an Esper (the summons).
132	** Aerith from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' -- [[LastOfHisKind Last of the Ancients]].
133	** [[spoiler:Ellone]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' - mysterious past, flowing robes, special powers desired by both sides.
134	** Garnet from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' -- [[LastOfHisKind One of only two remaining summoners]].
135	* This archetype comes up time and again across the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series:
136	** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]'' has one for each generation, both of whom are [[SquishyWizard Shamans]]. The first generation has Deirdre, [[spoiler:a MacGuffinSuperPerson whom [[TheManBehindTheMan Manfroy]] ''needs'' to brainwash into marrying her half-brother, Arvis, in order to resurrect his master, Loptous, because she carried Loptous holy blood]]. The second generation, meanwhile, has Julia, [[spoiler:daughter of Deirdre and Arvis]]; she carries [[spoiler:Deirdre's major Naga holy blood, and as such is the only one beside Seliph capable of stopping Loptous]].
137	** The midquel ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]'' gives us [[spoiler: Manfroy's heiress and granddaughter]], Sara. She claims that she could hear [[spoiler:Eyvel's]] voice in her mind and that's why she wants to join Leif, because [[spoiler:Eyvel, having been cursed by Veld's [[TakenByGranite Petrify]] spell]], something Sara can directly perceive and counteract, is a close acquaintance of the Lord she is facing.
138	** The Elibe duology has three: Sophia in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]'', and Ninian and [[RareMaleExample her brother Nils]] in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]''. All three of them are [[spoiler:ReallySevenHundredYearsOld [[HalfHumanHybrids half-dragons]] descended from human fathers]], can sense the future, and fit quite well story-[[note]]Ninian and Nils, in particular, have a key stake in the plot, owing to their heritage being key to open the Dragon's Gate, and a personal connection with the BigBad, [[spoiler:as Nergal is in fact their father]][[/note]] and personality-wise. Furthermore, Nils and Ninian are strictly support units and are not able to attack or defend themselves, while Sophia is a [[SquishyWizard Shaman]] instead (though she also has a [[HealingHands healing touch]], but in game proper, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation it's only used once and off-screen and promptly forgotten afterwards]]).
139	%%* Sheba in ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' and ''VideoGame/GoldenSun: The Lost Age'', which is part of the reason why she's popular with the fandom. You know, for all the EpilepticTrees. Note, however, that unlike most examples of this trope, she's pretty snarky around people she's comfortable with.
140	* ''VideoGame/GrandiaIII'' has Alfina, a white-clad young priestess, who has the powers of Communicator, and can speak with Guardians - the gods of this world. She is sought after by the villains for this power, and the party tries to protect her. In battle, she is a good mage, and has {{Light\|EmUp}}-based Specials.
141	* ''VideoGame/HiddenCity'' has several gender-flipped examples:
142	** The first one is Jacob, the player character's amnesiac friend whom he helped create a portal into City of Shadows. Shortly after their arrival, Jacob is kidnapped by the Shadow Cult for purposes that has yet to be known. It is later revealed that Jacob has been to the City before, and he seems to have a close connection to the House With Red Windows. He also have the exact same appearance to Leonardo, the purported founder of the City of Shadows.
143	** The Shadow Cult is also targetting Lucas Light, who possesses unique connections with the mystical forces in the City. He is able to materialize objects from the fog, and is able to tame the elusive ghostly deer. When Dr. Barry tries to study his powers, it inadvertently cause a sleep plague among the populace.
144	%%* Yorda from ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}''
145	%%* Wild Flower from ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire''. As if you couldn't tell just from the name.
146	%%* Possibly Naminé from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''.
147	%%** [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 Xion]] may also count as an example.
148	* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' parodies this with the Quiet Healer, who often drops the Amulet of Plot Significance.
149	* Alouette from ''[[VideoGame/LaPucelle La Pucelle Tactics]]'' hits enough of the required traits to fit here. Although not the last of her kind, she is found with amnesia, is mostly good with magic (although, as with all Nippon Ichi games, you can customize her as you like), is self-sacrificing and [[spoiler: is the current Maiden of Light, even if she doesn't know it, which is a powerful position held only by one woman at a time and chosen directly by the Goddess.]]
150	* Shana from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' reeks of this trope. First she gets kidnapped and put in jail, then she turns out to [[spoiler: be the moon child who will destroy the world.]] She exhibits the personality traits of this trope down to the letter.
151	%%* Although she isn't playable, Zelda from the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series often fits this trope in most other respects.
152	%%* [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Midna]] fits the "mysterious" and "plot trinket" part, and she ''looks'' like a young girl, or more accurately a young demoness. Unlike the standard Mystical Waif, though, she is very, very snarky.
153	* ''VideoGame/{{Lufia}}'' herself (and her analogues in the other games). [[spoiler:She is kinda out-of-place in human society because she's actually a Sinistral, and the other Sinistrals want her to help them stay alive and do evil things, of course. She is also portrayed as cute, innocent, and a love interest of the hero, and of course, has lesser physical stats but uses magic well.]]
154	%%* Luna, from ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar''.
155	%%** The sequel, ''VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue'' has Lucia.
156	* ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends 2'' has Sera, who plays the part perfectly, until [[spoiler:after you collect the keys, when she takes over the ship and reveals herself to be the villain of the game.]]
157	%%* [[spoiler:Iris]] (Her name is the spoiler, not that she is a MysteriousWaif) of ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork 6''
158	* Anne in ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight''. No wonder when you're a [[spoiler: CuteGhostGirl]] with heavy backstory, blue hair, mysterious atmosphere, and crucial importance to the heroine's and the game's storyline.
159	%%* Aeon in ''VideoGame/MSSaga'' fits this trope to a T.
160	* In the interactive romance novel ''VideoGame/{{Moonrise}}'', Alice is a young woman who begs the player to protect her. Over time, she slowly reveals [[spoiler: she has supernatural empathic abilities, which causes various supernatural factions to fight over her. In addition, various characters suggest that somewhere out there TheChessmaster has manipulated events to boost her powers]].
161	* Subverted in ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIII'' with Maia, who is a mysterious, solemn, white-haired maiden who washes up on the beach, has no recollection of her past, and gets abducted by a dragon on her and [[TheHero Rhys]]' wedding day. Turns out the dragon is her shapeshifted brother, her amnesia was entirely mundane, and there's nothing unusual about Maia herself except that she's a princess. She doesn't even use magic.
162	%%* Leanne from ''VideoGame/ResonanceOfFate'' fits the trope plot-wise, but gameplay and personality-wise she's an ActionGirl.
163	* Fina from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'' practically defines this trope - she's a futuristically-dressed, kind, naive, shy girl with the highest magic attack and most potent healing abilities in the game, who is a descendant of one of the lost Ancient Civilizations and is doggedly pursued by [[TheEmpire the Valuan Empire]] (due to the fact that [[spoiler:every member of her race gets their life force from one of the Silver Moon Crystals, and the only other member of the race the BigBad has access to is TheDragon and is therefore not expendable]]) to the point that the game ''begins'' with botching the Valuans' first kidnapping attempt. The game revolves around her, in fact; the part of the game you spend neither helping her on her quest (which, to hammer the trope home, is to [[GottaCatchEmAll collect all]] of the [[MineralMacGuffin Moon Crystals]] to stop the villains from using them to destroy the world) nor trying to save her is about one dungeon long, and it's at the very start of the game between bringing her to your hometown and [[DoomedHometown the Valuans destroying it to get to her]]. Oh, and she's also one of the hero's two LoveInterests alongside the GirlNextDoor.
164	%%* Rena Lanford from ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'' also fits here.
165	* Visas Marr from ''Franchise/{{Star Wars\|Expanded Universe}}: VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic 2'', though older than the archetype, otherwise fits this: she is sole survivor of the destruction of her planet, her species (Miraluka) are blind normally but "see" using the Force, and she speaks in strange ways. [[spoiler:She can be sacrificed, if the player chooses to do so.]]
166	%%* Similarly, Rose from the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series is both this and a LadyOfWar. Not to mention, while she has a kind heart, she's more aloof and cool than the standard.
167	* Rosalina, at least in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', with her tragic backstory and enigmatic nature. Her other appearances eventually avert this, revealing she's quite a bit more [[GlacierWaif resilient]] and [[NotSoAboveItAll playful]] than most examples.
168	* Julius from ''VideoGame/SwordOfMana'' is a very rare example, seeing as he's male and an antagonist to boot. He's still the LastOfHisKind, exclusively uses magic, has a MysteriousPast, and is integral to the plot of the villain, who [[spoiler:[[TheVirus out-and-out]] [[HijackedByGanon hijacks his body]]]] eventually. His... uh, ''[[HoYay friend]]'' Dark Lord (the other main antagonist) seems to know exactly who and what he is and is implied to be sheltering him from the prejudice of the world while simultaneously [[MoralityChain keeping him from falling completely to evil]].
169	* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' commonly features this kind of characters.
170	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2'': Reala is a frail young girl, who appears from a giant [[PowerCrystal lens]] and searches for a "hero". She can cause miracles and essentially plays a {{Messianic\|Archetype}} role in the story.
171	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'': Estelle is a [[RoseHairedSweetie pink-haired]] princess, who [[ShelteredAristocrat spent most of her life in the castle]]. As such, she knows about outside world only from books, and doesn't know many customs. Later in the game it's revealed that [[spoiler:she is the last functional [[MageSpecies Child of Full Moon]], and can cast spells even without [[MagicFromTechnology Blastia]]]], which makes her the target to a certain villain.
172	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts'': Lithia is a mysterious green-haired girl, who resides inside Kohaku's [[OurSoulsAreDifferent Spiria]]. Eventually she comes out, and her magic proves to be an even match to the BigBad. Too bad that she is not a party member due to her frailness. [[spoiler:Lithia is actually one of the last Minerans, an ancient rock-based race, and thus is [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld more than 2000 years old]]]].
173	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' has Sophie. Mysterious, plot-relevant past? Check. NoSocialSkills? Check. Futuristic clothing? Check. Long lilac hair? Check. She's everything ''but'' [[LightningBruiser physically weak though]].
174	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'': Milla uniquely conflates this role with TheHero. On one hand, she is a part of the unknown side of the world, being on a mission to investigate decline in spirit population, and wielding the power of four Great Spirits. On the other hand, she [[AnotherSideAnotherStory can be chosen]] as the main protagonist, [[HeroesPreferSwords fights with swords]], and is very proactive in general.
175	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfArise'': Shionne is a Renan noblewoman, who bears the "Curse of Thorns", that [[HarmfulToTouch inflicts pain]] on anyone who touches her, and is eventually revealed [[spoiler:to be a side effect of a piece of EldritchAbomination being sealed inside of her]]. With her long pink hair and BattleBallgown, she greatly stands out among her Dahnan allies, and is initially ignorant to their plight of being oppressed by other Renans. Personality-wise she's unusual for the archetype due to being cold and abrasive, but [[DefrostingIceQueen it doesn't last]].
176	%%** Grune from ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'', who spends most of the game as a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} with NoSocialSkills thanks to LaserGuidedAmnesia.
177	* Kanna from ''VideoGame/ThreeTheHardWay'' She's a ReallySevenHundredYearsOld alchemist, who is secretive and enigmatic in personality, and seems to know the BigBad quite well. Gameplay-wise, she's a unique character with a relatively low physical ''and'' magical abilities, but can create and have access to alchemical weapons that can easily decimate Bosses. Despite being relatively useless in normal battles, one of the strongest party member actually remarks that they don't stand a chance against the BigBad without her.
178	%%* Alicia from ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' fits many of the traits from this trope, but it's all evened out by the fact that she's also an incredibly badass ActionGirl.
179	* ''VideoGame/WildArms'' series:
180	** ''VideoGame/WildArms4'': Yulie is a young girl, who was experimented on to give her abilities of a Gene Driver - the power to control titular {{Nanomachines}}. She was kidnapped by villains who want to use her powers for their sinister goals, and the game's plot is kickstarted when [[KidHero Jude]] happens to free her. Personality-wise she's shy and religious, and serves as a WhiteMagicianGirl in battles.
181	** ''VideoGame/WildArms5'': Avril hits almost every single criteria for this trope. Silver hair, serious expression, unfamiliarity with customs, amnesia, sought by the antagonists, good with magic (although this is customizable), and [[spoiler: ReallySevenHundredYearsOld]].
182	* Despite being male, Joshua from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' is a good example of this trope. [[spoiler: He randomly makes a pact with Neku, is arguably ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, and in a twist ending turns out to be the BigBad, who does a HeelFaceTurn [[TheUnfought after the final boss]].]]
183	* ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' gives us Emeralda, who in addition to being ReallySevenHundredYearsOld is a {{Voluntary Shapeshift\|ing}}er. She fits this trope so perfectly, it's damn scary.
184	%%* MOMO from ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' is pretty much the poster child for this trope, although it is subverted very slightly in that she's actually the prototype for her kind, instead of the last.
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188	* The very young-looking Nami from ''VisualNovel/AoiShiro'' (pictured above) who has amnesia and mysterious [[HealingHands healing powers]].
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192	* Melissa in "Fortissima's Treasure Hunters". She was apparently encased in a large green crystal for several generations, is able to shoot fire from her fingers, speaks a backward language (literally! The words in her speech balloons are spelled in reverse), and her eyes glow when she sleeps.
193	%%* Silvia at first in ''Webcomic/GoldCoinComics''.
194	%%* Jonas of ''Webcomic/ThePhoenixRequiem'' is a rare male example.
195	%%* ''Webcomic/RumorsOfWar'' has Occela, who fits most of the requirements for MysteriousWaif and Mystical Waif. Not sure yet if she's a WaifFu practitioner.
196	* In many ways, Oasis from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' is what you'd get if you trained her as an assassin and {{Brainwashed}} her into having a {{Yandere}} style crush.
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200	%%* Our very own JustForFun/MysteriousWaifTan.
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