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* ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': There are multiple ones, with their own MagicalLanguage, which they call the "druid tongue", but can also be used for regular speech, and not all druids are connected to Princess Flora's family:

* ''VideoGame/ShantaeRiskysRevenge'': Druids, named in the AchievementSystem for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, are red-cloaked ShadowedFaceGlowingEyes enemies in Hypno Baron's labyrinth who attack Shantae with a long-windup AlwaysAccurateAttack of lightning through a portal that hits her anywhere in same the room as them.

* From ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' comes Getafix, whose greatest achievement is a potion which grants superhuman strength to whoever drinks it.
* ''ComicBook/Druid1995'' sees Marvel's mystic "Doctor Druid" abandon his pseudonym, turn to the triple-goddess and reinvent himself as the last ''true'' druid, with power over fire, earth and water. [[spoiler:It ends [[EverybodyDiesEnding very badly]] for him]].
* It was druids chafing under the rule of the English and their Norman mercenaries that precipitated the events in ''ComicBook/{{Isabellae}}'' (StalkerWithATestTube, TheChosenOne, TheLegionsOfHell etc.), a European comic brought to North America by Creator/DarkHorseComics. The druids for the most part avert many of the above tropes (they have healthy respect for nature, but certainly don't worship it, their religious beliefs lie with the old gods of Ireland and the even older Fomorian deities) and they fall on the evil side of the spectrum but that's from extreme nationalism and hunger for power.
* The ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' features Doctor Druid, the predecessor to/rough draft of ComicBook/DoctorStrange, as well as his half-human son Sebastian - although for most of his career, there's very little druidic magic to Doctor Druid, just the name. Villainous Marvel druids include Dredmond the Druid, who opposed ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} using [[{{Magitek}} a mixture of both magic and science]].
* The ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' foe Blackbriar Thorn is a druid who turned himself to wood in order to escape Roman forces. Revived in the modern day, he uses his plant-based magic to wreak havoc. Later reworked as a member of the Injustice Society and foe to the original ComicBook/GreenLantern, due to Alan's WeaksauceWeakness being wood.

* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': Kaylana, who's the [[LastOfHisKind last one left]]. There used to be thousands more, but they were all killed. Most of their traits are typical ([[SpeaksFluentAnimal speaking with]]/[[FriendToAllLivingThings caring for]] animals, having a LoyalAnimalCompanion, using nature-based magic, rare VoluntaryShapeshifting and being very LongLived), though the book adds that they also believe in keeping the {{balance between good and evil}} (to the point of pure stupidity -- this is what killed the others).

* ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'''s Druids have varied between game and game, from Heroes 1 and 2's energy-bolt throwing guys in hooded robes, to Heroes 3's Magic Hero for the more nature-themed castle, over Might and Magic VI and VII's [[RedMage generalist spellcasters]].

* It was druids chafing under the rule of the English and their Norman mercenaries that precipitated the events in ''Isabellae'' (StalkerWithATestTube, TheChosenOne, TheLegionsOfHell etc.), a European comic brought to North America by Creator/DarkHorseComics. The druids for the most part avert many of the above tropes (they have healthy respect for nature, but certainly don't worship it, their religious beliefs lie with the old gods of Ireland and the even older Fomorian deities) and they fall on the evil side of the spectrum but that's from extreme nationalism and hunger for power.
* The ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' features Doctor Druid, the predecessor to/rough draft of ComicBook/DoctorStrange, as well as his half-human son Sebastian - although for most of his career, there's very little druidic magic to Doctor Druid, just the name. Villainous Marvel druids include Dredmond the Druid, who opposed ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} using [[{{Magitek}} a mixture of both magic and science]].

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* The main character of the ''Literature/IronDruidChronicles'' is a druid who gets his powers through a bond with the Earth and its many aspects. He can talk to animals (though it takes a specific bond, and they tend not to be very talkative until they adjust to thinking more like humans) and can shapeshift into four animal forms. He can use his magic to alter herbal potions on a molecular level, culminating in his "Immortali-Tea" (though that came from the Herblore of Airmid), which ensures he is TheAgeless for as long as he drinks it. His powers by his tattoos -- they have to be in contact with the earth to work, and if they're broken, he loses whatever abilities are connected to that specific tattoo until it's touched up. He's also constrained by a very specific form of ThouShaltNotKill which will kill him if he uses his magic to hurt another living thing. As a side result he can only use his magic to heal himself since healing others might be considered hurting their bodies. However, these druids are not pacifists and instead use their magic in indirect ways to make them major badasses even among the fierce Celtic warriors of ancient Ireland and Britain.

* ''Literature/TheWarlordChronicles'', being a LowFantasy version of Arthurian myth in post-Roman Britain has a fair few Druids wandering around -- although not, it is made plain, anywhere near as many as there were before the Romans turned up. The most prominent is Merlin, and while it is ambiguous whether he actually has any magical abilities, he's undeniably the series' resident genius, a sufficiently accomplished [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] that had he focused on politics he could probably have ruled all the British kingdoms from behind the scenes, and instills fear and awe in almost every character he meets. He's also TheGadfly, who enjoys messing with people and stirring up trouble, and unlike almost every other incarnation of the character, has an extremely active sex drive.
* Druids are very prominent in the Literature/{{Shannara}} books by Creator/TerryBrooks, although the Shannara Druids have very little in common with typical fantasy Druids except the name. They fits the archetype of the fantasy wizard much better: they dwelt in a great isolated tower-fortress called Paranor, where they maintained huge archives of books on magic and many other areas of scholarly pursuit, and had very little to do with nature-magic.
* In Simon R. Green's Literature/SecretHistories, [[TheClan the Drood family name]] is the result of linguistic drift from their ancestors being the original druids.
* ''Franchise/TheWitcher'': Druids exist in the Witcher world. Despite the occasional fearsome reputation they tend to be laid-back people of non-hostile mindsets, on average. They can use magic and have good relations with various creatures. On the other hand, they aren't above organizing annoying environmental protests, and can get nasty if you piss them off too many times.

* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': Kaylana, who's the [[LastOfHisKind last one left]]. There used to be thousands more, but they were all killed. Most of their traits are typical ([[SpeaksFluentAnimal speaking with]]/[[FriendToAllLivingThings caring for]] animals, having a LoyalAnimalCompanion, using nature-based magic, rare VoluntaryShapeshifting and being very LongLived), though the book adds that they also believe in keeping the {{balance between good and evil}} (to the point of pure stupidity -- this is what killed the others).

* The Leos family in ''Literature/{{Pale}}'' have adapted the in-universe druidic practice of dealing with old, powerful nature spirits and modernized it-instead they deal with powerful modern spirits of addiction and decay, with each child of the family being bound to a specific spirit at a young age, giving them great power at potentially great cost to their sanity-each child also takes a {{Familiar}} at a young age to help balance it out. Known spirits include Black Gutter (heroin), Drugstore Cowgirl (various uppers) and Glass Prison (alcoholism).

* Vika Walks-the-Burrows from ''Literature/TheEmberBlade'' is an Ossian druid who regularly brews potions and uses herbs. She joins [[LaResistance the movement against Krodan occupation]] because the Krodans forces are trying to erase the druids and despoil their holy sites.

* Podcast/DiceFunk: Season 1: Jayne is a Circle Of The Moon Druid, which makes her a formidable {{Animorphism}}-type VoluntaryShapeshifter.

* ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica'': House Diedne was a Druidic tradition that joined the Order of Hermes. It was destroyed in the Schism War due to accusations of human sacrifice and diabolism, though much of the actual driving reason was their House's open paganism and their primarily Celtic magical practice, both of which were distrusted by the Latin wizards of the Order.
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has Druids as a creature type. Most of them cost green mana, the magic associated with nature, and they often have abilities in some way related to producing mana.

* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' features the Irish hero Cú Chulainn in the role of a magical caster, which makes him a Celtic druid. He carries nature powers and unleashes a weaponized Wicker Man from Celtic religion. He admits though that he is better off as a warrior with a lance than a magician.

->''"Wear a tall hat like a druid in the old days,''
->''Wear a tall hat and a tattooed gown."''
-->-- [[Music/MarcBolan T. Rex]], "Ride a White Swan"

* Mare Bello Fiore of ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}'' is the nature manipulating type, and he's ridiculously powerful. Definitely not something you'd expect from a submissive elf boy.

* The ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' features Doctor Druid, the predecessor to/rough draft of ComicBook/DoctorStrange, as well as his half-human son Sebastian. Villainous Marvel druids include Dredmond the Druid, who opposed ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} using [[{{Magitek}} a mixture of both magic and science]].

* ''Franchise/DragonAge'': Many apostate mages who live outside the Chantry seem to fall into this category. Morrigan from ''Origins'', Velanna from ''Awakening'' and Merrill from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' all are variations on this role. The former being one of the legendary Witches of the Wilds, while the latter two were both trained as Dalish Keepers.