Hermione Granger, the Harry Potter series by J.K. While her tribe would drive her out for being “impure,” it’s a mark of the alaki-near-immortals with rare gifts, and Deka is swept up and taken to the Emperor to become part of an army of girls like herself.
But the series’ heroine Deka has already proven herself worthy of a spot here-and worth the wait for the final installment of this West African-inspired epic fantasy.ĭeka, who only longs to be normal, discovers on her 16th birthday that she does not bleed red but gold.
The most recent release on this list, the second novel of Namina Forna’s Deathless series, The Merciless Ones, only just came out this spring, and the third installment does not yet have a title or release date. Deka, the Deathless series by Namina Forna (2020) But the epic scope of the story that unfolds over the subsequent novels, as she learns about her past and confronts her future, really tests her mettle. The first book has a hell of a hook, with an elite assassin’s competition where Celaena’s self-assured opinions are as tested as her ability to slaughter on command. An arrogant anti-heroine inspired by, of all the unlikely things, by an image of Cinderella’s fleeing the ball at midnight, this part fae assassin finds herself in one of the classic enemies to lovers romances and never changes a thing about herself to get the guy to fall in love with her. Her practicality and quick thinking make her a timeless heroine that kids are still discovering 122 years later.Ĭelaena Sardothien, the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. But it’s the girl who introduces the world to us who stands out, especially once she moves to Oz on a full-time basis in the series’ fourth installment.ĭorothy Gale is a robust and sensible girl who is clear-eyed about her situation while empathizing with both the family she’s left and the one she finds on the Yellow Brick Road. One of the earliest foremothers of the fantasy genre, Dorothy Gale hails from the turn of the century and a children-focused story that initially hides the incredible world-building that ultimately develops over the course of L.
(Sorry, General Leia.)ĭorothy Gale of Kansas, the Oz series by L.
#Fantastical characters tv#
Though some would include characters who started on TV series and then crossed into novels, I’ve kept this list book-centric, meaning these ladies first appear on the page before they were adapted to the big or small screen. Long before “Strong Female Character” became an overused (and sometimes abused) trope among modern fantasy enthusiasts, heroines were riding to faraway lands on dangerous weather patterns, watching their families get beheaded in front of them, and discovering their own inner magic. However, with the arrival of the 21st century, there has been a veritable explosion of women-authored stories, memorable heroines, and overtly female-focused fantasy adventures.īut every novel (or series) on this list is from the last ten years when a significant wave of diverse authors and stories really hit the market in a major way. The first three ages (I’d call them Victorian, Short Stories & Children Focused, and Middle Earth) were almost exclusively the domain of white, middle-class male authors, and their protagonists reflected that. If one were to divide eras of fantasy novels into ages, this would most likely be considered the Fourth Age, the Age of Diversity.
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