Endless list of favourite female characters: Éowyn (The Lord of the Rings)
Grave and thoughtful was her glance, as she looked on the king with cool pity in here eyes. Very fair was her face, and her long hair was like a river of gold. Slender and tall she was in her white robe girt with silver; but strong she seemed and stern as steel, a daughter of kings. ― Book 3, Chapter VI: The King of the Golden Hall, The Two Towers.
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eowyn;
The women of this country learned long ago, those without swords can still die upon them. I fear neither death nor pain.