Izetta

Izetta is the titular protagonist of alternate history-fantasy anime Izetta: The Last Witch. Izetta was a member of a traditionally nomadic people living in the fictional European country of Eylstadt (consisting of the real-world Austrian regions of Tyrol and Vorarlberg) during the early 20th century, and, at least apparently the last descendant of a line of witches who existed in Europe, but went extinct over the years, possibly due to persecution during the Middle Ages and Rennaissance.

During her childhood, Izetta befriended a girl who she did not realize was Ortefiné Frederika von Eylstadt, commonly referred simply as Finé, who has snuck out of the palace when she met Izetta. Izetta showed Finé her powers, and was surprised that Fine, unlike most of her other people who found out about her powers, was not afraid of her. While she was with Izetta, an angry mob of villagers blamed Izetta for burning down a barn, and threatened to attack her. Fine stood in front of them, and in the purpose, took a grazing thrust from a pitchfork. Even after Fine and Izetta went their separate ways, Izetta felt indebted to and enamored with the princess for saving her life.

In 1940, Izetta, now a young woman, was captured by agents of the Germanian Empire (an obvious analogue for Nazi Germany) all of the other residents of the village she was staying in, including Izetta's grandmother, were slaughtered. Izetta was placed in some form of suspended animation, and loaded onto a train. By a twist of fate, Izetta was reunited with Fine after the princess was captured by Germanian agents in neutral Westria (Switzerland), on a diplomatic meeting with a Britannian (British... obviously) ambassador, attempting to broker an alliance. Soon after Fine and Izetta were captured, Germania invaded Eylstadt.

On the plane to the Germanian capital of Neue Berlin, Fine took advantage of a sudden loss of power in the plane to seize a Germanian officer's sidearm, however, she was shot in the shoulder in the struggle. Izetta somehow sensed that Fine was on the plane and in danger, and awoke from suspended animation, destroying both the capsule she was held in, as well as the plane. Izetta grabs an anti-tank rifle, among the planes cargo, and using it like a broomstick of the classic depiction of witch, flies through the air and catches Fine.

Izetta flies back into Eylstadt air space, shooting down two Germanian fighters using her magic (plus one which crashes and one shot down by Fine using the rifle), arriving with Fine, at that point unconcious from her wound near Coenenberg, where the Eylstadt Army is attacked by numerically and technologically superior Germanian forces. Fine regains consciousness to find Izetta by her side, but immediately insists on getting up to speak to the troops. The Eylstadt Army puts up a valiant resistance, but Germanians eventually begin to overrun their positions. As a squadron of Stuka dive bombers makes a bombing run on the mountaintop where Izetta and Fine are standing, Izetta uses her magic to levitate several medieval lances, using them a guided missiles to destroy the bombers. Izetta then attacks Germanian armor. When the medieval swords she uses as levitated projectiles fail to damage the Panzers, Izetta resorts to using her magic to levitate and throw the tanks themselves through the air, and also commandeers an Eylstadt anti-tank rifle, which she uses both as a mount and as a weapon, flying in to attack the rear armor of the tanks or simply magically "supercharging" the bullets to completely overpenetrate a Panzer III. The battle is won thanks to Izetta's intervention.

After the victory at Coenenberg, the Archduke of Eylstadt dies, and Fine succeeds him. Fine uses her coronation as a chance to show of Izetta's powers to world in a public appearance, proclaiming her the second coming of the White Witch, a legendary figure who defended Eylstadt from an invasion at some point in the past. Izetta is also given a custom anti-tank rifle equipped with a motorcycle-like seat, as well as handlebars with an attached trigger as a mount. Izetta wins a second major victory when she destroys a staging areas within Germania itself. However, at the same time, it is discovered that Izetta's powers only work over certain ley lines on the Earth. This, along with the sheer numbers of Germanian forces, mean that while Izetta is a powerful weapon, it is imperative that Fine gain the support of Britannia if they are to have any chance at surviving.