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2	Luna Nera (Black Moon) is a 2020 Italian Creator/{{Netflix}} Original TV series set in the 1600s. Two siblings (Ade and Valente) fleeing from [[TheInquisition The Benandanti]] find refuge in a WizardingSchool run by a coven of witches. It was [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on a book]] series by the same name. In this story, their grandmother sacrifices herself so they can escape. They join a witch coven, and the older Ade helps them to recruit other women on the run from TheInquisition. All the while witch hunters from the village seek them out with the goal of destroying them.
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4	[[https://www.netflix.com/title/80244780 You can watch ''Luna Nera'' on Netflix]].
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6	!Examples:
7	* ArmorIsUseless: The Bishop gives Pietro's father a magical breastplate that protects him from edged weapons. When the Bishop's protective spell is neutralised, Ade is able to kill Pietro's father with an enchanted dagger.
8	* TheBadGuyWins: Although the witches defeat the Inquisitors, the Bishop steals their book of spells.
9	* BaldOfEvil: The Bishop has a creepy-looking bowl cut/ combover combination.
10	* BurnTheWitch: Pietro's father TheWitchHunter interrogates and burns Ade's grandmother on the Bishop's orders.
11	* CastFromHitPoints: The energy needed for the GenderBender spell which Antalia had cast on Valente took her youth, aging her by decades.
12	* CorruptChurch: The Bishop is secretly a practitioner of black magic who wants to destroy the pagan witches and steal their knowledge.
13	* CuteWitch: The youngest witch Persepolis is a pretty, sweet girl despite having a kleptomaniac streak.
14	* TheDragon: Pietro's father is the BigBad Bishop's head inquisitor.
15	* EndOfAnEra: The optimism, openmindedness and rationality of the Renaissance is starting to give way to the paranoia and repression associated with the Counter-Reformation.
16	* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Bishop WouldHurtAChild, but Pietro's father is uneasy about burning Valente.
17	* EvilIsPetty: When Valente rejects the Bishop's offer to become his pupil, he sentences him to death with the other witches.
18	* EvilSorcerer: The Bishop misquotes the Bible to justify burning witches, while stealing their knowledge to empower himself.
19	* EvilWearsBlack: Pietro's father and his inquisitors wear black outfits.
20	* GenderBender: [[spoiler:Valente was in fact born female, but his mother Antalia changed him to hide his identity from the Inquisition and he's been raised as a boy. In the end, he transforms into the female Luxor.]]
21	* GoodIsOldFashioned: Janara carries a broadsword from the late Middle Ages. The Inquisitors are armed with more modern rapiers.
22	* HeelFaceTurn: Spiritos tries to protect Persepolis from the Inquisitors, and refuses to betray her when tortured.
23	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Pietro starts out as a member of the Inquisition, switches sides with Spiritos to prevent the execution of the witches, then rejoins the Inquisition in the final episode to avenge his father.
24	* HeManWomanHater: Pietro's father and the Bishop fear women they are unable to repress or control.
25	* HeroesPreferSwords: Janara is armed with a CoolSword, as above. MagicalGirl Ade carries a ChastityDagger for protection.
26	* ItsPersonal: The Bishop persecutes witches because Janara refused to teach him magic.
27	* LipstickLesbian: Tebe and Janara are in a relationship together. Both have long hair and wear elegant dresses, as was expected from women in the 1600s.
28	* LoveableRogue: Persepolis will steal anything not nailed down, but she is fiercely loyal to Ade and also cares about Spritos.
29	* LoverAndBeloved: In a {{gender flip}}ped version, the elderly chief witch Tebe is in a relationship with the middle-aged Janara, whom she taught magic.
30	* MaskedVillainsUnmaskedHeroes: The Inquisitors are GasMaskMooks who disguise themselves with masks made from the skulls of executed criminals. Pietro is initially one of these MalevolentMaskedMen, but undergoes a GoodCostumeSwitch after befriending Ade.
31	* MasterArcher: Valente eventually becomes one after weeks of WilliamTelling with a SacredBowAndArrows.
32	* MeaningfulName: The witches are named after ancient cities of knowledge, and figures from the mythology of AncientGrome.
33	* OurMagesAreDifferent: Only women are allowed to join the witches' coven. When the Bishop is refused admission as a young man, he establishes his own school of magic.
34	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The Bishop hates heretics, Jews and women, and will even harm children if they get in his way.
35	* PunchClockVillains: Pietro and his friend Spiritos work for the Inquisition, but disapprove of their methods.
36	* RapidAging: [[spoiler:Antalia's spell to hide Valente causes her to rapidly age, and she becomes Natalia.]]
37	* RedIsHeroic: Janara has bright red hair, wears red dresses, and is highly skilled with a sword. She's dedicated to protecting other witches from the Inquisition.
38	* TortureIsIneffective: Spiritos is brutally whipped on the Bishop's orders, but refuses to reveal the witches' location.
39	* UnequalRites: The Bishop is a male sorcerer practising HermeticMagic on behalf of the church. The witches are women who practise ancient FunctionalMagic. He wants to slaughter them all since they wouldn't teach him their kind years before.
40	* WitchClassic: Tebe has long grey hair, a large nose and wears black dresses.
41	* WizardingSchool: The series has a class of young women learning magic from two older witches during the 1600s.

Context Series / LunaNera