If I was going to demean you, you'd know it, and it wouldn't be because you were a woman.
In my world, I'm an Auror, a force within the Department of Magical Law Enforcement that specializes in the capture and detainment of Dark Wizards.
First war was against this arsehole who rose to power using the Dark Arts, tried to take over along with his group of followers, using terrorist tactics, murder, torture, intimidation. Had some fucked up notion that the 'purity' of wizard's blood was better than humans who ain't got any magical ability.
After he was defeated, a handful of his followers tried to bring him back to life, and botched up the spell, causing everybody who had died to become inferi... zombies. Got so that the zombies outnumbered the living, and we had to fight for survival, while figuring out a way to reverse the spell and stop the bastards from attacking.