Lady of the Lake

You all know the story, right? The Lady of the lake gave king Arthur his legendary sword and so on and so forth...
This is going to be my entry for the Lady of the lake contest, so your thoughts on the picture, objections and advice is all extremly welcome. Before I turn the work in, that is.

Btw, before everybody starts telling me how the way she''s holding the sword is all wrong, I would like to point out that I was going for the general impression that the sword is weightless for her, so she may be holding it every which way.

As for the stock and such:

Girl: (where has this stock account been all my life?!)
Sword:
Brushes: and
Background: (my apologies, I forgot to credit him)