Joan of Arc

Jeanne D'Arc (Joan of Arc)

Jeanne D' Arc is a character featured in Bladestorm: Hundred Years' War and Warriors Orochi 3

Personality

Jeanne D'Arc is portrayed as a modest young girl whose sole desire is to save her people and her fellow soldiers from suffering the plagues of war. She is gentle yet her very presence seems to inspire her comrades in battle. Despite her young age, gender, and social status, she has an uncommon strength rarely found in the French ranks of the time, and this ultimately leads to her success in general when it comes to warfare.

Role in Bladestorm: Hundred Years' War

She is one of the cover heroes of the game; the French opposite of Edward, the Black Prince, who is the cover leader of England. She doesn't appear until about midway through the game when the players' mercenary has gathered a high enough Fame level. When the mercenary first meets her, she is dressed in peasant clothes and is being mocked by other mercenaries. The player's mercenary silently steps in to stop the harassment and the battle ensues. Jeanne is not referenced by her name at this time and is instead called "Girl". She leads a unit of rapiers.

It is not until later in the game when she appears at the Tavern looking for you do you find out her name. At this time, she is dressed in white armor with purple clothing underneath and leads a unit of lance horsemen.

Jeanne D'Arc, despite being a noted saint in modern times, rarely refers to a higher power of being or being called upon by a supernatural force to fight for the French. Her motivations appear more human and more based on the selfless desire to end the suffering the French peasants of the countryside have been experiencing throughout the war.

Though many of her fellow soldiers do refer to her as an "angel", the pressure quickly becomes to much for her later in the story and she loses sight of her initial purpose. This results in recklessness and leads to her capture in Rouen, in which the players' mercenary has to work to save her from her historical fate.

Afterwards, Jeanne realizes her mistakes and says that she would be happy to work beside her friends to achieve her dream, instead of bearing too much of a burden on herself.