Saint Joan of Arc

<sub>The Maidens heart is encased in armour
Her noble spirit will lead you to the victory again
The Strength and the Faith of thy words are the key
Lets march to the Loire...

I am the Virgin of France, she said bearing the flag
English intruder your time near the end, so choose: give up or be dead!
Friends up! Up to the battle! she said inciting her troops,
The Lord has sentenced the English invader,
So put your hands on thy swords and follow me!

(Thy Majestie - Up to The Battle)</sub>



From Wikipedia

Saint Joan of Arc or The Maid of Orléans (French: Jeanne d'Arc,[1] IPA: [ʒan daʁk]; ca. 1412[2] – 30 May 1431) is considered a national heroine of France and a Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France who claimed Divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII. She was captured by the Burgundians, sold to the English, tried by an ecclesiastical court, and burned at the stake when she was nineteen years old. Twenty-five years after the execution, Pope Callixtus III examined the trial, pronounced her innocent and declared her a martyr. She was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. She is, along with St. Denis, St. Martin of Tours, St. Louis IX, and St. Theresa of Lisieux, one of the patron saints of France.

Joan asserted that she had visions from God which instructed her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' War. The uncrowned King Charles VII sent her to the siege of Orléans as part of a relief mission. She gained prominence when she overcame the dismissive attitude of veteran commanders and lifted the siege in only nine days. Several more swift victories led to Charles VII's coronation at Reims and settled the disputed succession to the throne.



joan of arc, in manga style. the character design is influenced from Jeanne d'Arc (PSP video game.)