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  • 2017 Yearly Upgrade version.
  • Shortened the length of the profile so reposting the profile. Link to the previous profile can be found here.


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  • 2016/01/05 - Profile created.
  • 2016/01/10 - Profile completed.
  • 2016/01/24 - Visual Biography and Mini Profile added. Race, Occupation and History edited. Affiliations updated.
  • 2016/06/14 - Topic description edited.
  • 2016/07/03 - Residence updated.
  • 2017/01/09 - Mini Profile, Personality and History revised and shortened. Extended Personality and 2017 Yearly Upgrade added.
  • 2017/07/31 - Images fixed.
  • 2018/01/29 - 2018 Yearly Upgrade added.


Jehanne Darc
Posted ImageGeneral Information
Real Name:
Jehanne DarcKanji:
-Furigana:
ジャンヌ・ダルクCommon Name:
LaeticiaNicknames:
Laeticia du Lys
Joan of Arc
The Saint of Orleans
The Maiden of Orleans
La Pucelle
Maiden of Lorraine

Basic Information
Race:
HumanGender:
FemaleHeight:
159cmWeight:
44kgBlood Type:
???Age:
Around 600 (Biologically 19)Date of Birth
Year 1412 AD, January the 6thPlace of Birth:
France, Domremy
Mini Profile
Laeticia du Lys, a façade adopted by Jehanne Darc to hide her true identity, is the physical education teacher at Senki Academy and the Section Leader of the Vatican's Section XIII.

Laeticia du Lys keeps her past as Jehanne Darc a close secret, with only a handful of members within the Vatican's Section Zero knowing the truth. Even the fact that she serves as the Section Leader of the Iscariot Order is kept a secret to those outside of the Vatican's Thirteen Sections. To everyone else, Laeticia du Lys is a former high ranking member of the Fairy Tail Guild who travelled to Japan to teach physical education at Senki Academy.

Known to be a faithful Catholic, Laeticia du Lys is a strong willed person with an equally strong sense of justice. While Laeticia can be kind, she can be equally cruel and has a particularly fierce temper. There would be many that would agree that while Laeticia might have a feminine appearance, her personality is undoubtedly a tomboy.


Further Information
Occupation:Section Leader (Isacariot Section XIII)
Teacher (Senki Academy)
Residence:Japan,
Miyazaki Prefecture,
Kaneshima City,
Plato Building,
Room 302
Affiliations:God
Pope
Catholic Church
Iscariot Section XIII
Senki Academy
Fairy Tail Guild
Relatives:???


Voice Actors
Japanese/Singing VocalMaaya Sakamoto 「坂本真綾」


Personality
Laeticia du Lys, having lived during the Hundred Years' War as Jehanne Darc over six-hundred years ago, many would think would struggle with the modern age, however the Laeticia has actually had very little trouble in growing accustomed to modern society. Whether it is because of her young age or because of her personality, which many would consider to be very out of place for her era, Laeticia has taken great interest in modern society and has been quick to learn about modern technology.

While Jehanne Darc's personality is the dominant personality, her soul does still inhabit the body of Laeticia Blanc, the name of the original host of Jehanne Darc's body. To be a suitable host, the host's body and mind must be similar to that of the soul that inhabits it. In other words, there is actually very little difference between Laeticia Blanc and Jehanne Darc's personality. However, this does not mean there are no differences and the differences that do exist do affect Jehanne Darc's personality to an extent.

Jehanne Darc could be described as a person who operates largely on emotion rather than logic. Jehanne Darc is fiercely loyal to God and believes strongly in the revelations she is given, believing those revelations to be a message from God. While Jehanne Darc has learned to tolerate the fact that other religions exist and there are those who do not share her belief in God, this does not mean it does not affect her opinion of those people. While Jehanne Darc will not actively show it, those who do not follow God are generally less liked by Jehanne Darc.

As well as a strong faith, Jehanne Darc also possesses a strong determination and an equally strong sense of justice. Jehanne Darc blindly follows her own justice and will often ignore others, believing her own justice to be above all others. Jehanne Darc's actions are also largely dependant on her emotional state, making her incredibly unpredictable at times. This often leaves her coming across as kind as she is cruel, and as merciful as she is merciless. Perhaps an odd character trait of Jehanne Darc's is that while she refuses to directly kill anyone herself, she is perfectly capable of ordering an army to commit a massacre.

Jehanne Darc has taken a great interest in modern society and modern technology, and despite being a young girl from the medieval ages, few would disagree that Jehanne Darc is a tomboy. Holding odd interests ranging from modern transport such as trains, cars and even motorcycles to modern computing such as personal computers and smart phones, the number of tomboyish interests possessed by Jehanne Darc by far outnumber her feminine interests.


Extended Personality
Likes:
  • Prayer
Dislikes:
  • Blasphemy
Talents:
  • Leading an army
  • Cannons
Natural Enemy:
  • None


History
Laeticia du Lys is the modern identity of Jehanne Darc, a young girl born during the Hundred Years' War as a peasant, later becoming a prominent military leader who is said to have turned the tide of war before she was burned as a heretic only to be canonised hundreds of years later.

Jehanne Darc was born in Domremy, France, to a family of peasants. At first, she had a largely normal life until she reached her teen years, when she began to have Revelations from God, telling her it was her divine role to drive out the English and have Dauphin be brought to Reims for his coronation.

These Revelations would continue until Jehanne Darc finally acted on them at the age of sixteen, when she started her journey which would lead Jehanne Darc to leading the French military on numerous victorious campaigns and to the coronation of King Charles VII.

Following the coronation of King Charles VII, Jehanne Darc was captured and put on trial. After being tried by a court of Pro-English clergy, Jehanne Darc was burned at the stake after being condemned as a relapsed heretic. After her death, she was granted a retrial and declared innocent of heresy and a few hundred years, was canonised by the Pope, recognising her as a saint.

Senki Academy
A few hundred years after Jehanne Darc's death, during the invasion of Link Joker, Jehanne Darc once again was given a chance at life. Given the body of a young girl known as Laeticia Blanc, Jehanne Darc assisted France in its defence against Link Joker. It was during this time that Jehanne Darc was enrolled into the Vatican's Thirteen Sections and became known as Laeticia du Lys.

Following the Link Joker invasion, after some internal issues within Section XIII of the Vatican's Thirteen Sections, Laeticia du Lys was made the Section Leader of Section III. In order to better understand the modern world so that she could properly guide Section XIII, Laeticia decided to travel the world. During her travels, she became a member of the Fairy Tail Guild, where her reputation grew until she was contacted and offered a job by Senki Academy.

Seeing Kaneshima Island as an ideal location as a spot where the supernatural would gather, Laeticia du Lys accepted the job, moving to Japan where she now works at Senki Academy as the physical education teacher while at the same time continues to lead Section XIII.


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    Everyday necessities of modern day life ranging from toothbrushes to money.


Powers
Jehanne Darc is an individual who has amassed a great amount of experience in her lifetime, such as experience in leading armies during the Hundred Years' War. However, while Jehanne Darc's experience aids her greatly in life, it is the powers and abilities that has allowed Jehanne Darc to reach the point she has. Some of these abilities were abilities that Jehanne Darc had in her life during the Hundred Years' War which allowed Jehanne Darc to achieve the victories she achieved. Others are abilities that had developed long after the Hundred Years' War when Jehanne Darc awoken into the world once again as Laeticia Blanc. Jehanne Darc also has abilities that have been gifted to her as a virtue of being a saint.
La Pucelle d'Orleans
During the Hundred Years' War, Jehanne Darc often referred to herself as, and would late become known as, La Pucelle. After arriving at Orleans and breaking the siege over the city, Jehanne Darc would go down in history as La Pucelle d'Orleans, the military victory that would earn Jehanne Darc a place in history and be remembered hundreds of years after her execution.

During the Hundred Years' War, Jehanne Darc did have one ability that separated her from other humans. While it is difficult to explain exactly how the ability worked, the best summary of that ability would be by calling the power Jehanne Darc had during her lifetime Revelations. Jehanne Darc, during the Hundred Years' War, would often have revelations in either the form of visions or voices. These visions would often be visions of saints while the voices would often be voices from what Jehanne Darc would refer to as the Lord.

While it is arguable whether or not these visions or voices came from saints or the Lord, one thing is certain; the Revelations that Jehanne Darc had each came true. These revelations ranged from predicting the outcome of battles to injuries she would sustain in battle. Jehanne Darc's revelations also allowed her to see through deception and come to conclusions that should have been impossible. While many of these Revelations were specifically related to Jehanne Darc, they were not limited to herself. The one weakness of Jehanne Darc's Revelations was that she did not decide what they would be. Instead, the Revelations would just come to her. It was often the case that these Revelations would tell Jehanne Darc what she needed to know at the time, however at other times Jehanne Darc would have vague Revelations. Perhaps what makes these Revelations vague is the fact that Jehanne Darc's Revelations do not give a specific time. At most, it will give Jehanne Darc an estimation. For example, Jehanne Darc may have a Revelation that she will receive a wound during her next battle, and while Jehanne Darc will know the exact location and extent of the wound, she will not know at what point in the battle she will receive that wound. Another example would be just before Jehanne Darc's capture during the Hundred Years' War, Jehanne Darc had a Revelation that she would be captured before Saint John's Day, but did not know when exactly before Saint John's Day. While an incredibly powerful ability, it is these shortcomings that make Jehanne Darc's Revelations far from reliable.

Of course, there is another limitation to Jehanne Darc's revelations. While the ability to see through deception and Revelations involving herself are not affected by this limit, it does place a strong restriction on the extent of Jehanne Darc's Revelations. In regards to Revelations that do not involve Jehanne Darc directly, these Revelations must relate to France's independence being placed in some form of danger or the independence of the Catholic Church being placed in some kind of danger. Jehanne Darc, by virtue of it being her homeland, has a strong connection to France which in turn allows Jehanne Darc to receive Revelations from the Lord. In the same regards, Jehanne Darc's strong faith in the Catholic religion has resulted in an equally strong connection and allows Jehanne Darc to receive Revelations from the Lord in regards to any threats against the Catholic Church. However, say for example a war was fought in Japan, as Japan is not Jehanne Darc's homeland and there is no particular threat to the Catholic Church, Jehanne Darc will not be able to access any Revelations regarding that war. However, if the war grew to endanger the world, at that point, Jehanne Darc will be able to receive Revelations from the Lord as it would place both France and the Catholic Church's independence in danger.

In other words, Jehanne Darc's ability to receive Revelations depends on the circumstances. While Jehanne Darc may use her Revelations to see through deceptions and receive Revelations regarding herself, unless France of the Catholic Church's independence is at risk, she cannot receive Revelations that have no relation to her. In addition to this, Jehanne Darc's Revelations are far from perfect and the major shortcoming is that while Jehanne Darc is able to ascertain details from Revelations, she is unable to ascertain as to when exactly her Revelations will come about. Furthermore, Jehanne Darc does not choose when and what Revelations she receives.

So how exactly does this working in character? The way this ability functions in topics and plots is quite simple. In terms of Revelations such as injuries Jehanne Darc receives, it is up to the plot runner to decide whether or not Jehanne Darc has a Revelation and if so, what. For as long as it is a Revelation that Jehanne Darc is capable of, the plot runner may allow Jehanne Darc to see that Revelation. The extent of the detail is also down to the plot runner. Of course, Revelations cannot be so detailed that they depict Jehanne Darc's death, and the extent of the detail shouldn't exceed anything more than the location of an injury or a brief description of an event that will befall Jehanne Darc or the party during a plot.

Jehanne Darc's physical capabilities are well passed human limitations, giving her a combat advantage against regular humans and puts Jehanne Darc on par with other individuals whose physical capabilities surpass humans. These skills have also been further extended thanks to Jehanne Darc's experiences in life and training as a member of the Vatican's Thirteen Sections.

However, while it is true that Jehanne Darc's physical capabilities are far beyond human limits, the way in which this affects Jehanne Darc is very different from others individuals with similar abilities that push their physical capabilities beyond human limits. As part of the powers of La Pucelle, it is only when in combat does Jehanne Darc demonstrate her physical capabilities. While Jehanne Darc did not actually actively participate in battle on the battlefield, it would seem that being present on the battlefield has given Jehanne Darc an affiliation for combat and it is this affiliation that allows Jehanne Darc to exceed human limits when in combat.

So, what exactly does it mean to only be able to exceed human limits while in combat? It is quite simple, really. In combat, Jehanne Darc is able to counter blows from people with superhuman strength and even over power many. However, unlike those with superhuman strength, Jehanne Darc cannot lift cars or anything of the such. Jehanne Darc's ability to lift remains within human limits and it is only her strikes and ability to clash with an opponent's strike that is affected by Jehanne Darc's enhanced physical capabilities. The same goes for speed. While Jehanne Darc is able to keep up and even outpace individuals with superhuman agility, Jehanne Darc cannot actually run superhumanly fast. These physical capabilities extend to the ability to take damage and deal with pain. Jehanne Darc is able to take hits that would kill ordinary humans and continue fighting. Jehanne Darc even has enhanced healing that allows Jehanne Darc to survive fatal wounds and heal quicker than the average human. Of course, this healing is far from being on par with regeneration as Jehanne Darc's healing isn't as so fast as it allows her to heal in combat. Instead, it allows Jehanne Darc to heal severe and fatal injuries over the course of days. Jehanne Darc's body's inability to age also falls under La Pucelle. Of course, while Jehanne Darc is able to fight on par against most people, Jehanne Darc's potential is very much limited to defence.

In other words, La Pucelle is the ability which allows Jehanne Darc to not only receive Revelations from the Lord, but also the ability which allows Jehanne Darc to fight on par with superhuman individuals as well as the reason as to why Laeticia Blanc's body has not aged since the age of nineteen, the age Laeticia Blanc was when Jehanne Darc took possession of her body. While Jehanne Darc did have the power to receive Revelations in her life during the Hundred Years' War, the powers relating to combat and the inability to age are powers that have been bestowed onto Jehanne Darc as part of the legacy that has formed around her life during the Hundred Years' War.

After gaining a better understanding of her own Revelations, Jehanne Darc is able to apply her Revelations in a variety of different ways. The methods in which Jehanne Darc may apply her Revelations are:

  • Presence Detection
    An ability derived from Jehanne Darc's Revelations, Presence Detection allows Jehanne Darc to detect any presence within a one-hundred metre radius of her. Jehanne Darc is able to differentiate between the different presences and can gain a general understanding of the presence. As each presence is unique, for people Jehanne Darc is familiar with, she can identity who the person is from their presence alone. For people Jehanne Darc is unfamiliar with, she is able to gain information such as their race and level of killing intent.
    If Jehanne Darc concentrates, she is able to increase the range of her Presence Detection to a one kilometre radius, however this requires her to solely focus on detecting the presences around her meaning she cannot perform any other act while concentrating on her Presence Detection.
  • Fact and Fiction
    Jehanne Darc has further mastered her Revelations and is able to apply them to smaller and more everyday circumstances. Essentially, this method of using Revelations allows Jehanne Darc to see through deceptions of various kinds, whether they are verbal lies or illusions. In regards to verbal lies, while Jehanne Darc cannot discern the reason behind the lie or what the truth is, Jehanne Darc is able sense when she is being lied to. Of course, this requires the individual lying to Jehanne Darc to be consciously aware that they are lying. If the individual genuinely believes what they are saying, then it will not be interpreted as a lie by Jehanne Darc's Revelations. In addition to verbal lies and illusions, Fact and Fiction can generally be applied to any form of deception, including but not limited to seeing through disguises and resistance to anything that influences minds or thoughts.
La Fleur de Lys
「I loved my banner forty times better than my sword. And when I went against my enemy, I carried my banner myself, lest I kill any. I have never killed a man.」
La Fleur de Lys is the name of Jehanne Darc's weapon. However, while Jehanne Darc may refer to La Fleur de Lys as her weapon, it is one that very few people would consider a weapon. After all, it wasn't actually a weapon. Well, as far as intended use goes, anyway. La Fleur de Lys is actually a battle standard, however Jehanne Darc has learned to utilise her battle standard in combat and against enemies as a close range weapon which can battle on par with even the sharpest of blades and the heaviest of weapons.

So, why exactly does Jehanne Darc opt to use a battle standard rather than an actual weapon such as a sword? While it is true that Jehanne Darc is more than capable of using a sword and would more than likely be much more skilled in using a sword rather than a battle standard, the reason behind Jehanne Darc's decision to use a battle standard in place of a proper weapon is simple. Jehanne Darc just simply loves her banner forty times better than her sword. After all, a sword signified that one was going into battle to kill. However, a battle standard had an entirely different meaning. A battle standard had whatever meaning the standard-bearer chose for that battle standard to have. For example, the L'Oriflamme, another battle standard used during the Hundred Years' War, signified death. While the L'Oriflamme was raised, it meant that the French army would not take any prisoners and that there would be no mercy on the battlefield; the L'Oriflamme signified that there would only be death. This struck fear into nobles who made up the rank of enemy armies, who would be expecting to be taken prisoner and ransomed back instead of being killed.

La Fleur de Lys could be considered the opposite of the L'Oriflamme. La Fleur de Lys did not signify death, but rather God's protection. Jehanne Darc had created La Fleur de Lys to signify that God was on their side and that those who opposed them were the enemies of the Lord. La Fleur de Lys was a banner that represented the strength and protection of the Lord for those who fought under it; however to those who fought against it,the banner would mean the wrath of God. However, unlike L'Oriflamme, the banner of death, La Fleur de Lys was as much a banner of mercy as it was of the wrath of God. Unlike the L'Oriflamme, which when raised, would result in a bloodshed which would only end once every soldier the enemy had had been slain, La Fleur de Lys would show mercy to those who chose to retreat from battle. After all, it was only those who chose to fight against the Lord who would feel the wrath of the Lord. This was the meaning behind Jehanne Darc's battle standard during the Hundred Years' War. A banner that represented that the King of Heavens had bestowed the Kingdom of France to the French and that the English had no right in the Kingdom of France. While La Fleur de Lys has lost this meaning in modern days, the broad meaning of the battle standard still remains. La Fleur de Lys is a battle standard that represents the strength and protection of God to those who stand under it; and for those who oppose it, La Fleur de Lys represents the wrath of God.

La Fleur de Lys, as a battle standard, is designed to stand tall and visible in the battlefield. La Fleur de Lys's pole measures just over double Jehanne Darc's height, bringing the length of the battle standard to approximately three-hundred-and-fifty centimetres. The banner itself is just under a metre in length and approximately three-hundred-and-fifty centimetres in width. Each end of the pole has an extremely sharp point, allowing it to pierce through even armour if enough force is applied. As for the material of La Fleur de Lys is made from, it is not actually made from a material familiar to mankind. While not even Jehanne Darc is entirely sure of the specifics, Jehanne Darc considers La Fleur de Lys a gift from Heavens itself, and a weapon that has become an extension of Jehanne Darc's own body. La Fleur de Lys generally cannot be damaged and can withstand even attacks from those with superhuman strength and even attacks specialising in cutting. Generally, the only means of damaging La Fleur de Lys would be to be blessed by the Lord recognised by the Catholic Church. In other words, those who are a member of the clergy. In the event of such an opponent, for that opponent, La Fleur de Lys's durability would be no different from a regular battle standard. However, as it is an extension of Jehanne Darc's body, she can freely return La Fleur de Lys to its original form. In addition to his, by virtue of La Fleur de Lys being an extension of Jehanne Darc's body, she can freely choose to give La Fleur de Lys physical form. In other words, Jehanne Darc can freely summon and dismiss La Fleur de Lys. However, in the same regards, because La Fleur de Lys is an extension of Jehanne Darc's body, if La Fleur de Lys is somehow separated from Jehanne Darc for a distance exceeding one-hundred metres, La Fleur de Lys will automatically lose its physical form. In addition to this, as part of Jehanne Darc's body, Jehanne Darc if La Fleur de Lys is given physical form, Jehanne Darc will be aware of its whereabouts at all times and regardless of the distance, is able to dismiss or even summon La Fleur de Lys to her hand. Finally, only only one La Fleur de Lys can exist at any given time. When La Fleur de Lys is summoned, it appears in Jehanne Darc's hand as a burst of bright, white light in the form of the battle standard. Likewise, when dismissed, La Fleur de Lys disappears in a bright, white light.

As for how Jehanne Darc fights with La Fleur de Lys, Jehanne Darc generally adopts a similar battle style as soldiers trained with spears. Jehanne Darc uses the superior range of her battle standard to strike opponents from afar, using the sharp pointed ends of the battle standard to pierce the enemy and deal damage. If Jehanne Darc is unable to put enough distance between herself and the opponent to launch piercing strikes at the opponent, then Jehanne Darc will resort to simply striking the opponent with the pole itself in a similar fashion to a pole arm. Jehanne Darc will also parry and defend against attacks using the body of the battle standard just as one would with a pole arm.

La Fleur de Lys does have one special ability. Jehanne Darc, despite her presence on the battlefield during the Hundred Years' War, has never killed a person with her own hands. While it is true that the orders Jehanne Darc gave to her army did result in bloodshed, Jehanne Darc has never actually taken a life by her own hands. It is because of that La Fleur de Lys has lost the ability to kill people. However, this does not mean La Fleur de Lys is incapable of doing damage to them. In fact, this ability exists so that Jehanne Darc can subdue opponents without killing them. To explain how exactly damage dealt by La Fleur de Lys generally works, if a target was pierced by one of La Fleur de Lys's pointed tips, they would feel the pain and effects of being pierced, such as difficulty breathing if they had been pierced in the lungs. The only difference is that they won't be able to see the wound. The target will simply just feel the pain and effects of having received such a wound. Another example would be if Jehanne Darc were to launch an attack that would result in cutting the target's hand off. While the target's hand wouldn't actually fall off, the target would lose the ability to use that hand. Should a target receive so many injuries it would result in death, rather than actually killing the target, the target will simply just fall unconscious. The effects of La Fleur de Lys can only last up to a maximum of one day but Jehanne Darc may relieve the target of the pains and effects earlier if she chooses so. As for how taking damage from La Fleur du Lys would look visually, say for example a target was hit by the pole of Jehanne Darc's battle standard, it would be exactly the same as being hit by any other pole. The only different would be that any cuts or bruises left behind would not be visible. However, in the case that a target is pierced by one of the pointed ends of the battle standard, it will enter the target's body, although it will create no opening. As stated, the only difference between being injured by La Fleur de Lys and a normal weapon is that there are no visible wounds. It will just be the pain and effect of the wound. As this is a skill that does not actually cause physical or spiritual damage to the target, La Fleur de Lys renders powers such as regeneration and healing useless.
Sainte Jehanne Darc
「If I am not, God put me there, and if I am, God keep me there!」
Shortly before Jehanne Darc has gained possession over Laeticia Blanc's body, almost five-hundred years after Jehanne Darc's execution during the Hundred Years' War, Jehanne Darc was canonised and recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church, earning herself the title of Saint Jehanne Darc, or Sainte Jehanne Darc in French. It is a common misconception that, within the Catholic Church, it is the Church which bestows sainthoods but that is not the case. The Catholic Church simply recognise saints who have proved their holiness and likeness to God. In order to be canonised, one must go through beatification before they can qualify for canonisation. Regardless of whether it is beatification or canonisation, the requisites of each is a certain number of miracles. In becoming a saint, one is recognised to be in Heaven by the grace of God.

Of course, having become recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church, Jehanne Darc now has access to the benefits of being a saint. The first benefit to being a saint is that Jehanne Darc can introduce herself as the Saint Jehanne Darc and be recognised as such without providing any evidence. However, this benefit only works with members of the Catholic Church. By members, this does not include ordinary believers, but people who hold a position within the Catholic Church. Members of the clergy such as priests, bishops, archbishops and so on would be included in this benefit. However, in order for members of the Catholic Church to be able to recognise Jehanne Darc as the Saint Jehanne Darc, Jehanne Darc has to introduce herself as much. In other words, unless Jehanne Darc outright says that she is the Saint Jehanne Darc, even members of the Catholic Church won't be aware of her identity.

However, this is not the main power of a saint. Rather, this can be considered simply a form of identification that saints of the Catholic Church may use to prove their identity without evidence. The true power of a saint, as should be apparent by the prerequisites to become a saint, is the power to produce miracles. While in life, the power to grant miracles is mostly an unconscious one and one that a person does not have control of. However, once canonised, a saint is able to master the powers of miracles to an extent that it allows them to produce miracles at will.

So what exactly is a miracle? Miracles are generally things with such low probability that it is virtually impossible, if not impossible. Miracles include curing a disease or fatal wound, and surviving from fatal wounds. Miracles can even include coming out of a situation whereby one should have come out either dead or with severe injuries, but instead come out unharmed or with minimal injuries. Miracles can even include sudden weather changes, such as a sudden change in wind direction or rain during a cloudless day. Of course, even amongst saints, the power to work miracle varies greatly. In Saint Jehanne Darc's case, she can generally work miracles which fall under one of the two following categories.

The first category of miracles Jehanne Darc is able to work are healing miracles. This is no doubt the most common power of saints and one that most saints have mastered. The ability to work miracles in order to heal injuries, cure diseases and even lift curses. The process of healing is instant and for as long as the target is still living, Jehanne Darc will be able to successfully heal the target. However, there are some limitations to healing miracles. The first limitation is that it must be targeted. To better explain this, say for example the target has two diseases, Jehanne Darc would have to use a healing miracle for each disease separately. The same applies for curses. However, when it comes to physically injury, Jehanne Darc is able to completely heal all wounds on a target with just one healing miracle. The second limitation is that, as stated, the target must be alive. In other words, healing miracles cannot be used to resurrect the dead as the resurrection of the dead falls under a different category of miracles. Healing miracles, as stated, are considered the most basic form of miracles and most saints become masters of healing miracles the moment they are recognised as saints. Jehanne Darc, like many saints before her, had gained the use of healing miracles the moment she was recognised as a saint.

The second and final category of miracles Jehanne Darc is able to work are conditional miracles. The particular form of conditional miracles Jehanne Darc has mastered in the ability to change weather conditions. Jehanne Darc can change the direction and strength of the wind, and even make it rain or snow on clear days. Of course, when used to summon rain or snow during a clear day, the skies will cloud over quickly and the temperature will drop in the case of snow. On the subject of temperature, Jehanne Darc may also use conditional miracles to increase or decrease the temperature and humidity, however the temperatures must in range of what is possible for that country. In other words, Jehanne Darc cannot raise the temperature to one-hundred degrees Celsius. What Jehanne Darc can do, however, is increase the temperature on a winter day to levels of a summer day. The limitations to Jehanne Darc's miracles is that Jehanne Darc can only use these miracles to affect an area the size of, at most, a small city and these changes generally do not last longer than a few hours. Furthermore, while Jehanne Darc can cause weather condition changes, these cannot be on the level of a disaster. For example, while Jehanne Darc can make it rain heavily, she cannot make it rain to the point it would cause floods. Likewise, while Jehanne Darc can make the winds strong, Jehanne Darc cannot make the winds so strong that it would become a typhoon. Conditional miracles is a specialised form of miracles which can be gained through a saint's life. In Jehanne Darc's case, Jehanne Darc is said to have performed miracles which affected the weather to be in favour of Jehanne Darc's army's favour and because of these tales, Jehanne Darc has gained the mastery over miracles that affect the weather, a subtype of conditional miracles.

However, while working miracles may be an extremely powerful tool of a saint, miracles are also very draining on saints. While how often a saint can use miracles depends on the saint, with many only limited to only being able to use one miracle before requiring a long rest, Jehanne Darc is capable of using up to three miracles per topic. However, even with this limit, using a miracle is a massive drain on Jehanne Darc and after using a miracle, Jehanne Darc will suffer from some exhaustion. If Jehanne Darc goes as far as to use all three miracles in one topic, she will be left with virtually no energy left and her movements will become much more sluggish and her concentration much more unfocused.
Edited by Mayu, Jan 29 2018, 02:50 AM.
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Jehanne Darc is an individual who has amassed a great amount of experience in her lifetime, such as experience in leading armies during the Hundred Years' War. However, while Jehanne Darc's experience aids her greatly in life, it is the powers and abilities that has allowed Jehanne Darc to reach the point she has. Some of these abilities were abilities that Jehanne Darc had in her life during the Hundred Years' War which allowed Jehanne Darc to achieve the victories she achieved. Others are abilities that had developed long after the Hundred Years' War when Jehanne Darc awoken into the world once again as Laeticia Blanc. Jehanne Darc also has abilities that have been gifted to her as a virtue of being a saint.
La Pucelle d'Orleans
During the Hundred Years' War, Jehanne Darc often referred to herself as, and would late become known as, La Pucelle. After arriving at Orleans and breaking the siege over the city, Jehanne Darc would go down in history as La Pucelle d'Orleans, the military victory that would earn Jehanne Darc a place in history and be remembered hundreds of years after her execution.

During the Hundred Years' War, Jehanne Darc did have one ability that separated her from other humans. While it is difficult to explain exactly how the ability worked, the best summary of that ability would be by calling the power Jehanne Darc had during her lifetime Revelations. Jehanne Darc, during the Hundred Years' War, would often have revelations in either the form of visions or voices. These visions would often be visions of saints while the voices would often be voices from what Jehanne Darc would refer to as the Lord.

While it is arguable whether or not these visions or voices came from saints or the Lord, one thing is certain; the Revelations that Jehanne Darc had each came true. These revelations ranged from predicting the outcome of battles to injuries she would sustain in battle. Jehanne Darc's revelations also allowed her to see through deception and come to conclusions that should have been impossible. While many of these Revelations were specifically related to Jehanne Darc, they were not limited to herself. The one weakness of Jehanne Darc's Revelations was that she did not decide what they would be. Instead, the Revelations would just come to her. It was often the case that these Revelations would tell Jehanne Darc what she needed to know at the time, however at other times Jehanne Darc would have vague Revelations. Perhaps what makes these Revelations vague is the fact that Jehanne Darc's Revelations do not give a specific time. At most, it will give Jehanne Darc an estimation. For example, Jehanne Darc may have a Revelation that she will receive a wound during her next battle, and while Jehanne Darc will know the exact location and extent of the wound, she will not know at what point in the battle she will receive that wound. Another example would be just before Jehanne Darc's capture during the Hundred Years' War, Jehanne Darc had a Revelation that she would be captured before Saint John's Day, but did not know when exactly before Saint John's Day. While an incredibly powerful ability, it is these shortcomings that make Jehanne Darc's Revelations far from reliable.

Of course, there is another limitation to Jehanne Darc's revelations. While the ability to see through deception and Revelations involving herself are not affected by this limit, it does place a strong restriction on the extent of Jehanne Darc's Revelations. In regards to Revelations that do not involve Jehanne Darc directly, these Revelations must relate to France's independence being placed in some form of danger or the independence of the Catholic Church being placed in some kind of danger. Jehanne Darc, by virtue of it being her homeland, has a strong connection to France which in turn allows Jehanne Darc to receive Revelations from the Lord. In the same regards, Jehanne Darc's strong faith in the Catholic religion has resulted in an equally strong connection and allows Jehanne Darc to receive Revelations from the Lord in regards to any threats against the Catholic Church. However, say for example a war was fought in Japan, as Japan is not Jehanne Darc's homeland and there is no particular threat to the Catholic Church, Jehanne Darc will not be able to access any Revelations regarding that war. However, if the war grew to endanger the world, at that point, Jehanne Darc will be able to receive Revelations from the Lord as it would place both France and the Catholic Church's independence in danger.

In other words, Jehanne Darc's ability to receive Revelations depends on the circumstances. While Jehanne Darc may use her Revelations to see through deceptions and receive Revelations regarding herself, unless France of the Catholic Church's independence is at risk, she cannot receive Revelations that have no relation to her. In addition to this, Jehanne Darc's Revelations are far from perfect and the major shortcoming is that while Jehanne Darc is able to ascertain details from Revelations, she is unable to ascertain as to when exactly her Revelations will come about. Furthermore, Jehanne Darc does not choose when and what Revelations she receives.

So how exactly does this working in character? The way this ability functions in topics and plots is quite simple. In terms of Revelations such as injuries Jehanne Darc receives, it is up to the plot runner to decide whether or not Jehanne Darc has a Revelation and if so, what. For as long as it is a Revelation that Jehanne Darc is capable of, the plot runner may allow Jehanne Darc to see that Revelation. The extent of the detail is also down to the plot runner. Of course, Revelations cannot be so detailed that they depict Jehanne Darc's death, and the extent of the detail shouldn't exceed anything more than the location of an injury or a brief description of an event that will befall Jehanne Darc or the party during a plot.

Jehanne Darc's physical capabilities are well passed human limitations, giving her a combat advantage against regular humans and puts Jehanne Darc on par with other individuals whose physical capabilities surpass humans. These skills have also been further extended thanks to Jehanne Darc's experiences in life and training as a member of the Vatican's Thirteen Sections.

However, while it is true that Jehanne Darc's physical capabilities are far beyond human limits, the way in which this affects Jehanne Darc is very different from others individuals with similar abilities that push their physical capabilities beyond human limits. As part of the powers of La Pucelle, it is only when in combat does Jehanne Darc demonstrate her physical capabilities. While Jehanne Darc did not actually actively participate in battle on the battlefield, it would seem that being present on the battlefield has given Jehanne Darc an affiliation for combat and it is this affiliation that allows Jehanne Darc to exceed human limits when in combat.

So, what exactly does it mean to only be able to exceed human limits while in combat? It is quite simple, really. In combat, Jehanne Darc is able to counter blows from people with superhuman strength and even over power many. However, unlike those with superhuman strength, Jehanne Darc cannot lift cars or anything of the such. Jehanne Darc's ability to lift remains within human limits and it is only her strikes and ability to clash with an opponent's strike that is affected by Jehanne Darc's enhanced physical capabilities. The same goes for speed. While Jehanne Darc is able to keep up and even outpace individuals with superhuman agility, Jehanne Darc cannot actually run superhumanly fast. These physical capabilities extend to the ability to take damage and deal with pain. Jehanne Darc is able to take hits that would kill ordinary humans and continue fighting. Jehanne Darc even has enhanced healing that allows Jehanne Darc to survive fatal wounds and heal quicker than the average human. Of course, this healing is far from being on par with regeneration as Jehanne Darc's healing isn't as so fast as it allows her to heal in combat. Instead, it allows Jehanne Darc to heal severe and fatal injuries over the course of days. Jehanne Darc's body's inability to age also falls under La Pucelle. Of course, while Jehanne Darc is able to fight on par against most people, Jehanne Darc's potential is very much limited to defence.

In other words, La Pucelle is the ability which allows Jehanne Darc to not only receive Revelations from the Lord, but also the ability which allows Jehanne Darc to fight on par with superhuman individuals as well as the reason as to why Laeticia Blanc's body has not aged since the age of nineteen, the age Laeticia Blanc was when Jehanne Darc took possession of her body. While Jehanne Darc did have the power to receive Revelations in her life during the Hundred Years' War, the powers relating to combat and the inability to age are powers that have been bestowed onto Jehanne Darc as part of the legacy that has formed around her life during the Hundred Years' War.

After gaining a better understanding of her own Revelations, Jehanne Darc is able to apply her Revelations in a variety of different ways. The methods in which Jehanne Darc may apply her Revelations are:

  • Presence Detection
    An ability derived from Jehanne Darc's Revelations, Presence Detection allows Jehanne Darc to detect any presence within a one-hundred metre radius of her. Jehanne Darc is able to differentiate between the different presences and can gain a general understanding of the presence. As each presence is unique, for people Jehanne Darc is familiar with, she can identity who the person is from their presence alone. For people Jehanne Darc is unfamiliar with, she is able to gain information such as their race and level of killing intent.
    If Jehanne Darc concentrates, she is able to increase the range of her Presence Detection to a one kilometre radius, however this requires her to solely focus on detecting the presences around her meaning she cannot perform any other act while concentrating on her Presence Detection.
La Fleur de Lys
「I loved my banner forty times better than my sword. And when I went against my enemy, I carried my banner myself, lest I kill any. I have never killed a man.」
La Fleur de Lys is the name of Jehanne Darc's weapon. However, while Jehanne Darc may refer to La Fleur de Lys as her weapon, it is one that very few people would consider a weapon. After all, it wasn't actually a weapon. Well, as far as intended use goes, anyway. La Fleur de Lys is actually a battle standard, however Jehanne Darc has learned to utilise her battle standard in combat and against enemies as a close range weapon which can battle on par with even the sharpest of blades and the heaviest of weapons.

So, why exactly does Jehanne Darc opt to use a battle standard rather than an actual weapon such as a sword? While it is true that Jehanne Darc is more than capable of using a sword and would more than likely be much more skilled in using a sword rather than a battle standard, the reason behind Jehanne Darc's decision to use a battle standard in place of a proper weapon is simple. Jehanne Darc just simply loves her banner forty times better than her sword. After all, a sword signified that one was going into battle to kill. However, a battle standard had an entirely different meaning. A battle standard had whatever meaning the standard-bearer chose for that battle standard to have. For example, the L'Oriflamme, another battle standard used during the Hundred Years' War, signified death. While the L'Oriflamme was raised, it meant that the French army would not take any prisoners and that there would be no mercy on the battlefield; the L'Oriflamme signified that there would only be death. This struck fear into nobles who made up the rank of enemy armies, who would be expecting to be taken prisoner and ransomed back instead of being killed.

La Fleur de Lys could be considered the opposite of the L'Oriflamme. La Fleur de Lys did not signify death, but rather God's protection. Jehanne Darc had created La Fleur de Lys to signify that God was on their side and that those who opposed them were the enemies of the Lord. La Fleur de Lys was a banner that represented the strength and protection of the Lord for those who fought under it; however to those who fought against it,the banner would mean the wrath of God. However, unlike L'Oriflamme, the banner of death, La Fleur de Lys was as much a banner of mercy as it was of the wrath of God. Unlike the L'Oriflamme, which when raised, would result in a bloodshed which would only end once every soldier the enemy had had been slain, La Fleur de Lys would show mercy to those who chose to retreat from battle. After all, it was only those who chose to fight against the Lord who would feel the wrath of the Lord. This was the meaning behind Jehanne Darc's battle standard during the Hundred Years' War. A banner that represented that the King of Heavens had bestowed the Kingdom of France to the French and that the English had no right in the Kingdom of France. While La Fleur de Lys has lost this meaning in modern days, the broad meaning of the battle standard still remains. La Fleur de Lys is a battle standard that represents the strength and protection of God to those who stand under it; and for those who oppose it, La Fleur de Lys represents the wrath of God.

La Fleur de Lys, as a battle standard, is designed to stand tall and visible in the battlefield. La Fleur de Lys's pole measures just over double Jehanne Darc's height, bringing the length of the battle standard to approximately three-hundred-and-fifty centimetres. The banner itself is just under a metre in length and approximately three-hundred-and-fifty centimetres in width. Each end of the pole has an extremely sharp point, allowing it to pierce through even armour if enough force is applied. As for the material of La Fleur de Lys is made from, it is not actually made from a material familiar to mankind. While not even Jehanne Darc is entirely sure of the specifics, Jehanne Darc considers La Fleur de Lys a gift from Heavens itself, and a weapon that has become an extension of Jehanne Darc's own body. La Fleur de Lys generally cannot be damaged and can withstand even attacks from those with superhuman strength and even attacks specialising in cutting. Generally, the only means of damaging La Fleur de Lys would be to be blessed by the Lord recognised by the Catholic Church. In other words, those who are a member of the clergy. In the event of such an opponent, for that opponent, La Fleur de Lys's durability would be no different from a regular battle standard. However, as it is an extension of Jehanne Darc's body, she can freely return La Fleur de Lys to its original form. In addition to his, by virtue of La Fleur de Lys being an extension of Jehanne Darc's body, she can freely choose to give La Fleur de Lys physical form. In other words, Jehanne Darc can freely summon and dismiss La Fleur de Lys. However, in the same regards, because La Fleur de Lys is an extension of Jehanne Darc's body, if La Fleur de Lys is somehow separated from Jehanne Darc for a distance exceeding one-hundred metres, La Fleur de Lys will automatically lose its physical form. In addition to this, as part of Jehanne Darc's body, Jehanne Darc if La Fleur de Lys is given physical form, Jehanne Darc will be aware of its whereabouts at all times and regardless of the distance, is able to dismiss or even summon La Fleur de Lys to her hand. Finally, only only one La Fleur de Lys can exist at any given time. When La Fleur de Lys is summoned, it appears in Jehanne Darc's hand as a burst of bright, white light in the form of the battle standard. Likewise, when dismissed, La Fleur de Lys disappears in a bright, white light.

As for how Jehanne Darc fights with La Fleur de Lys, Jehanne Darc generally adopts a similar battle style as soldiers trained with spears. Jehanne Darc uses the superior range of her battle standard to strike opponents from afar, using the sharp pointed ends of the battle standard to pierce the enemy and deal damage. If Jehanne Darc is unable to put enough distance between herself and the opponent to launch piercing strikes at the opponent, then Jehanne Darc will resort to simply striking the opponent with the pole itself in a similar fashion to a pole arm. Jehanne Darc will also parry and defend against attacks using the body of the battle standard just as one would with a pole arm.

La Fleur de Lys does have one special ability. Jehanne Darc, despite her presence on the battlefield during the Hundred Years' War, has never killed a person with her own hands. While it is true that the orders Jehanne Darc gave to her army did result in bloodshed, Jehanne Darc has never actually taken a life by her own hands. It is because of that La Fleur de Lys has lost the ability to kill people. However, this does not mean La Fleur de Lys is incapable of doing damage to them. In fact, this ability exists so that Jehanne Darc can subdue opponents without killing them. To explain how exactly damage dealt by La Fleur de Lys generally works, if a target was pierced by one of La Fleur de Lys's pointed tips, they would feel the pain and effects of being pierced, such as difficulty breathing if they had been pierced in the lungs. The only difference is that they won't be able to see the wound. The target will simply just feel the pain and effects of having received such a wound. Another example would be if Jehanne Darc were to launch an attack that would result in cutting the target's hand off. While the target's hand wouldn't actually fall off, the target would lose the ability to use that hand. Should a target receive so many injuries it would result in death, rather than actually killing the target, the target will simply just fall unconscious. The effects of La Fleur de Lys can only last up to a maximum of one day but Jehanne Darc may relieve the target of the pains and effects earlier if she chooses so. As for how taking damage from La Fleur du Lys would look visually, say for example a target was hit by the pole of Jehanne Darc's battle standard, it would be exactly the same as being hit by any other pole. The only different would be that any cuts or bruises left behind would not be visible. However, in the case that a target is pierced by one of the pointed ends of the battle standard, it will enter the target's body, although it will create no opening. As stated, the only difference between being injured by La Fleur de Lys and a normal weapon is that there are no visible wounds. It will just be the pain and effect of the wound. As this is a skill that does not actually cause physical or spiritual damage to the target, La Fleur de Lys renders powers such as regeneration and healing useless.
Sainte Jehanne Darc
「If I am not, God put me there, and if I am, God keep me there!」
Shortly before Jehanne Darc has gained possession over Laeticia Blanc's body, almost five-hundred years after Jehanne Darc's execution during the Hundred Years' War, Jehanne Darc was canonised and recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church, earning herself the title of Saint Jehanne Darc, or Sainte Jehanne Darc in French. It is a common misconception that, within the Catholic Church, it is the Church which bestows sainthoods but that is not the case. The Catholic Church simply recognise saints who have proved their holiness and likeness to God. In order to be canonised, one must go through beatification before they can qualify for canonisation. Regardless of whether it is beatification or canonisation, the requisites of each is a certain number of miracles. In becoming a saint, one is recognised to be in Heaven by the grace of God.

Of course, having become recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church, Jehanne Darc now has access to the benefits of being a saint. The first benefit to being a saint is that Jehanne Darc can introduce herself as the Saint Jehanne Darc and be recognised as such without providing any evidence. However, this benefit only works with members of the Catholic Church. By members, this does not include ordinary believers, but people who hold a position within the Catholic Church. Members of the clergy such as priests, bishops, archbishops and so on would be included in this benefit. However, in order for members of the Catholic Church to be able to recognise Jehanne Darc as the Saint Jehanne Darc, Jehanne Darc has to introduce herself as much. In other words, unless Jehanne Darc outright says that she is the Saint Jehanne Darc, even members of the Catholic Church won't be aware of her identity.

However, this is not the main power of a saint. Rather, this can be considered simply a form of identification that saints of the Catholic Church may use to prove their identity without evidence. The true power of a saint, as should be apparent by the prerequisites to become a saint, is the power to produce miracles. While in life, the power to grant miracles is mostly an unconscious one and one that a person does not have control of. However, once canonised, a saint is able to master the powers of miracles to an extent that it allows them to produce miracles at will.

So what exactly is a miracle? Miracles are generally things with such low probability that it is virtually impossible, if not impossible. Miracles include curing a disease or fatal wound, and surviving from fatal wounds. Miracles can even include coming out of a situation whereby one should have come out either dead or with severe injuries, but instead come out unharmed or with minimal injuries. Miracles can even include sudden weather changes, such as a sudden change in wind direction or rain during a cloudless day. Of course, even amongst saints, the power to work miracle varies greatly. In Saint Jehanne Darc's case, she can generally work miracles which fall under one of the two following categories.

The first category of miracles Jehanne Darc is able to work are healing miracles. This is no doubt the most common power of saints and one that most saints have mastered. The ability to work miracles in order to heal injuries, cure diseases and even lift curses. The process of healing is instant and for as long as the target is still living, Jehanne Darc will be able to successfully heal the target. However, there are some limitations to healing miracles. The first limitation is that it must be targeted. To better explain this, say for example the target has two diseases, Jehanne Darc would have to use a healing miracle for each disease separately. The same applies for curses. However, when it comes to physically injury, Jehanne Darc is able to completely heal all wounds on a target with just one healing miracle. The second limitation is that, as stated, the target must be alive. In other words, healing miracles cannot be used to resurrect the dead as the resurrection of the dead falls under a different category of miracles. Healing miracles, as stated, are considered the most basic form of miracles and most saints become masters of healing miracles the moment they are recognised as saints. Jehanne Darc, like many saints before her, had gained the use of healing miracles the moment she was recognised as a saint.

The second and final category of miracles Jehanne Darc is able to work are conditional miracles. The particular form of conditional miracles Jehanne Darc has mastered in the ability to change weather conditions. Jehanne Darc can change the direction and strength of the wind, and even make it rain or snow on clear days. Of course, when used to summon rain or snow during a clear day, the skies will cloud over quickly and the temperature will drop in the case of snow. On the subject of temperature, Jehanne Darc may also use conditional miracles to increase or decrease the temperature and humidity, however the temperatures must in range of what is possible for that country. In other words, Jehanne Darc cannot raise the temperature to one-hundred degrees Celsius. What Jehanne Darc can do, however, is increase the temperature on a winter day to levels of a summer day. The limitations to Jehanne Darc's miracles is that Jehanne Darc can only use these miracles to affect an area the size of, at most, a small city and these changes generally do not last longer than a few hours. Furthermore, while Jehanne Darc can cause weather condition changes, these cannot be on the level of a disaster. For example, while Jehanne Darc can make it rain heavily, she cannot make it rain to the point it would cause floods. Likewise, while Jehanne Darc can make the winds strong, Jehanne Darc cannot make the winds so strong that it would become a typhoon. Conditional miracles is a specialised form of miracles which can be gained through a saint's life. In Jehanne Darc's case, Jehanne Darc is said to have performed miracles which affected the weather to be in favour of Jehanne Darc's army's favour and because of these tales, Jehanne Darc has gained the mastery over miracles that affect the weather, a subtype of conditional miracles.

However, while working miracles may be an extremely powerful tool of a saint, miracles are also very draining on saints. While how often a saint can use miracles depends on the saint, with many only limited to only being able to use one miracle before requiring a long rest, Jehanne Darc is capable of using up to three miracles per topic. However, even with this limit, using a miracle is a massive drain on Jehanne Darc and after using a miracle, Jehanne Darc will suffer from some exhaustion. If Jehanne Darc goes as far as to use all three miracles in one topic, she will be left with virtually no energy left and her movements will become much more sluggish and her concentration much more unfocused.
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Jehanne Darc is an individual who has amassed a great amount of experience in her lifetime, such as experience in leading armies during the Hundred Years' War. However, while Jehanne Darc's experience aids her greatly in life, it is the powers and abilities that has allowed Jehanne Darc to reach the point she has. Some of these abilities were abilities that Jehanne Darc had in her life during the Hundred Years' War which allowed Jehanne Darc to achieve the victories she achieved. Others are abilities that had developed long after the Hundred Years' War when Jehanne Darc awoken into the world once again as Laeticia Blanc. Jehanne Darc also has abilities that have been gifted to her as a virtue of being a saint.
La Pucelle d'Orleans
During the Hundred Years' War, Jehanne Darc often referred to herself as, and would late become known as, La Pucelle. After arriving at Orleans and breaking the siege over the city, Jehanne Darc would go down in history as La Pucelle d'Orleans, the military victory that would earn Jehanne Darc a place in history and be remembered hundreds of years after her execution.

During the Hundred Years' War, Jehanne Darc did have one ability that separated her from other humans. While it is difficult to explain exactly how the ability worked, the best summary of that ability would be by calling the power Jehanne Darc had during her lifetime Revelations. Jehanne Darc, during the Hundred Years' War, would often have revelations in either the form of visions or voices. These visions would often be visions of saints while the voices would often be voices from what Jehanne Darc would refer to as the Lord.

While it is arguable whether or not these visions or voices came from saints or the Lord, one thing is certain; the Revelations that Jehanne Darc had each came true. These revelations ranged from predicting the outcome of battles to injuries she would sustain in battle. Jehanne Darc's revelations also allowed her to see through deception and come to conclusions that should have been impossible. While many of these Revelations were specifically related to Jehanne Darc, they were not limited to herself. The one weakness of Jehanne Darc's Revelations was that she did not decide what they would be. Instead, the Revelations would just come to her. It was often the case that these Revelations would tell Jehanne Darc what she needed to know at the time, however at other times Jehanne Darc would have vague Revelations. Perhaps what makes these Revelations vague is the fact that Jehanne Darc's Revelations do not give a specific time. At most, it will give Jehanne Darc an estimation. For example, Jehanne Darc may have a Revelation that she will receive a wound during her next battle, and while Jehanne Darc will know the exact location and extent of the wound, she will not know at what point in the battle she will receive that wound. Another example would be just before Jehanne Darc's capture during the Hundred Years' War, Jehanne Darc had a Revelation that she would be captured before Saint John's Day, but did not know when exactly before Saint John's Day. While an incredibly powerful ability, it is these shortcomings that make Jehanne Darc's Revelations far from reliable.

Of course, there is another limitation to Jehanne Darc's revelations. While the ability to see through deception and Revelations involving herself are not affected by this limit, it does place a strong restriction on the extent of Jehanne Darc's Revelations. In regards to Revelations that do not involve Jehanne Darc directly, these Revelations must relate to France's independence being placed in some form of danger or the independence of the Catholic Church being placed in some kind of danger. Jehanne Darc, by virtue of it being her homeland, has a strong connection to France which in turn allows Jehanne Darc to receive Revelations from the Lord. In the same regards, Jehanne Darc's strong faith in the Catholic religion has resulted in an equally strong connection and allows Jehanne Darc to receive Revelations from the Lord in regards to any threats against the Catholic Church. However, say for example a war was fought in Japan, as Japan is not Jehanne Darc's homeland and there is no particular threat to the Catholic Church, Jehanne Darc will not be able to access any Revelations regarding that war. However, if the war grew to endanger the world, at that point, Jehanne Darc will be able to receive Revelations from the Lord as it would place both France and the Catholic Church's independence in danger.

In other words, Jehanne Darc's ability to receive Revelations depends on the circumstances. While Jehanne Darc may use her Revelations to see through deceptions and receive Revelations regarding herself, unless France of the Catholic Church's independence is at risk, she cannot receive Revelations that have no relation to her. In addition to this, Jehanne Darc's Revelations are far from perfect and the major shortcoming is that while Jehanne Darc is able to ascertain details from Revelations, she is unable to ascertain as to when exactly her Revelations will come about. Furthermore, Jehanne Darc does not choose when and what Revelations she receives.

So how exactly does this working in character? The way this ability functions in topics and plots is quite simple. In terms of Revelations such as injuries Jehanne Darc receives, it is up to the plot runner to decide whether or not Jehanne Darc has a Revelation and if so, what. For as long as it is a Revelation that Jehanne Darc is capable of, the plot runner may allow Jehanne Darc to see that Revelation. The extent of the detail is also down to the plot runner. Of course, Revelations cannot be so detailed that they depict Jehanne Darc's death, and the extent of the detail shouldn't exceed anything more than the location of an injury or a brief description of an event that will befall Jehanne Darc or the party during a plot.

Jehanne Darc's physical capabilities are well passed human limitations, giving her a combat advantage against regular humans and puts Jehanne Darc on par with other individuals whose physical capabilities surpass humans. These skills have also been further extended thanks to Jehanne Darc's experiences in life and training as a member of the Vatican's Thirteen Sections.

However, while it is true that Jehanne Darc's physical capabilities are far beyond human limits, the way in which this affects Jehanne Darc is very different from others individuals with similar abilities that push their physical capabilities beyond human limits. As part of the powers of La Pucelle, it is only when in combat does Jehanne Darc demonstrate her physical capabilities. While Jehanne Darc did not actually actively participate in battle on the battlefield, it would seem that being present on the battlefield has given Jehanne Darc an affiliation for combat and it is this affiliation that allows Jehanne Darc to exceed human limits when in combat.

So, what exactly does it mean to only be able to exceed human limits while in combat? It is quite simple, really. In combat, Jehanne Darc is able to counter blows from people with superhuman strength and even over power many. However, unlike those with superhuman strength, Jehanne Darc cannot lift cars or anything of the such. Jehanne Darc's ability to lift remains within human limits and it is only her strikes and ability to clash with an opponent's strike that is affected by Jehanne Darc's enhanced physical capabilities. The same goes for speed. While Jehanne Darc is able to keep up and even outpace individuals with superhuman agility, Jehanne Darc cannot actually run superhumanly fast. These physical capabilities extend to the ability to take damage and deal with pain. Jehanne Darc is able to take hits that would kill ordinary humans and continue fighting. Jehanne Darc even has enhanced healing that allows Jehanne Darc to survive fatal wounds and heal quicker than the average human. Of course, this healing is far from being on par with regeneration as Jehanne Darc's healing isn't as so fast as it allows her to heal in combat. Instead, it allows Jehanne Darc to heal severe and fatal injuries over the course of days. Jehanne Darc's body's inability to age also falls under La Pucelle. Of course, while Jehanne Darc is able to fight on par against most people, Jehanne Darc's potential is very much limited to defence.

In other words, La Pucelle is the ability which allows Jehanne Darc to not only receive Revelations from the Lord, but also the ability which allows Jehanne Darc to fight on par with superhuman individuals as well as the reason as to why Laeticia Blanc's body has not aged since the age of nineteen, the age Laeticia Blanc was when Jehanne Darc took possession of her body. While Jehanne Darc did have the power to receive Revelations in her life during the Hundred Years' War, the powers relating to combat and the inability to age are powers that have been bestowed onto Jehanne Darc as part of the legacy that has formed around her life during the Hundred Years' War.

After gaining a better understanding of her own Revelations, Jehanne Darc is able to apply her Revelations in a variety of different ways. The methods in which Jehanne Darc may apply her Revelations are:

  • Presence Detection
    An ability derived from Jehanne Darc's Revelations, Presence Detection allows Jehanne Darc to detect any presence within a one-hundred metre radius of her. Jehanne Darc is able to differentiate between the different presences and can gain a general understanding of the presence. As each presence is unique, for people Jehanne Darc is familiar with, she can identity who the person is from their presence alone. For people Jehanne Darc is unfamiliar with, she is able to gain information such as their race and level of killing intent.
    If Jehanne Darc concentrates, she is able to increase the range of her Presence Detection to a one kilometre radius, however this requires her to solely focus on detecting the presences around her meaning she cannot perform any other act while concentrating on her Presence Detection.
  • Fact and Fiction
    Jehanne Darc has further mastered her Revelations and is able to apply them to smaller and more everyday circumstances. Essentially, this method of using Revelations allows Jehanne Darc to see through deceptions of various kinds, whether they are verbal lies or illusions. In regards to verbal lies, while Jehanne Darc cannot discern the reason behind the lie or what the truth is, Jehanne Darc is able sense when she is being lied to. Of course, this requires the individual lying to Jehanne Darc to be consciously aware that they are lying. If the individual genuinely believes what they are saying, then it will not be interpreted as a lie by Jehanne Darc's Revelations. In addition to verbal lies and illusions, Fact and Fiction can generally be applied to any form of deception, including but not limited to seeing through disguises and resistance to anything that influences minds or thoughts.
La Fleur de Lys
「I loved my banner forty times better than my sword. And when I went against my enemy, I carried my banner myself, lest I kill any. I have never killed a man.」
La Fleur de Lys is the name of Jehanne Darc's weapon. However, while Jehanne Darc may refer to La Fleur de Lys as her weapon, it is one that very few people would consider a weapon. After all, it wasn't actually a weapon. Well, as far as intended use goes, anyway. La Fleur de Lys is actually a battle standard, however Jehanne Darc has learned to utilise her battle standard in combat and against enemies as a close range weapon which can battle on par with even the sharpest of blades and the heaviest of weapons.

So, why exactly does Jehanne Darc opt to use a battle standard rather than an actual weapon such as a sword? While it is true that Jehanne Darc is more than capable of using a sword and would more than likely be much more skilled in using a sword rather than a battle standard, the reason behind Jehanne Darc's decision to use a battle standard in place of a proper weapon is simple. Jehanne Darc just simply loves her banner forty times better than her sword. After all, a sword signified that one was going into battle to kill. However, a battle standard had an entirely different meaning. A battle standard had whatever meaning the standard-bearer chose for that battle standard to have. For example, the L'Oriflamme, another battle standard used during the Hundred Years' War, signified death. While the L'Oriflamme was raised, it meant that the French army would not take any prisoners and that there would be no mercy on the battlefield; the L'Oriflamme signified that there would only be death. This struck fear into nobles who made up the rank of enemy armies, who would be expecting to be taken prisoner and ransomed back instead of being killed.

La Fleur de Lys could be considered the opposite of the L'Oriflamme. La Fleur de Lys did not signify death, but rather God's protection. Jehanne Darc had created La Fleur de Lys to signify that God was on their side and that those who opposed them were the enemies of the Lord. La Fleur de Lys was a banner that represented the strength and protection of the Lord for those who fought under it; however to those who fought against it,the banner would mean the wrath of God. However, unlike L'Oriflamme, the banner of death, La Fleur de Lys was as much a banner of mercy as it was of the wrath of God. Unlike the L'Oriflamme, which when raised, would result in a bloodshed which would only end once every soldier the enemy had had been slain, La Fleur de Lys would show mercy to those who chose to retreat from battle. After all, it was only those who chose to fight against the Lord who would feel the wrath of the Lord. This was the meaning behind Jehanne Darc's battle standard during the Hundred Years' War. A banner that represented that the King of Heavens had bestowed the Kingdom of France to the French and that the English had no right in the Kingdom of France. While La Fleur de Lys has lost this meaning in modern days, the broad meaning of the battle standard still remains. La Fleur de Lys is a battle standard that represents the strength and protection of God to those who stand under it; and for those who oppose it, La Fleur de Lys represents the wrath of God.

La Fleur de Lys, as a battle standard, is designed to stand tall and visible in the battlefield. La Fleur de Lys's pole measures just over double Jehanne Darc's height, bringing the length of the battle standard to approximately three-hundred-and-fifty centimetres. The banner itself is just under a metre in length and approximately three-hundred-and-fifty centimetres in width. Each end of the pole has an extremely sharp point, allowing it to pierce through even armour if enough force is applied. As for the material of La Fleur de Lys is made from, it is not actually made from a material familiar to mankind. While not even Jehanne Darc is entirely sure of the specifics, Jehanne Darc considers La Fleur de Lys a gift from Heavens itself, and a weapon that has become an extension of Jehanne Darc's own body. La Fleur de Lys generally cannot be damaged and can withstand even attacks from those with superhuman strength and even attacks specialising in cutting. Generally, the only means of damaging La Fleur de Lys would be to be blessed by the Lord recognised by the Catholic Church. In other words, those who are a member of the clergy. In the event of such an opponent, for that opponent, La Fleur de Lys's durability would be no different from a regular battle standard. However, as it is an extension of Jehanne Darc's body, she can freely return La Fleur de Lys to its original form. In addition to his, by virtue of La Fleur de Lys being an extension of Jehanne Darc's body, she can freely choose to give La Fleur de Lys physical form. In other words, Jehanne Darc can freely summon and dismiss La Fleur de Lys. However, in the same regards, because La Fleur de Lys is an extension of Jehanne Darc's body, if La Fleur de Lys is somehow separated from Jehanne Darc for a distance exceeding one-hundred metres, La Fleur de Lys will automatically lose its physical form. In addition to this, as part of Jehanne Darc's body, Jehanne Darc if La Fleur de Lys is given physical form, Jehanne Darc will be aware of its whereabouts at all times and regardless of the distance, is able to dismiss or even summon La Fleur de Lys to her hand. Finally, only only one La Fleur de Lys can exist at any given time. When La Fleur de Lys is summoned, it appears in Jehanne Darc's hand as a burst of bright, white light in the form of the battle standard. Likewise, when dismissed, La Fleur de Lys disappears in a bright, white light.

As for how Jehanne Darc fights with La Fleur de Lys, Jehanne Darc generally adopts a similar battle style as soldiers trained with spears. Jehanne Darc uses the superior range of her battle standard to strike opponents from afar, using the sharp pointed ends of the battle standard to pierce the enemy and deal damage. If Jehanne Darc is unable to put enough distance between herself and the opponent to launch piercing strikes at the opponent, then Jehanne Darc will resort to simply striking the opponent with the pole itself in a similar fashion to a pole arm. Jehanne Darc will also parry and defend against attacks using the body of the battle standard just as one would with a pole arm.

La Fleur de Lys does have one special ability. Jehanne Darc, despite her presence on the battlefield during the Hundred Years' War, has never killed a person with her own hands. While it is true that the orders Jehanne Darc gave to her army did result in bloodshed, Jehanne Darc has never actually taken a life by her own hands. It is because of that La Fleur de Lys has lost the ability to kill people. However, this does not mean La Fleur de Lys is incapable of doing damage to them. In fact, this ability exists so that Jehanne Darc can subdue opponents without killing them. To explain how exactly damage dealt by La Fleur de Lys generally works, if a target was pierced by one of La Fleur de Lys's pointed tips, they would feel the pain and effects of being pierced, such as difficulty breathing if they had been pierced in the lungs. The only difference is that they won't be able to see the wound. The target will simply just feel the pain and effects of having received such a wound. Another example would be if Jehanne Darc were to launch an attack that would result in cutting the target's hand off. While the target's hand wouldn't actually fall off, the target would lose the ability to use that hand. Should a target receive so many injuries it would result in death, rather than actually killing the target, the target will simply just fall unconscious. The effects of La Fleur de Lys can only last up to a maximum of one day but Jehanne Darc may relieve the target of the pains and effects earlier if she chooses so. As for how taking damage from La Fleur du Lys would look visually, say for example a target was hit by the pole of Jehanne Darc's battle standard, it would be exactly the same as being hit by any other pole. The only different would be that any cuts or bruises left behind would not be visible. However, in the case that a target is pierced by one of the pointed ends of the battle standard, it will enter the target's body, although it will create no opening. As stated, the only difference between being injured by La Fleur de Lys and a normal weapon is that there are no visible wounds. It will just be the pain and effect of the wound. As this is a skill that does not actually cause physical or spiritual damage to the target, La Fleur de Lys renders powers such as regeneration and healing useless.
Sainte Jehanne Darc
「If I am not, God put me there, and if I am, God keep me there!」
Shortly before Jehanne Darc has gained possession over Laeticia Blanc's body, almost five-hundred years after Jehanne Darc's execution during the Hundred Years' War, Jehanne Darc was canonised and recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church, earning herself the title of Saint Jehanne Darc, or Sainte Jehanne Darc in French. It is a common misconception that, within the Catholic Church, it is the Church which bestows sainthoods but that is not the case. The Catholic Church simply recognise saints who have proved their holiness and likeness to God. In order to be canonised, one must go through beatification before they can qualify for canonisation. Regardless of whether it is beatification or canonisation, the requisites of each is a certain number of miracles. In becoming a saint, one is recognised to be in Heaven by the grace of God.

Of course, having become recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church, Jehanne Darc now has access to the benefits of being a saint. The first benefit to being a saint is that Jehanne Darc can introduce herself as the Saint Jehanne Darc and be recognised as such without providing any evidence. However, this benefit only works with members of the Catholic Church. By members, this does not include ordinary believers, but people who hold a position within the Catholic Church. Members of the clergy such as priests, bishops, archbishops and so on would be included in this benefit. However, in order for members of the Catholic Church to be able to recognise Jehanne Darc as the Saint Jehanne Darc, Jehanne Darc has to introduce herself as much. In other words, unless Jehanne Darc outright says that she is the Saint Jehanne Darc, even members of the Catholic Church won't be aware of her identity.

However, this is not the main power of a saint. Rather, this can be considered simply a form of identification that saints of the Catholic Church may use to prove their identity without evidence. The true power of a saint, as should be apparent by the prerequisites to become a saint, is the power to produce miracles. While in life, the power to grant miracles is mostly an unconscious one and one that a person does not have control of. However, once canonised, a saint is able to master the powers of miracles to an extent that it allows them to produce miracles at will.

So what exactly is a miracle? Miracles are generally things with such low probability that it is virtually impossible, if not impossible. Miracles include curing a disease or fatal wound, and surviving from fatal wounds. Miracles can even include coming out of a situation whereby one should have come out either dead or with severe injuries, but instead come out unharmed or with minimal injuries. Miracles can even include sudden weather changes, such as a sudden change in wind direction or rain during a cloudless day. Of course, even amongst saints, the power to work miracle varies greatly. In Saint Jehanne Darc's case, she can generally work miracles which fall under one of the two following categories.

The first category of miracles Jehanne Darc is able to work are healing miracles. This is no doubt the most common power of saints and one that most saints have mastered. The ability to work miracles in order to heal injuries, cure diseases and even lift curses. The process of healing is instant and for as long as the target is still living, Jehanne Darc will be able to successfully heal the target. However, there are some limitations to healing miracles. The first limitation is that it must be targeted. To better explain this, say for example the target has two diseases, Jehanne Darc would have to use a healing miracle for each disease separately. The same applies for curses. However, when it comes to physically injury, Jehanne Darc is able to completely heal all wounds on a target with just one healing miracle. The second limitation is that, as stated, the target must be alive. In other words, healing miracles cannot be used to resurrect the dead as the resurrection of the dead falls under a different category of miracles. Healing miracles, as stated, are considered the most basic form of miracles and most saints become masters of healing miracles the moment they are recognised as saints. Jehanne Darc, like many saints before her, had gained the use of healing miracles the moment she was recognised as a saint.

The second and final category of miracles Jehanne Darc is able to work are conditional miracles. The particular form of conditional miracles Jehanne Darc has mastered in the ability to change weather conditions. Jehanne Darc can change the direction and strength of the wind, and even make it rain or snow on clear days. Of course, when used to summon rain or snow during a clear day, the skies will cloud over quickly and the temperature will drop in the case of snow. On the subject of temperature, Jehanne Darc may also use conditional miracles to increase or decrease the temperature and humidity, however the temperatures must in range of what is possible for that country. In other words, Jehanne Darc cannot raise the temperature to one-hundred degrees Celsius. What Jehanne Darc can do, however, is increase the temperature on a winter day to levels of a summer day. The limitations to Jehanne Darc's miracles is that Jehanne Darc can only use these miracles to affect an area the size of, at most, a small city and these changes generally do not last longer than a few hours. Furthermore, while Jehanne Darc can cause weather condition changes, these cannot be on the level of a disaster. For example, while Jehanne Darc can make it rain heavily, she cannot make it rain to the point it would cause floods. Likewise, while Jehanne Darc can make the winds strong, Jehanne Darc cannot make the winds so strong that it would become a typhoon. Conditional miracles is a specialised form of miracles which can be gained through a saint's life. In Jehanne Darc's case, Jehanne Darc is said to have performed miracles which affected the weather to be in favour of Jehanne Darc's army's favour and because of these tales, Jehanne Darc has gained the mastery over miracles that affect the weather, a subtype of conditional miracles.

However, while working miracles may be an extremely powerful tool of a saint, miracles are also very draining on saints. While how often a saint can use miracles depends on the saint, with many only limited to only being able to use one miracle before requiring a long rest, Jehanne Darc is capable of using up to three miracles per topic. However, even with this limit, using a miracle is a massive drain on Jehanne Darc and after using a miracle, Jehanne Darc will suffer from some exhaustion. If Jehanne Darc goes as far as to use all three miracles in one topic, she will be left with virtually no energy left and her movements will become much more sluggish and her concentration much more unfocused.
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