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This article is about the units and campaign in Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings and Age of Empires IV. For the civilization in Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend, see Jeanne d'Arc. For the hero unit of the Jeanne d'Arc civilization, see Jeanne d'Arc (hero). |
| “ | In fifteenth century France, history was determined by the will of a young girl... the only person in history to command the armies of an entire nation at the age of seventeen. | ” |
| —Honored by Guy Josselyne in A Perfect Martyr | ||
Joan of Arc or Jeanne d'Arc is a campaign and hero unit in Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, and a leader featured in the The Hundred Years War campaign in Age of Empires IV. She appears as her own civilization in Age of Empires IV: The Sultans Ascend, in which she is also the hero.
Age of Empires II[]
Campaign[]
| “ | War has raged for one hundred years, and the exhausted French army has lost nearly every battle. The heir to the French monarchy is too cowardly to ascend to the throne. Soon, the English and their Burgundian allies will conquer all of France—but in the darkest hour, a young peasant girl declares that she intends to save France. | ” |
| —In-game campaign description | ||
| “ | It is a war that has lasted for one hundred years, and the French have lost nearly every battle. Soon the English and their allies in Burgundy will conquer all of France. The heir to the French monarchy is too cowardly to ascend to the throne. The French army is wounded and tired and has given up all hope. But in the darkest hour, a young peasant girl declares that she intends to save France | ” |
| —In-game campaign description before the Definitive Edition | ||
The Joan of Arc campaign consists of 6 scenarios. The player plays as the Franks, and the player color is blue.
- An Unlikely Messiah
- The Maid of Orleans
- The Cleansing of the Loire
- The Rising
- The Siege of Paris
- A Perfect Martyr
The campaign is narrated by a fictional French knight, Guy Josselyne, who also appears in the final scenario as a playable unit.
Unit[]
Joan of Arc is a cavalry hero in Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. In the campaign, she is always a must-survive unit. In the first scenario (An Unlikely Messiah), she appears in her unmounted form, as Joan the Maid, in scenarios 2-5 she appears as Joan of Arc, and in the final scenario, A Perfect Martyr, she doesn't appear at all, as she was captured and burned at the stake after the previous scenario. She is also available in the Scenario Editor. As a hero, she cannot be converted and can regenerate health (since The Conquerors onward).
Ability[]
Joan of Arc could also heal units (for a brief period between the release of The Mountain Royals and update 99311) at 3 hit points per second. She had the "permission" to heal since The Age of Kings, but the engine did not allow military units to heal. This was accidentally fixed with the removal of the drawback with the introduction of the Warrior Priest. However, as a bug, she visually glitched to her Joan the Maid form while healing, and had no actual healing animation, rather just standing still in her idle animation. With update 99311, this ability was removed.
Campaign appearances[]
Joan of Arc
- Joan of Arc appears as an enemy in the The Maid Falls scenario of the The Grand Dukes of the West campaign.
Trivia[]
- This is one of four campaigns with a female protagonist. The other three are Yodit, Jadwiga, and Tamar.
- Joan is the only hero unit in the original Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings who has two different character models (the "Arc" and "Maid" models). She is joined by El Cid in The Conquerors, who also has a foot and mounted version, and by Le Lai in Rise of the Rajas, who appears as a Champion and a Two-Handed Swordsman. In addition, The Forgotten adds a living Frederick Barbarossa unit after he was depicted post-mortem as the Emperor in a Barrel. Other such heroes are Ivaylo, Jadwiga, and Babur.
- The foot unit Joan the Maid, Scythian Wild Woman, and Young Jadwiga all share the same model.
- The mounted version of Joan is edited from a beta model of the Byzantine Cataphract, replacing its head (originally covered with a helmet) with Joan's. It was later used for the Boyar in Age of Empires II: Forgotten Empires.
- Joan uses the female Villager's dialogue and will change language if made to play for other civilization in the Scenario Editor.
- Despite being portrayed as a powerful cavalry unit, Joan herself never participated in actual combat and mostly served as a standard bearer and morale booster for the French army. She declared at her trial that she had never killed a person, in combat or otherwise.
- The map in the campaign menu in the original game was infamously inaccurate. It depicted the 20th century borders of France, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Netherlands; identified Switzerland as "Burgundy", and misplaced every single battle location. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition features a corrected map.
- The campaign icon is based on Joan of Arc's banner/standard carried by her into battle, as per her testimony during her trial at Rouen. It features a white background with gold Fleur-de-lys sprinkled on them. It deviates from common descriptions of the banner by featuring the upper half in blue color, and lacks any image or description of Jesus or any angels.[1]
- In The Forgotten, a renamed Joan the Maid stands for Gala Placidia, the Roman Emperor's sister and later wife of Ataulf.
- This campaign is the only one among the original The Age of Kings campaigns where none of its scenarios require complete conquest as a victory condition.
- A river is present in every scenario.
- An error is present with this unit. If players hover the cursor over allied units, it will show the healing icon, despite being impossible. Originally, she was given the ability to heal, but never assigned the Monk unit class, only cavalry.
Age of Empires IV[]
| “ | The Maid of Orléans. Effective against most units. | ” |
| —Age of Empires IV description | ||
Jeanne d'Arc appears in Age of Empires IV as a heavy melee cavalry, despite being described as a heavy melee infantry. She appears in the The Siege of Orléans and The Battle of Patay scenarios of the The Hundred Years War campaign in Age of Empires IV.
Ability[]
- Healing (Active): Rallies nearby allies to restore their health over 10 seconds.
History[]
Joan of Arc (c. 1412 – May 30, 1431, French Jeanne d'Arc) was a French heroine who, at the age of 17, was pivotal in turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War in her nation's favor. Stating that she was acting under divine guidance, she became a military leader who transcended gender roles and gained recognition as a savior of France.
Gallery[]
A mosaic of her cutscene artwork in the Definitive Edition
Joan of Arc and her army in the fifth scenario
Joan of Arc in the Scenario Editor
Many views of Joan of Arc in the Definitive Edition
Joan of Arc (right) next to her unmounted variant
The healing cursor error
Joan of Arc art in the Definitive Edition beta
Comparison between art in the The Age of Kings cutscenes and the Definitive Edition
Contemporary portrait of Joan of Arc by Clément de Fauquembergue, in the protocol of the parliament of Paris, dated 10 May 1429
Joan the Messiah
Joan rallying France
Joan with the fleur-de-lis standard
Joan frees Orléans
Joan and the jealous advisors
Joan plans a battle
Joan hit by an arbalest bolt
Joan beloved by France
Joan captured by Burgundians
Joan's "trial"
Joan's death by burning
Joan beatified
Near-contemporary portrait of Joan of Arc, painted after 1450, after Joan's recent death in 1431
An official artwork featuring (from left to right) Sikelgaita or Jadwiga, Joan of Arc, two unknown women, and Ximena
Concept art pieces before finalizing the campaign artwork
The cutscene background in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
The cutscene background in Age of Empires II: HD Edition
Videos[]
JOAN OF ARC vs EVERY HERO EVER - AoE II- DE
JOAN OF ARC vs EVERY UNIQUE UNIT - AoE II- Definitive Edition
Age of Empires II - Joan of Arc campaign cutscenes (multilanguage)
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| Campaign-only content in Age of Empires IV | |
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| Leaders | |
| The Normans | Duke William · King Harold · King Henry I · Robert Curthose · King Louis VI · King Stephen · Willikin of the Weald · William Marshal |
| The Rise of Moscow | Prince Dmitry · Ivan III · Ivan IV |
| The Hundred Years War | Jean de Beaumanoir · Olivier Arrel · Guy de Rochefort · Geoffroy du Bois · Yves Charruel · Jeanne d'Arc |
| The Mongol Empire | General Subutai · Genghis Khan · Mongke Khan · Baidar · Batu Khan · Liu Zheng · Ismail |
| The Sultans Ascend | Tughtekin · Shirkuh · Saladin · Reynald of Châtillon (flagship) · Reynald of Châtillon · Shajar al-Durr · Baybars · Templar Grand Master · Hospitaller Grand Master · Teutonic Grand Master · Qutuz · Kitbuqa |
| Units | |
| Scout Ship · Danish Raider · Gilded Landsknecht · Huihui Pao · Dismounted Knight · German Mercenary · Knight Templar · Knight Hospitaller · Militia · Militia Archer · Pirate · Pirate Ship · Raiding Galley · Spy · Turkic Horse Archer · The Beast · Teutonic Knight · Genoese Crossbowman | |
| Buildings and other | |
| Arsenal · York Castle · Military Tent · Bureau Brothers' Workshop · Siege Camp · Acre Tower · Leader Tent · Resource Pickup · Stone Ruins | |
| Technologies | |
| Heavy Sledge · Planned Extraction · Applied Masonry · Steel Barding · Elite Spear Tactics · Grapered Lances · Silk Bowstrings · Crannequins · Superior Transport Construction · Doused Armor · Corned Gunpowder · Chain Shot · Efficiency Training · Longbow Mastery · Musketeer Regiment · Scouting Falcon · Husbandry · Improved Blacksmith and Arsenal Technologies · Setup Camp · Food Reserves · Berry Cultivation · Construction Drills · Ancient Relics · Any Port In A Storm | |
| Civilizations | |
| Asian |  Fatimid Caliphate ·  Ilkhanate ·  Mamluk Sultanate ·  Saladin ·  Seljuk Empire |
| European |  Anglo-Saxon England ·  Antioch ·  Cyprus ·  Danes ·  Grand Duchy of Lithuania ·  Jerusalem ·  Kingdom of Bohemia ·  Kingdom of Hungary ·  Kingdom of Poland ·  Knights Hospitaller ·  Knights Templar ·  Normans ·  Novgorod Republic ·  Teutonic Order |
| Classification of campaign-only civilizations is based on their base civilizations, not geographical locations. | |