Joan the Maid is an infantry hero in Age of Empires II. She is available in the Scenario Editor and makes two campaign appearances, in An Unlikely Messiah, the first scenario of her campaign, and in The Maid Falls, the last scenario of The Grand Dukes of the West after being unhorsed. In later scenarios of her campaign, she is replaced by her mounted variant. As a hero, she cannot be converted and can regenerate health since the The Conquerors.
Before The Forgotten, Joan the Maid took bonus damage from anti-cavalry attacks just like her mounted variant.
Joan the Maid is the only human unit in the original game that doesn't change color depending of the Player; she is dressed in a brown and black dress no matter what. The Scythian Wild Woman in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors and Young Jadwiga in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dawn of the Dukes reuse the model, but have different icons.
In The Forgotten, a renamed Joan the Maid appears as Galla Placidia (c. 390 – 450 A.D.), the sister of Emperor Honorius, at the end of the fourth scenario in the Alaric campaign.
In the Yodit campaign's second scenario The Right Partner, a renamed Joan the Maid appears as the kidnapped Beja princess Makeda that needs to be rescued.
Trivia[]
- Joan's moniker, "the maid", is a translation of her chosen moniker "La Pucelle", which means the maiden, referring to maidenhood (virginity) of the virgin saints, and not the occupation of a maidservant.