Joan of Arc emerges as a ghostly apparition haunting the protagonist through visceral visions, embodying both internal turmoil and the echoes of history. A French warrior condemned as a witch by English forces for resisting their occupation during the Hundred Years’ War, her spectral existence interweaves themes of guilt, fractured identity, and violence’s relentless recurrence.

Rooted in her historical martyrdom—capture, heresy trial, and execution by burning—her lingering trauma etches itself into her phantom visage. She confronts the protagonist’s decisions and morality, challenging his hunger for power as a harbinger of ambition’s ruin and the burden of ancestral transgressions. Her manifestations punctuate critical junctures in his life: his father’s demise, his ascent to dominance. In these moments, she pierces his resolve with probing questions about his humanity and the cost of his purpose.

Transcending mere antagonism, she dissects the protagonist’s psyche, blurring the line between holy inspiration and delusion. Her presence mirrors his wavering conviction—are his choices shaped by destiny or self-determination? Her cryptic taunts and ominous foresight amplify his vulnerabilities, particularly his intersex identity and society’s scorn, reflecting his own exile as an outsider.

Though long dead, her influence endures through flames and ruin, mirroring his spiral into brutality. Her contested legacy—vilified by foes, sanctified by followers—resonates with his tangled alliances and enmities. While she exerts no physical force in the present, her specter weaves through the narrative, underscoring redemption’s fragility, legacy’s duality, and history’s ghostly grip on the living.