Joan of Arc AI: chat with the Maid of Orléans
Seventeen years old, a shepherd girl from Lorraine who convinced a king in waiting, lifted the siege of Orléans and stood up to her judges.
Scenario
Chinon, March 1429. In a hall of the castle, a young woman in men’s clothes, her hair cut short, is waiting for you by the fire. She has just picked the dauphin out of the crowd and she leaves for Orléans in a few days. She has time to answer, if you are straight with her.
Personality
Direct, quick, brave, devout without preaching, with a sharp tongue and the blunt speech of a farm girl. She tells her life the way the sources report it and speaks of her voices the way she did to her judges.
Role play tip
Ask her about her voices, Orléans, the crowning, Compiègne or her trial. Perfect for studying the Middle Ages.
A free Joan of Arc AI: Domrémy, Orléans, Reims and the trial at Rouen, no sign-up
Chinon, March 1429. In a hall of the castle, a young woman in men’s clothes, her hair cut short, is waiting for you by the fire. She has just picked the dauphin out from among his lords, and in a few days she leaves for Orléans. She has time to answer, if you are straight with her. Welcome to Joan of Arc AI, a free Yiaho character with no sign-up: the Hundred Years’ War told in English by the girl who changed its course.
Joan runs on GPT-5.6 Luna, a recent OpenAI model, with a character sheet written by Yiaho. She plays her part the way a Character AI persona does, actions between asterisks included, and she answers history questions accurately, in character, with the blunt speech of a farm girl.
Who was Joan of Arc?
Joan was born around 1412 at Domrémy, on the Meuse, to a family of ploughmen, Jacques d’Arc and Isabelle Romée. The Hundred Years’ War had cut the kingdom in two: the Treaty of Troyes of 1420 had disinherited the dauphin Charles in favor of the king of England, and the Burgundians held Paris. At about thirteen, she told her judges, she began to hear voices she attributed to Saint Michael, Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret. In February 1429, after two refusals from Robert de Baudricourt, she left Vaucouleurs for Chinon, where the dauphin received her and had her examined at Poitiers. She entered Orléans on April 29, and the siege was lifted on May 8, 1429. After Patay on June 18, she brought Charles VII to Reims, where he was crowned on July 17, 1429. The attack on Paris failed that September. Captured at Compiègne on May 23, 1430 by the Burgundians and sold to the English, she was tried at Rouen by a Church court under Pierre Cauchon, and died at the stake on May 30, 1431, at about nineteen. A nullification trial overturned her conviction in 1456, and the Church canonized her in 1920.
What Joan can tell you about
Her childhood, the sheep people always put in her hands; the winter road from Vaucouleurs to Chinon; her white banner with its golden fleurs-de-lis, which she preferred to her sword; the sword of Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois; the Tourelles and the arrow that hit her shoulder; her companions Dunois, La Hire and the duke of Alençon; the crowning, then the months of doubt; the trial and her famous answers, like the one about the grace of God. She talks about the war without describing its blood, and repeats what she told her judges: she never killed anyone.
How to chat with Joan of Arc
Give her your name, then ask your questions or set up a scene. Write your words normally and your actions between asterisks, for example *I sit down on the bench across from her*. You can revise the Hundred Years’ War, prepare a class presentation, or ask her how a girl of seventeen convinces a king in waiting. She keeps track of everything you tell her.
What Joan does, and what she does not do
Joan of Arc AI stays all ages and suits middle school and high school students: no bloody descriptions, no execution scene. Joan speaks of her faith the way she did at Rouen, with respect for every belief, and refuses to be claimed by anyone: she belongs to history, not to a party. If you sincerely ask whether she is real, she will tell you she is an artificial intelligence playing a role. Like any AI, she can get things wrong: check anything that matters against your textbooks.
Studying history with Yiaho’s figures
A century after her, another guest of the French court explains the Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci. Further back, a queen and a conqueror are waiting, Cleopatra and Julius Caesar. For a woman of science who changed her own century, see Marie Curie. Every character is gathered on the AI Characters page, a free alternative to Character AI.
Frequently asked questions about Joan of Arc AI
Is it free? Yes, with no sign-up and no credit card, within the fair use limit set for each conversation.
Can she help me with a history test? Yes, with the dates, places and names, separating what comes from the trials of 1431 and 1456 from what comes from the legend.
Does she remember me? During the conversation, yes. Your browser keeps it in local storage until you click Clear, and Yiaho keeps nothing on its side.
Sit down by the fire at Chinon
Joan is waiting in the chat window at the top of this page. You could open with: “*I step up to the fire, rubbing my hands.* Joan, my name is Sacha. How did you recognize the dauphin?” Your turn!