Seeking art

[brynndragon]

I have been inspired to get for myself some artwork of the only female paladin that ever graced this earth[1], Joan of Arc. Finding such is proving to be surprisingly difficult - I'd be perfectly satisfied with a simple poster, but I haven't found any artwork that is really appealing as of yet other than this Wikipedia image which started my search (I blame finding_rowan). I really want the image to be of her in armor (by which I mean real armor, not chainmail-bikini crap; thankfully almost all of the images of her in armor are not prey to that sort of stupidity) being all knightly and stuff. If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.

[1] AFAIK; if there are others, please let me know. Also some people argue that she was really a genetic male with testicular feminization but frankly her breasts just don't seem large enough.

Comments

Re: Boudica

[emerlion.livejournal.com]

Well that's true - Palladins are too busy following God to worry themselves with mundane things like ruling. :-) In fact the word comes from the Roman "Palatine" - basically, a bureaucrat, a chamberlain to the Emperor.

I was thinking more of Spiritual leader/Warrior, as opposed to religious/god-focused warrior.

Re: Boudica

[benndragon.livejournal.com]

I think the problem isn't defining "holy" but defining "warrior". The paladin works outside the standard state-based military hierarchy because they can't offer the sort of loyalty expected of a soldier of the state. Instead they generally serve in a military wing of a religious organization of their deity (temple/priest guards and the Knights Templar come to mind) if they're not a variant of the knight errant (I think JdA falls into this category - she did lead an army, but she didn't rise through the ranks or start with a noble rank IIRC).