Élue de Jeanne

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"I've gathered you all here today for the simple fact that we have something in common: we shouldn't be here. I should not be on this throne; you should not be in these "haloed halls". You are the best at what you could do; but shot down because "you did or said the wrong thing". Well, I present to you an opportunity to show them just how wrong they are. Let's bring tradition to its knees." — Azélie at the beginning.

Élue de Jeanne
Kanji	ジーンの入選
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Location	Earthland → Ishgar → Pergrande
Leader(s)	Azélie Bourbon
Purpose	To Protect the Queen and Exterminate Her Enemies

Élue de Jeanne (ジーンの入選, Jīn no Nyūsen lit. "Jeanne's Elected/Chosen") are the queen's guard. Handpicked by her according to lessons she learned from her former bodyguard and mentor Dyson, they represent some of the best and most unorthodox the kingdom has to offer. And with her many enemies, they have no shortage of work.

Overview

Where does a Queen with numerous enemies and a powerful disdain for tradition start? By attaining some atypical allies. Perhaps she took Dyson's "crazier is better" to heart. Azélie would search through the nooks and crannies of society for new blood; understandably she didn't trust the establishment. At best they would try to leash her through those she appointed, at worst, the recommended individuals would make her wish she had never been born. So instead, she searched up the disgraced, the misfits, the castaways, the renegades, and even the bastards. People who weren't supposed to be doing what they were doing, or not even supposed to exist; in some ways, like her. Azel would assemble the squad based upon the strongest, most skilled, most intelligent, and most diligent among them. She had no interest in a one-trick pony when dealing with noble hordes and royal remnants eager to see her head on a pike. So she would pick from among the masses as well, intent on leveraging their support and offering at least some truth to her rails against the establishment. The unit's formation and coordination would be helped by the underhanded tactics and use of force; it gave them cause to rally around her and each other. All they needed now was a name.

Strength

Small but mighty. While fairly large as far as a Royal Guard goes (numbering around thirty members), they make up for it in value and skill. Each member is estimated to be worth at least a hundred men, by various metrics. Some claim the two joint "high commanders" may be worth as much as two thousand each. Perhaps recognizing the limited timeframe, the Queen went after those with the greatest potential and opened the resources she had at her disposal to bring them to the highest possible level. Naturally, the guard's size can limit their effectiveness as a projection of the queen's authority, but they do serve as a viable means of protection and are respected (albeit grudgingly) by other entities at be within the nation. In the years following Pergrande's transformation into an empire, their numbers have grown to just over a hundred, split into ten units of ten.

Second Unit: Orléans

Commandeur: Nicole Dumas

Third Unit: Lorraine

Commandeur: Alizé Épine

Sous-Commandeur: Adele Macron

Fourth Unit: Domrémy

Commandeur: Angélique Colbert

Sous-Commandeur: Lucia Gaudin

Fifth Unit: Fauna

Commandeur: Sommetia

Sixth Unit:

Commandeur:

Known Members

Élue de Jeanne
Électeur
Azélie
Élevé Commandeur
Catherine
Commandeur
Alizé	Angélique	Nicole	Sommetia
Sous-Commandeur
Adele	Lucia
Membres
Alisanne	Himayo	Norbit	Siriphon