Jeanne

Jeanne, the Hellfire Witch is a major protagonist of Jun Mochizuki's The Case Study of Vanitas. A vampire born during the War, Jeanne was once a Bourreau, an enslaved vampire tasked with executing their kin. She killed over a thousand other vampires before entering a century-long coma induced by her master, Lord August Ruthven. Upon waking, the War was over, and she was made the Chevalier of Ruthven's nephew, Lucius Oriflamme, serving as his bodyguard. She suffers from a mysterious illness that caused her to obsessively seek blood, similar to blood addiction or Malnomen, but the actual cause o...

Jeanne is initially presented as a ruthless fighter, though one fiercely protective of her young charge, Luca. Insults to Luca enrage her, and Vanitas remarks she had no intention of taking him alive after he had offended him. Despite her lack of restraint in combat, Jeanne is weak to threats to tho...