Jeanne is an Umbra Witch and Bayonetta's rival. It is revealed early on that Jeanne was heir to the Umbra clan 500 years ago, and her rivalry with Bayonetta has apparently existed for as long. She appears to be on the side of the angels and converses with several of the four virtues. Jeanne must be defeated four times throughout the game.
Personality
Compared to Bayonetta, Jeanne is far more serious and aggressive. She seems to enjoy both testing and taunting Bayonetta, and has very little patience for the Laguna she works with, often killing them or abandoning them to their fate at Bayonetta's hands. She is always one step ahead of Bayonetta, knowing more about her own past than she does and taunting her for it. She is also rash, a trait she has apparently carried for years, as in flashbacks to the past she blatantly disregards Umbran law when challenging Bayonetta to arena combat.
She seems embittered over the defeat she suffered at Bayonetta's hands 500 years ago, which decided who would possess the greatest of Umbran treasures, the Left Eye. Through Bayonetta's flashbacks, it is revealed that Jeanne was the one who stabbed her in the heart all that time ago, presumably leading to her being abandoned in a coffin at the bottom of a lake with few memories of her former self.
However in the end it is shown that she did it to protect both Bayonetta and the Left Eye, and that this was a task she completed with great sadness. In fact, it is shown that she cares more about the Umbran legacy than her own life by one of her taunts.
The True Jeanne
In the final chapter, it is revealed that Jeanne did not die in the explosion of the building. Instead she used the red jewel that she used to seal Bayonetta centuries ago to protect herself from the impact. When Bayonetta is awakened as the Left Eye and incapacitated by Balder, it is Jeanne who rides to her rescue, creating a brief playable section as Jeanne during the Epilogue. When Balder mocks Jeanne regarding being disregarded for Bayonetta as the Left Eye, she responds that she doesn't care about the power and she is there to rescue her "Umbran Sister". When she pulls Bayonetta out of the statue's eye, she is apparently killed again, but returns in the end to help Bayonetta destroy Jubileus and send the deity into the sun by using her hair in conjuction with Bayonetta's to summon Queen Sheba. After saving Bayonetta from a incoming rock, she ironically claims that "even after destroying that abomination, it is still is going to destroy the world" and that she is going to "get her out of there even if she she dies in the attempt", claiming that Bayonetta is "one of a kind". After Bayonetta insists that they "both are one of a kind", they destroy Jubileus' together and return to Earth.
At Bayonetta's funeral, Jeanne is disguised as a nun and praying to summon Laguna, just as Bayonetta did in the Prologue of the game. When the Laguna come down from Paradiso to claim Bayonetta's soul, Jeanne mimics the previous actions of her fellow witch further by proceeding to assault them. This the signal for Bayonetta to rise from her coffin. Their friendship renewed, the two remaining Umbra Witches fight side by side against the Laguna in the graveyard.
Personality
Compared to Bayonetta, Jeanne is far more serious and aggressive. She seems to enjoy both testing and taunting Bayonetta, and has very little patience for the Laguna she works with, often killing them or abandoning them to their fate at Bayonetta's hands. She is always one step ahead of Bayonetta, knowing more about her own past than she does and taunting her for it. She is also rash, a trait she has apparently carried for years, as in flashbacks to the past she blatantly disregards Umbran law when challenging Bayonetta to arena combat.
She seems embittered over the defeat she suffered at Bayonetta's hands 500 years ago, which decided who would possess the greatest of Umbran treasures, the Left Eye. Through Bayonetta's flashbacks, it is revealed that Jeanne was the one who stabbed her in the heart all that time ago, presumably leading to her being abandoned in a coffin at the bottom of a lake with few memories of her former self.
However in the end it is shown that she did it to protect both Bayonetta and the Left Eye, and that this was a task she completed with great sadness. In fact, it is shown that she cares more about the Umbran legacy than her own life by one of her taunts.
The True Jeanne
In the final chapter, it is revealed that Jeanne did not die in the explosion of the building. Instead she used the red jewel that she used to seal Bayonetta centuries ago to protect herself from the impact. When Bayonetta is awakened as the Left Eye and incapacitated by Balder, it is Jeanne who rides to her rescue, creating a brief playable section as Jeanne during the Epilogue. When Balder mocks Jeanne regarding being disregarded for Bayonetta as the Left Eye, she responds that she doesn't care about the power and she is there to rescue her "Umbran Sister". When she pulls Bayonetta out of the statue's eye, she is apparently killed again, but returns in the end to help Bayonetta destroy Jubileus and send the deity into the sun by using her hair in conjuction with Bayonetta's to summon Queen Sheba. After saving Bayonetta from a incoming rock, she ironically claims that "even after destroying that abomination, it is still is going to destroy the world" and that she is going to "get her out of there even if she she dies in the attempt", claiming that Bayonetta is "one of a kind". After Bayonetta insists that they "both are one of a kind", they destroy Jubileus' together and return to Earth.
At Bayonetta's funeral, Jeanne is disguised as a nun and praying to summon Laguna, just as Bayonetta did in the Prologue of the game. When the Laguna come down from Paradiso to claim Bayonetta's soul, Jeanne mimics the previous actions of her fellow witch further by proceeding to assault them. This the signal for Bayonetta to rise from her coffin. Their friendship renewed, the two remaining Umbra Witches fight side by side against the Laguna in the graveyard.