Tart

**Tart** (Japanese: **タルト** *Taruto*), also known as **Jeanne d'Arc** (Japanese: **ジャンヌ・ダルク** *Jan'nu Daruku*) and numerous other names, is one of the main characters of *Tart Magica: Amicitiae et Harmoniae*, and the central character of said arc.

## Bio

### Appearance

Tart has green eyes and blondish-green hair, which becomes sparkly and slightly longer after Stage 3, as well as gaining a fade of pink. Her Harmony Mark is a green fluer-de-lis with a pink star in the middle and flanked by white wings.

As a civilian, (TBA)

As a **magical girl**, (TBA)

### Relationships

* **Melody Harmadale**: Her best friend, who refers to her as "Tartie-san." Melody even prevents her from being burned at the stake by helping Baelz trick the officials, though Tart still ascends to Perserverhood. In *Aurea Magica* and the second half of *Serena Magica*, she even wears her hair in a braid in honor of Tart. Before her Ascension, she also gives Melody her green ribbon as a parting gift.
* **Catherine d'Arc**: Her younger sister, who she cares for greatly. In the second chapter of Act 1, it is shown that she sometimes humiliates her big sister. After her death, Tart leaves her cut braid at Catherine's grave.
* **Riz Hawkwood**: One of her friends and teammates.
* **Melissa de Vignolles**: One of her friends and teammates.
* **Elisa Celjska**: One of her friends and teammates.

### Etymology

Cube asked Jean to spell her name out since it would be easier for her. However, Jeanne was not very literate and was only taught herself to write her name at some point. After looking at her name, Cube decides her surname "Tart" sounded better and decides to refer to her as that.

See the wikipedia article on Joan of Arc's name.

## Items

* **Power Necklace**
* **Harmony Gem** *(is stored in the Magical Warrior System app when unused)*

## Magical Abilities

In her magical girl form, Tart possesses enhanced physical abilities such as speed, strength, agility, and invulnerability to physical damage. Her magic aura in color is (TBD).

Because of Riz's wish, Tart is an abnormally powerful Puella Magi who Cube calls an "anomaly." She often destroys her enemies with blasts of energy, usually channeled through a magically-composed weapon. While incredibly powerful, these blast drain a great deal of her magic, taking a heavy burden on her. She has high offensive and defensive abilities, able to take direct hits from other Puella Magis without harm, and these abilities were enhanced even further after her near-death experience at the hands of Corbeau and her subsequent revival as a result of Melissa's wish. After her revival, Tart demonstrated the ability to conjure a flag standard that she could use to fire her most powerful attack "La Lumiere." Upon meeting with another magical girl named Pernelle, Tart was gifted a sword known as the "Épée de Clovis," which was forged with metal that had magical properties. This allowed her to channel smaller amounts of her magic into the sword and made it easier for her to conserve her magical power in battle.

When Corbeau used her Danse Macabre to infect both the English and French armies with bubonic plage, including any Puella Magis, Tart was able to use her abilities to summon a magical circle in the sky (similar to Madoka's attack in the present-day), which rained down on the populace below. Everyone who had been infected with the plague were subsequently healed.

## Magical Warrior

Tart is the Warrior of Light. She is a Light Elemental whose Element of Harmony is Magic, and her theme color is mainly pink with a sub of white. Her weapons are (TBD).

## Trivia

*For this character's tropes, see here.*
* She is known as Jeanette by her friends and family, and referred to as 'La Pucelle' by the French soldiers and officials. The later is a shortened version of '***La Pucelle d'Orléans***' *(The Maid of Orléans)*, a common nickname for Joan of Arc. On it's own, *'La Pucelle'* can be translated as **"The Maiden"**.
* In *Aurea Magica* and the second half of *Serena Magica*, Melody has a hairstyle similar to Tart's braid.
* Her canon attack, "Gates of Heaven," is renamed "Gates of Elysium."
* Unlike her real-life self, her birthday is confirmed to lie on March 25.
* Despite being French, she uses "-chan" only for Melody, while she does not refer to her other friends by Japanese addresses.
* She was originally going to be able to use the Light of Hope, especially since she is also stated to be pure of heart, but it is unknown if this will be true or not since she is already quite powerful.
* In the series finale during the rescue sequence, unlike the canon *Madoka Magica* version, she is not seen being burned at the stake since she never is in the first place, unlike her canon counterpart.