>Be a simple son of a minor noble family.
>Be one of the best knights that Kingdom of France ever known.
>Born into the minor nobility of Maine region, the third son of a family of modest origins.
>Educated from a very young age in the moral values of chivalry.
>Become a squire at barely 14 years old in the retinue of the Duke of Orléans.
>Participate in your first battle at Agincourt at only 19 years old, following your lord, Jean I d'Alençon.
>Being one of the few to survive the carnage of Agincourt, waking up in the mud among the corpses, including your lord, Jean I d'Alençon, before escaping.
>Be appointed as officer in the guard of the Dauphin, the future King of France Charles VII, in recognition of your trust and the trials you have endured.
>Extract the Dauphin from Paris in the dead of night during the capture of the capital by the Burgundians.
>Single-handedly defend the Charenton bridge to ensure the Dauphin's escape.
>Return to your homeland region of Maine to defend it against the English invasion.
>Wage a relentless guerrilla war against the English in Maine, Anjou, and Normandy for over ten years.
>Seize the town of Beaumont by cunning in the dead of night, discreetly infiltrating by scaling the walls.
>Be knighted by Pierre, the bastard son of Alençon, in recognition of your loyalty to his family in the cause against the English.
>Conduct a series of military operations, harassing English garrisons in occupied territories.
>Gather all the lords, barons, vassals, and captains of your native region to form a partisan army without consulting the king of France.
>Win the important Battle of La Brossinière, restoring hope to the French after the king's army's defeat at Cravant.
>Gain the reputation of Defender of Maine among the people.
>Be targeted by the English army as a major threat in the conquest of Maine.
>The Earl of Salisbury, the best English commander, considers you his equal.
>Defeat the army of the English commander John Falstoff at the Battle of Ambrières.
>Ride alongside Joan of Arc and be one of the first captains to believe in her.
>Participate in the defense of Orléans and the assaults against the English.
>Be among the knights who led the cavalry charge at the Battle of Patay.
>Negotiate a peace and reconciliation between the Duchy of Brittany and your lord in middle of a high tension siege.
>Chosen by the new Duke John II of Alençon as Marshal of his army for everything you did at his service.
>Win a decisive battle against 3,000 English soldiers at Vivoins on the borders of Normandy.
>Sent as an experienced knight captain skilled in guerrilla warfare by your liege lord to train and prepare an army of 6,000 Norman peasants.
>Defend victoriously the fortress of Saint-Céneri against five successive English sieges.
>Infiltrate the town of Lagny, besieged by the Duke of Bedford, by disguising yourself as a simple peasant to seize command.
>Receive for your heroism in Lagny a valuable ring and a gold clasp from the king of France himself.
>Demonstrate a rare virtue among war leaders by protecting civilian populations and forbidding looting.
>Liberate hundreds of women, children, and peasants captured during a raid, refusing to treat them as spoils of war out of pure compassion.
>Participate with the Burgundians in the reconquest of Paris by leading boats with your troops on the Seine, mooring at the quays of the capital.
>Reach the pinnacle of your career by being appointed Provost of Paris by king Charles VII.
>Maintain peace and safety in Paris during princes revolt, raids, wolf attacks, famines and plagues.
>Administer exemplary justice by forcing three royal bailiffs who had killed a clergyman to publicly repent in their shirtsleeves and barefoot.
>Die peacefully at your home after having fought all your life for your homeland, for the king and Kingdom of France and it's people.
>Be Ambroise de Loré, the Defender of Maine.
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