I will never understand why history speaks of one person and not another. I know Joan of Arc was great. I will never doubt it, not as long as I live. But there are people in her story who have stores of their own that were never told.
La Hire was one of these people.
Sources argue about the day he was born, the day he died, and everything in between. They do agree on the Battle of Patay and most of the stuff involving Joan. But when it comes to the man himself? No one can say much of anything for sure. It's a damned shame.
People are most confused when it comes to his religion. Many people believe him to be a strict atheist because he had trouble praying to the Christian God. But the strict dichotomy of atheist vs. Christian there is another option they tend to leave out. The Pagans. (As usual.) In France at the time of his life, there was still a handful of men in France still following the old ways. I believe LaHire to be one of them.
The main deity of the time in France was one called Taranus (of whom I have written before). He was a *very* masculine god whose symbols were bulls, horns, chariots, swords ... all sorts of warlike stuff. To me it seems more probable that he worshipped this pagan deity rather than none at all. This kind of thing was common. (See Mithras cults and the like.)
This is my theory anyway. I could tell you why I know it's true ... but that gets a little weird.
Anyway, since there is no picture of him on record, I decided to make one of my own. This one has been around for a while.
