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Saint Germain

From The Codex
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Walk the path that is meant for you without fear... For you are no longer alone...
~ Saint Germain to Hector

Background

Saint Germain is an enigmatic time traveler featured in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness. He possesses a vast knowledge and the unique ability to alter his position within the flow of time, along with alter the flow of time itself.

Saint Germain first appears in Garibaldi Temple, dressed as a refined gentleman with a top hat and polite demeanor. He urges Hector to abandon his pursuit of Isaac. Saint Germain is later revealed to oppose Zead, dodging his attacks with his time manipulation abilities and vowing to return until Zead yields.

Saint Germain eventually falls into Zead's trap at the Eneomaos Machine Tower, losing some of his power. Although he isn’t truly an enemy, he challenges Hector to keep him from pursuing Isaac further.

After Hector defeats him, Saint Germain acknowledges his strength and encourages him to follow his path. Before leaving through a golden portal, he sarcastically asks Hector to send his regards to Zead. In a post-game message, he addresses the player, reflecting briefly on destiny and purpose, often hinting at the future with ambiguous comments, especially during his conflict with Zead.

General Information

Name: Saint Germain

Origin: Castlevania: Curse of Darkness

First Appearance: Castlevania: Curse of Darkness

Company: Konami

Creator: Koji Igarashi

Actor

  • Japanese Voice Actor: Tetsuo Sakaguchi
  • English Voice Actor: Adam D. Clark

Sex: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown (Similar to Aeon, where his age is unlisted due to being a wanderer of time[1])

Time Period: 1476 (During Curse of Darkness manga), 1479 (During Curse of Darkness)

Timeline: Main Timeline

Homeworld: Unknown (Similar to Aeon, where he has no era of his own to return to, merely wandering time eternal, observing all that occurs[2])

Residence: Unknown

Story Role: Temporal Entity, Mysterious Character

Legacy: Unknown Legacy

Influence: Unknown Influence

Language: English

Classification: Member of Time Watchers

Species: Unknown

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: God[3]

Occupation: Time Watcher

Affiliations: Aeon (Aeon and Saint Germain are apart of a group of time watchers)

Enemies: Death

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Alive

Alignment: Lawful Neutral (Saint Germain cannot act upon the knowledge he has or interact with the world beyond just observing[4])

Protection Level: Cosmic Protector (Whenever the fabric of time is distrubed, the time watchers will either repair it themselves or enlist someone to repair it[5])

Codex Statistics

Grade: S

Tier: 7-C

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Town level (Potency) (Holds an immortal fragment[6], which is described as a piece of eternity itself that releases an endless amount of energy[7]. Can fight and harm Hector, who can fight and defeat a weakened Dracula, who even while weakened serves as the absolute evil, the opposite to God[8], where for God to be perfectly good, there must be a being of perfect darkness[9], being the entity opposite to God[10], with such power making him far superior to Golem from Castlevania Judgment, as he died to a random unknown hunter after his return from the time rift[11]. Golem with his ultimate can shoot out a mouth blast that vaporizes everything it touches as far as the eye can see getting these results[12])

Durability: Town level

Striking Strength: Town Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength: At least Peak Human (Should be comparable to Hector, where he is able to lift and easily wield large weapons in combat casually[13])

Travel Speed: At least Superhuman

Attack Speed: At most Faster Than Light (Can tag Hector, who in turn can tag Curse of Darkness Dracula, who serves as the absolute evil, the opposite to God[14], where for God to be perfectly good, there must be a being of perfect darkness[15], being the entity opposite to God[16], making him faster then enemies such as the Sky Fish who moves so fast that it appears as a beam of light and is only slowed down when time is stopped[17] and the White Demon, who can move at the speed of light at short distances[18])

Reaction Speed: At most Faster Than Light

Stamina: Limitless (Holds an immortal fragment[19], which is described as a piece of eternity itself that releases an endless amount of energy[20])

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with sword, Hundreds of Meters with pistol, Universal with Time Manipulation (Can stop Hector in time[21])

Intelligence: Cosmic Intelligence (Saint Germain is a time watcher, knowing all about time and all of its events[22])

Knowledge: Cosmic level


Powers and Techniques

Magic & Principle Manipulation (Through utilizing magic, one has to have a deep understanding of Quantum Physics to utilize it to its fullest, requiring understandings of theories such as "Curse Amplification"[23]. Magic comes from alchemy, a field that experiments with the principles of God's creation of the world[24], along with being said to be as great a task as recreating God's creation of the Earth[25]), Non-Standard Interaction (Extra-Planar Interaction; Magic is able to interact with beings such as Camilla Fernandez[26], Physical attacks are difficult to land as Camilla lives in the Astral plane, and her earthly body is completely ethereal[27]), Limited Immersion & Dimensional Travel (3+1-D; Magic users can align their magic with the magic of another to enter into painting worlds[28]), Summoning (Magic can be used in order to summon weapons and items inscribed in grimoires[29]), Soul Manipulation (Yoko through the use of magic discovered a new ability to draw the monster souls out and use them[30])


Equipment

  • Sword: A sword he wields in combat, using deft and quick strikes with them.
  • Pistol: A pistol he wields in combat, using it for quick shots.

Notable Techniques

  • Stop!: Saint Germain shouts "Stop!" as he stops the flow of time and attacks his opponent.
  • O time advance!: Saint Germain shouts "O time advance!" as he speeds up the flow of time, he will always do this if he's inflicted a status effect on his opponent. While time is advancing he will also have plants grow and decay at fast speeds, hurting anyone they come into contact with.
  • O time reverse!: Saint Germain shouts "O time reverse!" as he reverses the flow of time, allowing him to heal himself of his injuries and recover his stamina.
  • Teleportation: Saint Germain constantly teleports around his opponent and attacks them as he comes out of the teleportation.

Other

Standard Tactics: Saint Germain is an observer who cannot physically interact with the world, but in situations where he's freed from the fetters of time, he has utilized rapier strikes and manipulates time, either stopping time entirely or dealing a status effect on the target and speeding up time so the target repeatedly gets hit with the status effect. He has also used time to restore his own health bar.

Weaknesses: Saint Germain cannot act upon the knowledge he has or interact with the world beyond just observing[130]. Saint Germain is not allowed to have a direct physical effect, as a traveler he can only pass through, touching nothing and changing nothing, only being able to fight in areas free from the fetters of time[131]. Saint Germain has a weakness to thunder and dark elemental attacks[132]. If one stops time, Saint Germain's advancement or reversal of time is nullified[133].

Note

Trivia

Comte Rakoczy de Saint-Germain
  • Saint Germain is likely a reference to the hero of Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's well-known book series The Saint-Germain Chronicles. In turn, the Count Saint-Germain character is based off a true historical figure, Comte Rakoczy de Saint-Germain. St. Germain lived most of his life in London and was an active occultist, philosopher and composer. Much of his origins are shrouded in mystery. He claimed to be centuries old and a son of Transylvanian prince Francis II Rákóczi.
  • Coincidentally, the union of Romania with Bukovina in 1919 was ratified by a document named the "Treaty of Saint Germain". Bukovina is one of the significant locations in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, Dracula.
  • While Saint Germain himself does not appear in Castlevania Judgment, he is alluded to. He appears to be a member of the time traveler organization Aeon belongs to, and is implied to be an individual whom Aeon enlists to fix issues through the timeline.
    • Aeon's alternate color scheme matches Saint Germain's. It is also possible to unlock a Silk Top Hat and the Angel Continental mustache which, if put on Aeon's alternate costume, will give him an appearance similar to that of Saint Germain.
  • Koji Igarashi later revealed through an unofficial interview that Saint Germain is a member of a group he dubbed "time watchers".
  • He is the only character in the series to break the fourth wall.
  • In the ending to Curse of Darkness, when addressing the player, he implies that he knows about the Demon Castle War of 1999 and Dracula's final death during that time.
    • In the Japanese version, it is explicit that his intervention was to fix a possible problem through the timeline that would prevent the Demon Castle War from taking place.

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References

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    “…… If so, why did you take power away from the crack in the eclipse’s seal? If you just intend to imitate like a monkey, isn’t your own power enough?”
    Those were the emotionless words of Death.
    In response, Olrox laughed his bold answer.
    “As I’ve said, I would equally gain control over the human world and the source of Dracula’s power, chaos. I do not intend to obey someone else’s mind aside from my own. That includes you who were born out of chaos.”
    “……”
    “You should be glad though to know yourself. Just by stealing power, my shameful monotonous time is over…… Even before Alucard appeared, just because I showed up and declared war on him.”
    Olrox’s voice was mixed with a tinge of thin delight. He respectfully bowed to Death who completely killed his emotions.
    “I would end the reincarnation cycle of this demon castle. I who understood and was spun out of the stains of chaos, swear to rob that power with my hands. Now, yield.”
    With Death’s reply, an explosive murderous intent rose.
    Two bronze colored scythes much larger than usual appeared; it advanced to the space in between the two men with an intention to cut off Olrox’s head.
    Kill the distance-----
    Kill the sound-----
    Just, faster, soon, die.
    It can be seen that the blades have certainly caught Olrox’s neck, but----- that is only an after image and the vampire is already at Death’s back.
    “……die.”
    That was said by the enemy who called on his servants.
    From the surrounding space, a group of purple bats rose, passed by Olrox’s arm with the speed of a bullet, attacking Death. However, Death did not show any gesture of avoiding them. He simply faced Olrox and sprayed out numerous scythes.
    The bats and scythes cancelled each other out and the entire dance hall sparkled with blood."
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    And her body was telling her [do not go] as her leg muscles were petrified like stone."
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    That really is no doubt an obsession.
    The youth had more than 28 holes penetrating his limbs and body. His heart is already starting to fail and he is desperately trying to say something amidst the darkness.
    “Only…… protect…… you……-----“
    When he said those words he must say, the man’s soul already left his body-----becoming one of the floating spirits that wander the halls of the castle.
    However-----
    Fate did not allow it.
    For those people who are involved with the demon castle, even the loneliness of death seemed half hearted-----
    The man’s soul is pierced by a small scythe that flew in from somewhere. That scythe did not exist physically. It was a diabolic blade created by some magic and possessed a strong soul."
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  131. Castlevania: Curse of Darkness Saint Germain Boss Fight
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  138. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Holy Mail Description
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