Saint Germain was a very mysterious figure from the 18th century. The most mysterious part of Saint Germain is that he always appeared as a middle aged man and never seemed to age throughout his life. He was said to have appeared out of nowhere around 1710 and he looked as though he was 50 years old. Saint Germain continued to appear in public life as late as 1782 and he always looked as though he hadn't aged at all.

Saint Germain was independently wealthy and nobody knew where his money came from, some people speculated that it was alchemy. He spoke several languages fluently including German, English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, Arabic and Chinese. Everywhere he visited he was accepted as a native. He was well connected and attended many high end banquets and was never seen eating in front of other people and he only drank an herbal tea of his own concoction. It is also believed that Saint Germain adopted other names in different areas for the purpose of political service work. He was said to be seen as late as 1822.