Ekimmu: Comte de St. Germain
Ekimmu: Comte de St. Germain posted in Species, Aliens, Xenoforms & Monsters forum comment posted by CoryT Do we all remember the Comte de St. Germain on p. 123-124 of the Dark Matter campaign setting? He was a human whose strong will dominated the ekimmu that tried to possess him, essentially keeping control of his form but with access to the ekimmu's memories and skills. The ekimmu is along for the ride instead of driving the train.
As a result, the count seems crazy to outside observers who don't know the truth. He makes grandiose claims (being over 500 years old, for example) and sometimes talks about historical events like he was there, or historical figures like Voltaire as if he actually knows them personally.
Here's the part I recently discovered: this NPC is BASED ON A REAL, HISTORICAL FIGURE!! There was, indeed, a Comte de St. Germain who was a close friend of Voltaire, Casanova, and Mozart. He frequently made grandiose claims (being 500 years old was the specific example offered by Wikipedia). His birthdate is supposed to be 1712 (the count in Dark Matter is listed as 1707), but he gave his age to a confidant and would have put his birth year at 1692. He spoke French, Italian, Polish, and English passably, but his native language seemed to be either Spanish or Portuguese.
He is highly regarded as a philosopher in Theosophy, and he spoke personally with Helena Blavatsky. He was also a supremely talented musician, and has a list of classical music to his credit. He was the author of 2 books, but one is in doubt.
He had an air of mystery, because no one knows his real identity. He claimed to be the son of Prince Francis II, sovereign of Transylvania. That would account for his wealth, but a 1692 birth year seems contradictory as Francis would have been 15 years old at the time. Like the fictitious count of Dark Matter, the real count used multiple aliases during his lifetime as a means of deliberately obscuring his true identity.
I just wanted to share this fascinating tidbit with my fellow Alternity nerds (who would hopefully appreciate it).
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