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Saint Jaygarcia Saturn is a member of the Five Elders, who are the heads of the World Government.

He was named in the Egghead Arc, being the first and so far the only one of the Five Elders currently named. Along with the other Elders, he is an overarching antagonist of the entire One Piece series.

Appearance
Saturn is a thickset man with a full white mustache and beard. He possesses white dreadlocks which he wears a flat black hat over. He has a scar on the left side of his face, stretching diagonally over his eye. Like two of his fellow Elders, his outfit consists of a black suit over a dark purple tie and a white collared shirt, as well as black pants. He carries a walking cane.

Personality
Like the other Elders, Saturn cares about the balance in the world maintained by the Three Great Powers and wishes to maintain it. This also includes preserving the image of the World Government by keeping the events of the Void Century a secret, and he and the other Elders will immediately have anyone destroyed who is found to be studying it. He knows about the significance of the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika and was willing to go to great lengths to prevent it from being awakened, even viewing angering one of the Four Emperors as a preferable outcome to avoid such a future happening deliberately sacrificing one of his best agents becoming questioned by another of the elders. When global chaos became unavoidable following the downfall of Kaidou and Big Mom, Saturn was shown to be anxious and sweating as he was left at a loss as to how to respond without the option of covering everything up.

Like the other Elders, he has little tolerance for people of lower rank challenging their authority, as shown during the Elders' meeting with Marine Fleet Admiral Sakazuki although due to his high position he is inherently diplomatic.

Notably for a World Noble, Saturn has eschewed wearing a resin bubble over his head while away from Mary Geoise, although this may only apply to when he is inside his quarters while sailing.

Abilities and Powers
As a member of the Five Elders, Saturn is one of the few to have the "highest authority of the World Government", being the highest-ranked of the World Nobles who as a group essentially have the right to do whatever they please. He has control over every facet of the World Government, including the police, the Marines, and Cipher Pol, and even the Fleet Admiral of the Marines is incapable of challenging his power. As a result, he has authority to declare a Buster Call, and he and the other Elders can use their great degree of power to manipulate the media and withhold facts from the general public, including erasing entire segments of history, most notably the Void Century. The only known person who seems to outrank the Five Elders is Im.

Saturn's physical abilities are unknown, although the scar on his face indicates that he was in at least one confrontation at some point. The Elders were also confident that they could meet with Shanks, an extremely powerful pirate and one of the Four Emperors, without having anyone to guard him.

Past
At some point long ago, Saturn met the scientist Vegapunk.

Twenty years before the start of the series, the Five Elders spoke via Den Den Mushi to Professor Clover, an archaeologist from Ohara who was revealed to have been studying the Poneglyphs. Clover revealed that he knew too much about the Void Century, causing the Five Elders to order the Cipher Pol unit on Ohara to eliminate him and for a Buster Call to destroy Ohara and its historians.

Jaya Arc
A Marine came to the Room of Authority to report that Shanks had made contact with Whitebeard. Saturn agreed that a meeting between the two could be dangerous, but the Five Elders quickly moved on to talk about filling in Crocodile's place in the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Long Ring Long Land Arc
The Five Elders got a call that Marine Admiral Aokiji had gone off on his own, and Saturn asked if he had gone on a sightseeing trip.

Post-Enies Lobby Arc
The Five Elders received a report that Shanks had successfully met with Whitebeard himself, to their shock.

Post-War Arc
The Five Elders talked about the aftermath of the Battle of Marineford, with Saturn noting all the things that Luffy had done and saying it was appropriate that he was Garp's grandson. They then talked about Blackbeard's rise to power, and Saturn noted that he had already taken down one of the Super Rookies.

Dressrosa Arc
Fleet Admiral Sakazuki came to the Room of Authority to question the Five Elders about why they let Donquixote Doflamingo use the World Nobles' authority to misinform the entire world. The elders reminded Sakazuki of his place and reprimanded his insolence, when a Marine came in and revealed that Luffy and Trafalgar Law's alliance had taken down Doflamingo, and that their victory had been broadcast to the entire world, shocking the elders and Sakazuki.

Levely Arc
As the Levely was beginning, the Five Elders were approached by Shanks. Because of his position, they reluctantly allowed him to talk to them about a certain pirate. After meeting with Shanks, they headed toward the Empty Throne, and talked about how king Nefertari Cobra of Arabasta had requested to meet with them. Saturn then noted that with all the events going on threatening the balance, the Elders no were no longer able to prevent them. Upon reaching the Empty Throne, they knelt before its occupant Im as they requested that Im tell them the name of the "light" that needed to be extinguished from history.

Wano Country Arc


Following the Levely's conclusion, the Five Elders discussed the Raid on Onigashima, namely the orders they had given to eliminate Nico Robin and prepare to have the Marines assume control of Wano Country in the aftermath of the battle. They then discussed the potential of the Gomu Gomu no Mi, or the "Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika" awakening, and commanded Guernica to interfere in the battle between Monkey D. Luffy and Kaidou to eliminate the former, who possessed the fruit's power. Guernica sacrificed himself to allow Kaidou to inflict a deadly blow on Luffy, and when one of the Elders asked if eliminating Luffy was worth losing an agent and angering Kaidou, Saturn responded that it was preferable compared to the potential outcome of Luffy's fruit awakening.

The Five Elders' attempt to eliminate Luffy proved a failure, as they later came to learn that the Gomu Gomu no Mi had indeed been awakened and Kaidou and Big Mom had both fallen in battle. Saturn wondered how they could respond to this as there would be no way to cover this up.

Egghead Arc
The Five Elders received a report that Sabo, who had attained worldwide infamy after invading the Levely, had been tracked down to the Lulusia Kingdom. Very soon afterward, the Five Elders and Im had the island annihilated with a mysterious weapon and proclaimed that Lulusia had never existed.

Some time later, Saturn set out to sea and accompanied by Marine Admiral Kizaru, who was leading a fleet to Egghead to eliminate Dr. Vegapunk. Saturn told Kizaru that he considered the circumstances with Vegapunk to be a shame.

Non-Playable Appearances

 * One Piece: Grand Battle! 3
 * One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush!
 * One Piece Odyssey

Trivia

 * Saturn is the sixth planet in the real-life Solar System, named after a Roman god. Fittingly, the Japanese term for the Five Elders (五老星) includes the character 星, which means "star" or "planet", and is included in the Japanese names of planets.
 * Interestingly, the planetary bodies which follow Saturn (Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto), all share their names or etymologies with the three Ancient Weapons in the One Piece world.
 * Saturn's surname may be based on the musician Jerry Garcia of the band Grateful Dead, who looks similar to the character.
 * Saturn's appearance may be inspired by the Italian general and patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi, one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland". This includes his facial hair, cylindrical hat, and walking cane clutched with both hands.

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