Jean-Phillipe de Lefaye III was an Immortal from France, he was known to be a womanizer. After he became Immortal, he met his teacher Duncan MacLeod in 1794 who then taught him about his Immortality. Jean-Phillipe did not take his training seriously, knowing himself to be a talented man with a blade. He preferred his life of wine, women, and song. While at a pub in England, he would meet Damon Case, an Immortal who lived strictly by the rules of The Game. Jean-Philippe tried to get Damon to have a drink and mingle with the women, but Case would not drink and sat alone.