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Duncan Macleod

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a character in “The Multiverse”, as played by Duncan Macleod

Description

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Full Name: Duncan Macleod
Nickname(s): The Highlander
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Age/Birthday: 400/1592 unknown
Race: Immortal
Place of Birth/Home Town: Highlands of Scotland

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Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 6’1
Individual Features: His eyes show what he’s been through

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Family:
Ian MacLeod - village Chieftan
Mary MacLeod – Chieftens wife

Friends:
Richie
Dawson
Methos

Personality

Duncan was raised to be the next chieftain of his clan and this fact influenced his personality. Duncan has a strong moral conscience and sense of nobility, protecting the weak and innocent. He punishes the evildoers and is very loyal to no point. He is also being often criticized, sometimes in jest other times not – for his rigid sense of honour and determination to intervene in events that often place him in danger. He feels responsible for others and when he thinks people died for him, he then feels he has to avenge them. As much as he can’t have children he likes them and takes care of those he meets. He is very respected by both mortals and Immortals and considered by some to be one of the prime contenders for The Prize.

Duncan enjoys life as being said by Connor he has all the fun and the best women, although he is a womanizer, he shares his life with a few women he grows to love. He always stays loyal to their memories and cherishes the moments he had with them. Duncan is also a perfectionist and keen to learn new things, be it reading, playing Shakespeare or fighting skills, being cunning and very difficult to catch because he has experienced most everything life has to offer.

His memory is very good and can remember things from centuries ago. Duncan fulfils his duties and will always defend his head if challenged but he isn’t bloodthirsty and occasionally spares his opponents, especially female Immortals. He doesn’t hunt other Immortals for their heads, but he fights evil ones if they attack people he cares about, Duncan does not consider The Game his primary purpose in life and sometimes retires from it. He isn’t prejudiced against mortals and is generally very generous to mortals, and almost always tries to avoid hurting them. He has seen dozens of them age and die and thus acutely and sometimes bitterly knows how fragile they are. For this reason he protects them from other Immortals intending to harm them especially evil Immortals and dangerous consequences the game can have them.

Duncan feels that they have nothing to do with it and should not suffer from it. He doesn’t tell them about his immortality usually except when he trusts them with his life. He can never get used to death especially the death of his lovers. But it never prevents him from involving himself in life again.

Likes:
Richie
Methos – Putting up with him has an effect
Women
Life
Friends
Connor
Joe Dawson

Dislikes:
Methos – there are times
Watchers – Most of them
Being wrong
Killing

Fears:
Being killed
Never finding someone to love
Watching everyone die

Equipment

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Job: Antique dealer (last time he had a job)

Powers: Living forever except for a headchop.

History

Duncan was born a foundling like most Immortals, he was brought to the doorstep of the village Chieftan Ian MacLeod during the Winter Solstice of 1592 by a local peasant, knowing that his wife mary was upset about her stillborn son, the elder Macleod decided to claim the newborn infant. The loss of Mary's son was kept secret, and Ian raised Duncan in his hamlet near Glenfinnan as his and Mary's own.

Duncan grew up spirited and turned into a spirited, heroic young lad, well loved by the whole village. He struck it close with clan cousin Robert Macleod and the two boys would have all the manner of wild adventures together. One which led to danger and hiding in a remote cottage with a beautiful woman who pronounced the boy as special and marked with a destiny, this was Cassandra the witch of Donan wood. Sheltering him from death at the hands of Kantos and let him go to his worry stricken father when she deemed it safe. The first tragedy struck Duncan in 1618, when he found himself personally involved in clan intrigue. His childhood sweetheart, Debra Campbell, found herself betrothed to none other than Duncan's friend and cousin, Robert. As much as he protested he knew he could do nothing and mournfully presented a farewell gift, when Robert found out he wanted to battle leaving Robert to die and his hands and also losing his sweetheart after talking her out of jumping she loses footing and slips to her death.

Duncan soon found himself with his father in battle leaving the grieving aside; riding with his father into battle against the feuding clans, Duncan was struck down during a major battle, and was carried back to his home, where he expired before his parents. As his father rallied his crestfallen warriors, an old peasant woman witnessed the young MacLeod heir return to life, and screamed. A scared almost terrified Ian pronounced it the work of demons and disowned the bewildered highlander. In a black depression, Duncan wandered the Highlands alone, hunting food and sustaining himself, until he encountered Ian again. Attempting to reconcile himself with his father, Duncan was stunned when Ian revealed the truth about Duncan's origins. The young Highlander remained unfazed, however, proclaiming his adopted heritage at the top of his lungs.

After the death of his father and failing on slicing a head he met Connor Macleod and his future teacher. Connor had learned of Duncan's Immortality and had returned to Scotland to find and train his kinsman. Accepting Connor's offer of protection and education, Duncan traveled with Connor across Western Europe, learning about The Game, The Rules, and The Gathering, as Connor himself had learned from his own teacher, Juan SĂĄnchez Villa-Lobos RamĂ­rez. Connor enrolled his student in the finest dueling clubs, and taught young Duncan all of the tricks and techniques at his disposal. He instilled in his student a fierce desire for knowledge, both of combat and of the arts and sciences. When Connor deemed the time to be right, he returned Duncan to Scotland, preparing the younger Highlander to take his own path.

Duncan decided to travel eastward years later and found himself in the steppes of Russia, where he was soon challenged by a Cossack on a horse. Duncan's own horsemanship, however, proved up to the challenge, and he easily unhorsed his opponent, winning his respect. He had met with the leader an immortal Kristov who offered the highlander hospitality though it didn;t last when the battle with the enemy was a band of farmers, outraged he drew his blade against the Cossacks and prevented the slaughter with Kristov angered for revenge someday.

Macleod was in india in 1764 as a liaison for the britiah colonel named Ramsey. There he meets Kamir a priest of the goddess kali, while riding out he comes to save vashti a widow before she dies and falls for her, she was killed by Kamir. By 1778 Macleod is in the south Pacific where he is a ship’s pilot of captain Terrence Kincaid. Saving Kincaid from a beheading leaving him marooned on a desert island.

That same year, Kincaid’s ship gets caught in a storm and Macleod is shipwrecked in Japan where he is found by a samurai warrior named Hideo Kato. Upon waking, MacLeod draws his sword on Kato only for it to be destroyed by Kato’s Dragonhead katana sword. Hideo took the gaijin into his home and taught him the ancient art of the samurai and the two men became firm friends. However, Hideo’s daughter took a strong dislike to Duncan. Duncan wondered why and he soon realized why: being a feudal ruled country where foreigners are not alllowed, Hideo was sentenced to be executed by the Shogun for harbouring a Barbarian. Hideo was given the chance to commit HARA KIRI (Ritual suicide) in order to preserve his family's honor. Duncan wanted to help his friend, even telling him about his Immortality, but Hideo accepted his fate. He asks Duncan to be his second while he kills himself and offers Duncan his katana and Duncan in turn promises to protect Hideo’s family. That night, Duncan beheads his mentor and friend after Hideo stabs himself. Duncan leaves Japan with Hideo’s Katana sword which the Highlander would use as his sword from then on.

Duncan returned to Europe arriving in france where he was a bodyguard to a baron who would end up assassinated by an immortal. He also meets Terence and Peter, in 1803, Mac meets Amanda again and lives with her in Bavaria but she runs off with stolen jewels from a Baron leaving MacLeod to deal with the Baron’s men. That same year, Mac meets Alex Raven in England when she beheads an evil unarmed Immortal. A year later, Mac is living in a small English town and makes friends with a mortal named Johnny. But when two Immortals named Peter Matlin and Lyman Kurlow kill a young gentleman for his money and Johnny for the crime, Mac confesses to the crime and is hanged thus saving his friend. Mac later finds Kurlow and challenges him but the evil Immortal escapes. Later in 1806, Duncan joined the British army.

Towards the end of Napoleonic War, he met an ancient immortal named Darius a priest and former warrior who was one of the most powerful immortals during his time, intrigued by the immortal especially when Darius tries to persuade him to reject the wars and bloodshed to purse a path of peace. Mac decided to give it a try. The following year, Darius’s church is ransacked by three who are looking for valuables in the church and the leader of the men stabs Darius when he tells them that there is no gold in the church. When Duncan kills and injures one of them he is faced with an unhappy Darius, telling him he intends to leave Europe for the New world hoping to lead a peaceful life.

Macleod arrived in the new world settling in the United States and traveled as far as Montana where Macleod witnesses an Immortal named John Durgan kill a priest and steal the cross of St Antoine Mac vows the dying priest to recover the cross. Mac travelled to Philadelphia where he meets Immortal David Keogh and sees as he is rejected by his girlfriend Julia. 1830 Duncan travelled to south America travelling to peru where he meets Gavriel Larca who is living with the Moche an aboriginal tribe that worships him as a God. Larca kills Macleod’s guide in a blood ritual but the guide’s blood is infected with a plague which kills many of the villagers who then turn on larca while Mac escapes.

He manages to return to England and befriends Readan Cole and Willie Kingsley, returning to france he wanted to help out a troubled Violane who challenged him, but ended up killing her even though he tried to reason with her. Sometime later Duncan had his palm read that he would never marry, also meeting Connor and his best friend Sunda Kastagir in America. 1851, Macleod travels to Madrid Spain where he befriends Otavio Consone , they later become rivals in the art of love. They both vie for the hand of the beautiful Theresa, but her father chooses the aristocratic Consone as the better match. Consone and Mac fight a duel, and Consone, and Consone bests MacLeod, but Theresa intervenes and agrees to marry Consone if he will spare Macleod. Mac objects, but Consone agrees. Mac leaves. Mac returned two years later and learns that the girl died having been killed by Otavio. Duncan leaves Spain onboard the rosemary captained by Conner Mac travels to San Francisco where he meet a now drug addicted Brian Cullen scared and trying to avoid the many challengers waiting for him.

Duncan later travels to McKewansville in the Dakota Territory where he saves a young native American boy named Chaske from a slaver, he takes the boy to the town to receive medical treatment much to the anger of the towns people who want the Indian out of the town, eventually the doctor treats the boy while Duncan waits. The slaver arrives wanting the boy back but he is killed by Chaske and tries to escape but he is killed in the process of running away. Disgusted by the death of the boy, Duncan decided to leave the life he knew and joined the Indians whom he stayed with for some years.

1868 Duncan was engaged to be married to a mortal woman named little deer and his adopted son Kahani, tragedy fell on them when another Immortal Kern massacred them and Duncan beats up Kern and runs towards the village where he finds everyone dead, he is left to mourn his family with connor by his side. Between1872-1882: Mac retreats from the world to a cabin on holy ground. Mac’s old friend, teacher, and clansman, Connor Macleod, finds Duncan and tries to convince him to rejoin the Battle on the side of Good. In 1882, Duncan travels for the first time to the pacific Northwest where he get a job running a town news paper when Mako arrives in the town looking for a friend of Duncan’s accused of killing someone during a robbery yet he was innocent of the crime, Duncan knows that Mako will do everything he can to get Ramsey and tries to help`him escape but Mako kills Ramsey in a quick gun draw with Dunacan watching helplessly.

Three months later Mac meets and falls in love with a beautiful mortal woman named Sarah who he became obsessed with and plans to marry her. but, unbeknownst to Mac, she is already married. When her husband arrives in town, Mac tries to get Sarah to run away with him, but she refuses. When her husband shoots him and Mac revives, Sarah rejects Mac, and he finally leaves.

Between 1888, 1889 he meets fritz and his student Danny while looking for gold in Alaska. Duncan returned to San Francisco in 1891 and meets fast talking immortal Tommy Sullivan and talks Mac into becoming a prize fighter Mac wins the fight, and Tommy gains $1, 000, which he collects by killing the opposing fighter’s manager who refused to pay Tommy. Duncan is not aware of this.

By the beginning of the 20th Centuary, Mac is living in New York. 1916, Mac is in Cairo Egypt serving with the British Army as a driver and messenger attached to the Arab Bureau and under the command of T. E. Lawrence.

When the first world war broke Duncan was in the front lines as a medic helping the wounded, by 1917 he became an ambulance driver for the red cross collecting the wounded soldiers, they are attacked by Xavier St Cloud who uses mustard gas to kill those in the immediate area so that he could rob a payroll truck. Because Xavier is wearing a gasmask, Mac doesn’t recognise him. Xavier upon seeing Macleod tries to take the incapacitated Highlander but retreats when he hears the rest of the army arriving, Later that year, he meets Sean Burns and watches in wonder as Burns uses the new study of psychology on some of the patients.

1920, Duncan is in Paris where he is attending an opera with Maria Campolo a close friend of his, It is at the opera that Mac encounters Kalas who is a star tenor known as Antonio Neri. Kalas tells the Highlander that he holds no grudge against him for having him thrown out of the monastery. Duncan vecomes concerned when Maria shoiws intrest in Kalas who promises her fame by taking her to New York. Duncan later arrives `at Kala’s place where he interrupts Kalas’s attempt of killing Maria and as she flees, the two fight. Kalas eventually gets the upper hand, bearing Duncan back through a glass door and pinning him down, pressing his blade towards Duncan's neck. Duncan gropes for a piece of the glass, and slashes desperately at Kalas's neck. He slices his throat, and Kalas runs off, choking horribly. Duncan goes to Maria, and tells her everything is all right.

1935, Duncan becomes a secret agent for the British. While in Berlin with Ingrid Henning discussing Hitler and his growing influence, two brownshirts beat their young Jewish friend David, Mac fights them, but Ingrid reminds Mac that he has accomplished nothing; there are always more. Much is not known about Duncan’s life during the 60’s and much of the 70’s though he was in Cambosia when he encounters Kage

1980 he encountered Kuyler again but he didn’t have his sword with him, and all Duncan could do was run for his life. Jumping onboard of a boat, it is on this boat he met Tessa Noel whom he quickly falls for, revealing his immortality to her and is surprised when she doesn’t react with disgust and shock. This lets him know that she loves him no matter what, however, Duncan doesn’t tell her about the game and did his best not to take part in it although in 1988, he had a confrontation with Walter Reinhardt, He escaped by jumping off a rooftop and Duncan took his sword.

1992 the gathering had begun in the seacouver, he finally decided to come out of retirement by defeating Slan Quince. He also met Richie too, when he stops and sences someone in the store, sword with him sneaking downstairs to search he finds a young theif is busy stuffing antiques into a bag. MacLeod confronts him: "I am Duncan MacLeod of The Clan MacLeod, and you are dead." The young thief, now scared, drops the weapon and confesses to his crimes, offering to call the police himself. Duncan moves as if to strike down the boy, but then shifts his attention to the skylight, just as a large figure smashes through it. Turning to be Slan, Duncan moves as if to strike down the boy, but then shifts his attention to the skylight, just as a large figure smashes through it. The new arrival announces himself as Slan Quince, who has come for Duncan. Preparing for battle a third intruder steps forward with a warning. Irritated, Quince demands to know who the newcomer is, and is told: "I'm Connor MacLeod. Same clan, different vintage." As Connor advances on Quince, police sirens begin to wail nearby, prompting Quince to break off the fight. Promising to meet The MacLeods again, Quince leaps through the front window, escaping into the street. Connor remains only to grin at his kinsman, noting that Duncan looks good before he walks away.

Later Duncan tells the police he does not want to charge anything against the boy, in an interrogation room, Richie attempts to butter up Macleod but Duncan has only one thing to say, that is if he lets Richie go he does not want him to spread stories about the events from the previous evening. Richie agrees, unnerved by Duncan. He sensed the presence of another immortal, introducing Tessa to Connor the pair went to practice. Later on, preparing dinner, Duncan explains his relationship to Connor, how Connor found him, trained him, and taught him The Rules. When Tessa displays confusion over The Rules and The Game, Duncan explains to Connor that he explained only part of The Game to Tessa, informing Connor that he had removed himself from The Game. Sternly, Connor rebukes Duncan, reminding him that there is no "out" and then explains the full details of The Game, The Rules, and The Prize to a shocked Tessa. Connor reminds Duncan of the last time he tried to stay out of The Game.

Duncan approaches Tessa telling her she should leave but in an arguement, she tells him she would stay with him. In a rage, she curses Duncan and all Immortals, before Duncan takes her into his arms, reminding her that he is not her enemy. As Duncan holds his lover, he finds himself reflecting on his past again.

Connor and Duncan practice again, followed by a fascinated Richie watching the highlanders, when they return Tessa tells them Quince has called asking for Duncan and come after tessa if Duncan should lose or not show. As Duncan is sharpening his sword, Connor jokes with him noting that Duncan had all the fun and good women. Duncan readily quips back, reminding Connor of a liason in London about 160 years earlier. With Duncan's guard down, Connor makes his move, knocking Mac out cold. Tessa puts two and two together, and tells Connor not to go, but Connor is determined. As Connor gets into his car, Richie stows away in the trunk. Meanwhile, Duncan comes to and announces his intention to go. He also informs Tessa he will not be returning to her, for her own protection.

In a rage, Duncan comes at Quince in a blinding flurry of speed and skill. As Richie watches, transfixed, Duncan slashes Quince across the stomach, forcing him to his knees, and then beheads him in a single swift stroke. A horrified Richie watches as The Quickening takes Duncan, and afterward, he begs The Highlander to pretend he wasn't there. Without answering, Duncan quickly dives into the river after his lost clansman. He fishes Connor out, and removes the dagger, restoring him. He fills his clansman in on what happened, and that he will not be returning to Tessa. Connor says that he understands, but Tessa won't. Noticing Richie watching from several yards away, Connor asks about him, and Duncan promises to watch over him.

Connor gives Tessa the news: Duncan is alive, and Slan won't be calling again. Guessing Duncan's actions, Tessa demands to know where Duncan went. Connor admits he doesn't know, but can guess. Taking Tessa with him, he arrives at Duncan's island retreat, still intact and now improved upon.

He later goes to Paris and possibly meeting Connor in New York, he returned to Seacouver later and finds that Tessa who had gone to the hills to copy some old stone carvings had not returned he then goes to look for her and discovers that she has been kidnapped by survivalists. Duncangoes after her and tracks Caleb and the others. Caught by Caleb's son and the other man, Duncan jumps off a cliff, to certain death. Stunned they leave taking Duncan’s katana with them. Mac pursues them and, having caught Caleb's son, fights with Caleb, who has killed the third man in a fit of rage for trying to rape Tessa. Duncan using an ax fights with Caleb who is using his katana and in the end Duncan beheads Caleb.

In being as a kept man, Duncan does the shopping but as he is returning to the barge one morning seeing a clown dressed as a mime killing an elderly man. Helping the police, he tells them that he could identify the man. The police inspector, LeBrun, is convinced he has seen Duncan before. Mysterious men with guns stake out the barge and, when Duncan fells one, he finds that he is a policeman. LeBrun has remembered Duncan - when he was a young gendarme, they were chasing the assassin Kuyler and he saw Duncan then. LeBrun's assistant is in Kuyler's pay, but Duncan silences the mime forever and LeBrun arrests his assistant.

Later Duncan notices that Darius seems to be thinking about something troubling, they were disturbed by inspector Lebrun, who was investigating a robbery, surprised to find MacLeod in the company of a priest, he tells the two Immortals that the thief gassed everyone in the store, then got up and walked out. He was seen entering the church. Darius confirms that he knows who it is, but as the man made his confession, he cannot help LeBrun. Duncan stares at Darius, then asks him if it is Xavier St Cloud. Darius' rueful nod is his answer. Duncan then goes in search of Georges Dalou on information about Xavier. Dalou is gratified at Duncan's gesture and introduces him to the dead man's mother, who tells him where her son met Xavier.

Duncan then goes to a café where he finds Xavier who upon sensing him runs as fast as he can with Duncan in hot pursuit. But he stops when Xavier throws a a gas grenade behind him as he runs, rightly guessing that Duncan will stop to deal with it. Duncan throws the grenade into a cement mixer, where the gas is neutralised. Frustrated, Duncan stops by the barge, then goes back to see Darius. Darius tells him that Xavier was sentenced to life imprisonment for theft, but escaped and fled to India and West Africa, where he lived like a king. As they talk, Xavier appears and goads them, but produces another grenade when Duncan threatens him, then leaves. Duncan returns to the Barge where he lets it slip that the woman he is dating is married which upsets Richie.

Duncan makes the inescapable connection and, with time running out, leaps from the car and races back to the gallery on foot. With only seconds to go before the bomb gasses everyone, leaving Xavier to walk in and harvest a fortune in jewellery worn by the guests, Duncan arrives just in time to disarms the device, telling a startled Tessa that her mysterious benefactor is Xavier St Cloud. After the battle of which Duncan won. Days after he receives a ticket to a circus from Amanda. After a performance, they meet with her but she is not happy that they know that she is Immortal. Plus Tessa seems to be jealous of her Sensing the ice beneath his feet thinning, Duncan makes his goodbyes and leaves, ready to make his peace with Tessa. Amanda shows up the following day at the barge, where she and Tessa would have picked up where they left off, if Tessa hadn’t been going out. They go to the circus, but they sense no one else there. Duncan is convinced there never was any mysterious Immortal and that this is a ploy by Amanda. She is offended and, as Duncan leaves, he is challenged by an Immortal who doesn’t give his name, but clearly wants Duncan’s head. Riche later tells Duncan that he found Amanda with Zachary. Duncan decides to confront Amanda with what they have learnt, but has to deal with Tessa before he can leave the barge when she tells him how insecure Amanda makes her feel. Reassuring her that the thief is no competition, he goes to the circus, where Amanda gives in and tells him the truth. In which she agreed to offer Duncan’s head and 10 million dollors for a job.

Seeing Fritz again, he tells Duncan that there is trouble and three immortals have been killed by someone other than immortals, finding Darius dead on holy ground he helps a friend when he discovers the watchers and wants to make them pay dearly.

A bitter Macleod returned wanting revenge for Darius, but with only the chronicle to guide him. He follows a clue to a book store where the owner Dawson, denies knowing about the book. When Macleod chases two men down an alley from across the street, Dawson follows and tells Duncan that he is his watcher, one of the secret society of mortals who observe and record history of immortals. Refusing to believe that a mortal killed Darius, he was forced to when he finds out that it was his half brother James Horton. MacLeod confronts Horton, who shoots him, but not before MacLeod extracts his vengeance for Darius and runs Horton through with his sword.

After a spooky encounter with a palm reader reminds Mac of the gypsies' warning that he will never marry, he tempts fate by asking Tessa to marry him. Overjoyed, she accepts and, as they plan the wedding, Mac is lured from the shop by a group of Watchers, whose leader, Pallin Wolf, stuns Richie and kidnaps Tessa. Using her as a lure, he entices MacLeod to his home, where he has a lightless room in which he hunts and kills Immortals, using a nightscope to see his prey, a la "Silence Of The Lambs". Fate smiles on Mac by allowing him to defeat Wolf and rescue Tessa despite "The Darkness", but he makes a decision that will haunt him. Sending Tessa with Richie, he stays to rifle the man's files, but as they leave, they are mugged and shot. MacLeod runs out to find them dead in the street. As he holds Tessa in his arms, Richie revives, a newborn Immortal. Struck with grief Duncan sells the store and buys charlies Dojo when it goes up for sale and has Charlie as a manager, but the peace does not last long. Richie and Mac break up an attempt to kill the British Ambassador, but one of the IRA terrorists is killed in the process.


Richie elects to face Annie and defeats her, but cannot bring himself to take her head. Annie accepts her own life back, in lieu of taking Richie's, and leaves. Later, Mac gives Richie a Toledo Rapier as his own sword. Richie arrives at the loft one night with a girl he has rescued, who was being pursued by an Immortal, who from the description Duncan recognises as Mako the hunter and eternal lawman. Turning out she murdered her husband as she is on the run. When Mako accidently kills the girl Richie is furious and battles taking Mako’s head, but it is tinged with sadness as Mac tells him that he is now on his own and must leave to take his own path of Immortality.

Dawson denies that Horton is alive, but Duncan breaks open Horton's tomb, to find it empty. Horton is waiting at the tomb, safe on Holy Ground, and taunts Duncan that he is the man MacLeod cannot kill. Mac follows Dawson to a waterfront rendezvous, where he sees him meet Horton. When Dawson gets home, he finds MacLeod waiting for him and Duncan promises him that the next time they meet, it will be the last. A critically injured Charlie cannot understand how MacLeod, who he saw shot through the heart, is alive and walking around and Mac promises to tell Charlie the truth before he dies. Whilst MacLeod and Delaney try to work out their next move, and whether it's to go to bed together, Dawson surprises everyone by turning up at the dojo with the address of Horton's hideout, a waterfront warehouse. He swears that he didn't know what Horton was up to and tells MacLeod that, after Duncan gutted him in "The Watchers", Horton was thrown out of the Watchers and sent abroad to recuperate and live quietly. Duncan goes to the warehouse and, when Xavier feels him approach, he escapes with Horton in a helicopter, but Duncan tracks them to Paris. Leaving Charlie to recover, MacLeod goes after them.

Arriving in Paris Duncan is amazed to find Renee Delaney waiting for him at the airport; she drops him off at the barge which had been moved by the police when the seine flooded. Haunted by memories of Tessa, Mac reluctantly goes on board, only to find a middle aged Frenchman in residence. Maurice, from the boat next door, is the inveterate scrounger, but will become a friend and innocent ally for MacLeod. A mercenary hired by Horton tries to kill them, but is shot by Delaney. As she tries to explain her actions to the Sûrete, Duncan uses a cufflink dropped by the getaway driver to identify him as a disgraced cavalry officer. Learning that the dead man was a member of a rich family, Delaney is at a loss how to proceed, but they learn that the family had stables.

She has given it to her son for safe keeping, but when Duncan and Amanda go his shop, they are lured outside by the presence of an unseen Immortal, whilst two thugs try to steal the crystal. The Immortals give chase and Duncan recovers the crystal. What he doesn't tell Amanda is that he arranges to meet Luther the next day and, o keep her distracted, arranges for Maurice to bring her breakfast. Duncan confronts Luther, who believes that all the crystals will form a talisman that will give him ten times the power of an "ordinary" Immortal.

She has given it to her son for safe keeping, but when Duncan and Amanda go his shop, they are lured outside by the presence of an unseen Immortal, whilst two thugs try to steal the crystal. The Immortals give chase and Duncan recovers the crystal. Amanda is furious with MacLeod for killing Luther, overlooking the fact that he saved her life. Days later, Richie arrives at Duncan’s barge. Apparently he is wanted for a series of murders across Europe. Richie tells him that there has been an Immortal following him but doesn’t show himself. Duncan realizes that the Immortal is Martin Hyde who has a long established technique of harassing young Immortals, to make them run back to their teachers, who Hyde then kills, as there is nothing like the Quickening of a seasoned Immortal. Mac manages to track down Hyde at a hotel.

Lisa is kidnapped and Duncan rescues her, but she takes him to Tessa's grave, only to find that Duncan is not the fool she took him for. Hearing a gunshot and believing that Lisa has shot Duncan, Horton comes to cut off his head, only to find MacLeod waiting for him. His plan turned back on himself, Horton flees, after killing Lisa, but Mac catches him off Holy Ground and proves that, unlike his taunt in, Horton is not a man he cannot kill. Returning to Seacouver with Richie.

Returning to Seacouver he is surprised to find a Japanese woman waiting to see him. is powerfully reminded of a woman from his past, with good reason. She presents him with an old telescope, which is the symbol of a promise he made to her family over 200 years before, a promise made in tragedy. Midori Kent a descendant of Hideo, she asks for help telling him she killed her husband which he was found alive when she returned, Duncan feels him coming also finding out he’s an immortal. They return to the dojo, where Midori says that she cannot ask Mac to help her further. She married Kent for his money, to prevent Hideo's shrine from being turned into a car park, as the family had fallen on hard times. Mac leaves Midori with Charlie whilst he goes to see Kent. When Mac gets back to the dojo, he finds Charlie holding his own against Kent's men, who flee when Mac appears. But Midori has gone, leaving behind the telescope - she is releasing him from his promise.

Duncan pursues Kent, tracking him to Hideo’s shrine. He tells Midori that she cannot release him from the promise, it was made to Hideo. Challenging Kent and, as he does, Midori sees that Duncan has Hideo's sword. MacLeod and Kent face each other. In the fight, Duncan sticks his sword inbetween a rock leaving Kent to try and stab Duncan who grabs the blade of Kent’s katana pulling him off balance and stabs and slashes him with it. Duncan then throws Kent’s katana away and grabs his sword and beheads Kent. Duncan leaves Midori at the grave of her ancestor, to start her life anew, as he returns to Seacouver.

When an old girlfriend of Richie’s named Donna arrives in Seacouver with her son claiming to be his, Duncan is opposed tothis especially when Richie decides to be the father of the child regardless of the IMMORTALS ARE STERILE sayings of Duncan but that was the least of Duncan’s. Kern arrives in town and Duncan has a running with him. Duncan swears that he will finish what he started. After a while, Duncan faces Kern on a rooftop using a spear and come out victorious. He later comforts Richie after Donna leaves after learning about his Immortality and realizing that life with him will be dangerous.

However Duncan learns that Karros is trying to stop the peace negations and is able to save his aide Mara and Kill Karros in battle at a dockyard. Days later, Duncan and Amanda go to see Joe who is very happy mainly because he has a new girlfriend Laura When Joe arrives at the home of Lauren Gale, he is just in time to watch helplessly outside while an intruder murders her and gets away.

Days later, Duncan recives a visit from Dawson who informs him the his former mentor May Ling Shen has been beheaded by Michael Christian. He then offers him May Ling’s chronicles. As Dawson and the Watchers realise this, Duncan unarmed is challenged by Christian and they fight on a dam till they both fall over, as they fight for the sword, Duncan reaches for it and beheads Christian. Duncan takes Anne to a recital by a choir of monks, one of whom, Paul, is an Immortal.

Richie talks to Joe about the chronicles, unaware that Christian's Watcher is also his lover and has been providing him with information on other Immortals, neither man realises that the song being sung is "The Song Of The Executioner", as the unseen impresario who organised the concert is Kalas, an Immortal with scores to settle with both Duncan and Paul. Kalas kills Paul and then sets about destroying MacLeod, first by framing Joe for dealing drugs, then by killing two of Anne's patients and fabricating hospital records to make it look like she is responsible.

Duncan realises that Kalas is behind this and, having cleared Joe and Anne, confronts his enemy. As they fight, Anne sees Duncan fall to his death, but Richie gets her away before Duncan revives. Duncan then leaves for Paris. Arriving in Paris, he is recived by Fritz who is teaching cookery at the Cordon Bleu, and has a new girlfriend. With Fitz dead, Duncan drives around Paris looking for Kalas. He recives a call from Dawson whom he informs about Fritz death, Dawson tells him that that Kalas was last seen coming out of a jazz club in St Germaine, "Nosferatu", but that his Watcher has vanished.

The Watchers' expert on Methos is..... Methos. Methos and Duncan go for a walk and Methos is seemingly unconcerned about Kalas, even though he hasn't faced an Immortal for 200 years. He refuses to let Duncan fight his battles for him and leaves the Highlander in pensive mood. That night, returning to the barge, Duncan is surprised by a dishevelled Methos, who tries for his head, but is easily defeated. Methos tells Duncan that Kalas was waiting for him, having found his journals and deciphered enough to connect Pierson and Methos. Duncan later meets Methos under a bridge and is shocked when Methos sword drawn attacks Duncan. It appears that Methos is actually wanting to offer his head to Duncan so that he will be powerful enough to defeat Kalas. But Duncan refuses.

The two Immortals fight, both intending to take the other's head, But the police arrive and arrest Kalas for Murder. Methos tells MacLeod that he wasn't prepared to take the chance on Kalas winning. When MacLeod goes to his apartment, he finds that Methos has vanished, taking the Chronicles with him. He rings an understandably frustrated Dawson, who can't believe that Methos fooled him. Duncan tells Joe that Kalas is in jail, but he can wait. Days later Duncan encounters Ceirdwyn who is looking for revenge against a gang of thugs who killed her and her lover.

Father Bernard knows Duncan's secret, but has kept it all these years. Now, he needs Duncan's help - the Nazi Major who Bernard and the resistance killed is back, not one day older. Later Duncan learns that Anne is pregnant and tries to deal with the prospect of becoming a foster father. However, he learns that Daimler has started killing the Resistance group who buried him at the bottom of the Seine for forty years. Anne sees Duncan kill Daimler and witnesses the terrifying power of the Quickening. Knowing what life with him will be like and unable to accept that she must want people to die for him to survive, Anne leaves him and goes back to the States.

With all thoughts about the secrets of Immortals coming out, Duncan and Amanda share a moment together on top of the Eiffel Tower. Where they dance and finishing the dance with a kiss, while the crowd below looks on, cheering. Duncan puts Amanda down, and they bow to the crowd, laughing. Amanda puts her arms around Duncan again, and he looks at her, suddenly serious. They both return to the barge and see Methos and informs Duncan and Amanda that Christine is dead and the disk is gone. Duncan goes to the watcher’s headquaters where he sees Kalas who ahs killed the head of the watchers in Europe Vemas. Kalas threatens to expose the secret of Immortality unless the Highlander agrees to offer his head to him. But Duncan finally decides to rid the world of Kalas and arranges to fight him at the Eiffel Tower Before the fight, Amanda gives him her crystal as a good luck charm. They fight. Down below, Methos, Joe and Amanda watch from the ground, seeing the faint sparks from the swords flashing at the top of the tower. Above, Kalas and Duncan continue to fight, and Duncan wounds Kalas in the arm. Kalas recovers, and they keep on while the others watch, worried. But finally, Duncan runs Kalas through.

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Duncan Macleod's Story

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The Butcher of Wing City snarled a foul howl, echoing into the night as he arrived back upon the mortal plane. His boots crunched into the familiar hunting ground, carrying him forward into the darkness to find a new victim.