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The Birth of Duncan MacLeod

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The Birth of Duncan MacLeod

He is Duncan MacLeod, the Highlander. Born in 1592 in the
Highlands of Scotland and he's still alive. He is immortal.

For 400 years he's been a warrior, a lover, a wanderer. Constantly facing other immortals in a combat to the death. The winner takes his enemy's head, and with it his power.

In the end there can be only one. May it be Duncan MacLeod, the HighLander.


Life for an immortal is hardly a care-free existence. Not only is it a constant and lonely journey to to see times and ages pass while others are born and die, it is a trial to test the limits of strength and will. For over 400 years, The Highlander, Duncan MacLeod, has struggled against the swords of other immortals in search of The Quickening: the destruction and abdication of another immortal's power. Achievable only by decapitation, The Quickening represents the only hope for continued existence as well as the only threat to the life of an immortal. When the blades are brandished, it's kill or be killed


The Immortals Highlander Timeline

This is a timeline of Connor Macleod it goes the whole way up to present day. Some of the dates are not exactly written in stone but they are either extremely close or right on the money. This timeline was composed from Highlander 1, Highlander 2, Highlander 3, Highlander the Series and the Highlander novels.

Century

The Years

1500s

1518  1536  1539  1541  
1542  1587  1589  1599

1600s

1609  1610  1625  1632  1642  1650  

1700s

1770  1773  1776  1777  1781  1783  
1789  1790  1793  1795  1796

1800s

1815  1820  1830  1839  1853  1854  
18611863  1865  1872  1878  1879  
1880  1888  1890  1897  

1900s

1900  1902  1914  1925  1927  1943  
1944  1951  1975  1985  1986  1987  
1988  1992  1994  1996

2000th

2024

1518 - [Scotland] Connor was born January 1st in Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Sheil in the Scottish highlands.

1536 - [Scotland] Macleod is mortally wounded by the Kurgan in the Battle of Loch Sheil between the Macleods and the Frasier clan. He dies and gains his immortality. Connor comes back to life causing rumors to spread amongst the clan. Soon afterward Macleod is banished from his clan by his clansman Angus to spare his life when he is accused of "Being in league with Lucifer". Connor travels for a few days and meets Heather McDonald and her father. He works on Heathers fathers farm and learns the skill of blacksmithing.

1539 - [Scotland] After Heathers father dies Macleod marries Heather and they moved near the village of Jedburgh to a small stone castle next to a small forge. Macleod and Heather attempt to have children but cannot.

1541 - [Scotland] Macleod meets the immortal Jaun Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez who teaches Macleod swordsmanship, about his immortality, and the rules of the game the two become good friends. Ramirez is killed when the Kurgan comes looking for Macleod. Macleods home is dstroyed in the battle. Macleod aquires Ramirez' Masamune Katana and vows to avenge his death.

1542 - [Scotland] Macleod and Heather move to a make shift house/barn and begin farming about 100 yards from their destroyed home.

1587 - [Scotland] Macleods 1st wife Heather dies. Macleod burys here near-by and uses the Clan Macloed sword to mark her grave.

1589 - [Scotland] Macleod burns the farm and begins to wander the world in search of answers. Macleod travels to Edinburgh where he learns to read and write.

1599 - Macleod leaves Edinburgh and traveled to London ,England.

1605 - Macleod travels to Africa and meets Sunda Kastagir.

1610 - [Near Africa] Macleod is picked up off Cape Horn by the ship "The Jugleor". Connor works on the ship for a few months and befriends Captain Carmicheal.

1625 - [Scotland] Connor finds fellow Highland immortal Duncan Macleod wedged between some rocks on the shore. Connor takes Duncan under his wing and passes on the knowledge Ramirez gave him. The two encounter the immortals Khordas and Nerissa in a coastal town.

1632 - [Scotland] Connor completes Duncans training. Macleod then hunted Khordas to the swamps of Scotland and he and Duncan stopped him from carrying out his destructive plans for a while. He then told Duncan to set out on his own and the two parted.

1642 - Connor leaves Scotland and begans his journey across Europe to Asia to find the Sorceror Ramirez had told him about.

1650 - [Japan] Macleod found the immortal Nakano in Japans Mt Niri. Nakano taught Macleod Zen Buddhism, spiritual awareness, and Bushido swordsmanship. He then met the immortal Kane who himself was a student of Nakanos. Kane came to kill the Highlander and Nakano....for his power of illusion. Macleod was stabbed in the stomach by Kane but was saved by Nakano and escaped the cave before Kane took Nakanos head thereby trapping Kane and his cohorts in the cave for 345 years. Upon escaping Macleod fell out of existance for a while and hid out for 120 some years.

1770 - [Atlantic Ocean] Macleod serves as Captain of the ship "The Thunderer" in the British Navy.

1773 - [America/Boston] Participates in Boston Tea Party and breaks away from Britain to swear alligence to America.

1774 - [America] Attends First Continental Congress.

1776 - [America/Virginia] Assumes the identity of Adrian Montague. Macleod visits with Thomas Jefferson. The two discuss the Navy and Americas chances if a war should break out while Painter Mathew Lennox paints a portiat of Jefferson.

1777 - [America/Valley Forge] Spends the winter with his immortal friend Kastagir while fighting the Revolutionary war aside General George Washington.

1781 - [America/Yorktown] Macleod and Kasagir witness the surrender of the British Army to George Washington.

1783 - [America/Massachusetts] A drunken Macleod fights his famous duel on Boston Common against a man named Basset after calling his wife a bloated warthog. Kastagir spends the year with him posing as an Eastern Prince.

1788 - [England] Macleod drops by the Barrington Estate for some Friendly gambling and meets and falls in love with Sarah Barrington.

1789 - [France] Macleod and Immortal Pierre Bouchet fight in the French Revolution.

1790 - [France] Macleod is caught and tried for treason and sentenced to the guillotine. A drunken Bouchet takes Connors place at the guillotine. Sarah Barrington witnesses Bouchets beheading full believing it is Connor and goes on with her life.

1793 - [France] Lost in a crowd Macleod witnesses the execution of King Louis XVI.

1795 - [England] Secretly visiting the Barrington estate to see Sarah once more. Finding that she was now married and had children. Macleod then left England and traveled back to America.

1796 - [America/New York] Under the identity of Adrian Montague Macleod purchases property on Hudson Street.

1815 - [Belgium] Macleod fought with the Duke of Wellington against Napoleon in the battle of Waterloo.

1820 - [Europe] Vacationed with the Duke of Wellington.

1830 - [London] Connor and Duncan compete for the love of an english woman leaving Connor the victor.

1839 - [America/New York] Macleod assumes the identity of Jacques Lefeburt who died as a baby in 1819. Under the identity of Adrian Montague, Macleod leaves his estate to the name Jacques Lefeburt and then ends the life of Montague. Jacques Lefeburt inherits the Hudson Street property.

1853 - [Atlantic Ocean] As the Captain of the ship "The Rosemary" Macleod gives passage to America by Asia to fellow immortals Duncan Macleod and Amber Lynn.

1854 - [Atlantic Ocean] "The Rosemary" is attacked by Khordas and is destroyed.

1861 - [United States] Macleod fights in the American Civil war for the Confederacy.

1862 - [United States] Macleod fights in the battle of Shiloh.

1863 - [United States] Macleod fights in the battle of Gettysburg.

1865 - [United States] Civil War ends and Macleod heads west.

1872 - [North America/Great Plains] Connor visits Duncan Macleod after the massacre of the Lakota tribe.

1878 - Kastagir sends word for Macleod to join him in Africa and Macleod sets sail.

1879 - [East Africa] Macleod fights in the Zulu wars with the 17th lancers as a private soldier. Macleod is captured by Cetewayos troops after killing one of Cetewayos Best warriors. Kastagir frees Macleod and they flee to the north to the English troops.

1880 - [London] Macleod settles down and lives a peaceful life for most of the decade.

1888 - [London] Macleod beheads an evil immortal who had been killing prostitutes in the Whitechapel District on Londons east side.

1890 - Macloed travels the oceans on a merchant ship for 7 years.

1897 - [Massachusetts/Nantuckett] Under the name David Carruthers Macleod Captains the ship "The Dido" and helps Duncan Macloed kill the immmortal Khordas.

1900 - [United States/New York] Macleod decides to permanently settle down on Hudson Street.

1902 - [United States/Ohio] Macloed attends Princeton University to catch up on the past couple hundred years and to play on their Rugby team.

1914 - Macleod fights in WWI for the Allies until 1918. And assumes the temporary identity of Rupert Willingford.

1925 - [United States/New York] Macleod assumes the Identity of Alfred Nicholson and inherits the Hudson Street property from "Rupert Willingford" Macloeds last identity.

1927 - [United States/New York] Macloed attends World Series (New York Yankees vs.Pittsburg Pirates) and gets an autographed ball from Babe Ruth.

1943 - [Germany] Macloed find orphaned 9 year old Rachel Ellenstien hiding in a bombed out factory destroyed by a battle of WWII that was still raging and took her back to New York with him to raise as a daughter.

1944 - [United States/New York] Macloed eventually gains a quickening, raises Rachel, does some business, travels to other cities for some headhunting, But mostly lies low till the 50s.

1951 - [United States/New York] Macleod sends Rachel who is now 18 off to college.

1975 - [United States/New York] Macloed assumes the identity of Russel Nash who died at birth in 1945 and Inherits the Hudson Street property from his former identity Alfred Nicholson and turns the first floor of the building into an antique store.

1985 - [United States/New York/Scotland] Macleod beheads Iman Fasil in the parking garage of Madison Square Garden. Then he meets Kastagir for the last time before he is beheaded by the Kurgan. Macleod then beheaded the Kurgan making him the only active immortal and won the prize. Macloed then married Brenda Wyatt, went to Scotland a while to reflect on the events then to New York again and then to London where Macleod opened an antique shop on Camden Alley.

1986 - [Scotland] Macleod attends the annual meeting of the clan Macleod in Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye and applied for membership under the name Russel Nash claiming to be the only living relative of Connor Macleod. He then visits the Jedburgh forge where the remains of Ramirez and Heather are.

1987 - [Scotland] Connor and Brenda are in a car accident and Brenda died but Connor of course lived.

1988 - Macleod adopts a son and names him John Macleod. They then move to Marakesh Northern Africa.

1992 - [United States/Seacouver] Connor goes after immortal Slan Quince. Visits Duncan Macleod, meets Duncans girlfriend Tessa Noel, and Richie Ryan.

1994 - [North Africa/Marakesh,United States/New York,Scotland] The immortal Kane and his friends are freed by an archeological dig. Kane takes the head of one of his cohorts and alerts Connor of another immortal. Macleod then leaves Marakesh for New York in search of Kane. Macleod is attacked by a street gang and killed. After escaping from the nut ward Macleod takes the head of Khabul Khan one of Kanes friends in the boiler room of the hospital. Macleod beheads Kane at an old power plant. Macleod then married Alexandra Johnson a decendant of Sarah Barrington.

1996 - Macleod is living in Scotland with his wife and son.

2024 - anything that occured at this date is false. If you have seen Highlander 2 The Quickening then take a few moments now to erase that farse from your memory.

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Compiled - November 1997