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Connor MacLeod
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Date: December 31, 2011, 5:10 am
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Full Name:Connor MacLeod
Aliases:Adrian Montague,Hamilton Kopp, Jacques Lefebert, Rupert
Wallingford, AlfredNicholson,David Carruthers, Russel Nash
DOB: January 1st, 1518
Apparent Age:Early 20's
Sex:Male
Hair color:Brown
Eye Color:Hazel
Height:6'0"
Weight:175 pounds
Nationality:Scottish
Residence:New York City
Close Friends:Duncan MacLeod
Teacher:Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez
Watcher: Unspecified
Personality:Loner. While not wishing to live for so long, Connor
doesn't truly wish to die. Connor prefers the company of mortals
but, keeps few Immortal friendships. Despite having a few
setbacks in his life, Connor has reentered The Game in order to
either protect The Prize or become the last Immortal standing
himself.
Special Skills: Connor is charming, witty, optimistic. He has an
extensive library at his home, speaks sever different languages,
has a vast information of historical knowledge.
Weapon of Choice:Masamunae Katana
History:
1518--Connor MacLeod is born in the village of Glenfinnan on the
shores of Loch Shiel and raised by his father and his mother
Caiolin.
1528--On Connor's 10th birthday, his cousin Dugal catches a
salmon that they eat.
1536-- Connor's father is killed by the Frasers, a neighboring
clan. In a battle between the two feuding clans, Connor is
killed by the Kurgan
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is rescued off the
field before the Kurgan can take his head. His swift and
remarkable healing causes his village to accuse him of
witchcraft and banish him. Later near Glencoe, he meets Heather,
daughter of Angus MacDonald from whom he learns to be a
blacksmith.
1539—Connor marries Heather. Angus MacDonald dies. Summer
1541--Connor and Heather still live at the forge near Glencoe
after Angus' death. One day while they are rolling in the hay,
up rides Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez
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who teaches Connor what it
means to be immortal and prepares him to meet the Kurgan
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battle. over the next
three months or so.
1542--But it is Ramirez
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the Kurgan
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finds first while Connor
is out checking his traps or hunting. The scene in the film
appears to be set in the winter. Ramirez is buried at the
remains of the ruined tor and Connor and Heather re-locate from
near Glencoe to a farm near the town of Montrose.
1555--Connor returns to Glenfinnan in an attempt to rescue his
mother Caiolin from the stake. He fails and accidentally kills
Father Rainey and his adopted son Jacob Kell. He does not
realize that Kell is also an immortal. Saddened, Connor returns
to Glencoe to live out a life with Heather.
1590--After Heather's death, Connor leaves Scotland and travels
the world.
Late 16th century, Scotland-- Shortly after Heather's death,
Connor goes to work as a field hand for a farmer and his
daughter, Sarah. Sarah is sweet on Connor, but he fears to again
become involved with a mortal woman. when the farm is attacked
by two brigands, Connor is killed and then revives, killing the
attackers and saving the farmer and Sarah. He then leaves
Scotland.
Late 16th century--Connor meets Thomas Cavanaugh, a friend of
Ramirez
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who convinces Connor that
he needs to pass on what he learned from Ramirez to other young
immortals. Cavanaugh calls a gathering of local immortals on
holy ground to preach about the nature of the prize and the
importance for it to be won by good men. He encourages all to
teach what they have learned.
Late 16th century-- Connor travels on to the east to learn from
the immortal sorcerer Nakano.
1605--While there, Kane and his henchmen attack. When Kane kills
Nakano, the quickening brings down the mountain and buries Kane
and his henchman. Connor escapes.
17th Century--Connor and Thomas Cavanaugh meet again. When
Cavanaugh mentions that Connor is drifting through life rather
than living it, Connor determines to leave England.
1625--Returning to Scotland, Connor finds Duncan MacLeod
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in "that bloody bog"
following the battle of Glen Fruin.
1630--Connor and Duncan
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are apart as Duncan does
not know where Connor is when he is pursued by Martin Hyde, an
immortal who only challenges "seasoned" immortals.
1631--A few years later as they are training in Ravenna, Italy,
Connor teaches Duncan
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an unstoppable move.
1632-- In Scotland, Connor and Duncan
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have a brief run-in with
Khordas, the immortal pirate and his companion, the immortal
Nerissa. Duncan leaves Connor to travel in Europe.
In 1634, Duncan is traveling alone when he meets Ursa. By 1637
Duncan has returned to Italy.
1712--Connor and Duncan
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save the pre-immortal
Catherine Mary "Kate" Devaney from being held-up by bandits.
1715--In the South China, Connor hears that Duncan
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is preparing to marry Kate
Devaney. He arrives in Ireland and tells his kinsman how the
loss of Heather destroyed him. Unable to let fate decide Kate's
future, Duncan kills Kate on their wedding night to make her
immortal.
1777--Connor MacLeod and Sunda Kastagir served in the
Continental Army with George Washington at Valley Forge.
1783--As Adrian Montague, a drunken Connor MacLeod has a duel on
Boston Commons with the lawyer Bassett, whose wife he has
insulted. Sunda Kastagir is his second.
Europe 1786--Connor and Duncan
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have a run-in with Hugh
Fitzcairn
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something to do with
"that Montague woman."
18th Century--Connor and Thomas Cavanaugh take ship to France
where Connor woos the beautiful Isabelle Tourez and gives her a
ring to remember him by after Cavanaugh reminds him that a life
with a mortal leads only to grief. The two immortals fight their
way out of the castle but are captured. Cavanaugh is guillotined
and Connor takes his quickening. He is then able to escape.
1793-94--Connor lends support to the French Revolution. He meets
and woos Lady Sarah Barrington, the English niece of a French
noble. When Connor is sentenced to die on the guillotine by the
king... she believes him dead and marries another man. Connor's
place on the guillotine is taken by his friend, the immortal
Pierre Bouchet, who is weary of immortal life. When Connor
returns to Sarah, he does not reveal himself to her when he sees
that she has children and is happy.
1796--As Adrian Montague, Connor purchases the Hudson Street
property in New York City that will later house Nash Antiques.
1800--Connor runs across Kastagir in the West Indies.
1804--While serving aboard the H.M.S. Victory, commanded by
Admiral Nelson, Connor MacLeod faces off with The Kurgan
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aboard a French
vessel. Their fight is interrupted when the mainmast falls on
the young Lt. Cavanaugh. Connor hesitates in his fight to save
the boy. The Kurgan escapes by falling overboard and walking
across the sea bottom. He also takes with him Connor's Masamune
katana.
June 1815-- Connor is with the Duke of Wellington at the Battle
of Waterloo. He may also have met and had dealings with
Napoleon.
16 Jan 1819--Birth of Hamilton Kopp who dies at birth.
1839--The Hudson Street property is transferred from Adrian
Montague to Hamilton Kopp. Later transfers of the property are
to Alfred Burgess, Wallingford Benoit or Rupert Wallingford, and
finally Russel Nash.
Dry River, Texas, 1851-- Connor and Duncan
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meet up with Sunda
Kastagir who is having difficulty with a quickening.
1853--Connor is captain of the Rosemary when Duncan
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aboard. The ship
sinks in a storm after another run-in with Khordas.
1872--Traveling in the Pacific Northwest, Connor helps Duncan
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bury his Indian family and
tries to console him for their loss.
1879--Connor serves with the British Army in South Africa. While
a prisoner of the Zulu following the battle of Isandlwana,
Connor meets up again with Sunda Kastagir who plays a joke on
him involving a fight to the death with an "Immortal" Zulu
warrior.
November 1888--In London, Connor runs across the immortal Jack,
a serial killer butchering women in the White-chapel District.
He puts an end to Jack's activities.
1897--Connor takes the name David Carruthers and is captain of a
gun-runner. In Nantucket, Connor and Duncan
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finally deal with the
pirate Khordas.
1936--Rachel Ellenstein is born in Holland to Jewish parents.
1943--Connor rescues war orphan Rachel Ellenstein from the Nazis
and adopts her, raising her as his daughter. He serves in a unit
with Sgt. W.W. Hicks who sees him die and revive during a Nazi
mortar attack. Hicks says nothing.
22 Oct 1945--Russell Edwin Nash is born at Mercy Hospital in
Syracuse, NY to Karen Joan Nash. Both mother and child die soon
after. Dr. Willis B. Kadell is the physician. Russell was
illegitimate.
1952--Rachel graduates from high school. Connor keeps a photo of
the two of them as a memento.
1958--A certain Porsche, later bought by Connor MacLeod, rolls
off the assembly line.
1963--Upstate New York. Connor drives Rachel to the airport.
She's off to see Europe with her lover, Richard. Just before
Christmas, he is visited by an old pal from his army days in
WWII. Sgt. Hicks suggests that Connor needs to visit Berlin.
Someone there is doing genetics experiments in an attempt to
create a super soldier... someone like Connor.
1963--Berlin. while investigating the rumors of super soldiers,
Connor meets immortals Tasya Desny and Paul Furio. Together they
travel covertly to the USSR where they investigate the rumors of
super-soldiers and Connor comes face-to-face with an old foe...
the
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January 12, 1964--Connor, Tasya Desny, Paul Furio and Dr. Arman
Volkov pursue the Kurgan
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his super soldiers into
Siberia. Connor and the Kurgan continue their battle in mid-air
and on the ground after they revive from the fall. The Kurgan is
blown out of the building and vanishes beneath the ice. Connor
returns to New York City and to Rachel.
1966--Connor learns the Masamune katana is up for auction in
Paris. Unfortunately the sword is bought by Toshiro Nakayama,
who claims descent from Masamune. When Toshiro kills the brother
of a woman Connor is involved with, he goes to Japan to
challenge Toshiro and reclaim the Masamune. He is unable to kill
Toshiro at that time, but manages to disarm him. After Toshiro
kills Elizabeth, Connor takes Toshira's head.
July 1985--Using the name Russell Nash, Connor operates an
antique store on the Hudson Street property in New York City
with Rachel as his business partner. The Kurgan
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to town. Believing
they may be the last two... Connor and the Kurgan fight. Connor
wins. During this time period he also meets Brenda Wyatt whose
interference in the final battle allows him to win. After the
battle, Connor and Brenda go to Scotland and marry.
April 1986--London, Connor and Brenda operate Nash Antiques. He
is contacted by an old friend, Tasya Desny and travels to Paris
where he sees a man covered by Cyrillic tattoos who warns that
Russia will be razed and reborn. Shortly later, Connor hears of
the nuclear accident at Chernobyl and makes plans to go to
Moscow.
26 April 1986--Connor, Tasya Desny, Paul Furio, and mortal
Doctor Arman Volkov fly to the USSR to investigate the accident
at Chernobyl. During the mission, Tasya kills Paul and Connor
must take Tasya's head. Afterward, Connor returns to London and
to Brenda.
31 December 1986-1January 1987--While at a New Years Eve party,
in London, Connor and Brenda meet up with Duncan
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Brenda is injured in a
traffic accident and Connor worries about losing her.
February 1987--Connor suffers from some fallout from killing the
Kurgan
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and Duncan
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is there to help him.
During this time period, Connor is kidnapped by immortal Gordon
Byrne and his associate Sakuro who hope to turn Connor to evil.
Duncan rescues him but another immortal, Kameke Minoto dies.
Duncan takes Connor to Hugh Fitzcairn
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living on a boat in the
Thames to work out his issues. Afterward, Connor deals with
Byrne. "Six months later" Brenda dies in a mysterious car
crash... likely courtesy of Jacob Kell. Connor walks away
without a scratch.
1987-1992*--Dates not exact. Connor moves to North Africa,
adopts John, and then realizes Kane and others are still alive.
He returns to New York to battle Kane. He also meets
archeologist Dr. Alex Johnson who reminds him of former lover
Lady Sarah Barrington. When his katana blade is shattered in a
battle with Kane, Connor retreats to Scotland and to the forge
near Glencoe where he once lived with Heather and where he first
learned to blacksmith under the tutelage of her father. Alex
brings him a block of steel forged by Nakano. With it Connor
re-forges a new katana. After returning to America and defeating
Kane, Connor, Alex and John return to Scotland...
Played by Michael
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