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Colin MacLeod (original surname unknown) is an Immortal who was originally a Scottish barbarian.
Biography[]
In 125 AD, Colin lead his own clan against the Roman invasion of Britain, against General Marcus Octavius, with a force of only 400 against 2,000 Romans; defeat seemed inevitable, but Colin wished to fight for the sake of his honor. Fearing for her husband, Colin's wife, Moya, drugged him and attempted to convince Marcus to retreat, in exchange for a night with her.
When Marcus callously refused her offer, she attempted to kill him with a hidden blade. To her shock, Octavius survived and took her prisoner. Octavius sadistically had Moya crucified on a cliff overlooking the massacre of her clan.
Colin awoke in the morning and found his clan dead, and his wife dying; Moya made him swear not to take revenge before dying. Enraged, Colin attempted to infiltrate the Roman camp to assassinate Marcus. As he approached Marcus' tent, he and Marcus experienced The Buzz, which paralyzed Colin. Aware of Colin's Immortality, Marcus challenged him to a duel on horseback. Demonstrating his skill, Marcus split Colin's sword, and head open with a single blow, and followed his fleeing horse to ensure a beheading. Miraculously, Colin's dead body fell off his horse at Stonehenge and Marcus was forced to abandon his prize, due to the rules of The Game preventing combat on Holy Ground.
First Revival[]
Over several months, during which the Romans eventually retreated from Britain, Colin's body healed and eventually he awoke. He was greeted by a druidic spirit named Amergan, who explained his nature and the Game, serving as a mentor and source of irritation for the rest of Colin's life. Despite the wonder of his Immortality, Colin never gave up on his hatred of Marcus and devoted his life to revenge.
In the year 476, Colin led an army of barbarians to sack Rome itself. He confronted the now-Emperor Marcus Octvaius and boasted at his victory. Marcus calmly stated that he would rebuild the glory of Rome again, until he has created his prefect world. Spitting at Marcus' dream, Colin attacked, only for Marcus to defeat him with elegant and brutal ease. Ready to behead Colin, Marcus was forced to retreat when barbarian forces attacked.
Colin continued to be a thorn in Marcus' side for centuries, forever working to undo Marcus' attempts at a perfect civilization. Colin constantly hounded Marcus across the Middle East and hunting him in China in 763.
Becoming MacLeod[]
In the 11th century, Colin joined the MacLeod clan in Scotland, to aid them in a battle against the English army, which Marcus lead. Overwhelmed and killed in battle, he was buried a hero and granted the name "Colin MacLeod." Despite the peace and acceptance he found in the clan, and the love he had developed with a woman named Deborah, Colin refused to remain. Waiting until he was buried, he attempted to flee unnoticed only for the clan to hunt him down. Ready to kill him despite Deborah's protests, Colin was saved by the clan leader, Gregor, who asked him to remember his new name and live with honor, something Colin had abandoned in his hunt for Marcus.
Colin would fight Marcus again in Japan during the 16th century, under the rule of the shogunate. Once again leading an opposing force against Marcus' rule, Colin confronted him in a burning building, where they dueled. Once again, Colin's sword broke under Marcus' strength, and Colin grabbed a nearby one that was much stronger, until burning rubble separated the two and Marcus fled. Colin would keep his new sword for the rest of his life.
Colin's vengeance brought him to fight against Marcus again and again. He fought as a sailor at Trafalgar during the 19th century, as an Allied soldier in World War I, and as an Allied fighter pilot in World War II. While on a mission, Colin, fighting with the Royal Air Force, again attacked Marcus, now a high-ranking officer of the SS attached to the German Luftwaffe, and the two fought on the wing of Marcus' plane until a damaged engine destroyed the plane. The two fell to the ground and awoke in the church they had fallen into, and Marcus, noticing they were on Holy Ground, gave a weakened and helpless Colin his sword back. Taking a moment, Marcus admonished Colin for wasting his Immortality chasing him, advising him to move on and find a new reason to live as Marcus had after Rome's destruction. Colin stubbornly refused, and Marcus left disappointed.
The "Gathering"[]
What happened between the incident at the church in the 1940s and the 'Gathering' in 2187 is not known. In the year 2187, Colin followed Marcus to the United States. He fought and killed Malike, whose death and Quickening were witnessed by Marcus and his concubine, Kyala, who Marcus rescued and fell in love with while in Japan. Colin then traveled to New York, where he found the city a wasteland, dominated by a giant gold building - a cross between a skyscraper and a castle. Narrowly escaping Marcus' soldiers, Colin escaped to a bar, where he met Dahlia, who reminded him of his lost loves, Moya and Deborah. He was particularly reminded of Moya when Dahlia, a prostitute, said "You don't need that. All you need is me," because Colin was drinking whiskey when they met; the memory he had was of a time before battle with Marcus and his Legion, when Moya said the same thing when Colin was drinking, the night before his village was destroyed, along with all the inhabitants beside himself.
Dahlia took Colin to the sewers, where a colony of New Yorkers had established an underground society, away from the decay above them, and from Marcus' influence. After finding that Marcus was the head of those living in the golden building, and sneering at Dahlia's belief in God, after stating his belief that no higher power would let the world take the downturn that had consumed it, Colin went to the golden building, with Dahlia and new friend, Joe, in tow, to face Marcus, who was apparently seeking domination of New York. Dahlia had believed that Marcus held the vaccine to a major virus that was plaguing the city, but revealed something more sinister and horrific: that Marcus had employed the scientists who had indeed created the cure were also creating the perfect virus, capable of infecting and killing every living thing it came into contact with. Leaving Dahlia and Joe to collect the cure, an enraged Colin climbed to Marcus' lair in the edifice, and dueled him once more. Marcus admonished Colin yet again, calling him a "pitiful savage" and sending him falling off the balcony and into a warehouse.
Colin landed in front of Dahlia, who saw him revive. She helped Colin escape as he slowly healed. Colin was able to recover and the Resistance decided to fight back against Marcus. Later, Colin found Dahlia preparing for the battle. She revealed her prayers were for Colin to survive his ordeal, to which they made love. However, while Dahlia fell asleep, Colin locked her door so she would join the battle and get killed.
Final Battle[]
As Colin led the front, Kyala attacked him with a helicopter. Luckily, Dahlia caught up and rained enough fire to take down the helicopter, causing it to crash. Turning her attention back to the robots, Dahlia was able to provide enough of a distraction for Colin to enter the tower.
Reaching the top of the tower, Colin again tried to defeat Octavius and was badly injured. He failed to stop the virus from being released into the streets, but he refused to give up and saw a vision of Dahlia's death. Filled with a new resolution, Colin finally managed to injure Marcus. Finally, Colin bested and beheaded Octavius, and the subsequent Quickening destroyed the virus before it could kill everyone in the streets. The Resistance gathered and watched the sky turn blue once more and Colin noticed the good he had brought.
Aftermath[]
Regretting his entire search for vengeance and finding redemption within himself, Colin lit a candle in the chapel in Dahlia's honor, having found his faith once more and believing that Dahlia would reincarnate once more and he could be with her again.
As he departed into the sunrise, Amergan bid Colin a farewell, hoping he had finally found peace.
Fighting Style[]
Colin shifted through many broadswords and claymores before settling on an "exquisite" samurai katana.
Trivia[]
- Colin MacLeod is the fourth and last member of the Clan MacLeod to be an Immortal, being preceded by Connor MacLeod (Quickening, The Final Dimension and Endgame), Duncan MacLeod and Quentin MacLeod.
- Owen MacLeod does not count as his game was canceled.