Connor MacLeod

Connor MacLeod
Appeared in Highlander Highlander II: The Quickening Highlander: The Final Dimension Highlander: The Series: The Gathering Highlander: The Animated Series Highlander: Endgame
Statistics Aliases the Highlander Adrian Montague Jacques Lefeburt Alfred Nicholson David Carruthers Rupert Wellingford Russell Nash Born 1518, Glenfinnan, Scotland First Death 1536 (killed by the Kurgan during a feud against Clan Frasier) Teachers Ramírez, Nakano Pupils Duncan MacLeod Origin Scottish Status Under debate (alive in original storyline, dead by Duncan MacLeod in revised) Occupation Scottish warrior, blacksmith, antiques dealer Portrayed by  Christopher Lambert

Connor MacLeod, also known as The Highlander, is the most important character from the fictional multiverse of Highlander, Highlander: The Series and Highlander: The Animated Series, portrayed by actor Christopher Lambert. He is an Immortal.

Connor MacLeod, the Highlander

The character of Connor MacLeod is divided between many separate continuities; the original movie, the sequels, the television series, and the animated series. While in the movies (except Highlander: Endgame which follows the series continuity) Connor MacLeod is the main hero, and therefore the most likely to be the last of the Immortals; in the other continuities he is just a charismatic secondary character who eventually loses his head. The origin of the character basically remains the same in all continuities (excluding Highlander II), but the timelines differ once MacLeod leaves Scotland after the death of his wife, Heather.

Personal History

Early Life

Connor MacLeod was born in the year 1518 in Glenfinnan, Scotland, near the shores of Loch Shiel. As a prominent member of the clan, he was quickly betrothed and married to a neighboring clanswoman, Katherine. When Clan MacLeod went to war against Clan Fraser in 1536, he departed eagerly with his cousin Dougal, and rode at the side of Angus, the clan chieftain. As the battle began, Connor took the field readily, demanding an opponent, yet no Fraser would face the young Highlander. Without warning, however, the Kurgan, who had demanded Connor's life for his own taking, rode up directly to Connor, dismounted, and easily slapped Connor’s blade aside and dealt a mortal wound to his stomach. As the Kurgan prepared to deliver a beheading stroke, Dougal and Angus rushed in, leaving the young Highlander to pass out on the battlefield.

Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod

Connor was brought back to a deathbed by his kinsmen, where a weeping Kate watched over him. When Connor did not die, the townspeople (including his wife and cousin) believed his recovery was the work of witchcraft and threatened to burn him at the stake. Dougal, especially adamant for Connor’s death, viciously beat his cousin with fists, head butts and rocks. Angus, however, decided that Connor be banished. Swearing never to forget his chieftain, Connor staggered out of Glenfinnan, vowing never to return. (Highlander)

Immortal Beginnings

Connor wandered around the land until he met Heather MacDonald, the daughter of a blacksmith. Under her father’s training, Connor learned the art of smithing for himself, and he and Heather soon fell in love and married. When Heather’s father passed on, Connor took over the business, beginning a secluded yet passionate lifestyle with his new bride.

In 1541, Connor and Heather received a visitor: Immortal Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez, who told Connor about his Immortality and offered his services as a mentor. Under his guidance, Connor learned discipline, physical conditioning, advanced sword fighting, the way of Immortals, and the Game and its assorted Rules. Ramírez also told Connor more about the Kurgan, admitting that the evil Immortal’s interest in Connor was what had led Ramírez to seek the Highlander out himself. Ramirez also brought a grim reality to the Highlander’s attention: his marriage to Heather was dangerous and fruitless, as she would be a target for his enemies, and he would most certainly outlive her and would never be able to provide her children. Despite Ramirez’s warnings, however, Connor elected to stay at Heather’s side.

Unfortunately for the Highlander, Ramirez’s warnings came home all too soon. One night, the Kurgan, while Connor was absent, found his home, killed Ramírez, and raped Heather. When Connor returned, he found his tower in ruins from the fight, and his friend and brother dead. He would not learn of Heather’s rape, however, until centuries later.

Connor’s past soon returned to haunt him in 1555, when he learned that his mother, Caolin, had been arrested and accused of bearing the devil’s offspring. Knowing that Glenfinnan was seeking to have Caolin burned in his stead, Connor immediately rode for his old home, to bring his mother to Glencoe. Despite Connor’s best efforts, he found himself imprisoned by the people of Glenfinnan, led by Father Rainey and his fellow priest, Connor's childhood friend Jacob Kell . An agonized Connor was forced to watch as his mother burned. In a blind rage, Connor turned on his former clansmen, cutting down Father Rainey and Jacob Kell in cold blood and burning Glenfinnan to the ground. (Highlander: Endgame)

Decades passed, and as Ramirez had warned, Heather grew older and more frail, while Connor retained his original appearance. Eventually, in 1590, Heather died of old age in her husband‘s arms. Heartbroken, he buried her next to Ramirez’s grave, using his family claymore as a headstone. Taking his teacher’s former katana as his own, Connor left Scotland to explore the world. (Highlander)

Wanderings

Several years after Heather's passing, Connor traveled to Japan to request training from the Immortal Japanese sorcerer Nakano, an acquaintance of Ramírez. Nakano held his residence in a cave of Mount Niri and had gained a reputation as a master of illusion. The training was never completed. Fellow immortal Kane was also interested in mastering the power of illusion Nakano had denied him two centuries ago. When Kane reached the cave, he soon defeated and decapitated Nakano, despite Connor's attempts to prevent this. However the energies released during the battle caused the cave to collapse. Connor managed to escape, but Kane was left trapped. (Highlander: The Final Dimension)

In 1611, Connor was rescued from the sea off Cape Horn by the Jugleor, captained by Farrell. Travelling with them, he befriended the ship’s first mate, Carmichael, learning much of seamanship. (Highlander: The Element of Fire)

Connor returned to Scotland in 1625 and met Duncan MacLeod, a fellow Immortal from the same clan but nearly 75 years younger. He became Duncan's mentor and took him under his wing, showing the younger Highlander the finest points of Ramirez‘s training. Their relationship, over the hundreds of years they shared, grew and evolved from a father-son relationship to a brother-to-brother friendship.

One year after meeting Duncan Macleod, Connor and his Immortal pupil traveled to Aberdeen on business and encountered Nerissa, another Immortal. The next day the two Highlanders spent the day carousing with Connor's old friend Carmichael, now captain of his own vessel. But when they saw Carmichael off the day after, they watched helplessly as his ship was destroyed by fire, a blaze started by Nerissa and her insane Immortal husband Khordas (who believed himself to be a god). Nerissa shot Connor in the chest, ensuring the two villains' escape. (Highlander: The Element of Fire)

In 1632, back in Scotland, Connor and Duncan heard of a village that had been attacked by Khordas. They traveled there and begin tracking him, their pursuit lasting a couple of months, before they finally caught up with both Khordas and Nerissa on Rannoch Moor. Duncan took Nerissa' head, but Khordas managed to escape. (Highlander: The Element of Fire)

An embarrasing incident occured for Connor in 1783, when he attended a wild party in Boston, thrown by his Immortal friend Sunda Kastagir. During the party Connor became so inebriated on Kastagir's powerful intoxicants that when the wife of local businessman Mr. Bassett began repeatedly coming onto on him, he unloaded a torrent of verbal abuse on the "bloated warthog." When the woman's husband immediatly showed up to challenge Connor to a duel, and easily ran the Highlander through, MacLeod was still so drunk he forgot he was supposed to be dead. To his disbelief, Bassett stabbed MacLeod again and again, until the drunken Highlander, sick of the whole business, apologized for his words and staggered away. Connor swore off any more of Kastagir's alcohol and parties for the rest of his days.

In 1853, Connor, currently captaining the HMS Rosemarie, agreed to give passage to America to Duncan and his newest student, a young woman named Amber Lynn. Along the way, the Rosemarie stopped to pick up a shipment of guns and explosives in China. Without warning, the Rosemarie was attacked by Khordas and his new Immortal partner Lauren. Khordas took Amber’s head, and then destroyed the Rosemarie. Only Duncan and Connor survived from the ship's company. (Highlander: The Element of Fire)

In 1872, Connor journeyed to visit Duncan in the American West and meet his adopted tribe, only to see his kinsman through another personal tragedy, when U.S. soldiers led by the indian tracker Kern massacred Duncan's tribe, including Duncan's wife and adopted son. Somberly, Connor helped his friend and student cremate the bodies of his tribe, advising him on the risks and rewards of Immortality.

In 1897 Connor was once again a seaman, this time the gunrunning Captain David Carruthers commanding the Dido. When Khordas and Lauren reappeared in Duncan's life at his new Nantucket home, he called on Connor and the two finally ended their long running feud with Khordas, taking his head. Lauren, however, escaped. (Highlander: The Element of Fire)

When World War II broke out in Europe, Connor was there to fight as a partisan in France. During a particularely heated skirmish in a local French village, he encountered an orphaned little girl, whom he defended from a German officer. In the process, the girl, Rachel, discovered the secret of Connor's Immortality. Adopting her as his daughter, Connor decided to return to America and provide her with a proper life.

The Gathering

In 1985, a Gathering began in New York City, where MacLeod found himself living with Rachel in the guise of Russell Nash, an antiques dealer. The first to challenge Connor was Iman Fasil, who lured the Highlander to a local wrestling match at Madison Square Garden, then attacked him in the parking lot. While Connor defeated his enemy and took his head, however, the reulting Quickening drew the attention of the NYPD, and before he could escape, Connor was taken for questioning, though he was eventually able to talk himself out, having hidden his sword before being arrested. When he returned to retrieve his weapon, however, he discovered forensics expert Brenda Wyatt, who had uncovered traces of MacLeod's blade and was looking for it for her own research. Meanwhile, Connor's nemesis, the Kurgan, had also arrived in New York and had begun taking heads in earnest. Among Kurgan's kills was Connor's friend Sunda Kastagir. In the end, it came down to MacLeod against his ancient enemy, the Kurgan. After the Kurgan kidnapped Brenda, Connor faced and defeated him, taking the head of his most hated enemy. He then returned to Scotland with Brenda. (Highlander)

Their marriage would be tragically cut short two years later, however, when during a regular outing, Connor and Brenda were involved in a highway accident. Brenda died on the scene, leaving Connor a widower again. It also became obvious to Connor his Immortality had not abated, as he walked away from the crash without a scratch on him. (Highlander: The Final Dimension)

In 1992, Connor was following Immortal Slan Quince, who hunted and killed Immortals and their loved ones for a living. Quince's next target was Connor's clansmen Duncan, who had "retired" from the Game and was living with mortal Tessa Noël. After a first failed confrontation between Duncan and Quince, Connor tried to convince Duncan to return to the Game to help the forces of good defeat the forces of evil and prevent the Prize from falling into the wrong hands. After Duncan beheaded Quince, Connor left Duncan and Tessa to pursue his own path. (Highlander: The Series: The Gathering)

By 1994, Connor had decided to attempt his own version of fatherhood, having adopted a Moroccan boy, John. They settled in Marrakesh, and Connor was at peace for the first time in centuries. This peace would prove short-lived, though. In Japan, archaeologist Dr. Alexandra Johnson had started excavating Nakano's cave in order to discover whether the sorcerer's legend was based on fact or not. What she found, however, was Kane - alive and well and ready to take his revenge on Connor MacLeod. When Kane took the head of one of his former lieutenants, Connor became aware that his old enemy had returned, and decided to return to New York. Minutes after arriving, however, Connor was attacked by a barrio street gang, shot, and left for dead. When rushed to a hospital, an irate doctor had him confined in the psyche ward after Connor tried to fight his way off the gurney. With a little help from a fellow patient, Connor distracted the guards and slipped away. However, Kane, now in New York, had learned of Connor's imprisonment and had sent his second lieutenant to bring Connor to him. When the lieutenant showed up at the hospital, Connor found himself facing a Challenge while unarmed. With a trick leaned from Nakano, however, Connor easily disarmed and beheaded his latest opponent.

Returning to Nash Antiquities, he found himself facing inquiries from both NYPD Lt. John Stenn and Alex Johnson. Stenn was still pursuing "Russell Nash" for his alleged involvement in the beheadings of the 1985 Gathering; Alex wanted information on a scrap of MacLeod tartan found in Nakano's cave. When Connor left to practice at a nearby community center and shrine, Kane arrived there to challenge MacLeod. Despite Connor's warnings about fighting on holy ground, Kane attacked, and though Conner easily fought him off, a final blow shattered the blade on his prized katana. When Kane raised his sword to finish off Connor, a blast of wind shattered the windows, and the evil Immortal announced a stay of execution and walked away.

Desperate to repair his sword before Kane returned for him, Connor returned to his old home in Glencoe, where he attempted to forge a new blade using his old equipment. The materials he had were not up to the task, however, and he was about to give up when Alex arrived with a gift: a block of quality steel from Nakano's cave. With the new metal, Connor quickly forged a new blade for his katana, and soon after, he and Alex became lovers. However, he learned that Kane had tricked Johm into coming to see him in New York. Worse, when Connor rushed back to New York to intercept his foster son, he was arrested and taken for questioning by Stenn and his officers. By the time Connor had argued his way out of police headquarters, Kane had kidnapped John and was holding him as a shield. Despite this handicap, Connor accepted Kane's challenge when it came, fought his way though Kane's illusions, and beheaded his enemy in a Jersey oil refinery. With Alex and John back at his side, Connor resumed his new life as a family man. (Highlander: The Final Dimension.))

Connor in Scotland

Unfortunately, Jacob Kell had survived Connor’s one-man rampage in Glenfinnan, having been made Immortal himself from it. Discovering Connor’s connections to Rachel Ellenstein, Kell lured her to Connor’s apartment above Nash Antiquities, then lured Connor there as well. As the Highlander watched in horror, Rachel and Nash Antiquities disappeared in a massive explosion. In a deep despair, Connor abandoned his ties to the world, entering into a self-imposed exile at the Sanctuary, where he would remain for years.

Kell eventually tracked down the location of the Santuary and attacked it, slaughtering all the Immortals there except for Connor. He informed Connor of his intentions - before he took Connor’s head, he meant to destroy everything the Highlander had ever cared about - starting with Connor’s protégé and kinsman Duncan. When Connor later escaped and learned of Kell’s collected kills - a record 661 Immortals compared to Duncan’s 171 and his own 262 he realized there was only one option left if Kell was to be stopped. Seeking out Duncan, Connor stunned his student and brother - by issuing a challenge. When Duncan refused to fight, Connor entrapped him in a rare sword gambit that could not be broken without one opponent taking the other one’s head. With the words "Goodbye Duncan, my true brother," Connor forced the gambit to completion, and Duncan, forced to accept Connor’s wishes, executed the fatal counter.

As he had intended, Connor’s Quickening gave Duncan the strength to face and behead Kell, giving him his last vengeance. Afterward, Duncan buried Connor in the Highlands in Glencoe, next to Ramirez and Heather's remains, where he was hoped to find his peace. (Highlander: Endgame)

Alternate Histories

Highlander II: The Quickening

Due to the fact that there are two major versions of this movie, the original movie and the 1994 and 2004 Director's Cuts, there are two versions of the story.

Original Version - In 1995, the ozone layer begun to rapidly disappear and the ozone hole covered most of planet Earth. Connor, now a mortal, became the supervisor of a team attempting to create an artificial shield, which would cover the planet and protect it from the Sun's radiation. In 1999, the team succeeded in its goal, and Earth gained its artificial shield filtering sunlight in place of the ozone layer. MacLeod was proud in having apparently saved humanity. However, the shield had the side-effect of condemning the planet to a state of constant night, and humanity could no longer see the sun, the moon, or the stars. Humanity began to lose hope and fell into a decline. The Shield fell under the control of Shield Corporation, taxing for its services for profit. Meanwhile, Connor, as years passed, had physically aged into a frail old man, and expected to eventually die of natural causes. He had also been able to learn the source of his immortality. Connor was a reincarnation of an alien humanoid from planet Zeist. In fact, all Immortals had been reincarnations from exiled criminals from Zeist (though the "reincarnation" aspect never made it into the actual film).

He was chosen by the reincarnation of Ramirez to be the leader of a rebellion against the rule of the evil General Katana. The reincarnation of Ramírez, who seemed to possess magical powers, made a magical bond with Connor that could never be broken. Whenever Connor needed his help, Ramirez would come. However, the rebellion failed and Ramírez and Connor were sent to Earth to play The Game as Immortals, which would eventually be won by Connor. In 2024, a number of terrorists, led by Louise Marcus, tried to take down the Shield. Louise discovered that the ozone layer had been reformed, and the Shield was no longer needed. The Corporation, which was aware of this, hide it from the general public to maintain its profit. Meanwhile on Zeist, General Katana was still alive. His information seemed to indicate that Connor wanted to return to Zeist. He decided that couldn't happen and sent his Immortal henchmen Corda and Reno to Earth to decapitate him. Louise managed to reach Connor first, and asked for his help in taking down the Shield. To Louise's disappointment, she found the passionate person she once admired to have grown into "a tired old man." MacLeod explained that he was dying, and expressed his disapproval of terrorism. Before Connor and Louise could finish their conversation, Corda and Reno reached Earth.

That led to Connor becoming Immortal again. Corda and Reno located MacLeod and attacked. MacLeod, however, decapitated them both, and in the process, through the Quickening, regained his youth. While he absorbed their energy, Connor summoned Ramírez, who revived in Glencoe, Scotland, the location of his death. Meanwhile, Connor found a new lover in Louise. Elsewhere, Katana also arrived on Earth and had a brief indecisive meeting with Connor. Soon enough, Connor was also reached by Ramírez. The latter joined MacLeod and Louise in their plan to take down the Shield. Katana predicted this and forged an uneasy alliance with the Shield Corporation. The conflict between the two sets of allies eventually lead to the deaths of Ramírez (sacrificing himself to save Connor and Louise) and Katana (killed by Connor in their final confrontation). MacLeod succeeded in taking down the Shield by using the combined energies of his final Quickening from Katana. Connor, mortal again, began a new life with Louise.

Note: In the TV cut Connor claimed his Prize by returning to Zeist with Louise accompanying him.

Highlander II: Renegade Version / Highlander II: Special Edition - In these versions of the movie, the Immortals were not aliens from Zeist. Instead they came from a distant past on Earth. Some events are also changed, the most meaningful being the rescue attempt from Connor, Louise and Ramírez to free Connor's old friend and co-supervisor of the construction of the shield, Dr. Allan Neyman from a high security prison. Neyman had betrayed the Shield Corporation by telling Connor the truth about the ozone layer status. Neyman eventually dies in Connor's arms. Ramírez also gives his life for Connor and Louise in the prison. Both Neyman's and Ramírez's deaths had occurred in the Shield Corporation, instead of the high security prison.

Personality And Relationships

Duncan MacLeod

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"Same clan, different vintage"

Connor was regarded by his pupil and lifelong friend Duncan MacLeod as one of the greatest Immortals out there, and held the highest respect for him. Connor taught Duncan how to live, why they live, and it was only reasonable Duncan felt he owed him a lot. Though they didn't see each other a lot in the last years, they were very close and their friendship was as strong as it had always been for the nearly 350 years they knew each other. Their relationship was like a father and son, or brother to brother.

Heather MacLeod

Heather was Connor's first and most beloved wife, who was present at the death of Ramírez, and was raped by The Kurgan, which she never revealed to Connor. There were recurring instances of Heather's depression at Connor's immortality during her life, as revealed in Highlander: Endgame. Connor remained with Heather until her natural death, and was so disillusioned that he abandoned his beloved Scotland, and began wandering the world. However, Connor never forgot Heather, and continued to honor her memory until his own death, at which point he was laid alongside her by his successor, Duncan MacLeod.

Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez

"Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez," original name Tak Ne, was one of the most legendary and greatest of the Immortals. By 1541, at the age of 2,437 years old, he was living in Spain, working as the Chief Metallurgist to King Charles V under the name of "Ramírez." He sought out Connor MacLeod, and took him under his wing, teaching him the rules of the Immortals. Most importantly, he warned him of the Kurgan, who gave him his first death, and prepared him for it — believing that Connor would be the one to end his reign of terror. Connor and Ramirez enjoyed a good friendship, rising from father-son to equals. Although their training lasted for a very short time, Ramirez left an indelible impression on the young Highlander — a taste of the theatrical, the wonder of the world beyond Scotland, and most of all, the connection between "all living things." Ramirez asked Connor to leave Heather, to save him from the pain of her inevitable loss, from old age. Connor refused to do so. In 1542, while Connor was away hunting, the Kurgan returned. Ramirez, although leaving a permanent scar in Kurgan's neck, lost the fight, and died at the hands of the Kurgan. Connor buried Ramírez next to his home in Glencoe and, after Heather died, he used his own broadsword as Heather's grave marker, and he began using his mentor's katana, a tribute to his old mentor.

The katana was destroyed in 1994, by Immortal Kane, in a ferocious fight in a Buddhist Shrine in New York. MacLeod retreated, and recreated the sword on his own, leaving the handle the same, as a continuing tribute to his mentor.

Jacob Kell

Jacob Kell was a clansman of Connor's and his childhood friend. He was also a latent immortal. He had been adopted by priest and grew up to be a religious man following his father's footsteps. When Connor came back to life after his death in the battle against the Clan Fraser, Kell believed Connor had been possessed by the devil and wished to burn him. However, Connor was just expelled from the clan. Years later, he was part of a group that planned an ambush on Connor luring him to Glenfinnan to save his mother who had been sentenced to be burned alive for giving birth to the devil. Ignoring Connor's pleas he incarcerated him and burned his mother. Enraged, Connor escaped and killed Kell and his father. Kell would later come back to life and start a personal vendetta against Connor, killing Rachel Ellenstein along the way. Being, according to The Watchers record, the most powerful immortal alive, his next target was Duncan MacLeod. Yet Connor anticipated him and offered his head to Duncan, who after some reluctance beheaded Connor. Connor's subconscience within Duncan would be instrumental in killing Kell.

Miscellanious Information

Quotes

• "I'm Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod."
• "Stop it, you pompous Haggis!"
• "If it came down to us two, would you take my head?"
• "Whatever you say, Jack. You're the master race."
• "It seems like 100 years."
• "I'm Immortal".
• "Love is for poets."
• "It's a kind of Magic!"
• "I cannot die."
• "Don't worry. We'll be okay."
• "You're not counting that scratch!"
• "I'm Connor MacLeod. Same Clan. Different vintage."
• "Do you think we ever lived like this, like a tribe, together with a common language, a reason and a name for each living thing ? Did we once belong somewhere, a time, a place, however briefly ?"
• "As long as I can remember knowing you you've had all the fun and most of the good women."
• "Come on. That was nearly one hundred and sixty years ago."
• "There's a fresh breeze blowing off the loch. The glen is snowy and cold. It's the most glorious sight on Earth. I've found no place to match it in four hundred years."
• "In the days before memory, there were the Immortals. We were with you then, and we are with you now. We are driven by the endless fight to survive in a Game which knows no limits of time or place. We are the seeds of legend, but our true origin are unknown. We simply are."
• "Once, a very long time ago, I was a Highlander. Born of this land and like this land: Immortal."
• "Life brings hope and pain, but revenge never brings redemption."

Connor MacLeod in The Game

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Connor in battle

All movie continuities show Connor as the victor of The Game. In Highlander he is the last Immortal and recipient of The Prize. However, the following movies would attempt to establish, with varying amounts of difficulty, that The Game wasn't over. Connor obviously defeated great Immortals during his life, but the movies didn't have time to show it like the series did for Duncan MacLeod, so only seven beheadings are known to take place in the movie timelines. Adding to those seven beheadings are two more from the Highlander script:

1 - Mulet, 1815 (Highlander script)

2 - Jack, 1888 (Highlander script)

3 - Iman Fasil, 1985 (Highlander)

4 - The Kurgan, 1985 (Highlander)

5 - Khabul Khan, 1994 (Highlander III)

6 - Kane, 1994 (Highlander III)

7 - Corda, 2024 (Highlander II)

8 - Reno, 2024 (Highlander II)

9 - General Katana, 2024 (Highlander II)

In the TV series continuity, only the beheadings of the first movie are part of this universe. In Highlander: Endgame it was established that Connor had more beheadings than Duncan MacLeod (262 as opposed to 174, in the beginning of the movie). Connor, however, sacrificed himself, giving his head to Duncan, so that Duncan could defeat Kell. Neither The Gathering or Endgame show Connor receive a Quickening.

Watchers

In TV series continuity, there was a secret organization known as The Watchers. In the Watcher Chronicles CD-ROM, a few Watchers were attributed to Connor. It's briefly mentioned in Highlander: Endgame that somewhere in his life, Connor met Methos and The Watchers and he later joined their Sanctuary. It is questionable whether he joined it on his free will (knowing the place he would enter), or whether he entered the Sanctuary forcefully. Here's a list of all of Connor's known Watchers:

Years	Watcher
??-1625-1630-??	Alistair McDougal
??-Mar 1872-1873-??	Nathaniel Post
??-1992-1993	Dana Brooks
1993-2002	Matthew Hale (Sanctuary Supervisor)

The Animated Series

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Connor in Highlander: The Animated Series

Connor MacLeod also makes an appearance in Highlander: The Animated Series, which again presented a continuity different from that of the original movie or television series. The animated version of Connor appeared only in one episode. When fighting against evil Immortal Kortan, Connor was defeated. He, then, prophesied the coming of the series hero Quentin MacLeod, who would defeat Kortan. He was promptly beheaded by Kortan.

Appearances

Movies - Highlander, Highlander II: The Quickening, Highlander: The Final Dimension, Highlander: Endgame

TV Episodes - The Gathering

Animated Series - Highlander: The Animated Series

Books - The Element of Fire

Trivia

• Among the many ancient artifacts in MacLeod's storeroom is Ramírez's vest and hat.
• One of the goofs in the first film is when Connor is in the tavern; he tells his cousin, "We've been kinsmen 20 years." However, Connor's birth is stated as 1518 and that part of the film is set in 1536, which would make him 18, so he wouldn't have been alive 20 years previously, although this could just be a round estimate.

External links

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• The Nitpicker's Guide to Highlander
• Highlander Page for Beginners
• The shows & movies summed up
• Highlander Watcher Chronicles - Fan page of the series
• Connor MacLeod Homepage - A timeline of Connor MacLeod's life

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