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James Douglas had joined the army Prince Charles Edward Stewart, and fought on the 16th of April, 1746, at the Battle of Culloden. He was mortally wounded, and as he desperately tried to drag himself from the field, he met Duncan MacLeod.
MacLeod swore to stay with him, because he sensed that Douglas would soon be an Immortal. But then MacLeod was called to the Prince, who took flight with every able-bodied man. Duncan was forced to leave Douglas behind to die alone. When he revived as an Immortal, within an hour, he was killed three more times by the English, and each time he awoke to life again, healed.
Later Life[]
Douglas did not know what he was, or why he could not die. He found no mentor, but was repeatedly challenged by other Immortals. It was a long while before he realized why they were all after his head. During the first decades, he survived mainly because of his size and strength. From that point on, Douglas also hunted Immortals, especially the English.
By 1996, he had beheaded three Immortals who were not English: a Frenchman, a Spaniard, and an Italian. All the others were British, and Douglas took revenge for his experience on each individual: he wounded them mortally, as he had been wounded at Culloden, before he finally beheaded them. Despite these activities, Douglas appeared in the chronicles of Watchers only in the form of unconfirmed sightings, and never had been allocated his own Watcher.
Final Confrontation[]
During the 1990s, Douglas traveled with Shakespearean troupe. In August, 1994, he arrived in Edinburgh, where he found Colin Cameron, whom he included in his troupe. About 1995 it is speculated that Douglas ran into Annie Devlin in Ireland, and learned from her that Duncan MacLeod was also Immortal, and was still alive.
In early February, 1996, Douglas's troupe brought the play Macbeth to Seacouver. Annie Devlin was also in tow, and wanted to help him. When it came to confrontation: Devlin, led by Cameron's misunderstanding, challenged Duncan. He had no other choice, and beheaded her in self-defense. Douglas had only been waiting for this moment: He attacked the Quickening weakened Highlander, and "killed" him several times in the different ways he, too, had killed the English during Culloden. In the end, however, MacLeod rallied, and beheaded Douglas.
Triva[]
- At the time of his First Death, James Douglas was about 30 years old, had red hair, and was a remarkable 6 foot 8 inches (2.10 meters) tall. He later grew a beard.