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Simon Killian suffered his first death on September 21, 1745, in the Battle of Prestonpans, the first significant conflict in the Rising of 1745.
Killian was always a soldier, and eventually it was a role that consumed him, an ideal that he saw without regard to death or loss. War was his glory, and he did not see the suffering war brought.
Killian was the first mentor of British soldier, Everett Bellian.
Simon Killian, commanding troops during WWI
During World War I, Killian fought with the British, and on November 11, 1918, Killian met Duncan MacLeod, who transported wounded soldiers from the battlefield as a medic. Killian was surprised that he was at the forefront in the battle.
When Killian was ordered to cease all hostilities when the armistice was signed, he ignored his orders and proceeded with his long-planned offensive. He shot his Sergeant and MacLeod, both witness to the orders to cease fire, and then led his men into a futile and bloody assault. About 300 British and German soldiers where killed in the action. Killian was arrested and tried before a military court. MacLeod testified against him, and the court ultimately sentenced him to death for his actions. With MacLeod's intervention, however, the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in a psychiatric hospital. Killian spent 70 years incarcerated, so long that in the end, no one knew where he had come from or why he was confined. During that time, he developed a fascination with spiders. Later he collected dozens, some harmless, some deadly.
Simon Killian with his pets
After Killian was finally released from the psychiatric facility, he spent his time in London. But in 1995, he traveled to Seacouver, having learned of MacLeod's presence there. Killian had MacLeod kidnapped, but when he escaped, Simon kidnapped his friend, Amanda - or so he thought. When he realized that his men had captured Amanda's new friend, Melissa instead, he allowed poisonous spiders to bite her, and then left her in the dojo.
MacLeod tracked him down, and Killian shot and imprisoned Duncan in an abandoned Air Force base outside Seacouver. He wanted to return the sentence of confinement MacLeod visited on him with 70 years confined, in order to take revenge for his own fate. After a few hours, however, one of his people spotted MacLeod at liberty. MacLeod had been freed by Amanda and Dawson. When Killian and MacLeod next met, they fought, and Killian was beheaded.
Weapon[]
Killian's weapon of choice was a Spanish broadsword.
Trivia[]
Simon Killian was left-handed, one of only three depicted in the series, the others being Richard Tarsis and Myron Corman.