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| Connor MacLeod, the Highlander |
Connor MacLeod --(Note this is the preferred spelling although Conner is used in
the novelization of the original film.) This time-line is collated between dated events in Highlander, the
original film, Highlander 3, The New Watcher's Chronicles, which describe only the events depicted
in The Gathering episode, the novel The Element of Fire and Endgame.
The events of Highlander 2 are not a part of this chronology unless they referred to earlier events. One
other change I made was to the dates of the events from H3. The film was released in 1995, but at that time,
Connor was already in Sanctuary. I have arbitrarily changed those events to early 1992 for the time being to help everything
flow more easily.
"From the dawn of time we came. Moving silently down
through the centuries.
Living many secret lives, struggling to reach the time of the gathering where the few who remain
will battle to the last. No one has ever known we were among you...until now" ~ JuanSanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez
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- 1518
--Connor MacLeod is born in the village of Glenfinnan on
the shores of Loch Shiel and raised by the clan chieftain and his wife Caiolin.
1536-- In a battle between the MacLeods and the neighboring clan,
the Frasers, Connor is killed by the Kurgan but 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 he meets Heather, daughter
of blacksmith Angus MacDonald and marries her. He also learns to be a blacksmith from Angus.
1541--Connor and Heather still live at the forge in Glencoe after
Angus' death. One day while they are rolling in the hay, up rides Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez who teaches
Connor what it means to be immortal and prepares him to meet the Kurgan in battle. But it is Ramirez the Kurgan finds first.
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 travels to the east to learn
from the immortal sorcerer Nakano. 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.
1625--Connor returns to Scotland and finds Duncan
in "that bloody bog" following the battle of Glen Fruin.
1631--A few years later as they are training in Ravenna, Italy,
Connor teaches Duncan an unstoppable move.
1632-- In Scotland, Connor and Duncan have a brief run-in with
Khordas, the immortal pirate and villain of The Element of Fire. Duncan leaves Connor
to travel in Europe. In 1634, while Duncan is running from Martin Hyde he attempts to find Connor . By 1637
Duncan has returned to Italy.
1715--Connor and Duncan save the pre-immortal Catherine
Mary Devaney from being held-up by bandits. Later as Duncan prepares to marry Kate... Connor tells him how the loss
of Heather destroyed him. This causes Duncan to kill Kate on their wedding night to make her immortal.
1783--A drunken Connor MacLeod has a duel on Boston Commons.
Sunda Kastagir is his second.
1786--Connor and Duncan have a run-in with Hugh Fitzcairn...
something to do with "that Montague woman."
1793-94--Connor lends support to the French Revolution. He meets
and woos Lady Sarah, an actress. When he is sentenced to die on the guillotine by the king... she believes him dead and marries
another man. Connor does not die... his place on the guillotine is taken by his friend, the immortal Pierre,
but when Connor returns to Sarah, he does not reveal himself to her when he sees she has children and is happy. A reference
in Endgame indicates that Kell killed "that French actress" at some point... although Sarah was English,
he may have thought she was French as she had a French family.
1853--Connor is captain of the Rosemary when Duncan
signs aboard. The ship sinks in a storm after another run-in with Khordas. The log of the Rosemary
is saved and will be shown in the second film.
1872--Connor helps Duncan bury his Indian family
and tries to console him for their loss.
1879--While a prisoner of the Zulu in South Africa, Connor meets
up again with Sunda Kastagir who plays a joke on him involving a fight to the death with an "Immortal" Zulu
warrior.
1897--In Nantucket, Connor and Duncan finally
deal with Khordas.
1943--Connor rescues war orphan Rachel Ellenstein from the Nazis
and adopts her, raising her as his daughter.
1985--Using the name Russell Nash, Connor operates an antique
store with Rachel as his business partner. The Kurgan comes 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. A few months later she dies in a mysterious
car crash... courtesy of Jacob Kell. Connor walks away without a scratch.
1985-1992--Dates not exact. Connor moves to North Africa, adopts
John, 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 Lady Sarah. When his katana blade is shattered in a battle with Kane,
Connor retreats to Scotland and to the forge at Glencoe. 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... But there are signs that Connor is not the last immortal.
1992--An angry and devastated Connor comes to Seacouver to fight
Slan Quince who has killed someone Connor cared about (Alex? John? Someone else?) He meets Duncan,
Tessa, and the pre-immortal Richie Ryan. He fails to kill Quince, but Duncan does. Afterwards, Connor warns
Duncan that the boy Richie must be watched. He leaves.
Dec 1992--Connor calls Duncan in Paris (although
Duncan was really in Seacouver at that time) to meet him in New York. While there, Rachel is killed in an explosion while
a horrified Connor watches... Connor then vanishes. He voluntarily enters Sanctuary as a way of dealing with his grief. While
in Sanctuary the events of Highlander 2 may have been a drug-induced dream.
2002--Connor is released from Sanctuary by Jacob Kell
who finally reveals that he is the source of all the deaths around Connor and the recent murders of all the mortals Connor
cared about over the centuries. Unable to beat Kell... and thoroughly demoralized, he forces Duncan to take his head. Together...
they can defeat Kell. Duncan buries Connor's remains in Glencoe next to Heather.
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