Homemade Watchers Chronicles

[Apollo1]

Greetings, Gardner!

Here's that missing female name you wanted:

Hekate of Antioch - Greek Orthodox Christian

And the six male names from the Middle East:

Boaz of Hebron - Kingdom of Judah
Karif of Nabataea - Nabataean Kingdom
Volkan Salbik - Seljuk Turk
Ekmel of Canik (Beyliks of Canik)
Galien of Adrianople - Latin Empire
Andronik of Armenia (Emirate of Armenia)

Also, could you post the active and inactive Immortals of Ireland, Scandinavia and the Balkans,

Cheers
Apollo1

[Gardner]

Thank you for the information Apollo; but I found her background story. 12th century or 13th doesn't make much difference. French crusaders ruled the Kingdom of Jersualem up until the end of the 13th century. No problem at all.
The four other names allowed me to find new great characters !

[Apollo1]

Greetings, Gardner!
Thanks for pointing out my mistake with the female Immortals! Lol
There are only 5, sorry about that! I'll add the extra female to the 6 males when i post them.
As for the French-Arab, she's actually from the 12th century (which I've corrected btw), because during the time the Kingdom of Jerusalem was ruled by the Crusaders from 1099 to 1187, a number of them took local wives or mistresses, and Muslims did for a time live under the rule of their Christian conquerors there. Children were born of these unions.

Cheers
Apollo1

[Gardner]

Great names Apollo2 thanks, though I count only five lol
Talayeh Chenal, a french arab of the 13th century ? Where did you get the idea ?

The Persian Raider
Known aliases : None, identity undetermined
Notable characteristics : Ruthless behavior;
master archer, cut off left breast for better mastery
Weapon : Persian shamsir
Recorded kills : None known

Status
Most recent base of operations : Kingdom of
Persia
Occupation : Horsewoman, raiding caravans;
‘scorched earth’ tactic, leaving no witness behind
Prior occupations : Undetermined
Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
Date : 1726
Place : Teheran, Iran
Victor : Connor MacLeod
Watcher : Research, Western Asia

Background
Original cultural affilation : Unrecorded
Possibly part of the original Amazons
Born : Unrecorded
First death : Unrecorded
First teacher : Unrecorded
First recorded sighting : 1589. Outskirts of
Teheran.In battle against Connor MacLeod

The mysterious Persian Raider who fell by the blade of Connor MacLeod during the Scot’s travel through the Orient, a journey that would take him to Japan and to the cave of the elusive Master Nakano, was the ruthless leader of a band of thieves and cutthroats that terrorized the merchant roads of Persia, leavign no witnesses behind, mercilessly slaughtering men, women and children like cattle. Connor hired himself as a bodyguard ot one of those caravans when the wagons under his care were attakced by the cruel bandit woman (and not manas previously stated) whose band attacked and killed all but one guard : Connor MacLeod, who quickly took the Persian out. The bandit leader is now recorded in our chronicles as ‘The Persian Raider’ and an earlier kill of Connor MacLeod.

Watcher Research, the Chronicle of Connor MacLeod



Esmira Azad
Known aliases : Sharifa Zana, Nurhan Al
Hamanadi, Leila Rashid of Samarra
Notable characteristics : Teenaged immortal
Weapon : Russian cavalry saber
Recorded kills : Khaled Hosseini, inconclusive
fight agaisnt Ahmet Necdet, 1736

Status
Most recent base of operations : Mount Sinjar,
Northwest Iraq
Occupation : Resistance fighter against Islamic
State (ISIL), Kurdistan Worker’s Party
Prior occupations : Resistance fighter protecting
her Kurdish family and clan from Iraqi troops, First
Gulf War, mountain woman, farmer, nomad
Roster of Immortals Status : Active
Date :
Place :
Victor :
Watcher : Research, Western Asia Immortals

Background
Original cultural affiliation : Kurdish
Born : 9th century, Samarra, Abbasid Caliphate
First death : Calpih courtesan murdered by jealous
lover
First teacher : Selim Ubadah
Known past associates : Selim Ubadah
Known ennemies : Ahmet Necdet
First recorded sighting : 1736. Azerbaijian. During
invasion of Azerbaijian by the Turks, raped and
nearly killed by Kismet Necdet

Esmira Azad has been conclusively identified as Leila Rashid, the Kurdish woman who fought American marines during the First Gulf War and was thought killed during a pre-emptive strike by American bombers along with her Watcher. She re-appeared in 2014 on Mount Sinjar fighting soldiers of ISIL and won a fight against Immortal Khaled Hosseini; since then she gathered a troop of women from the Kurdistan’s Worker Party and are fighting ISIL soldiers relentlessly.

Watcher Bureau, Western Asia

[Apollo1]

Back at last, Gardner!

And I've finally got 6 names for you, females from the Middle East:

5th century BC: Pheretima of Pasergadae - Achaemenid female
3rd century BC: Barsine of Asaak - Parthian female
3rd century AD: Izdihar of Araba (Kingdom of Araba)
9th century AD: Leila of Samarra - Kurdish female
12th century AD: Talayeh Chenal of Galilee - French-Arab female

I'll have 6 males for you next.

Cheers
Apollo1

[Gardner]

Thank you very much for your input, Coleegael. Much appreciated!

[Colleengael]

I like that fans are still working on creating Watcher Chronicles for characters who got a brief mention or screen time. One of the things that I noticed with the fan fiction writers has been that they often incorporate characters from the actors own iconography. For example...Peter Wingfield has also played doctors on Queen of Swords and on Holby City. On both shows he also worked with other Highlander alumni. The same could be said about both Tracy Scoggins and Claudia Christian when they worked together on Babylon 5. Each additional role and character can be used by fan fiction writers to add more depth to their immortals background chronicle. It also allows the chronicle writer to add photos to the chronicle too. One of the real life photos that inspired several writers was a picture Paul Johansson posted on his website of himself with Adrian Paul taken at Cannes. He also posted photos of himself with Peter Wingfield when they worked together. So...scour the biographies and filmographies of the actors who played the characters. If they crossed paths with another Highlander actor or a real life famous person...you can use that in creating your chronicles. Good luck.

[Apollo1]

Yeah, i think the current revision you've made is pretty much okay. I don't think there's really any need to do a third pass. What you've currently done is okay by me.

Cheers
Apollo1

[Gardner]

I am tempted to rewrite the War's timeline so everything happens in 2012. Over only one year. I erased a lot of deaths stories because the story was too messy and comùplicated : the Battle of London, the Battle of Paris, the Battle of Rio, the war in the Middle East and Africa and the destruction of St. Christopher for instance.

One slight adjustement :
Victor :
18.11.2011 Kamir Sanjiv Gupta
24.11.2011 Kajira Bedi Kainath Bedi
30.11.2011 Kainath Bedi Sanjiv Gupta

In the story those events happen one year later. For a better balance in the numbers of deaths in 2011 and 2012
And correcting one editing mistake :
03.01.2012 Father Alexi Garnoff killed by Alex Raven

[Apollo1]

Thanks for this update, my friend, finally i'll be able to do a comprehensive update and revision on my old Immortals War chronicles and sort out the mess. Much appreciated.

Now I've got my PC sorted out (at last!) i'll be able to get those names for you and i'll continue the story of the SIS/Hellfire Club.

Cheers
Apollo1

[Gardner]

I decided to give a little polish to the Immortals War story so you know who dies, and who doesn't, with dates adjustements.
Here is a timeline, and then the story :

IMMORTAL WAR Victor

20.11.2011 Aref Al Mutadee Kashta of Nubia
Tahar Tarek Sit-Hathor Iunet
07.02.2011 Eto Jiro Kiem Sun
22.02.2011 Kiem Sun Hideo Tanaka
27.02.2011 Nariko Genji Hideo Tanaka
27.02.2011 Mito Ogiwara Flameshadow
27.02.2011 Ogai Sanjo Fujita Isai
28.06.2011 Lucy Sparks Flameshadow
28.06.2011 Kin Oriyama Hideo Tanaka
02.08.2011 Ali Ibn al-Quattan Timoteo of Lusitania
Hipolito Cabral Joana Vaz
12.08.2011 Myron Corman Richie Ryan
05.09.2011 "Kyra Xanthos II" Seraphina
12.09.2011 Luara Capeci Durante De Rosa
Arcangelo Bartoccini Fortunato Cortesi
11.09.2011 Timoteo of Lusitania Frances Drummond
Joana Vaz Viola Blanco
14.09.2011 Supriya Bhaskar Lalica
19.09.2011 Fausta De Rosa Ayzebel of Beritus
21.09.2011 Marcantonio Fitipaldi Sigrid Solvig
30.09.2011 Baron Samedi Suicide
05.10.2011 Elene of Sparta Suicide
10.10.2011 Jin Ke Immortal Maiden
18.10.2011 Mykhaltso Demidas Seraphina
26.10.2011 Immortal Maiden Hideo Tanaka
18.11.2011 Kamir Sanjiv Gupta
24.11.2011 Kajira Bedi Kainath Bedi
25.11.2011 Lalica Maude de Valerie
30.11.2011 Kainath Bedi Saniv Guupta
01.12.2011 May-Ling Shen Huneric the Vandal
10.12.2011 Peter Gaicus Huneric the Vandal
13.12.2011 Fortunato Cortesi Ayzebel of Beritus
21.12.2011 Ayzebel of Beritus Frances Drummond
26.12.2011 Maude de Valerie Huneric the Vandal
30.12.2011 Daria De Souza Frances Drummond
31.12.2011 Jasper Abraham Father Alexi Garnoff

03.01.2011 Father Alexi Garnoff Alex Raven
08.04.2012 Indira Bedi Safiyah Khan
05.05.2012 Godebert of Worcester Richeard of Mercia
12.08.2012 Ceirdwyn Ari al-Muzaiyin
21.08.2012 Ari al-Muzaiyin Deoneces of Sparta
29.08.2012 Thomas Morehead Richeard of Mercia
Oskar Felder Helen Bondeville
05.09.2012 Isei Fujita Huneric the Vandal
07.09.2012 Hideo Tanaka Huneric the Vandal
19.09.2012 Huneric the Vandal Deoneces of Sparta
31.12.2012 Nefertiri Cleophon of Athens
Memnet-Ra Kellistra

[Gardner]

Apollo, I need 12 Middle Eastern names, 6 males, 6 females please. Any origins you like, but let's try diverse backgrounds.

Female Immortals :
5th century BC : 1
3rd century BC : 1
3rd century AD : 1
9th century AD : 1
13th century AD : 2

Cheers !

Gardner

[Apollo1]

A merry new year to you Apollo !
3,800 chronicles on the database and counting. Let's see if we can make it to 4,000 this year...

Cheers !

Happy new year, my friend!

The project is on! Lol

Cheers
Apollo1

[Gardner]

A merry new year to you Apollo !
3,800 chronicles on the database and counting. Let's see if we can make it to 4,000 this year...

Cheers !

[Apollo1]

Just an update, my friend. Christmas holidays and a faulty PC have prevented me posting for a little while, but with any luck everything should be hunky dory in the next week (fingers crossed!)

Cheers
Apollo1

[Gardner]

A lot of Immortals survived the Immortal War, Apollo1. Just the culminating point of the 1980's-9à's gatherings.

G.

Asbjorn Blacktooth
Known aliases : None
Notable characteristics : Rotten teeth, appeared
Black; violent character, plunderer and rapist
Weapon : Tow-handed Viking longsword
Recorded kills : None known

Status
Most recent base of operations: Denmark
Occupation: Warrior, champion of King Horik I
of Denmark
Prior occupations: Warrior
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 840
Place: Jutland
Victor: Ailef of Deira. aka Aldrich Monk
Watcher: Research, Immortals of Scandinavia

Background
Original cultural affiliation: Dane
Born: 592, Skaneland, Denmark
First death: 621; killed by adoptive father for
beating up step-brother when he stole his sword
First teacher: Kanwulf Odinson
Known past associates : Kanwulf Odinson,
Ragnar Danneskjold
First recorded sighting : 793, British Isles. During
pillage of Monastery of Lindsifarne with Kanwulf,
encounter with Ragnar Danneskjold

[Apollo1]

Great chronicles as usual, my friend. More Immortals to add to the active/inactive list. It seems more survived the Immortals War than originally thought! Lol

In the meantime, another Immortal i'd appreciate your help fleshing out:

Asbjorn Blacktooth

Most recent base of operations: Denmark
Occupation: Warrior, champion of King Horik I
of Denmark
Prior occupations: Warrior
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 840
Place: Jutland
Victor: Ailef of Deira. aka Aldrich Monk
Watcher: Research, Immortals of Scandinavia

Original cultural affiliation: Dane
Born: 592, Skaneland, Denmark
First death: 621; killed by adoptive father for beating
up step-brother when he stole his sword
First teacher: (any ideas?)

After Ailef of Deira, aka Aldrich Monk, broke his friendship with Richeard of Mercia and left England for Denmark, he sought to offer his services to the Viking King Horik I. But these things are never easy when it comes to the Norsemen. To prove he was worthy enough to be useful to Horik, Aldrich was made to fight the king's champion, the huge and imposing Immortal Asbjorn Blacktooth. But the smaller and faster Aldrich outfought Asbjorn, dancing around him like a mongoose and brought him to his knees. The lightning show after Aldrich took Asbjorn's head, convinced Horik to accept the offer of the Saxon Immortal.

Research, Immortals of Scandinavia

Cheers
Apollo1

[Gardner]

You are welcome. Looking forward to the other Immortals killed by the Hellfire Club members.
Meanwhile...



Ajara Durai
Known aliases : Parmita Dalai
Notable characteristics : None
Weapon : Flamerge rapier

Status
Most recent base of operations : New Delhi, India
Occupation : Police officer, Delhi Police
Department, investigating sexual violence against
women and children
Prior occupations : Bodyguard, Maharadja of
Bangalore; bodyguard, Indira Bedi
Roster of Immortals Status : Active
Date :
Place :
Victor :
Watcher : Savita Rao

Background
Original cultural affiliation : Hindu
Birthdate : 1690; Madras, India
First death : Bodyguard of the Maharadjah of
Bangalore, killed by fallen debris from 1721
Madras Cyclone
First teacher : Lang Quing
Known associates : Nuha Kalash
Known past associates : Lang Quing
First recorded sighting : 1721. Madras, India
Trained by Lang Quing

[Apollo1]

Thanks for your help with the latest chronicles, my friend. Once again, very much appreciated!
More to come from Richeard and Aldrich, and i haven't even got to Evangeline and Alfgar yet!

Cheers
Apollo1

[Gardner]

Very inspiring, unfortunate Immortal women. Good work!

Folgarda of Aachen
Known aliases : None
Notable characteristics : Strong personality,
domineering to her husband
Weapon : Not carrying one, didn’t believe in that
There Can Be Only One nonsense
Recorded kills : None, not a player of the Game

Status
Most recent base of operations: Munster, Duchy
of Saxony
Occupation: Innkeeper
Prior occupations: Prostitute
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 776
Place: Munster
Victor: Aldrich Monk
Watcher: Research, Immortals of Medieval Europe

Background
Original cultural affiliation: Frankish
Born: 486, Aachen, Kingdom of the Franks
First death: 515; Prostitute murdered by
unsatisfied client
First teacher: Huidemar of Avranches
Known past associates : Huidemar of Avranches
First recorded sighting : 520. Kingdom of the
Franks. Found and mentored by Huidemar of
Avranches who realised she was an Immortal after
sleeping with her


Etheria of Spoleto
Known aliases : None
Notable characteristics : Bitter and untrusting of
Men, still devoted to caring for young mothers and
Infants, reveling inthe births she could never
experience
Weapon : Not carrying one
Recorded kills : None, not a player odf the Game

Status
Most recent base of operations: Osnabruck,
Duchy of Saxony
Occupation: Midwife
Prior occupations: Peasant
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 783
Place: Osnabruck
Victor: Aldrich Monk
Watcher: Research, Immortals of Medieval Europe

Background
Original cultural affiliation: Lombard
Born: 642, Spoleto, Kingdom of the Lombards
First death: 673; Raped and murdered by
husband‘s cousin
First teacher: Nezetta of San Marino
Known past associates : Nezetta of San Marino
First recorded sighting : 673. Spoleto, Kingdom of
Lombards. Found and mentored by Nezetta


Ideswif of Westphalia
Known aliases : Heinrich of Westphalia
Notable characteristics : Warlike, though reired
from the Game, rejecting its violence
Weapon : German zweihander, discarded
Recorded kills : None known, though theorized to
have killed her fair share of Immortals

Status
Most recent base of operations: Paderborn, Duchy
of Saxony
Occupation: Artesan
Prior occupations: Farmer, warrior under male
identities
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 790
Place: Paderborn
Victor: Aldrich Monk
Watcher: Research, Immortals of Medieval Europe

Background
Original cultural affiliation: Saxon
Born: 547, Westphalia, Old Saxony
First death: 570; Farmer's wife murdered with
husband and adopted children by bandits
First teacher: Gundehar, Valkyries
Known past associates : The Valkyries
First recorded sighting : 570. Saxony, Germany
Disciple of Gundehar, briefly a cohort of the
Valkyries warrior-women group

[Apollo1]

Thanks, my friend, for completing those chronicles, your help is much appreciated!

I have three more for you:

From the Chronicle of the Hellfire Club:

Thanks to new information provided by Richeard of Mercia, leader of the SIS, we are finally able to close the chronicles of three Immortals, all women, whose decapitated bodies were found in the 8th century but no Immortal was ever credited with their deaths. In fact, for centuries we suspected they were killed by three different Immortals who were operating in or around Saxony at the time. Now though, we can confirm that their killer is none other than Aldrich Monk, who at the time was known by his birth name Ailef of Deira. According to Richeard, Aldrich was already exhibiting misogynistic tendencies and, tying in with what we know about his antagonistic relationship with the Club's Black Queen Evangeline Black, and Richeard's assertion that Aldrich would have seen those Immortals as easy Quickenings, we are confident Monk is their killer.

Folgarda of Aachen

Most recent base of operations: Munster, Duchy
of Saxony
Occupation: Innkeeper
Prior occupations: Prostitute
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 776
Place: Munster
Victor: Aldrich Monk
Watcher: Research, Immortals of Medieval Europe

Original cultural affiliation: Frankish
Born: 486, Aachen, Kingdom of the Franks
First death: 515; prostitute murdered by unsatisfied
client
First teacher: (any ideas?)

Etheria of Spoleto

Most recent base of operations: Osnabruck, Duchy
of Saxony
Occupation: Midwife
Prior occupations: Peasant
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 783
Place: Osnabruck
Victor: Aldrich Monk
Watcher: Research, Immortals of Medieval Europe

Original cultural affiliation: Lombard
Born: 642, Spoleto, Kingdom of the Lombards
First death: 673; raped and murdered by husband's
cousin
First teacher: (any ideas?)

Ideswif of Westphalia

Most recent base of operations: Paderborn, Duchy
of Saxony
Occupation: Artisan
Prior occupations: Farmer
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 790
Place: Paderborn
Victor: Aldrich Monk
Watcher: Research, Immortals of Medieval Europe

Original cultural affiliation: Saxon
Born: 547, Westphalia, Old Saxony
First death: 570; farmer's wife murdered with husband
and adopted children by bandits
First teacher: (any ideas?)

Cheers
Apollo1

[Gardner]

Thank your for the Indian names, more Immortals to dig off the ground so to speak lol
Here are your completed stats, three more interesting kills of Richeard and Aldrich.


Gonand of Bude
Known aliases : Gonandus
Notable characteristics : Missing left ear, pre First
Death wound, agressive personality from lack of
Earing: distrustful of other Immortals
Weapon : English Medieval broadsword

Status
Most recent base of operations: Cornwall
Occupation: Soldier
Prior occupations: Fisherman, warrior
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 722
Place: Cornwall
Victor: Richeard of Mercia
Watcher: Research, Immortals of the British Isles

Background
Original cultural affiliation: Cornish Briton
Born: 550, Bude, Cornwall
First death: 577, Battle of Deorham, defeat of the
Britons of the West Country by the West Saxons
led by Ceawlin and his son, Cuthwin
First teacher: Beadwhyrd of Ely
Known past associates : Beadwhyrd of Ely
First recorded sighting : 577. Cornwall, England
Found and mentored by Beadwhyrd of Ely on the
side of the West County Britons



Faiz Rabud
Known aliases : Faizal Al-Kal, Faruk al-Rahman
Notable characteristics : Deeply religious, fought
other Immortals in the name of Allah
Weapon : Persian shamsir

Status
Most recent base of operations: Anatolia
Occupation: Soldier in the army of Abdallah
al-Battal
Prior occupations: Sword-for-hire, soldier
Date: 740
Place: Battle of Akroinon, defeat of an Umayyad
army by the Byzantines under Leo III the Isaurion
Victor: Ailef of Deira, aka Aldrich Monk
Watcher: Research, Immortals of Anatolia

Background
Original cultural affiliation: Persian Arab
Born: 334, Al-Hirah, Khuzestan, Sasanian
Empire
First death: 359; during the second campaign of
King Grumbates against the Romans
First teacher: Selim Ubadah
Known associates : Musaed Ibn Rihaz
First recorded sighting : 359. Mecca, Arabia
Disciple of Selim Ubadah


Musaed ibn Rihaz
Known aliases : Mohamed ibn Muhunnad,
Hussein Al-Amari
Notable characteristics : Deeply religious, fought
other Immortals in the name of Allah
Weapon : Umayyad caliphate sabezr

Status
Most recent base of operations: Anatolia
Occupation: Soldier in the army of Abdallah
al-Battal
Prior occupations: Merchant trader
Date: 740
Place: Battle of Akroinon, defeat of an Umayyad
army by the Byzantines under Leo III the Isaurion
Victor: Richeard of Mercia
Watcher: Research, Immortals of Anatolia

Background
Original cultural affiliation: Umayyad Arab
Born: 662, Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate
First death: 683; during the Second Fitna, a
period of general political and military disorder
following the death of Caliph Muawiyah I
First teacher: Faiz Raboud
Known associates : Faiz Raboud
First recorded sighting : 683. Umayyad Caliphate
Disciple of Faiz Raboud

[Apollo1]

Thanks for the chronicles, my friend. Greatly appreciated!

In the meantime, here are those Indian names you wanted:

Bahupatu Dehiya - male Hindu
Abhijvala Badesha - male Hindu
Cikita Jai - male Hindu
Bhavarniprasada - male Hindu
Blajit Gowd - male Hindu
Ajara Durai - female Hindu
Biju Gujral - female Hindu

Ajeet Baweja - male Sikh
Brijdev Dhudwal - male Sikh
Harjeevan Judge - male Sikh
Fateh Prewal - female Sikh

Din Ali - male Muslim
Moin Bari - male Muslim
Sara Sajjad - female Muslim
Seeta Gul - female Muslim

Cheers
Apollo1

Also, i have three more Immortals i could do with your help to complete:

Gonand of Bude

Most recent base of operations: Cornwall
Occupation: Soldier
Prior occupations: Fisherman, warrior
Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
Date: 722
Place: Cornwall
Victor: Richeard of Mercia
Watcher: Research, Immortals of the British Isles

Original cultural affiliation: Cornish Briton
Born: 550, Bude, Cornwall
First death: 577, Battle of Deorham, defeat of the
Britons of the West Country by the West Saxons led by
Ceawlin and his son, Cuthwin
First teacher: Any ideas?

A Cornish patriot who died his First Death in battle against the Saxons and continued to be called upon to defend his people from the Anglo-Saxons, despite some time spent as a fisherman. His last battle was against the Kingdom of Wessex in 722, and although he lost his head to the Saxon Immortal Richeard of Mercia, his people successfully repelled the invasion of their territory.

Immortals of the British Isles

Faiz Raboud

Most recent base of operations: Anatolia
Occupation: Soldier in the army of Abdallah
al-Battal
Prior occupations: Sword-for-hire, soldier
Date: 740
Place: Battle of Akroinon, defeat of an Umayyad
army by the Byzantines under Leo III the Isaurion
Victor: Ailef of Deira, aka Aldrich Monk
Watcher: Research, Immortals of Anatolia

Original cultural affiliation: Persian Arab
Born: 334, Al-Hirah, Khuzestan, Sasanian
Empire
First death: 359; during the second campaign of
King Grumbates against the Romans
First teacher: Any ideas?

Musaed ibn Rihaz

Most recent base of operations: Anatolia
Occupation: Soldier in the army of Abdallah
al-Battal
Prior occupations: Merchant trader
Date: 740
Place: Battle of Akroinon, defeat of an Umayyad
army by the Byzantines under Leo III the Isaurion
Victor: Richeard of Mercia
Watcher: Research, Immortals of Anatolia

Original cultural affiliation: Umayyad Arab
Born: 662, Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate
First death: 683; during the Second Fitna, a period
of general political and military disorder following the
death of Caliph Muawiyah I
First teacher: Faiz Raboud

Faiz and Musaed were a pair of Immortals encountered by Richeard of Mercia and Ailef of Deira during their exile in Byzantium when they fought for Leo III against the Umayyad Arabs. Research confirms that Faiz found Musaed after the merchant trader had been killed by Alid rebels during the Second Fitna. He trained him in swordsmanship and the two fought many battles together across the Arab world until their fateful encounter with the two Saxon Immortals at the Battle of Akroinon.

Immortals of Anatolia

Cheers
Apollo1

[Gardner]

Eastern Europe Immortals


BMR Sofiya Boklova
Known aliases : Sofia Bakunin, Irene Riabushinska,
Tasya Desny, Lyudmila Beketova, Irina Belinskaya
Notable characteristics : None
Weapon : Spanish cavalry saber, originaly
belonging to Jobo Bermudez
Recorded kills : Misha Isyanov, Nabil el-Awali,
Alexei Voshin
Inconclusive fight against Anton Vanko, 2009

Status
Most recent base of operations : Moscow, Russia
Occupation : Goverment agent, part of the
Immortals of Mother Russia (BMR)
Prior occupations : Guerilla warfare, espionnage
and assassination missions on behalf of the BMR
Roster of Immortals Status : Active
Date :
Place :
Victor :
Watcher : Doushka Kirova, BMR Watcher Team

Background
Original cultural affiliation : Russian
Born : 1858; Out-Ordinski, Siberia
First death : 1878, Russo-Turkish War of 1878
fought under male garbs
First teacher : Dimitri Bharkov
Known associates : Maude de Valerie, Immortals of
Mother Russia, Ravenwood
Known past associates : Boris Ulov, Vasily & Vera
Dionisy
Known ennemies : Anton Vanko
First recorded sighting :


BMR Dimitri Barkhov
Known aliases : Sandor Kadalyi, Boris Turgeniev,
Alexander Newsky
Notable characteristics : None
Weapon(s) : Tatar cavalry saber
Recorded kills : Nikolai Krylenko, Anton Vanko
Ingrid Henning,
Inconclusive fight against Etienne Pascolo, 1682;
Huneric the Vandal, 1923; the Kurgan, 1963

Status
Most recent base of operations : Moscow, Russia
Occupation : Intelligence, Government of Russia.
Leader, Immortals of Mother Russia
Prior occupations : Chief of Staline’s secret police,
Captain of Czar’s security personel
Roster of Immortals Status : Active
Date :
Place :
Victor :
Watcher : Leonid Lapchine, BMR Watcher Team

Background
Original cultural affiliation : Russian
Born : 1584, Salekhard Russia
First death : 1634, Killed in duel of honor
First teacher : Victor Markov
Known associates : Kir Bulchyev, Sadko, Sofiya
Boklova, Vadim Glick, Nicholas Kuchinka,
Ravenwood Immortals, Father Vasiliev
Known past associates : Alexei Voshin, Ivan
Ogareff, Anton Vanko, Zourab Shelia, Boris Ulov,
Vadim Arsov, Tatiana Papamoschou, Agathe
Vierny, Nikita Chernov, Vasily & Vera Dionisy,
Pyotr Nikolievitch
First recorded sighting : 1634. Moscow, Russia
Found and mentored by Victor Markov


BMR Vasily Dionisy
Known aliases : Ivan Kuznetsov, Vladimir Tatlin,
Yury Veltern, Konstantin Melnikov
Notable characteristics : Scar on the back, wound
predating First Death
Weapon(s) : Tatar cavalry saber
Inconclusive fight against Touktar of the Tatars,
1571; Sergeil Chalibashvili, 1824

Status
Most recent base of operations : St. Petersburg
Occupation : Intelligence, Government of Russia
Charter member, Immortals of Mother Russia
Prior occupations : Soviet intelligence agent,
traveller, seaman, woodcarver,
mercenary sword, soldier of Czar Ivan III
Roster of Immortals Status : Active
Date :
Place :
Victor :
Watcher : Ivan Starov, BMR Watcher Team

Background
Original cultural affiliation : Russian
Born : 1429; Grand Duchy of Moscow, Russia
First death : 1464, In battle against Crimean Tatars
First teacher : Victor Markov
Known associates : Vera Dionisy, Dimitri Barkhov,
Kir Bulchyev, Sadko, Vadim Glik
Nicholas Kuchinka, Sofiya Bklova, Ravenwood
Immortals
Known past associates : Victor Markov, Zourab
Shelia, Boris Ulov, Agathe Vierny, Nikita Chernov
First recorded sighting : 1464. Grand Duchy of
Moscow. Travelling to Kiev with Markov


BMR Vera Dionisy
Known aliases : Vera Karalli (birth name), Elena
Kuznetsov, Katerina Tatlin, Sofia Veltern, Olga
Melnikov
Notable characteristics : None
Weapon(s) : One-handed broadsword
Recorded kills : Llona Zhuganova

Status
Most recent base of operations : St. Petersburg
Occupation : Intelligence, Government of Russia
Charter member, Immortals of Mother Russia
Prior occupations : Soviet Intelligent agent
Roster of Immortals Status : Active
Date :
Place :
Victor :
Watcher : Ivan Starov, BMR Watcher Team

Background
Original cultural affiliation : Russian
Born : 1577; Ekaterineburg, Tsardom of Russia
First death : Russian Famine of 1601, during reign
of Ivan IV the Terrible
First teacher : Vasily Dionisy
Known associates : Vasily Dionisy, Dimitri Barkhov,
Kir Bulchyev, Sadko, Vadim Glik
Nicholas Kuchinka, Sofiya Bklova, Ravenwood
Immortals
Known past associates : Victor Markov, Zourab
Shelia, Boris Ulov, Agathe Vierny, Nikita Chernov
First recorded sighting : 1607. Ekaterineburg.
Found and trained by Dionisy

From the Records of the Tribunal

From : Eastern Europe Bureau
To : Watcher Tribune

IMMORTALS OF MOTHER RUSSIA (BMR)

Immortals of Mother Russia (Byessmyertniye Matyere Rosseya) or BMR is an organisation of immortals dedicatied to protect their homeland from external
and internal threats. They have made rabid ennemies over the centuries and have adapted to political changes over times, from Ivan the Terrible-era to the fall of the Communism. Their goal is to preserve the traditions and customs of their great nation, however great the cost. They are a merciless team, dubbbing themselves 'Winter Soldier' after the devastating climate that utterly destroyed the armies of Napoleon in 1812 and of Adolf Hitler during WWII.

Although devoted soldiers of their homeland and proficient players of the Game - Vera Dionisy is even more dangerous than Barkhov himself, the small group isn't made of fanatics : Barkhov and his colleagues have seen empires rise and fall in four hundred years (eight hundred in the case of Sadko) and are aware that the ennemies of yesterday will be the allies of tomorrow.

After having fought side by side with the England-faring SIS and the America-born CIA during WWII, they kept their distance during the Cold War, but have now resumed their relationship with Richeard of Mercia and Thomas Morehead's teams. They are also close allies of the Ravenwood group but keep themselves distant from Immortal Maiden and the China Force.

The original BMR was made up of the Bogatyris, legendary warriors Tyros of Babylon, Illya Muromets, Dobrynya Nikitich and Alyosha Popovich who were active from the
10th century to late 15th century when they were killed by the fearsome Kurgan.
Fortunately for mother Russia, the spirit of the BMR didn't die, the flame has been kept by Dimitri Barkhov and his team of four immortals : Kir Bulchyev, Vasily Dionisy, Vera Dionisy and Sadko, surviving member of the original BMR
who survived an encounter with the Kurgan using trickery.

When Barkhov co-founded the new BMR with Kir Bulchyev and the Dionisy husband-and-wife team, he started looking for a fourth associate and wxent in search of Sadko, independent agent of the Bogatyris. When he found Sadko, he gave him the choice between losing his head for allowing the Kurgan to kill the Bogatyris or join the team he was creating. Over the centuries, Sadko has paid his debt to the memory of his departed friends and is now a pillar of Russia's immortal front.

After WWII, when Eastern countries fell under the control of the newly-born Soviet Union, the BMR had no choice but to infiltrate the Party, biding their time, waiting for opportunities to curb the regimen's violent tendencies.
Through political manipulations and assassinations, they suceeded over time and recruited agents from satellite countries of the Eastern block. When Anton Vanko, his prize student and former colonel of Russia imperial army turned rogue after the disintegration of the USSR, he allowed Maude de Valerie the necessary mandate to terminate Vanko. The fact that he welcomed a member of the Ravenwood organisation in his country speaks volume about his eagerness to create a solid relationship with Westerner immortals.



Nicholas Kuchinka
Known aliases : Nicholas Krychenko, Franklin
Krycek, Nicholas Kaminski
Notable characteristics : None
Weapon : Cossack saber
Recorded kills : None known
Inconclusive fight against Sabahat o the Khazars,
1079; Ubutai, 1240; Vovochka Chazov, 1440

Status
Most recent base of operations : Minsk, Bielorussia
Occupation : Security officer, Minsk Nuclear Facility
Also agent of BMR (Immortals of Mother Russia)
Prior occupations : Chief of guards, Romanov
Royal Court; Soldier of Russian Imperial Army and
of the Red Army; formerly BMR, USSR
Roster of Immortals Status : Inactive
Date :
Place :
Victor :
Watcher : Nadine Portia

Background
Original cultural affiliation : Kievan Rus
Born : 940, Kiev Ukrain
First death : 970, Killed by nomads
First teacher : Unrecorded
Known associates : Arseni Kozak
Known past associates : Ivan Shamiakin, Andrei
Kroviak, Olga Tchernienko, Ivan Oskarevitch
Paskevich, Asmira Azad, Sharif Mansur, Gennadi
Belanog, Olga Jojovich
Known enemies : Dimitri Barkhov, Sabahat
First recorded sighting : 1070. Pereyaslov, Ukraine
Encounter with Lev of Pereyaslov

Kuchinka is currently in charge of security at the Minsk Nuclear Facility. He was put in charge after the higher ups discovered a discrepancy in the inventory. He has been going through the staff with an intensive focus that can be quite unnerving. But it is not as unnerving as knowing that components to make a nuclear device are unaccounted for.
He has always been an honorable player in the Game and when waging war, he never liked the idea of Weapons of Mass Destruction. So he is quite motivated personally and professionally to find out where they have gone.
He returned to Russia in 1994 after the collapse of the communist regime, something he had been hoping for since the murder of the czar Nicholas and the Russian royal family in 1917. I think it had been his hope to see the return of the Romanov’s to power.

Nadine Portia

DMVTREK 2008




Maria Rostova
Known aliases : Maria Illyanova Rostova,
Countess Marya Bolkonskaya, Sandrile fa Toren,
Countess Lisle von Schaffenberg
Notable characteristics : None
Weapon : Tatar cavalry saber
Recorded kills : None known

Status
Most recent base of operations : Minsk, Belarus
Currently located on King George Island,
Antarctica
Occupation : Genetic research
Prior occupations : Medical doctor, healer
Roster of Immortals Status : Inactive
Date :
Place :
Victor :
Watcher : Stanislas Kirov

Background
Original cultural affiliation : Russian, of Orthodox
religion
Born : 1592, Moscow Russia
First death : 1617, Drowned walking on frozen
lake
First teacher : Llona Zhuganova
Known past associates : Llona Zhuganova
First recorded sighting : 1717. St.Petersbourg
Student of Zhuganova

Sometimes I wonder how so many immortal women manage to survive the Game, the agressions from men, the wars, the revolutions and the gulags in Stalinist Russia. Maria Rostov is an exeptional woman in a community of exeptional beings with good weapons, aside from her Tatar saber : her strenght, her determination, her will to live, to survive. She is a strong woman, indeed, molded that way by her teacher, Maria Zhuganova, herself a student of the Kurgan. Zhuganova is dead, but she lives through Maria Rostov.
Maria has been doing remarkable progress in cellular research and in the study of Quickenings, of immortals regeneration. I think she want to help mankind that way: by trying to impart humanity with the gift of fast -healing, so that no one has to suffer from any disease anymore. My belief is that some gifts aren't fit for humanity, but Maria won't consider my point of view. She is really determined.

Stanislas Kirov, 2017



Touktar of the Tatars
Known aliases : Tatjana Borokovna, Chulpan
Ordanova, Alina Kabaeva
Notable characteristics : Independent-minded
Weapon : Tatar cavalry saber
Inconclusive fight against Gennadi Belanog, 988;
Vasily Dionisi, 1571 ; Dimitri Barkhov, 1917

Status
Most recent base of operations : Sevastopol,
Republic of Crimea
Occupation : Professional gymnast
Prior occupations : Model, freelance photographer,
Tatar warrior woman and raider
Roster of Immortals Status : Inactive
Date :
Place :
Victor :
Watcher : Sacha Bhukovna

Background
Original cultural affiliation : Crimean Tatar
Born : 835; Theme of Cherson (military-civilian
province), Crimea
First death : 855, Killed in Khazars raid
First teacher : Tatjiana of Serbia
Known past associates : Gennadi Belanog, Umryl,
Kilina Borschak
Known ennemies : Immortals of Mother Russia
First recorded sighting : 988. Theme of Cherson
Found by Gennadi Belanog who took her as his
« lover » and raped her during destruction of
Cherson by Vladimir of Kiev

[Gardner]

Central Europe Immortals


Milos Arczynski
Known aliases : Jazon Wolosz, Tomek Wojcik,
Demosthenes Arkanos, Michel Archambeau,
Tibor Marchowski
Notable characteristics : None
Weapon : Russian Kindjal

Status
Most recent base of operations : Warsaw, Poland
Occupation : Professor, Comparative litterature
Prior occupations : School teacher, monk
Roster of Immortals Status : Active
Date :
Place :
Victor :
Watcher : Anton Szabo

Background
Original cultural affiliation : Bohemian
Born : 1396, Prague Kingdom of Bohemia
First death : 1441, Professor at University of
Prague stabbed by enamoured student
First teacher: Undetermined
Known past associates : Darius,Harlan Fabiszak,
Roderyk Cowalski, Leszek Ivoropoj, Riva
Sklarz, Trish Siekewicz
Known ennemies : Michael Rojek
First recorded sighting : 1648. Poznan, Poland
Encounter with Gideon and Stosch Basalok,
referenced as a retired player of the Gam through
conversation with Basalok

Who would have thought Milos Arczynski the lover of mortal woman was a player of the Game after all. He has been conclusively identified behind the deaths of at least three Immortal women in the last decades and a dozen more in the previous five centuries of his immortality. Watcher research can lead us in surprising discoveries sometimes. The women were identified as Florica Marga, Cecelia Holtzmann and Zizi Szabo, all killed during lecture tours of Professor Arczysnki at the universities located in cities where those women lived. but we have an inkling there are more killed over the centuries.

Anton Szabo, 2017



Alex Raven
Known aliases : Siora (birth name), Rhionnan of
Wales, Alexena Sirinakis, Alexandra von Zemlinsky,
Alexandra Kamp, Aleandra Kane, Alexandra
Naruszewicz, Alexandra Clarke, Sandra Corneille,
Alexandra ‘Lexi’ Davis
Weapon : Celtic broadsword
Recorded kills : *See Addendum*

Status
Most recent base of operations : Warsaw, Poland
Occupation : Security Agent, Ravenwood
International Security; Central Europe Division
Prior occupations : Bounty hunter, mercenary,
freedom fighter, American Civil War Underground
Railroad, Celtic warrior
Roster of Immortals Status : Active
Date :
Place :
Victor :
Watcher : Sally Ayerdhal

Background
Original cultural affiliation : Iceni
Born : 31, Eastern Celtic Britain
First death : 60, Warrior in Boudicca's army against
Roman army; committed suicide after Iceni’s defeat
First teacher : Xanthia of Melitus
Know associates : Ravenwood, Eike Koubek
Known past associates : Gerard LeBlanc, Ingrid
Henning, Gideon, Harlan Fabiszak, Boris Ulov,
Avram Mordecai, Patrick Dziuma, Flaviusz Rosiak,
Ceirdwyn, Kellistra, Matthew of Salisbury, the Six of
Vinland, Marcus Constantine, Betsy Mitchell
Known students : *See Addendum II*
First recorded sighting : 60. Eastern Celtic Britain
Daughter and student of Xanthia of Melitus

To the outside world, Alex Raven presents a pretty intimidating front. She's a small ball of leather-clad attitude with a wicked right hook and an even more wicked blade. If you project a strong enough front, no one tries to get close to you, and you don't get hurt, physically or emotionally. Or at least that's the theory.
It would be easy to think that's all there is to Alex, but to understand what she's really like, you need to watch and understand Max. Max Leiner is a good man, one of the best I've ever seen, and a wise one, wiser in some ways than many Immortals ten times his age. And what Max is today is a product of what he was taught and shown, first by his father, and then by Alex. Max is their child as much as any child is the product of their biological parents -- Max is the best of David and Alex in combination. Max loves Alex unconditionally, not only because she mothered him, not only because she saved his life, but because he can see the good shining within her, he knows what she's really like. Max trusts Alex not only with his own life, but with the lives and memories of his people. To Max, Alex is a good, righteous, and caring person, and that's a good enough recommendation for me.

Kelly Quinn, 1996


ADDENDUM I
Recorded kills : Ferrun of Frisia, Cormac of Connacht, Ivar Ragnarsson, Bronwen of Powys, Ludwig Ortlieb, Marie-Sophie Cali, Gerard Leroi, Detlef Gerback, Isaiah of Assyria, Lucas Kagan, Millij Chojecka, Jiri Beranek, Father Alexi Garnoff
inconclusive fight against Corin McGeary, 1023; Anton Kolnov, 1549, Kern, 1554, Olena Ovorova, 1780, Lord Francis Lee, 1813 and Steven Ligotti, 1958

ADDENDUM II
Known students : Richomer of Dover, Beadwhyrd of Ely, Edwina of Mercia, Ingeltrude of Burgundy, Hugh O'Neil, James McCosh, Dobromira Corej, Yelena Varsenick, Patrick Dziuma, Brynn Steele, Fatou Bassolo M’Bo






Michael Rojek
Known aliases : Mlichail Borcek, Rudolf Weigl,
Jan Sniadecki
Notable characteristics : 6'6''
Weapon : Crusader sword
Recorded kills : *See Addendum*

Status
Most recent base of operations : Warsaw, Poland
Occupation : Inspector, Warsaw Police
Department
Prior occupations : Law enforcement, bounty
hunter, aristocrat; soldier, Czechoslovak Legion
Roster of Immortals Status : Active
Date :
Place :
Victor :
Watcher : Marian Goldflam

Background
Original cultural affiliation : Slovak
Born : 1472, Poszony (Bratislava) Slovakia
First death : 1506; Kiled in duel of honor
First teacher : Matthew of Salisbury
Known past associates : Matthew of Salisbury
Known ennemies : Stosch Basalok, Victor
Markov, Petar Krupova
First recorded sighting : 1527. Katowice, Poland
inconclusive fight against Tomir Drimmer

Rojek's last quarry was Ionel Oltenau in Romania . I wonder what he has accomplished by taking his head. Did he enjoy his Quickening ? I cannot help but notice that most players of the Game are either delusional, psychotic or self-righteous champions of good vs evil (aren't you, Mister MacLeod), bent on challenging and killing immortals until only one remains; I know, it is the point of the Game, but look at it this way : of the five hundred plus immortals living on Earth presently, 88% are living AWAY from the Game : they don't take challenges, and avoid each others, or sometimes befriend each others, but the point is : they don't spend their time taking heads.
Most of the so-called "k'immies" who were active during the nineties are now dead, the world is a much better place. But still, a nice guy like Oltenau died and it's a painful reminder that the Game is still there, after all.

John Snedeger, 2001


ADDENDUM : Recorded Kills

Adriana of Constantinople, Imre Romani, Monika Kluk, Andrei Kroviak, Ygor Pasternak, Anezka Pokoj, Yelena Varsenick
inconclusive fight against Tomir Drimmer, 1527; Mary MacGreggor, 1743; Bodog Gurka, 1755; Etienne Pascolo, 1794; Micha of Linius, 1831; Zoltan Szabo, 1897; Jeroslav Corej, 1938 and Milos Arczynski, 1953




Vasilisa Vasilyevna
Known aliases : Vasilisa Chemerkina, Vasily
Chemerkin, Pavla of Novgorod
Notable characteristics : Feisty character, survived
in the Game under male identities
Weapon : One-handed broadsword
Recorded kills : Zourab Shelia, Cheslav Taranenko
Inconclusive fight against Father Alexi Garnoff,
1240

Status
Most recent base of operations : Budapest,
Hungary
Occupation : Independent means, headhunter
Prior occupations : Sword-for-hire, soldier
Roster of Immortals Status : Active
Date :
Place :
Victor :
Watcher : Research, Immortals of Russia

Background
Original cultural affiliation : Kievan Rus
Born : 11th century, Kievan Rus, under the reign
of Yaroslav the Wise
First death : 11th century, Killed during attack on
Kiev by nomadic Kipchaks
First teachers : Svyatopolk & Nadyenka Chemerkin
Known associates : Simon Vasilyev
Known past associates : Svyatopolk and Nadyenka
Chemerkin, the Bogatyris
Known ennemies : Father Alexi Garnoff
First recorded sighting : 1099; Smolensk, Russia
Witnessed battle of Nadyenka Chemerkin against
Sidor Tadui, unaware of her own immortality, taken
as student by the Nadyenka and her brother

A daughter of a priest wore men's clothing, rode horses, and could fire a gun. One day the king saw this "young man", but his servants insisted that the "young man" was in fact a girl. The king did not believe the servants; he wrote to the priest asking him if his "son" could have dinner with him. The priest sent his daughter to the king’s home. Before she arrived, the king sought advice from the witch regarding the true identity of the "young man". The witch advised the king to do many different things to test if Vasilisa is a girl or not, such as place an embroidery frame and a gun positioned on a wall and to see which object she will notice first. If she is a girl she will notice the frame first, and vice-versa. The "young man" passed every test, but the king remained doubtful. The king tries several times to find the true identity, but on the last time the king asked the "young man" to take a bath with him, and the "young man" agreed. While the king undressed, the "young man" undressed, bathed quickly and fled, leaving a note for the king saying

"Ah King Barkhat, raven that you are, you could not surprise the falcon in the garden! For I am not Vasily Vasilyevna, but Vasilisa Vasilyevna"

From Russian folklore, 'Vasilisa, the priest's daughter'
Watcher Research, Eastern Europe

The Novgorod Republic, together with Pskov retained some degree of autonomy during the time of the Mongol invasion of mid-13th century and were largely spared the atrocities that affected the rest of the
country. Led by Prince Alexander Nevsky, Novgorodians repelled the invading Swedes in the Battle of
the Neva in 1240, as well as the Germanic crusaders in the Battle of the Ice in 1242, breaking their attempts to colonize the Northern Rus'.
From 1232 to 1242, Father Garnoff settled in Novgorod where he administered the spiritual needs of the locals, playing the Game at one point, when he challenged immortal woman Vasilisa Vasilyevna who joined the army of Pince Nevsky against the Swedes; during the battle, Garnoff's Watcher was killed, his opponent went missing and was thought killed. Vasilisa didn't re-aappear in the Watcher chronicles before this year's Immortals War.

From the Chronicle of Vasilisa Vasilyevna
Watcher Research, Eastern Europe



Florica Marga
Known aliases : Camilla Ressu, Jeanne Sterrani,
Cornelia Dimitria
Notable characteristics : Red hair, teenaged
Immortal; untrusting of immortal men after
encounters with Michael Rojek and Zoltan Laszlo
Weapon : Two-handed broadsword

Status
Most recent base of operations : Prague, Czech
Republic
Occupation : Innskeeper
Prior occupations : Leading Czech resistance
agaisnt Nazi occupation , WWII
Roster of Immortals Status : Inactive
Date :
Place :
Victor :
Watcher : Alexandra Nechita

Background
Original cultural affilation : Vlach
Born : 1703; Oltenia, Western Wallachia
First death : 1718; Raped and killed by Austrian
soldiers during occupation of Western Wallachia
First teacher : Jacques Morant of Brittany
Known past associates : Jacques Morant,
deceased
Known ennemies : Michael Rojek, Zoltan Laszlo
First recorded sighting : 1720. Western Wallachia
Found and mentored by Jacques Morant

Just a locale immortal innskeeper trying to keep out of trouble; unable to lift as word, lost Zoltan Laszlo in the woods and bashed Michael Rojek on the head with a frozen ox limb before escaping him. She finally decided to play the Game for good and discovered she had quite a talent with swords, cutlasses and kitchen knives. Took out six immortals, including three who came after her. She looks like a mere slip of a girl, but is a wicked lady when things get pushy. However, she cannot resist mature men and good-looking Immortals which may prove to be her downfall after all.

Alex Nechita, 2016




Derek Markham
Known aliases : Michael Derek, Didier Meers
Notable characteristics : Sociopathic
Weapon : Double-ring rapier

Status
Most recent base of operations : Warsaw, Poland
Occupation : Kidnapping racket, specialising in
children from rich families
Prior occupations : Highwayman
Roster of Immortals Status : Inactive
Date :
Place :
Victor :
Watcher : Patrick Salzer

Background
Original cultural affiliation : English
Born : 1717; Bedford, England
First death : 1746; Highwayman ambushing
Swenja Batz and Lootje De Groot
First teachers : Swenja Baatz and Lootje De Groot
Known past associates : Swenja Baatz, Lootje De
Groot, Amanda, Viktor Hansen, Andrew Franklin
First recorded sighting :1746; the road from
Ipswich to Bedford. Tried to rob Swenja and Lootje
who laughed, killed him and then mentored him

In 1746, Swenja Baatz and Lootje De Groot were travelling from Ipswich, fresh from having kiled Irishman Ethan Callaghan and were going on with their business as highwaywomen. On the road, while travelling to Bedford, they had the surprise to meet a pre-immortal highwayman who tried to rob them from their money and other valuables; the two women felt the pre-immortal presence from Markham and looked at him with a knowing smilebefore Swenja drew her pistol and shot him in the heart. When Markham came back from the dead, he had his would-be victims by his side who explained to him exactly why he wasn’t dead; with his new friends’ teachings, he discovered the world was his playgound and that he could be anything he ever dreamt of. The trio then spent two years robbing the riches,giving only to themsevles before Swenja decided to end their little menage à trois and to leave for Cornwall; they ended their relationship with Markham by suggestign he makes the most of his immortality... and he did, constantly living on the fringes of the Law, evading the attentions of the like of Charles Mako or Matthew of Salisbury, associating himself with immortals such as Viktor Hansen or Amanda.

From the Chronicle of Derek Markham :

My father told me what kind of lousy scum I was going to Watch, he didn't prepare me to encounter such a despicable character : egocentric, cowardly, cunning, greedy, obsessed with women and especially with the ancient lady Who made the mistake of associating herself with him. Amanda should have known better, according to what Watcher Archives sent me about her. The two associates were involved in some kidnapping racked, targeting children of London's upper society. This time, the game turned sour with the kidnapped child accidentally killed by Markham. Amanda angrily turned on him and threatened to feed him to the policemen only to feel Markham's sword to her throat.
Amanda being the only witness of Markham's crimes, he offered her a choice : marry him or die. A wife cannot testify against her husband on court, he reasoned. Amanda, not too good with a sword, agreed and the "lovebirds" were married by a defroqued priest in the hour. But Amanda, amoral thief and loving to mortals, sold her husband to the constable winning the gratitude of a family of mortals and the undying hatred of her ex-husband.

Oliver Pickwick, Manchester 1867