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  • From the records of the Tribunal

    Echijole Jimah

    Most recent base of operations : Pointe-Noire,
    Republic of the Congo
    Occupation : Manager/CEO, Anziku Copper Minings Production
    Prior occupations : Anziku warrior-woman;

    Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
    Date : 8 July 2019
    Place : Pointe-Noire
    Victor : Anansi the Spider
    Watcher : Zebedia Kimbé

    Echijole Jimah lived by the sword, a weapon to which she had a mystical connection, feeling her sword was alive and telling her which battle to choose and which to walk away from. As is common in Africa, animism is a prevalent belief in which people do believe inanimate objects have a soul. We often wondered wether Kastagir’s sword mourned its master after the Kurgan killed him. There are tales of ancient weapons which received the souls of their departed masters and when picked by a new master, somehow the Immortal was connected to the Immortals who once possessed those swords. When the Final Gathering finally comes, all of those beautiful swords will be orphaned and will mourn.

    Watcher Research, African myths.



    Apollo, I did some changes to the Black Friars breakout catastrophe...


    From Watcher Bureau, Great Britain

    To Ravenwood

    Date : 17.09.2013


    Breakout at Black Friar ! Under the command of tAlfgar of Winchester, extremely dangerous Immortals have escaped from their confinement, The attached files describe who those Immortals are to be approached with extreme caution : Alfgar of Winchester, Jennifer De Chaillot, Jacob Kell , Loretta Lynn, Kieson MacDougall, Karolina Olin.

    Carolyn Mortimer and Emilie Valentin have been confirmed dead, killed by Kell and Alfgard.


    Carolyn Mortimer
    Most recent base of operations : Swansea, Wales
    Occupation : Director/ chief psychiatrist, Black
    Friar Asylum
    Prior occupations : Psychiatrist, medical student,
    aristocrat, music teacher
    Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
    Date : 17 November 2013
    Place :Black Friars
    Victor : Jacob Kell
    Watcher : Sylvia Krause, Black Friar Chronicle

    Emilie Valentin
    Most recent base of operations : Swansea, Wales
    Occupation : Medical nurse, Black Friar Asylum
    Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
    Date : 17 November 2013
    Place :Black Friars
    Victor : Alfgar of Winchester
    Watcher : Tom Cullen

    Robert Henderson
    Most recent base of operations : Dundee, Scotland
    Occupation : SIS agent, serial killer
    Prior occupation: Accident & Emergency doctor,
    Royal Edinburgh Hospital; Operative, SIS
    Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
    Date :30 November 2013
    Place Dundee, Scotland
    Victor : Eadwilf SIS, Quickenign lost
    Watcher: SIS Watcher Team


    From Watcher Bureau, Great Britain

    To Ravenwood

    Date : 30.09.2013


    The SIS warned Meghan MacKay against Robert Henderson, urging her to stay clear of him : this was a Dark Quickening alert. But Meghan listed to her own heart, not to her head and looked for her past teacher. She didn't need to look for him, he alrerady was hunting her.
    When they faced each other, Meghan tried to takl him out of his madness, unfortunately she was adressing the MacTaggert bits that festered in Hendrson's psyche. You do not reason a raving psychopaht like Kevin MacTaggert.
    And when Henderson drew his sword, Bang ! He was shot from range by Raymond d'Amboise, the SIS' own master sniper who fled in a hurry before he could be impancted by Henderson’s dissolving energies.

    Naturally the deaths of Immortals killed by the Black Friar escapees as well as the deaths of the escapees themselves happen in 2013. As a matter of fact, the Immortal War was the massive eartthquake which triggered the tsunami of the Gathering the Immortals are currently living through.
    Last edited by Gardner; 05-30-2022, 03:51 AM.

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    • I approve of the changes you've made to the Black Friar breakout storyline, Gardner. The basics are the same with Eadwulf still taking out Alfgar from a distance. And Meghan still met her end anyway at the hands of another escapee a few years later.

      And the Gathering having been started by the Immortals War is ironic considering that was Memnet-Ra's plan all along. He may have perished but it seems his legacy lives on....

      Apollo1

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      • Glad you like my reasoning. Here are more deaths stories, 2013-2018.

        Cheers !

        Marc Mariano

        Most recent base of operations : Cordoba,
        Argentina
        Occupation : Political activist, trying to ‘help’
        Argentinian people remember their negro slaves
        population
        Prior occupations : Bounty hunter, soldier in army
        of Argentina, servant, slave
        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
        Date :21 May 2010
        Place : Cordoba
        Victor : Felicitas Camardan
        Watcher : Julia Lopez


        Felicitas Camardan

        Known aliases : Aurora Felix, Patricia Guzmàn
        Notable characteristics : Tattoo on left shoulder
        Weapon : Archer sword
        Recorded kills : Marc Mariano, Velia Fiz
        Inconclusive fight against Robert de Valicourt,
        1669; missing between 1999 and 2010

        Status
        Most recent base of operations : Cerro Grande,
        Vargas State, Venezuela
        Occupation : Black widow, serial murderer
        siphoning wealth from men she marries
        Prior occupations : Art gallery proprietor
        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
        Date : 9 November 2010
        Place : Lago de Valencia, Venezuela
        Victor : Caras De Trevyn
        Watcher : Research, South America


        Pilar Goncalves

        Known aliases : None
        Notable characteristics : Immortal child, taught to
        use her innocent looks in the Game by Jade el-
        Amin
        Weapon : Batard sword with short blade

        Status
        Most recent base of operations : Madrid, Spain
        Occupation : Street urchin, occasional headhunter
        Prior occupations : Street urchin
        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
        Date : 8 February 2014
        Place : Madrid
        Victor : Harry Houdini
        Watcher : Marisol Izquierdo

        Background
        Original cultural affiliation : Iberian Gypsy
        Born : 1786; Southern Spain
        First death : 1798; Perished in circus fire set upon
        by thieves
        First teacher : Jade el-Amin
        Known past associates : Jade el-Amin
        First recorded sighting : 1798. Liverpool, England
        Found and mentored by Jade el-Amin, at this time
        a circus acrobat

        In the Game, the first victim is innocence, the innocence of children killed too soon, reborn to hunt or be hunted. Kenneth, Bossart, the Coyoteros are prime example of it as is Pilar Gonçalves from England who was taught by Jade el-Amin to use her innocent features as an advantage. Jade and Amanda were similar in all things, including the manner they mentored youg immortals. Trickery, deceit, lies, murder.
        Ever since her first death, Pilar has been killing her fair shaire of immortals, a lot of them wanting to use her, but some who weren’t evil. Still she killed, little by little becoming like Kenneth. Her last quarry was Harry Houdini the master escapist who saw clearly through her game and wasn’t above killing an immortal woman hiding behind the face of an innocent child. Needless to say Houdini had to leave Madrid as fast as possible, relocating to Southeast Asia after the local police found the body of Pilar. He couldn't afford to have the body of a child linked to him.

        Watcher Bureau, Iberia


        Maesa of Moab
        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
        Date : 18 April 2014
        Place : Moab
        Victor : Lazarus

        Sherilynn Wolpher
        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
        Date : 20 June 2014
        Place : Seattle WA
        Victor : Richie Ryan

        John Garrick
        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
        Date : 21 June 2014
        Place : Seattle WA
        Victor : Richie Ryan

        The lost little lamb named Sherilynn Wolpher came after Richie Ryan asking for his help, the bad man was after her, he killed her Immortal friend and she was in danger of being killed. Richie Ryan maybe an eternal teenaged boy but his is not Immortal to lose his senses over a girl like this ! Especially not after meeting the likes of Felicia Martins who tried to take his head twice ! Sherilynn was in cahoots with projecting empath John Garrick and did his bidding, both Immortals forming a lethal tag-team against those of their kind. They hoped to clear the way in Seattle with Ryan's death. But Richie wised up and took the girl's head before John got his. The empath did his best to drive Ryan crazy with disturbing visions, with nightmarish fantasies projected into his mind but Ryan has seen it all. John Garrick is no more. When he came after Ryan, he expected an easy kill but it was the red-head teen who put the Englishman to his final resting place.

        From the Chronicle of Richie Ryan
        Watcher Bureau, Pacific Northwest.



        Kallisto of Nicopolis (actress : Daphne Patakia, innocent looks are deceiving)
        Status
        Most recent base of operations : Balkans, no fixed location
        Occupation : Independent means, headhunter
        Prior occupations : Byzantine warrior; also training
        Byzantine soldiers in Spartan combat techniques
        she learnt from Deoneces & Kyra of Sparta
        Roster of Immortals Status : Active
        Date :
        Place :
        Victor :
        Watcher : Research, Southern Europe

        She was called the bear woman by her men, because of her switching moods and the way she ferociously defended her cubs, a tribe offoster children born in the 14th century who followed her everywhere and whom she trained as spies, saboteurs and assassins infiltrating ennemies lines in warfare. She was even thought to have been a past identity of legendary Kellistra because of her former alias of Kallistrate
        and the fact Kellistra once called herself Ursual Katz, seemingly a dead giveaway. However, Kallisto was found to have been born in the Nicopolis Theme of the 12th century and was identified as a past disciple of Seraphina of Rome. So much for the Kellistra/Kallisto theory.
        Kallisto disappeared during the Byzantine civil war of 1357 with her children and was never heard from again.
        What could turn an heroine and mother into such a ruthless killer ? If she lost her children/tribe to the Game it may have broken her heart to the extant she lost touch with her humanity. Since she re-appeared in 2014 she has been playing theGame withabandon, seemingly not feeling one thing. Even Safiya Khan has a life of her own. Kallisto... just plays the Game. So sad/

        Watcher Bureau, Balkans





        Mario Cardoza (I can't believe that freak hoped to make it to the end !)
        Most recent base of operations : Bologna, Italy
        Occupation : Assassin/Chef/Restaurator
        Prior occupations : Murder-for-hire, innkeeper,
        Spadassin, traveller, cook
        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
        Date : 8 October 2016
        Place : Florence
        Victor : Bonafemina D’Elia
        Watcher : Sandro Palermo



        Sameh Hadad
        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
        Date : 15 November 2016
        Place : Aleppo
        Victor : Nader Salam upon challenging Sacred
        Order Pathfinder John the Apostle


        Carlo Baldoni
        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
        Date : 2 October 2018
        Place : Yucatàn
        Victor : Quani Colotl


        Tome Lluna

        Status
        Most recent base of operations : Callao Peru
        Occupation : Detective, Callao Police departement
        Prior occupations : Warrior; bodyguard, Governor of Ecuador, 18th century
        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
        Date : 12 October 2018
        Place : Callao
        Victor : Esmeralda Vivientes, upon trying to sexually assault Sacred Order Pathfinder Ixcatzin
        Watcher : Researchn Latin American


        Katherine of Samothrace
        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
        Date : 12 July 2018
        Place : Thessaloniki
        Victor : Kallisto of Nicopolis

        Kallisto of Nicopolis
        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
        Date : 12 July 2018
        Place : Thessaloniki
        Victor : Deoneces of Sparta

        Katherine arrived to late to save the life of her son Adam, murdered in cold blood by Kallisto of Nicopolis, the young pre-Immortal didn't reach his Immortality and would never achieve his full potential. Not that he would have enjoyed it much. How could Kallisto murder Adam is beyond us, the former mother hen is gone forever, replaced by just another headhunter. Katherine had only two days to bury her son, she felt devastated and was lucky to have Deoneces and Kyra of Sparta by her side at the funeral. Seraphina was here too, as well as Xanthia from London. After the burial it was time for revenge but Katherine was in no shape to fight and Deoneces knew it. However, Kate took the time to sharpen her sword. Grief would come later. Now was the time of the Gathering and doomed or not, she would avenge her son.
        Her battle against Kallisto of Nicopolis was a furious one and as Deoneces predicted, Kallisto prevailed. Buit not for long.
        Deoneces came after the warrior-woman like a fury and took her out of the Game; he grienved for his woman, for her son but also for hte old friend who had turned into an ennemy whose soul had been lost to the Game long ago. Watchers predicted that what could befall a colossus like Deoneces would be the deaths of Kyra, Seraphina and Katherine, his three sirens. Katherine is no more. Can Seraphina and Kyra survive and make sure Deoneces does ?

        From the Chronicle of Katherine of Samothrace



        Carter Wellan
        Most recent base of operations : Calgary, AL
        Occupation : Businessman
        Prior occupations, Mercenary, sailor, sword-for-hire
        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
        Date : 8 January 2019
        Place : Calgary
        Victor : Lootje De Groot

        Hazeem Al Bachrim
        Most recent base of operations : Calgary, AL
        Occupation : Businessman
        Prior occupations : CEO, Ashanti Imports, warrior,
        guerillas leader, military leader, sailor, mercenary
        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
        Date :10 January 2019
        Place : Calgary
        Victor : Swenja Baatz


        Was it Carter Wallan joke that rubbed Lootje De Groot the wrong way ? Carter's puns are often bad and can be misunderstood. He should have known the reputation of Lootje, a woman with a dark, twisted sense of humor who doesn't like being mocked and felt the youngish Immortal was humoring her. The friendly overture was addressed to the wrong kind of lady and soon the pleasant evening ended with a fatal confrontation between the two Immortals. Once united in a common goal against the pawns of Mement-Ra durign the Immortals War, now led like lemmings by the madness of the Gathering, the fight ended with Lootje victorious. Carter died on his knees, a demonstration that the woman is indeed the deadliest of the species.

        Hazeem Al Bachrim had barely the time to mourn before he tracked Lootje De Groot to her lair where he was met by Lootje's companion, Swenja Baatz. Hazeem intended to avenge his companion but his resolve was lacking. Carter was dead, what was there for him to fight ? Before Swenja's sword, the Ashanti remembered the failure from the tribal ritual which ended his mortality and he finally understood the folly of spending centuries playing the Game endlessly. As his head rolled on the ground, he may have contended himslef with his only prize : to be reunited with Carter forever in the afterlife.


        Krishna Singh
        Chronicle of Hazeem Al Bachrim and Carter Wellan



        Seraphina

        Status
        Most recent base of operations : New-York NY
        Occupations : Security Agent, Ravenwood
        International Security; US Territory Division
        Prior occupation : Broker, Sherman & White, soldier,
        adventurer, sailor, mercenary sword, gladiatrix
        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
        Date : 8 July 2019
        Place : Brooklyn NY
        Victor : Messalina of Rome
        Watcher : Gina Torrelli


        Messalina of Rome

        Status
        Most recent base of operations : New-York, NY
        Occupation : Businesswoman, blogger uncovering
        sex scandals in the finance world of Manhattan
        Prior occupations : White Queen of the Hellfire
        Club, 19th Century; socialite, kingmaker
        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
        Date : 9 July 2019
        Place : Manhattan NY
        Victor : Deoneces of Sparta
        Watcher : Jenna Milano

        Messalina of Rome didn't last long against Deoneces of Sparta after she killed the second of his "sirens". Seraphina was expected to be among the contestants of the Final Gathering, however, while a superb fighter, Messalina bested her. She must have trained harder than Seraphina did because she displayed superb fighting kills we didn't expect from her. After all, Messalina was never truly a player of the Game. How she did fight sometimes, if only to savor the odd Quickening or to rod herself from an an enneny but this was a surprise.
        She didn't enjoy her Quickening for long, however. Deoneces challenged her but his grief nearly cost him his head; His concentration looked gone. Kyra was ready to interfere, if only to shut the Roman bitch's viperine mouth but Deoneces denied his fellow Spartan and finally won.

        Deoneces and Kyra buried Seraphina, but they will need each other if theri want to be the survivors of hte Gathering.

        Watcher bureau, US Northeast
        Last edited by Gardner; 05-29-2022, 05:20 AM.

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        • Wow, Gardner! Some big scalps being taken this year. It seems the Gathering is in full force. The amount of Immortals losing their heads already has severely depleted the population. So many Immortals have died since the Immortals War, more than probably in several centuries combined. So many won't see out the 2020s, if any! Lol

          Do you have the backgrounds for the Marvel brothers? They're not on my list.

          Cheers
          Apollo1

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          • There will be survivors, THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE is but a myth after all, once Memnet Ra's motto. Only One Ra. The big and minor players will kill each other off leaving the neutral and more peaceful Immortals to live and fight another day. Think Magnificent Seven, the movie with Yul Brynner : the farmers won in the end


            G.




            Warren Cochrane

            Most recent base of operations : Spain, no fixed adress
            Occupation : Travels guide writer
            Prior occupations : Revolutionary, soldier in
            Prince Charles Stuart’s army, innspkeeper
            Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
            Date : 7 July 2019
            Place : Madrid
            Victor : Frances Drummond
            Watcher : Rahne Sainclair

            Warren Cochrane had scores to settle with Steven Keane so that's why he took him out of the Game last May, but what come after Frances Drummond ? Because she is an Englishwoman or becauser There Can Be Only One ? No reason for it by the look of it but Cochrane always was mentally unstable and the Gathering made him lose his mind for good : honestly who would try to take on the fabled Crimson Butterfly ? You would need to be insane or desperate to have the power of a major player like Frances Drummond.
            Cochrane is no more, his dreams of winning the independance of Scotland gone forever.

            Rahne Sainclaire, July 2019


            From Middle Eastern countries, a list of MIA Immortals now confirmed dead.

            Pantea Arteshbod
            Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
            Date : 783 Rebelling against Rashidun Caliphate
            In conflict against Selim Ubadah and Hamza el-
            Kahir
            Place : Hamadan
            Victor : Selim Ubadah

            Chwun-yu of Kangju
            Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
            Date : 1219 Invasion of Persia by Mongols
            Place : Iranian plateau
            Victor : Lobon Naro-Boshung

            Mohsen Ibn Rida-Siraj
            Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
            Date : 1803 During capture of Mecca by First
            Saudi State, hunted down by Jamal Labdouini
            Place : Mecca
            Victor : Jamal Labdoudini


            Skerdis of Khwarezm
            Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
            Date : 1017 Invasion of Khwarezm by Sultan
            Mamhud of the Ghaznavid
            Place : Gurganj
            Victor : Possibly Jamal Labdouni or Taher Ibn
            Hamed Al Jaber, ESA
            Last edited by Gardner; 07-07-2021, 03:15 AM.

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            • Great recent updates, my friend.
              Hazeem and Carter ironically died in a similar fashion to how they perished on the TV show; Carter said something to Richie, who had a short fuse, Richie kills Carter, Hazeem hunts down Richie, runs into MacLeod, who challenges and kills Hazeem to protect Richie (though on the show MacLeod also had a score to settle with Hazeem. Here, Carter says something he shouldn't have to the hot-headed Lootje, who fights and kills Carter, Hazeem hunts down Lootje, finds Swenja, who challenges and kills Hazeem to protect Lootje (don't think there was any score to settle this time though). Symmetry.

              Cheers
              Apollo1

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              • Glad you liked it.
                G.

                LEVANT GATHERING


                George of Lydda

                Status
                Most recent base of operations : No fixed
                Occupation : Independant means, headhunter
                Prior occupation : Errant knight, righter of wrongs
                As part of the Champions of Christendom
                Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                Date : 20 May 2019
                Place : Jerusalem, Palestine
                Victor : Ishtar of Erech
                Watcher : Research, Immortals of Myth

                Background
                Original cultural affiliation : Levantine Christian
                Born : 280; Lydda, Syria Palaestina, Roman
                Empire
                First death : 303, Christian martyr, executed for
                not making offerings to the Roman gods
                First teacher : Andrew the Apostle
                Known associates : Champions of Christendom
                Known past associates : Dyonisios, Methos
                Known ennemies : Kalyb the Enchantress, cross-
                identified as Cassandra, Eternal Swords of Allah
                First recorded sighting : 695 Palestine. Questing
                for the Holy Grail, captured by Cassandra with the
                Champions of Christendom



                Andrew the Apostle

                Status
                Most recent base of operations : No fixwed
                Occupation : Independant means, headhunter
                Prior occupation : Errant knight, righter of wrongs
                As part of the Champions of Christendom
                Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                Date : 20 May 2019
                Place : Jerusalem, Palestine
                Victor : Ishtar of Erech
                Watcher : Research, Immortals of Myth

                Background
                Original cultural affiliation : Levantine Christian
                Born : 5 BC; Galilea, Roman Empire
                First death : 45 AD; Christian martyr, crucified
                First teacher : Dyonisios the Aeropagite
                Known associates : Champions of Christendom
                Known past associates : Dyonisios, Methos,
                Known ennemies : Kalyb the Enchantress, cross-
                identified as Cassandra, Eternal Swords of Allah
                First recorded sighting : 695 Palestine. Questing
                for the Holy Grail, captured by Cassandra with the
                Champions of Christendom

                What an ironic turn of even that Christianity's best champions were taken down by Ishtar of Erech, the Sumerian goddess of war and love. While Jerusalem is considered a holy city, Andrew and George still brought the violence of the Game to Ishtar who hadn't had a fight in twenty years and was living peacefully. Still, she trains often and her sword is sharp. Andrew and George didn't last long against Ishtar who fought them both at the same time and won a major double-Quickening, so powerful that Jerusalem's Christian community thought the time of the Rapture had come at last. Well, it did come for the two Champions of Christendom.

                Watcher bureau, Levant
                Last edited by Gardner; 03-19-2021, 06:06 AM.

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                • Still loving your updates, my friend. Nice to hear about Damon Case again. And many previously missing Immortals coming out of the woodwork now the Gathering is upon us....

                  Before my mum passed away i had done some work on a chronicle i was going to post. As you can imagine, it kind of got put on the back burner for awhile. I've taken some tentative steps into completing it. i'm a bit out of practice and still not 100%, but I've given it a go. Hope you like it...

                  Utnapishtim

                  Known aliases: Noah, Atrahasis, Ziusudra
                  Notable characteristics: Last surviving pre-Flood
                  Era Immortal
                  Weapon: Unrecorded

                  Status
                  Most recent base of operations: Unrecorded
                  Occupation: Unrecorded
                  Prior occupations: According to Sacred Order, a
                  scholar at the Temple of Poseidon, Atlantis
                  Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
                  Date: 700 – 900AD
                  Place: Unrecorded
                  Victor: Both Kronos and the Kurgan boasted of having
                  taken the Quickening of “the Oldest Immortal”. Sacred
                  Order records confirm Kotys the Hunter was the actual killer
                  Watcher: Research, Chronicle of the Order of the Sacred
                  Knowledge

                  Background
                  Original cultural affiliation: Atlantean
                  Born: c 7500 BC, was said to be 2000 years old
                  at the time of the Great Flood
                  First death: Unrecorded
                  First teacher: Unrecorded
                  Known associates: Enki, priestess of the
                  Temple of Poseidon

                  First recorded sighting: c 5500 BC, Levant
                  The only pre-Flood Immortal to survive the Great
                  Catastrophe

                  From the Records of the Sacred Order

                  All myths and legends are said to be based on kernels of truth. And according to the Order, one such myth is that of Noah’s Ark. The legendary Noah was, according to the Order, actually an Immortal called Utnapishtim, who was forewarned by Immortal prophetess Enki about the coming catastrophe and urged to survive to preserve their race and the knowledge of the Great Immortal Kingdoms of Atlantis, Hyperborea, Lemuria, and Kunlun. The Ark of the legend was, according to the Order, not an actual ark, but either the written records of those kingdoms (the Order have, according to our Watcher team, acquired these sacred scrolls) or pre-Immortal children of the First Immortal Era. The Sacred Order have confirmed that Utnapishtim survived at least until the first millennium AD before being slain by Kotys the Hunter, who subsequently dropped out of sight until re-appearing as the Order’s hitman, The Apostate.

                  This evidence now means that Darius did not in fact kill the oldest living Immortal of his era since Utnapishtim was still alive at this time (and would have been nearly 8,000 years old!), at least for a few more centuries.

                  Cheers
                  Apollo1

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                  • Nice story about this ancient Immortal, Apollo. Are Watchers and Ravenwood aware of the Sacred Order's existence?

                    G.
                    Last edited by Gardner; 01-05-2020, 09:25 AM.

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                    • Another kill for Amy Ross. More testament to the teaching skills of Henry of Kent who always makes sure his students' sword skills are good enough to match any Immortal except only the most powerful and skilled of their kind.

                      And yes, the Watchers are now aware of the Sacred Order since they've managed to infiltrate the ranks of the Order's mortal scribes and support staff. The inner circle of Ravenwood will be aware that anyone who has sought out the secrets of the Order have all died so only a small group of Watchers and Ravenwood Immortals will have access to this information. The Order have spies everywhere so the least amount of people who know, the better.

                      Cheers
                      Apollo1

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                      • So that means Deoneces, Kyra, Drummond, Henry of Kent and Clemont of Haynes know about the Order. Possibly the SIS too, since they are close associates of Ravenwood. I am making the Gathering happen because the Sacred Order is pulling strings : they are preserving mankind's knowledge and want to clear out any Immortal interference, thus an artifically triggered Gathering. The Apostate is designed in advance to become The One, i.e the only one who will serve the order for all eternity.
                        The Sacred Order may be benevolent, but they hijacked the Game and are killing Immortals for their own cause. So this make them the enemy.
                        The Apostate, in likelihood, executed the survivors of the Zodiac Brotherhood before the ZB could rise again : Bernie Crimmins, Johann Faust and Pharamond are dead, though the Watchers cannot prove it. As a matter of fact, I see the Sacred Order as benevolent, righteous VILLAINS.


                        G.

                        Arquelao Chavarria
                        Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                        Date : 21 July 2019
                        Place : Miami
                        Victor : Hiawassee

                        Arquelao Chavarria is the only known Immortal to have survived a one-night stand with the child prostitute Mayra
                        Alejandra. He was seduced by the petite immortal and the girl liked his sense of humor and the fact they shared the same
                        physical and mental scars from tragic pasts. Nonetheless, Chavarria is a dangerous gangster who is causing serious gang-
                        related problems in Tampa, as well as being a proficient player of the Game. This year, after killing the remants of the
                        Combined Immortals of America, he had to face Hiwawassee who attended an exhibition of Indian arts in Miami;
                        Hiawassee left Miami with one hell of a souvenir.

                        Ines Guzmàn, July 2019


                        Joe Muhamad
                        Status
                        Most recent base of operations : Seattle, WA
                        Occupation : Metal worker, skilled craftman also
                        creating customized swords on behalf of disabled
                        Immortals
                        Roster of Immortals Status : Inactive
                        Date :
                        Place :
                        Victor :
                        Watcher : Dwight McFee

                        Joe Muhamad was originally born in Algeria, his parents moved in America in 1899 for a better life in Lousiana when he was in his teens. His father was a metalsmith, making beautiful works decorating inns and hostels and making good money for his wife and four children. When WWI erupted, Joe was drafted with millions of other Americans in 1917 and sent to Europe where he was hit by mortal shells on the trenches, losing both of his legs. Unhappy with his life, Joe followed in his father's footsteps, hoping to find achievement in metalworking. He spent the nex twenty years honing his skills until one night in 1939 when young robbers came into his shop looking for a stash of money had with no doubt hidden in his shop. When trying to stop the robbers, Joe was fatally shot and died. That was the end of Joe Muhamad and the beginning of one of rarest immortals to enter the Watchers'Chronicles : an handicapped man, mentored by a lengendary immortal - Marie Laveau - and taught to use a shotgun to parry off Immortals coming after him. And he has been quite apt at using his gun to fend for himself in the Game, waiting for any heahdunter foolish enough to come after an "easy target" like him.
                        After he shot and killed Chrystle Lightning in April – even as unlikely as it sounds – we expected old Joe to be possessed with the same evil that festered in the Indian’s mind, the dreaded Dark Quickening. However that didn’t seem to be the case, Joe seemingly has his own private demons and the DQ’s malevolence didn’t change his character. The same old angry Immortal who unexpectedly met up Richie Ryan on the outsklirts of Seattle. Richie was surprised to meet an Immortal who reminded him of his old friend Joe Dawson.
                        But this wasn’t Joe Dawson and the old Algerian tends to shoot first and ask questions later. His powerful shotgun nearly lopped Richie’s head off who chose to exit the premise. No need to loose one’s head over a temperamental Immortal who doesn’t follow the rules of the Game.

                        Dwight McFee, July 2019


                        Last edited by Gardner; 01-05-2020, 09:26 AM.

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                        • The best villains in any medium, TV, film, literature, are always the ones who see themselves as the heroes of their own story. In my view the best villains are the ones often doing terrible things for what they see as the right reasons. It makes them more interesting as antagonists. Conflicted heroes who become villains through grief, villains who believe their way is the only way to save the world, anti-heroes manipulated into doing bad things by a greater intellect using them for their own ends....all these i much prefer to moustache-twirling villains who do what they do because they're "evil" (a great example of this is the old and new Battlestar Galactica; in the old series Baltar betrayed the human race because, well, he was evil basically; in the new series, Baltar was a bit of an egotist who was seduced by a Cylon agent and unwittingly became responsible for humanity's downfall. He spent the rest of the series flipping from one side to the other purely for selfish reasons; his own self-preservation, and in the end redeemed himself by saving what was left of humanity. As you can tell, a bit of a favourite of mine! Lol)
                          So i can see where you're going with the Sacred Order and why they would believe eliminating the more dangerous Immortals is the right thing to do...

                          However, what the Sacred Order don't know (actually they haven't discovered yet, because it's in those scrolls that Utnapishtim saved from the Flood), is the real reason Enki wanted Utnapishtim to survive: to warn the next generation of Immortals not to make the same mistakes they made. The Great Immortal Kingdoms fell because of Immortal hubris; they believed they knew best, that they were better than mortals. They believed it was their divine right to guide humanity by ruling them, but Enki came to discover that Immortals were meant only to be teachers and guides, to build a better world by benevolently aiding mankind from the shadows, not by manipulating them , but by helping them through their vast experiences of life and history.

                          The pre-Flood Immortals instead built Kingdoms and became rulers and warmongers. They turned on each other and, in the end, an asteroid (was it divine intervention? I'll let you decide!) brought the pre-Flood civilisations to an end. Enki believed the Immortals were responsible for their own destruction because of their arrogance.

                          The Sacred Order, it would seem, are not heeding the lessons of Enki. Arrogance and hubris destroyed the First Immortals. Is history about to repeat itself?

                          Amanda and Nick Wolfe dead? Shock, horror! Lol
                          Admittedly, I'm not too displeased about Wolfe biting the big one. But Amanda? Still, even in the TV series (both Highlander and Raven) she was average with a blade, definitely not on the same level as Duncan MacLeod. But she still outlasted him (and could Duncan's death have held some sway over her willpower in the fight with Swenja?).
                          Mixed feelings here, lol, since i have a soft spot for those bad girls Swenja and Lootje.
                          With Amanda dead, i believe only Joe Dawson, Richie Ryan and Methos are left from the main cast now.

                          Cheers
                          Apollo1

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                          • Poor Amy Ross! I really had a sofft spot for the school teacher. A formidable swordswoman for a relatively young Immortal, but in the end probably not quite focused enough to match Chang. Maybe if she'd been a couple of centuries older and with a few more heads under her belt, she might have taken Chang.

                            Still, at least Henry of Kent didn't let Chang gloat for long. Once he had the Chinese Immortal's scent there was really only going to be one winner.

                            Apollo1

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                            • Yes, poor Amy Ross. I am postponing the Brazil Gathering for July, there are too many death notices for that month


                              Chiquito Quiroz
                              Most recent base of operations : Andes, Peru
                              Occupation : Professional mountains guide
                              Prior occupations : Mountain guide, Quechua
                              warrior
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                              Date : 1964
                              Place : Andes
                              Victor : The Apostate, in retaliation for guiding five European Immortals to Sacred Order’s place of hiding
                              Watcher : Research, South America



                              Bertric

                              Most recent base of operations : St. Christopher
                              Monastery , Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
                              Occupation : Benedictine monk, botanist
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                              Date : 30 March 1992
                              Place : Paris, France
                              Victor : Carlo Sendaro
                              Watcher : Brother Antoine, St. Christopher Monastery

                              From the Records of the Tribunal
                              5 July 1990

                              Botany has always been a great hobby of Bertric’s. He learned about plants and herbs from Brother Aloyisus the Abbey’s herbalist, when he would stayed after the Crusades. Aloysisus was a great teacher and friend to him and the chronicles of that time tell of the friendship and adventures that they had. He put much of use of herbs and healing on the battlefield. Much of his life was spent as a soldier, guide, or a mercenary. But no matter where he was, when he gets back home he has seeds or cuttings from some plant he has come across.
                              Lately he has been putting his knowledge to use in the lab. Grace Chandel has been pestering him to join her in the lab to help synthesize new medicines from various plants. The work seems to be going well and they seem to be getting on rather well too.

                              DMvTrek 2008

                              Update, April 1992

                              Bertric's death by the sword of Carlo Sendaro is the incentive that fueled Grace Chandel's decision to take action against her estrangedf husband and to finally rid the world from him. A divorce immortal-style.

                              Watcher Bureau, Western Europe


                              Carlo Sendaro
                              Most recent base of operations : Manaus, Brazil
                              Occupation : Plantation proprietor
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                              Date : 3 April 1992
                              Place : Paris, France
                              Victor : Grace Chandel




                              Ramsay Munro

                              I suppose we needed Crocodile Dundee on the Immortal scene in Australia, yet another cliché of the Australian myth for the Europeans and Americans who come visit us. Ramsay Munro however is a very serious player of the Game and an apt survivor who protect the wildlife and its endangered species from ‘roos hunters and croc hunters coming for their pelts. In the past two hundred years since we have been following him many Immortals have come after his head and never came back from their safari trip. His sole friend in the Immortal community is the vigilante Rokali Tapai who also hunts predators, of the sexual kind. They once debated on who are the worst : those who kill to eat or those who maim and rape women and children. A never-ending debate.

                              Watcher Bureau, Australia

                              July 2007


                              Frau Totenkinder

                              Most recent base of operations : Koln, Germany
                              Occupation : Delicatessen proprietor, headhunter
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                              Date : 12 September 2017
                              Place : Koln
                              Victor : Benedict Von Arlon
                              Watcher : Inga Modrow

                              The old witch wanted to get rid of the Immortal pests but they are the ones who ended her Immortal life.
                              She nearly killed the lot of them circa 1360 when they lived i nGermany and weren't the seasoned wolf pack they are i npresent days. As in the odl Grimm tales they got lost in the Black Forest and foudn the gentle lady with food and warm beds ready for them, not knowing she was killing Immortal children to perform sacrifical rituals for an ancient God she was serving. The Frau Totenkinder wasn't even listed in our records at that time, she first apears in 1360 as an ennemy of Terence of Coventry and Hannah Baran who were hunting her for past crimes committed againt children and arrived in the proverbial nick of time to prevent hte Von Arlon kids from beign slaughtered.
                              The old crone managed to escape and wasn't seen again until she re-appeared in Victorian England, leading an underground cult that was uncovered by the Secret Immortals Services. Again she evaded Immortal justice.
                              As the Gathering finally comes here she was, cornered by her former would-be victims. And that one time, she was the one to end in the oven, burnt to a crisp, her Quickenign received by Benedict.

                              Watcher Bureau ,Western Europe


                              ORDER OF SACRED KNOWLEDGE

                              Ishtar of Erech
                              Known identities : Astarte, Aphrodite, Phyllis,
                              Anne-Marie Almenta, Farrouz Faraj Mathhar
                              Notable characteristics : Pheromones-based
                              hypnotic powers
                              Weapon : Single-ring sword
                              Recorded kills Andrew the Apostle, George of
                              Lydda

                              Status
                              Most recent base of operations: Temple of the
                              Sacred Knowledge
                              Occupation : Overseer of the Scriptorium,Sacred Order
                              Prior occupations : Goddess, shrine keeper, warrior
                              Woman (retired from warfare)
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Inactive
                              Date :
                              Place :
                              Victor :
                              Watcher : Kristin Embers

                              Background
                              Original cultural affiliation : Mesopotamian
                              Born : c. 1000 BC, Eridu Mesopotamia
                              First death : c. 975 BC Undetermined
                              First teacher : Methos
                              Known associates : Methos, Pharamond, Hob
                              Gadling, Katherine of Samothrace, Etain of the
                              Second Look, Seamus of Athlone, Tamara
                              Kahraman
                              Known past associates : Feri Cansel, Pacho
                              O’Donnel, Arishat of Carthage, Shote of Galica
                              First recorded sighting : 1990. Chicago Ill.
                              Discussing whereabouts of Methos with Katherine
                              of Samothrace

                              Yoon Hwa-soo
                              Known identities : Bong Hwa-soo, Koo Che-I
                              Notable characteristics :
                              Weapon : Korean cavalry saber
                              Recorded kills : None, not a player of the Game
                              Inconclusive fight against Pak Jin-wao, 1650
                              Missing between 1749 and 2004

                              Status
                              Most recent base of operations : Busan ,South
                              Korea
                              Occupation : Manhwa scenarist and artist,
                              The Knights of Busan series
                              Sentinel, Sacred Order, asigned to Oppa Eunkyheun
                              Prior occupations : Sword-for-hire, righter of
                              wrongs, also hunting Kane and the Khan brothers
                              Prior occupations : Soldier, sailor
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Inactive
                              Date :
                              Place :
                              Victor :
                              Watcher : Kim I-wan

                              Background
                              Original cultural affilation : Korean
                              Born : 1184, South Korea
                              First death : 1231, Killed repellng Mongol invasion
                              of South Korea
                              First teacher : Uh Shi-won
                              Known past associates : Uh Shi-won
                              Known ennemies : Kane, Khabul and Senghi Khan
                              First recorded sighting : 1231, South Korea. Found
                              and mentored by Uh Shi-won

                              In 1231, as Princess Itagaki, Maude took part in the defense of South Korea against Mongol invasion led by Kane per request from Kellistra. She mentored a new immortal, Yoon Hwa-Soo. In 1749, after five centuries of adventures, warfare and playing the Game, Yoon Hwa-Soo thought about retiring in his homeland of Korea, but vanished near the shores of his homeland when a typhoon sunk his ship with all hands. He was seen again in 2004 when he was met by a frail, diminutive Immortal child who pretended to be lost and scared when she was a scorpion in disguise., Huan Mulan Immortal child and ruthless killer. Yoon didn’t suspect anything from her and neartly lost his head to the woman with the face of a child. Since sher threatened the security of the Immortal Pathfinder he is guarding, his priority as a Sentinel was to his charge and so he reluctantly gave up hunting Huan Mulan.

                              Watcher Research, Eastern Asia



                              Oppa Eunkyhung
                              Known identities : Elder Brother Eui-Tae,
                              Elder Brother Heung-Soo
                              Notable characteristics : Inspired poet and writer,
                              womanizing rogue
                              Weapon : Homemade sword, discarded
                              Missing since 675, Silla-Qtang War

                              Status
                              Most recent base of operations: Mobile
                              throughout South Korea, homebased in Seoul,
                              South Korea
                              Occupation : Adjunct Pathfinder, South and
                              North Korea
                              Prior occupations : Swordsmith,soldier, poet,
                              writer
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Inactive
                              Date :
                              Place :
                              Victor :
                              Watcher: Special Projects, Order of the Sacred
                              Knowledge

                              Background
                              Original cultural affiliation : Wiman Koseon
                              Born : 140 BC; Gojoseon Kingdom, Korea
                              First death : 108 BC; Killed during Gojoseon-Han
                              War
                              First teacher : Jin Ke, General in Han Imperial
                              army during invasion of Gojoseon
                              Known past associates : Jin Ke, Chan-sook
                              Known ennemies : Any male immortal crossing
                              him or challenging him
                              First recorded sighting : 108 BC. Gojoseon
                              Kingdom. Student of Jin Ke

                              The following text is a poem written by Oppa (Elder Nrother) Eunkyhung of Korea, an ancient immortal who wrote peotry and made a living as a singer and scribe. He showed a great sense of humor and intelligence as well as a certain taste for young immortal women : rather than fighting them, he seduced them and brought them to his bed. The song reached the mortal world and was used by Psy, south-Korean artist whose song became a worldwide success.

                              Watcher Research, Eastern Asia, Korea

                              A hot and human immortal during the day
                              A nice immortal girl who enjoys a drink
                              A young girl whose blood runs faster at night
                              My kind of immortal girl

                              I am an immortal
                              A hot-blooded immortal during the day
                              Drinking a Quickening before the body is cold
                              Whose heart explodes when the night comes
                              This kind of immortal

                              A calm immortal girl, who takes her sword when she plays
                              An immortal girl with long hair when she plays the Game
                              A girl with sense

                              I am an immortal man
                              Seemingly at peace, but who plays when the time come
                              Who goes crazy when he plays the Game
                              An immortal who uses his mind, rather than his muscles

                              Beautiful and friendly
                              You who play the Game, yes you
                              Now we shall play until the end
                              Until we reach for the stars

                              Oppa Eunkyhung has the immortal style
                              Yes the immortal style
                              This is Oppa Eunkyhung' Game
                              This is Oppa Eunkyhung' style

                              Aside from taking heads, drinking Quickenings
                              I am a man who knows one thing or two
                              About fighting and dancing and singing
                              Yes I know one thing or two

                              You know what I mean
                              I am Oppa Eunkyhung


                              Matanbael of Bit-Istar
                              Actor :Ghassan Massoud, aka Saladin in the movie Kingdom of Heaven

                              Known aliases : Fayrul ibn al Din
                              Notable characteristics : Lived on Holy Grounds
                              Weapon : Assyrian cavalry saber
                              Missing since 642, Dark Xanthia Chronicle

                              Status
                              Most recent base of operations: Temple of the
                              Sacred Knowledge, island of Aegina, Greece
                              Occupation : Master archivist, Sacred Order
                              Prior occupations : Assyrian warrior, plunderer;
                              shrine keeper outskirts of Ravansar Spring,
                              Tripolitania, known for curing Dark Quickenings
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Inactive
                              Date :
                              Place :
                              Victor :
                              Watcher: Special Projects, Order of the Sacred
                              Knowledge

                              Background
                              Original cultural affiliation : Assyrian, converted to
                              Muslim religion
                              Born : 9h century BC; Kingdom of Bit-Istar,
                              Western Zagros, present- Ravansar County, Iran
                              First death : Undetermined
                              First teacher : Methos
                              Known associates : Methos
                              Known past associates : Unknown Arab who gave
                              him his turning point and changed an Assyrian
                              warrior into a muslim man of peace
                              First recorded sighting : 642. Ravansar County,
                              Iran. Refernced as a shrine keeper by Methos
                              when he took Xanthia of Melitus to Ravansar
                              Spring to cure her of a Dark Quickening

                              After 92 years of hunting his old friend, Metopholus finally caught up to Xanthia in Alexandria the year the city was besieged by the Muslims who ordered the burning of Alexandria’s library. A tragedy for the wise Prisca Negra, a Nubian woman once disciple of Sunda Kastagir, and who sought to preserve the world knowledge, only to see it burnt down. But nothing could save her from pillaging Arabs and from the demented Xanthai who took her out after a brief battle. Did Prisca Negra’s Quickening sane her up ? Or was it Prisca’s innate goodness and widsom which washed away Xanthia’s anger and hate ? When Metopholus found Xanthia, it was as if she was reverting to her old self, but the ancient immortal knew better and took her to Tripolitania, to an ancient shrine located in a cave, where he left her on her own for seven days and nights, until Xanthia finally rid herself from her demons. The shrine was kept by a Muslim friend of his, Fayrul ibn al-Din who made sure Xanthia was kept safe.
                              In the end, Xanthia’s goodness prevailed and she was back to her senses, but befallen with the memories of the good immortals she murdered and of the mortals lives she destroyed during her rampaging years.

                              Adam Pierson, Paris 1994
                              Methos Chronicle




                              SIS Helen Bondeville
                              Most recent base of operations : Birmingham,
                              Occupation: Children's entertainer; Operative,
                              Secret Immortals Society/Service
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                              Date: 2 December 2018
                              Location: Birmingham
                              Victor: Scathag of Skye

                              SIS Allegra Chambers
                              Most recent base of operations: Manchester
                              Occupations: Office manager; Operative, Secret
                              Immortals Society/Service
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                              Date: 2 December 2019
                              Place: Manchester
                              Victor: Aoife of Alba

                              Helen Bondeville and Allegra Chambers died in simultaneous attacks from the long lost Aoife of Alba and Scathag of Skye
                              who put aside their mutual hatred to strike at the core of the SIS. The SIS belles were good with swords and lasted for
                              centuries in the Game by training hard while the hateful sisterly pair lasted by using manipulations and illusion tricks
                              taught from the witch Cassandra.
                              Helen and Allegra were known for their British sense of fair-play and believed in training and mastery of the sword, one
                              one's emotions to survive against Immortal opponents. A true shame that their last fights confronted them against women
                              known for mind-manipulating their quarries. Allegra and Helen both thought old, dead enemies from the Spanish Cabal
                              and Knights of Charlemagne had come back from the dead to torment them and when they discovered the illusions were
                              created by Immortals, it was too late.

                              SIS Chronicle
                              Watcher Bureau, Western Europe


                              SIS Alice Ming
                              Most recent base of operations: Liverpool
                              Occupations: IT Analyst; Operative, Secret
                              Immortals Society/Service
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                              Date:7 December 2019
                              Location: Liverpool
                              Victor: Sobani Samata (Chand Sisters)

                              Alice Ming's killing by the long lost Sobani Samata was thought unrelated to the deaths of her colleagues from the SIS, but
                              after the later Mini-Gathering in London it is our opinion that the Hellfire Club did recruit the Hindu woman as well as Aoife
                              and Scathag to kill off members of the SIS. The Club's purpose was to break the morale of their surviving friends in the SIS.
                              This was a huge mistake.
                              We didn’t expect Alice Ming to last very long, but she confronted the Chand woman with courage and a will to survive that
                              made the admiration of her male counterparts in the SIS. While not as skilled as Lang Quing or May-Ling Shen, she used
                              scare tactics against Sobani Samata but in the end Samata proved more determined and won.

                              SIS Chronicle
                              Watcher Bureau, Western Europe


                              Aoife of Alba
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                              Date : Solstice of 21 December 2018
                              Place : Salisbury
                              Victor : Xanthia of Melitus

                              Scathag of Skye
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                              Date : Solstice of 21 December 2018
                              Place : Salisbury
                              Victor : Xanthia of Melitus

                              One week after the wanton murders of Helen Bondeville and Allegra Chambers who we are going to sorely miss, Aoife and
                              Scathag went to Salibury where Xanthia of Mleitus spends three months in the year, from the Solstice of September to
                              Christmas' Eve.. The ancient keeper of the Stone of Methuselah is in touch with her ancient Druidic customs and enjoys the
                              peace and quiet of the Stonehenge Monument. A peace that was disturbed by the arrival of her old friends who long ago
                              surrendered them selves to the practice of black magic and became malevolent witches under the tutelage of Cassandra,
                              another ancient rival of Xanthia. Aoife and Scathag chose to set aside their differences during the times of the Gathering
                              and felt the shared power of the ancient "Rebecca of Mycenae" would give them the strength they needed. But what they
                              truly wanted was the power of the Stone of Methuselah and this was another thing Xanthia wouldn't surrender to the two
                              witches.
                              Gentle Xanthia is well known for her sword skills and when it comes to fighting ancient Immortals such as herself, she is
                              utterly diabolical, showing a dark side of herself paralleling Kellistra's in power and fierceness. Aoife used the power of
                              the "voice", Scathag the power of illusion-casting. That wasn't enough. An ancient Immortal like her can resist such tricks.
                              Both women fell by her sword on the outskirts of Stonehenge and it seemed the place itself augmented Xanthia's power
                              and will.

                              From the Chronicle of Xanthia of Melitus
                              Watcher Bureau, Western Europe


                              Chand Sisters Sobani Samata
                              Most recent base of operations : Liverpool,
                              England
                              Occupation : Headhunter, independent means
                              Prior occupations : Freedom fighter, sword-for hire
                              British invaders; rebel, Sepy Mutiny of 1858
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                              Date : 12 December 2018
                              Place : Liverpool
                              Victor : Nuha Kalash

                              By a fortunate occurence, Nuha Kalash was living in Liverpool when she was challenged by Sobani Samata, decidedly
                              determined to see the fina ldays of the Gathering. However, Nuha is as skilled a swordfighter as Sobani demonstrated and
                              the woman who was hired by the Hellfire Club to take out at least one member of the SIS soon was sent to join her
                              departed soulmates of the Chand sisterhood. In later days, Nuha was going to be contacted by the SIS for informations
                              regarding the fate of the Chand and for help against the Hellfire Club. Nuha who had once confronted hte SIS about hte
                              occupation of her homeland by hte British Empire chose to let go of their past differences and help as she could.
                              From the Chronicle of Nuha Kalash

                              Evangeline Black was good at picking on defenceless Immortals but she amounted to nothing in front of Xanthia of Melitus'
                              superior skills. When she saw how Aldrich Monk'sz master plan backfired she tried to take the reins of the Club'zs Inner
                              Cirlce and have enryone get out of London, but that was too late. Master tactician Richeard of Mercia mounted a co-joined
                              attack against the Cardinal Lords and after centuries of mutual hatred, it was the end for the Hellfire Club.
                              Theobald Cleaver and Dominic Piper were confronted by Eadwulf and Raymond d'Amboise while Nuha Kalsh confronted
                              Sernea whom she once knew British India era as a snubbish, remorseless killer who viewed the locals with disdain and
                              contempt. And finally the once blood-brothers went at it like roaring lions, each hungry for hte other's Quickening.
                              Richeard of Mercia prevailed as he always did, especially with his quarry only choosing to pick of weaker Immortals.

                              SIS Chronicle

                              Hellfire Club Evangeline Black
                              Most recent base of operations : London, England
                              Occupation : Black Queen, Brismstone Society
                              Prior occupations : Founder, Black Friars Club,
                              Hellfire Club, Infernus Clava, Brimstone Society
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                              Date : 28 December 2018
                              Place : London
                              Victor : Xanthia of Melitus

                              Hellfire Club Theobald Cleaver
                              Most recent base of operations : London, England
                              Occupation : White Bishop, Brismstone Society
                              Prior occupations : Founder, Black Friars Club,
                              Hellfire Club, Infernus Clava, Brimstone Society
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                              Date : 28 December 2018
                              Place : London
                              Victor : Raymond d’Amboise, SIS

                              Hellfire Club Serena Harper
                              Most recent base of operations : London, England
                              Occupation : White Rook, Brismstone Society
                              Prior occupations : Founder, Black Friars Club,
                              Hellfire Club, Infernus Clava,Brimstone Society
                              Socialite & black widow, pickpocket, street urchin
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                              Date : 28 December 2018
                              Place : London
                              Victor : Nuha Kalash

                              Hellfire Club Aldrich Monk
                              Most recent base of operations : London, England
                              Occupation : White King, Brimstone Society
                              Prior occupations : Founder, Brimstone
                              Brotherhood, Friars Club, Hellfire Club, Infernus
                              Clava, Brimstone Society
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                              Date : 28 December 2018
                              Place : London
                              Victor : Richeard of Mercia, SIS

                              Hellfire Club Dominic Piper
                              Most recent base of operations : London, England
                              Occupation : Black Knight, Brismstone Society
                              Prior occupations : Founder, Black Friars Club,
                              Hellfire Club, Infernus Clava, Brimstone Society
                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                              Date : 28 December 2018
                              Place : London
                              Victor : Eadwulf, SIS
                              Last edited by Gardner; 08-02-2023, 01:40 AM.

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                              • Wow, good job with the latest updates, my friend.
                                So, the cold war between the SIS and the Hellfire Club ended in December 2018. With casualties on both sides, as was inevitable. And wasn't it just like Monk to hire others to do his dirty work?
                                Nice to see the normally serene Xanthia still has a vicious bite....
                                Richeard finally settles a very old score with his once-blood brother and most likely lays some things to rest.

                                Apollo1

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                                • You also may have noticed the missing two positions in the Sacred Order have been filled.


                                  Last edited by Gardner; 07-07-2021, 03:18 AM.

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                                  • Yes, i did notice you'd filled those to slots! Lol
                                    Thanks for reminding me. I had intended to mention it but forgot because i was engrossed in the SIS/Hellfire Club conflict you resolved.
                                    Good choices for those two places.

                                    Cheers
                                    Apollo1

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                                    • Thank you Dubiousbystander. Though I changed things a little.
                                      Last edited by Gardner; 08-11-2019, 07:19 AM.

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                                      • Okay, my friend, you changed the fates of Amanda and Duncan MacLeod? Methinks you have something up your sleeve....! Lol
                                        Could the Slaughterous Swords and the Sacred Order be linked somehow? Why else would you suddenly resurrect the thought-dead Duncan, change the fate of Amanda, re-unite Duncan with Connor and hint that the Immortal family, including Joe Dawson, is investigating the recent massacre of Immortal players of the Game.

                                        On a side note, not sad to see Wolfe stay dead. Sad about Swenja and Lootje though...

                                        Cheers
                                        Apollo1

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                                        • From the Records of the Tribunal

                                          With help from Duncan and Connor MacLeod's Immortal family and cross-referencing, Ravenwood investigated the activities of the brutal group of assassins collectively known as The Slaughterous Swords who targeted and murdered major players of the Game in the last twenty four months, in effect triggering a "Gathering" crisis which impacted the Immortal community.
                                          The event it seems is the work of a mysterious group of Immortals naming themselves Order of the Sacred Knowledge who wish to control the Immortal community and get rid of the Gathering threat by eliminating the most dangerous players of the Game. While their intentions may have been good - create order out of chaos so they could guide benevolent Immortals to their vision of what Immortality ought to be - it still triggered a catastrophe.
                                          The Slauighterous Swords have been gathered by an Immortal assassin named The Apostate (real idenity unknown); a several thousand years old man who blindly obeys the Sacred Order, targeting and killing Immortals who threaten the existence of the Order.
                                          Ravenwood (i.e Immortals Deoneces and Kyra of Sparta, Clemont Haynes, Frances Drummoind, Alex Raven, Sanjiv Gupta, Henry of Kent) had extended interviews with the MacLeod family members (Duncan, Connor, Amanda, Richie Ryan, Rebecca Horne, Joe Dawson himself) and could piece together the sequence of events that led to the present situation.
                                          The Sacred Order forgot that Ravenwood is allied with the Watchers and never figured out Duncan MacLeod wasn't dead. MacLeod and Methos did their best ot save the lives of their friends in the clan : Richie, et al but couldn't save the lives of Warren Cochrane who was a loose cannon, crazy as a bedbug, and of Robert of Valicourt who was a living dead since the passing of his wife Gina. Duncan reunited with Connor, Methos and Joe are In hiding, planning their next move, Richie Ryan matured and is waiting orders from Duncan. Xanthia of Melitus was ready to take on the women who murdered the SIS ladies. The SIS and Hellfire Club also were on the Order's kills list.
                                          There remains a handful of truly agressive Immortals who still pose a threat to the survivotrs, as well as the existence of the Order and its Apostate who endanger both Immortal and Watcher Communities. The SIS survivors, Ravenwood andf the MacLeod family are now united in the hope of halting the massacre and neutralizing the Order

                                          Ravenwood's investigations of the Slaughterous Swords presents the combo of Immortals as follows, numbered in chronological order :

                                          Kharma Fayzal D : Sanjiv Gupta
                                          Lootje De Groot
                                          Swenja Baatz
                                          Sid'Ahmed Taleb
                                          Typhoid Mary D : Sheena Harvelock
                                          Chang D : Henry of Kent
                                          Sigrid Solvig
                                          Elise Yeow D : Mei-Li Choe

                                          There are other possible "Swords", long-missing ennemies of Connor and Duncan MacLeod, we identified Messalina and Kallisto of Nicopolis who murdered two of Deoneces' sirens so the Order could break the morale of the seemingly invicible Spartan. The Order has lost most of their first batch of Swords to the MacLeod Clan and Ravenwood. Also, Swenja and Lootje were going to killed of by Henry of Kent who intended to take action against the two ladies, Amanda simply took them out before he did.

                                          Author notes :

                                          The inspiration for the group comes for a combo of assassins, the Gun Ho Guns from anime Trigun, a pack of colourful killers who try to hurt and kill Vash the Stampede, Trigun's main protagonist. The Gun Ho guns gave me that idea.
                                          https://trigun.fandom.com/wiki/Gung-Ho-Guns
                                          Also the negative reactions from the Imagine Facebook gang who didn't like my killing off Amanda and MacLeod. They were right and their reaction gave me the incentive for the plot that now explains all the deaths in recent months.

                                          Cheers

                                          G.


                                          UPDATE

                                          Ambrose Bierce
                                          Status
                                          Most recent base of operations : Manilla, Philippines
                                          Occupation : Writer, biographer
                                          Prior ocupoations : Travel books writer, noivelist,
                                          Mexical revolution supporter
                                          Roster of Immortals Status : Active
                                          Date :
                                          Place :
                                          Victor :
                                          Watcher : Pandra Arrakis

                                          Background
                                          Original cultural affiliation : English
                                          Born : 1871; London, England
                                          First death : 1913; Supporting Mexican revolution,
                                          killed by soldiers of Federal army
                                          First teacher : Kay Murdstone, cross-identified as
                                          Kellistra
                                          Known past associates : Kellistra, Gabriela de
                                          Sevedra
                                          First recorded sighting : 1914 Guatemala City
                                          Meeting Gabriela de Sevedra who helped him to
                                          find a safe place where to hide

                                          Ambrose Bierce wanted to investigate the life of Alyssa Bautista and looked forward to speak to her. The biographer of Immortals knew how to be careful before approaching those of his kind knowing few of them would take well discussing their past lives with a possible opponents in the Game. In the last one hundred years, Ambrose interviewed quite famous names : Grayson, Amanda, Connor MacLeod, Katherine of Samothrace, the impostor posing as Methos, Victor Hesse and his underage lover Ingrid Baran, the SIS group, Kyra of Sparta. The biographies he wrote were disguises as fairy tales and published as works of fiction with the permission of the interviewees. Because some Immortals crave recognition and leaving a trace of their existence on Earth and some of them could be quite egotistical people. Even so, Ambrose was careful when approaching of them, one never knows, swords are quickly drawn in the Game.
                                          Harry Houdini was one of his most famous stories, and when he heard Houdini killed Alyssa Bautista, he sought to investigate the matter. Why would the master escapist kill a player of the Game who took out child molesters ? To our surprise, Alyssa was found to be alive and well, Harry didn’t kill her after all. Alyssa’s Field Watcher must have thought her killed by the magician, the Quickening belonged to another Immortal who hunted down both Immortals at that time.
                                          Azmbrose Bierce is now spending his time with Alyssa, writing on the stories of the aging Immortal woman living in the body of a young teenaged girl.

                                          Watcher Bureau, Southeast Asia

                                          From the Tribunal :

                                          Ambrose Bierce befriended immortal named Kay Murdstone who informed him of his immortality. We do not know why she chose to do so or when Bierce became an immortal. In 1913, Bierce traveled to Mexico to gain a firsthand perspective on that country's ongoing revolution. While traveling with rebel troops, the elderly writer disappeared without a trace. Another immortal, Gabriela de Sevedra helped him going underground, she had been one of his proteges in litterary circles. A funny fact about him is one of the aliases taken by "B. Traven" : Ret Maru. Et Maru is an alias used by Methos according to the Chronicle written by "Adam Pierson". Was Pierson yanking our chains or was there a connection between the ROG and Bierce ?

                                          In one of his last letters, Bierce wrote the following to his niece, Lora:
                                          "Good-bye if you hear of my being stood up against a Mexican stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease, or falling down the cellar stairs. To be a Gringo in Mexico ah, that is euthanasia!"

                                          Perfect last word from a newbie immortal



                                          Alyssa Bautista
                                          Status
                                          Most recent base of operations : Manila,
                                          Philippines
                                          Occupation : Independant prostitute, occasional
                                          headhunter
                                          Prior occupations : Traveller, house worker,
                                          indentured servant
                                          Roster of Immortals Status : Active
                                          Date :
                                          Place :
                                          Victor :
                                          Watcher : Maria Belquis


                                          Kobayashi

                                          Status
                                          Most recent base of operations : Tokyo, Japan
                                          Occupation : Detective, Tokyo Police Department
                                          Division of Violent Crimes
                                          Prior occipations : Soldier, Yakuza organisation
                                          Roster of Immortals Status : Active
                                          Date :
                                          Place :
                                          Victor :
                                          Watcher : Ishy Matsu

                                          Because there were no valid reasons for Agathe Vierny to get into conflict with Kobayashi...
                                          And also since I some Immortals still alive in Japan :


                                          Awiti Lerato Traoré
                                          Roster of Immortals Status : Inactive

                                          When Saifiyah Khan challenged Awiti, Awiti asked Safiyah were it was written in the Quran that "there can be only one".Safiyah answered that Allah had been guiding her sword through the centuries and that playing the Game was the only thing that gave sense to their Immortal lives. Awiti felt that this was a sad manner to live one's life, immortal or mortal where there are so many things to live by, but Safiyah remained unfazed and attacked the Immortal poet. She had been killing Immortals for nearly eight hundred years and always did the will of her chosen God who gave her one purpose in life : to hunt Immortals and take their power so one day she may join the Prophet in the paradise of Allah. "My success is only by Allah the merciful" she often says "he who guides me thought the straiight path". Curiously Safiyah chose to spare Awiti’s life after this debate. Did Awiti touch Safiya’s heart in some way ?


                                          From the Chronicle of Safiyah Khan


                                          Victor Hesse
                                          Most recent base of operations : Honolulu, Hawai
                                          Occupation : International arms dealer
                                          Prior occupations : Weapons smuggler, close ties
                                          to Baader-Meinhoff gang
                                          Roster of Immortals Status : Inactive

                                          Ingrid Baran
                                          Most recent base of operations : Honolulu, Hawai
                                          Occupation : College student, U. of Honolulu,
                                          posing as a gifted child, occasional headhunter
                                          Prior occupations : College student
                                          Roster of Immortals Status : Inactive

                                          I didn't like the plot where Bridget kills Victor and then Ingrid doesn't have her revenge against the woman, getting killed too.
                                          I thought best to let them live "happily ever after" since the Final Gathering isn't likely to happen.
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                                          • I like the idea of the MacLeod family working with the Ravenwood group on a mission. I'd love to a fly on the wall to see the dynamic between Duncan MacLeod and Deoneces; the romantic idealistic Scotsman and the ancient, pragmatic short-tempered Spartan. Not to mention the fact that the Highlander had a brief fling with Kyra! Lol
                                            Also, Amanda and the Crimson Butterfly? Oh yes!

                                            Cheers
                                            Apollo1

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                                            • Hello Apollo, I hope you are doing well. The heatwave came and went, I am back to the drawing board so to speak.

                                              STEVEN KEANE
                                              Had a bit too many students to feel plausible.


                                              Abdul Sallis
                                              Original cultural affilation : Asante, converted to
                                              Islam
                                              Born : 1879; Southern Ghana
                                              First death : 1901; Killed during rebellion against
                                              British rule, War of the Golden Stool
                                              First teacher : Ras Tschubai
                                              Known past associates : Ras Tschubai
                                              First recorded sighting : 1901, Accra Ghana.
                                              Student of Tschubai

                                              In December 1969, Xavier went to Cape Coast, Ghana, to attend a wrestling festival; he had the good surprise to find one of the contestants was an immortal, Abdul Salis. After killing the blind sculptor in July, Xavier got hungry for a Quickening again and came after Sallis; The wrestler put up a good fight, but his skills weren't enough against the old Moor.

                                              December 1969
                                              From the Chronicle of Xavier St. Cloud


                                              Kwan Fengying
                                              Original cultural affiliation : Chinese, of Christian religion
                                              Born : 1824; British Strait Settlement of Singapore
                                              First death : 1856, Killed during Malay rebellion
                                              against the British, suspected of aiding and abetting
                                              First teacher : Jin Ke
                                              Known associates : Jason Shang
                                              Known past associates : Jin Ke
                                              First recorded sighting : 1856, Singapore.
                                              Found and mentored by Jin Ke


                                              Linley Osbourne
                                              Original cultural affiliation : British African
                                              Born : 1815, British East Indies
                                              First death : 1845, Anglo-Sikh Wars
                                              First teacher : Ranver Kapoor
                                              Known associates : Konds Brothers, Sanjiv Gupta
                                              Known past associates : Steven Keane
                                              Known ennemies : Neville Sutton, Steven Keane,
                                              Yalvatch
                                              First recorded sighting : 1845. Madras District,
                                              India. Killed by Ranveer Kapoor during Anglo-Sikh
                                              Wars, converted to Buddhism by Ranver



                                              THE CHRONICLE OF ANNIE DEVLIN

                                              NICHOLAS HILLIARD
                                              Known aliases: None
                                              Notable characteristics: None
                                              Weapon: El Cid Colada sword

                                              Status
                                              Most recent base of operations: New-York NY
                                              Occupation: Weapons smuggler, selling guns to
                                              Irish expatriates living in New-York
                                              Prior occupations : Engineer
                                              Roster of Immortals Status: Deceased
                                              Date: 14 May 1887
                                              Place: Manhattan NY
                                              Victor: Annie Devlin, Irish expatriate, executed for
                                              betraying the cause of Ireland
                                              Watcher: Flora Baine

                                              Background
                                              Original cultural affiliation: English
                                              Born: 1677, Norfolk, Kingdom of England
                                              First death: 1699; Killed by highwaymen
                                              First teacher: Richard Bancroft
                                              Known associates: Richard Bancroft
                                              First recorded sighting: 1699, Norfolk.
                                              Found and mentored by Bancroft

                                              Six years after her First Death, Annie Devlin was part of the Irish expatriates living in New-York with her teacher, Hugh
                                              O'Neil, the man who taught her to hate the English who had been opressing the Irish people for centuries. Hugh became
                                              her mentor, teaching her to use the infamous "Devlin Trick" which made her famous for outmaneuvering male opponents
                                              during a fight. In 1887 Annie sought to purchase guns to send to Ireland, helping the cause of local Irish rebels, and met
                                              Immortal Nicholas Hilliard, a cunning British weapons smuggler known for allying himself with Hiugh O'Neil in the past.
                                              Hilliard was ready to talk business with the red head but he was asking too high a price for his contraband.
                                              Hugh O'Neil posed as a bard and poet, gathering funds from the Irish Expatriate Society of Manhattan and Annie
                                              couldn't condone the behavior of a man ready to sell the Irish rebels to the police : his contraband was found by a police
                                              investigation, O'Neil was arrested, pending deportation, while Hilliard discreetly attempted to board ship, only to be
                                              met by Annie's angry sword. "We execute traitors, in Ireland, don't you know" were the last words he heard before his
                                              head fell on the ground.

                                              From the Chronicle of Annie Devlin


                                              AUBERT CAVALIER
                                              Known aliases : Archibald Cavalier
                                              Notable characteristics : British patriot
                                              Weapon : British infantry saber
                                              Recorded kills : None, not a player of the Game
                                              Inconclusive fight against Duncan MacLeod

                                              Status
                                              Most recent base of operations : Dublin, Ireland
                                              Occupation : Commander , British troops fightign
                                              Irish rebels durign Easter Rising, involved in
                                              atrocities comitted against civilians
                                              Prior occupations : Commander, British platoon,
                                              War of Scottish Independance
                                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                                              Date April 1916, Easter Rising
                                              Place : Dublin
                                              Victor : Annie Devin, companion of Patrick
                                              Pearse, leading the Irish Volunteers
                                              Watcher : Research, the Chronicle of Annie Devlin

                                              Background
                                              Original cultural affiliation : British
                                              Born : 1581; Canterbury, England
                                              First death ; Killed by Irish rebels during Irish
                                              Rebellion of 1641
                                              First teacher : Steven Keane
                                              Known associates : Steven Keane
                                              Known ennemies : Duncan MacLeod, Annie Devlin
                                              First recorded sighting : 1641, County Cork
                                              Found and mentored by Steven Keane

                                              In 1916, Annie Devlin promised Duncan MacLeod a beautiful war against the English, MacLeod denied his former lover
                                              and left her to her war, wanting no part in it after Darius taught him the futility of warfare. Annie Devlinb took part in the
                                              Eastern Rising, siding with leader Patrick Pearse, manipulating bold young Irishmen into rising against the British. All
                                              they needed, she felt, was to be killed, so their death would inspire future generations into fighting the good fight against
                                              the English oppressor. To quote WB Yeats, "a terrible beauty was born".
                                              The Irish Republican Brotherhood wanted to proclaim the Irish Republic and make their voice heard. Pearse put a letter in
                                              the newspaper saying the British were going to disarm the Irish Volunteers, naturally the Volunteers went to the fight and war
                                              was on.
                                              More Irish blood was shed. Volunteer leader Eoin MacNeill issued a countermand in a bid to halt the Rising, ultimately lowering
                                              the numbers of dead. Annie felt no shame. In war, sacrifices must be made and she made the decision with a cold heart, her
                                              companion being as determined as she was. Patrick Pearse may have been a great leader of men, but all leaders have a
                                              woman beside them, whispering terrible things in their ears.
                                              During the Rising, atrocities were committed on both sides, Irish civilians were murdered by a battalion led by Immortal
                                              Aubert Cavalier, a man who led centuries of warfare against Irish rebels, finally facing the raging sword of Annie Devlin.
                                              During the Easter Rising, Annie led an auxiliary paramilitary organisation named Cumann na mBan "The Irishwomen's
                                              Council« , fighting the British alongside the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Annie herself carried out sniper attacks on
                                              British troops, and was confronted by Cavalier.
                                              Annie got her wish, the Easter Rising provoked a decades long war between the IRA and the British and another British
                                              Immortal fell to her sword. After Pearse’s surrender to the British, followed by his trial and execution, her hate grew with
                                              even more vigor.

                                              From the Chronicle of Annie Devlin


                                              ORIN CLEREBOLD
                                              Known aliases : Sean O’Donovan, Padraigh Melloncamp
                                              Notable characteristics : Irish patriot
                                              Weapon : Custom broadsword, formged for him by
                                              Damian Thackaray
                                              Recorded kills : None, not a player of the Game

                                              Status
                                              Most recent base of operations : Belfast, Northern
                                              Ireland
                                              Occupation : Protestant preacher, fighting the IRA
                                              with the Ulster Protestant Volunteers
                                              Prior occupations : Protestant minister; policial
                                              lobbyist opposing Catholic civil rights
                                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                                              Date : 6 June 1966
                                              Place : Belfast
                                              Victor : Annie Devin, fighting the UPV
                                              Watcher : Research, the Chronicle of Annie Devlin

                                              Background
                                              Original cultural affiliation : Irish
                                              Born : 15th century Northern Ireland
                                              First death : During Irish war of resistance against
                                              British colonialism
                                              First teacher : Damian Thackaray
                                              Known associates : Damian Thackaray:
                                              Known ennemies : Annie Devlin, IRA fighter
                                              First recorded sighting : 1603. Northern Ireland
                                              Trained by Damian Thackaray

                                              The Ulster Protestant Volunteers was a loyalist and fundamentalist Christian paramilitary group in Northern Ireland led by a
                                              Protestant Immortal and were involved in acts of wanton terrorism against Catholics of Northern Ireland.
                                              The UPV's leader was himself killed by Devlin and from then the organisation has been at war against the Irish Republican Army
                                              for thirty years, a war that ended with the death of Annie Devlin and the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

                                              Watcdher Research, Northern Ireland


                                              PIERS JACOBS
                                              Known aliases : Jacob ‘Jake’ Pierce
                                              Notable characteristics : Womanizing rogue,
                                              ladies man; British patriot
                                              Weapon : British infantry saber

                                              Status
                                              Most recent base of operations : Belfast, Ireland
                                              Occupation : Major, parachute regiment; also
                                              member, Immortals Secret Services/Scociety
                                              Prior occupations : Agent, MI5; race car driver
                                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                                              Date : 30 January 1972 Bloody Sunday
                                              Place : Belfast, Northern Ireland
                                              Victor : Annie Devlin
                                              Watcher : Gareth Hunter

                                              Background
                                              Original cultural affiliation : English Jew
                                              Born : 1737; Brighton, England
                                              First death : 1779; Infantryman in British regiment
                                              killed during Anglo-Marathan War
                                              First teacher : Richeard of Mercia
                                              Known associates : Secret Immortal Society, also
                                              in relationship with Alice Ming
                                              First recorded sighting : 1779. Bangalore, India
                                              Recruited in the SIS by Richeard of Mercia

                                              Reporting the death of Piers Jacobs by the furious blade of Annie Devlin in Belfest the same day that will go down in
                                              history as Bloody Sunday as our troops tried to tame those Irish rebels. Helen Bondeville and Allegra Chambers will no
                                              doubt mourn the passing of their colleague of the SIS as well as a great friend and occasional lover. He was a serious man
                                              with an agenda but never forgot that to survive as an Immortal you need to live your life fully. He put as much care in
                                              his preparations for his missions as he put in forging alliances with other Immortals or bond with the SIS group. And as
                                              far as the Game was concerned, he took it seriously and trained constantly, his fatal flaw being he expected the same
                                              fair-play from his opponents. Unfortunately, Annie Devlin isn’t fair-play : she used her trick of the sword to defeat Piers
                                              and took him out in mere minutes while Jabs’ men shot 28 innocent civlians, to our collective shame as British citizens.

                                              Gareth Hunter, 30 January 1972
                                              London, England


                                              HUGH O'NEILL
                                              Known aliases : Black Hugh, Owen Roe O’Neill,,
                                              Charles Hughes, Patrick O'Neil, John Sheridan, Bill Delaney
                                              Notable characteristics : Pacifist
                                              Weapon : Single-ring rapier

                                              Status
                                              Most recent base of operations : Belfast,
                                              Northern Ireland
                                              Occupation : Proponent of peace
                                              Prior occupations : Founder/leader, Immortals Republican Army
                                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                                              Date : 4 May 1993
                                              Place : Dublin, Ireland
                                              Victor : Chang
                                              Watcher : Sheila Finton

                                              Background
                                              Original cultural affiliation : Irish
                                              Born : 979, Munster Ireland
                                              First death : 1014, Died at the Battle of Clontarf
                                              First teacher : Alex Raven
                                              Known past associates : Alex Raven, Annie Devlin,
                                              Liam O'Rourke, Roger Quinn, Morgan Noonan,
                                              Rory Calhoun, Liam Riley, Seamus Finnegan,
                                              O’Brien of Cork, Jean-Marc Claret, Jared O’Hare
                                              First recorded sighting : 1014. Ireland. Student of Alex Raven

                                              Before his first death defending Limerick against the forces of Guillaume II, king of England, Hugh O'Neil had been a
                                              firm defender of Ireland's independence. Which he remained during three hundred years, shedding English blood and
                                              killing many innocent people in the cross-fire. Its because of Hugh O'Neil that Ireland was plagued with immortals such
                                              as Annie Devlin and Liam O'Rourke.
                                              After nearly two hundred and fifty years of fighting for such "the cause", Hugh O'Neil grew tired of the endless
                                              bloodshed and began making up for his actions, becoming more and more a defender of peace, trying to build a bridge
                                              between Ireland and England, and most notably, between the Catholics and Protestants of Ireland. I suspect the horrors
                                              of two world wars played a part in this sudden change of heart. Everyone change, look at Kage.
                                              Today, Hugh O'Neil lost his head to Chang who wanted his head just for the sake of the Game. I am grieving for Hugh
                                              and hope that he now found the peace he had been seeking for the past fifty years, as he had been relentlessly pursued
                                              by the ghosts of his victims.

                                              Sheila Finton, 1993


                                              ANDREW GALLAGHER
                                              Known aliases : Jack Gallagher, John Grisham,
                                              Jonathan Grisholm, Andrew Jones, Andrew
                                              Galway, Andrew Kenneth, Kenneth Jones,
                                              Ken Gallagher
                                              Notable characteristics : None
                                              Weapon : St. Maurice sword
                                              Recorded kills : None, not a player of the Game

                                              Status
                                              Most recent base of operations : Utica, NY
                                              Occupation : Director, Central Bank of Utica
                                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                                              Date : 2 May 1997
                                              Place : Utica
                                              Victor : Annie Devlin
                                              Watchers : Jordan Jorgensen-Russell

                                              Background
                                              Original cultural affiliation : Irish-American
                                              Born : 1836, New-York NY USA
                                              First death : 1874, Restaurant proprietor killed by
                                              Shamrocks gang for not paying protection money
                                              First teacher : Morgan Noonan
                                              Known past associates : Morgan Noonan,
                                              Brad Silver
                                              First recorded sighting : 1878 Brookly NY. Student of Morgan Noonan

                                              Drew Gallagher didn't want to pay his weekly fee to the Shamrocks in the gang-infested New-York of 1874, and that's
                                              what got him killed by the Shamrocks. When he woke up in Noonan's house, he discovered a harsher life was waiting for
                                              him and that he would need more than accountant and verbal skills to fend for himself in the Game. Drew took Noonan's
                                              lessons at heart and trained for the day he would have to face another one of his kind with his sword. Meanwhile, he
                                              stayed out of the Game and lived quiet, unassuming lives in backwater cities of the American Midwest, changing
                                              identities every two decades. When Annie Devlin asked for his help in her war against the British Empire, Gallagher
                                              denied her a bank loan and went so far as to meddling in her business by disclosing her current whereabouts to the FBI.
                                              He paid the ultimate price for his bravery.

                                              Justin Russel
                                              Maureen Jorgensen-Russel, 1997


                                              ANNIE DEVLIN
                                              Known aliases : Ann Elisabeth Deane, Kate Madigan, Anny O’Dare
                                              Notable characteristics : Redhead, Irish patriot
                                              Weapon : Duc d'Alba sword
                                              Recorded kills: Nicholas Hilliard, Aubert Cavalier,
                                              Orin Clerebold, Piers Jacobs, Andrew Gallagher

                                              Status
                                              Most recent base of operations : Belfast,
                                              Northern Ireland
                                              Occupation : Charter member, Iimmortals
                                              Republican Army
                                              Roster of Immortals Status : Deceased
                                              Date : 13 May 1998
                                              Place : Dublin, Ireland
                                              Victor : Steven Keane
                                              Watcher : Mary Margareth O'Connell

                                              Background
                                              Original cultural affiliation : Irish
                                              Born : 1855, Dublin Ireland
                                              First death : 1881, Murdered by English forces at
                                              pro-Irish rally
                                              First teacher : Hugh O'Neil
                                              Known past associates : Hugh O'Neil, Liam
                                              O'Rourke, Duncan MacLeod, Anton Kimserg,
                                              Immortals Republican Army, Swords of Allah, Kieran Doherty
                                              First recorded sighting : 1881 Ulster, student of O'Neil

                                              Annie Devlin's life was joined the Cause of Ireland's freedom from the oppression of the English. Right or wrong, she
                                              fought like a devil to free her homeland, but did it at the cost of innocent lives. Hundreds of mortals died because of her
                                              schemes, and last week was one time too many : a bomb in Belfast caused the death of twelve innocent people, among
                                              them immortal Steven Keane and his mortal wife Bernadette who were visiting the Ulster. Bernadette's life was
                                              destroyed, leaving a ravaged Keane searching for the guilty part. He found the murderer in the person of Annie Devlin, a
                                              woman out of time, to whom he reminded that war had been over for a long time, a lesson imparted to him in 1996 by a
                                              Scot, Duncan MacLeod. Revenge resolves nothing, Keane knew, but he also couldn't let Annie kill more innocent, destroy
                                              more lives. Keane didn't kill Annie for the sake of revenge, he killed her to prevent more harm from her.

                                              Maggie O'Connell, 1998
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                                              • Thanks, Gardner, my friend. I'm doing much better. Being a full-time carer for my dad has helped me move on somewhat and also the realisation that while my mum's passing was painful, i'm also relieved that she didn't suffer for years as some do with what my mum had. So, i'm now looking forward and not dwelling on what can't be changed.
                                                Plus, i have so many good memories that i'm clinging to...

                                                Good to see you posting again as well. Kinda wondering how you were getting on with this Gathering initiated by the plottings of the Sacred Order. Look forward to what's coming next.

                                                Loved the Annie Devlin chronicle.

                                                Cheers
                                                Apollo1

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                                                • Jacob Ben Malik
                                                  Deena Yazdi
                                                  Terence of Coventry
                                                  Anne DeBrabant

                                                  Deceased
                                                  Victor : Undetermined, body found beheaded with evidences of a Quickening

                                                  I wonder who is that mysterious killer, bodies have been piling up on the four corners of hte world for the past two decades now.
                                                  Last edited by Gardner; 04-09-2020, 10:19 AM.

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                                                  • Hmm….methinks Karolina Olin.
                                                    How long, though, until somebody figures it out? Or is everyone too distracted with everything else that's going on to put two and two together...?

                                                    Cheers
                                                    Apollo1

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