Methos is generally known, or rather, not known, as The Eldest.
Darius was The Priest.
Connor McLeod is The Highlander.
Coltec was The Evil Eater.
Amanda is The Thief.
Most immortals who survive for long enough to develop personal relationships with other immortals acquire titles. The titles stay with them even as names come and go.
Immortals change their identities regularly, at least once every generation and frequently more often than that. Names come and go with the time period, the geography, the culture. The titles are identifiers that allow friends and enemies to recognize an immortal, replacing their mortal name with an immortal identity.
But Duncan has kept his mortal name for 15 generations. His immortal identity is merely an echo of his teacher's.
That kind of retention of a simple mortal identity takes effort and cannot last forever. As idiotic as Methos thinks Duncan is being, he can't help but be impressed with the type of effort that went into keeping Duncan McLeod of the Clan McLeod alive and active. And he can't help but mourn the inevitable loss when Duncan starts getting old. Duncan McLeod is dated and anachronistic and it has been past time for him to be set aside.
Methos avoids other immortals to the best of his abilities, but he does wonder, when Duncan finally accepts his immortality, what title will he have?
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Date: 2011-10-07 04:50 am (UTC)Darius was The Priest.
Connor McLeod is The Highlander.
Coltec was The Evil Eater.
Amanda is The Thief.
Most immortals who survive for long enough to develop personal relationships with other immortals acquire titles. The titles stay with them even as names come and go.
Immortals change their identities regularly, at least once every generation and frequently more often than that. Names come and go with the time period, the geography, the culture. The titles are identifiers that allow friends and enemies to recognize an immortal, replacing their mortal name with an immortal identity.
But Duncan has kept his mortal name for 15 generations. His immortal identity is merely an echo of his teacher's.
That kind of retention of a simple mortal identity takes effort and cannot last forever. As idiotic as Methos thinks Duncan is being, he can't help but be impressed with the type of effort that went into keeping Duncan McLeod of the Clan McLeod alive and active. And he can't help but mourn the inevitable loss when Duncan starts getting old. Duncan McLeod is dated and anachronistic and it has been past time for him to be set aside.
Methos avoids other immortals to the best of his abilities, but he does wonder, when Duncan finally accepts his immortality, what title will he have?