Watcher (Highlander)
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Watchers are a secret organization that watches the Immortals in the Highlander: The Series and its spin-offs Highlander: The Raven and Highlander: Endgame.
They were introduced in the season 1 finale as a cliff-hanger for the following season. Since then, they were an integral part of the series and Duncan MacLeod's adventures.
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[edit] History
The Watchers are a secret society that observes the lives of the Immortals without revealing themselves. Each Immortal is assigned a Watcher whose sole job is to monitor and record their activities. The network of Watchers generally keeps careful tabs on their subjects and even the casual movements of the Immortals are tracked. Most Immortals are unaware of the Watchers. The organization was created by Ammaletu the Akkadian after he saw Gilgamesh coming back to life. In older ages all Watchers wore a medallion of the symbol of their organization. More recently, every Watcher has the symbol tattooed on their inner wrist.
[edit] The Hunters
The Hunters are an offshoot of the Watchers, originally led by James Horton, with the stated goal of killing all Immortals. Their most famous casualty was Darius. Their motivation varies from one member to another; Horton was afraid the victor of The Prize would control the world, which he believed should belong to "humans", while some other Hunters wanted to become Immortals themselves.
[edit] The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary was created by Watchers for Immortals who wanted to seek refuge from The Game. Each Immortal that entered The Sanctuary was plugged into a machine that supported them through the years. However, the Watchers that created it had a hidden agenda: as long as The Sanctuary existed, no Immortal would be able to win The Prize. The Sanctuary was destroyed in 2002 by Jacob Kell and his gang, who for ten years had been searching for Connor MacLeod, who had entered The Sanctuary. Kell beheaded every Immortal except Connor, who was spared because Kell wanted him to be the last Immortal he killed. It is unknown whether The Sanctuary was reinstated, but it seems highly unlikely, since the Watcher who supervised The Sanctuary (Matthew Hale) was shot and killed by Joe Dawson for trying to interfere in Duncan MacLeod's battle with Kell, intending to capture both and put them in The Sanctuary.
Note: In the theatrical version of the movie, Methos refers to The Sanctuary as being on holy ground. Since numerous beheadings occur there with no apparent disastrous effect, fans criticized the fact that the holy ground rule could be broken. Due to this criticism, all references to the Sanctuary being on holy ground were removed from the DVD edition.
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[edit] External links
- Highlander: The Series at the Internet Movie Database
- The Nitpicker's Guide to Highlander
- Highlander Page for Beginners
- The shows & movies summed up
- Highlander Watcher Chronicles - Fan page of the series
