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 Duncan's
Timeline: 1592-1622
Duncan MacLeod was born in Glenfinnan,
near the shores of Loch Shiel, in the Scottish Highlands in 1592. At
least, he was found there as a baby by Ian MacLeod and his wife, and
adopted as their own.1606
Duncan is lost in the
Donan Woods, home to the legendary witch Cassandra. She rescues him
from the attentions of one of her ex-pupils, Roland Kantos (E1,
'Prophecy').
1618
Duncan kills his cousin
Robert when the latter challenges him over Debra Campbell. Debra and
Duncan are in love, but Debra's father promises her to Robert in a
political marriage designed to unite the MacLeods and the Campbells,
who have been skirmishing for decades. Debra
later dies in a tragic accident after threatening suicide when Duncan initially refuses to marry her after Robert's
death - although the pair are reconciled, she slips down the side of a
cliff and is buried away from consecrated ground
(D1,
'Homeland').
 1622
Echoing the death of his
clansman Connor, Duncan is 'killed' during a clan war.
When he miraculously revives, re-born as an Immortal, he is reviled by
his clan, rejected by his father and cast out of his village (A2,
'Family Tree').
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Historical events
Here's what was happening in the world during this period of Duncan's
life1603
After Elizabeth I's death, James VI of Scotland is crowned King of
England, ushering in the Stuart dynasty.
1605
Guy Fawkes' Gunpowder Plot - a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament
- is foiled and the perpetrators executed, an event still celebrated in
the British Isles on 5th November with bonfires and fireworks. 1618
Beginning of the Thirty Years War in what is now Germany.
1620
The Mayflower and Speedwell set out on their voyage to
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Text
copyright 2007 Nick Peers, Images copyright Panzer/Davis