Status: WIP
AU type: Highlander AU
Note: closed
Yes, it's not-another-immortality-fic idea. What can I say? Highlander was one of my favorite TV shows and I adored Methos. Every time I saw a Mag7 story that made the Seven immortal, I wanted to know more. But silly me, I let my brain get away from me and I began to plot.
The idea was to give each of the Seven their first death around the time of the series and then bring them forward through every historical period I could finagle. (Am I ambitious or what? Don't answer that.=)
Here's my chart of birth/death/ages which I concocted for this AU:
| born | age at GotC | first death | cause of death Buck | 1837 | 33 | 1870 | sword wound in GotC Chris | 1835 | 35 | 1870 | in Inmate 78 (?) Ezra | 1842 | 28 | 1868 | pre-series (New Orleans) JD | 1851 | 19 | 1871 | not yet decided Josiah | 1801 | 49 (+30) | 1850 | pre-series (??) Nathan | 1840 | 30 | 1870 | not yet decided Vin | 1845 | 25 | 1869 | pre-series (Tascosa)
Note: I set the pilot episode Ghosts of the Confederacy in 1870, figuring it would have been set some time after the Civil War, but not too long after 1865.
Now why did so many died in their first year at Four Corners? To be honest, I really don't see how they survived every episode. I wanted to have a reason for Josiah to be hanging around Holy Ground so much. I didn't want everyone to be immortal right away since the whole early warning system of immortals would be kind of hard to explain away in the framework of the episode.
Anyway, this AU is in slightly better shape than the other ones. I've got a decent chunk of Ezra's first death and GotC written up. Not fit for public consumption yet. But I swear I'll get there.