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Story #1: crossover with Highlander

Origins of the Council

Long ago in the very beginnings of human existence there was The Watchers Council. The problem of demons was plaguing the world and The Council set out to rid the world of them. However there was much disagreement on how this was to be done and so The Council broke into two factions. One created The Slayer, the other, Immortals.

The Council of the Slayer harnessed the power of demons and created one girl in all the world with the strength and skill to fight the forces of darkness. It was devised that when she died another would be Called, and so on and so forth till all the demons were banished from this plane. The Watchers themselves dedicated their lives to locating and training potential Slayers and researching that which they fought.

The Council of the Immortals created many Immortals to fight the darkness. They could not create true immortals however, and so the ones they created had one weakness by which they could be defeated-- beheading. The Immortals were created using a great deal of magiks concentrated into the essence of Immortals known as the "Quickening" and this proved to be a problem as some Immortals gave into the enticing call of magiks and fought one another for it. These Immortals referred to it as 'The Game' and talked of a Prize--the one with the most power. They believed that this one would rule the world. The true purpose of Immortals was forgotten as more and more got swept up in the battle for power and over time, even the reason for this battle became forgotten. However, there is and never will be an end to The Game for when one Immortal dies another is 'born'...

Knowing that they had failed in their mission, The Council of the Immortals developed a new purpose--to keep track of that which they had created. They marked themselves with the seal of the Watchers Council and dedicated their lives to obseing and recording the goings on of Immortals--vowing never again to interfere in that which they did not fully understand. However, the history, origin, and purpose of the original Watchers Council of the Immortals have long since been buried in the dust...