The original film is canon, apart from Connor winning The Prize The Game is still ongoing. It coined the term "The Game", which refers to the Immortals' ongoing battle.
By the end of the film, Connor and the Kurgan are the only Immortals left. The film's other half takes place in New York City, where all the world's Immortals, whose numbers are now growing thin, are drawn together to battle to the last man an event known as "The Gathering".
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In a series of flashbacks, Connor is mentored by Juan Ramírez ( Sean Connery), a wise Immortal who teaches him the basics before being beheaded by a barbarian known as the Kurgan ( Clancy Brown).
Calling it "a canon" is being charitable it's more of a series of Broad Strokes that define an assortment of films, sequels, spin-offs, and remakes, all with only one connecting concept and made with very little regard for continuity. The above paragraphs contain the agreed-upon facts.
They can only spar with each other one-on-one, and never on holy ground.ĭrifting invisibly through the history of the world, they battle each other in swordfights until only one Immortal remains the last one standing gets "The Prize", the exact nature of which is unknown. This power exchange manifests as an explosion of energy called The Quickening, in which everything within 50 yards blows up. They can live forever, but with a catch: When one Immortal takes the head of another, the winner gets the loser's power, while the beheaded Immortal is dead for good. A long-running Historical and Urban Fantasy franchise created by Gregory Widen (who wrote the original screenplay for the original film during his college days), about a rare collection of beings known as The Immortals.
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