Neither Highlander could defeat Kell alone Connor knew this and sacrificed himself so that Duncan would have the strength to stop Kell once and for all. In 2004, Duncan and his kinsman, Connor MacLeod, were struggling against an old friend-turned-enemy from Connor's past, the evil Immortal Jacob Kell. As time went on, however, he realized that he could not retreat from The Game forever, and took up the dragonhead katana once more. Upon the defeat of Ahriman, however, Joe Dawson convinced MacLeod to reclaim the katana, stating that he avenged Richie's death, and he was still Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod.ĭuncan attempted to abstain from bloodshed for a brief period after reclaiming the sword he initially used empty-handed martial arts and nonlethal weapons to defend himself against other Immortals, holding back his katana in safekeeping. Duncan abandoned the sword immediately thereafter, seeing it as the murder weapon responsible for Richie's senseless death. In 1997, Duncan's best friend and student, Richie Ryan, was tragically killed by Duncan with the katana when mistaken as the evil Zoroastrian demon Ahriman, whom Duncan was chosen to fight and defeat. According to Duncan's Watcher profile, Charles Anthony had longed for an up-close analysis of the katana, but could only get the name of the sword's maker and date of its creation, courtesy of Joe Dawson. During their initial encounter, Koto had also destroyed Duncan's cutlass with it.ĭuncan told Hideo that he considered the katana to be a work of art centuries later, Methos would also comment on the katana, noting it was "quite a blade." Caleb Cole would attempt to take the sword for himself while holding Duncan's lover Tessa Noel hostage. The dragonhead katana was notable for its beauty, as well as its strength and sharpness as seen in duels with MacLeod when it proved the stronger blade, breaking a Masamune katana wielded by Felicia Martins and the hand-and-a-half bastard sword Antonius Kalas had stolen from Auberon.
Duncan would also live up to his oath to the Koto family and protect Hideo's descendant Midori Koto from her abusive Immortal husband, Michael Kent, using the heirloom katana against him. Cloud, Antonius Kalas, Roland Kantos, Kronos, and Jacob Kell. Duncan battled and defeated several of his deadliest enemies with the katana, including Slan Quince, Grayson, Xavier St. In return, Hideo gave Duncan his treasured dragonhead katana as a token of friendship and loyalty.įrom that point on, the katana appeared almost exclusively in Duncan MacLeod's Watcher Chronicles. Unable to convince Hideo to reconsider taking his own life in the name of honor, even revealing his Immortality to Hideo, Duncan made a vow to protect the Koto family for as long as he lived. Ordered by his shogun to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for harboring a gaijin (barbarian), Hideo requested Duncan be his kaishaku (assistant), to end the pain of self-disembowelment with decapitation. This would both instill and reinforce the strong sense of honor and justice that the Highlander would devoutly live by.
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After defeating their attackers, Hideo took Duncan into his home, where he would train him in martial arts in the weeks to come, as well as bushido, the samurai code of ethics.
Duncan had revived by that time, and aided Koto in the skirmish. Investigating the wreckage, a samurai warrior, Koto, was then attacked by armored samurai on horseback.
That year, MacLeod was shipwrecked on the Japanese shore. According to Hideo Koto, the dragonhead katana was forged in 1592 (the year of Duncan's birth) by the great sword smith Masahiro, whom he called "the finest swordmaker in Japan." It was already nearly 200 years old when MacLeod first met Hideo in 1778.
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