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Would you like to see Highlander type immortals in the Dresdenverse?
groinkick:
I was a fan back during the TV series. I watch this TV Intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgCFRwt050Y and think damn it would be cool for these type of immortals to be in the story. The immortals could fill similar roles to John Marcone + the added hundreds if not thousands of years of knowledge, experience, and cunning. They would have complete free will which would only make them more dangerous in the supernatural world.. Some of them would probably also obtain Mantles...
wardenferry419:
--- Quote from: groinkick on February 07, 2018, 08:37:11 PM ---I was a fan back during the TV series. I watch this TV Intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgCFRwt050Y and think damn it would be cool for these type of immortals to be in the story. The immortals could fill similar roles to John Marcone + the added hundreds if not thousands of years of knowledge, experience, and cunning. They would have complete free will which would only make them more dangerous in the supernatural world.. Some of them would probably also obtain Mantles...
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I was a fan of the TV show and the first two movies. The Queen soundtrack for the first one rocked! But, Luccio was less than impressed with their swordmanship.
Griffyn612:
I'd prefer a supernatural background. Maybe less "there can be only one" and something more along the lines of Anne Rice's Ramses the Damned, or someone else that finds an elixir of eternal life that grows to regret it. Immortals growing more powerful while killing each other and absorbing each other's power is too on-the-nose for a series that already has creatures all but doing that.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on February 07, 2018, 10:36:37 PM ---I'd prefer a supernatural background. Maybe less "there can be only one" and something more along the lines of Anne Rice's Ramses the Damned, or someone else that finds an elixir of eternal life that grows to regret it. Immortals growing more powerful while killing each other and absorbing each other's power is too on-the-nose for a series that already has creatures all but doing that.
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completely agree. I was thinking more along the lines that they are basically vanilla, except they cannot die unless they get their heads cut off. There wouldn't be any immortals hunting each other unless they just hated the person or something.
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: groinkick on February 08, 2018, 04:54:28 AM ---completely agree. I was thinking more along the lines that they are basically vanilla, except they cannot die unless they get their heads cut off. There wouldn't be any immortals hunting each other unless they just hated the person or something.
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That's sort of along the lines of Ramses. I'll put this into spoilers, in case anyone cares, but it's not really a spoiler for that book.
(click to show/hide)The story is that Ramses the Great (Ramses II) crossed paths with someone that knew the recipe for an immortality elixer. After drinking it, he couldn't die. He lived for centuries before entombing himself to sleep, which dehydrated him and made him a mummy. But when exposed to sunlight, he was rejuvenated and reentered the new world.
I think something like that would be interesting. An immortal human living alongside humanity has definitely been done before (Wolverine, Cain, Randall Savage, etc) but a small group of them would be interesting. Helix toyed with that idea before its cancellation, but never got to explore it in full.
The question is, what would they be doing? If they had magical ability, they'd be known. If not, then they're not that significant in the long run, save for being living Archives.
Maybe have them be associated with a secret society trying to steer the world? Have one or more tied to the National Archives, having presided over a library of some sort ever since Alexandria? Have one being held somewhere against their will, an immortal captive that has been experimented on?
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