<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=143027.msg6442267#msg6442267">Quote from: Pumpkin Seeds on 16-06-2012, 04:07:17</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Well, in the series Methos removed himself from the game for a long period of time.  So Duncan was always the more dangerous even though he was alot younger.  Guess it comes down to how much Quickening an Immortal has taken and the amount of training they put into fighting.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>This, and I always had the impression that, not counting the movies, it was a much more gradual and less pronounced thing than, say, vampires. A 1000 year old immortal isn't a shoo-in to win a fight with a 400 year old immortal just by merit of age. Their experience and focus are far more important. At least that's how I thought it worked. This is why I tried to make it clear Acacius, though a veteran of combat, hasn't spent his whole life just trying to murder people, immortal or otherwise. His last quickening was over a hundred years ago and I'd estimate he only has between 60 and 70 heads on his score sheet. I wouldn't want to fuck with the guy, but I don't envision him as some all-knowing unstoppable force.<br/><br/>Mostly his age is just due to the cultural period I felt like aiming at. If I'd gone with "ancient Rome" as in Luna's suggestions he'd still be over 2k years old. *shrugs* Greece and Rome are just...old.<br/><br/>Admittedly I never really kept track of how old immortals in the series were supposed to be. It never struck me as being that important. There were immortals who everyone was afraid of and immortals who were just sorta dudes, and the difference between them usually seemed to be more a question of combat skill than years. Unless I'm misremembering. *shrugs again!*