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1. What is your full name? Do you have a nickname?
Conchobar (Connor) MacLeod

2. How old are you? When is your birthday?
492 I was born in late January

3. Where were you born? Where do you live now? Are you patriotic?
Scotland. I live someplace in mountains in France, with Kairos. I should ask her for a map. I'm not as patriotic to Scotland as I still think of it as home, even though I know it's not.

4. Who are/were your parents? (Names, occupations, personalities, etc.)
Caiolin MacLeod, Bredon MacLeod, farmers. They were as good to me as any parents could be. My mother burned because she wouldn't denounce me as a demon.

5. Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like?
No siblings.

6. What is your occupation?
Bum?

7. How tall are you? How much do you weigh?
6'1"/1.85m and I don't know anymore. 160lbs?

8. What color is your hair? What color are your eyes?
Brown, grey-greeny-blue. Is there a word for that?

9. What is your race?
Human? Caucasian.

10. To which social class do you belong?
I don't.

11. Do you consider yourself to be attractive? Do others?
Average I guess. Kairos likes me.

12. What is your style of dress?
Comfortable.

13. Do you have any scars? Tattoos? Birthmarks? Other unique physical features?
I have a few scars from when I was a kid. None after nineteen.

14. Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses?
No.

15. Are you right- or left-handed?
Right.

16. What does your voice sound like?
not good for singing. I know it's not a good voice. It's always been like that.

17. What kind of vocabulary do you use?
Whatever comes to hand? When I spend too much time alone I have to think about what language I'm supposed to be using and that's hard enough.

18. List three quirks or other defining characteristics.
What? ?
I miss sailing. A lot. Also being a blacksmith. It bothers me all the jobs I have loved most are barely needed or have changed so much.
I hate the telephone.
I hate limes but I really like oranges.

19. How often do you bathe? Do you wear perfumes?
When I can, daily. No. I don't even use aftershave most of the time. Why would I want to smell? People invented that stuff to cover up for stinking because nobody used to bathe much.

20. What kind of facial expression do you commonly wear (dour glare, wry smile, etc)?
I have been told I glare at people. I think it's just my face.

21. Do you use body language? How?
Everybody does. I don't know, I mostly pay attention to it when I'm fighting but that's different.

22. Do you have a commonly used saying?
Maybe but I don't know what it is.

Childhood

23. What is your earliest memory?
That's a hard one. It's all blurry. Helping move the sheep from one field to another with my father.

24. How much schooling have you had? Did you enjoy it?
We didn't really have school when I was little. I learned by helping on the farm and I learned to read a little bit of the bible. It was the only book we had. I didn't really learn to read until I was about eighty years old. I've been to college a few times since then and gotten a couple of degrees.

25. Where did you learn most of your knowledge and skill?
I don't know how to answer that. I've learned lots of things, all over.

26. How would you describe your childhood in general?
Normal, for where I grew up, except that I was a runt. I learned to hold my own.

27. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I just wanted to have a big family and some animals of my own. Sheep and cows. To do what my parents did. Maybe to fight well in a few battles so I could say I was a warrior when my clan needed me.

28. When and with whom was your first kiss?
I don't remember. Some little redhead. It might have been Kate.

29. Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity?
No. Up in the hayloft with Ethne. I don't think I was the only boy who learned it that way, either.

30. Do you have a notorious or celebrated ancestor? Does that affect you?
According to Duncan, I am a notorious ancestor.

Influences

31. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?
Important good or important bad? All the people in my life have been the important things. Killing the Kurgan was important though. So was Jacob. In a different way.

32. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
I'm still here.

33. What is your greatest regret?
I have a lot of those. Jacob Kell is a big one.

34. What is the most embarrassing or shameful thing ever to happen to you?
Why would I write that here?

35. Do you have any secrets? If so, what are they?
I guess? I have a lot of secrets from most people, but almost none from the people that are close to me.

36. What is the most evil thing you have ever done?
Should I make a list? Never mind. I don't know who might read this.

37. When was the time you were the most frightened?
Probably when the clan drove me out.

38. Have you ever traveled outside of your country? If so, to where?
I've been lots of places. It gets hard to list them all.

Beliefs

39. What is your alignment?
What? That's something you do to your car.

40. Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic?
Pessimistic I guess. I want to say realistic.

41. Do you believe in a god? If so, which one and why?
Of course. The God, although I guess maybe different cultures see it through different eyes.

42. Do you believe in an afterlife?
I do, but it doesn't work that way for immortals. We don't go where most people go. I wish we did.

43. What is your greatest fear?
Losing my family.

44. What makes you angry? Sad? Happy? Why?
See above. Kairos makes me happy though, and children. I'll be happy if Duncan forgives me.

45. Do you think people are basically good or basically evil?
I think people are basically people.

46. What are your views on politics? Religion? Sex?
Politics are all temporary, Religion is a beautiful idea that gets muddied by the world, and Sex is an important part of being human.

47. What are your views on gambling, lying, theft, and killing?
What's wrong with gambling? The other three can be either bad or necessary, depending.

48. How far will you go to defend your beliefs?
If we're talking about my opinions against somebody else's, not very far. It's usually better to just walk away.

49. How much do you value money?
It's very useful. Money is almost necessary for being an immortal now. I have also done without just fine, but in the modern world it's impossible to change your identity without it.

50. In your opinion, what is the most evil thing any human being could do?
Many people have done very evil things already, and I don't see the point in holding a contest for them.

51. Do you believe in self-sacrifice for the greater good?
Yes.

52. Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love?
I'm not sure.

53. Are you superstitious?
Not very much. I believe there are things we can't explain or understand.

54. How much do you respect the beliefs and opinions of others?
As much as I can. I know I'm not always right about things.

55. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings?
I'm always honest. I just don't like to talk about them.

56. Do you have any biases or prejudices?
Maybe. Probably. By definition I'm blind to what they are.

Dealing With Others

57. Who is the most important person in your life, and why?
Duncan. I've known him longer than anybody. Kairos is very important to me now, and Ramirez was very important to who I am. All of my family has been very important to me.

58. Who is the person you respect the most? Despise the most? Why?
I respected Ramirez. I didn't understand him very well when I knew him, but I think I understand him better now, and the more I understand him, the more I respect him. He was still a flash bastard who could be a complete ass sometimes.

59. Do you have a significant other? Who?
Not right now. But I like Kairos. A lot.

60. Do you have a lot of friends? Who is your best friend?
No. Duncan. Was.

61. How do you relate to members of the same race? Class? Sex?
As people.

62. How do you relate to members of a different race? Class? Sex?
As people. I don't like to fight women though.

63. Have you ever been in love? If so, describe what happened.
Yes. I married her. I stayed with her until she died. That goes three times now.

64. What do you look for in a potential lover?
I like strong women. I know I'm difficult sometimes.

65. How close are you to your family?
I don't have much of one right now, but very.

66. Do you want a marriage, family, and/or children?
Yes. Yes. Yes.

67. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict?
Depends what the conflict is about. And how sober I am.

68. Are you a listener or a talker?
Listener.

69. How long does it usually take for you to trust others?
Sometimes a long time. Sometimes never.

70. Do you hold grudges?
Yes.

71. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations?
Sometimes.

72. Do you like interacting with large groups of people?
No.

73. How well do you express yourself?
I would have to ask somebody else that. I can only answer how well I think I do.

74. How quickly do you judge others?
I get the measure of most people in the first minute I meet them.

75. Do you care what others think of you?
Not mostly. Only family.

76. Do you have any enemies? How or why are they your enemy?
I'm sure I do. More than one. I don't always know when or how I've made them.

Personal Taste and Opinions

77. What is your favorite pasttime? Color? Food? Possession?
I like to walk and run, and reading, and sparring. I used to like making things with my hands. I like blue, and scotch. My katana is the most important thing I own. It belonged to Ramirez.

78. What are your preferences in arts and/or entertainment?
I like a lot of things, antiques and rock music. I don't like movies very much.

79. Do you smoke, drink, go whoring, or use drugs? Why or why not?
I have smoked, but I don't now. I like scotch, and brandy, and good wine. I have done, but not when I'm in a relationship. I don't touch drugs. They pumped me full of those in the Sanctuary. It was bad.

80. How do you spend a typical Saturday night?
Making dinner, sharing it with Kairos, sneaking leftovers to the dog, cleaning up and reading or watching TV near her. Cuddling.

81. What is your most cherished fantasy?
Having a forge again, a blacksmithing business or maybe even sword smithing. Having a family.

82. How long is your attention span?
Very long, if it's something I feel like paying attention to.

83. Do you laugh a lot? What do you find funny?
No. I'm not sure how to answer that. Funny things.

84. Is there anything that shocks or offends you? If so, what?
Not much.

85. How do you deal with stress?
I try to take care of whatever is causing it, or protect my family from it. If I can't, drinking, exercise.

86. How much athletic ability do you have? Artistic?
Plenty of athletic ability. I don't know about art. I'm more of a craftsman and that's not the same thing.

87. Do you like animals? Do you like children?
Yes and yes. Very much.

88. Are you spontaneous, or do you always need to have a plan?
I like to have a plan, but I can be flexible.

89. What are your pet peeves?
Telephones. People who don't listen. People who think they know everything. Crowds. Cops. People who are abusive to their children or spouses. Maybe I'd better stop there.

Self-Image

90. What is your greatest strength as a person? Weakness?
I give all of myself to what I do and believe in. I don't talk to people well.

91. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would be mortal.

92. Are you generally introverted or extroverted?
Introverted.

93. Do you like yourself?
Sometimes I don't.

94. Do you have a daily routine? How do you feel if your day is interrupted?
No. It depends on the kind of interruption but I don't have a schedule.

95. What goal do you most want to accomplish in the next six months? Your lifetime?
Make peace with Duncan. I'd like to have a family again, and be sure that they were safe.

96. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?
I don't know. Maybe sane again. Maybe here.

97. If you could choose, how would you want to die?
Protecting the people I love.

98. What is the one thing you would like to be remembered for after your death?
I don't know. Is that bad?

99. What three words would you use to best describe your personality?
Quiet. Devoted. Curmudgeon?

100. What three words would others probably use to describe you?
Curmudgeon. Grouchy. Loyal.

101. Why are you risking your life to adventure?
What? Do I get another option? Does anybody?