The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary was created by Watchers to draw in Immortals who wanted to seek refuge from The Game. The Watchers that created it had a certain agenda: as long as The Sanctuary existed, no Immortal would be able to win The Prize. Each Immortal that entered The Sanctuary was plugged into a machine that supported them through the years. It has been suggested that the Immortals participating in the program were often unaware of the real nature of the Sanctuary, as evidenced by the machines and drug prescriptions that accompanied their plant-like stasis. Nevertheless, the Sanctuary was destroyed in the 2000s by Jacob Kell and his gang, who, for ten years, had been searching for Connor MacLeod, who had entered The Sanctuary. Kell beheaded every Immortal except Connor, who was spared because Kell wanted him to be the last Immortal he killed. It is unknown whether The Sanctuary was reinstated, but it seems highly unlikely, since the Watcher who supervised The Sanctuary (Matthew Hale) was shot and killed by Joe Dawson for trying to interfere in Duncan MacLeod's battle with Kell, intending to capture both and put them in The Sanctuary.
Note: In the theatrical version of the movie Highlander: Endgame, Methos refers to The Sanctuary as being on holy ground. Since numerous beheadings occur there with no apparent disastrous effect, fans criticized the fact that the holy ground rule could be broken. Due to this criticism, all references to the Sanctuary being on holy ground were removed from the DVD edition.
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