First Teacher: Unknown

There is not one "Methos Chronicle" per se as much as there are threads, pale and finely spun, weaving their way in and through all the other Chronicles. The trick to researching Methos is to find a thread and follow it as far as you can before it disappears again. Much of what is "known" about the elusive oldest Immortal is based on vague rumor, innuendo. Much of it is also wrong. While he can be placed in Sumer during the Early Dynastic Period, and later in Ur in the 2nd millennia BC, he is most likely not Sumerian. While there is evidence to support his presence in Egypt in three separate periods, he is not Egyptian. Whatever his origin, he has been many things since. He has been a slave and a god and all manner of men in between. He has been described as a huge, bear-like man, with a deep booming voice; a fearsome warrior, noted for his wisdom and his cunning; a natural leader of men who would eagerly lay down their lives for him. Earlier Methos research had speculated that Ahaziah of Ramoth Gilead was one Methos alias, but if that were the case, Methos died in Lutetia in 423 AD in front of a number of witnesses. But I do not believe that is the case. One can still see his traces in the Chronicles, as recently as three hundred years ago. I believe that Methos is still out there, somewhere, ready to be found if we can just locate the proper thread and follow it to its conclusion.

Adam Pierson
Research, Western Europe
Paris January 1995

ADDENDUM:
I've left this tissue of lies and half-truths ("huge, bear-like man, with a deep booming voice"? Only in your dreams, Pierson!) in the Methos profile, because I think the lies he chose to tell us about himself are as illuminating as the few actual tidbits of truth he wanted to make sure we knew about him. As infuriating as Methos' infiltration of the Watchers and his "doctoring" of the truth has been to us all, I believe that with time and careful study, it will reveal much about the man that I'm sure he'll wish we never knew. Take, for example, how careful he is to disprove the Ahaziah theory -- as much as he may want to stay hidden, he is vain about his life and his achievements and can't bear to have them attributed to another. And there are even a few bones he's thrown in for us: "later in Ur in the 2nd millennia BC" -- the Watchers currently have no records from this period on any Immortals -- "there is evidence to support his presence in Egypt in three separate periods" -- we've only confirmed evidence of Methos in Egypt in the reign of Merneferre Ay. Now, whether he's done this to help us out or just to jerk our chains remains to be seen. Or maybe he was just bucking to make his alterego Adam Pierson "Watcher of the Year."

Dr. Amy Zoll, Curator
Musée National des Antiquités
Paris January 1998