In 1536, a Scotsman named Connor Macleod was struck down in battle, but was mystically resurrected and banished by his native clan. The Macleod were taught by a Spanish nobleman who explained that they belonged to an immortal race of warriors who could only be deprived of life by beheading with a sword.
The battle between Macleod and his eternal enemy Barrow, which began in sixteenth-century Scotland, continues in present-day Manhattan. The fate of all mortals depends on the outcome of this battle. It is part of a duel that has gone on for centuries.