of the Game. The Watchers are meant to keep their existence secret so that the general public does not hunt immortals out of fear and ignorance. Secrecy also protects against corrupt immortals forcing Watchers to share sensitive information on other immortals. Such information could aid evil immortals in hunting others and could ultimately lead to an evil immortal winning the Prize. It is considered a serious crime among the Watchers to falsify or omit vital information in their official records or to aid an immortal with killing other immortals. Such a crime can lead to expulsion or even execution. Despite this, they have occasionally been discovered by other immortals. An immortal priest named Darius somehow came into possession of a Watcher's journal and kept it with him for years. Later in the 1990s, his friends Duncan MacLeod, Hugh Fitzcairn, and Richie Ryan learned of the Watchers and told certain trusted friends. The Watchers seem to have vast resources and wealth, but several such as Joe Dawson run their own businesses to provide a cover identity as well as independent income. The Watchers have specific bases, libraries, and safe houses located in estates and buildings owned by the organization. Some Watchers work in the archives, cataloging and managing incoming information and recovered artifacts. Others work in the field, monitoring a specific immortal they've been assigned to watch until such time as it is decided the assignment will be done by another Watcher. Some are assigned to research areas of history and legends that require more factual evidence, such as the "Methos Project" where Watchers tried to uncover the truth behind the legendary figure said to be possibly the oldest living immortal. Unknown to the rest of the Watchers, the young operative Adam Pierson assigned to the Methos Project is actually Methos himself. The Hunters In the late 20th century, a high-ranking Watcher named James Horton concluded that immortals were abominations and that humanity would suffer and be enslaved no matter who won the Prize, believing none of them could resist being corrupted by such power. He gathered together several other Watchers who felt similarly and they secretly became a sub-group known as the Hunters. Some hunted believing it was the best way to protect humanity. Some coveted the power of the immortals. Some enjoyed the killing due to their own prejudices. The group spent months using their records to hunt down