However, the writers and fans enjoyed her cunning, lying, immoral, selfish, and manipulative ways and she remained a part of the series.

Since she allegedly consumed contaminated food, her body is to be cast into a cleansing fire in an attempt to keep from spreading the plague further.

Breaking up the stone proves to be an effective means of keeping this from occurring, though it would put Amanda's life at risk in "Methuselah's Gift".

Fearing for her life, she runs back to Rebecca's abbey instead, knowing the Immortal will not fight her on Holy Ground.

She eventually gains a reputation for being one of the world's most audacious, enterprising, and elusive of thieves, managing to appropriate items thought to be unstealable – the rarest of jewels, paintings, money, just about anything she desires, and she rarely gets caught.

Besides being an accomplished thief, she holds many jobs such as an harem dancer (1753), casino owner (1888), nightclub singer (1936), acrobat, tightwire artist, bank robber, teacher, and antique dealer.

It is her relationship with Duncan that ultimately motivates her to leave her life of crime and grudgingly embrace being a law-abiding citizen.

Even so, Amanda is always willing and perhaps even eager to utilize her skills to benefit friends and loved ones in times of peril, such as in "The Cross of St. Antoine".

Elizabeth Ward Gracen returned as Amanda, this time in the lead role in the series spin-off Highlander: The Raven.

While Amanda is being investigated for burglary, a police officer named Claudia Hoffman jumps in front of a bullet meant for her, not knowing she is Immortal.

Amanda manipulates friend and foe alike; she does whatever it takes to achieve her goals no matter the obstacle.

Yet she rarely steals from moral, ethical people, electing instead to pilfer from banks, museums, private collectors and corporations.

Amanda unabashedly exploits him and although he seems to be aware of this, rather than deny her, he merely plays along, more amused by her antics than annoyed, knowing that she usually means well.

In the series finale, Duncan admits his love to Amanda and tells her that she has always "made his heart glad."

Like squabbling siblings, they share a fondness and respect for each other that stems from having such similar life views and pragmatic characteristics, though neither would verbally admit such a thing.

The piece of the stone the Amanda had was a prized possession to her as it was a gift from her former teacher, mentor and close friend, Rebecca Horne.

In later years, the two apparently remained close friends and Amanda was deeply grief-stricken and saddened to lose her teacher.

800 years ago, Amanda found a 10-year-old Immortal boy named Kenny and taught him about The Game and how to survive it.

Being killed so young, he will forever live as a child, thus learns fast that his main weapon is his seeming innocence.

[3] With no real interest in winning The Game, Amanda instead focuses on staying alive, and so has minimized the number of duels she fights.

During the original series, her swordsmanship appeared to be less-than exceptional, and in fact she was never actually shown winning, even against an unarmed Kalas.

However, after she meets Nick Wolfe she lends more toward being a highly skilled fighter, winning numerous battles in a relatively short time.