According to the original film, the Prize grants the victor the collective Quickening energy of every immortal who has ever lived. When the film showed Connor MacLeod winning the Prize in 1985, he became a mortal man, now able to age and father children, and his connection to nature increased to the point that he could now know the thoughts and dreams of any living person on Earth. MacLeod realizes he is now "at one with all living things" and that ultimate knowledge means he has "power beyond imagination." Earlier in the film, his mentor Ramírez warns that if an evil person were to gain the Prize, they would become powerful enough to enslave humanity to an "eternity of darkness" (Ramírez understood the power the victor would gain but seemed unaware they might become mortal in the process and die of old age if not sooner, so his belief that their rule over humanity would be eternal is understandable).