Quote Originally Posted by Dreadlock-Ness Monster
I would like to add that what I said is not born of poetic license. We Douglas folk are considered ill omens, right down to the colours of our tartan. Every major battle or conflict we have entered, we have turned the tide. We are famous for our treachery, our blades in the back, and our use of poison. It is said that the ancient Douglas tartan allows us scoundrels and knaves to blend in with the shadowy dark, where we do our best work. Wallace even used us for what we do best, sowing terror and bearing the Reaper's image as we went.

There is a reason why we were one of the most powerful, respected, and feared families in Scotland's history.
James Douglas who was Robert the Bruces second in command at Bannockburn was nicknamed the Black Douglas by the English. The people of the borders would threaten their unruly children with an appearance of The Black Douglas, a borders bogeyman. 8)
Wallace was from Lanark and Douglasdale is located south of Lanark. James Douglas' father was a local mayor who was hanged by Edward Longshanks.
Some say the Douglas' were founded by a Flemish explorer, and there may be a connection with the Murray's.
One Douglas became a general in Joan of Arc's army.
The Douglas' were heads of the pro English scottish factions after the Stewart's came to power(A Douglas had been heir to the throne until the Stewart's came into the picture, in fact James IV was the only Stewart king the Douglas' didn't openly rebel against at some point.)
There is no chief of clan Douglas at the moment, the title is held by the Duke of Angus, a Hamilton-Douglas but since he may be chief of only one clan, he holds the title of Chief of Clan Hamilton.

Rob Wright