Gillean of the Battleaxe, and his brother Colin.
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Shortly after the Danes were defeated at Largs in 1263, Gillean and his brother Colin (who is rarely mentioned in Clan history) were hunting with King Alexander III on The MacKenzie estates. A hart, which had been cornered by the brothers, suddenly charged the King, but Gillean’s grayhounds, flew between the King and the deer and severely mauled the animal, that was then killed by Colin’s sword.
From that day forward, the arms of the Mackenzie family have displayed a deer’s head and the early Maclaine and Maclean arms made use of greyhounds as their armorial supporters.
 
 
The Resourceful Chief – Hector, 1st Lochbuie – The Archer.
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Hector, also known as Hector the Astute or Hector the Stern, was granted a charter to lands on Mull by the Lord of the Isles in 1360.
Legend relates that the land at the head of Lochbuie loch was then occupied by the MacFadyens. History does not inform us what type of dwelling the MacFadyen chief had constructed, but it was probably a barmkin – a defensive walled enclosure within which were located defensive wooden dwellings.  Hector climbed to the top of the wall and from there aimed an arrow at a bone from which the MacFadyen chief was eating. Whether Hector was in reality aiming at the chief or the bone is unknown, but the arrow struck the bone, whereupon The MacFadyen took his leave and departed.
A further legend relates that Hector was given permission to build his castle “no bigger than the skins of four deer”. Another version is that the castle should be “as big as the skin of an ox”. Regardless of which version is correct, the Astute Hector cleverly cut the skins or skin into continuous thin slivers and laid the pieces end-to-end and established the ground plan of Moy Castle.
 
 
The Desperate Chief – John, styled Iain Og, 5th Lochbuie.
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Iain Og was the first of the Maclean chiefs to receive a Royal Charter to his lands from James IV in March 1494 – two years ahead of the Duart chief. Iain Og was undoubtedly a favourite of the King and this gave rise to frequent feuding between the Lochbuie and Duart houses. Following the assumption of Lachlan Cattanach to the Duart chiefship, the two Maclean houses - Lochbuie and Duart - confronted one another leading to Iain Og being captured and imprisoned by Lachlan Catternach within the fortress island of Cairnburg Mor with only a maidservant for company.   In time  the woman fell pregnant nad gave birth to  two sons, Murdoch Gearr and Charles. They were probably twins. Available history does not relate when Iain Og was releaded from Cairnburg Mor, but subsequent events suggest Iain Og's imprisonment did not last longer than a year. 
At some time during the early 1530's - probably in 1531 when Lochbuie’s eldest son John was murdered by Allan Maclean of Gigha, Duart’s son, In 1538, Iain Og's second legitimate son, Ewen, was killed in a battle between Iain Og's clansmen (who were supported by Duart clansmen)  and clansmen supporting Ewen..
Murdoch and Charles, who were secretly spirited to safety at Glencannel, were raised by the MacGillivrays. Following the death of Ewen, Iain Og legitmised both boys on 13 September 1538, thus ensuring the Lochbuie chiefly line was preserved. Iain Og died shortly after the action in 1539.
 
 
Ewen – The Headless Horseman.
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Of all the ghostly tales and legends in Scotland, the legend of Ewen of the Little Head is arguably the most famous.  Members of the Lochbuie Clan, and in particular the Chief’s immediate family, are wary of the nocturnal sound of clattering hooves and a jingling bridle, for this spectral horse bearing a headless rider is a harbinger of death in the family.
Ewen was the son of Iain Og, 5th Lochbuie, and a distinguished and celebrated warrior. Encouraged by his ambitious wife, the Black Swan, Ewen pressed his father for more land.  Meetings became increasingly acrimonious and escalated into a feud that would be resolved on the battlefield in 1538. On the fateful day when the opposing forces of  Ewen's father, who was supported by the Duart chief and his clansmen, and Ewen's men met, Ewen would die in battle when one of Duart's clansmen, standing on a rock, decapitated Ewen as he charged into the thick of battle.
Ewen’s horse thundered off with the headless body still firmly wedged in the saddle, to eventually come to an exhausted halt at the Lussa Falls, some five miles from the battle site. Here the body fell to the ground where it was temporarily interred before being  carried to its final resting place on Iona by Ewen’s clansmen.
From that day forward, whenever a member of the Chief’s family is about to die, the ghostly vision of Ewen, or the sounds of his horse, are said to be seen or heard at Lochbuie.
The most recent account of the clattering hooves of Ewen's horse  followed the death of Gillean, 25th Lochbuie.
 
 
Biadh is deoch do MhacCormaig – “Food and Drink for MacCormicks”.
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Following the death of Iain Og in 1539, Moy Castle was occupied by Duart's son.  Murdoch Gearr, now Iain Og’s heir, who had fled to Ireland to his cousin, the Earl of Antrim. Antrim was impressed with young Murdoch, who had sworn to expel  the Duart occupiers from Moy, and gave Murdoch a band of men led by a MacCormick.
Murdoch and the MacCormicks sailed for Lochbuie, and recaptured the castle, killing  or expelling the occupiers. In gratitude to MacCormicks, Murdoch had carved into the lintel above the east facing doorway of Moy Castle, the Gallic words meaning “Food and Drink for MacCormicks” - meant to signify that anyone who bore this name would always be welcomed at Moy Castle.
To this day, the MacCormick sept holds a seat of honour within Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie.
 
 
The Swordsman – Iain Mor – 7th Lochbuie.
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John or Iain Mor was  renowned as one of the most expert swordsmen of his day. When a famous Italian swordsman visited the Court in Edinburgh he challenged any man in Scotland to a duel. Ian Mor accepted the challenge on behalf of the kingdom, and fought and killed the Italian in the presence, and to the delight, of the King and his Court.