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Alex Randall
Full name: Alexander Randall
Born: 1715
Died: 1745
Parents: Denys Randall & Jessica Wolverton (according to the chart in The Outlandish Companion, but in chapter 40 of Outlander, Claire recalls Jack Randall's parents as being named Joseph and Mary Randall. I think Claire is mis-remembering)
Siblings: Edward (Outlandish Companion) or William (Outlander, chapter 40) & Jack
Children: Denys Randall
Occupation: Curate & secretary
Alex Randall is Jack Randall's younger brother and Mary Hawkins' lover and the father of her son. He is Frank's g-g-g-g-g-g-father but Frank doesn't know this.
Physical Characteristics: Alex looks very much like both Frank and Jack. He has hazel eyes, dark hair, a high brow, close-set ears and a fine-edged jaw (DIA, chapter 10) His health is feeble (DIA, chapter 18)
Significant Moments:
1744: Alex arrives in France with the Duke of Sandringham who is his employer. Both Jamie and Claire mistake him for Jack Randall at first glance but luckily Claire faints which prevents Jamie from killing Alex before he realises the truth (DIA, chapter 10) Alex Randall arrives in the alleyway just after Murtagh, Claire and Mary Hawkins have been attacked. Jamie and Claire are hosting an important dinner party that evening which cannot be cancelled without a good explanation and they must keep Mary's rape hidden to save her reputation. They take Mary back to Jared's house, dose her with poppy syrup and put her to sleep in an upstairs bedroom while they attend to their guests. Alex confesses he is in love with Mary and is left to stand guard over her. Mary wakes in a drugged stupor and hallucinates that she is being raped. She runs screaming out onto the upper landing with her bruises showing clearly through her torn nighshift and with Alex running after her trying to restrain her. Mary's screams disrupt the dinner party and to them it looks like Alex is trying to rape Mary. Jamie is forced to punch Alex out to stop the situation turning into a complete melee. When Alex comes to he is taken to the Guard's Headquarters in the Bastille with Jamie to explain what has happened (DIA chapter 18) After the scandal of the dinner party Alex is dismissed from the Duke of Sandringham's employ (DIA, chapter 21)
1745: Due to his poor health and his association with scandal Alex is unable to find new employment and turns to his brothers for help. His elder brother Edward sends some money but will not have Alex home as his wife holds extreme religious opinions. Jack Randall finds him rooms in Edinburgh near the castle in Ladywalk Wynd, but cannot visit easily due to the occupation of Edinburgh by Charles Stuart's army. The cold weather, poor diet and squalid conditions lead to Alex's health deteriorating badly until Jack is forced to seek Claire's help (DIA, chapter 38) Claire comes to see Alex and tells him he has tuberculosis and congestive heart failure and likely less than a year to live. Alex asks Claire not to tell Jack. He then tells Claire that he knows about Jack but it doesn't matter because he is his brother (DIA, chapter 39) Alex knows he is dying and he writes to Mary to tell her around October. She comes to Edinburgh to stay with her aunt and visits Alex each day. Mary brings Claire to see Alex and thereafter Claire visits every morning and gives him something to help him sleep. In gratitude Alex summons Jack to give Claire information about the English troop movements (DIA, chapter 42)
1746: When Mary is taken to her godfather's house to meet a potential suitor Alex thinks he will never see her again, but prays that he will. After a number of weeks, when he is close to death, Mary returns and comes to visit him immediately with Claire. Alex asks Claire to return the next day with Jamie. When Jamie and Claire arrive Alex tells them he is waiting for one more person. That person turns out to be his brother Jack. Alex asks Jack to do one last thing for him and Claire realises that Mary is pregnant and Alex wants Jack to marry her. Alex performs the ceremony himself with the last of his strength, with Claire and Jamie as witnesses. He then fades away with Mary by his side (DIA, chapter 45)
Full name: Alexander Randall
Born: 1715
Died: 1745
Parents: Denys Randall & Jessica Wolverton (according to the chart in The Outlandish Companion, but in chapter 40 of Outlander, Claire recalls Jack Randall's parents as being named Joseph and Mary Randall. I think Claire is mis-remembering)
Siblings: Edward (Outlandish Companion) or William (Outlander, chapter 40) & Jack
Children: Denys Randall
Occupation: Curate & secretary
Alex Randall is Jack Randall's younger brother and Mary Hawkins' lover and the father of her son. He is Frank's g-g-g-g-g-g-father but Frank doesn't know this.
Physical Characteristics: Alex looks very much like both Frank and Jack. He has hazel eyes, dark hair, a high brow, close-set ears and a fine-edged jaw (DIA, chapter 10) His health is feeble (DIA, chapter 18)
Significant Moments:
1744: Alex arrives in France with the Duke of Sandringham who is his employer. Both Jamie and Claire mistake him for Jack Randall at first glance but luckily Claire faints which prevents Jamie from killing Alex before he realises the truth (DIA, chapter 10) Alex Randall arrives in the alleyway just after Murtagh, Claire and Mary Hawkins have been attacked. Jamie and Claire are hosting an important dinner party that evening which cannot be cancelled without a good explanation and they must keep Mary's rape hidden to save her reputation. They take Mary back to Jared's house, dose her with poppy syrup and put her to sleep in an upstairs bedroom while they attend to their guests. Alex confesses he is in love with Mary and is left to stand guard over her. Mary wakes in a drugged stupor and hallucinates that she is being raped. She runs screaming out onto the upper landing with her bruises showing clearly through her torn nighshift and with Alex running after her trying to restrain her. Mary's screams disrupt the dinner party and to them it looks like Alex is trying to rape Mary. Jamie is forced to punch Alex out to stop the situation turning into a complete melee. When Alex comes to he is taken to the Guard's Headquarters in the Bastille with Jamie to explain what has happened (DIA chapter 18) After the scandal of the dinner party Alex is dismissed from the Duke of Sandringham's employ (DIA, chapter 21)
1745: Due to his poor health and his association with scandal Alex is unable to find new employment and turns to his brothers for help. His elder brother Edward sends some money but will not have Alex home as his wife holds extreme religious opinions. Jack Randall finds him rooms in Edinburgh near the castle in Ladywalk Wynd, but cannot visit easily due to the occupation of Edinburgh by Charles Stuart's army. The cold weather, poor diet and squalid conditions lead to Alex's health deteriorating badly until Jack is forced to seek Claire's help (DIA, chapter 38) Claire comes to see Alex and tells him he has tuberculosis and congestive heart failure and likely less than a year to live. Alex asks Claire not to tell Jack. He then tells Claire that he knows about Jack but it doesn't matter because he is his brother (DIA, chapter 39) Alex knows he is dying and he writes to Mary to tell her around October. She comes to Edinburgh to stay with her aunt and visits Alex each day. Mary brings Claire to see Alex and thereafter Claire visits every morning and gives him something to help him sleep. In gratitude Alex summons Jack to give Claire information about the English troop movements (DIA, chapter 42)
1746: When Mary is taken to her godfather's house to meet a potential suitor Alex thinks he will never see her again, but prays that he will. After a number of weeks, when he is close to death, Mary returns and comes to visit him immediately with Claire. Alex asks Claire to return the next day with Jamie. When Jamie and Claire arrive Alex tells them he is waiting for one more person. That person turns out to be his brother Jack. Alex asks Jack to do one last thing for him and Claire realises that Mary is pregnant and Alex wants Jack to marry her. Alex performs the ceremony himself with the last of his strength, with Claire and Jamie as witnesses. He then fades away with Mary by his side (DIA, chapter 45)
Alexander Fraser
Full name: Abbot Alexander Fraser
Occupation: Abbot of Sainte Anne de Beaupre Priory
Physical Characteristics: Stocky and approx. the same height as Claire with slanted blue Fraser cat eyes and a black beard (Outlander, chapter 38)
Alexander Fraser is Jamie's uncle, and illegitimate son of Lord Lovat. He is the half brother of Brian Fraser. He is a Jacobite and a frequent correspondent with the exiled Jacobite king, James, using the papal messenger system (DIA, chapter 6)
Significant Moments:
1741: When Jamie is in France fighting as a mercenary he accidentally kills a young woman he was trying to save from being raped. Jamie confesses his sins to his uncle Alex and swears he will never kill again. He asks Alex if he can become a novice at the Abbey, but Alex says no (Exile, chapter 1)
1743: Shelters and tends to a wounded Jamie twice. At the beginning of the year when Jamie is brought to the Abbey with the axe wound in the back of his head, and at the very end of the year when Jamie is brought to the Abbey after being viciously abused by Jack Randall. Abbot Alexander administers the Sacrament of Extreme Unction to Jamie when he is very ill with the fever after Wentworth (Outlander, chapter 39)
1744: Abbot Alexander receives a request from James of Scotland from his exile in Rome, asking if Jamie can go to France to assist his son Prince Charles.
Full name: Abbot Alexander Fraser
Occupation: Abbot of Sainte Anne de Beaupre Priory
Physical Characteristics: Stocky and approx. the same height as Claire with slanted blue Fraser cat eyes and a black beard (Outlander, chapter 38)
Alexander Fraser is Jamie's uncle, and illegitimate son of Lord Lovat. He is the half brother of Brian Fraser. He is a Jacobite and a frequent correspondent with the exiled Jacobite king, James, using the papal messenger system (DIA, chapter 6)
Significant Moments:
1741: When Jamie is in France fighting as a mercenary he accidentally kills a young woman he was trying to save from being raped. Jamie confesses his sins to his uncle Alex and swears he will never kill again. He asks Alex if he can become a novice at the Abbey, but Alex says no (Exile, chapter 1)
1743: Shelters and tends to a wounded Jamie twice. At the beginning of the year when Jamie is brought to the Abbey with the axe wound in the back of his head, and at the very end of the year when Jamie is brought to the Abbey after being viciously abused by Jack Randall. Abbot Alexander administers the Sacrament of Extreme Unction to Jamie when he is very ill with the fever after Wentworth (Outlander, chapter 39)
1744: Abbot Alexander receives a request from James of Scotland from his exile in Rome, asking if Jamie can go to France to assist his son Prince Charles.
Alick Fraser - the spelling used for Alex Fraser in Cross Stitch. Refer to Alexander Fraser
Angus Mhor
Occupation: Colum's bodyguard and dispenser of physical punishment at Castle Leoch
Physical Characteristics: When Claire first lays eyes on Angus she thinks he is one of the largest men she has ever seen. He has coarse black hair, projecting eyebrows, huge forearms and a 40 inch waist, but he has a friendly face (Outlander, chapter 6).
Angus is the one who beats Jamie when he steps in to take Laoghaire's punishment (Outlander, chapter 6) Angus accompanies Colum to Edinburgh when he goes to meet Charles Stuart to determine if the MacKenzie clan should support him (DIA, chapter 37)
Occupation: Colum's bodyguard and dispenser of physical punishment at Castle Leoch
Physical Characteristics: When Claire first lays eyes on Angus she thinks he is one of the largest men she has ever seen. He has coarse black hair, projecting eyebrows, huge forearms and a 40 inch waist, but he has a friendly face (Outlander, chapter 6).
Angus is the one who beats Jamie when he steps in to take Laoghaire's punishment (Outlander, chapter 6) Angus accompanies Colum to Edinburgh when he goes to meet Charles Stuart to determine if the MacKenzie clan should support him (DIA, chapter 37)
Annalise de Marillac
Husband: Charles Gauloise
Physical Characteristics: Beautiful, charming and exquisitely tiny (DIA, chapter 9) Light and fluffy as a kitten (Virgins) Hands and feet like a doll's, delicate brows and deep black eyes. She walks with a light step (DIA, chapter 11)
Annalise de Marillac was Jamie's first serious infatuation when he lived in Paris as an 18 year old. He fought a duel for her.
Significant Moments:
1739: Charles Gauloise and Jamie fight a duel over Annalise. Jamie wounds Charles and Annalise marries Charles a month later (DIA, chapter 11)
1742: Annalise's husband Charles dies from the morbid sore throat (DIA, chapter 11)
1744: Meets Jamie again in Paris (DIA, chapter 11)
Husband: Charles Gauloise
Physical Characteristics: Beautiful, charming and exquisitely tiny (DIA, chapter 9) Light and fluffy as a kitten (Virgins) Hands and feet like a doll's, delicate brows and deep black eyes. She walks with a light step (DIA, chapter 11)
Annalise de Marillac was Jamie's first serious infatuation when he lived in Paris as an 18 year old. He fought a duel for her.
Significant Moments:
1739: Charles Gauloise and Jamie fight a duel over Annalise. Jamie wounds Charles and Annalise marries Charles a month later (DIA, chapter 11)
1742: Annalise's husband Charles dies from the morbid sore throat (DIA, chapter 11)
1744: Meets Jamie again in Paris (DIA, chapter 11)
Anselm
Full name: Father Anselm - Francois Anselm Mericoeur d'Armangac
Occupation: Franciscan friar
Physical Characteristics: In his early thirties with hazel eyes and silky brown hair threaded with grey (Outlander, chapter 38) He has the square sturdy hands and feet of a Norman peasant (Outlander, chapter 40)
Father Anselm is staying at the Abbey of Ste. Anne de Beaupre when Claire and Jamie arrive after fleeing Wentworth. He is working on translating some works of St. Jerome. Anselm's middle name 'Mericoeur' translates as 'Anselm of the Merry Heart' (Outlander, chapter 38)
Significant Moments:
1743: Father Anselm introduces Claire to the ritual of Perpetual Adoration and explains to her the conditions necessary for the commission of sin (Outlander, chapter 38) Father Anselm hears Claire's confession after she exorcises Jamie. She tells him about Jamie, Frank and the young soldier she killed when they fled Wentworth. She also tells him she is a time traveller, to which Father Anselm replies - "But how marvellous! How extraordinary and how wonderful!". Claire asks Father Anselm for advice as to whether she is guilty of murder and adultery. Father Anselm advises Claire that she has not committed adultery because both marriages were valid and her marriage to Jamie antedates her marriage to Frank, nor has she committed murder as the Bible recognises the need for defence of oneself and one's family. Claire also asks Anselm whether she should try to change the future. Anselm tells her that everyone's actions affect the future and it is not immoral for her to use her knowledge of the future so long as she does it to the dictates of God's law to the best of her ability (Outlander, chapter 40)
Full name: Father Anselm - Francois Anselm Mericoeur d'Armangac
Occupation: Franciscan friar
Physical Characteristics: In his early thirties with hazel eyes and silky brown hair threaded with grey (Outlander, chapter 38) He has the square sturdy hands and feet of a Norman peasant (Outlander, chapter 40)
Father Anselm is staying at the Abbey of Ste. Anne de Beaupre when Claire and Jamie arrive after fleeing Wentworth. He is working on translating some works of St. Jerome. Anselm's middle name 'Mericoeur' translates as 'Anselm of the Merry Heart' (Outlander, chapter 38)
Significant Moments:
1743: Father Anselm introduces Claire to the ritual of Perpetual Adoration and explains to her the conditions necessary for the commission of sin (Outlander, chapter 38) Father Anselm hears Claire's confession after she exorcises Jamie. She tells him about Jamie, Frank and the young soldier she killed when they fled Wentworth. She also tells him she is a time traveller, to which Father Anselm replies - "But how marvellous! How extraordinary and how wonderful!". Claire asks Father Anselm for advice as to whether she is guilty of murder and adultery. Father Anselm advises Claire that she has not committed adultery because both marriages were valid and her marriage to Jamie antedates her marriage to Frank, nor has she committed murder as the Bible recognises the need for defence of oneself and one's family. Claire also asks Anselm whether she should try to change the future. Anselm tells her that everyone's actions affect the future and it is not immoral for her to use her knowledge of the future so long as she does it to the dictates of God's law to the best of her ability (Outlander, chapter 40)
Archibald Campbell
Full name: Reverend Archibald Campbell
Occupation: Clerygman
Physical Characteristics: Tall and narrow-shouldered (V, chapter 29)
Sibling: Margaret
Significant Moments:
1745: Archibald fights for the English army in a Campbell regiment (V, chapter 29)
1746: After the Battle of Culloden, Archibald is returning to Edinburgh with his regiment when he chances upon his sister Margaret who is travelling with a family of tinkers. When Archibald learns what has happened to Margaret he becomes deeply embittered against both the Highland Scots and the English army. Archibald takes Margaret home where they learn that their father has died from influenza. Their mother dies not long afterwards and Margaret goes to live with Archibald. Archibald realises he will never be able to marry as no wife will want to live with a sister-in-law who has fits of staring and screaming. He turns to God and becomes a minister and employs a woman, Tilly Lawson, to look after Margaret while he travels to preach (V, chapter 29)
1766: The Reverend is offered a position in the West Indies, in Barbados and Jamaica, by the Society of Presbyterian Missionaries. He decides to take up the position and to take his sister Margaret with him. He employs Nellie Cowden to travel with them and look after Margaret and they move to Edinburgh to prepare for the journey. While there, the Reverend goes to Haugh's apothecary to seek a cure for Margaret's mental state. He meets Claire and on noticing that she knows a lot about the medical uses of herbs, ask Claire if she will come and see his sister. Claire agrees (V, chapter 29) Claire goes shopping for medical supplies with Mr Willoughby in Paris. They run into the Reverend Campbell who eyes Mr Willoughby with distaste. The Reverend Campbell explains that he is still travelling to the West Indies with his sister, but had some some urgent business to attend to in France first (V, chapter 40)
Full name: Reverend Archibald Campbell
Occupation: Clerygman
Physical Characteristics: Tall and narrow-shouldered (V, chapter 29)
Sibling: Margaret
Significant Moments:
1745: Archibald fights for the English army in a Campbell regiment (V, chapter 29)
1746: After the Battle of Culloden, Archibald is returning to Edinburgh with his regiment when he chances upon his sister Margaret who is travelling with a family of tinkers. When Archibald learns what has happened to Margaret he becomes deeply embittered against both the Highland Scots and the English army. Archibald takes Margaret home where they learn that their father has died from influenza. Their mother dies not long afterwards and Margaret goes to live with Archibald. Archibald realises he will never be able to marry as no wife will want to live with a sister-in-law who has fits of staring and screaming. He turns to God and becomes a minister and employs a woman, Tilly Lawson, to look after Margaret while he travels to preach (V, chapter 29)
1766: The Reverend is offered a position in the West Indies, in Barbados and Jamaica, by the Society of Presbyterian Missionaries. He decides to take up the position and to take his sister Margaret with him. He employs Nellie Cowden to travel with them and look after Margaret and they move to Edinburgh to prepare for the journey. While there, the Reverend goes to Haugh's apothecary to seek a cure for Margaret's mental state. He meets Claire and on noticing that she knows a lot about the medical uses of herbs, ask Claire if she will come and see his sister. Claire agrees (V, chapter 29) Claire goes shopping for medical supplies with Mr Willoughby in Paris. They run into the Reverend Campbell who eyes Mr Willoughby with distaste. The Reverend Campbell explains that he is still travelling to the West Indies with his sister, but had some some urgent business to attend to in France first (V, chapter 40)
Arthur Duncan
Died: 1743
Wife: Geillis Duncan
Occupation: Procurator Fiscal of the village of Cranesmuir
Arthur is another victim of Geillie's scheming. She married him for the position it gave her in society but was slowly poisoning him.
1743: Arthur dies at Castle Leoch after he discovers that Geillis is pregnant by another man and she poisons him (Outlander, chpater 24)
Died: 1743
Wife: Geillis Duncan
Occupation: Procurator Fiscal of the village of Cranesmuir
Arthur is another victim of Geillie's scheming. She married him for the position it gave her in society but was slowly poisoning him.
1743: Arthur dies at Castle Leoch after he discovers that Geillis is pregnant by another man and she poisons him (Outlander, chpater 24)
Auld Alick - the spelling used in Cross Stitch for Auld Alec MacKenzie. Refer to Auld Alec
Auld Alec
Full name: Alexander McMahon MacKenzie
Occupation: Master of Horse at Castle Leoch
Physical Characteristics: Squat, with one blue eye and an air of authority (Outlander, chapter 7) Alec lost his other eye in an accident and wears a black patch over it (DIA, chapter 46)
Auld Alec is in charge of the stables and horses at Castle Leoch. He suffers from bad arthritis. (Outlander, chapter 7)
Significant Moments:
1743: When Jamie goes hunting with the Duke of Sandringham he asks Alec to keep an eye on Claire. When Claire is taken for the witch trial Alec rides all night and the next day to find Jamie and tell him (Outlander, chapter 25)
1746: When Jamie and Claire arrive at Culloden House on April15th, Alec is the first person they see. They find him close to starvation, lying in the hay in the stables. Alec tells them that the Highland Army has run out of food, all the horses have been slaughtered and eaten, except for Donas who was kept for Charles Stuart to ride on his triumphal return to Edinburgh, and that Charles Stuart has ordered the Highland army to take a stand on Culloden Moor (DIA, chapter 46)
Full name: Alexander McMahon MacKenzie
Occupation: Master of Horse at Castle Leoch
Physical Characteristics: Squat, with one blue eye and an air of authority (Outlander, chapter 7) Alec lost his other eye in an accident and wears a black patch over it (DIA, chapter 46)
Auld Alec is in charge of the stables and horses at Castle Leoch. He suffers from bad arthritis. (Outlander, chapter 7)
Significant Moments:
1743: When Jamie goes hunting with the Duke of Sandringham he asks Alec to keep an eye on Claire. When Claire is taken for the witch trial Alec rides all night and the next day to find Jamie and tell him (Outlander, chapter 25)
1746: When Jamie and Claire arrive at Culloden House on April15th, Alec is the first person they see. They find him close to starvation, lying in the hay in the stables. Alec tells them that the Highland Army has run out of food, all the horses have been slaughtered and eaten, except for Donas who was kept for Charles Stuart to ride on his triumphal return to Edinburgh, and that Charles Stuart has ordered the Highland army to take a stand on Culloden Moor (DIA, chapter 46)
B
Bonnie Prince Charlie - see Charles Stuart
Brian Fraser
Also known as: Black Brian, Brian Dubh
Born: 1691
Died: 1740
Parents: Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, & Davina Porter
Half-Siblings: Alexander, Janet, Simon, Archibald
Wife: Ellen MacKenzie
Children: William, Jenny, Jamie, Robert
Occupation: Farmer and breeder of horses
Physical Characteristics: Black hair and beard. He is described as having hair like a black silkie and eyes like a cat (Outlander, chapter 24)
Brian was the illegitimate son of Lord Lovat. (Outlander, chapter 11) His mother was one of the maids at Castle Downie (DIA, chapter 40)
Significant Moments:
1715: Brian meets and elopes with Ellen MacKenzie during the Great Gathering called to choose Jacob MacKenzie's successor. They hide out in a cottage on the edge of the Fraser lands until Ellen is obviously pregnant and nothing can be done to stop their marriage. (Outlander, chapter 24) Brian's father, Lord Lovat, does not approve of his choice of bride. He tries to stop the marriage by claiming that Brian did not father Ellen's child and when that doesn't work he breaks off all contact with Brian (DIA, chapter 40)
1716: Brian and Ellen move into Lallybroch a week before their first child William is born
1719: Brian's daughter Jenny is born
1721: Brian's son Jamie is born
1727: Brian's eldest son Wiliam dies from smallpox
1729: Brian's wife Ellen dies in childbirth along with their youngest son, Robert
1738: When Jamie leaves to go to university in France, Brian books Jamie passage on a ship that sails from the harbour at Beauly, close to Lord Lovat's lands. Lord Lovat has not spoken to his son Brian since Brian married Ellen, and he has never seen any of Brian's children. Just as Jamie is about to board the ship, Lord Lovat arrives and watches Jamie board the ship. Not a word is spoken between them, and Brian and Lord Lovat depart riding 20 yards apart with neither acknowledging that the other is there (DIA, chapter 40)
1740: Randall's soldiers ransack Lallybroch while Brian is away at a funeral. Jamie is arrested while trying to defend Jenny and is taken to Fort William and brutally flogged by Jack Randall. Brian witnesses Jamie's second flogging and thinks that Jamie has been killed. He has an apoplexy and collapses. He is taken back to Lallybroch but dies a few days later (Outlander, chapter 22).
Also known as: Black Brian, Brian Dubh
Born: 1691
Died: 1740
Parents: Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, & Davina Porter
Half-Siblings: Alexander, Janet, Simon, Archibald
Wife: Ellen MacKenzie
Children: William, Jenny, Jamie, Robert
Occupation: Farmer and breeder of horses
Physical Characteristics: Black hair and beard. He is described as having hair like a black silkie and eyes like a cat (Outlander, chapter 24)
Brian was the illegitimate son of Lord Lovat. (Outlander, chapter 11) His mother was one of the maids at Castle Downie (DIA, chapter 40)
Significant Moments:
1715: Brian meets and elopes with Ellen MacKenzie during the Great Gathering called to choose Jacob MacKenzie's successor. They hide out in a cottage on the edge of the Fraser lands until Ellen is obviously pregnant and nothing can be done to stop their marriage. (Outlander, chapter 24) Brian's father, Lord Lovat, does not approve of his choice of bride. He tries to stop the marriage by claiming that Brian did not father Ellen's child and when that doesn't work he breaks off all contact with Brian (DIA, chapter 40)
1716: Brian and Ellen move into Lallybroch a week before their first child William is born
1719: Brian's daughter Jenny is born
1721: Brian's son Jamie is born
1727: Brian's eldest son Wiliam dies from smallpox
1729: Brian's wife Ellen dies in childbirth along with their youngest son, Robert
1738: When Jamie leaves to go to university in France, Brian books Jamie passage on a ship that sails from the harbour at Beauly, close to Lord Lovat's lands. Lord Lovat has not spoken to his son Brian since Brian married Ellen, and he has never seen any of Brian's children. Just as Jamie is about to board the ship, Lord Lovat arrives and watches Jamie board the ship. Not a word is spoken between them, and Brian and Lord Lovat depart riding 20 yards apart with neither acknowledging that the other is there (DIA, chapter 40)
1740: Randall's soldiers ransack Lallybroch while Brian is away at a funeral. Jamie is arrested while trying to defend Jenny and is taken to Fort William and brutally flogged by Jack Randall. Brian witnesses Jamie's second flogging and thinks that Jamie has been killed. He has an apoplexy and collapses. He is taken back to Lallybroch but dies a few days later (Outlander, chapter 22).
C
Charles Stuart
Full name: Charles Edward Louis John Philip Casimir Sylvester Maria Stuart
Also known as: Bonnie Prince Charlie, Prince Tcharlach, The Young Pretender, the Chevalier de St George
Born: 31 December 1720
Died: 31 January 1788
Parents: James Stuart and Maria Klementyna Sobieska
Siblings: Henry
Wife: Louise of Stolberg-Gedern
Lover: Louise de la Tour de Rohan
Children: Charlotte Stuart
Occupation: Prince in exile and Pretender to the Thrones of Scotland, England and Ireland
Physical Characteristics: sturdy and good looking with loosely curling, thick light brown hair and a fair face (DIA, chapter 11) He has soft brown eyes (DIA, chapter 36) Jamie describes him as no great thinker, but charming in person with the ability to persuade people to do things against their better judgment (DIA, chapter 22)
Bonnie Prince Charlie was the grandson of the king known as James II of England and Ireland and James VII of Scotland. He was born in Italy where he spent most of his life. In December 1743 his father named him Prince Regent and less than two years later he was attempting to reclaim the throne by leading the second Jacobite rebellion
Significant Moments:
1744: Charles leaves his father's court in Rome and goes to France to try to persuade his cousin Louis to back him in a rebellion attempt (DIA, chapter 6) He begins an affair with Louise de la Tour de Rohan (DIA, chapter 7) and gets her pregnant (DIA, chapter 13) Charles begins scheming to reclaim the Scottish throne behind the back of his father. He receives an offer of fifty thousand pounds from an English backer once he sets foot on English soil (DIA, chapter 15) Charles's friendship with Jamie deepens and he starts inviting him to taverns in the evenings. Charles continues to be snubbed by Louis who won't receive him at court, thus ensuring that he cannot mingle in French society and make the connections he needs to fund his plans (DIA, chapter 16) Charles secures a loan from a bank to invest in a shipment of high quality port with the Comte St Germain (DIA, chapter 18) Philip of Spain refuses to lend any assistance to the Stuarts (DIA, chapter 22) Charles's investment in the shipment of port is lost due to Jamie and Murtagh faking smallpox onboard the ship (DIA, chapter 28)
1745: Charles begins his campaign to reclaim the throne. He sends out a broadsheet stating his intentions which is signed by his supporters and he takes the liberty of signing Jamie's name to it. He sends a copy of the signed broadsheet to Jamie in Scotland (DIA, chapter 34) Charles's Jacobite army wins its first major engagement at the Battle of Prestonpans with very few casualties (DIA, chapter 36) In October, after Prestonpans, Charles leads his army back to Edinburgh. During his time at Edinburgh, Charles engenders some ill will by snubbing most of the Scottish noblemen and instead turning to his old friends from the continent for advice (DIA, chapter 37)
Charles Stuart's forces attempt to take Stirling Castle from the English by siege. His victory is brief but inspires him to attempt to march onwards into England despite a lack of support from those living south of Edinburgh. He instructs Jamie to go to Lord Lovat and bring the men of Clan Fraser to join his army (DIA, chapter 39) Charles asks Jamie to leave Donas behind for him to ride and Jamie agrees as he fears Lord Lovat may steal him (DIA, chapter 41) Charles takes his army into England but his chiefs refuse to go further than Derby and he is forced to return northward (DIA, chapter 41) When Jamie's men are caught deserting Charles is furious and has them all thrown into the Tolbooth under sentence of death. Dougal MacKenzie arrives to join the Highland army with 250 men and 10,000 pounds in sterling which Charles is grateful for as his money is running low (DIA, chapter 42)
1746: Jamie, Dougal and Young Simon Fraser call on Charles Stuart at Stirling Castle and plead with him to release the Lallybroch men from prison (DIA, chapter 42) In March 1746, the man who had promised Charles Stuart £50,000, the Duke of Sandringham, is killed without having fulfilled his promise (V, chapter 40) By April the Highland Army is in retreat and running out of food. Charles Stuart takes command of the army and orders them to take a stand on Culloden Moor (DIA, chapter 47)
Full name: Charles Edward Louis John Philip Casimir Sylvester Maria Stuart
Also known as: Bonnie Prince Charlie, Prince Tcharlach, The Young Pretender, the Chevalier de St George
Born: 31 December 1720
Died: 31 January 1788
Parents: James Stuart and Maria Klementyna Sobieska
Siblings: Henry
Wife: Louise of Stolberg-Gedern
Lover: Louise de la Tour de Rohan
Children: Charlotte Stuart
Occupation: Prince in exile and Pretender to the Thrones of Scotland, England and Ireland
Physical Characteristics: sturdy and good looking with loosely curling, thick light brown hair and a fair face (DIA, chapter 11) He has soft brown eyes (DIA, chapter 36) Jamie describes him as no great thinker, but charming in person with the ability to persuade people to do things against their better judgment (DIA, chapter 22)
Bonnie Prince Charlie was the grandson of the king known as James II of England and Ireland and James VII of Scotland. He was born in Italy where he spent most of his life. In December 1743 his father named him Prince Regent and less than two years later he was attempting to reclaim the throne by leading the second Jacobite rebellion
Significant Moments:
1744: Charles leaves his father's court in Rome and goes to France to try to persuade his cousin Louis to back him in a rebellion attempt (DIA, chapter 6) He begins an affair with Louise de la Tour de Rohan (DIA, chapter 7) and gets her pregnant (DIA, chapter 13) Charles begins scheming to reclaim the Scottish throne behind the back of his father. He receives an offer of fifty thousand pounds from an English backer once he sets foot on English soil (DIA, chapter 15) Charles's friendship with Jamie deepens and he starts inviting him to taverns in the evenings. Charles continues to be snubbed by Louis who won't receive him at court, thus ensuring that he cannot mingle in French society and make the connections he needs to fund his plans (DIA, chapter 16) Charles secures a loan from a bank to invest in a shipment of high quality port with the Comte St Germain (DIA, chapter 18) Philip of Spain refuses to lend any assistance to the Stuarts (DIA, chapter 22) Charles's investment in the shipment of port is lost due to Jamie and Murtagh faking smallpox onboard the ship (DIA, chapter 28)
1745: Charles begins his campaign to reclaim the throne. He sends out a broadsheet stating his intentions which is signed by his supporters and he takes the liberty of signing Jamie's name to it. He sends a copy of the signed broadsheet to Jamie in Scotland (DIA, chapter 34) Charles's Jacobite army wins its first major engagement at the Battle of Prestonpans with very few casualties (DIA, chapter 36) In October, after Prestonpans, Charles leads his army back to Edinburgh. During his time at Edinburgh, Charles engenders some ill will by snubbing most of the Scottish noblemen and instead turning to his old friends from the continent for advice (DIA, chapter 37)
Charles Stuart's forces attempt to take Stirling Castle from the English by siege. His victory is brief but inspires him to attempt to march onwards into England despite a lack of support from those living south of Edinburgh. He instructs Jamie to go to Lord Lovat and bring the men of Clan Fraser to join his army (DIA, chapter 39) Charles asks Jamie to leave Donas behind for him to ride and Jamie agrees as he fears Lord Lovat may steal him (DIA, chapter 41) Charles takes his army into England but his chiefs refuse to go further than Derby and he is forced to return northward (DIA, chapter 41) When Jamie's men are caught deserting Charles is furious and has them all thrown into the Tolbooth under sentence of death. Dougal MacKenzie arrives to join the Highland army with 250 men and 10,000 pounds in sterling which Charles is grateful for as his money is running low (DIA, chapter 42)
1746: Jamie, Dougal and Young Simon Fraser call on Charles Stuart at Stirling Castle and plead with him to release the Lallybroch men from prison (DIA, chapter 42) In March 1746, the man who had promised Charles Stuart £50,000, the Duke of Sandringham, is killed without having fulfilled his promise (V, chapter 40) By April the Highland Army is in retreat and running out of food. Charles Stuart takes command of the army and orders them to take a stand on Culloden Moor (DIA, chapter 47)
Comte St Germain
Occupation: Merchant, Occultist
Physical Characteristics: slender and elegant with heavy brows and thin lips (DIA, chapter 6)
The Comte St Germain is a member of the French nobility with an interest in the occult. He is Jared Fraser's chief business rival in Paris in 1744.
Significant Moments:
1744: one of the seamen on the Comte's ship Patagonia is suspected of having smallpox. When Claire publicly confirms this, the Comte's ship, cargo and profits are lost and the Comte warns her she will pay for her actions (DIA, chapter 6) The Comte poisons Claire with bitter cascara making her very sick and terrified she is losing her baby (DIA, chapter 16) The Comte is a guest at the dinner party that Claire and Jamie host on the evening in which Claire and Mary are attacked in the alleyway on their way home and which ends with the scandalous appearance of a drugged, hallucinating Mary. Claire wears the white crystal that Raymond gave her around her neck in the hope of eliciting a reaction from the Comte. At the dinner party the Comte reveals that Charles Stuart has secured a loan to enable him to invest in a shipment of high quality port with the Comte (DIA, chapter 18) The Comte is part of the Duke of Sandringham's party which visits the Royal stables at Argentan (DIA, chapter 22) The Comte St Germain and Master Raymond are both accused of sorcery and taken to the Palace to face trial before the King's chamber. Louis brings Claire into the room and instructs her to listen to their testimony then use her powers as La Dame Blanche which enable her to see the soul of a man, to determine who is telling the truth. When Claire declares that the Comte is associated with a group called Les Disciples du Mal, the Comte retaliates by accusing Claire of being the servant of Satan in league with Master Raymond. He produces a snake from his shirt and quotes a passage from the Bible that says that servants of the true God can handle snakes without being harmed. Master Raymond then speaks up and provides the rest of the quote which is that servants of the true God will not die if they drink deadly poison. As Claire, the Comte and Raymond now all stand accused of sorcery, Raymond suggests that they all drink some poison to prove their innocence. He produces a flask of 'Dragon's blood' and pours out three cups. Both he and Claire drink it without effect, but the Comte falls down writhing and then subsides into limpness (DIA, chapter 27)
Occupation: Merchant, Occultist
Physical Characteristics: slender and elegant with heavy brows and thin lips (DIA, chapter 6)
The Comte St Germain is a member of the French nobility with an interest in the occult. He is Jared Fraser's chief business rival in Paris in 1744.
Significant Moments:
1744: one of the seamen on the Comte's ship Patagonia is suspected of having smallpox. When Claire publicly confirms this, the Comte's ship, cargo and profits are lost and the Comte warns her she will pay for her actions (DIA, chapter 6) The Comte poisons Claire with bitter cascara making her very sick and terrified she is losing her baby (DIA, chapter 16) The Comte is a guest at the dinner party that Claire and Jamie host on the evening in which Claire and Mary are attacked in the alleyway on their way home and which ends with the scandalous appearance of a drugged, hallucinating Mary. Claire wears the white crystal that Raymond gave her around her neck in the hope of eliciting a reaction from the Comte. At the dinner party the Comte reveals that Charles Stuart has secured a loan to enable him to invest in a shipment of high quality port with the Comte (DIA, chapter 18) The Comte is part of the Duke of Sandringham's party which visits the Royal stables at Argentan (DIA, chapter 22) The Comte St Germain and Master Raymond are both accused of sorcery and taken to the Palace to face trial before the King's chamber. Louis brings Claire into the room and instructs her to listen to their testimony then use her powers as La Dame Blanche which enable her to see the soul of a man, to determine who is telling the truth. When Claire declares that the Comte is associated with a group called Les Disciples du Mal, the Comte retaliates by accusing Claire of being the servant of Satan in league with Master Raymond. He produces a snake from his shirt and quotes a passage from the Bible that says that servants of the true God can handle snakes without being harmed. Master Raymond then speaks up and provides the rest of the quote which is that servants of the true God will not die if they drink deadly poison. As Claire, the Comte and Raymond now all stand accused of sorcery, Raymond suggests that they all drink some poison to prove their innocence. He produces a flask of 'Dragon's blood' and pours out three cups. Both he and Claire drink it without effect, but the Comte falls down writhing and then subsides into limpness (DIA, chapter 27)
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Duke of Sandringham
Full name: Clarence Marylebone
Also known as: Willie the arse bandit (Outlander, chapter 24)
Died: 1746
Physical Characteristics: a big, fit solid man with a high pitched voice, a weather-beaten face and light blue eyes. Jamie tells Claire the Duke is brighter than he seems and knows that people think him a fool because of his voice and uses that to his advantage (Outlander, chapter 26) Claire describes his voice as being a 'piping tenor' (DIA, chapter 44) He has fair hair, and small, white even teeth (DIA, chapter 22)
Frank and Reverend Wakefield find evidence that Jack Randall was a secret agent for the Duke of Sandringham, paid by him to stir up Jacobite sentiments to flush out any such sympathisers, although Sandringham was believed to be a Jacobite himself. (Outlander, chapter 2) The Duke is homosexual and attempted to get Jamie into bed when Jamie was only 16 (Outlander, chapter 24) The Duke possesses an extensive collection of ancient coins (V, chapter 40)
Significant Moments:
1743: Visits Castle Leoch and goes hunting with Jamie as Jamie tries to influence him to clear him of the wrongful murder charge (Outlander, chapter 25) While hunting a boar, a gang of broken men attempt to kill Jamie with an arrow, but it hits his shield instead. The Duke thinks the men are trying to kill him and calls for help just as the huge boar they are hunting rushes out of the bush. Jamie saves the Duke from the boar and kills the boar. In gratitude, the Duke tells Jamie he will take care of the murder charge hanging over him (Exile, chapter 8) Jamie has to leave the hunting party abruptly to rescue Claire from the witch trial (Outlander, chapter 25)
1744: The Duke arrives at the Palace of Versailles with his employee Alex Randall (DIA, chapter 9) The Duke makes an offer to Charles Stuart of fifty thousand pounds once he sets foot on English soil (DIA, chapter 15) The Duke is a guest at the dinner party that Claire and Jamie host on the evening in which Claire and Mary are attacked in the alleyway on their way home. The Duke arrives with an unexpected extra guest - Mary's uncle, Silas Hawkins (DIA, chapter 18) After the scandalous appearance of Mary the Duke quietly slips away before the King's Guard arrive (DIA, chapter 19) Claire and Jamie go to visit the Duke of Sandringham, ostensibly to discuss investments, but in reality to try and extract information from him. While Jamie and the Duke are engaged in business Claire slips away to look for Alex Randall. The Duke tells Jamie that he has dismissed Alex Randall from his employment and Jamie leaves to find Claire to tell her (DIA, chapter 21) The Duke invites Jamie to accompany him to the Royal stables in Argentan as he wishes Jamie to advise him on the purchase of some broodmares. The Duke sits with Claire during the picnic lunch and asks her if Jamie still has a price on his head in Scotland. On learning that he does the Duke puts a proposition to Claire. If Jamie severs his ties to Charles Stuart, he will be pardoned and can return home (DIA, chapter 22) After Jamie is arrested for duelling with Jack Randall, the Duke demands that he suffers the full penalty and remain imprisoned for a long time (DIA, chapter 27)
1746: The Duke is at his home, Bellhurst Manor, with his niece Mary Hawkins, when he receives a visit from a group of English soldiers escorting a Mrs Beauchamp who was captured by, and rescued from, Red Jamie Fraser. The Duke has asked anyone with knowledge of Red Jamie to be sent to him to share what they know. When 'Mrs Beauchamp' is brought into his room, he discovers that it is in fact Claire. The Duke starts to question Claire - he demands to know if she is an English hostage, a fervent Jacobite or a French agent. He tells Claire that she is very hard to kill, and when she reacts blankly, he summons his valet, Albert Danton, to the room. Claire doesn't recognise the man at first, but then sees that he has a small beauty mark above the fork of his thumb and realises that he is one of the men who attacked her and Mary in Paris. The Duke reveals to Claire that he arranged for Danton to dispose of her in that attack and that it was ironical bad luck that Mary was with her at the time and was despoiled, thus ruining the marriage that the Duke had arranged for her. The Duke also admits that Jack Randall works for him and that he controls Jack and binds him to him by offering him what he desires - punishment. When Claire asks why the Duke wanted to have her killed, he tells her that she and Jamie were attempting to thwart an affair that he had interested himself in. He was responsible for the seamen's attack on Jamie, but when Dougal arrived in Paris the Duke wondered whether Jamie was actually working for the Stuarts. The Duke tried to lure Jamie away from France by offering to secure a pardon for him, but when that didn't work he decided that Claire's death would be enough to stop Jamie. When Claire states that the Duke is a Jacobite, he replies 'Not necessarily'. He then demands to know whether Claire is as she was first working against the Jacobites and then for them. When Claire refuses to tell him, he orders her to be taken to her room and tells her that her one invaluable attribute as a house guest is that she is Red Jamie's wife and can be used to lure Jamie there. Hugh Munro has followed Claire to the Duke's house but he is caught on the property and hung for being a poacher. Jamie and Murtagh arrive to rescue Claire and Murtagh kills the Duke to avenge the rape of Mary Hawkins and the killing of Hugh Munro. Murtagh puts the Duke's head into his saddlebag and presents it to Hugh Munro's widow (DIA, chapter 44) The Duke dies without fulfilling his promise to Charles Stuart of £50,000 once he sets foot on English soil (V, chapter 40)
Full name: Clarence Marylebone
Also known as: Willie the arse bandit (Outlander, chapter 24)
Died: 1746
Physical Characteristics: a big, fit solid man with a high pitched voice, a weather-beaten face and light blue eyes. Jamie tells Claire the Duke is brighter than he seems and knows that people think him a fool because of his voice and uses that to his advantage (Outlander, chapter 26) Claire describes his voice as being a 'piping tenor' (DIA, chapter 44) He has fair hair, and small, white even teeth (DIA, chapter 22)
Frank and Reverend Wakefield find evidence that Jack Randall was a secret agent for the Duke of Sandringham, paid by him to stir up Jacobite sentiments to flush out any such sympathisers, although Sandringham was believed to be a Jacobite himself. (Outlander, chapter 2) The Duke is homosexual and attempted to get Jamie into bed when Jamie was only 16 (Outlander, chapter 24) The Duke possesses an extensive collection of ancient coins (V, chapter 40)
Significant Moments:
1743: Visits Castle Leoch and goes hunting with Jamie as Jamie tries to influence him to clear him of the wrongful murder charge (Outlander, chapter 25) While hunting a boar, a gang of broken men attempt to kill Jamie with an arrow, but it hits his shield instead. The Duke thinks the men are trying to kill him and calls for help just as the huge boar they are hunting rushes out of the bush. Jamie saves the Duke from the boar and kills the boar. In gratitude, the Duke tells Jamie he will take care of the murder charge hanging over him (Exile, chapter 8) Jamie has to leave the hunting party abruptly to rescue Claire from the witch trial (Outlander, chapter 25)
1744: The Duke arrives at the Palace of Versailles with his employee Alex Randall (DIA, chapter 9) The Duke makes an offer to Charles Stuart of fifty thousand pounds once he sets foot on English soil (DIA, chapter 15) The Duke is a guest at the dinner party that Claire and Jamie host on the evening in which Claire and Mary are attacked in the alleyway on their way home. The Duke arrives with an unexpected extra guest - Mary's uncle, Silas Hawkins (DIA, chapter 18) After the scandalous appearance of Mary the Duke quietly slips away before the King's Guard arrive (DIA, chapter 19) Claire and Jamie go to visit the Duke of Sandringham, ostensibly to discuss investments, but in reality to try and extract information from him. While Jamie and the Duke are engaged in business Claire slips away to look for Alex Randall. The Duke tells Jamie that he has dismissed Alex Randall from his employment and Jamie leaves to find Claire to tell her (DIA, chapter 21) The Duke invites Jamie to accompany him to the Royal stables in Argentan as he wishes Jamie to advise him on the purchase of some broodmares. The Duke sits with Claire during the picnic lunch and asks her if Jamie still has a price on his head in Scotland. On learning that he does the Duke puts a proposition to Claire. If Jamie severs his ties to Charles Stuart, he will be pardoned and can return home (DIA, chapter 22) After Jamie is arrested for duelling with Jack Randall, the Duke demands that he suffers the full penalty and remain imprisoned for a long time (DIA, chapter 27)
1746: The Duke is at his home, Bellhurst Manor, with his niece Mary Hawkins, when he receives a visit from a group of English soldiers escorting a Mrs Beauchamp who was captured by, and rescued from, Red Jamie Fraser. The Duke has asked anyone with knowledge of Red Jamie to be sent to him to share what they know. When 'Mrs Beauchamp' is brought into his room, he discovers that it is in fact Claire. The Duke starts to question Claire - he demands to know if she is an English hostage, a fervent Jacobite or a French agent. He tells Claire that she is very hard to kill, and when she reacts blankly, he summons his valet, Albert Danton, to the room. Claire doesn't recognise the man at first, but then sees that he has a small beauty mark above the fork of his thumb and realises that he is one of the men who attacked her and Mary in Paris. The Duke reveals to Claire that he arranged for Danton to dispose of her in that attack and that it was ironical bad luck that Mary was with her at the time and was despoiled, thus ruining the marriage that the Duke had arranged for her. The Duke also admits that Jack Randall works for him and that he controls Jack and binds him to him by offering him what he desires - punishment. When Claire asks why the Duke wanted to have her killed, he tells her that she and Jamie were attempting to thwart an affair that he had interested himself in. He was responsible for the seamen's attack on Jamie, but when Dougal arrived in Paris the Duke wondered whether Jamie was actually working for the Stuarts. The Duke tried to lure Jamie away from France by offering to secure a pardon for him, but when that didn't work he decided that Claire's death would be enough to stop Jamie. When Claire states that the Duke is a Jacobite, he replies 'Not necessarily'. He then demands to know whether Claire is as she was first working against the Jacobites and then for them. When Claire refuses to tell him, he orders her to be taken to her room and tells her that her one invaluable attribute as a house guest is that she is Red Jamie's wife and can be used to lure Jamie there. Hugh Munro has followed Claire to the Duke's house but he is caught on the property and hung for being a poacher. Jamie and Murtagh arrive to rescue Claire and Murtagh kills the Duke to avenge the rape of Mary Hawkins and the killing of Hugh Munro. Murtagh puts the Duke's head into his saddlebag and presents it to Hugh Munro's widow (DIA, chapter 44) The Duke dies without fulfilling his promise to Charles Stuart of £50,000 once he sets foot on English soil (V, chapter 40)
Duncan Innes
Physical Characteristics: Duncan is missing his left arm (V, chapter 41)
Duncan is an extremely taciturn man due to shyness.
Significant Moments:
1746?-1756: Prisoner at Ardsmuir Prison (V, chapter 11) Duncan loses his left arm from infection after catching it on a nail. This saves him from being transported as indentured labour with the other prisoners as he cannot do hard labour with one arm. Instead Duncan is pardoned and set free, however he struggles to survive and comes close to starving to death (V, chapter 43)
1764: After Jamie is given his pardon and released from Helwater, he tries to track down the other prisoners from Ardsmuir to see if any have returned from their indentureship. None have but he finds Duncan who is close to starvation. Jamie makes sure Duncan is able to survive and eventually gives him work as a smuggler (V, chapter 43)
1766: Duncan is present during the ambush at Arbroath (V, chapter 30) Duncan joins Jamie and Claire aboard the Artemis when they go in search of Ian (V, chapter 41) Jamie suspects one of the smugglers is a traitor who tipped off the excisemen at Arbroath but knows it isn't Duncan as with only one arm he could not have strung up the exciseman on the Arbroath road. Duncan suffers from constipation and trapped belly gas and is treated by Claire, much to his embarrassment (V, chapter 43)
Physical Characteristics: Duncan is missing his left arm (V, chapter 41)
Duncan is an extremely taciturn man due to shyness.
Significant Moments:
1746?-1756: Prisoner at Ardsmuir Prison (V, chapter 11) Duncan loses his left arm from infection after catching it on a nail. This saves him from being transported as indentured labour with the other prisoners as he cannot do hard labour with one arm. Instead Duncan is pardoned and set free, however he struggles to survive and comes close to starving to death (V, chapter 43)
1764: After Jamie is given his pardon and released from Helwater, he tries to track down the other prisoners from Ardsmuir to see if any have returned from their indentureship. None have but he finds Duncan who is close to starvation. Jamie makes sure Duncan is able to survive and eventually gives him work as a smuggler (V, chapter 43)
1766: Duncan is present during the ambush at Arbroath (V, chapter 30) Duncan joins Jamie and Claire aboard the Artemis when they go in search of Ian (V, chapter 41) Jamie suspects one of the smugglers is a traitor who tipped off the excisemen at Arbroath but knows it isn't Duncan as with only one arm he could not have strung up the exciseman on the Arbroath road. Duncan suffers from constipation and trapped belly gas and is treated by Claire, much to his embarrassment (V, chapter 43)
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Father Bain
Occupation: Priest
Physical Characteristics: He is described as fat with a face resembling a clenched fist. (Outlander, chapter 24)
Father Bain is the Priest who serves the village of Cranesmuir and Castle Leoch (Outlander, chapter 9)
Significant Moments:
1743: He is attacked by a pack of dogs at Castle Leoch and bitten in the thigh. He refuses to let Claire help him on the grounds that it would be the height of immorality for a man of the cloth to have his flesh touched by a woman and Claire warns him that if he doesn't let her clean it, it will fester (Outlander, chapter 24) Father Bain appears at the witch trial and testifies that Claire called a pack of hounds upon him and after they had wounded him she tried to lure him away into sinfulness and when he resisted she cast a curse upon him. He then lifts his soutane to reveal his badly infected leg (Outlander, chapter 25)
Occupation: Priest
Physical Characteristics: He is described as fat with a face resembling a clenched fist. (Outlander, chapter 24)
Father Bain is the Priest who serves the village of Cranesmuir and Castle Leoch (Outlander, chapter 9)
Significant Moments:
1743: He is attacked by a pack of dogs at Castle Leoch and bitten in the thigh. He refuses to let Claire help him on the grounds that it would be the height of immorality for a man of the cloth to have his flesh touched by a woman and Claire warns him that if he doesn't let her clean it, it will fester (Outlander, chapter 24) Father Bain appears at the witch trial and testifies that Claire called a pack of hounds upon him and after they had wounded him she tried to lure him away into sinfulness and when he resisted she cast a curse upon him. He then lifts his soutane to reveal his badly infected leg (Outlander, chapter 25)
Father Fogden
Occupation: Defrocked Priest from the order of St Anselm
Physical Characteristics: Father Fogden is a slight, wiry man, slightly taller than Claire. He has a lean face, with a straggly reddish beard, and long straying hair that is gray in streaks and runnels. Father Fogden has pale blue eyes that have a tendency to water in bright sun. Father Fogden's brain is rather addled (V, chapter 50)
Father Fogden lives on Hispaniola in Hacienda de la Fuente with Mamacita, the mother of his dead lover Ermenegilda. He smokes marijuana, drinks sangria and is very attached to his sheep, a coconut called Coco, and his dog, Ludo.
Significant Moments:
1742: Father Fogden becomes a missionary priest with the order of St Anselm (V, chapter 50)
1752: Father Fogden arrives in Cuba and works among the slums of Habana. After several years he meets and falls in love with a married woman, Ermenegilda. They elope together and escape to Hispaoniola with Ermenegilda's mother, dog, and dresses, but Ermenegilda dies two years later and is buried under the bougainvilleas by the hacienda. Father Fogden and Mamacita continue to live in the house, but no-one from the village will visit them as they believe the house to be haunted by Ermenegilda's ghost (V, chapter 50)
1767: Father Fogden meets Claire when Lawrence Stern takes her to Hacienda de la Fuente after finding her on a beach in Hispaniola after the storm (V, chapter 50)
Occupation: Defrocked Priest from the order of St Anselm
Physical Characteristics: Father Fogden is a slight, wiry man, slightly taller than Claire. He has a lean face, with a straggly reddish beard, and long straying hair that is gray in streaks and runnels. Father Fogden has pale blue eyes that have a tendency to water in bright sun. Father Fogden's brain is rather addled (V, chapter 50)
Father Fogden lives on Hispaniola in Hacienda de la Fuente with Mamacita, the mother of his dead lover Ermenegilda. He smokes marijuana, drinks sangria and is very attached to his sheep, a coconut called Coco, and his dog, Ludo.
Significant Moments:
1742: Father Fogden becomes a missionary priest with the order of St Anselm (V, chapter 50)
1752: Father Fogden arrives in Cuba and works among the slums of Habana. After several years he meets and falls in love with a married woman, Ermenegilda. They elope together and escape to Hispaoniola with Ermenegilda's mother, dog, and dresses, but Ermenegilda dies two years later and is buried under the bougainvilleas by the hacienda. Father Fogden and Mamacita continue to live in the house, but no-one from the village will visit them as they believe the house to be haunted by Ermenegilda's ghost (V, chapter 50)
1767: Father Fogden meets Claire when Lawrence Stern takes her to Hacienda de la Fuente after finding her on a beach in Hispaniola after the storm (V, chapter 50)
Fiona Graham
Full name: Fiona Graham
Born: 1949
Occupation: Housekeeper at the manse
Physical Characteristics: Short, plump and pretty as a small brown hen. Attractive with dark curly hair and wide brown eyes (DIA, chapter 2) A round cheerful face whose natural expression is a smile (DIA, chapter 3) prettily charming and slightly plump (V, chapter 3)
Fiona is Mrs Graham's granddaughter. Fiona started helping out at the manse after her grandmother died (DIA, chapter 1)
Significant Moments:
1968: Claire returns to Scotland with Brianna and slips away one day to talk to Fiona about the Druid group she belongs to. Fiona tells Claire that a tall, blonde woman with green eyes called Gillian Edgars has also been asking questions about the group (DIA, chapter 47) Fiona says that Gillian has been taking courses at the Institute for the Study of Highland Folklore and Antiquities (DIA, chapter 48) When Fiona overhears Claire, Roger and Brianna talking about the Dunbonnet she fills them in on the rest of the legend and that information directs them to search the prison rolls (V, chapter 7)
Full name: Fiona Graham
Born: 1949
Occupation: Housekeeper at the manse
Physical Characteristics: Short, plump and pretty as a small brown hen. Attractive with dark curly hair and wide brown eyes (DIA, chapter 2) A round cheerful face whose natural expression is a smile (DIA, chapter 3) prettily charming and slightly plump (V, chapter 3)
Fiona is Mrs Graham's granddaughter. Fiona started helping out at the manse after her grandmother died (DIA, chapter 1)
Significant Moments:
1968: Claire returns to Scotland with Brianna and slips away one day to talk to Fiona about the Druid group she belongs to. Fiona tells Claire that a tall, blonde woman with green eyes called Gillian Edgars has also been asking questions about the group (DIA, chapter 47) Fiona says that Gillian has been taking courses at the Institute for the Study of Highland Folklore and Antiquities (DIA, chapter 48) When Fiona overhears Claire, Roger and Brianna talking about the Dunbonnet she fills them in on the rest of the legend and that information directs them to search the prison rolls (V, chapter 7)
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Geneva Dunsany
Born: 1739
Died: January 1758
Parents: Lord William Dunsany & Lady Louisa Dunsany
Siblings: Gordon and Isobel Dunsany
Husband: Lord Ellesmere
Son: William Ransom
Occupation: Aristocrat
Physical Characteristics: Tall and lean with shining chestnut hair and gray eyes. Geneva has a small pointed chin and small pointed teeth. She is slim-hipped and small-breasted (V, chapter 14)
Geneva is the eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Dunsany. Jamie considers her pretty, spoilt and autocratic, a good horse-woman but sharp-tongued and whim-ridden (V, chapter 14)
Significant Moments:
1756: Geneva is 17 years old when Jamie Fraser arrives at Helwater (V, chapter 14)
1757: Geneva becomes infatuated with Jamie and demands that he accompany her whenever she wishes to go for a ride despite the fact that he only communicates with her with mumpish grunts. In May Geneva is told that she is to be married to the elderly Earl of Ellesmere, a man old enough to be her grandfather. Geneva is very unhappy about this and hatches a plan. Two days later she rides out to the fields where Jamie is working and tells Jamie that she wants him to bed her as she is damned if she will suffer her maidenhead to be given to Ellesmere. When Jamie refuses she threatens to tell her father that Jamie has made improper advances to her, but Jamie calls her bluff and tells her to go ahead. Angry at not getting her way, Geneva then produces a letter from Jenny that she has somehow got hold of. The letter mentions gold being sent to the exiled Jacobite Lochiel in France. Geneva tells Jamie that if he doesn't do as she's asked, she will give the letter to her father, but if he will bed her then she will give the letter back to him. Jamie has no option but to agree. He tells Geneva to make sure she chooses a safe day in the week after finishing her period so she is unlikely to become pregnant. Jamie comes to Geneva's room one night, climbing up a vine to her balcony. He demands that Geneva hand over the letter first and tells her that she may not call him 'Jamie'. Geneva has heard the maids talking about sex and is a bit scared that it might hurt, but determined nevertheless to go through with it. Jamie takes his time with Geneva and tells her that a man should pay tribute to her body. Geneva just lies there letting Jamie touch her. When Jamie enters her, she panics and screams at him to 'Take it out!', but Jamie is past the point of no return and covers her mouth and penetrates her fully. A few thrusts later and it's over with no more pain past the initial penetration. Geneva asks Jamie to do it again and they spend the entire night together. At one point Geneva tells Jamie that she loves him, but he tells her that it is not love that she is feeling. Jamie leaves an hour before dawn 4) Three days later Geneva is married. Lord Ellesmere is extremely kind to Geneva until her pregnancy starts to show. He knows the baby is not his as he is impotent (V, chapter 15)
1758: Geneva gives birth to a healthy baby boy in January, but a few hours later she starts haemorraghing and dies (V, chapter 15)
Born: 1739
Died: January 1758
Parents: Lord William Dunsany & Lady Louisa Dunsany
Siblings: Gordon and Isobel Dunsany
Husband: Lord Ellesmere
Son: William Ransom
Occupation: Aristocrat
Physical Characteristics: Tall and lean with shining chestnut hair and gray eyes. Geneva has a small pointed chin and small pointed teeth. She is slim-hipped and small-breasted (V, chapter 14)
Geneva is the eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Dunsany. Jamie considers her pretty, spoilt and autocratic, a good horse-woman but sharp-tongued and whim-ridden (V, chapter 14)
Significant Moments:
1756: Geneva is 17 years old when Jamie Fraser arrives at Helwater (V, chapter 14)
1757: Geneva becomes infatuated with Jamie and demands that he accompany her whenever she wishes to go for a ride despite the fact that he only communicates with her with mumpish grunts. In May Geneva is told that she is to be married to the elderly Earl of Ellesmere, a man old enough to be her grandfather. Geneva is very unhappy about this and hatches a plan. Two days later she rides out to the fields where Jamie is working and tells Jamie that she wants him to bed her as she is damned if she will suffer her maidenhead to be given to Ellesmere. When Jamie refuses she threatens to tell her father that Jamie has made improper advances to her, but Jamie calls her bluff and tells her to go ahead. Angry at not getting her way, Geneva then produces a letter from Jenny that she has somehow got hold of. The letter mentions gold being sent to the exiled Jacobite Lochiel in France. Geneva tells Jamie that if he doesn't do as she's asked, she will give the letter to her father, but if he will bed her then she will give the letter back to him. Jamie has no option but to agree. He tells Geneva to make sure she chooses a safe day in the week after finishing her period so she is unlikely to become pregnant. Jamie comes to Geneva's room one night, climbing up a vine to her balcony. He demands that Geneva hand over the letter first and tells her that she may not call him 'Jamie'. Geneva has heard the maids talking about sex and is a bit scared that it might hurt, but determined nevertheless to go through with it. Jamie takes his time with Geneva and tells her that a man should pay tribute to her body. Geneva just lies there letting Jamie touch her. When Jamie enters her, she panics and screams at him to 'Take it out!', but Jamie is past the point of no return and covers her mouth and penetrates her fully. A few thrusts later and it's over with no more pain past the initial penetration. Geneva asks Jamie to do it again and they spend the entire night together. At one point Geneva tells Jamie that she loves him, but he tells her that it is not love that she is feeling. Jamie leaves an hour before dawn 4) Three days later Geneva is married. Lord Ellesmere is extremely kind to Geneva until her pregnancy starts to show. He knows the baby is not his as he is impotent (V, chapter 15)
1758: Geneva gives birth to a healthy baby boy in January, but a few hours later she starts haemorraghing and dies (V, chapter 15)
H
Hal Grey
Full name: Harold Grey
Also known as: Lord Melton, Duke of Pardloe, Colonel Grey, Earl of Moray (V, chapter 10)
Born: c1720
Parents: Gerard and Benedicta Grey, the Duke and Duchess of Pardloe
Sibling: Lord John Grey
Half Siblings: Paul and Edgar DeVane
Wife: Minerva Wattiswade (Minnie)
Children: Adam, Benjamin, Henry, Dorothea
Occupation: Soldier
Physical Characteristics: A slight man with small, fine bones (V, chapter 1)
Significant Moments: Hal is a major in the English army during the Battle of Culloden. He finds Jamie and some other men sheltering in a farmhouse after the battle is over and it is his duty to have them all shot for treason. When Hal realises that Jamie is the man who spared his brother John's life, he decides that he must honour John's debt and cannot kill Jamie. Despite Jamie pleading that he just wants to die, Hal sends him to Lallybroch hidden under hay in the back of a wagon (V, chapter 1) Hal records this in his journal and it is later quoted in a history book that Roger finds (V, chapter 7) When Hal's younger brother John is involved in a scandal with his lover George Everett, Hal uses his influence to keep the gossip to a minimum, and he tells their mother that John has had an unfortunate affair of the heart to stop her questioning further (V, chapter 8)
Full name: Harold Grey
Also known as: Lord Melton, Duke of Pardloe, Colonel Grey, Earl of Moray (V, chapter 10)
Born: c1720
Parents: Gerard and Benedicta Grey, the Duke and Duchess of Pardloe
Sibling: Lord John Grey
Half Siblings: Paul and Edgar DeVane
Wife: Minerva Wattiswade (Minnie)
Children: Adam, Benjamin, Henry, Dorothea
Occupation: Soldier
Physical Characteristics: A slight man with small, fine bones (V, chapter 1)
Significant Moments: Hal is a major in the English army during the Battle of Culloden. He finds Jamie and some other men sheltering in a farmhouse after the battle is over and it is his duty to have them all shot for treason. When Hal realises that Jamie is the man who spared his brother John's life, he decides that he must honour John's debt and cannot kill Jamie. Despite Jamie pleading that he just wants to die, Hal sends him to Lallybroch hidden under hay in the back of a wagon (V, chapter 1) Hal records this in his journal and it is later quoted in a history book that Roger finds (V, chapter 7) When Hal's younger brother John is involved in a scandal with his lover George Everett, Hal uses his influence to keep the gossip to a minimum, and he tells their mother that John has had an unfortunate affair of the heart to stop her questioning further (V, chapter 8)
Hamish MacKenzie
Parents: Colum & Letitia MacKenzie, but actually the biological son of Dougal MacKenzie
Siblings: None
Physical Characteristics: When Claire first meets Hamish he is 7 or 8 years old and she describes him as handsome and red-haired with deep blue eyes (Outlander, chapter 6)
Hamish is the heir to the Chieftainship of this sept of Clan MacKenzie. The only people who know his true parentage are Colum, Letitia, Dougal and Claire
Parents: Colum & Letitia MacKenzie, but actually the biological son of Dougal MacKenzie
Siblings: None
Physical Characteristics: When Claire first meets Hamish he is 7 or 8 years old and she describes him as handsome and red-haired with deep blue eyes (Outlander, chapter 6)
Hamish is the heir to the Chieftainship of this sept of Clan MacKenzie. The only people who know his true parentage are Colum, Letitia, Dougal and Claire
Harry Quarry
Full name: Colonel Harry Quarry
Also known as: Handsome Harry (V, chapter 8)
Born: ca 1714
Physical Characteristics: Hazel eyes. Harry has a scar across one of his cheeks from a scandalous duel (V, chapter 8)
Significant Moments:
1754:
Harry is appointed Governor of Ardsmuir Prison after a scandalous duel. Harry is the Duke of Clarence's nephew (V, chapter 8)
1755:
Lord John is appointed as Governor of Ardsmuir Prison, taking over the role from Harry Quarry. Harry Quarry tells Lord John that there is one prisoner called Red Jamie Fraser who acts as spokesperson for all the others, and who John will have to deal with, all the while knowing that John had an embarrassing incident with Red Jamie when he was sixteen. Harry tells John that the prisoners will obey James Fraser without question, but will not obey any orders unless Jamie has given his approval. In order to establish goodwill with Jamie, Harry developed an arrangement whereby he ate supper with Jamie once a week and they discussed the men's concerns and suggests John does the same. Quarry warns John to never turn his back on Jamie if he ever dines with him alone. Although he is in chains he is a large man and many of the Jacobite Scots are filled with hate and despair towards the English (V, chapter 8)
Full name: Colonel Harry Quarry
Also known as: Handsome Harry (V, chapter 8)
Born: ca 1714
Physical Characteristics: Hazel eyes. Harry has a scar across one of his cheeks from a scandalous duel (V, chapter 8)
Significant Moments:
1754:
Harry is appointed Governor of Ardsmuir Prison after a scandalous duel. Harry is the Duke of Clarence's nephew (V, chapter 8)
1755:
Lord John is appointed as Governor of Ardsmuir Prison, taking over the role from Harry Quarry. Harry Quarry tells Lord John that there is one prisoner called Red Jamie Fraser who acts as spokesperson for all the others, and who John will have to deal with, all the while knowing that John had an embarrassing incident with Red Jamie when he was sixteen. Harry tells John that the prisoners will obey James Fraser without question, but will not obey any orders unless Jamie has given his approval. In order to establish goodwill with Jamie, Harry developed an arrangement whereby he ate supper with Jamie once a week and they discussed the men's concerns and suggests John does the same. Quarry warns John to never turn his back on Jamie if he ever dines with him alone. Although he is in chains he is a large man and many of the Jacobite Scots are filled with hate and despair towards the English (V, chapter 8)
Hildegard
Full name: Mother Hildegarde de Gascogne
Born: 1683
Occupation: Mother Superior of L'Hopital des Anges
Physical Characteristics: Nearly 6' tall with a gaunt, rawboned frame and a face of transcendant ugliness. She has a deep, resonant voice (DIA, chapter 12) Mother Hildegarde has black eyes and heavy brow ridges (V, chapter 40)
Mother Hildegard is a nun from Gascony who runs the L'Hopital des Anges. She has a dog called Bouton who accompanies her on her rounds and can sniff out sickness. Mother Hildegarde is very musical and as a child was considered to be a musical prodigy as she could play from memory anything she heard and composed her first musical piece at the age of seven (DIA, chapter 15) She is a close friend of the King's music master, Herr Gertsmann, corresponds with Johann Sebastian Bach and her godfather was Louis XIV, the Sun King (DIA, chapter 15)
Significant Moments:
1744: Meets Claire when she comes to work as a volunteer at L'Hopital des Anges (DIA, chapter 12) Jamie enlists the aid of Mother Hildegarde to help break intercepted messages encoded with a musical code. With the help of Claire she deciphers a letter saying that there is fifty thousand pounds waiting for Charles Stuart once he sets foot on English soil (DIA, chapter 15) Mother Hildegarde and the nuns at L'Hopital des Anges care for Claire after her miscarriage when she is gravely ill (DIA, chapter 25) Mother Hildegarde baptises Claire's stillborn baby daughter, and names her Faith (DIA, chapter 28) Claire seeks Mother Hildegarde's advice on getting Jamie freed from the Bastille. Mother Hildegarde advises her that women seeking favours from the King are expected to lie with him. When Claire decides that she must still go through with this, Mother Hildegarde stands by her and prays for her (DIA, chapter 27)
1766: Claire visits Mother Hildegarde when she returns to Paris with Jamie after going back through the stones (V, chapter 40)
Full name: Mother Hildegarde de Gascogne
Born: 1683
Occupation: Mother Superior of L'Hopital des Anges
Physical Characteristics: Nearly 6' tall with a gaunt, rawboned frame and a face of transcendant ugliness. She has a deep, resonant voice (DIA, chapter 12) Mother Hildegarde has black eyes and heavy brow ridges (V, chapter 40)
Mother Hildegard is a nun from Gascony who runs the L'Hopital des Anges. She has a dog called Bouton who accompanies her on her rounds and can sniff out sickness. Mother Hildegarde is very musical and as a child was considered to be a musical prodigy as she could play from memory anything she heard and composed her first musical piece at the age of seven (DIA, chapter 15) She is a close friend of the King's music master, Herr Gertsmann, corresponds with Johann Sebastian Bach and her godfather was Louis XIV, the Sun King (DIA, chapter 15)
Significant Moments:
1744: Meets Claire when she comes to work as a volunteer at L'Hopital des Anges (DIA, chapter 12) Jamie enlists the aid of Mother Hildegarde to help break intercepted messages encoded with a musical code. With the help of Claire she deciphers a letter saying that there is fifty thousand pounds waiting for Charles Stuart once he sets foot on English soil (DIA, chapter 15) Mother Hildegarde and the nuns at L'Hopital des Anges care for Claire after her miscarriage when she is gravely ill (DIA, chapter 25) Mother Hildegarde baptises Claire's stillborn baby daughter, and names her Faith (DIA, chapter 28) Claire seeks Mother Hildegarde's advice on getting Jamie freed from the Bastille. Mother Hildegarde advises her that women seeking favours from the King are expected to lie with him. When Claire decides that she must still go through with this, Mother Hildegarde stands by her and prays for her (DIA, chapter 27)
1766: Claire visits Mother Hildegarde when she returns to Paris with Jamie after going back through the stones (V, chapter 40)
Hugh Munro
Wife: Mrs Munro
Stepchildren: Ewan Gibson and several others
Occupation: Beggar & poacher
Physical Appearance: Bald with leathery skin and a full beard, blue eyes, one shoulder higher than the other and one leg shorter than the other. He cannot speak as his tongue has been cut out (Outlander, chapter 17)
Hugh Munro is a friend of Jamie's. He used to be a schoolmaster but was captured by the Turks at sea and had his tongue cut out, his leg broken and his feet plunged into boiling oil in an attempt to make him convert to Islam. He has a wallet adorned with four gaberlunzie tokens, which give him the licence to beg in four parishes on the one day of the week that begging is allowed in each parish, in recognition of the trials he endured at the hands of the Turks (Outlander, chapter 17) Hugh lives in near poverty with his wife, many stepchildren and one baby of his own. he supplements his begging with poaching (DIA, chapter 44)
1743: Hugh gives Claire a dragonfly suspended in amber as a gift. It comes wrapped in a thin sheet of paper with the words from the poem by Catullus written on it (Outlander, chapter 19)
1746: Hugh finds Claire at the Duke of Sandringham's house when she is taken there by the English soldiers after being 'rescued' from Dougal's men at the Battle of Falkirk Muir. Hugh signs to Claire through a window to let her know that he has seen her and that he will send word to Jamie, but he is caught on the grounds by the Duke's staff and beaten senseless. Hugh is then hanged at the park gate as punishment for poaching (DIA, chapter 44)
Wife: Mrs Munro
Stepchildren: Ewan Gibson and several others
Occupation: Beggar & poacher
Physical Appearance: Bald with leathery skin and a full beard, blue eyes, one shoulder higher than the other and one leg shorter than the other. He cannot speak as his tongue has been cut out (Outlander, chapter 17)
Hugh Munro is a friend of Jamie's. He used to be a schoolmaster but was captured by the Turks at sea and had his tongue cut out, his leg broken and his feet plunged into boiling oil in an attempt to make him convert to Islam. He has a wallet adorned with four gaberlunzie tokens, which give him the licence to beg in four parishes on the one day of the week that begging is allowed in each parish, in recognition of the trials he endured at the hands of the Turks (Outlander, chapter 17) Hugh lives in near poverty with his wife, many stepchildren and one baby of his own. he supplements his begging with poaching (DIA, chapter 44)
1743: Hugh gives Claire a dragonfly suspended in amber as a gift. It comes wrapped in a thin sheet of paper with the words from the poem by Catullus written on it (Outlander, chapter 19)
1746: Hugh finds Claire at the Duke of Sandringham's house when she is taken there by the English soldiers after being 'rescued' from Dougal's men at the Battle of Falkirk Muir. Hugh signs to Claire through a window to let her know that he has seen her and that he will send word to Jamie, but he is caught on the grounds by the Duke's staff and beaten senseless. Hugh is then hanged at the park gate as punishment for poaching (DIA, chapter 44)
I
Isobel Dunsany
Born: 1742
Parents: Lord William Dunsany & Lady Louisa Dunsany
Siblings: Gordon and Geneva Dunsany
Husband: Lord John Grey
Foster Son: William
Occupation: Aristocrat
Physical Characteristics: Small, round, bubbly and blonde with pale bluish-green eyes like her mother (V, chapter 14)
Isobel is the youngest daughter of Lord and Lady Dunsany (V, chapter 14)
Significant Moments:
1756: Isobel is 14 years old when Jamie Fraser arrives at Helwater (V, chapter 14)
1758: Isobel's sister Geneva dies a few hours after giving birth to her son William (V, chapter 15)
Born: 1742
Parents: Lord William Dunsany & Lady Louisa Dunsany
Siblings: Gordon and Geneva Dunsany
Husband: Lord John Grey
Foster Son: William
Occupation: Aristocrat
Physical Characteristics: Small, round, bubbly and blonde with pale bluish-green eyes like her mother (V, chapter 14)
Isobel is the youngest daughter of Lord and Lady Dunsany (V, chapter 14)
Significant Moments:
1756: Isobel is 14 years old when Jamie Fraser arrives at Helwater (V, chapter 14)
1758: Isobel's sister Geneva dies a few hours after giving birth to her son William (V, chapter 15)
J
Jared Fraser
Full name: Jared Munro Fraser
Born: ca1690 (V, chapter 40)
Wife: None, but Jared has a married mistress (DIA, chapter 7)
Occupation: Successful merchant and importer of wine and spirits. Jared is very prosperous. He has a small warehouse and large town house in Paris, and a very large warehouse in the port town of Le Havre, as well as owning several ships. (DIA, chapter 6)
Physical Characteristics: a small, spare, black-eyed man who bears a resemblance to Murtagh. Like Murtagh, Jared has lank dark hair, piercing eyes and sinewy frame. Unlike Murtagh, Jared has an oblong face and a snub nose and knows how to smile. He has one ear which has been pierced for an earring and two gold teeth in his lower jaw (DIA, chapter 6)
Jared Fraser is Jamie's cousin and a distant cousin of Murtagh. He is also a Jacobite (DIA, chapter 6) All Jared's ships are named after his mistresses, with the ships' figureheads carved after the ladies in question (DIA, chapter 30)
Significant Moments:
1739: Jamie lives with Jared for a time while he is at university (DIA, chapter 6)
1744: Jared asks Jamie to run his business for him for about 6 months while he travels throughout France inspecting wineries and establishing new contacts for his business. In return Jamie will receive a salary and use of Jared's Paris town house and staff. When Claire publicly diagnoses smallpox on the Comte St Germain's ship which leads to the destruction of his cargo, Jared reaps the profits as he now has the only supply of the best aged port from Pinhao (DIA, chapter 6) Before Jared leaves on his trip he takes Jamie to meet Charles Stuart (DIA, chapter 7) Jared returns to Paris when Jamie and Claire are forced to return to Scotland (DIA, chapter 30)
1755: Young Jamie and Ian Snr arrive in France with some of the seal's treasure. Jared helps them to change it into cash so that they can distribute it to the Jacobites in exile (V, chapter 38)
1766: Jamie and Claire travel to Le Havre in December after Ian is kidnapped from the seal's island, and go immediately to see Jared in his warehouse where they explain everything that has happened. Jared explains that as it is so late in the season there are few ships still available to travel on, and the best he can provide is a mid-sized sloop called the Artemis which will be ready to sail in a week. Jared has searched the harbourmaster's records and discovered that the Bruja has its home port listed as Bridgetown in Barbados. Not knowing the destination of the ship, Jamie and Claire plan to sail to Barbados in the hope that they will find it. Jared informs them that the sailing time to the West Indies is normally two months, but this late in the year they may well be delayed a month or more by winter gales. Both Jared and Claire are concerned about how Jamie will survive the voyage, but Jamie will endure anything to get Ian back. Jared appoints Jamie in the role of supercargo on the ship. This means Jamie is responsible for the cargo and his authority can override the captain's in decisions relating to the cargo. The Artemis will sail to Jamaica with a load of cargo and then reload with rum from Jared's sugarcane plantation to be brought back to France. The return trip will not be able to be made until May when the weather improves, and Jamie and Claire will have the ship at their disposal until that time to search for Ian. Over dinner one night Jared gives a Masonic greeting to Jamie which he returns. Jared tells Jamie that there are Freemason lodges in the Caribbean and Jamie should use the contacts there to help find Ian (V, chapter 40)
Full name: Jared Munro Fraser
Born: ca1690 (V, chapter 40)
Wife: None, but Jared has a married mistress (DIA, chapter 7)
Occupation: Successful merchant and importer of wine and spirits. Jared is very prosperous. He has a small warehouse and large town house in Paris, and a very large warehouse in the port town of Le Havre, as well as owning several ships. (DIA, chapter 6)
Physical Characteristics: a small, spare, black-eyed man who bears a resemblance to Murtagh. Like Murtagh, Jared has lank dark hair, piercing eyes and sinewy frame. Unlike Murtagh, Jared has an oblong face and a snub nose and knows how to smile. He has one ear which has been pierced for an earring and two gold teeth in his lower jaw (DIA, chapter 6)
Jared Fraser is Jamie's cousin and a distant cousin of Murtagh. He is also a Jacobite (DIA, chapter 6) All Jared's ships are named after his mistresses, with the ships' figureheads carved after the ladies in question (DIA, chapter 30)
Significant Moments:
1739: Jamie lives with Jared for a time while he is at university (DIA, chapter 6)
1744: Jared asks Jamie to run his business for him for about 6 months while he travels throughout France inspecting wineries and establishing new contacts for his business. In return Jamie will receive a salary and use of Jared's Paris town house and staff. When Claire publicly diagnoses smallpox on the Comte St Germain's ship which leads to the destruction of his cargo, Jared reaps the profits as he now has the only supply of the best aged port from Pinhao (DIA, chapter 6) Before Jared leaves on his trip he takes Jamie to meet Charles Stuart (DIA, chapter 7) Jared returns to Paris when Jamie and Claire are forced to return to Scotland (DIA, chapter 30)
1755: Young Jamie and Ian Snr arrive in France with some of the seal's treasure. Jared helps them to change it into cash so that they can distribute it to the Jacobites in exile (V, chapter 38)
1766: Jamie and Claire travel to Le Havre in December after Ian is kidnapped from the seal's island, and go immediately to see Jared in his warehouse where they explain everything that has happened. Jared explains that as it is so late in the season there are few ships still available to travel on, and the best he can provide is a mid-sized sloop called the Artemis which will be ready to sail in a week. Jared has searched the harbourmaster's records and discovered that the Bruja has its home port listed as Bridgetown in Barbados. Not knowing the destination of the ship, Jamie and Claire plan to sail to Barbados in the hope that they will find it. Jared informs them that the sailing time to the West Indies is normally two months, but this late in the year they may well be delayed a month or more by winter gales. Both Jared and Claire are concerned about how Jamie will survive the voyage, but Jamie will endure anything to get Ian back. Jared appoints Jamie in the role of supercargo on the ship. This means Jamie is responsible for the cargo and his authority can override the captain's in decisions relating to the cargo. The Artemis will sail to Jamaica with a load of cargo and then reload with rum from Jared's sugarcane plantation to be brought back to France. The return trip will not be able to be made until May when the weather improves, and Jamie and Claire will have the ship at their disposal until that time to search for Ian. Over dinner one night Jared gives a Masonic greeting to Jamie which he returns. Jared tells Jamie that there are Freemason lodges in the Caribbean and Jamie should use the contacts there to help find Ian (V, chapter 40)
Jerry MacKenzie
Full name: Lieutenant Jeremiah Walter MacKenzie
Also known as: Mac
Born: 1919
Died: 194?
Wife: Marjorie Wakefield
Children: Roger
Occupation: Airman
Physical Characteristics: Untidy flyaway hair (Leaf)
Jerry is Roger's father and he also has the ability to time travel. He carries a rough sapphire with him as a good luck charm. The stone was given to him by Marjorie who found it on the Isle of Lewis during their honeymoon (Leaf)
Significant Moments:
???? - Elopes with Marjorie Wakefield. They have a brief honeymoon on the Isle of Lewis. Jerry meets Marjorie's mother for the first time when they tell her they have got married (Leaf)
1939-1941: Serves as a Spitfire pilot during World War II with Green Squadron
1940: Takes two bullets through his right knee while under attack in his Spitfire and crash lands his plane. Has two months off sick while his smashed patella mends and walks with a limp thereafter. His second month is spent recovering at home and Roger is conceived then (Leaf)
1941: Jerry's son Roger is born. Jerry is recruited by Captain Frank Randall to fly a top secret mission to Eastern Europe. He learns that the mission is to Poland and he has been selected because he speaks a few words of Polish. Jerry and three other pilots are to fly low over four Nazi concentration camps and take photos with cameras mounted on their wings. Before embarking on the mission he is to be sent to Northumberland to practice the manoeuvres. While flying in Northumberland by Hadrian's Wall on All Hallow's Eve, Jerry's plane suffers engine failure and he crash lands near some standing stones. He is thrown clear of the plane and when he comes to he leans on one of the stones for support and is transported back into the past (Leaf)
1739: Jerry wakes the next morning and can't see his plane anywhere. He begins searching for it and becomes concerned by the lack of people, buildings and roads. He finally comes across a stone house and approaches the woman outside. She runs off and comes back with three men who beat up Jerry, take his jacket and dog tags and throw him down a steep slope. Jerry moves well away from the location of that house but after a few days wandering he comes to the conclusion that he has somehow ended up in the past and as it seemed to happen by the standing stones he needs to make his way back there. It takes him a while to get his bearings and find his way back, but around Samhain, just as the landscape starts to look familiar again he is distracted by his empty stomach and the smell of some newly baked pasties cooling on a window ledge. Jerry steals a pasty but is discovered by a dog and the dog's owner. The man hits Jerry over the head with a spade and knocks him out. When he comes to, Jerry finds himself locked in an empty cow-byre. Jerry finds himself thinking of Marjorie and reaches into his pocket for the sapphire she gave him. Instead he finds a powdery residue where the stone has disintegrated which leaves him feeling fearful of the stones. Jerry falls asleep and dreams that his son Roger is now a grown man and is talking to him but he can't understand what he's saying. He wakes and hears two men speaking Gaelic outside the byre and calls for help. Two men open the door to the byre - both tall, one with black hair, one with fair. They turn out to be time travellers themselves and hurry Jerry away from the farm towards the standing stones. When they get to the stones they give him a small stone and the dark haired man tells him to think about his wife when he steps into the stones, but not to think about his son. Jerry is stunned by the fact that they know the names of his wife and son but when he starts to question them they hear the sound of the farmer closing in on them. The men tell Jerry to go and take off, but just as Jerry moves towards the stones the dark haired man reappears, and whispers fiercely to Jerry, "I love you". As Jerry stands there agape, he hears the dark haired man say he had to say it because he knows Jerry isn't going to make it back through the stones and that will be the only chance he gets. Jerry steps through the stones (Leaf)
1943: Posthumously awarded an MID oakleaf cluster medal (Leaf)
194?: Two weeks after crashing his plane, Jerry wakes to find the gouge in the land where his plane had crash landed, but it is overgrown with vegetation and he realises that he hasn't come back at the same time he left. He catches a ride with a line of passing troop transports heading to Salisbury and the soldiers give him money to buy a train ticket to London from Salisbury. Jerry arrives in London to find it badly damaged by bombs. He makes his way to his flat but when he arrives finds the building has been flattened. Jerry collapses from the shock but is rescued by a neighbour who tells him that Marjorie had gone to stay with her mother sometime after Jerry's disappearance. Jerry makes his way to Bethnal Green and arrives just as night falls. As he tries to find the right street, the air raid sirens sound and Jerry gets caught up in the flow of people moving to the safety of the underground tube station. The station is struck by a direct hit of a bomb and the ceiling starts to crack above the stairs. Jerry looks down and sees Marjorie on the stairs, clutching Roger. Marjorie sees him and her face is lit by a flash of joy, but just at that moment the ceiling starts to collapse. Marjorie grabs Roger and throws him up over the stair railing towards Jerry, where he lands high on Jerry's chest. Jerry struggles to hold onto Roger and falls over the side of the platform onto the track, smashing his head on the rail, just as the ceiling comes down. Jerry dies from his head injuries, but he has saved Roger. Roger is taken to safety by two men, just before the rest of the ceiling comes down on Jerry. They cannot identify Jerry because he has no dogtags (Leaf)
Full name: Lieutenant Jeremiah Walter MacKenzie
Also known as: Mac
Born: 1919
Died: 194?
Wife: Marjorie Wakefield
Children: Roger
Occupation: Airman
Physical Characteristics: Untidy flyaway hair (Leaf)
Jerry is Roger's father and he also has the ability to time travel. He carries a rough sapphire with him as a good luck charm. The stone was given to him by Marjorie who found it on the Isle of Lewis during their honeymoon (Leaf)
Significant Moments:
???? - Elopes with Marjorie Wakefield. They have a brief honeymoon on the Isle of Lewis. Jerry meets Marjorie's mother for the first time when they tell her they have got married (Leaf)
1939-1941: Serves as a Spitfire pilot during World War II with Green Squadron
1940: Takes two bullets through his right knee while under attack in his Spitfire and crash lands his plane. Has two months off sick while his smashed patella mends and walks with a limp thereafter. His second month is spent recovering at home and Roger is conceived then (Leaf)
1941: Jerry's son Roger is born. Jerry is recruited by Captain Frank Randall to fly a top secret mission to Eastern Europe. He learns that the mission is to Poland and he has been selected because he speaks a few words of Polish. Jerry and three other pilots are to fly low over four Nazi concentration camps and take photos with cameras mounted on their wings. Before embarking on the mission he is to be sent to Northumberland to practice the manoeuvres. While flying in Northumberland by Hadrian's Wall on All Hallow's Eve, Jerry's plane suffers engine failure and he crash lands near some standing stones. He is thrown clear of the plane and when he comes to he leans on one of the stones for support and is transported back into the past (Leaf)
1739: Jerry wakes the next morning and can't see his plane anywhere. He begins searching for it and becomes concerned by the lack of people, buildings and roads. He finally comes across a stone house and approaches the woman outside. She runs off and comes back with three men who beat up Jerry, take his jacket and dog tags and throw him down a steep slope. Jerry moves well away from the location of that house but after a few days wandering he comes to the conclusion that he has somehow ended up in the past and as it seemed to happen by the standing stones he needs to make his way back there. It takes him a while to get his bearings and find his way back, but around Samhain, just as the landscape starts to look familiar again he is distracted by his empty stomach and the smell of some newly baked pasties cooling on a window ledge. Jerry steals a pasty but is discovered by a dog and the dog's owner. The man hits Jerry over the head with a spade and knocks him out. When he comes to, Jerry finds himself locked in an empty cow-byre. Jerry finds himself thinking of Marjorie and reaches into his pocket for the sapphire she gave him. Instead he finds a powdery residue where the stone has disintegrated which leaves him feeling fearful of the stones. Jerry falls asleep and dreams that his son Roger is now a grown man and is talking to him but he can't understand what he's saying. He wakes and hears two men speaking Gaelic outside the byre and calls for help. Two men open the door to the byre - both tall, one with black hair, one with fair. They turn out to be time travellers themselves and hurry Jerry away from the farm towards the standing stones. When they get to the stones they give him a small stone and the dark haired man tells him to think about his wife when he steps into the stones, but not to think about his son. Jerry is stunned by the fact that they know the names of his wife and son but when he starts to question them they hear the sound of the farmer closing in on them. The men tell Jerry to go and take off, but just as Jerry moves towards the stones the dark haired man reappears, and whispers fiercely to Jerry, "I love you". As Jerry stands there agape, he hears the dark haired man say he had to say it because he knows Jerry isn't going to make it back through the stones and that will be the only chance he gets. Jerry steps through the stones (Leaf)
1943: Posthumously awarded an MID oakleaf cluster medal (Leaf)
194?: Two weeks after crashing his plane, Jerry wakes to find the gouge in the land where his plane had crash landed, but it is overgrown with vegetation and he realises that he hasn't come back at the same time he left. He catches a ride with a line of passing troop transports heading to Salisbury and the soldiers give him money to buy a train ticket to London from Salisbury. Jerry arrives in London to find it badly damaged by bombs. He makes his way to his flat but when he arrives finds the building has been flattened. Jerry collapses from the shock but is rescued by a neighbour who tells him that Marjorie had gone to stay with her mother sometime after Jerry's disappearance. Jerry makes his way to Bethnal Green and arrives just as night falls. As he tries to find the right street, the air raid sirens sound and Jerry gets caught up in the flow of people moving to the safety of the underground tube station. The station is struck by a direct hit of a bomb and the ceiling starts to crack above the stairs. Jerry looks down and sees Marjorie on the stairs, clutching Roger. Marjorie sees him and her face is lit by a flash of joy, but just at that moment the ceiling starts to collapse. Marjorie grabs Roger and throws him up over the stair railing towards Jerry, where he lands high on Jerry's chest. Jerry struggles to hold onto Roger and falls over the side of the platform onto the track, smashing his head on the rail, just as the ceiling comes down. Jerry dies from his head injuries, but he has saved Roger. Roger is taken to safety by two men, just before the rest of the ceiling comes down on Jerry. They cannot identify Jerry because he has no dogtags (Leaf)
Joe Abernathy
Full name: Dr Joseph Abernathy
Children: son Lenny who changed his name to Muhammad Ishmael Shabazz III, and a daughter (V, chapter 20)
Physical Characteristics: Joe has a gold tooth far back on the right side (V, chapter 18) He has warm golden-brown eyes and wears spectacles for some things (V, chapter 20)
Joe is Claire's closest friend from Medical School. Claire says Joe is one of only four people she's met who will tell you the truth about themselves straight out. The other three are Jamie, Master Raymond and Roger (V, chapter 7) Joe's mother wanted him to be a preacher (V, chapter 18) Joe sometimes gets called on to do forensic work for the coroner's office on badly deteriorated bodies (V, chapter 20)
Significant Moments:
1955: Joe starts medical training the same time as Claire. They are both interns at Boston General, Joe being the only black intern, Claire the only female one, but they don't become friends until the end of their internship when they bond over a badly written romance novel (V, chapter 18)
1966: In January, Joe is performing surgery in the early hours of the morning. Upon finishing he learns that Frank Randall has been killed in a car crash and his body has been brought to the hospital. Joe immediately rushes down to the ER where he finds Claire and provides a shoulder for her to rest on while she weeps for Frank (V, chapter 19)
1968: Claire is with Joe when a man arrives with a box of bones for him to examine. Joe asks Claire to stay and look at them as he wants to know if she can do the same empathetic diagnosis on a dead person as she can on a living one. Claire holds the skull in her hands and declares that the dead woman was killed, that she didn't want to die. Joe then reveals that the bones are between 150-200 years old and were found in a cave in the Caribbean with a lot of artifacts. When he pieces the skeleton together he confirms Claire's feeling - one of the neck bones is completely missing while others are fractured. Joe surmises that someone killed the woman by chopping her head off with a blunt blade. Joe also determines that the bones belong to a white woman. When the man leaves, Claire tells Joe that she wants his opinion on something, and then possibly a favour. Claire then asks Joe if she is sexually attractive. He gives her an honest assessment that she is and draws the obvious conclusion that Claire is interested in a man. When Claire explains that it's someone she hasn't seen for twenty years, Joe asks outright if it's Bree's father. Claire is shocked that Joe has guessed, but confirms that it is. Claire then tells Joe that the favour she wants to ask concerns Bree. Two hours later Claire has left a number of documents with Joe, including her letter of resignation, and left the hospital (V, chapter 20)
Full name: Dr Joseph Abernathy
Children: son Lenny who changed his name to Muhammad Ishmael Shabazz III, and a daughter (V, chapter 20)
Physical Characteristics: Joe has a gold tooth far back on the right side (V, chapter 18) He has warm golden-brown eyes and wears spectacles for some things (V, chapter 20)
Joe is Claire's closest friend from Medical School. Claire says Joe is one of only four people she's met who will tell you the truth about themselves straight out. The other three are Jamie, Master Raymond and Roger (V, chapter 7) Joe's mother wanted him to be a preacher (V, chapter 18) Joe sometimes gets called on to do forensic work for the coroner's office on badly deteriorated bodies (V, chapter 20)
Significant Moments:
1955: Joe starts medical training the same time as Claire. They are both interns at Boston General, Joe being the only black intern, Claire the only female one, but they don't become friends until the end of their internship when they bond over a badly written romance novel (V, chapter 18)
1966: In January, Joe is performing surgery in the early hours of the morning. Upon finishing he learns that Frank Randall has been killed in a car crash and his body has been brought to the hospital. Joe immediately rushes down to the ER where he finds Claire and provides a shoulder for her to rest on while she weeps for Frank (V, chapter 19)
1968: Claire is with Joe when a man arrives with a box of bones for him to examine. Joe asks Claire to stay and look at them as he wants to know if she can do the same empathetic diagnosis on a dead person as she can on a living one. Claire holds the skull in her hands and declares that the dead woman was killed, that she didn't want to die. Joe then reveals that the bones are between 150-200 years old and were found in a cave in the Caribbean with a lot of artifacts. When he pieces the skeleton together he confirms Claire's feeling - one of the neck bones is completely missing while others are fractured. Joe surmises that someone killed the woman by chopping her head off with a blunt blade. Joe also determines that the bones belong to a white woman. When the man leaves, Claire tells Joe that she wants his opinion on something, and then possibly a favour. Claire then asks Joe if she is sexually attractive. He gives her an honest assessment that she is and draws the obvious conclusion that Claire is interested in a man. When Claire explains that it's someone she hasn't seen for twenty years, Joe asks outright if it's Bree's father. Claire is shocked that Joe has guessed, but confirms that it is. Claire then tells Joe that the favour she wants to ask concerns Bree. Two hours later Claire has left a number of documents with Joe, including her letter of resignation, and left the hospital (V, chapter 20)
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Kenneth
Physical Characteristics: Tall, muscular with brown hair and eyes (Exile, chapter 2)
Kenneth is a time traveller who goes through the standing stones at Craigh na Dun and reappears in 1743 just hours before Claire (Exile, chapter 1)
Significant Moments:
1743: Arrives through the stones at Craigh na Dun at Beltane and once recovered immediately starts making his way to Castle Leoch (Exile, chapter 2) At Leoch, Kenneth tells people that he is a man without a clan who has come to swear his oath at the Gathering. Kenneth makes his way into Cranesmuir and seeks out Geillis. Kenneth left through the stones a few hours after Geillis in 1968 once the police had gone, but Geillis had arrived in the past ten years earlier than Kenneth. Geillis asks Kenneth what he used to open the stones and he replies that he used blood by killing a rabbit when he went through, and then closed the stone passage by killing a deer after he arrived. Geillis reveals her plans to Kenneth. She intends for Colum to die so that Dougal will take the chieftainship in trust for Hamish, and she will control Dougal. Kenneth tells Geillis he will take care of Colum, and then mentions that an Englishwoman arrived at the castle with Dougal and Jamie. Geillis wonders if the Englishwoman could be a time traveller (Exile, chapter 3) Kenneth is part of the MacKenzie party when they depart on the rent collecting expedition. On the eve of Claire and Jamie's wedding, when Claire gets so drunk she falls asleep, Kenneth creeps into her room and wakes her up just enough to ask her who the president of the USA is. Claire murmurs 'Jesus H. Roosevelt' and Kenneth deduces she is from the time of WWII (Exile, chapter 6) Kenneth is part of the party that accompanies Jamie when he goes to Fort William to rescue Claire from Jack Randall's clutches. When Jamie climbs in Randall's window, Kenneth decides to take the opportunity to shoot him in the back, but he is surprised by a redcoat and shoots the soldier instead (Exile, chapter 7) When Geillis hears Jamie is going hunting with the Duke of Sandringham, she tells Kenneth to meet with a gang of broken men and pay them to kill Jamie so that he will not be a threat to Dougal's chieftainship of Clan MacKenzie. Kenneth does this but the men don't succeed in killing Jamie (Exile, chapter 8) Kenneth is present at the witch trial. In the confusion that follows Geillis stripping to reveal her pregnancy and declaring she is a witch, she whispers to Kenneth for him to follow Jamie and Claire, kill Jamie and bring Claire back to Cranesmuir (Exile, chapter 9)
Physical Characteristics: Tall, muscular with brown hair and eyes (Exile, chapter 2)
Kenneth is a time traveller who goes through the standing stones at Craigh na Dun and reappears in 1743 just hours before Claire (Exile, chapter 1)
Significant Moments:
1743: Arrives through the stones at Craigh na Dun at Beltane and once recovered immediately starts making his way to Castle Leoch (Exile, chapter 2) At Leoch, Kenneth tells people that he is a man without a clan who has come to swear his oath at the Gathering. Kenneth makes his way into Cranesmuir and seeks out Geillis. Kenneth left through the stones a few hours after Geillis in 1968 once the police had gone, but Geillis had arrived in the past ten years earlier than Kenneth. Geillis asks Kenneth what he used to open the stones and he replies that he used blood by killing a rabbit when he went through, and then closed the stone passage by killing a deer after he arrived. Geillis reveals her plans to Kenneth. She intends for Colum to die so that Dougal will take the chieftainship in trust for Hamish, and she will control Dougal. Kenneth tells Geillis he will take care of Colum, and then mentions that an Englishwoman arrived at the castle with Dougal and Jamie. Geillis wonders if the Englishwoman could be a time traveller (Exile, chapter 3) Kenneth is part of the MacKenzie party when they depart on the rent collecting expedition. On the eve of Claire and Jamie's wedding, when Claire gets so drunk she falls asleep, Kenneth creeps into her room and wakes her up just enough to ask her who the president of the USA is. Claire murmurs 'Jesus H. Roosevelt' and Kenneth deduces she is from the time of WWII (Exile, chapter 6) Kenneth is part of the party that accompanies Jamie when he goes to Fort William to rescue Claire from Jack Randall's clutches. When Jamie climbs in Randall's window, Kenneth decides to take the opportunity to shoot him in the back, but he is surprised by a redcoat and shoots the soldier instead (Exile, chapter 7) When Geillis hears Jamie is going hunting with the Duke of Sandringham, she tells Kenneth to meet with a gang of broken men and pay them to kill Jamie so that he will not be a threat to Dougal's chieftainship of Clan MacKenzie. Kenneth does this but the men don't succeed in killing Jamie (Exile, chapter 8) Kenneth is present at the witch trial. In the confusion that follows Geillis stripping to reveal her pregnancy and declaring she is a witch, she whispers to Kenneth for him to follow Jamie and Claire, kill Jamie and bring Claire back to Cranesmuir (Exile, chapter 9)
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Letitia MacKenzie
Husband: Colum MacKenzie
Son: Hamish MacKenzie
Physical Characteristics: Plump, pretty and red-haired (Outlander, chapter 6)
Letitia is Colum's wife and fulfilled her wifely duty to produce an heir for him by sleeping with his brother Dougal, as Colum could not sire a child himself. (Outlander, chapters 6, 34)
Husband: Colum MacKenzie
Son: Hamish MacKenzie
Physical Characteristics: Plump, pretty and red-haired (Outlander, chapter 6)
Letitia is Colum's wife and fulfilled her wifely duty to produce an heir for him by sleeping with his brother Dougal, as Colum could not sire a child himself. (Outlander, chapters 6, 34)
Lord Ellesmere
Also Known as: Earl of Ellesmere
Died: January 1758
Wife: Geneva Dunsany
Son: William Ransom (in name only)
Physical Characteristics:
Lord Ellesmere is a rich elderly nobleman.
Significant Moments:
1757: Lord Ellesmere marries Geneva Dunsany in an arranged marriage in May. He pays the Dunsany's 30,000 pounds in exchange for marrying a virgin of good name. Lord Ellesmere is extremely kind to Geneva until her pregnancy starts to show. He knows the baby is not his as he is impotent (V, chapter 15)
1758: Geneva gives birth to a healthy baby boy in January, but a few hours later she starts haemorraghing and dies. Lord Ellesmere has a lot to drink and is in a belligerent mood when Lord and Lady Dunsany arrive. The Dunsany's want to take the baby to Helwater, but Lord Ellesmere tells them that the boy is his heir even if his mother was a whore. Lord Dunsany is outraged at the slur on his daughter's reputation and attacks Lord Ellesmere. Jamie leaps in and separates them and prevents Lord Ellesmere from ringing for his servants. Just then the Dunsany's footman Jeffries arrives with two drawn pistols. Jamie tries to lead Lord Dunsany out of the study, but just as he does Lady Dunsany enters carrying the baby. Lord Ellesmere rushes at Lady Dunsany, knocking her aside and grabbing the baby off her. He moves towards the window and Lord Dunsany tries to grab the baby back. Lord Ellesmere opens the window and threatens to drop the baby out if the Dunsany's do not leave, thrusting the baby towards the windowsill as he says this. Jamie grabs a pistol off Jeffries and fires at Lord Ellesmere. Ellesmere staggers and drops dead as Jamie catches the baby (V, chapter 15)
Also Known as: Earl of Ellesmere
Died: January 1758
Wife: Geneva Dunsany
Son: William Ransom (in name only)
Physical Characteristics:
Lord Ellesmere is a rich elderly nobleman.
Significant Moments:
1757: Lord Ellesmere marries Geneva Dunsany in an arranged marriage in May. He pays the Dunsany's 30,000 pounds in exchange for marrying a virgin of good name. Lord Ellesmere is extremely kind to Geneva until her pregnancy starts to show. He knows the baby is not his as he is impotent (V, chapter 15)
1758: Geneva gives birth to a healthy baby boy in January, but a few hours later she starts haemorraghing and dies. Lord Ellesmere has a lot to drink and is in a belligerent mood when Lord and Lady Dunsany arrive. The Dunsany's want to take the baby to Helwater, but Lord Ellesmere tells them that the boy is his heir even if his mother was a whore. Lord Dunsany is outraged at the slur on his daughter's reputation and attacks Lord Ellesmere. Jamie leaps in and separates them and prevents Lord Ellesmere from ringing for his servants. Just then the Dunsany's footman Jeffries arrives with two drawn pistols. Jamie tries to lead Lord Dunsany out of the study, but just as he does Lady Dunsany enters carrying the baby. Lord Ellesmere rushes at Lady Dunsany, knocking her aside and grabbing the baby off her. He moves towards the window and Lord Dunsany tries to grab the baby back. Lord Ellesmere opens the window and threatens to drop the baby out if the Dunsany's do not leave, thrusting the baby towards the windowsill as he says this. Jamie grabs a pistol off Jeffries and fires at Lord Ellesmere. Ellesmere staggers and drops dead as Jamie catches the baby (V, chapter 15)
Lord Lovat - refer to Simon Fraser (the Elder)
Louis XV
Full name: King Louis XV
Also known as: Le Roi Louis
Physical Characteristics: About 5'6", not particularly handsome. He has dark hooded eyes and a haughty nose (DIA, chapter 9) Louis has thin lips and bad teeth with breath that smells of decay (DIA, chapter 27)
Significant Moments:
1744: Meets Jamie at his lever (DIA, chapter 7) Meets Claire at the ball at the Palace of Versailles (DIA, chapter 9) Louis stubbornly refuses to meet Charles Stuart at court (DIA, chapter 16) Claire has an audience with Louis and begs him to free Jamie. She learns that he remains imprisoned because the Duke of Sandringham demands it as he wishes to keep Jamie away from Charles Stuart. Claire reveals to Louis that Jamie is not a Jacobite and Louis agrees to release Jamie on the condition that he leaves France. Louis will make sure that the charges against Jamie are dropped so that he can return. Once these negotiations are over Louis asks Claire for a small service in return. Thinking that she is going to have to sleep with him, Claire follows Louis through a door but it does not lead to a bedroom. Louis takes Claire into a darkened round room, lit only by tiny oil-lamps. In the centre of the room is a huge round table and the people sitting around it are all hooded. Standing in the room are the Comte St Germain and Master Raymond, both of whom have been accused of sorcery. Louis instructs Claire to listen to their testimony then use her powers as La Dame Blanche which enable her to see the soul of a man, to determine who is telling the truth. When Claire declares that the Comte is associated with a group called Les Disciples du Mal, the Comte retaliates by accusing Claire of being the servant of Satan in league with Master Raymond.The Comte produces a snake from his shirt and quotes a passage from the Bible that says that servants of the true God can handle snakes without being harmed. Master Raymond then speaks up and provides the rest of the quote which is that servants of the true God will not die if they drink deadly poison. As Claire, the Comte and Raymond now all stand accused of sorcery, Raymond suggests that they all drink some poison to prove their innocence. He produces a flask of 'Dragon's blood' and pours out three cups. Both he and Claire drink it without effect, but the Comte falls down writhing and then subsides into limpness (DIA, chapter 27) Louis takes Claire back through the door and leads her to the chaise and lifts her skirts. He oils her with rose oil and then penetrates her with a few thrusts before leaving to go to his mistress to finish off (DIA, chapter 28)
Full name: King Louis XV
Also known as: Le Roi Louis
Physical Characteristics: About 5'6", not particularly handsome. He has dark hooded eyes and a haughty nose (DIA, chapter 9) Louis has thin lips and bad teeth with breath that smells of decay (DIA, chapter 27)
Significant Moments:
1744: Meets Jamie at his lever (DIA, chapter 7) Meets Claire at the ball at the Palace of Versailles (DIA, chapter 9) Louis stubbornly refuses to meet Charles Stuart at court (DIA, chapter 16) Claire has an audience with Louis and begs him to free Jamie. She learns that he remains imprisoned because the Duke of Sandringham demands it as he wishes to keep Jamie away from Charles Stuart. Claire reveals to Louis that Jamie is not a Jacobite and Louis agrees to release Jamie on the condition that he leaves France. Louis will make sure that the charges against Jamie are dropped so that he can return. Once these negotiations are over Louis asks Claire for a small service in return. Thinking that she is going to have to sleep with him, Claire follows Louis through a door but it does not lead to a bedroom. Louis takes Claire into a darkened round room, lit only by tiny oil-lamps. In the centre of the room is a huge round table and the people sitting around it are all hooded. Standing in the room are the Comte St Germain and Master Raymond, both of whom have been accused of sorcery. Louis instructs Claire to listen to their testimony then use her powers as La Dame Blanche which enable her to see the soul of a man, to determine who is telling the truth. When Claire declares that the Comte is associated with a group called Les Disciples du Mal, the Comte retaliates by accusing Claire of being the servant of Satan in league with Master Raymond.The Comte produces a snake from his shirt and quotes a passage from the Bible that says that servants of the true God can handle snakes without being harmed. Master Raymond then speaks up and provides the rest of the quote which is that servants of the true God will not die if they drink deadly poison. As Claire, the Comte and Raymond now all stand accused of sorcery, Raymond suggests that they all drink some poison to prove their innocence. He produces a flask of 'Dragon's blood' and pours out three cups. Both he and Claire drink it without effect, but the Comte falls down writhing and then subsides into limpness (DIA, chapter 27) Louis takes Claire back through the door and leads her to the chaise and lifts her skirts. He oils her with rose oil and then penetrates her with a few thrusts before leaving to go to his mistress to finish off (DIA, chapter 28)
Louisa Dunsany
Full name: Lady Louisa Dunsany
Husband: Lord William Dunsany
Children: Gordon, Geneva and Isobel Dunsany
Occupation: Aristocrat
Physical Characteristics: A small round woman with faded blonde hair. She has pale bluish-green eyes. (V, chapter 14)
Lady Dunsany and her husband are impoverished aristocrats. Their estate, Helwater, is rather heavily in debt (V, chapter 14)
Significant Moments:
1745: Lady Dunsany's son Gordon is killed at the Battle of Prestonpans (V, chapter 14)
1756: Jamie Fraser arrives at Helwater. The Dunsany's do not know his true identity and are told his name is Alex MacKenzie (V, chapter 14)
1757: The Dunsany's arrange for their eldest daughter Geneva to be married to the wealthy but elderly Lord Ellesmere. Lord Ellesmere gives them 30,000 pounds in exchange for marrying a virgin of good name (V, chapter 14)
1758: Geneva dies in January a few hours after giving birth to a son, William. The Dunsany's go to Lord Ellesmere's house to take William back to Helwater. Lord Ellesmere is drunk. He knows the baby is not his but is determined to keep him as his heir. An argument erupts between Lord Ellesmere and Lord Dunsany. Lord Ellesmere grabs William and threatens to drop him out the window if the Dunsany's do not leave. Jamie grabs a pistol and fires at Lord Ellesmere, killing him. The Dunsany's prevent a scandal by pretending that Jamie was never present in the room and presumably instructing the footman, Jeffries, on what to say in the Coroner's Court so that a verdict of death by misadventure is returned. In gratitude to Jamie, Lady Dunsany offers to ask John Grey if he can exert influence to have Jamie released from the conditions of his parole so that he can return home. Jamie replies that he is not ready to return home yet and Lady Dunsany tells him that he only has to ask (V, chapter 15)
Full name: Lady Louisa Dunsany
Husband: Lord William Dunsany
Children: Gordon, Geneva and Isobel Dunsany
Occupation: Aristocrat
Physical Characteristics: A small round woman with faded blonde hair. She has pale bluish-green eyes. (V, chapter 14)
Lady Dunsany and her husband are impoverished aristocrats. Their estate, Helwater, is rather heavily in debt (V, chapter 14)
Significant Moments:
1745: Lady Dunsany's son Gordon is killed at the Battle of Prestonpans (V, chapter 14)
1756: Jamie Fraser arrives at Helwater. The Dunsany's do not know his true identity and are told his name is Alex MacKenzie (V, chapter 14)
1757: The Dunsany's arrange for their eldest daughter Geneva to be married to the wealthy but elderly Lord Ellesmere. Lord Ellesmere gives them 30,000 pounds in exchange for marrying a virgin of good name (V, chapter 14)
1758: Geneva dies in January a few hours after giving birth to a son, William. The Dunsany's go to Lord Ellesmere's house to take William back to Helwater. Lord Ellesmere is drunk. He knows the baby is not his but is determined to keep him as his heir. An argument erupts between Lord Ellesmere and Lord Dunsany. Lord Ellesmere grabs William and threatens to drop him out the window if the Dunsany's do not leave. Jamie grabs a pistol and fires at Lord Ellesmere, killing him. The Dunsany's prevent a scandal by pretending that Jamie was never present in the room and presumably instructing the footman, Jeffries, on what to say in the Coroner's Court so that a verdict of death by misadventure is returned. In gratitude to Jamie, Lady Dunsany offers to ask John Grey if he can exert influence to have Jamie released from the conditions of his parole so that he can return home. Jamie replies that he is not ready to return home yet and Lady Dunsany tells him that he only has to ask (V, chapter 15)
Louise de la Tour de Rohan
Full name: Marie-Louise-Henriette-Jeanne de la Tour D'Auvergne
Also known as: Princesse Louise de la Tour de Rohan
Husband: Jules de Rohan
Lover: Prince Charles Edward Stuart
Physical Characteristics: Plump and rather plain. Louise has a round face, a small round chin and pale lashless blue eyes, but she has an expansive personality, an air of lively animation and a lovely soft pink mouth (DIA, chapter 11) Claire describes Louise as sweet, devoted and kind with precisely as much brain as the cuckoo clock in her drawing room (DIA, chapter 26)
Significant Moments:
1744: Has an affair with Charles Stuart. Meets Claire and becomes a friend (DIA, chapter 11) Louise becomes pregnant to Charles Stuart. She decides to try and pass the baby off as her husband's (DIA, chapter 13) Louise is a guest at the dinner party that Claire and Jamie host on the evening in which Claire and Mary are attacked in the alleyway on their way home and which ends with the scandalous appearance of a drugged, hallucinating Mary (DIA, chapter 18) Louise calls on Claire to pay her a visit on the day that Jamie challenges Randall to a duel after the altercation in the brothel. Louise learns about this from Marie d'Arbanville who arrives to tell Claire (DIA, chapter 24) After Claire has spent a couple of weeks at the L'Hopital recovering from her miscarriage and beset by grief and despair, Louise arrives at the L'Hopital to remove Claire and take her to Fontainebleu to recover. When they arrive at the house Louise asks Claire if she will make an effort to go to Mass as the servants are superstitious and have heard the rumours about Claire being La Dame Blanche (DIA, chapter 26) Louise knows that Jamie has been arrested and is in the Bastille but doesn't tell Claire as she fears upsetting her fragile mental state, and also because Claire does not ask where Jamie is (DIA, chapter 27) As Claire drifts into a deep depression, Louise does her best to care for her and try to bring her out of it (DIA, chapter 28) Louise gives birth to a son, Henri, in autumn (DIA, chapter 31)
Full name: Marie-Louise-Henriette-Jeanne de la Tour D'Auvergne
Also known as: Princesse Louise de la Tour de Rohan
Husband: Jules de Rohan
Lover: Prince Charles Edward Stuart
Physical Characteristics: Plump and rather plain. Louise has a round face, a small round chin and pale lashless blue eyes, but she has an expansive personality, an air of lively animation and a lovely soft pink mouth (DIA, chapter 11) Claire describes Louise as sweet, devoted and kind with precisely as much brain as the cuckoo clock in her drawing room (DIA, chapter 26)
Significant Moments:
1744: Has an affair with Charles Stuart. Meets Claire and becomes a friend (DIA, chapter 11) Louise becomes pregnant to Charles Stuart. She decides to try and pass the baby off as her husband's (DIA, chapter 13) Louise is a guest at the dinner party that Claire and Jamie host on the evening in which Claire and Mary are attacked in the alleyway on their way home and which ends with the scandalous appearance of a drugged, hallucinating Mary (DIA, chapter 18) Louise calls on Claire to pay her a visit on the day that Jamie challenges Randall to a duel after the altercation in the brothel. Louise learns about this from Marie d'Arbanville who arrives to tell Claire (DIA, chapter 24) After Claire has spent a couple of weeks at the L'Hopital recovering from her miscarriage and beset by grief and despair, Louise arrives at the L'Hopital to remove Claire and take her to Fontainebleu to recover. When they arrive at the house Louise asks Claire if she will make an effort to go to Mass as the servants are superstitious and have heard the rumours about Claire being La Dame Blanche (DIA, chapter 26) Louise knows that Jamie has been arrested and is in the Bastille but doesn't tell Claire as she fears upsetting her fragile mental state, and also because Claire does not ask where Jamie is (DIA, chapter 27) As Claire drifts into a deep depression, Louise does her best to care for her and try to bring her out of it (DIA, chapter 28) Louise gives birth to a son, Henri, in autumn (DIA, chapter 31)
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MacRannoch
Full name: Sir Marcus MacRannoch
Wife: Lady Annabelle MacRannoch
Occupation: Owner of Eldridge Manor
Physical Characteristics: a large man with silvered black hair, thick-set shoulders and small round eyes like blueberries. MacRannoch is of late middle age with a neatly trimmed spade beard and a military bearing (Outlander, chapter 36)
MacRannoch would have liked to have married Ellen MacKenzie and he gave her the pearl necklace as a wedding gift. He is the owner of Eldridge Manor in Outlander, called Eldridge Hall in Cross Stitch (Outlander, chapter 36)
Significant Moments:
1743: MacRannoch's man rescues Claire from the wolves outside Wentworth Prison and brings her to the cottage he is staying in. Claire begs MacRannoch to help her rescue Jamie but he is reluctant for fear of repercussions on his family, even when he discovers that Jamie is the son of Ellen MacKenzie whom he once had a great fondness for. When MacRannoch's man Absalom returns with only 15 of his 40 cows, Murtagh realises that Rupert has stolen the rest. MacRannoch is persuaded to help rescue Jamie in return for getting his cows back. That night Rupert's men put the cattle into the prison through the door Claire escaped through. MacRannoch calls on Sir Fletcher Gordon and demands to know why his cows are being concealed on prison property. When he and his men go down to the dungeons to retrieve the cattle they rescue Jamie and bring him back to Eldridge Hall. MacRannoch helps Claire reset Jamie's broken hand and applies antiseptic to Jamie's wounds. He tells Jamie that Jack Randall was trampled to death by the cattle. MacRannoch helps Jamie to cut out the mark that Randall branded Jamie with on his chest (Outlander, chapter 36) MacRannoch sends Jamie and Claire a parcel while they are at the Abbey of Ste. Anne de Beaupre - it contains the skin of the wolf that Claire killed and a pearl bracelet to match the pearl necklace that he gave Ellen MacKenzie on her wedding day (Outlander, chapter 41)
Full name: Sir Marcus MacRannoch
Wife: Lady Annabelle MacRannoch
Occupation: Owner of Eldridge Manor
Physical Characteristics: a large man with silvered black hair, thick-set shoulders and small round eyes like blueberries. MacRannoch is of late middle age with a neatly trimmed spade beard and a military bearing (Outlander, chapter 36)
MacRannoch would have liked to have married Ellen MacKenzie and he gave her the pearl necklace as a wedding gift. He is the owner of Eldridge Manor in Outlander, called Eldridge Hall in Cross Stitch (Outlander, chapter 36)
Significant Moments:
1743: MacRannoch's man rescues Claire from the wolves outside Wentworth Prison and brings her to the cottage he is staying in. Claire begs MacRannoch to help her rescue Jamie but he is reluctant for fear of repercussions on his family, even when he discovers that Jamie is the son of Ellen MacKenzie whom he once had a great fondness for. When MacRannoch's man Absalom returns with only 15 of his 40 cows, Murtagh realises that Rupert has stolen the rest. MacRannoch is persuaded to help rescue Jamie in return for getting his cows back. That night Rupert's men put the cattle into the prison through the door Claire escaped through. MacRannoch calls on Sir Fletcher Gordon and demands to know why his cows are being concealed on prison property. When he and his men go down to the dungeons to retrieve the cattle they rescue Jamie and bring him back to Eldridge Hall. MacRannoch helps Claire reset Jamie's broken hand and applies antiseptic to Jamie's wounds. He tells Jamie that Jack Randall was trampled to death by the cattle. MacRannoch helps Jamie to cut out the mark that Randall branded Jamie with on his chest (Outlander, chapter 36) MacRannoch sends Jamie and Claire a parcel while they are at the Abbey of Ste. Anne de Beaupre - it contains the skin of the wolf that Claire killed and a pearl bracelet to match the pearl necklace that he gave Ellen MacKenzie on her wedding day (Outlander, chapter 41)
Margaret Campbell
Born: 1729 in Burntisland
Sibling: Reverend Archibald Campbell
Physical Characteristics: Plump, with pale blue eyes, baby-fine brown hair, a soft round face with a small snub nose and a double chin (V, chapter 29)
Margaret is the sister of the Reverend Archibald Campbell. She was severely traumatised by events that occurred during the Rising and never recovered mentally, thereafter alternating between a normal state of mind, a catatonic state, and one of continual screaming
Significant Moments:
1745: Margaret's family are Loyalists, supporters of the English King, but Margaret is a Jacobite. She falls in love with Ewan Cameron, a Jacobite soldier and tells him information about the English troops that she has gleaned from conversations with her family and letters from her brother Archibald who is away fighting with the English army (V, chapter 29)
1746: After the Battle of Falkirk Muir, rumours reach Margaret that the Highland Army is facing defeat. She flees in the dead of night in March and makes her way north to meet Ewan. The day after Culloden Margaret is forced to turn back and she falls into the hands of a band of English soldiers who rape her and leave her for dead, lying in a ditch. She is found by a family of tinkers who take her with them, but she is so traumatised by her ordeal that she does not speak. Margaret's brother Archibald happens upon her by chance one day as he is returning to Edinburgh with his regiment, and the shock of their meeting causes Margaret to regain her voice. However, she never recovers mentally, and suffers from fits of staring and screaming. Archibald returns Margaret home where they discover that their father has died from influenza. Their mother dies soon afterwards and Margaret goes to live with Archibald (V, chapter 29)
1766: Margaret's brother accepts an offer from the Missionary Society to go to the West Indies and decides to take Margaret with him, and he employs a woman called Nellie Cowden who will look after Margaret. They go to Edinburgh first where the Reverend meets Claire and asks her to look at Margaret to see if she can help her mental state. Claire goes to visit Margaret where she finds her in a catatonic state and realises there is little she can do for her. Just as Claire is leaving, Ian arrives with a message from Jamie. On hearing the name Jamie, Margaret comes out of her trance, says 'Jamie?', and starts screaming (V, chapter 29)
Born: 1729 in Burntisland
Sibling: Reverend Archibald Campbell
Physical Characteristics: Plump, with pale blue eyes, baby-fine brown hair, a soft round face with a small snub nose and a double chin (V, chapter 29)
Margaret is the sister of the Reverend Archibald Campbell. She was severely traumatised by events that occurred during the Rising and never recovered mentally, thereafter alternating between a normal state of mind, a catatonic state, and one of continual screaming
Significant Moments:
1745: Margaret's family are Loyalists, supporters of the English King, but Margaret is a Jacobite. She falls in love with Ewan Cameron, a Jacobite soldier and tells him information about the English troops that she has gleaned from conversations with her family and letters from her brother Archibald who is away fighting with the English army (V, chapter 29)
1746: After the Battle of Falkirk Muir, rumours reach Margaret that the Highland Army is facing defeat. She flees in the dead of night in March and makes her way north to meet Ewan. The day after Culloden Margaret is forced to turn back and she falls into the hands of a band of English soldiers who rape her and leave her for dead, lying in a ditch. She is found by a family of tinkers who take her with them, but she is so traumatised by her ordeal that she does not speak. Margaret's brother Archibald happens upon her by chance one day as he is returning to Edinburgh with his regiment, and the shock of their meeting causes Margaret to regain her voice. However, she never recovers mentally, and suffers from fits of staring and screaming. Archibald returns Margaret home where they discover that their father has died from influenza. Their mother dies soon afterwards and Margaret goes to live with Archibald (V, chapter 29)
1766: Margaret's brother accepts an offer from the Missionary Society to go to the West Indies and decides to take Margaret with him, and he employs a woman called Nellie Cowden who will look after Margaret. They go to Edinburgh first where the Reverend meets Claire and asks her to look at Margaret to see if she can help her mental state. Claire goes to visit Margaret where she finds her in a catatonic state and realises there is little she can do for her. Just as Claire is leaving, Ian arrives with a message from Jamie. On hearing the name Jamie, Margaret comes out of her trance, says 'Jamie?', and starts screaming (V, chapter 29)
Marjorie MacKenzie
Also known as: Marjorie Wakefield, Dolly
Died: 194?
Husband: Jerry MacKenzie
Children: Roger
Physical Characteristics: Curly black hair (Leaf)
Marjorie is Roger's mother and the niece of the Reverend Reginald Wakefield. While on her honeymoon with Jerry on the Isle of Lewis, Marjorie found a rough sapphire which she gave to Jerry and which he keeps in his pocket as a good luck charm (Leaf)
Significant Moments:
???? - Elopes with Jerry MacKenzie. They have a brief honeymoon on the Isle of Lewis. Jerry meets Marjorie's mother for the first time when they tell her they have got married (Leaf)
1741: Marjorie's son Roger is born. Marjorie's husband Jerry is selected to carry out a top secret mission. While training for this mission he crash lands his plane in Northumbria and is presumed dead although no trace of him is found. Marjorie leaves the London flat where she and Jerry lived and goes to live with her mother in Bethnal Green (Leaf)
1743: Marjorie receives a visit from Frank Randall who comes to deliver the MID oakleaf cluster medal that has been awarded posthumously to Jerry. Marjorie reacts very badly to this visit, gets very emotional and blames Frank for Jerry's death (Leaf)
174?: Marjorie makes her way to the safety of the underground tube station during an air raid. The station is struck by a direct hit of a bomb and the ceiling starts to crack above the stairs where Marjorie is standing clutching Roger. Marjorie looks up and sees Jerry and her face is lit by a flash of joy, but just at that moment the ceiling starts to collapse. Marjorie grabs Roger and throws him up over the stair railing towards Jerry, where he lands high on Jerry's chest. The ceiling comes down and Marjorie is killed (Leaf)
Also known as: Marjorie Wakefield, Dolly
Died: 194?
Husband: Jerry MacKenzie
Children: Roger
Physical Characteristics: Curly black hair (Leaf)
Marjorie is Roger's mother and the niece of the Reverend Reginald Wakefield. While on her honeymoon with Jerry on the Isle of Lewis, Marjorie found a rough sapphire which she gave to Jerry and which he keeps in his pocket as a good luck charm (Leaf)
Significant Moments:
???? - Elopes with Jerry MacKenzie. They have a brief honeymoon on the Isle of Lewis. Jerry meets Marjorie's mother for the first time when they tell her they have got married (Leaf)
1741: Marjorie's son Roger is born. Marjorie's husband Jerry is selected to carry out a top secret mission. While training for this mission he crash lands his plane in Northumbria and is presumed dead although no trace of him is found. Marjorie leaves the London flat where she and Jerry lived and goes to live with her mother in Bethnal Green (Leaf)
1743: Marjorie receives a visit from Frank Randall who comes to deliver the MID oakleaf cluster medal that has been awarded posthumously to Jerry. Marjorie reacts very badly to this visit, gets very emotional and blames Frank for Jerry's death (Leaf)
174?: Marjorie makes her way to the safety of the underground tube station during an air raid. The station is struck by a direct hit of a bomb and the ceiling starts to crack above the stairs where Marjorie is standing clutching Roger. Marjorie looks up and sees Jerry and her face is lit by a flash of joy, but just at that moment the ceiling starts to collapse. Marjorie grabs Roger and throws him up over the stair railing towards Jerry, where he lands high on Jerry's chest. The ceiling comes down and Marjorie is killed (Leaf)
Mary Hawkins
Also known as: Mary Randall, Mary Isaacs
Born: 1729
Husbands: Jack Randall & Robert Isaacs
Children: Denys Randall
Physical Characteristics: Small, fine-boned with a nicely rounded figure. Mary has dark hair and extraordinary white skin with a pink flush across her cheeks (DIA, chapter 9) Mary has dark, shiny ringlets. She is quite shy as she has a bad stutter but she has a delightful singing voice (DIA, chapter 11) She has brown eyes (DIA, chapter 20)
The niece of Silas Hawkins. Mary's father is a baronet (DIA, chapter 8)
Significant Moments:
1744: Arrives in France at the age of 15 unaware that an arranged marriage is being negotiated for her with the Vicomte Marigny, an old man she has never met. (DIA, chapter 8) Mary meets Claire at Louise de Rohan's house (DIA, chapter 11) Mary starts accompanying Claire to L'Hopital des Anges where she helps out by feeding people and sweeping floors (DIA, chapter 14) In May there is an explosion at the Royal Armory resulting in many patients arriving at the L'Hopital. Claire and Mary Hawkins work late tending to the patients. Murtagh and Fergus are waiting to accompany them home and as there are no coaches to be had they decide to take a shortcut through an alleyway. Once past the alley in another street they are attacked without warning by richly-dressed men in masks. Murtagh is hit from behind, knocked out and wrapped in a sailcloth. One of the men grabs Mary and starts to rape her. The man who grabs Claire tries to force Claire to her knees and in the struggle Claire's hood falls down and her hair comes loose. When the men see her face they become frightened, call her 'La Dame Blanche' and start to run off. Claire hears a terrible shriek and realises Mary is being raped. Claire kicks the man raping Mary while his companions also seize him and they all run off. Jamie and Claire are hosting an important dinner party that evening which cannot be cancelled without a good explanation and they must keep Mary's rape hidden to save her reputation. They take Mary back to Jared's house, dose her with poppy syrup and put her to sleep in an upstairs bedroom while they attend to their guests. Alex Randall confesses he is in love with Mary and is left to stand guard over her. Mary wakes in a drugged stupor and hallucinates that she is being raped. She runs screaming out onto the upper landing with her bruises showing clearly through her torn nighshift and with Alex running after her trying to restrain her. Mary's screams disrupt the dinner party and to them it looks like Alex is trying to rape Mary. Jamie is forced to punch Alex out to stop the situation turning into a complete melee (DIA, chapter 18) Claire manages to force another strong dose of poppy juice down Mary's throat and she collapses into unconsciousness again. Mary is taken to her Uncle Silas's house (DIA, chapter 19) Claire visits Mary to tend to her wounds. Mary is pleased that she can no longer marry the Vicomte Marigny, worried that she may be pregnant and devastated that Alex Randall will no longer want anything to do with her. Mary writes down her testimony relating to the attack and gives it to Claire to deliver to the Bastille (DIA, chapter 20) Mary slips out of her uncle's house and goes to the Duke of Sandringham's home to try and find Alex Randall. She is discovered hiding in a room by Claire who is also looking for Alex. A footman arrives and informs Mary and Claire that Alex Randall has been dismissed from his position with the Duke and is believed to be have taken a ship back to England. Jamie arrives to tell Claire the same thing, having just learnt it from the Duke, but Mary refuses to believe it and runs off. Claire takes after her in pursuit (DIA, chapter 21) Mary is back living with her father when she receives a letter from Alex around October and learns he is in Edinburgh. She makes her father send her to stay with her Aunt Mildred in Edinburgh so that she can see Alex. Mary visits Alex each day, paying her Aunt's footman to keep quiet and pawning her mother's jewellery to buy the things that Alex needs to be comfortable (DIA, chapter 42)
1746: Mary runs into Claire in a pawnbroker's shop in Edinburgh and asks her to come with her to see Alex (DIA, chapter 42) Mary is at her godfather, the Duke of Sandringham's house when Claire is brought by the English soldiers and subsequently locked in a bedroom by the Duke. Mary bribes the housekeeper to let her into the room with Claire overnight and let her out the next morning before the Duke finds out. Mary reveals to Claire that she is in her godfather's house because he has arranged another potential marriage for her, to a Mr Isaacson from London. Mary is there to meet and hopefully marry Mr Isaacson. She has been told not to say anything about her rape as Mr Isaacson doesn't know. Mary is very unhappy about this and had left Alex without telling him. Claire and Mary eventually fall asleep and Claire is awoken in the dead of night by Jamie grappling with Mary whom he has mistaken for Claire. Once correct identities are established, Jamie tells Claire to get dressed as they have to get out of the house quickly before someone notices. Mary defies Jamie and insists he take her as well, saying she will scream the house down if he doesn't. As they leave down the servant's stairs they hear someone approaching. Jamie steps into the shadows but there is nowhere for Claire and Mary to go. The man who appears is Albert Danton and when Mary sees him she recognises him and calls out in shock that he is the man from Paris. Danton sees Claire and whispers 'La Dame Blanche' in horror. Jamie grabs Danton and tells him that if he had the choice Danton would die a slow death. He then slits Danton's throat and Danton's blood sprays all over his shirt and spatters his face. Mary is violently sick. Mary, Claire and Jamie escape the house and meet up with Jamie's men. They retrieve Hugh Munro's body on the way, and after riding through the night they arrive at Hugh's impoverished home and Jamie takes Hugh's body to his widow. Just as Jamie is about to leave, Murtagh steps into the house with Mary Hawkins and carrying one of his saddlebags. Murtagh bows to Claire and tells her he has brought her her vengeance. He then bows his head to Mary and Mrs Munro and says he has brought them justice for the wrong done to them. Mrs Munro opens Murtagh's saddlebag and draws out the Duke of Sandringham's head (DIA, chapter 44) It takes several weeks for Mary to return to Edinburgh with Jamie and Claire. When they arrive Mary and Claire go immediately to visit Alex Randall who is now close to death. Alex asks Claire if she will return to visit him with Jamie the following day and she agrees. Mary stays with Alex all night. When Jamie and Claire arrive the next day, Alex tells them he is waiting for one more person. That person turns out to be his brother Jack. Alex asks Jack to do one last thing for him and Claire realises that Mary is pregnant and Alex wants Jack to marry her. Alex performs the ceremony himself with the last of his strength, with Claire and Jamie as witnesses. He then fades away with Mary by his side (DIA, chapter 45)
Also known as: Mary Randall, Mary Isaacs
Born: 1729
Husbands: Jack Randall & Robert Isaacs
Children: Denys Randall
Physical Characteristics: Small, fine-boned with a nicely rounded figure. Mary has dark hair and extraordinary white skin with a pink flush across her cheeks (DIA, chapter 9) Mary has dark, shiny ringlets. She is quite shy as she has a bad stutter but she has a delightful singing voice (DIA, chapter 11) She has brown eyes (DIA, chapter 20)
The niece of Silas Hawkins. Mary's father is a baronet (DIA, chapter 8)
Significant Moments:
1744: Arrives in France at the age of 15 unaware that an arranged marriage is being negotiated for her with the Vicomte Marigny, an old man she has never met. (DIA, chapter 8) Mary meets Claire at Louise de Rohan's house (DIA, chapter 11) Mary starts accompanying Claire to L'Hopital des Anges where she helps out by feeding people and sweeping floors (DIA, chapter 14) In May there is an explosion at the Royal Armory resulting in many patients arriving at the L'Hopital. Claire and Mary Hawkins work late tending to the patients. Murtagh and Fergus are waiting to accompany them home and as there are no coaches to be had they decide to take a shortcut through an alleyway. Once past the alley in another street they are attacked without warning by richly-dressed men in masks. Murtagh is hit from behind, knocked out and wrapped in a sailcloth. One of the men grabs Mary and starts to rape her. The man who grabs Claire tries to force Claire to her knees and in the struggle Claire's hood falls down and her hair comes loose. When the men see her face they become frightened, call her 'La Dame Blanche' and start to run off. Claire hears a terrible shriek and realises Mary is being raped. Claire kicks the man raping Mary while his companions also seize him and they all run off. Jamie and Claire are hosting an important dinner party that evening which cannot be cancelled without a good explanation and they must keep Mary's rape hidden to save her reputation. They take Mary back to Jared's house, dose her with poppy syrup and put her to sleep in an upstairs bedroom while they attend to their guests. Alex Randall confesses he is in love with Mary and is left to stand guard over her. Mary wakes in a drugged stupor and hallucinates that she is being raped. She runs screaming out onto the upper landing with her bruises showing clearly through her torn nighshift and with Alex running after her trying to restrain her. Mary's screams disrupt the dinner party and to them it looks like Alex is trying to rape Mary. Jamie is forced to punch Alex out to stop the situation turning into a complete melee (DIA, chapter 18) Claire manages to force another strong dose of poppy juice down Mary's throat and she collapses into unconsciousness again. Mary is taken to her Uncle Silas's house (DIA, chapter 19) Claire visits Mary to tend to her wounds. Mary is pleased that she can no longer marry the Vicomte Marigny, worried that she may be pregnant and devastated that Alex Randall will no longer want anything to do with her. Mary writes down her testimony relating to the attack and gives it to Claire to deliver to the Bastille (DIA, chapter 20) Mary slips out of her uncle's house and goes to the Duke of Sandringham's home to try and find Alex Randall. She is discovered hiding in a room by Claire who is also looking for Alex. A footman arrives and informs Mary and Claire that Alex Randall has been dismissed from his position with the Duke and is believed to be have taken a ship back to England. Jamie arrives to tell Claire the same thing, having just learnt it from the Duke, but Mary refuses to believe it and runs off. Claire takes after her in pursuit (DIA, chapter 21) Mary is back living with her father when she receives a letter from Alex around October and learns he is in Edinburgh. She makes her father send her to stay with her Aunt Mildred in Edinburgh so that she can see Alex. Mary visits Alex each day, paying her Aunt's footman to keep quiet and pawning her mother's jewellery to buy the things that Alex needs to be comfortable (DIA, chapter 42)
1746: Mary runs into Claire in a pawnbroker's shop in Edinburgh and asks her to come with her to see Alex (DIA, chapter 42) Mary is at her godfather, the Duke of Sandringham's house when Claire is brought by the English soldiers and subsequently locked in a bedroom by the Duke. Mary bribes the housekeeper to let her into the room with Claire overnight and let her out the next morning before the Duke finds out. Mary reveals to Claire that she is in her godfather's house because he has arranged another potential marriage for her, to a Mr Isaacson from London. Mary is there to meet and hopefully marry Mr Isaacson. She has been told not to say anything about her rape as Mr Isaacson doesn't know. Mary is very unhappy about this and had left Alex without telling him. Claire and Mary eventually fall asleep and Claire is awoken in the dead of night by Jamie grappling with Mary whom he has mistaken for Claire. Once correct identities are established, Jamie tells Claire to get dressed as they have to get out of the house quickly before someone notices. Mary defies Jamie and insists he take her as well, saying she will scream the house down if he doesn't. As they leave down the servant's stairs they hear someone approaching. Jamie steps into the shadows but there is nowhere for Claire and Mary to go. The man who appears is Albert Danton and when Mary sees him she recognises him and calls out in shock that he is the man from Paris. Danton sees Claire and whispers 'La Dame Blanche' in horror. Jamie grabs Danton and tells him that if he had the choice Danton would die a slow death. He then slits Danton's throat and Danton's blood sprays all over his shirt and spatters his face. Mary is violently sick. Mary, Claire and Jamie escape the house and meet up with Jamie's men. They retrieve Hugh Munro's body on the way, and after riding through the night they arrive at Hugh's impoverished home and Jamie takes Hugh's body to his widow. Just as Jamie is about to leave, Murtagh steps into the house with Mary Hawkins and carrying one of his saddlebags. Murtagh bows to Claire and tells her he has brought her her vengeance. He then bows his head to Mary and Mrs Munro and says he has brought them justice for the wrong done to them. Mrs Munro opens Murtagh's saddlebag and draws out the Duke of Sandringham's head (DIA, chapter 44) It takes several weeks for Mary to return to Edinburgh with Jamie and Claire. When they arrive Mary and Claire go immediately to visit Alex Randall who is now close to death. Alex asks Claire if she will return to visit him with Jamie the following day and she agrees. Mary stays with Alex all night. When Jamie and Claire arrive the next day, Alex tells them he is waiting for one more person. That person turns out to be his brother Jack. Alex asks Jack to do one last thing for him and Claire realises that Mary is pregnant and Alex wants Jack to marry her. Alex performs the ceremony himself with the last of his strength, with Claire and Jamie as witnesses. He then fades away with Mary by his side (DIA, chapter 45)
Mary McNab
Husband: Ronald McNab
Son: Rabbie McNab
Occupation: Kitchen-maid at Lallybroch
Physical Characteristics: Mary is a small, fine-boned woman with dark brown hair (DIA, chapter 30) By 1753 her hair is heavily streaked with gray and her face is lined by the difficulties of life. She has soft, brown eyes and lips which are full and gently curving (V, chapter 6)
Mary is a Lallybroch tenant who was married to the abusive drunkard, Ronald MacNab, until his death
Significant Moments:
1743: Mary's husband Ronald is killed in revenge for turning Jamie in to the Watch and Mary becomes kitchen-maid at Lallybroch (Outlander, chapter 33)
1753: Mary brings Jamie his last meal before he gives himself up to the English and they eat together. After finishing the meal Jamie expects Mary to leave, but instead she offers him her body. Jamie refuses but Mary tells him that she wants to give him something to keep him whole in return for all Jamie has given her. Jamie is very emotional but accepts her offer and steps into her embrace (V, chapter 6)
Husband: Ronald McNab
Son: Rabbie McNab
Occupation: Kitchen-maid at Lallybroch
Physical Characteristics: Mary is a small, fine-boned woman with dark brown hair (DIA, chapter 30) By 1753 her hair is heavily streaked with gray and her face is lined by the difficulties of life. She has soft, brown eyes and lips which are full and gently curving (V, chapter 6)
Mary is a Lallybroch tenant who was married to the abusive drunkard, Ronald MacNab, until his death
Significant Moments:
1743: Mary's husband Ronald is killed in revenge for turning Jamie in to the Watch and Mary becomes kitchen-maid at Lallybroch (Outlander, chapter 33)
1753: Mary brings Jamie his last meal before he gives himself up to the English and they eat together. After finishing the meal Jamie expects Mary to leave, but instead she offers him her body. Jamie refuses but Mary tells him that she wants to give him something to keep him whole in return for all Jamie has given her. Jamie is very emotional but accepts her offer and steps into her embrace (V, chapter 6)
Monsieur Forez
Occupation: Hangman and physician
Physical Characteristics: Tall and gaunt, he resembles a crow with a prominent beak of a nose and smooth black hair. He wears black, sombre clothes (DIA, chapter 14)
Monsieur Forez is the public hangman for the Fifth Arrondissement and he volunteers as a bonesetter at L'Hopital des Anges
Significant Moments:
1744: Meets Claire at L'Hopital des Anges when she helps him set a badly broken leg. Monsieur Forez then gives Claire a ride home in his carriage (DIA, chapter 14) Monsieur Forez gives Claire a jar of hanged-man's grease (DIA, chapter 22) Monsieur Forez calls on Jamie and Claire with the outward excuse of delivering a herbal package to Claire from Mother Hildegarde. His real purpose is made clear when he gives Jamie and Claire a graphic description of exactly what occurs when a traitor is sentenced to the traitor's death of hanging, drawing and quartering (DIA, chapter 23)
Occupation: Hangman and physician
Physical Characteristics: Tall and gaunt, he resembles a crow with a prominent beak of a nose and smooth black hair. He wears black, sombre clothes (DIA, chapter 14)
Monsieur Forez is the public hangman for the Fifth Arrondissement and he volunteers as a bonesetter at L'Hopital des Anges
Significant Moments:
1744: Meets Claire at L'Hopital des Anges when she helps him set a badly broken leg. Monsieur Forez then gives Claire a ride home in his carriage (DIA, chapter 14) Monsieur Forez gives Claire a jar of hanged-man's grease (DIA, chapter 22) Monsieur Forez calls on Jamie and Claire with the outward excuse of delivering a herbal package to Claire from Mother Hildegarde. His real purpose is made clear when he gives Jamie and Claire a graphic description of exactly what occurs when a traitor is sentenced to the traitor's death of hanging, drawing and quartering (DIA, chapter 23)
Mr Willoughby
Real name: Yi Tien Cho which means Leans Against Heaven
Born: Peking, circa 1738 (V, chapter 45)
Physical Characteristics: Mr Willoughby is a very small Chinese man. He wears his hair in a pigtail (V, chapter 25)
Mr Willoughby is even more of a duck out of water than Claire, being a Chinese man in 18th century Scotland. He can do acrobatics and has a sexual fetish about feet which does not endear him to the local female population. He does not hold his liquor well (V, chapter 25) Mr Willoughby has some knowledge of healing using Chinese medicine such as Baoding balls and acupuncture.
Significant Moments:
pre 1764: Yi Tien Cho is a Mandarin - a bureaucratic scholar in the government of Imperial China. He is gifted in the art of composition and is taken under the wing of another Mandarin, Wu-Xien, who recognises his talents. He rises rapidly through the ranks, achieving eminence before his 26th birthday and his poetry is noticed by the Emperor's Second Wife, who requests that he become part of her household. This is a great honour, but all servants of the royal wives must be eunuchs. It is extremely dishonourable for anyone to refuse this request, but Yi Tien Cho has fallen in love with womankind, and does not want to lose his manhood. On the Night of the Lanterns, when the streets are crowded and the watchmen distracted, Yi Tien Cho disguises himself as a pilgrim and leaves the city. He is almost caught the next day as he has forgotten to cut his fingernails, and still has the long nails of a Mandarin. But he manages to escape his pursuers and he bites his nails off. Eventually he makes it to a seaport and stows away on the ship with the most barbarous looking crew, working on the assumption that they will be sailing the furtherest from China. The ship is the Serafina, bound for Edinburgh (V, chapter 45)
1764: Yi Tien Cho stows away on the Serafina by hiding in a barrel and ends up in Edinburgh. He lives on the docks, stealing food and alcohol, and is close to death when Jamie finds him (V, chapter 26)
1765?: Jamie meets Yi Tien Cho on the docks (V, chapter 26), at Burntisland, near Edinburgh. Mr Willoughby is half-starved and dead drunk. Jamie takes him under his wing and renames him Mr Willoughby, as his Chinese name sounds like a coarse word in Gaelic if mispronounced (V, chapter 25)
1766: Jamie is late meeting Mr Willoughby on the day that Claire returns and finds him drunk in the basement of The World's End tavern. Jamie rescues him and he, Claire and Mr Willoughby go to Madame Jeanne's brothel (V, chapter 25) The following day Mr Willoughby apologises to Claire for thinking she was a whore when she is actually Jamie's honourable First Wife. Later that morning Mr Willoughby is drinking again. When he is quite drunk he finds Claire on the stairwell in the clutches of an exciseman. Mr Willoughby tells the exciseman to release Claire and when he doesn't do so, he shoots him and kills him. Fergus comes running and throws Mr Willoughby down into the cellar (V, chapter 26) About a week later Mr Willoughby travels with Fergus to the cove where the rendezvous with the smuggling ship is to take place, meeting up with Jamie, Claire, Young Ian and Jamie's men. Just as the ship is about to reach shore, excisemen burst from their hiding places in the sand and the smugglers take flight, but Mr Willoughby is grabbed. Jamie tells Ian to take Claire to safety and he heads down to the beach to rescue Mr Willoughby (V, chapter 30) Mr Willoughby accompanies Jamie and Claire to France when they seek Jared's help in getting a ship to find Ian after he is kidnapped from the seal's island. Claire goes shopping for medical supplies with Mr Willoughby who proves surprisingly knowledgeable about herbs. They run into the Reverend Campbell who eyes Mr Willoughby with distaste. The Reverend Campbell explains that he is still travelling to the West Indies with his sister, but had some some urgent business to attend to in France first. When the Reverend goes on his way. Mr Willoughby tells Claire that he has seen the Reverend at Madame Jeanne's engaged in unholy behaviour (V, chapter 40) Once on board the Artemis, Mr Willoughby keeps watch over Jamie by stationing himself outside Jamie's cabin while he is crippled with seasickness. Jamie can't keep anything down and is wretched. Mr Willoughby mentions to Claire that he has some Chinese medicine that will help but that Jamie has flatly refused to have it. Claire mentions in a very loud voice all the terrible things that can happen to a person constantly dry wretching, such as twisted testicles that have to be amputated and Jamie gives in and allows Mr Willoughby to treat him with his acupuncture needles. Fortunately for Jamie, the treatment works (V, chapter 41) The crew learns of Mr Willougby's perverted fetish for women's feet and regard him as a despicable heathen. This is not helped by the fact that Mr Willoughby regards them in the same way. The seamen attempt to bully him but Jamie ensures this doesn't happen. One day while the crew are engaged in killing a shark to eat for dinner, Mr Willoughby spies a pelican in the water and jumps overboard to capture it. Jamie jumps in after him and the crew manage to bring them both onboard without them being eaten by sharks. Mr Willoughby names the pelican Ping An and trains it to catch fish for him. With the pelican staying close to Mr Willoughby, the crew no longer bother him (V, chapter 44) Mr Willoughby tells the crew of the Artemis his story of how he came to be in Scotland. He is filled with a great sense of what he has lost and what his decision has cost him. He wonders whether the sacrifice he made was worth it (V, chapter 45)
Real name: Yi Tien Cho which means Leans Against Heaven
Born: Peking, circa 1738 (V, chapter 45)
Physical Characteristics: Mr Willoughby is a very small Chinese man. He wears his hair in a pigtail (V, chapter 25)
Mr Willoughby is even more of a duck out of water than Claire, being a Chinese man in 18th century Scotland. He can do acrobatics and has a sexual fetish about feet which does not endear him to the local female population. He does not hold his liquor well (V, chapter 25) Mr Willoughby has some knowledge of healing using Chinese medicine such as Baoding balls and acupuncture.
Significant Moments:
pre 1764: Yi Tien Cho is a Mandarin - a bureaucratic scholar in the government of Imperial China. He is gifted in the art of composition and is taken under the wing of another Mandarin, Wu-Xien, who recognises his talents. He rises rapidly through the ranks, achieving eminence before his 26th birthday and his poetry is noticed by the Emperor's Second Wife, who requests that he become part of her household. This is a great honour, but all servants of the royal wives must be eunuchs. It is extremely dishonourable for anyone to refuse this request, but Yi Tien Cho has fallen in love with womankind, and does not want to lose his manhood. On the Night of the Lanterns, when the streets are crowded and the watchmen distracted, Yi Tien Cho disguises himself as a pilgrim and leaves the city. He is almost caught the next day as he has forgotten to cut his fingernails, and still has the long nails of a Mandarin. But he manages to escape his pursuers and he bites his nails off. Eventually he makes it to a seaport and stows away on the ship with the most barbarous looking crew, working on the assumption that they will be sailing the furtherest from China. The ship is the Serafina, bound for Edinburgh (V, chapter 45)
1764: Yi Tien Cho stows away on the Serafina by hiding in a barrel and ends up in Edinburgh. He lives on the docks, stealing food and alcohol, and is close to death when Jamie finds him (V, chapter 26)
1765?: Jamie meets Yi Tien Cho on the docks (V, chapter 26), at Burntisland, near Edinburgh. Mr Willoughby is half-starved and dead drunk. Jamie takes him under his wing and renames him Mr Willoughby, as his Chinese name sounds like a coarse word in Gaelic if mispronounced (V, chapter 25)
1766: Jamie is late meeting Mr Willoughby on the day that Claire returns and finds him drunk in the basement of The World's End tavern. Jamie rescues him and he, Claire and Mr Willoughby go to Madame Jeanne's brothel (V, chapter 25) The following day Mr Willoughby apologises to Claire for thinking she was a whore when she is actually Jamie's honourable First Wife. Later that morning Mr Willoughby is drinking again. When he is quite drunk he finds Claire on the stairwell in the clutches of an exciseman. Mr Willoughby tells the exciseman to release Claire and when he doesn't do so, he shoots him and kills him. Fergus comes running and throws Mr Willoughby down into the cellar (V, chapter 26) About a week later Mr Willoughby travels with Fergus to the cove where the rendezvous with the smuggling ship is to take place, meeting up with Jamie, Claire, Young Ian and Jamie's men. Just as the ship is about to reach shore, excisemen burst from their hiding places in the sand and the smugglers take flight, but Mr Willoughby is grabbed. Jamie tells Ian to take Claire to safety and he heads down to the beach to rescue Mr Willoughby (V, chapter 30) Mr Willoughby accompanies Jamie and Claire to France when they seek Jared's help in getting a ship to find Ian after he is kidnapped from the seal's island. Claire goes shopping for medical supplies with Mr Willoughby who proves surprisingly knowledgeable about herbs. They run into the Reverend Campbell who eyes Mr Willoughby with distaste. The Reverend Campbell explains that he is still travelling to the West Indies with his sister, but had some some urgent business to attend to in France first. When the Reverend goes on his way. Mr Willoughby tells Claire that he has seen the Reverend at Madame Jeanne's engaged in unholy behaviour (V, chapter 40) Once on board the Artemis, Mr Willoughby keeps watch over Jamie by stationing himself outside Jamie's cabin while he is crippled with seasickness. Jamie can't keep anything down and is wretched. Mr Willoughby mentions to Claire that he has some Chinese medicine that will help but that Jamie has flatly refused to have it. Claire mentions in a very loud voice all the terrible things that can happen to a person constantly dry wretching, such as twisted testicles that have to be amputated and Jamie gives in and allows Mr Willoughby to treat him with his acupuncture needles. Fortunately for Jamie, the treatment works (V, chapter 41) The crew learns of Mr Willougby's perverted fetish for women's feet and regard him as a despicable heathen. This is not helped by the fact that Mr Willoughby regards them in the same way. The seamen attempt to bully him but Jamie ensures this doesn't happen. One day while the crew are engaged in killing a shark to eat for dinner, Mr Willoughby spies a pelican in the water and jumps overboard to capture it. Jamie jumps in after him and the crew manage to bring them both onboard without them being eaten by sharks. Mr Willoughby names the pelican Ping An and trains it to catch fish for him. With the pelican staying close to Mr Willoughby, the crew no longer bother him (V, chapter 44) Mr Willoughby tells the crew of the Artemis his story of how he came to be in Scotland. He is filled with a great sense of what he has lost and what his decision has cost him. He wonders whether the sacrifice he made was worth it (V, chapter 45)
Mrs Fitz
Full name: Glenna FitzGibbons
Occupation: Chatelaine at Castle Leoch
Physical Characteristics: A large stout lady (Outlander, chapter 4)
Mrs Fitz is Murtagh's aunt by marriage and Laoghaire's grandmother. She is responsible for the smooth behind-the-scenes running of Castle Leoch (Outlander, chapter 4) Mrs Fitz's husband was Murtagh's mother's brother (Outlander, chapter 31)
Significant Moments:
1743: Mrs Fitz is the first person that Claire meets at Castle Leoch (Outlander, chapter 4) Mrs Fitz is the person who realises Claire is missing from the castle when news of Geillis's arrest reaches them. She makes Colum send a man to Cranesmuir and when he reports that Claire has also been arrested Mrs Fitz argues unsuccessfully for Colum to send someone down to free Claire (Outlander, chapter 31)
Full name: Glenna FitzGibbons
Occupation: Chatelaine at Castle Leoch
Physical Characteristics: A large stout lady (Outlander, chapter 4)
Mrs Fitz is Murtagh's aunt by marriage and Laoghaire's grandmother. She is responsible for the smooth behind-the-scenes running of Castle Leoch (Outlander, chapter 4) Mrs Fitz's husband was Murtagh's mother's brother (Outlander, chapter 31)
Significant Moments:
1743: Mrs Fitz is the first person that Claire meets at Castle Leoch (Outlander, chapter 4) Mrs Fitz is the person who realises Claire is missing from the castle when news of Geillis's arrest reaches them. She makes Colum send a man to Cranesmuir and when he reports that Claire has also been arrested Mrs Fitz argues unsuccessfully for Colum to send someone down to free Claire (Outlander, chapter 31)
Mrs Graham
Occupation: Housekeeper to the Reverend Wakefield
She is the caller of the Druid group who perform the Beltane ritual on Craigh na Dun (Outlander, chapter 2) and grandmother to Fiona Graham
1945: Mrs Graham gives Claire a tealeaf reading and also reads her palm where she sees a lot of strange contradictions such as travelling yet staying put and a stranger who is also a husband (Outlander, chapter 2)
1948: When Claire returns through the stones in May Mrs Graham is ill with appendicitis and has an appendectomy so the one person that Claire may have been able to talk to and be believed wasn't around (DIA, chapter 4)
Occupation: Housekeeper to the Reverend Wakefield
She is the caller of the Druid group who perform the Beltane ritual on Craigh na Dun (Outlander, chapter 2) and grandmother to Fiona Graham
1945: Mrs Graham gives Claire a tealeaf reading and also reads her palm where she sees a lot of strange contradictions such as travelling yet staying put and a stranger who is also a husband (Outlander, chapter 2)
1948: When Claire returns through the stones in May Mrs Graham is ill with appendicitis and has an appendectomy so the one person that Claire may have been able to talk to and be believed wasn't around (DIA, chapter 4)
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Ned Gowan
Full name: Edward Gowan
Occupation: Lawyer
Physical Characteristics: A small, elderly man, neatly dressed and wearing spectacles. (Outlander, chapter 11)
Ned is a city born and bred man from Edinburgh, with the soul of an adventurer. He is the legal advisor to Clan MacKenzie, a position he came to hold after leaving his Edinburgh law practice and heading to the Highlands in search of adventure. He was robbed at gunpoint by Jacob MacKenzie and insisted on going along with him afterwards.
Significant Moments:
1715: Ned comes up with the idea of allowing Colum and Dougal to share the leadership of Clan MacKenzie. (Outlander, chapter 11)
1743: Ned rides into Cranesmuir in an attempt to help Claire at the witch trial. He convinces Colum to let him go by offering his services as an independent advocate and not a representative of the Laird (Outlander, chapter 31) Ned manages to talk for so long that the trial is adjourned until it can be continued in the morning. Although he doesn't manage to convince the judges of Claire's innocence he does buy her much needed time that allows Jamie to arrive before she is killed (Outlander, chapter 25)
ca1754: Ned goes to Edinburgh to speak on behalf of Laoghaire's husband Simon MacKimmie who had been arrested and died in prison. The Crown wanted to confiscate all Simon's land but Ned manages to save the main house and a little money for Laoghaire by claiming it was her dower right (V, chapter 37)
ca1760-1766: Ned spends his time appealing treason cases and trying to recover property confiscated by the Crown. He travels as far afield as London and Paris (V, chapter 37)
1764: Ned tells Jenny about Laoghaire being a widow and living alone with her two daughters. This causes Jenny to invite Laoghaire to Lallybroch for Hogmanay with the aim of matchmaking Laoghaire and Jamie (V, chapter 37)
1766: Ned arrives at Lallybroch with Hobart MacKenzie to represent Laoghaire in her claim against Jamie. He is delighted to see Claire again. Jamie, Claire, Hobart, Ned, Jenny and Ian are present as Ned lays out Laoghaire's case for compensation. Jamie declares that he will continue to support Laoghaire and her daughters, but Jenny insists that that support should stop if Laoghaire remarries. This is agreed to and the final settlement agreed to is that Jamie will pay Laoghaire an initial sum of £500 in compensation for distress, inconvenience and loss of conjugal services. He will then continue to pay Laoghaire £100 per annum until she remarries. In addition Jamie will pay a bride-portion of £300 to each of Laoghaire's two daughters, and he agrees to not take a suit against Laoghaire for attempted murder. Laoghaire agrees to accept this offer in full and final settlement (V, chapter 38)
Full name: Edward Gowan
Occupation: Lawyer
Physical Characteristics: A small, elderly man, neatly dressed and wearing spectacles. (Outlander, chapter 11)
Ned is a city born and bred man from Edinburgh, with the soul of an adventurer. He is the legal advisor to Clan MacKenzie, a position he came to hold after leaving his Edinburgh law practice and heading to the Highlands in search of adventure. He was robbed at gunpoint by Jacob MacKenzie and insisted on going along with him afterwards.
Significant Moments:
1715: Ned comes up with the idea of allowing Colum and Dougal to share the leadership of Clan MacKenzie. (Outlander, chapter 11)
1743: Ned rides into Cranesmuir in an attempt to help Claire at the witch trial. He convinces Colum to let him go by offering his services as an independent advocate and not a representative of the Laird (Outlander, chapter 31) Ned manages to talk for so long that the trial is adjourned until it can be continued in the morning. Although he doesn't manage to convince the judges of Claire's innocence he does buy her much needed time that allows Jamie to arrive before she is killed (Outlander, chapter 25)
ca1754: Ned goes to Edinburgh to speak on behalf of Laoghaire's husband Simon MacKimmie who had been arrested and died in prison. The Crown wanted to confiscate all Simon's land but Ned manages to save the main house and a little money for Laoghaire by claiming it was her dower right (V, chapter 37)
ca1760-1766: Ned spends his time appealing treason cases and trying to recover property confiscated by the Crown. He travels as far afield as London and Paris (V, chapter 37)
1764: Ned tells Jenny about Laoghaire being a widow and living alone with her two daughters. This causes Jenny to invite Laoghaire to Lallybroch for Hogmanay with the aim of matchmaking Laoghaire and Jamie (V, chapter 37)
1766: Ned arrives at Lallybroch with Hobart MacKenzie to represent Laoghaire in her claim against Jamie. He is delighted to see Claire again. Jamie, Claire, Hobart, Ned, Jenny and Ian are present as Ned lays out Laoghaire's case for compensation. Jamie declares that he will continue to support Laoghaire and her daughters, but Jenny insists that that support should stop if Laoghaire remarries. This is agreed to and the final settlement agreed to is that Jamie will pay Laoghaire an initial sum of £500 in compensation for distress, inconvenience and loss of conjugal services. He will then continue to pay Laoghaire £100 per annum until she remarries. In addition Jamie will pay a bride-portion of £300 to each of Laoghaire's two daughters, and he agrees to not take a suit against Laoghaire for attempted murder. Laoghaire agrees to accept this offer in full and final settlement (V, chapter 38)
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Rabbie McNab
Full name: Robert McNab
Parents: Ronald & Mary McNab
Physical characteristics: When Claire first sees Rabbie she describes him as scruffy and dirty and a boy who doesn't make eye contact and cringes when his father speaks to him (Outlander, chapter 31) Rabbie suffers from epilepsy (DIA, chapter 31)
Rabbie is one of Grannie McNab's 16 grandsons (Outlander, chapter 28)
Significant Moments:
1742: Rabbie starts having epileptic fits, possibly from a head injury inflicted by his father during one of his beatings (DIA, chapter 31)
1743: Rabbie's grandmother, Grannie McNab, asks Claire if Jamie will take Rabbie on as a stable lad because his father beats him (Outlander, chapter 28) Rabbie arrives at Lallybroch with his father on Quarter Day. While his father is taken into Jamie's study Rabbie is taken to the kitchen and given food and drink. When Jenny, Claire and Mrs Crook take off Rabbie's filthy shirt so they can wash it they discover that his back is covered in welts and scabs from all the beatings he's taken. Rabbie gets to stay at Lallybroch as a stable boy after Jamie beats up his father (Outlander, chapter 31) When Jamie and Claire return to Lallybroch from France with Fergus, Fergus also becomes a stable-lad and he and Rabbie become close friends (DIA, chapter 33)
Full name: Robert McNab
Parents: Ronald & Mary McNab
Physical characteristics: When Claire first sees Rabbie she describes him as scruffy and dirty and a boy who doesn't make eye contact and cringes when his father speaks to him (Outlander, chapter 31) Rabbie suffers from epilepsy (DIA, chapter 31)
Rabbie is one of Grannie McNab's 16 grandsons (Outlander, chapter 28)
Significant Moments:
1742: Rabbie starts having epileptic fits, possibly from a head injury inflicted by his father during one of his beatings (DIA, chapter 31)
1743: Rabbie's grandmother, Grannie McNab, asks Claire if Jamie will take Rabbie on as a stable lad because his father beats him (Outlander, chapter 28) Rabbie arrives at Lallybroch with his father on Quarter Day. While his father is taken into Jamie's study Rabbie is taken to the kitchen and given food and drink. When Jenny, Claire and Mrs Crook take off Rabbie's filthy shirt so they can wash it they discover that his back is covered in welts and scabs from all the beatings he's taken. Rabbie gets to stay at Lallybroch as a stable boy after Jamie beats up his father (Outlander, chapter 31) When Jamie and Claire return to Lallybroch from France with Fergus, Fergus also becomes a stable-lad and he and Rabbie become close friends (DIA, chapter 33)
Raymond
Full name: Master Raymond
Also known as: Raymond the Heretic
Occupation: Herbalist
Raymond is an ancient time traveller and the ancestor of many other time travellers. His descendants all have a blue aura. Raymond is a powerful healer. He is rumoured to be at the centre of a circle of cabalists, occultists and witches (DIA, chapter 9) Raymond speaks several languages, all without a noticeable accent, and nobody knows where he comes from (DIA, chapter 26)
Physical Characteristics: Very short, just over four feet tall, barrel-chested and bandy-legged. With a high wide forehead, slightly bulbous friendly black eyes and no teeth Master Raymond resembles a frog. He has long thick silver-gray hair (DIA, chapter 8) Raymond's hands are broad and almost square with fingers all of a length and unusually long and supple thumbs (DIA, chapter 25)
Significant Moments:
circa 1724: Raymond was living in Geneva as a reputable physician and herbalist. He corresponded with a Parisian called du Carrefours who was associated with the occult. Raymond disappeared from Geneva at the same time as du Carrefours came under suspicion from the French authorities. Du Carrefours was tried and executed and within weeks Raymond had set up his shop in Paris and was rumoured to have taken over a number of du Carrefour's clandestine activities (DIA, chapter 26)
1744: Meets Claire for the first time in Paris and recognises her as being one of his descendants (DIA, chapter 8) Claire confronts Raymond after she is poisoned with bitter cascara demanding to know who he has sold it to. He replies that he had sold it to two servants - one was a maid to the Vicomtesse de Rambeau and the other a man he didn't recognise. Raymond tells Claire she may still be in danger and gives her a white crystal which is sensitive to poison (DIA, chapter 16) Raymond embellishes and spreads the story that Claire is La Dame Blanche in order to protect her. He also agrees to provide Claire with any information he hears about Charles Stuart (DIA, chapter 20) Raymond sneaks into the L'Hopital des Anges when Claire is extremely ill after her miscarriage. Raymond uses his healing powers to stop the infection in Claire's body. When he reaches Claire's womb he asks her to call for Jamie and the strength Claire gains from evoking Jamie's name causes the last of the infection to be cured. Raymond then dives under the bed in a hurry as the nuns come running to Claire's cry (DIA, chapter 25) The Comte St Germain and Master Raymond are both accused of sorcery and taken to the Palace to face trial before the King's chamber. Louis brings Claire into the room and instructs her to listen to their testimony then use her powers as La Dame Blanche which enable her to see the soul of a man, to determine who is telling the truth. When Claire declares that the Comte is associated with a group called Les Disciples du Mal, the Comte retaliates by accusing Claire of being the servant of Satan in league with Master Raymond. He produces a snake from his shirt and quotes a passage from the Bible that says that servants of the true God can handle snakes without being harmed. Master Raymond then speaks up and provides the rest of the quote which is that servants of the true God will not die if they drink deadly poison. As Claire, the Comte and Raymond now all stand accused of sorcery, Raymond suggests that they all drink some poison to prove their innocence. He produces a flask of 'Dragon's blood' and pours out three cups. Both he and Claire drink it without effect, but the Comte falls down writhing and then subsides into limpness (DIA, chapter 27) When Claire returns to Scotland, Raymond sends her unsigned parcels of odd things such as rare herbs, small crystals, smooth stones with figures and letters carved into them and bones (DIA, chapter 30)
Full name: Master Raymond
Also known as: Raymond the Heretic
Occupation: Herbalist
Raymond is an ancient time traveller and the ancestor of many other time travellers. His descendants all have a blue aura. Raymond is a powerful healer. He is rumoured to be at the centre of a circle of cabalists, occultists and witches (DIA, chapter 9) Raymond speaks several languages, all without a noticeable accent, and nobody knows where he comes from (DIA, chapter 26)
Physical Characteristics: Very short, just over four feet tall, barrel-chested and bandy-legged. With a high wide forehead, slightly bulbous friendly black eyes and no teeth Master Raymond resembles a frog. He has long thick silver-gray hair (DIA, chapter 8) Raymond's hands are broad and almost square with fingers all of a length and unusually long and supple thumbs (DIA, chapter 25)
Significant Moments:
circa 1724: Raymond was living in Geneva as a reputable physician and herbalist. He corresponded with a Parisian called du Carrefours who was associated with the occult. Raymond disappeared from Geneva at the same time as du Carrefours came under suspicion from the French authorities. Du Carrefours was tried and executed and within weeks Raymond had set up his shop in Paris and was rumoured to have taken over a number of du Carrefour's clandestine activities (DIA, chapter 26)
1744: Meets Claire for the first time in Paris and recognises her as being one of his descendants (DIA, chapter 8) Claire confronts Raymond after she is poisoned with bitter cascara demanding to know who he has sold it to. He replies that he had sold it to two servants - one was a maid to the Vicomtesse de Rambeau and the other a man he didn't recognise. Raymond tells Claire she may still be in danger and gives her a white crystal which is sensitive to poison (DIA, chapter 16) Raymond embellishes and spreads the story that Claire is La Dame Blanche in order to protect her. He also agrees to provide Claire with any information he hears about Charles Stuart (DIA, chapter 20) Raymond sneaks into the L'Hopital des Anges when Claire is extremely ill after her miscarriage. Raymond uses his healing powers to stop the infection in Claire's body. When he reaches Claire's womb he asks her to call for Jamie and the strength Claire gains from evoking Jamie's name causes the last of the infection to be cured. Raymond then dives under the bed in a hurry as the nuns come running to Claire's cry (DIA, chapter 25) The Comte St Germain and Master Raymond are both accused of sorcery and taken to the Palace to face trial before the King's chamber. Louis brings Claire into the room and instructs her to listen to their testimony then use her powers as La Dame Blanche which enable her to see the soul of a man, to determine who is telling the truth. When Claire declares that the Comte is associated with a group called Les Disciples du Mal, the Comte retaliates by accusing Claire of being the servant of Satan in league with Master Raymond. He produces a snake from his shirt and quotes a passage from the Bible that says that servants of the true God can handle snakes without being harmed. Master Raymond then speaks up and provides the rest of the quote which is that servants of the true God will not die if they drink deadly poison. As Claire, the Comte and Raymond now all stand accused of sorcery, Raymond suggests that they all drink some poison to prove their innocence. He produces a flask of 'Dragon's blood' and pours out three cups. Both he and Claire drink it without effect, but the Comte falls down writhing and then subsides into limpness (DIA, chapter 27) When Claire returns to Scotland, Raymond sends her unsigned parcels of odd things such as rare herbs, small crystals, smooth stones with figures and letters carved into them and bones (DIA, chapter 30)
Reginald Wakefield
Full name: The Reverend Dr. Reginald Wakefield
Died: 1968 aged in his 80s
Wife: Never married
Children: Adopted Roger McKenzie, the son of Reginald's niece Marjorie and her husband Jeremiah McKenzie
Occupation: Presbyterian Minister and amateur historian
Physical Characteristics: A short, tubby man (Outlander, chapter 2)
Reverend Wakefield plays a small but pivotal role as Roger's adopted father and as a close friend and confidant of Frank. Reverend Wakefield's area of interest as an amateur historian was the 18th century and the manse is filled with Jacobite artifacts (DIA, chapter 1)
A packrat by nature his garage is filled with boxes, including 48 labelled 'Jacobites, Miscellaneous' (DIA, ch. 1) and one of the burning questions amongst Outlander fans is what unearthed and revelatory treasures may lie in those boxes.
Significant Moments:
1948: the Reverend Wakefield helps Frank and Claire in May after Claire's reappearance through the stones. He associates publicly with them to try and dampen down the gossip. After spending some time with Claire he is convinced of her sanity and can sense she has some terrible secret. A week or so after Claire's reappearance Frank asks the Reverend to do some research on Jonathan Randall and James Fraser. The Reverend discovers that Jack Randall is buried at St. Kilda (DIA, chapter 4)
Full name: The Reverend Dr. Reginald Wakefield
Died: 1968 aged in his 80s
Wife: Never married
Children: Adopted Roger McKenzie, the son of Reginald's niece Marjorie and her husband Jeremiah McKenzie
Occupation: Presbyterian Minister and amateur historian
Physical Characteristics: A short, tubby man (Outlander, chapter 2)
Reverend Wakefield plays a small but pivotal role as Roger's adopted father and as a close friend and confidant of Frank. Reverend Wakefield's area of interest as an amateur historian was the 18th century and the manse is filled with Jacobite artifacts (DIA, chapter 1)
A packrat by nature his garage is filled with boxes, including 48 labelled 'Jacobites, Miscellaneous' (DIA, ch. 1) and one of the burning questions amongst Outlander fans is what unearthed and revelatory treasures may lie in those boxes.
Significant Moments:
1948: the Reverend Wakefield helps Frank and Claire in May after Claire's reappearance through the stones. He associates publicly with them to try and dampen down the gossip. After spending some time with Claire he is convinced of her sanity and can sense she has some terrible secret. A week or so after Claire's reappearance Frank asks the Reverend to do some research on Jonathan Randall and James Fraser. The Reverend discovers that Jack Randall is buried at St. Kilda (DIA, chapter 4)
Ronald McNab
Mother: Grannie McNab
Wife: Mary McNab
Son: Rabbie McNab
Physical Characteristics: Ronald has a bloated face, dull grey bloodshot eyes and long, greasy hair (Outlander, chapter 31)
Ronald is a tenant at Lallybroch and also a drunk who regularly beats his son Rabbie.
Significant Moments:
1743: Ronald's mother, Grannie McNab asks for Ronald's son Rabbie to be taken on as a stable boy at Lallybroch so that Ronald can't beat him anymore (Outlander, chapter 28) When Jamie asks Ronald if Rabbie can come to Lallybroch to be a stableboy, Ronald belligerently refuses. Later that day Jamie takes Ronald out to the cowshed and beats him so that he will agree to letting Rabbie stay at Lallybroch (Outlander, chapter 31) Ronald turns Jamie in to the Watch in retaliation for Jamie beating him (Outlander, chapter 33) That same night that Jamie is taken by the Watch, some of the residents of the Lallybroch estate set fire to the cottage while Ronald is drunk inside and he is killed (DIA, chapter 30)
Mother: Grannie McNab
Wife: Mary McNab
Son: Rabbie McNab
Physical Characteristics: Ronald has a bloated face, dull grey bloodshot eyes and long, greasy hair (Outlander, chapter 31)
Ronald is a tenant at Lallybroch and also a drunk who regularly beats his son Rabbie.
Significant Moments:
1743: Ronald's mother, Grannie McNab asks for Ronald's son Rabbie to be taken on as a stable boy at Lallybroch so that Ronald can't beat him anymore (Outlander, chapter 28) When Jamie asks Ronald if Rabbie can come to Lallybroch to be a stableboy, Ronald belligerently refuses. Later that day Jamie takes Ronald out to the cowshed and beats him so that he will agree to letting Rabbie stay at Lallybroch (Outlander, chapter 31) Ronald turns Jamie in to the Watch in retaliation for Jamie beating him (Outlander, chapter 33) That same night that Jamie is taken by the Watch, some of the residents of the Lallybroch estate set fire to the cottage while Ronald is drunk inside and he is killed (DIA, chapter 30)
Rupert
Full name: Rupert Mackenzie
Occupation: Tacksman of Clan MacKenzie
Physical Characteristics: A fat greasy man with a black beard (Outlander, chapter 3)
Rupert is a first cousin of Dougal and Colum and Dougal's closest friend and kinsman. (Outlander, chapter 15) Rupert fights on Dougal's right hand side as Ian Snr does for Jamie (DIA, chapter 43) Claire's first impressions on meeting him are that he is a ruffian (Outlander, chapter 3). He is a widower with the lease of a small farm (Outlander, chapter 13)
Significant Moments:
1743: Rupert agrees to accompany Claire and Murtagh when they try to rescue Jamie from Wentworth Prison (Outlander, chapter 34) In Wentworth town Rupert plays cards and drinks with the guards from the prison and extracts useful information from them regarding the habits of the prison governor (Outlander, chapter 35) While Claire and Murtagh visit the prison the next day, Rupert goes cattle lifting. He steals 25 cows belonging to MacRannoch and this gives Claire and Murtagh the leverage they need to persuade MacRannoch to help them rescue Jamie. That night Rupert and the other four MacKenzie men take the cattle to the prison and drive them through the postern door that Claire escaped through and then ride as fast as they can back to the MacKenzie lands (Outlander, chapter 36)
1745: Rupert is badly wounded during the Battle of Falkirk Muir with a punctured lung caused by a musket ball going through his chest. He makes it to the safety of the kirk where Claire is waiting out the battle. When Rupert realises he is dying and that the English are close to capturing the church, he asks Dougal to kill him as he does not want to die at the hand of strangers. Dougal is shocked but agrees to Rupert's wish and stabs him with his dirk (DIA, chapter 43)
Full name: Rupert Mackenzie
Occupation: Tacksman of Clan MacKenzie
Physical Characteristics: A fat greasy man with a black beard (Outlander, chapter 3)
Rupert is a first cousin of Dougal and Colum and Dougal's closest friend and kinsman. (Outlander, chapter 15) Rupert fights on Dougal's right hand side as Ian Snr does for Jamie (DIA, chapter 43) Claire's first impressions on meeting him are that he is a ruffian (Outlander, chapter 3). He is a widower with the lease of a small farm (Outlander, chapter 13)
Significant Moments:
1743: Rupert agrees to accompany Claire and Murtagh when they try to rescue Jamie from Wentworth Prison (Outlander, chapter 34) In Wentworth town Rupert plays cards and drinks with the guards from the prison and extracts useful information from them regarding the habits of the prison governor (Outlander, chapter 35) While Claire and Murtagh visit the prison the next day, Rupert goes cattle lifting. He steals 25 cows belonging to MacRannoch and this gives Claire and Murtagh the leverage they need to persuade MacRannoch to help them rescue Jamie. That night Rupert and the other four MacKenzie men take the cattle to the prison and drive them through the postern door that Claire escaped through and then ride as fast as they can back to the MacKenzie lands (Outlander, chapter 36)
1745: Rupert is badly wounded during the Battle of Falkirk Muir with a punctured lung caused by a musket ball going through his chest. He makes it to the safety of the kirk where Claire is waiting out the battle. When Rupert realises he is dying and that the English are close to capturing the church, he asks Dougal to kill him as he does not want to die at the hand of strangers. Dougal is shocked but agrees to Rupert's wish and stabs him with his dirk (DIA, chapter 43)
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Silas Hawkins
Occupation: Wineseller and exporter
Physical Characteristics: A stout man with permanently flushed cheeks, a round rosy face and a jolly smile. He has bright brown eyes with an expression of alert calculation (DIA, chapter 8)
Silas Hawkins is one of Jared Fraser's customers. He is a prosperous Englishman who specialises in exporting brandies to England. He is the uncle of Mary Hawkins (DIA, chapter 8)
Significant Moments:
1744: Goes to Calais to meet his niece Mary Hawkins and bring her to Paris (DIA, chapter 8) The Duke of Sandringham brings Silas along as an extra uninvited guest to the dinner party that Jamie and Claire host on the night that Silas's niece Mary has been raped and is sedated upstairs. Mary wakes in a drugged stupor and hallucinates that she is being raped. She runs screaming out onto the upper landing with her bruises showing clearly through her torn nighshift and with Alex running after her trying to restrain her. Mary's screams disrupt the dinner party and to them it looks like Alex is trying to rape Mary. Jamie is forced to punch Alex out to stop the situation turning into a complete melee. Silas is furious and outraged at what has happened to his niece and accuses Jamie of kidnapping and pandering. Mary is taken back to Silas's home (DIA, chapter 18)
Occupation: Wineseller and exporter
Physical Characteristics: A stout man with permanently flushed cheeks, a round rosy face and a jolly smile. He has bright brown eyes with an expression of alert calculation (DIA, chapter 8)
Silas Hawkins is one of Jared Fraser's customers. He is a prosperous Englishman who specialises in exporting brandies to England. He is the uncle of Mary Hawkins (DIA, chapter 8)
Significant Moments:
1744: Goes to Calais to meet his niece Mary Hawkins and bring her to Paris (DIA, chapter 8) The Duke of Sandringham brings Silas along as an extra uninvited guest to the dinner party that Jamie and Claire host on the night that Silas's niece Mary has been raped and is sedated upstairs. Mary wakes in a drugged stupor and hallucinates that she is being raped. She runs screaming out onto the upper landing with her bruises showing clearly through her torn nighshift and with Alex running after her trying to restrain her. Mary's screams disrupt the dinner party and to them it looks like Alex is trying to rape Mary. Jamie is forced to punch Alex out to stop the situation turning into a complete melee. Silas is furious and outraged at what has happened to his niece and accuses Jamie of kidnapping and pandering. Mary is taken back to Silas's home (DIA, chapter 18)
Simon Fraser (the elder)
Also known as: Lord Lovat, The Old Fox
Born: ca 1667
Died: 1747
Parents: Thomas Fraser and Sibylla MacLeod
Siblings: John, Alexander
Wives: Amelia Murray, Primrose Campbell, Margaret Grant
Children: Archibald, Janet, Sybilla, Alexander & Simon (legitimate & historically real) Frances & Aline (legitimate but fictional), Alexander and Brian (illegitimate and fictional)
Occupation: Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat
Physical Characteristics: Claire describes him as a squat-bodied elderly man with shoulders nearly as broad as Jamie's. He holds his back like a ramrod. Lord Lovat has gray hair, is short and wears false teeth (DIA, chapter 40) Lord Lovat is in his seventies (DIA, chapter 41)
Simon Fraser, the Old Fox, was the 11th Lord Lovat and a real historical figure. He is known as a traitor and deceiver who always acted out of self interest, but he picked the wrong side in the 1745 Jacobite rebellion and was executed as a traitor, becoming the last man in Britain to be publicly beheaded. Jamie describes him as a terrible auld monster (DIA, chapter 40)
Significant Moments:
1691: Simon's illegitimate son Brian is born to Davina Porter, one of the maids at Castle Downie (DIA, chapter 40)
1698: Simon snatches Amelia, the widow of the 10th Lord Lovat who was a distant relation, from her bed in the middle of the night and marries her on the spot, thus securing for himself the title of 11th Lord Lovat and chief of Clan Fraser, as well as the estates that accompany the position. Lady Amelia's family are so enraged that Simon is charged, tried and sentenced to death, the marriage is annulled and he is stripped of his titles (DIA, chapter 40)
1702: Simon escapes to France, converts to Catholicism and attaches himself to the Jacobite court of King James in Rome. He gets King James to promise him the restoration of his titles and estates if James is restored to the throne (DIA, chapter 40)
1703: Simon returns to Scotland to sound out the clan chiefs about a possible Jacobite uprising. When he realises there is little support he jumps ship and reveals the Jacobite plot to the government of Queen Anne. He then foolishly returns to France to spy on the Jacobites, but is caught and imprisoned (DIA, chapter 40)
1714: Simon escapes from France and returns to Scotland where he fence sits without committing to one side or another
1715: During the Jacobite Rising, Simon masterminds the assembling of the clans under the guise of a hunting party on the Braes of Mar, but somehow manages to get full credit from the English Crown for putting down the resultant Rising and a pardon for his previous crimes (DIA, chapter 40) Brian meets and elopes with Ellen MacKenzie. Simon does not approve of his choice of bride and tries to stop the marriage by claiming that the child is not Brian's. When that doesn't work he breaks off all contact with Brian (DIA, chapter 40)
1716: Simon marries Margaret Grant, the Grant o' Grant's daughter (DIA, chapter 40)
1726: Simon's son, Simon Fraser, the Young Fox, is born
1729: Simon's wife, Margaret, dies in childbirth
1733: Simon marries Primrose Campbell through trickery. He writes to Primrose telling her that her mother has fallen sick and giving her the address of the house her mother is in. Primrose arrives to find not her mother, but Simon Fraser himself, and then discovers that she is in a brothel. Simon has so compromised her reputation that she is forced to marry him (DIA, chapter 40)
1736: Simon's son, Archibald, is born
1738: Brian Fraser books Jamie passage to France on a ship that sails from the harbour at Beauly, close to Lord Lovat's lands. Lord Lovat has not spoken to his son Brian since Brian married Ellen, and he has never seen any of Brian's children. Just as Jamie is about to board the ship, Lord Lovat arrives. Not a word is spoken between them, but Lord Lovat watches Jamie as he boards the ship. He then rides off, riding 20 yards apart from Brian with neither acknowledging the other (DIA, chapter 40)
1745: Jamie and Claire arrive at Castle Beaufort to ask Lord Lovat to commit his clan to the Jacobite cause. Lord Lovat consults his seer, Maisri, to help come to a decision, but she refuses to tell him what she can see of the future and he throws her out into the hallway. Jamie speaks hastily to Lord Lovat and he shows him who's boss by having three men hold Jamie down while Young Simon punches him in the stomach. Lord Lovat spends two weeks with Jamie questioning him about Charles Stuart's cause. He then asks Jamie to swear an oath of loyalty to him. When Jamie refuses, Lord Lovat threatens harm to Claire if he doesn't. Jamie tells Lord Lovat that no man would dare harm Claire because she is a white lady like Dame Aliset. Lord Lovat is shocked into silence and Jamie throws his false teeth on the fire (DIA, chapter 40) Lord Lovat continues to prevaricate about committing to the Jacobite cause and is at odds with his son, Young Simon, who is itching to go. Claire diagnoses Lord Lovat as suffering from prostatitis. Lord Lovat seizes upon Claire's diagnosis of prostatitis as a way of remaining non-committal with regards to the Jacobite rebellion. He sends his son, Young Simon with men from Clan Fraser to join Charles Stuart, along with a letter explaining that he is too ill to attend himself and a gift of a gold and sterling picnic set. Lord Lovat tells Charles Stuart that he is sending him 200 men, but he sends only 170 from Beauly and surreptitiously includes Jamie's 30 Lallybroch men in his regiment without Jamie's knowledge. If Charles Stuart wins then Lord Lovat can claim Lallybroch as his land because he raised men from the estate to answer Charles Stuart's call (DIA, chapter 41)
1747: Beheaded on Tower Hill after being tried for treason (DIA, chapter 47)
Also known as: Lord Lovat, The Old Fox
Born: ca 1667
Died: 1747
Parents: Thomas Fraser and Sibylla MacLeod
Siblings: John, Alexander
Wives: Amelia Murray, Primrose Campbell, Margaret Grant
Children: Archibald, Janet, Sybilla, Alexander & Simon (legitimate & historically real) Frances & Aline (legitimate but fictional), Alexander and Brian (illegitimate and fictional)
Occupation: Chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat
Physical Characteristics: Claire describes him as a squat-bodied elderly man with shoulders nearly as broad as Jamie's. He holds his back like a ramrod. Lord Lovat has gray hair, is short and wears false teeth (DIA, chapter 40) Lord Lovat is in his seventies (DIA, chapter 41)
Simon Fraser, the Old Fox, was the 11th Lord Lovat and a real historical figure. He is known as a traitor and deceiver who always acted out of self interest, but he picked the wrong side in the 1745 Jacobite rebellion and was executed as a traitor, becoming the last man in Britain to be publicly beheaded. Jamie describes him as a terrible auld monster (DIA, chapter 40)
Significant Moments:
1691: Simon's illegitimate son Brian is born to Davina Porter, one of the maids at Castle Downie (DIA, chapter 40)
1698: Simon snatches Amelia, the widow of the 10th Lord Lovat who was a distant relation, from her bed in the middle of the night and marries her on the spot, thus securing for himself the title of 11th Lord Lovat and chief of Clan Fraser, as well as the estates that accompany the position. Lady Amelia's family are so enraged that Simon is charged, tried and sentenced to death, the marriage is annulled and he is stripped of his titles (DIA, chapter 40)
1702: Simon escapes to France, converts to Catholicism and attaches himself to the Jacobite court of King James in Rome. He gets King James to promise him the restoration of his titles and estates if James is restored to the throne (DIA, chapter 40)
1703: Simon returns to Scotland to sound out the clan chiefs about a possible Jacobite uprising. When he realises there is little support he jumps ship and reveals the Jacobite plot to the government of Queen Anne. He then foolishly returns to France to spy on the Jacobites, but is caught and imprisoned (DIA, chapter 40)
1714: Simon escapes from France and returns to Scotland where he fence sits without committing to one side or another
1715: During the Jacobite Rising, Simon masterminds the assembling of the clans under the guise of a hunting party on the Braes of Mar, but somehow manages to get full credit from the English Crown for putting down the resultant Rising and a pardon for his previous crimes (DIA, chapter 40) Brian meets and elopes with Ellen MacKenzie. Simon does not approve of his choice of bride and tries to stop the marriage by claiming that the child is not Brian's. When that doesn't work he breaks off all contact with Brian (DIA, chapter 40)
1716: Simon marries Margaret Grant, the Grant o' Grant's daughter (DIA, chapter 40)
1726: Simon's son, Simon Fraser, the Young Fox, is born
1729: Simon's wife, Margaret, dies in childbirth
1733: Simon marries Primrose Campbell through trickery. He writes to Primrose telling her that her mother has fallen sick and giving her the address of the house her mother is in. Primrose arrives to find not her mother, but Simon Fraser himself, and then discovers that she is in a brothel. Simon has so compromised her reputation that she is forced to marry him (DIA, chapter 40)
1736: Simon's son, Archibald, is born
1738: Brian Fraser books Jamie passage to France on a ship that sails from the harbour at Beauly, close to Lord Lovat's lands. Lord Lovat has not spoken to his son Brian since Brian married Ellen, and he has never seen any of Brian's children. Just as Jamie is about to board the ship, Lord Lovat arrives. Not a word is spoken between them, but Lord Lovat watches Jamie as he boards the ship. He then rides off, riding 20 yards apart from Brian with neither acknowledging the other (DIA, chapter 40)
1745: Jamie and Claire arrive at Castle Beaufort to ask Lord Lovat to commit his clan to the Jacobite cause. Lord Lovat consults his seer, Maisri, to help come to a decision, but she refuses to tell him what she can see of the future and he throws her out into the hallway. Jamie speaks hastily to Lord Lovat and he shows him who's boss by having three men hold Jamie down while Young Simon punches him in the stomach. Lord Lovat spends two weeks with Jamie questioning him about Charles Stuart's cause. He then asks Jamie to swear an oath of loyalty to him. When Jamie refuses, Lord Lovat threatens harm to Claire if he doesn't. Jamie tells Lord Lovat that no man would dare harm Claire because she is a white lady like Dame Aliset. Lord Lovat is shocked into silence and Jamie throws his false teeth on the fire (DIA, chapter 40) Lord Lovat continues to prevaricate about committing to the Jacobite cause and is at odds with his son, Young Simon, who is itching to go. Claire diagnoses Lord Lovat as suffering from prostatitis. Lord Lovat seizes upon Claire's diagnosis of prostatitis as a way of remaining non-committal with regards to the Jacobite rebellion. He sends his son, Young Simon with men from Clan Fraser to join Charles Stuart, along with a letter explaining that he is too ill to attend himself and a gift of a gold and sterling picnic set. Lord Lovat tells Charles Stuart that he is sending him 200 men, but he sends only 170 from Beauly and surreptitiously includes Jamie's 30 Lallybroch men in his regiment without Jamie's knowledge. If Charles Stuart wins then Lord Lovat can claim Lallybroch as his land because he raised men from the estate to answer Charles Stuart's call (DIA, chapter 41)
1747: Beheaded on Tower Hill after being tried for treason (DIA, chapter 47)
Simon Fraser (the younger)
Also known as: The Young Fox, Master of Lovat, General Simon Fraser
Born: 1726
Died: 1782
Parents: Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat & Margaret Grant
Siblings: Sybilla, Alexander, Janet (Historical) Frances & Aline (Fictional)
Half Siblings: Archibald (Historical), Brian, Alexander (Fictional)
Wife:
Children: None
Occupation: Soldier
Physical Characteristics: Squat like his father, with slanted muddy brown eyes and shaggy black hair (DIA, chapter 40) He has heavy black brows (DIA, chapter 42)
Simon Fraser, the Young Fox, is the eldest legitimate son of Lord Lovat. He is a half brother to Brian Fraser and a cousin to Jamie.
Significant Moments:
1745: Simon meets Jamie and Claire for the first time when they visit his father. He insults Claire by calling her Mistress Honeylips to test how much Gaelic she has and is punched in the jaw by Jamie (DIA, chapter 40) Young Simon is eager to join Charles Stuart but his father won't commit and they clash over this. Simon's initial suspicion of Jamie fades into a reluctant respect due to Jamie's obvious expertise in the art of war. Lord Lovat uses illness as an excuse not to join Charles Stuart, but sends Young Simon at the head of his men. They leave in mid-December to join the Highland army at Edinburgh (DIA, chapter 41) When Jamie arrives back in Edinburgh to try and get his men released from prison, Young Simon tells Jamie he will accompany him to Stirling Castle to plead with Charles Stuart. He also suggests that Jamie take Dougal, as Dougal has given Charles Stuart 10,000 pounds in sterling and consequently is much in Charles's favour. Simon says that to ensure Dougal comes to Jamie's aid he will pretend that he is going to claim the men for Lord Lovat so as to get his hands on Lallybroch.
1746: The ruse works and Jamie, Simon and Dougal ride to Stirling Castle together to plead with Charles Stuart (DIA, chapter 42)
Also known as: The Young Fox, Master of Lovat, General Simon Fraser
Born: 1726
Died: 1782
Parents: Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat & Margaret Grant
Siblings: Sybilla, Alexander, Janet (Historical) Frances & Aline (Fictional)
Half Siblings: Archibald (Historical), Brian, Alexander (Fictional)
Wife:
Children: None
Occupation: Soldier
Physical Characteristics: Squat like his father, with slanted muddy brown eyes and shaggy black hair (DIA, chapter 40) He has heavy black brows (DIA, chapter 42)
Simon Fraser, the Young Fox, is the eldest legitimate son of Lord Lovat. He is a half brother to Brian Fraser and a cousin to Jamie.
Significant Moments:
1745: Simon meets Jamie and Claire for the first time when they visit his father. He insults Claire by calling her Mistress Honeylips to test how much Gaelic she has and is punched in the jaw by Jamie (DIA, chapter 40) Young Simon is eager to join Charles Stuart but his father won't commit and they clash over this. Simon's initial suspicion of Jamie fades into a reluctant respect due to Jamie's obvious expertise in the art of war. Lord Lovat uses illness as an excuse not to join Charles Stuart, but sends Young Simon at the head of his men. They leave in mid-December to join the Highland army at Edinburgh (DIA, chapter 41) When Jamie arrives back in Edinburgh to try and get his men released from prison, Young Simon tells Jamie he will accompany him to Stirling Castle to plead with Charles Stuart. He also suggests that Jamie take Dougal, as Dougal has given Charles Stuart 10,000 pounds in sterling and consequently is much in Charles's favour. Simon says that to ensure Dougal comes to Jamie's aid he will pretend that he is going to claim the men for Lord Lovat so as to get his hands on Lallybroch.
1746: The ruse works and Jamie, Simon and Dougal ride to Stirling Castle together to plead with Charles Stuart (DIA, chapter 42)
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Thomas Leonard
Full name: Captain Thomas Leonard
Born: 1748
Occupation: Seaman
Physical Characteristics: He has the stained teeth and furred tongue of a tobacco chewer (V, chapter 46) He has brown eyes (V, chapter 49)
Captain Leonard is the 19 year old who is forced to assume command of the Porpoise after the death of all the senior crew members.
1767: Captain Leonard boards the Artemis and pleads for a ship's surgeon to come onboard the Porpoise as half his crew are ill and thirty have already died. Claire agrees to help. Once onboard the Porpoise Claire confirms her diagnosis of typhoid. Claire tells Captain Leonard that the only thing that can be done is to nurse the men and try and prevent any more of the crew getting infected. Claire knows that Jamie will be eager to get them all away from the Porpoise, but Captain Leonard begs her to stay for a while and help get things sorted. Claire signals to Jamie that she will be on the Porpoise for two more hours. Captain Leonard appears on the deck of the Porpoise and tells Jamie that he needs to keep Claire onboard to fight the sickness. Jamie is extremely unhappy about his plans, but Captain Leonard threatens to press all the Englishmen and Scots onboard the Artemis if Claire does not stay, and Captain Raines overrides Jamie and agrees to let him keep Claire. Captain Leonard promises Jamie that he will provide Claire with accommodation in Jamaica until the Artemis arrives, and then the Porpoise sails off with Claire aboard. Claire comes rushing up on deck and angrily demands that the ship be turned back, but Captain Leonard is embarrassed but steadfast. He feels that he has no choice if he is to reach Jamaica safely. Claire reluctantly accepts the situation and sets about tackling the sickness. Claire asks Captain Leonard if there is any alcohol onboard and he goes with her to show her where it's kept when one of his crewmen, Tompkins, tries to speak with him, saying that he has recognised the red haired man onboard the Artemis. Claire's ears prick up, but Captain Leonard sends the man off to tell the mate, saying he doesn't have time to deal with it (V, chapter 46) Tompkins tells Captain Leonard that Jamie is a known criminal and his real name is Jamie Fraser, but he is also known as Jamie Roy and Alexander Malcolm. The Captain records this in his logbook and notes that he will not turn the Porpoise around to arrest Jamie because they are under orders to make haste to Jamaica, but he may be able to arrest Jamie when he arrives in Jamaica (V, chapter 47) The Porpoise calls into Watlings Island to replenish its water supplies. Captain Leonard finds Claire on deck and thanks her for all her help but also confesses that he knows that Jamie is a criminal and that unfortunately as he has recorded this fact in his log book, he has no option but to report it to the authorities in both Jamaica and Antigua. Jamie will be captured when the Artemis docks, and hanged. He tells Claire that he is most terribly sorry (V, chapter 49)
Full name: Captain Thomas Leonard
Born: 1748
Occupation: Seaman
Physical Characteristics: He has the stained teeth and furred tongue of a tobacco chewer (V, chapter 46) He has brown eyes (V, chapter 49)
Captain Leonard is the 19 year old who is forced to assume command of the Porpoise after the death of all the senior crew members.
1767: Captain Leonard boards the Artemis and pleads for a ship's surgeon to come onboard the Porpoise as half his crew are ill and thirty have already died. Claire agrees to help. Once onboard the Porpoise Claire confirms her diagnosis of typhoid. Claire tells Captain Leonard that the only thing that can be done is to nurse the men and try and prevent any more of the crew getting infected. Claire knows that Jamie will be eager to get them all away from the Porpoise, but Captain Leonard begs her to stay for a while and help get things sorted. Claire signals to Jamie that she will be on the Porpoise for two more hours. Captain Leonard appears on the deck of the Porpoise and tells Jamie that he needs to keep Claire onboard to fight the sickness. Jamie is extremely unhappy about his plans, but Captain Leonard threatens to press all the Englishmen and Scots onboard the Artemis if Claire does not stay, and Captain Raines overrides Jamie and agrees to let him keep Claire. Captain Leonard promises Jamie that he will provide Claire with accommodation in Jamaica until the Artemis arrives, and then the Porpoise sails off with Claire aboard. Claire comes rushing up on deck and angrily demands that the ship be turned back, but Captain Leonard is embarrassed but steadfast. He feels that he has no choice if he is to reach Jamaica safely. Claire reluctantly accepts the situation and sets about tackling the sickness. Claire asks Captain Leonard if there is any alcohol onboard and he goes with her to show her where it's kept when one of his crewmen, Tompkins, tries to speak with him, saying that he has recognised the red haired man onboard the Artemis. Claire's ears prick up, but Captain Leonard sends the man off to tell the mate, saying he doesn't have time to deal with it (V, chapter 46) Tompkins tells Captain Leonard that Jamie is a known criminal and his real name is Jamie Fraser, but he is also known as Jamie Roy and Alexander Malcolm. The Captain records this in his logbook and notes that he will not turn the Porpoise around to arrest Jamie because they are under orders to make haste to Jamaica, but he may be able to arrest Jamie when he arrives in Jamaica (V, chapter 47) The Porpoise calls into Watlings Island to replenish its water supplies. Captain Leonard finds Claire on deck and thanks her for all her help but also confesses that he knows that Jamie is a criminal and that unfortunately as he has recorded this fact in his log book, he has no option but to report it to the authorities in both Jamaica and Antigua. Jamie will be captured when the Artemis docks, and hanged. He tells Claire that he is most terribly sorry (V, chapter 49)
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Walter Laurent
Full name: Reverend Walter Laurent
Occupation: Huguenot pastor
Physical Characteristics: Three inches shorter than Claire. He has gentle light brown eyes (DIA, chapter 26)
The Reverend Walter Laurent is a Huguenot pastor who Claire finds hiding in a barn on the grounds of Louise de la Tour's country house at Fontainebleu (DIA, chapter 26)
Significant Moments:
1744: Is discovered hiding in a barn on the grounds of Louise de la Tour's country house in Fontainebleu by Claire. He reveals that he knew Master Raymond in Geneva where he was a reputable physician and herbalist and although he thinks that Raymond is a good man, he warns Claire that Raymond is rumoured to be involved with the occult (DIA, chapter 26)
Full name: Reverend Walter Laurent
Occupation: Huguenot pastor
Physical Characteristics: Three inches shorter than Claire. He has gentle light brown eyes (DIA, chapter 26)
The Reverend Walter Laurent is a Huguenot pastor who Claire finds hiding in a barn on the grounds of Louise de la Tour's country house at Fontainebleu (DIA, chapter 26)
Significant Moments:
1744: Is discovered hiding in a barn on the grounds of Louise de la Tour's country house in Fontainebleu by Claire. He reveals that he knew Master Raymond in Geneva where he was a reputable physician and herbalist and although he thinks that Raymond is a good man, he warns Claire that Raymond is rumoured to be involved with the occult (DIA, chapter 26)