Brianna's Dragonfly in Amber Timeline
Brianna Randall
Significant Moments in Dragonfly in Amber:
1968:
Brianna travels to Scotland with Claire in April and meets Roger for the first time (DIA, chapter 1)
Roger discovers that Jack Randall is buried in the old St Kilda kirkyard and arranges a trip there with Claire and Brianna. He and Brianna don't tell Claire about Randall's grave, intending to surprise her, but she reacts with shock rather than surprise. Leaving Claire alone to recover her composure, Bree and Roger look inside the old church. They have their first kiss when suddenly the air is shattered with Claire's scream. They find her by a gravestone with Jamie's name on it and she tells them that Jamie was her husband and Brianna's father. When they get Claire back to the manse she starts to explain more but Bree cannot accept her story (DIA, chapter 5)
Claire finishes recounting her story to Brianna and Roger. She tells Brianna that Jamie was right. Her pregnancy was dangerous and Brianna's birth hazardous and they both probably would have died in the 18th century. Claire confesses to Brianna that she couldn't bear to leave Jamie and hated Brianna before she was born as Brianna was the reason Claire had to go back. Brianna reacts rather badly to this confession, shouts at Claire that Frank Randall is her father and that he never loved Claire, picks up the metal poker from the hearth and hurls it through the window and leaves (DIA, chapter 47)
Relations between Claire and Brianna are strained and they avoid each other's company. Roger and Brianna have dinner together at a pub. After they finish their meal Roger buys a bottle of whisky and asks Brianna if she would like to come with him while he drops it off to someone and she agrees. He doesn't tell Brianna that he is visiting Greg Edgars (DIA, chapter 48)
Roger gains access to Greg Edgars' home by pretending to be Gillian's cousin. Greg tells them Gillian left him about two weeks ago. He met her about three years earlier when they were both members of the Scottish Nationalists, but Gillian had become obsessed and joined the Society of the White Rose which had a deep interest in Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Rising (DIA, chapter 48)
Brianna grows suspicious at Roger's line of questioning and asks that they leave. On the way home Bree confronts Roger and asks who Gillian Edgars really is. When he tells her Gillian is Geillis Duncan, Bree withdraws from Roger. He reacts angrily and tells her that he is descended from Gillian and explains his dilemma about trying to stop her going through the stones knowing what her fate will be there. Bree asks him if he believes Claire's story and he tells her that he does because of the look on Claire's face when she saw the words Jamie had inscribed on her wedding ring. Brianna is still not ready to believe but is no longer violently rejecting the idea (DIA, chapter 48)
On the eve of Beltane, Claire, Roger and Brianna set out for Craigh na Dun to stop Gillian Edgars' implementing her plans which Claire has found detailed in her notebook. They have been unable to contact her husband, Greg. They climb the hill and Roger spots a light by the stones. Claire can hear the stones buzzing and stumbles into Roger. The smell of petrol reaches them and Roger races towards Gillian, with Brianna racing behind him. The petrol ignites and Roger runs towards Gillian but she turns and runs towards the cleft rock at the end of the circle. Gillian turns and looks at Roger and then vanishes into the rock (DIA, chapter 49)
Roger is assailed by a blinding noise and falls down where he clutches the grass to try and anchor himself to reality and resist the pull of the stones. He passes out and Brianna frantically calls his name to wake him up. Brianna tells Roger that he had been crawling towards the stones and she was terrified she wouldn't be able to stop him. Brianna had also heard the stones and is in shock while Roger slowly gets himself together. He asks Brianna where Claire is and in panic they look for her, eventually finding her lying senseless in the grass at the edge of the circle (DIA, chapter 49)
Roger carries Claire unconscious down to the car which exhausts him so Brianna drives them back to the manse. When Claire regains consciousness she asks Roger if Gillian went through the stones. When he says, yes, Claire looks at Brianna who now has to accept that Claire's story is true. When Claire sees that Brianna now believes her she relaxes back into sleep (DIA, chapter 49)
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Significant Moments in Dragonfly in Amber:
1968:
Brianna travels to Scotland with Claire in April and meets Roger for the first time (DIA, chapter 1)
Roger discovers that Jack Randall is buried in the old St Kilda kirkyard and arranges a trip there with Claire and Brianna. He and Brianna don't tell Claire about Randall's grave, intending to surprise her, but she reacts with shock rather than surprise. Leaving Claire alone to recover her composure, Bree and Roger look inside the old church. They have their first kiss when suddenly the air is shattered with Claire's scream. They find her by a gravestone with Jamie's name on it and she tells them that Jamie was her husband and Brianna's father. When they get Claire back to the manse she starts to explain more but Bree cannot accept her story (DIA, chapter 5)
Claire finishes recounting her story to Brianna and Roger. She tells Brianna that Jamie was right. Her pregnancy was dangerous and Brianna's birth hazardous and they both probably would have died in the 18th century. Claire confesses to Brianna that she couldn't bear to leave Jamie and hated Brianna before she was born as Brianna was the reason Claire had to go back. Brianna reacts rather badly to this confession, shouts at Claire that Frank Randall is her father and that he never loved Claire, picks up the metal poker from the hearth and hurls it through the window and leaves (DIA, chapter 47)
Relations between Claire and Brianna are strained and they avoid each other's company. Roger and Brianna have dinner together at a pub. After they finish their meal Roger buys a bottle of whisky and asks Brianna if she would like to come with him while he drops it off to someone and she agrees. He doesn't tell Brianna that he is visiting Greg Edgars (DIA, chapter 48)
Roger gains access to Greg Edgars' home by pretending to be Gillian's cousin. Greg tells them Gillian left him about two weeks ago. He met her about three years earlier when they were both members of the Scottish Nationalists, but Gillian had become obsessed and joined the Society of the White Rose which had a deep interest in Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Rising (DIA, chapter 48)
Brianna grows suspicious at Roger's line of questioning and asks that they leave. On the way home Bree confronts Roger and asks who Gillian Edgars really is. When he tells her Gillian is Geillis Duncan, Bree withdraws from Roger. He reacts angrily and tells her that he is descended from Gillian and explains his dilemma about trying to stop her going through the stones knowing what her fate will be there. Bree asks him if he believes Claire's story and he tells her that he does because of the look on Claire's face when she saw the words Jamie had inscribed on her wedding ring. Brianna is still not ready to believe but is no longer violently rejecting the idea (DIA, chapter 48)
On the eve of Beltane, Claire, Roger and Brianna set out for Craigh na Dun to stop Gillian Edgars' implementing her plans which Claire has found detailed in her notebook. They have been unable to contact her husband, Greg. They climb the hill and Roger spots a light by the stones. Claire can hear the stones buzzing and stumbles into Roger. The smell of petrol reaches them and Roger races towards Gillian, with Brianna racing behind him. The petrol ignites and Roger runs towards Gillian but she turns and runs towards the cleft rock at the end of the circle. Gillian turns and looks at Roger and then vanishes into the rock (DIA, chapter 49)
Roger is assailed by a blinding noise and falls down where he clutches the grass to try and anchor himself to reality and resist the pull of the stones. He passes out and Brianna frantically calls his name to wake him up. Brianna tells Roger that he had been crawling towards the stones and she was terrified she wouldn't be able to stop him. Brianna had also heard the stones and is in shock while Roger slowly gets himself together. He asks Brianna where Claire is and in panic they look for her, eventually finding her lying senseless in the grass at the edge of the circle (DIA, chapter 49)
Roger carries Claire unconscious down to the car which exhausts him so Brianna drives them back to the manse. When Claire regains consciousness she asks Roger if Gillian went through the stones. When he says, yes, Claire looks at Brianna who now has to accept that Claire's story is true. When Claire sees that Brianna now believes her she relaxes back into sleep (DIA, chapter 49)
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