Other Major Characters
C
Callum MacKenzie - the spelling used in Cross Stitch for Colum MacKenzie. Refer to Colum MacKenzie
Claudel - the birth name of Fergus. Refer to Fergus Fraser
Claudel - the birth name of Fergus. Refer to Fergus Fraser
Colum MacKenzie
Full name: Colum ban Campbell MacKenzie (Outlander only, chapter 5); Callum mac Gibbon MacKenzie (Cross Stitch only, chapter 5) Colum mac Campbell MacKenzie (Exile, chapter 3)
Also known as: The MacKenzie, MacKenzie of Leoch, Himself
Born: 1693
Died: 1745
Parents: Jacob MacKenzie & Anne Grant
Siblings: Ellen, Dougal, Janet, Flora, Jocasta
Wife: Letitia Chisholm
Children: Hamish
Occupation: Chieftain of one of the large septs of Clan MacKenzie
Physical Characteristics: Black hair (Outlander, chapter 6), Dove-grey eyes, a deep voice and bowed, stumpy legs (Outlander, chapter 5)
Colum is Jamie's uncle. He is Chieftain of this particular sept of Clan MacKenzie but his medical condition of Toulouse-Lautrec Syndrome means that he cannot undertake any major physical activity, so the role of War Chieftain is filled by his brother Dougal. His syndrome also prevents him from fathering children, and his son Hamish is actually sired by Dougal, with Colum's full knowledge. Colum is very intelligent and shrewd with a much cooler head than his brother. Colum had the same sort of relationship with his sister Ellen (Jamie's mother) as Jamie has with his sister Jenny and was hurt when Ellen left without a word (DIA, chapter 37)
Significant Moments:
circa 1712: Colum marries Letitia and not long afterwards falls and breaks his femur. It mends poorly and Colum rises too soon, falls down the stairs and breaks his other leg. He spends almost a year in bed recovering (Outlander, chapter 11)
circa 1715: Jacob MacKenzie dies and Colum becomes Laird (Outlander, chapter 9). This decision is made at a great Gathering as there is concern that Colum is not physically able to lead men into battle but Dougal does not have the judgment required to be Laird. Ned Gowan solves the problem by proposing that Colum become Laird but Dougal become War Chieftain and Dougal pledges his loyalty and service to Colum (Outlander, chapter 11)
circa 1735: Dougal and Colum agree that Dougal will try and father a son with Letitia so the clan has an heir. The result is Hamish (Outlander, chapter 34)
1743: Colum receives word that Horrocks may be able to clear Jamie's name and sends Dougal to tell Jamie (Outlander, chapter 16) Colum arranges to have Geillis arrested as a witch to solve the problem of her being pregnant to Dougal (Outlander, chapter 25) Claire theorises that Geilis may have threatened to expose the truth of Hamish's parentage to force Colum to let Dougal marry her (DIA, chapter 47) When news of Geillis's arrest reaches Leoch, Colum orders the gates closed and forbids anyone from leaving Leoch. When Mrs Fitz argues with him to send someone to save Claire he refuses (Outlander, chapter 31) Colum is poisoned by something that Geillis has slipped into his food. He becomes unconscious, but survives (Exile, chapter 9)
1745: Colum's condition deteriorates and as wine no longer eases his pain and he drinks spirits for pain relief (DIA, chapter 21)
Colum's health has greatly deteriorated and he is wasting away. Despite this he travels to Edinburgh to meet Charles Stuart to determine whether he should commit the MacKenzie clan to the Jacobite cause. When he learns that Jamie and Claire are with Charles Stuart he demands to speak with Claire first before making a decision. Colum apologises to Claire for the fact that she got caught up in his witch trial trap against Geillis and offers to punish Laoghaire for sending her there if she desires. Claire considers her feelings towards Laoghaire but decides not to take revenge as she survived and she has Jamie. Colum then explains to Claire that he is in so much pain that he is drinking a bottle of brandy a day. He asks Claire to give him something that will allow him to end his life quickly and cleanly at a time of his choosing. Claire gives him cyanide. Colum meets with Jamie & Claire in private to ask Jamie whether he thinks the MacKenzies should join Charles Stuart. Jamie advises him to go home and keep his men at Leoch. That night, Colum dies without having given his decision to Charles Stuart (DIA, chapter 37)
Full name: Colum ban Campbell MacKenzie (Outlander only, chapter 5); Callum mac Gibbon MacKenzie (Cross Stitch only, chapter 5) Colum mac Campbell MacKenzie (Exile, chapter 3)
Also known as: The MacKenzie, MacKenzie of Leoch, Himself
Born: 1693
Died: 1745
Parents: Jacob MacKenzie & Anne Grant
Siblings: Ellen, Dougal, Janet, Flora, Jocasta
Wife: Letitia Chisholm
Children: Hamish
Occupation: Chieftain of one of the large septs of Clan MacKenzie
Physical Characteristics: Black hair (Outlander, chapter 6), Dove-grey eyes, a deep voice and bowed, stumpy legs (Outlander, chapter 5)
Colum is Jamie's uncle. He is Chieftain of this particular sept of Clan MacKenzie but his medical condition of Toulouse-Lautrec Syndrome means that he cannot undertake any major physical activity, so the role of War Chieftain is filled by his brother Dougal. His syndrome also prevents him from fathering children, and his son Hamish is actually sired by Dougal, with Colum's full knowledge. Colum is very intelligent and shrewd with a much cooler head than his brother. Colum had the same sort of relationship with his sister Ellen (Jamie's mother) as Jamie has with his sister Jenny and was hurt when Ellen left without a word (DIA, chapter 37)
Significant Moments:
circa 1712: Colum marries Letitia and not long afterwards falls and breaks his femur. It mends poorly and Colum rises too soon, falls down the stairs and breaks his other leg. He spends almost a year in bed recovering (Outlander, chapter 11)
circa 1715: Jacob MacKenzie dies and Colum becomes Laird (Outlander, chapter 9). This decision is made at a great Gathering as there is concern that Colum is not physically able to lead men into battle but Dougal does not have the judgment required to be Laird. Ned Gowan solves the problem by proposing that Colum become Laird but Dougal become War Chieftain and Dougal pledges his loyalty and service to Colum (Outlander, chapter 11)
circa 1735: Dougal and Colum agree that Dougal will try and father a son with Letitia so the clan has an heir. The result is Hamish (Outlander, chapter 34)
1743: Colum receives word that Horrocks may be able to clear Jamie's name and sends Dougal to tell Jamie (Outlander, chapter 16) Colum arranges to have Geillis arrested as a witch to solve the problem of her being pregnant to Dougal (Outlander, chapter 25) Claire theorises that Geilis may have threatened to expose the truth of Hamish's parentage to force Colum to let Dougal marry her (DIA, chapter 47) When news of Geillis's arrest reaches Leoch, Colum orders the gates closed and forbids anyone from leaving Leoch. When Mrs Fitz argues with him to send someone to save Claire he refuses (Outlander, chapter 31) Colum is poisoned by something that Geillis has slipped into his food. He becomes unconscious, but survives (Exile, chapter 9)
1745: Colum's condition deteriorates and as wine no longer eases his pain and he drinks spirits for pain relief (DIA, chapter 21)
Colum's health has greatly deteriorated and he is wasting away. Despite this he travels to Edinburgh to meet Charles Stuart to determine whether he should commit the MacKenzie clan to the Jacobite cause. When he learns that Jamie and Claire are with Charles Stuart he demands to speak with Claire first before making a decision. Colum apologises to Claire for the fact that she got caught up in his witch trial trap against Geillis and offers to punish Laoghaire for sending her there if she desires. Claire considers her feelings towards Laoghaire but decides not to take revenge as she survived and she has Jamie. Colum then explains to Claire that he is in so much pain that he is drinking a bottle of brandy a day. He asks Claire to give him something that will allow him to end his life quickly and cleanly at a time of his choosing. Claire gives him cyanide. Colum meets with Jamie & Claire in private to ask Jamie whether he thinks the MacKenzies should join Charles Stuart. Jamie advises him to go home and keep his men at Leoch. That night, Colum dies without having given his decision to Charles Stuart (DIA, chapter 37)
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Dougal MacKenzie
Born: 1694
Died: 1746
Parents: Jacob MacKenzie & Anne Grant
Siblings: Ellen, Colum, Janet, Flora, Jocasta
Wife: Maura Grant
Children: Molly, Tibby, Margaret & Eleanor (acknowledged); Hamish MacKenzie, William Buccleigh MacKenzie (unacknowledged)
Occupation: War Chieftain of Clan MacKenzie
Physical Characteristics: Russet hair (Outlander, chapter 6), Hazel eyes, a large barrel chest but a lightish voice (Outlander, chapter 3) Dougal is left-handed (Outlander, chapter 11)
Dougal is Jamie's uncle. He is War Chieftain of Clan MacKenzie as his brother Colum cannot fulfil that role because of his medical condition. Dougal can be hot-headed. He is the actual father of Colum's son Hamish and fathered William Buccleigh MacKenzie with Geillis Duncan.
Significant Moments:
1715: Dougal pledges his allegiance to Colum and is appointed War Chieftain of Clan MacKenzie to undertake the tasks that Colum is not physically capable of
1719: Marries Maura Grant
circa 1735: Dougal and Colum agree that Dougal will try and father a son with Letitia so the clan has an heir. The result is Hamish (Outlander, chapter 34)
1735: Jamie spends two years fostering with Dougal
1740: After Jamie's escape from Fort William, Dougal tells Jamie that Jenny is pregnant to Jack Randall and living with another English soldier (Outlander, chapter 16).
1743: Dougal is sent by Colum to tell Jamie that Horrocks may be able to clear his name (Outlander, chapter 16) he arrives to find Jamie has been hit over the head by one of the men he was living rough with. He takes him to France to the Abbey of Saint Anne de Beaupre to recover, possibly hoping that he doesn't (Outlander, chapter 34) Dougal meets Jamie the day after he returns from France and tells Jamie he has come to protect him from Jack Randall who is hunting him (Exile, chapter 1) While travelling together the party are surprised by British soldiers en route and as they try to escape Jamie is shot at and his horse throws him. He lands on his shoulder and dislocates it. Dougal and his men take Jamie to a small cottage and ask the woman who loves there to shelter them until it is dark (Exile, chapter 2) While they are in the cottage, Murtagh arrives with Claire. They are all on their way to Castle Leoch when they run into Claire and Dougal decides to take her with them when they leave that night (Outlander, chapter 3) Dougal is annoyed when Claire tends to Jamie's injuries after the fight at Cocknammon Rock, thinking that life would be a lot simpler if Jamie died (Exile, chapter 2) Dougal has an affair with Geillis and gets her pregnant (Outlander, chapter 25) Dougal starts raising money for the Jacobite cause, unbeknownst to Colum (Outlander, chapter 11). After taking Claire to see Jack Randall and seeing Randall abuse her, Dougal compels Claire to marry Jamie to keep her out of Randall's clutches and to keep Jamie from becoming Laird of Clan MacKenzie (Outlander, chapter 13) Dougal's wife Maura dies (Outlander, chapter 24) Colum tries to solve the problem of Geillis and Dougal's bastard child by having Geillis killed for being a witch (Outlander, chapter 25) Dougal meets Claire in a cave and informs her that Jamie had been captured two weeks earlier and is in Wentworth Prison. He tells Claire there is nothing that can be done to rescue Jamie from Wentworth and tries to inveigle Claire to go home with him. Dougal plans to marry Claire to get his hands on Lallybroch and is about to force his attentions on her when Murtagh appears with a pair of loaded pistols. Dougal is forced to hand over the gold in his sporran and Claire convinces him to let any of his men that agree to, to accompany her and Murtagh in their rescue attempt. Five of Dougal's men go, including Rupert, but Dougal remains adamant that they will not succeed. Just before Claire leaves, Dougal passes on a message to her from Geillis: "I think it is possible, but I do not know", and "1967" (Outlander, chapter 34)
1745: Dougal goes to Paris and turns up at Jamie and Claire's house on the day that they meet Jack Randall at the Duke of Sandringham's. Claire asks Dougal to accompany her to the police station as she attempts to stop Jamie from duelling with Jack Randall. En route Claire explains the situation to Dougal and her plan to name Jack Randall as one of the men who attacked her and Mary so that Randall will be arrested and Jamie will be unable to fight him. Dougal tells Claire what he has overheard in taverns about a group calling themselves Les Disciples. After lodging the complaint with the police Dougal asks Claire if she would like him to speak to Jamie but she refuses adamantly (DIA, chapter 21) Dougal demands that Claire keeps his visit a secret from Jamie but he believes that Jamie is also a Jacobite and starts sending him letters which are supposed to be passed onto Charles Stuart (DIA, chapter 22) Claire later realises that Dougal is in Paris to visit Charles Stuart and push him towards rebellion by telling Charles about the 10,000 pounds that Geillis has stolen and sent to France for the Jacobite cause (DIA, chapter 42) Dougal goes to Toledo in Spain and waits there for a month to find out if Philip of Spain will support the Jacobites (DIA, chapter 22) Dougal accompanies Colum to Edinburgh when Colum goes to meet Charles Stuart to help him decide whether to commit his clan to the Jacobite cause. While there, Colum dies before he can tell Charles Stuart that he will not be supporting him. Dougal becomes chieftain and commits the MacKenzies to the Jacobite cause (DIA, chapter 37) Dougal brings 250 men to join the Jacobite army, and the 10,000 pounds in sterling for Charles Stuart's cause which Geillis stole from her husband (DIA, chapter 42)
1746: Dougal accompanies Jamie and Young Simon Fraser to visit Charles Stuart at Stirling Castle and plead for him to release the Lallybroch men from prison (DIA, chapter 42) During the Battle of Falkirk Muir, Dougal and his men are forced to flee the English and they escape to the kirk where Claire is waiting out the battle. Rupert is badly wounded with a musket ball through the lung. When Rupert realises he is dying he asks Dougal to kill him as he doesn't want to die at the hand of strangers. Dougal is shocked but agrees to meet Rupert's wish and stabs him with his dirk. Early next morning, the English approach the church and demand that the Scots surrender. When they refuse the English threaten to fire the thatch roof. Claire shouts out in protest at this and on hearing her English accent the English soldiers demand to know if there is an Englishwoman in the church. Dougal seizes the moment to pretend that Claire is an English hostage and he will release her in exchange for his men's freedom. Jamie is furious but Claire convinces him that it is the only option open to them (DIA, chapter 43) On April 15th, Dougal goes up to the top floor of Culloden House and overhears Claire suggesting to Jamie that there is one way left in which they might prevent the slaughter at Culloden - she could poison Charles Stuart. Dougal accuses Claire of being a witch who has put Jamie under her spell, and grabs her to kill her. Jamie frees Claire and tries to calm Dougal down but Dougal will not let Jamie stop him from killing Claire. Dougal rounds on Jamie with his dirk. Jamie is unarmed and they end up struggling together. In the course of the struggle Jamie gets Dougal's dirk off him and stabs him in the base of his throat. Dougal dies in Jamie's arms, speaking words that only Jamie can hear (DIA, chapter 46)
Born: 1694
Died: 1746
Parents: Jacob MacKenzie & Anne Grant
Siblings: Ellen, Colum, Janet, Flora, Jocasta
Wife: Maura Grant
Children: Molly, Tibby, Margaret & Eleanor (acknowledged); Hamish MacKenzie, William Buccleigh MacKenzie (unacknowledged)
Occupation: War Chieftain of Clan MacKenzie
Physical Characteristics: Russet hair (Outlander, chapter 6), Hazel eyes, a large barrel chest but a lightish voice (Outlander, chapter 3) Dougal is left-handed (Outlander, chapter 11)
Dougal is Jamie's uncle. He is War Chieftain of Clan MacKenzie as his brother Colum cannot fulfil that role because of his medical condition. Dougal can be hot-headed. He is the actual father of Colum's son Hamish and fathered William Buccleigh MacKenzie with Geillis Duncan.
Significant Moments:
1715: Dougal pledges his allegiance to Colum and is appointed War Chieftain of Clan MacKenzie to undertake the tasks that Colum is not physically capable of
1719: Marries Maura Grant
circa 1735: Dougal and Colum agree that Dougal will try and father a son with Letitia so the clan has an heir. The result is Hamish (Outlander, chapter 34)
1735: Jamie spends two years fostering with Dougal
1740: After Jamie's escape from Fort William, Dougal tells Jamie that Jenny is pregnant to Jack Randall and living with another English soldier (Outlander, chapter 16).
1743: Dougal is sent by Colum to tell Jamie that Horrocks may be able to clear his name (Outlander, chapter 16) he arrives to find Jamie has been hit over the head by one of the men he was living rough with. He takes him to France to the Abbey of Saint Anne de Beaupre to recover, possibly hoping that he doesn't (Outlander, chapter 34) Dougal meets Jamie the day after he returns from France and tells Jamie he has come to protect him from Jack Randall who is hunting him (Exile, chapter 1) While travelling together the party are surprised by British soldiers en route and as they try to escape Jamie is shot at and his horse throws him. He lands on his shoulder and dislocates it. Dougal and his men take Jamie to a small cottage and ask the woman who loves there to shelter them until it is dark (Exile, chapter 2) While they are in the cottage, Murtagh arrives with Claire. They are all on their way to Castle Leoch when they run into Claire and Dougal decides to take her with them when they leave that night (Outlander, chapter 3) Dougal is annoyed when Claire tends to Jamie's injuries after the fight at Cocknammon Rock, thinking that life would be a lot simpler if Jamie died (Exile, chapter 2) Dougal has an affair with Geillis and gets her pregnant (Outlander, chapter 25) Dougal starts raising money for the Jacobite cause, unbeknownst to Colum (Outlander, chapter 11). After taking Claire to see Jack Randall and seeing Randall abuse her, Dougal compels Claire to marry Jamie to keep her out of Randall's clutches and to keep Jamie from becoming Laird of Clan MacKenzie (Outlander, chapter 13) Dougal's wife Maura dies (Outlander, chapter 24) Colum tries to solve the problem of Geillis and Dougal's bastard child by having Geillis killed for being a witch (Outlander, chapter 25) Dougal meets Claire in a cave and informs her that Jamie had been captured two weeks earlier and is in Wentworth Prison. He tells Claire there is nothing that can be done to rescue Jamie from Wentworth and tries to inveigle Claire to go home with him. Dougal plans to marry Claire to get his hands on Lallybroch and is about to force his attentions on her when Murtagh appears with a pair of loaded pistols. Dougal is forced to hand over the gold in his sporran and Claire convinces him to let any of his men that agree to, to accompany her and Murtagh in their rescue attempt. Five of Dougal's men go, including Rupert, but Dougal remains adamant that they will not succeed. Just before Claire leaves, Dougal passes on a message to her from Geillis: "I think it is possible, but I do not know", and "1967" (Outlander, chapter 34)
1745: Dougal goes to Paris and turns up at Jamie and Claire's house on the day that they meet Jack Randall at the Duke of Sandringham's. Claire asks Dougal to accompany her to the police station as she attempts to stop Jamie from duelling with Jack Randall. En route Claire explains the situation to Dougal and her plan to name Jack Randall as one of the men who attacked her and Mary so that Randall will be arrested and Jamie will be unable to fight him. Dougal tells Claire what he has overheard in taverns about a group calling themselves Les Disciples. After lodging the complaint with the police Dougal asks Claire if she would like him to speak to Jamie but she refuses adamantly (DIA, chapter 21) Dougal demands that Claire keeps his visit a secret from Jamie but he believes that Jamie is also a Jacobite and starts sending him letters which are supposed to be passed onto Charles Stuart (DIA, chapter 22) Claire later realises that Dougal is in Paris to visit Charles Stuart and push him towards rebellion by telling Charles about the 10,000 pounds that Geillis has stolen and sent to France for the Jacobite cause (DIA, chapter 42) Dougal goes to Toledo in Spain and waits there for a month to find out if Philip of Spain will support the Jacobites (DIA, chapter 22) Dougal accompanies Colum to Edinburgh when Colum goes to meet Charles Stuart to help him decide whether to commit his clan to the Jacobite cause. While there, Colum dies before he can tell Charles Stuart that he will not be supporting him. Dougal becomes chieftain and commits the MacKenzies to the Jacobite cause (DIA, chapter 37) Dougal brings 250 men to join the Jacobite army, and the 10,000 pounds in sterling for Charles Stuart's cause which Geillis stole from her husband (DIA, chapter 42)
1746: Dougal accompanies Jamie and Young Simon Fraser to visit Charles Stuart at Stirling Castle and plead for him to release the Lallybroch men from prison (DIA, chapter 42) During the Battle of Falkirk Muir, Dougal and his men are forced to flee the English and they escape to the kirk where Claire is waiting out the battle. Rupert is badly wounded with a musket ball through the lung. When Rupert realises he is dying he asks Dougal to kill him as he doesn't want to die at the hand of strangers. Dougal is shocked but agrees to meet Rupert's wish and stabs him with his dirk. Early next morning, the English approach the church and demand that the Scots surrender. When they refuse the English threaten to fire the thatch roof. Claire shouts out in protest at this and on hearing her English accent the English soldiers demand to know if there is an Englishwoman in the church. Dougal seizes the moment to pretend that Claire is an English hostage and he will release her in exchange for his men's freedom. Jamie is furious but Claire convinces him that it is the only option open to them (DIA, chapter 43) On April 15th, Dougal goes up to the top floor of Culloden House and overhears Claire suggesting to Jamie that there is one way left in which they might prevent the slaughter at Culloden - she could poison Charles Stuart. Dougal accuses Claire of being a witch who has put Jamie under her spell, and grabs her to kill her. Jamie frees Claire and tries to calm Dougal down but Dougal will not let Jamie stop him from killing Claire. Dougal rounds on Jamie with his dirk. Jamie is unarmed and they end up struggling together. In the course of the struggle Jamie gets Dougal's dirk off him and stabs him in the base of his throat. Dougal dies in Jamie's arms, speaking words that only Jamie can hear (DIA, chapter 46)
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Geillis Duncan
Also known as: Geillie, Gillian Edgars, Mrs Abernathy
Husbands: Greg Edgars, Arthur Duncan, Barnabas Abernathy
Children: William Buccleigh MacKenzie
Occupation: Black widow, Witch
Physical Characteristics: Tall with fair hair and skin and green eyes (Outlander, chapter 9) Her hair is the colour of heavy cream and baby-fine (Outlander, chapter 24)
Geillis is another time traveller, but unlike Claire she deliberately travelled back through time with the aim of helping Bonnie Prince Charlie gain the Scottish throne. She shares Claire's talent for healing but chooses to use it for evil purposes. Her obsession with Scottish nationalism intersects with a developing mental deterioration caused by syphilis that makes her mad, bad and dangerous. Despite all this and her penchant for murdering husbands, Geillis saves Claire's life at the witch trial. She is the mother of William Buccleigh MacKenzie who is fathered by Dougal. Claire's first impressions of Geillis are that she has a ready wit and a cheerful but cynical outlook on life (Outlander, chapter 9)
Significant Moments:
1966: Goes by the name of Gillian. Meets Greg Edgars when they are both members of the Scottish Nationalists (DIA, chapter 48)
1967: Gillian's interest in Scotland becomes obsessive and she joins the Society of the White Rose whose members dress in kilts, talk in Gaelic and endlessly discuss Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Rising. She begins taking courses at the Institute for the Study of Highland Folklore and Antiquities (DIA, chapter 48) Gillian keeps a notebook where she records the results of her studies and research. The notebook is a mix of myth and science laid out in three sections. The first section labelled 'Observations' lists the position of the sun and moon on all the ancient fire and sun feasts days over many years, the second section labelled 'Speculations' contains thoughts on such things as the need for a fire or blood sacrifice, and the final section labelled 'Conclusions' spurs Claire into action (DIA, chapter 49)
1968: Greg complains about the amount of time and money Gillian is wasting at the Institute so she leaves him (DIA, chapter 48) She approaches Fiona Graham asking her about the Druid group Fiona belongs to (DIA, chapter 47) Gillian goes to Craigh na Dun dressed in 18th century clothes and carrying a canvas knapsack. At Craigh na Dun Gillian kills Greg and sets fire to his body so that she will have both a fire and blood sacrifice. Just as his body ignites Gillian hears her name being called. She looks back and sees Roger running towards her. Gillian runs for the cleft rock at the end of the circle and just before she steps into it she looks back into Roger's face. Then she vanishes through the stones (Outlander, chapter 49)
1733: Arrives through the stones (Exile, chapter 3)
1743: Is reunited with Kenneth, a man who travelled through the stones just a few hours after Geiliis, but who arrives in the past 10 years after her. 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) Meets Claire at Castle Leoch (Outlander, chapter 9) Geillis asks Kenneth to kill Jamie so that he cannot challenge Dougal for the chieftainship of Clan MacKenzie (Exile, chapter 8) Geillis has been slowly poisoning her husband Arthur with white arsenic but finishes him off quickly with bromide (in Cross Stitch) saltpetre (in Outlander) after he discovers that she is pregnant and not by him. Rumours that Geillis is a witch increase after this (Outlander, chapter 24) A mob sent by Colum arrives at Geillis's house to arrest her for witchcraft and Claire is taken too as she happens to be there at the time. While waiting in the thieves hole Geillie reveals to Claire that she is carrying Dougal's baby and that she had diverted over ten thousand pounds of Arthur's money to France for the Jacobite cause over the previous two years (Outlander, chapter 25) Geillis decides that she can find a use for Claire as a time traveller, even though she has not come back in time to support the Stuart cause (Exile, chapter 9) Despite Ned Gowan's best efforts at defending Claire, the judges decree that they cannot make a decision on the evidence and will subject Claire and Geillis to trial by water. When Claire objects loudly to this she is half-stripped, tied to a post and lashed. Just when she has almost given up Jamie arrives and flings Claire's jet rosary over her head to prove that she is not a witch because jet burns a witch's skin. Just at that moment when things hang in the balance Geillis steps forward and tells the mob that Claire is not a witch but she is, she confesses to all the crimes she has been accused of and puts on a dramatic performance which gives Claire and Jamie time to escape. When Geillis strips off her clothes she reveals her pregnancy and her smallpox vaccination scar (Outlander, chapter 25) Before Geillis is taken away, she whispers to Kenneth for him to follow Jamie and Claire, kill Jamie and bring Claire back to Cranesmuir (Exile, chapter 9) Geillis is imprisoned in Castle Leoch until the child is born (Cross Stitch only, chapter 31) When Dougal comes to take the baby away from Geillis she gives him a message to pass on to Claire: "I think it is possible, but I do not know", and "1967" (Outlander, chapter 34)
1968: Geillis's bones are unearthed by the Anthropology Department at Harvard University. They are sent to Joe Abernathy for forensic analysis, and Joe asks Claire to help him with it. Claire senses that the person the bones belonged to was killed and did not want to die (V, chapter 20)
Also known as: Geillie, Gillian Edgars, Mrs Abernathy
Husbands: Greg Edgars, Arthur Duncan, Barnabas Abernathy
Children: William Buccleigh MacKenzie
Occupation: Black widow, Witch
Physical Characteristics: Tall with fair hair and skin and green eyes (Outlander, chapter 9) Her hair is the colour of heavy cream and baby-fine (Outlander, chapter 24)
Geillis is another time traveller, but unlike Claire she deliberately travelled back through time with the aim of helping Bonnie Prince Charlie gain the Scottish throne. She shares Claire's talent for healing but chooses to use it for evil purposes. Her obsession with Scottish nationalism intersects with a developing mental deterioration caused by syphilis that makes her mad, bad and dangerous. Despite all this and her penchant for murdering husbands, Geillis saves Claire's life at the witch trial. She is the mother of William Buccleigh MacKenzie who is fathered by Dougal. Claire's first impressions of Geillis are that she has a ready wit and a cheerful but cynical outlook on life (Outlander, chapter 9)
Significant Moments:
1966: Goes by the name of Gillian. Meets Greg Edgars when they are both members of the Scottish Nationalists (DIA, chapter 48)
1967: Gillian's interest in Scotland becomes obsessive and she joins the Society of the White Rose whose members dress in kilts, talk in Gaelic and endlessly discuss Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Rising. She begins taking courses at the Institute for the Study of Highland Folklore and Antiquities (DIA, chapter 48) Gillian keeps a notebook where she records the results of her studies and research. The notebook is a mix of myth and science laid out in three sections. The first section labelled 'Observations' lists the position of the sun and moon on all the ancient fire and sun feasts days over many years, the second section labelled 'Speculations' contains thoughts on such things as the need for a fire or blood sacrifice, and the final section labelled 'Conclusions' spurs Claire into action (DIA, chapter 49)
1968: Greg complains about the amount of time and money Gillian is wasting at the Institute so she leaves him (DIA, chapter 48) She approaches Fiona Graham asking her about the Druid group Fiona belongs to (DIA, chapter 47) Gillian goes to Craigh na Dun dressed in 18th century clothes and carrying a canvas knapsack. At Craigh na Dun Gillian kills Greg and sets fire to his body so that she will have both a fire and blood sacrifice. Just as his body ignites Gillian hears her name being called. She looks back and sees Roger running towards her. Gillian runs for the cleft rock at the end of the circle and just before she steps into it she looks back into Roger's face. Then she vanishes through the stones (Outlander, chapter 49)
1733: Arrives through the stones (Exile, chapter 3)
1743: Is reunited with Kenneth, a man who travelled through the stones just a few hours after Geiliis, but who arrives in the past 10 years after her. 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) Meets Claire at Castle Leoch (Outlander, chapter 9) Geillis asks Kenneth to kill Jamie so that he cannot challenge Dougal for the chieftainship of Clan MacKenzie (Exile, chapter 8) Geillis has been slowly poisoning her husband Arthur with white arsenic but finishes him off quickly with bromide (in Cross Stitch) saltpetre (in Outlander) after he discovers that she is pregnant and not by him. Rumours that Geillis is a witch increase after this (Outlander, chapter 24) A mob sent by Colum arrives at Geillis's house to arrest her for witchcraft and Claire is taken too as she happens to be there at the time. While waiting in the thieves hole Geillie reveals to Claire that she is carrying Dougal's baby and that she had diverted over ten thousand pounds of Arthur's money to France for the Jacobite cause over the previous two years (Outlander, chapter 25) Geillis decides that she can find a use for Claire as a time traveller, even though she has not come back in time to support the Stuart cause (Exile, chapter 9) Despite Ned Gowan's best efforts at defending Claire, the judges decree that they cannot make a decision on the evidence and will subject Claire and Geillis to trial by water. When Claire objects loudly to this she is half-stripped, tied to a post and lashed. Just when she has almost given up Jamie arrives and flings Claire's jet rosary over her head to prove that she is not a witch because jet burns a witch's skin. Just at that moment when things hang in the balance Geillis steps forward and tells the mob that Claire is not a witch but she is, she confesses to all the crimes she has been accused of and puts on a dramatic performance which gives Claire and Jamie time to escape. When Geillis strips off her clothes she reveals her pregnancy and her smallpox vaccination scar (Outlander, chapter 25) Before Geillis is taken away, she whispers to Kenneth for him to follow Jamie and Claire, kill Jamie and bring Claire back to Cranesmuir (Exile, chapter 9) Geillis is imprisoned in Castle Leoch until the child is born (Cross Stitch only, chapter 31) When Dougal comes to take the baby away from Geillis she gives him a message to pass on to Claire: "I think it is possible, but I do not know", and "1967" (Outlander, chapter 34)
1968: Geillis's bones are unearthed by the Anthropology Department at Harvard University. They are sent to Joe Abernathy for forensic analysis, and Joe asks Claire to help him with it. Claire senses that the person the bones belonged to was killed and did not want to die (V, chapter 20)
Gillian Edgars - Geillis Duncan's name in the 20th century. Refer to Geillis Duncan
I
Ian Murray, Senior
Full name: Ian Alastair Robert MacLeod Murray (in the Outlander Family Tree published in MOBY and in Virgins) but Ian Gordon Murray in DIA, chapter 46
Father: In Outlander Ian's father is called William (chapter 29) but in MOHB he is called John (chapter 32)
Siblings: Ian has a sister (Virgins)
Spouse: Jenny Fraser
Children: Young Jamie, Maggie, Kitty, Caitlin (stillborn), Michael, Janet, Young Ian
Foster child: Fergus
Occupation: Factor of Lallybroch
Physical Characteristics: Tall and thin to the point of skinniness. Thick brown hair and deep-set brown eyes. Ian is missing his right leg below the knee and walks with a wooden peg leg (Outlander, chapter 26)
Ian is Jamie's best friend as they grew up together at Lallybroch. Claire describes Ian as having an undeniable authority despite his unassuming manner (Outlander, chapter 26)
Significant Moments:
1731-1734: Ian and Jamie are taught to fight with a sword by Ian's father John Murray. John tells Ian that during a fight he must stand to Jamie's right and guard his chief's weak side (DIA, chapter 33)
1740: In October Jamie joins the mercenary group that Ian is serving with in France. Ian is shocked to see Jamie's wounds from the flogging and to learn what happened to him. Jamie tells Ian that he is responsible for his father's death. The mercenaries' first job after Jamie joins them is to deliver a wagon of rugs to a Jewish moneylender in Bordeaux. They are ambushed en route but manage to fight off the attackers. Some of the attackers get away with one of the rugs, one is killed and another is tortured for information. He reveals that he was part of a Jewish group of bandits who rob other Jews. Ian tells Jamie that he will help him kill Jack Randall, but Jamie says he wants Ian to do something else for him. He wants him to go home and look after Jenny and Lallybroch. But Ian tells Jamie that Jenny has enough tenants to look after her and Jamie needs him here. After delivering the rugs, the mercenary captain takes Jamie and Ian to meet their next client, a Jewish physician named Dr Hasdi. Dr Hasdi wants Jamie and Ian to safeguard and protect his granddaughter Rebekah as she travels to Paris with a very old and precious Torah scroll and a large sum of money that make up her dowry. Rebekah is to marry the son of the chief rabbi of the Paris synagogue. Jamie and Ian go to a tavern with attached brothel afterwards and Jamie is attracted to a young prostitute. They witness one of the mercenaries, Mathieu, take a prostitute by force in the tavern yard in front of many people, and are both left feeling disturbed and aroused by what they've seen, and guilty for not intervening. Two days later they set out for Paris. Jamie and Ian are on horseback accompanying the coach carrying Rebekah and Monsieur Peretz who is custodian of the Torah scroll. On the second day of the journey the coach is attacked by bandits. As Jamie and Ian try to fight them off the coach overturns and Monsieur Peretz is killed. The two attackers escape and no sign of the coach driver can be found. Jamie and Ian take Rebekah and her maidservant on horseback and decide to ride to Saint-Aubaye to seek help in righting the coach and dealing with Monsieur Peretz's body. Jamie feels unwell at Saint-Aubaye and is given some medicine by Rebekah which makes him hallucinate. While Jamie is in this non-lucid state, things get hot and steamy between Ian and Rebekah. The next morning Jamie and Ian discover that Rebekah and her maid have absconded with the Torah scroll. On questioning the ostler they learn the women left three hours past moonrise headed toward Bonnes. Jamie and Ian split to follow the trail of the women when they get to a crossroads. Ian is met by Josef from their mercenary company who tells him that the rest of the mercenary party was attacked again by the same band of Jewish bandits they'd already encountered. The mercenaries managed to fight them off and protect Rebekah's dowry money they were guarding but four of them were badly wounded. Ian doesn't tell Josef that he and Jamie have lost Rebekah and the Torah scroll. Jamie and Ian track Rebekah to a small manor house owned by the Vicomte Beaumont. When they knock on the door it is opened by one of the bandits who attacked the coach. He turns out to be the Vicomte, Pierre d'Anton. Jamie and Ian are ushered in at knifepoint and Ian sees that the rug which was stolen from their wagon is on the floor. Pierre tells them that he and Rebekah have been betrothed for four years. Pierre explains to them that Rebekah's mother married a Christian and was declared dead by her father. When Rebekah was 14 she fell in love with 16 year old Pierre d'Anton and they were betrothed. But Rebecca's father died and she went to live with her grandfather, Dr Hasdi, and embraced her Jewish heritage. Pierre vowed that he would covert to Judaism so he could still marry Rebekah, but her grandfather did not believe that Pierre would be prepared to give up his title and property which would happen if he became a Jew. He feared that Pierre would revert to being Christian and Rebekah with him once they were married. Pierre says that he and Rebekah arranged for Pierre to abduct her on the journey to Paris and that Rebekah had told him that the rug was part of her dowry and she had had some men deliver it. Pierre locks Jamie and Ian in the wine cellar where they help themselves to the wine and figure out that Rebekah is the person providing information to the Jewish bandits about which wagons they should attack, and that the rug is her share of the profits. They decide that Pierre is ignorant of this. That night Rebekah and Pierre are married in his garden in accordance with proper Jewish custom and the Law. They get Jamie and Ian to witness the wedding so they can tell Dr Hasdi. When the marriage ceremony is over Jamie asks Ian to detain Pierre while he talks with Rebekah. Jamie tells Rebekah that if she doesn't give him the Torah scroll to return to her grandfather, he will tell Pierre about her involvement with the gang of bandits. Rebekah reluctantly agrees and Jamie and Ian return the Torah scroll to Dr Hasdi. After leaving his house they go back to the tavern which they had previously visited and Jamie seeks out the brown-haired girl he was attracted to. He sees Mathieu with her and is overcome with rage. He shouts at Mathieu to let go of the girl, but Mathieu ignores him. Jamie takes out a pistol and fires at Mathieu and all hell breaks loose. Mathieu turns on Jamie, and Ian when he goes to Jamie's aid, and Jamie is overtaken with great rage and throttles Mathieu. As his rage dissipates he turns to the girl only to find that she is dead with a bullet hole in her breast, most likely from the gun that he fired. Ian takes Jamie to the cathedral of St Andre to confess his sins, but Jamie refuses so Ian takes him into a side chapel and together they pray for the girl, for Jamie's father and for all their loved ones left behind in Scotland. They leave the cathedral and face the future together. (Virgins) Ian loses his leg in France to a grapeshot wound which goes bad (Outlander, chapter 26, 41) He returns home and Jenny nurses him back to health from a fever that nearly kills him (DIA, chapter 35) Ian marries Jenny on November 11th (Outlander, chapter 29)
1741: Ian's eldest son, Young Jamie is born in August (Outlander only, chapter 26)
1743: Ian's father dies in spring (Outlander, chapter 29) Jamie returns to Lallybroch with Claire (Outlander, chapter 26) Ian's second child, Maggie, is born (Outlander, chapter 32) A few days after Maggie's birth Ian and Jamie are met by the Watch about midday as they make their way to the mill. Jamie is taken by the Watch and they take Ian's pony and wooden leg. By the time Ian gets back to Lallybroch it is about 5pm (Outlander, chapter 33) Following Claire's advice to plant potatoes, and having no idea how to cultivate them, Ian sends away for seed potatoes and a book on the subject of planting. He then proceeds to plant potatoes in one field usually used for barley (DIA, chapter 32)
1744: Jamie and Claire return to Lallybroch from France with Fergus in autumn (DIA, chapter 30) The first potato harvest is a success and is celebrated with a feast for all the tenants in the field (DIA, chapter 32) Jamie and Ian go to Broch Mordha for the day. Ian steps in a molehole and breaks his wooden leg and they are forced to spend the night there while they carve a new one. They share a pallet in front of the fire and while both are asleep Ian unconsciously puts his arm around Jamie and kisses the back of his neck. Jamie wakes from a sound sleep thinking that Ian is Jack Randall. He punches Ian in the face and tries to throttle him before finally waking up fully and realising what's happening. The next day when Ian and Jamie travel back to Lallybroch, Jamie tells Ian about Randall and what he did to him. Ian gets very angry and demands to know how Jamie could let Randall do that to him. After a lot of shouting they ride off in silence, until Ian, with tears running down his face, reaches out a hand to Jamie and squeezes it (DIA, chapter 33)
1745: Ian's second daughter, Katherine Mary, is born in spring (DIA, chapter 34)
1746: Jamie arrives home badly wounded from Culloden. Once healed he has to live hidden in a cave (V, chapter 4)
1749: Ian and Jenny's third daughter, Caitlin Maisri, is stillborn on December 3rd (V, chapter 5)
1752: Ian is arrested in September for the fourth time on suspicion of being a Jacobite sympathiser and taken to Inverness. As on the
previous occasions, Ian's discharge from the army proving he didn't fight at Culloden, and the deed of sasine showing Young Jamie to be laird of Lallybroch are produced so that the property cannot be confiscated from Ian & Jenny (V, chapter 4)
1755: Jamie sends a coded letter to Jenny and Ian telling them about the seal's treasure and where he has hidden it. Lallybroch has had two years of failed harvests and the Jacobites in exile in France have also been asking for support as they are in danger of starvation. Ian sends word to Jamie, who replies that as the treasure was intended for Prince Charles's supporters, they should use some of it to support those in exile. Ian and Young Jamie go to the seals' cove but do not hire a boat as they don't wish to draw attention to themselves. Young Jamie swims to the island and extracts two gold coins and three of the smaller gemstones. Young Jamie and Ian go to France and with Jared's help change the treasure into cash and distribute it to the Jacobites in exile (V, chapter 38)
1766: Ian and Jenny find a note from Young Ian saying he has left to join his uncle. Ian goes to Edinburgh to look for Young Ian and goes to the print shop but Jamie isn't there. He then ends up at Madame Jeanne's brothel as that is the address that Jenny uses for Jamie's mail. Ian is disgusted to find Jamie there, and utterly shocked when Jamie introduces him to Claire. Once he recovers from his shock, he explains that he is looking for Young Ian. When Ian learns that Jamie hasn't seen Young Ian, they are both worried and leave to look for Ian while Claire stays behind (V, chapter 26) That evening Ian arrives at Jamie's print shop to discover it's on fire. While Jamie rescues his press, Ian looks up and notices that Young Ian is trapped upstairs. Ian tries to go inside the building to rescue his son, but he is held back by neighbours. Jamie is trying to catch his breath outside when Claire and Ian Snr rush up yelling that Young Ian is trapped upstairs in the building. Jamie accesses the print shop roof via the chocolate shop next door and drags Young Ian out.
Ian Snr throws a rope up to Jamie and Jamie and Young Ian are lowered safely to the ground. Jamie, Claire and the two Ians go back to Madame Jeanne's and Jamie questions Young Ian about how he came to be in the printshop and how it came to be on fire. When Ian admits he set the fire, Jamie asks him to explain himself. Ian tells Jamie about the man he followed. When Ian Senior reacts angrily at the news that Young Ian had been to the brothel, Young Ian calls him a hypocrite as he believes that Claire is a prostitute that Ian has been visiting. Ian Senior sets Young Ian straight and tells him that Claire is his aunty. Young Ian asks Claire if she is a fairy. While Claire struggles to answer, Ian Senior replies that Claire had escaped to France after Culloden and had thought Jamie dead. While telling his story Young Ian drinks porter and becomes quite drunk. Claire goes off to fetch some tea to try and sober him up while Jamie and Ian Senior help him vomit. When Claire returns she tends to Ian's burns and he resumes his story. When Ian Senior hears that Jamie has been printing seditious pamphlets and Young Ian is mixed up with it, he gets really angry and demands to know how Jamie could do such a thing to him and Jenny after all the suffering they endured after Culloden because of Jamie's part in the Rising. Jamie reacts angrily and points out that Ian's son is now the heir to Lallybroch, while Jamie has nothing. Ian berates Jamie for not sending word that Young Ian was with him to stop Jenny worrying. Jamie replies that he meant to bring Ian home himself and ask permission for him to come and live with him as he cares for the lad as if he were his own son. Ian Senior replies that he may do so, but Young Ian is not Jamie's son, but his. Ian then tells Young Ian that they are leaving, but Young Ian refuses to go with him that night, saying he will go in the morning. Ian is shocked and angry at Young Ian's disobedience, and leaves defeatedly (V, chapter 27) Ian leaves Edinburgh the next day to return to Lallybroch without speaking to Jamie or Young Ian or leaving them a message (V, chapter 29) Jamie, Claire and Young Ian arrive at Lallybroch to a tense reunion with Ian and Jenny. Jenny is initially wary of Claire, finding it difficult to believe she has reappeared after so long away, and so unchanged (V, chapter 32) Ian berates Young Ian for running away and causing so much worry and sends him out to the gatepost to be whipped. Jamie pleads with Ian Snr not to whip Young Ian, saying that he is no longer a child. Ian Snr says that he has told Ian he will be punished and can't go back on his word, but that Jamie can be the one to administer the whipping. Jamie is shocked and does not want to do it but has no choice. Claire, Jenny & Ian Snr all watch through the window as Jamie goes to join Young Ian. Young Ian is shocked when Jamie comes out to the gatepost and even more surprised and taken aback when Jamie finishes the beating and then orders Ian to whip him in return to punish him for leading him astray. As both Young Ian and Jamie gingerly rub their bottoms afterwards, Jamie tells Young Ian that he'd prefer not to have to do that again, and Young Ian agrees (V, chapter 32) Hobart MacKenzie and Ned Gowan arrive to settle Laoghaire's claims against Jamie. After Hobart and Ned have left, Jenny asks Jamie where he is going to get the money to pay Laoghaire. Jamie replies that he will have to use some of the seal's treasure, but as he cannot swim because of his gunshot wound he wants to take Young Ian to retrieve it. Jenny automatically says no, being unable to let go of her youngest child. But Ian Snr acknowledges that Young Ian is a capable enough swimmer and Jenny realises they cannot treat Ian as a child forever, but must give him his freedom while he still thinks it is theirs to give. Jenny reluctantly agrees, and Jamie tells her that for Laoghaire's sake he must leave Lallybroch for a while. He proposes going back to France to work for Jared and taking Young Ian with him so he can be schooled in Paris (V, chapter 38)
Full name: Ian Alastair Robert MacLeod Murray (in the Outlander Family Tree published in MOBY and in Virgins) but Ian Gordon Murray in DIA, chapter 46
Father: In Outlander Ian's father is called William (chapter 29) but in MOHB he is called John (chapter 32)
Siblings: Ian has a sister (Virgins)
Spouse: Jenny Fraser
Children: Young Jamie, Maggie, Kitty, Caitlin (stillborn), Michael, Janet, Young Ian
Foster child: Fergus
Occupation: Factor of Lallybroch
Physical Characteristics: Tall and thin to the point of skinniness. Thick brown hair and deep-set brown eyes. Ian is missing his right leg below the knee and walks with a wooden peg leg (Outlander, chapter 26)
Ian is Jamie's best friend as they grew up together at Lallybroch. Claire describes Ian as having an undeniable authority despite his unassuming manner (Outlander, chapter 26)
Significant Moments:
1731-1734: Ian and Jamie are taught to fight with a sword by Ian's father John Murray. John tells Ian that during a fight he must stand to Jamie's right and guard his chief's weak side (DIA, chapter 33)
1740: In October Jamie joins the mercenary group that Ian is serving with in France. Ian is shocked to see Jamie's wounds from the flogging and to learn what happened to him. Jamie tells Ian that he is responsible for his father's death. The mercenaries' first job after Jamie joins them is to deliver a wagon of rugs to a Jewish moneylender in Bordeaux. They are ambushed en route but manage to fight off the attackers. Some of the attackers get away with one of the rugs, one is killed and another is tortured for information. He reveals that he was part of a Jewish group of bandits who rob other Jews. Ian tells Jamie that he will help him kill Jack Randall, but Jamie says he wants Ian to do something else for him. He wants him to go home and look after Jenny and Lallybroch. But Ian tells Jamie that Jenny has enough tenants to look after her and Jamie needs him here. After delivering the rugs, the mercenary captain takes Jamie and Ian to meet their next client, a Jewish physician named Dr Hasdi. Dr Hasdi wants Jamie and Ian to safeguard and protect his granddaughter Rebekah as she travels to Paris with a very old and precious Torah scroll and a large sum of money that make up her dowry. Rebekah is to marry the son of the chief rabbi of the Paris synagogue. Jamie and Ian go to a tavern with attached brothel afterwards and Jamie is attracted to a young prostitute. They witness one of the mercenaries, Mathieu, take a prostitute by force in the tavern yard in front of many people, and are both left feeling disturbed and aroused by what they've seen, and guilty for not intervening. Two days later they set out for Paris. Jamie and Ian are on horseback accompanying the coach carrying Rebekah and Monsieur Peretz who is custodian of the Torah scroll. On the second day of the journey the coach is attacked by bandits. As Jamie and Ian try to fight them off the coach overturns and Monsieur Peretz is killed. The two attackers escape and no sign of the coach driver can be found. Jamie and Ian take Rebekah and her maidservant on horseback and decide to ride to Saint-Aubaye to seek help in righting the coach and dealing with Monsieur Peretz's body. Jamie feels unwell at Saint-Aubaye and is given some medicine by Rebekah which makes him hallucinate. While Jamie is in this non-lucid state, things get hot and steamy between Ian and Rebekah. The next morning Jamie and Ian discover that Rebekah and her maid have absconded with the Torah scroll. On questioning the ostler they learn the women left three hours past moonrise headed toward Bonnes. Jamie and Ian split to follow the trail of the women when they get to a crossroads. Ian is met by Josef from their mercenary company who tells him that the rest of the mercenary party was attacked again by the same band of Jewish bandits they'd already encountered. The mercenaries managed to fight them off and protect Rebekah's dowry money they were guarding but four of them were badly wounded. Ian doesn't tell Josef that he and Jamie have lost Rebekah and the Torah scroll. Jamie and Ian track Rebekah to a small manor house owned by the Vicomte Beaumont. When they knock on the door it is opened by one of the bandits who attacked the coach. He turns out to be the Vicomte, Pierre d'Anton. Jamie and Ian are ushered in at knifepoint and Ian sees that the rug which was stolen from their wagon is on the floor. Pierre tells them that he and Rebekah have been betrothed for four years. Pierre explains to them that Rebekah's mother married a Christian and was declared dead by her father. When Rebekah was 14 she fell in love with 16 year old Pierre d'Anton and they were betrothed. But Rebecca's father died and she went to live with her grandfather, Dr Hasdi, and embraced her Jewish heritage. Pierre vowed that he would covert to Judaism so he could still marry Rebekah, but her grandfather did not believe that Pierre would be prepared to give up his title and property which would happen if he became a Jew. He feared that Pierre would revert to being Christian and Rebekah with him once they were married. Pierre says that he and Rebekah arranged for Pierre to abduct her on the journey to Paris and that Rebekah had told him that the rug was part of her dowry and she had had some men deliver it. Pierre locks Jamie and Ian in the wine cellar where they help themselves to the wine and figure out that Rebekah is the person providing information to the Jewish bandits about which wagons they should attack, and that the rug is her share of the profits. They decide that Pierre is ignorant of this. That night Rebekah and Pierre are married in his garden in accordance with proper Jewish custom and the Law. They get Jamie and Ian to witness the wedding so they can tell Dr Hasdi. When the marriage ceremony is over Jamie asks Ian to detain Pierre while he talks with Rebekah. Jamie tells Rebekah that if she doesn't give him the Torah scroll to return to her grandfather, he will tell Pierre about her involvement with the gang of bandits. Rebekah reluctantly agrees and Jamie and Ian return the Torah scroll to Dr Hasdi. After leaving his house they go back to the tavern which they had previously visited and Jamie seeks out the brown-haired girl he was attracted to. He sees Mathieu with her and is overcome with rage. He shouts at Mathieu to let go of the girl, but Mathieu ignores him. Jamie takes out a pistol and fires at Mathieu and all hell breaks loose. Mathieu turns on Jamie, and Ian when he goes to Jamie's aid, and Jamie is overtaken with great rage and throttles Mathieu. As his rage dissipates he turns to the girl only to find that she is dead with a bullet hole in her breast, most likely from the gun that he fired. Ian takes Jamie to the cathedral of St Andre to confess his sins, but Jamie refuses so Ian takes him into a side chapel and together they pray for the girl, for Jamie's father and for all their loved ones left behind in Scotland. They leave the cathedral and face the future together. (Virgins) Ian loses his leg in France to a grapeshot wound which goes bad (Outlander, chapter 26, 41) He returns home and Jenny nurses him back to health from a fever that nearly kills him (DIA, chapter 35) Ian marries Jenny on November 11th (Outlander, chapter 29)
1741: Ian's eldest son, Young Jamie is born in August (Outlander only, chapter 26)
1743: Ian's father dies in spring (Outlander, chapter 29) Jamie returns to Lallybroch with Claire (Outlander, chapter 26) Ian's second child, Maggie, is born (Outlander, chapter 32) A few days after Maggie's birth Ian and Jamie are met by the Watch about midday as they make their way to the mill. Jamie is taken by the Watch and they take Ian's pony and wooden leg. By the time Ian gets back to Lallybroch it is about 5pm (Outlander, chapter 33) Following Claire's advice to plant potatoes, and having no idea how to cultivate them, Ian sends away for seed potatoes and a book on the subject of planting. He then proceeds to plant potatoes in one field usually used for barley (DIA, chapter 32)
1744: Jamie and Claire return to Lallybroch from France with Fergus in autumn (DIA, chapter 30) The first potato harvest is a success and is celebrated with a feast for all the tenants in the field (DIA, chapter 32) Jamie and Ian go to Broch Mordha for the day. Ian steps in a molehole and breaks his wooden leg and they are forced to spend the night there while they carve a new one. They share a pallet in front of the fire and while both are asleep Ian unconsciously puts his arm around Jamie and kisses the back of his neck. Jamie wakes from a sound sleep thinking that Ian is Jack Randall. He punches Ian in the face and tries to throttle him before finally waking up fully and realising what's happening. The next day when Ian and Jamie travel back to Lallybroch, Jamie tells Ian about Randall and what he did to him. Ian gets very angry and demands to know how Jamie could let Randall do that to him. After a lot of shouting they ride off in silence, until Ian, with tears running down his face, reaches out a hand to Jamie and squeezes it (DIA, chapter 33)
1745: Ian's second daughter, Katherine Mary, is born in spring (DIA, chapter 34)
1746: Jamie arrives home badly wounded from Culloden. Once healed he has to live hidden in a cave (V, chapter 4)
1749: Ian and Jenny's third daughter, Caitlin Maisri, is stillborn on December 3rd (V, chapter 5)
1752: Ian is arrested in September for the fourth time on suspicion of being a Jacobite sympathiser and taken to Inverness. As on the
previous occasions, Ian's discharge from the army proving he didn't fight at Culloden, and the deed of sasine showing Young Jamie to be laird of Lallybroch are produced so that the property cannot be confiscated from Ian & Jenny (V, chapter 4)
1755: Jamie sends a coded letter to Jenny and Ian telling them about the seal's treasure and where he has hidden it. Lallybroch has had two years of failed harvests and the Jacobites in exile in France have also been asking for support as they are in danger of starvation. Ian sends word to Jamie, who replies that as the treasure was intended for Prince Charles's supporters, they should use some of it to support those in exile. Ian and Young Jamie go to the seals' cove but do not hire a boat as they don't wish to draw attention to themselves. Young Jamie swims to the island and extracts two gold coins and three of the smaller gemstones. Young Jamie and Ian go to France and with Jared's help change the treasure into cash and distribute it to the Jacobites in exile (V, chapter 38)
1766: Ian and Jenny find a note from Young Ian saying he has left to join his uncle. Ian goes to Edinburgh to look for Young Ian and goes to the print shop but Jamie isn't there. He then ends up at Madame Jeanne's brothel as that is the address that Jenny uses for Jamie's mail. Ian is disgusted to find Jamie there, and utterly shocked when Jamie introduces him to Claire. Once he recovers from his shock, he explains that he is looking for Young Ian. When Ian learns that Jamie hasn't seen Young Ian, they are both worried and leave to look for Ian while Claire stays behind (V, chapter 26) That evening Ian arrives at Jamie's print shop to discover it's on fire. While Jamie rescues his press, Ian looks up and notices that Young Ian is trapped upstairs. Ian tries to go inside the building to rescue his son, but he is held back by neighbours. Jamie is trying to catch his breath outside when Claire and Ian Snr rush up yelling that Young Ian is trapped upstairs in the building. Jamie accesses the print shop roof via the chocolate shop next door and drags Young Ian out.
Ian Snr throws a rope up to Jamie and Jamie and Young Ian are lowered safely to the ground. Jamie, Claire and the two Ians go back to Madame Jeanne's and Jamie questions Young Ian about how he came to be in the printshop and how it came to be on fire. When Ian admits he set the fire, Jamie asks him to explain himself. Ian tells Jamie about the man he followed. When Ian Senior reacts angrily at the news that Young Ian had been to the brothel, Young Ian calls him a hypocrite as he believes that Claire is a prostitute that Ian has been visiting. Ian Senior sets Young Ian straight and tells him that Claire is his aunty. Young Ian asks Claire if she is a fairy. While Claire struggles to answer, Ian Senior replies that Claire had escaped to France after Culloden and had thought Jamie dead. While telling his story Young Ian drinks porter and becomes quite drunk. Claire goes off to fetch some tea to try and sober him up while Jamie and Ian Senior help him vomit. When Claire returns she tends to Ian's burns and he resumes his story. When Ian Senior hears that Jamie has been printing seditious pamphlets and Young Ian is mixed up with it, he gets really angry and demands to know how Jamie could do such a thing to him and Jenny after all the suffering they endured after Culloden because of Jamie's part in the Rising. Jamie reacts angrily and points out that Ian's son is now the heir to Lallybroch, while Jamie has nothing. Ian berates Jamie for not sending word that Young Ian was with him to stop Jenny worrying. Jamie replies that he meant to bring Ian home himself and ask permission for him to come and live with him as he cares for the lad as if he were his own son. Ian Senior replies that he may do so, but Young Ian is not Jamie's son, but his. Ian then tells Young Ian that they are leaving, but Young Ian refuses to go with him that night, saying he will go in the morning. Ian is shocked and angry at Young Ian's disobedience, and leaves defeatedly (V, chapter 27) Ian leaves Edinburgh the next day to return to Lallybroch without speaking to Jamie or Young Ian or leaving them a message (V, chapter 29) Jamie, Claire and Young Ian arrive at Lallybroch to a tense reunion with Ian and Jenny. Jenny is initially wary of Claire, finding it difficult to believe she has reappeared after so long away, and so unchanged (V, chapter 32) Ian berates Young Ian for running away and causing so much worry and sends him out to the gatepost to be whipped. Jamie pleads with Ian Snr not to whip Young Ian, saying that he is no longer a child. Ian Snr says that he has told Ian he will be punished and can't go back on his word, but that Jamie can be the one to administer the whipping. Jamie is shocked and does not want to do it but has no choice. Claire, Jenny & Ian Snr all watch through the window as Jamie goes to join Young Ian. Young Ian is shocked when Jamie comes out to the gatepost and even more surprised and taken aback when Jamie finishes the beating and then orders Ian to whip him in return to punish him for leading him astray. As both Young Ian and Jamie gingerly rub their bottoms afterwards, Jamie tells Young Ian that he'd prefer not to have to do that again, and Young Ian agrees (V, chapter 32) Hobart MacKenzie and Ned Gowan arrive to settle Laoghaire's claims against Jamie. After Hobart and Ned have left, Jenny asks Jamie where he is going to get the money to pay Laoghaire. Jamie replies that he will have to use some of the seal's treasure, but as he cannot swim because of his gunshot wound he wants to take Young Ian to retrieve it. Jenny automatically says no, being unable to let go of her youngest child. But Ian Snr acknowledges that Young Ian is a capable enough swimmer and Jenny realises they cannot treat Ian as a child forever, but must give him his freedom while he still thinks it is theirs to give. Jenny reluctantly agrees, and Jamie tells her that for Laoghaire's sake he must leave Lallybroch for a while. He proposes going back to France to work for Jared and taking Young Ian with him so he can be schooled in Paris (V, chapter 38)
J
Jack Randall
Full name: Captain Jonathan Wolverton Randall
Also known as: Black Jack Randall
Born: 3rd September 1705
Died: 16 April 1746
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, DIA, chapter 38) or William (Outlander, chapter 40) & Alex
Wife: Mary Hawkins
Children: Denys Randall (in reality the son of Mary Hawkins and Alex Randall)
Occupation: Soldier - Captain of His Majesty's Eighth Dragoons
Jack Randall is the main villain in the first two books and the catalyst for a lot of the major plot lines in those books, including Jamie's long absence from Lallybroch, Claire's marriage to Jamie, the estrangement of Jamie and Claire in France, and of course Jamie's rape and torture. He is Frank's g-g-g-g-g-g-uncle. Despite being an evil sadist, Jack Randall is a gentleman who keeps his word (DIA, chapter 38)
Physical Characteristics: Jack looks very much like Frank but with lines of ruthlessness around his mouth (Outlander, chapter 12). He has the same lithe spare build, hazel eyes and dark hair (Outlander, chapter 3)
Significant Moments:
1740: Arrests Jamie and takes him to Fort William where he brutally flogs him twice. Randall offers to cancel the second flogging if Jamie will give himself to him, but Jamie refuses (Outlander, chapter 22)
1743: Finds Claire in the woods near Craigh na Dun but she is rescued from him by Murtagh. About a month later Claire is brought to him and he punches her in the stomach to try and get her to tell him the truth about who she is. The MacKenzies thwart his plans by marrying Claire to Jamie (Outlander, chapter 13) He captures Claire as she tries to escape to Craigh na Dun, takes her back to Fort William for questioning and tries to rape her but Claire is rescued by Jamie (Outlander, chapter 21) When Jamie is recaptured and taken to Wentworth Prison Randall takes him down to the dungeons to abuse him just before he is hanged. Jamie tries to strangle him when he unties him and breaks his nose. In retaliation Randall chains one of Jamie's ankles to a wall and smashes his right hand with a mallet. Leaving the room for a short time he reappears and is startled to find Claire in the room trying desperately to force the lock on Jamie's manacles. Jamie does his best to attack both Randall and his servant Marley, but is too injured and weak to win. When Randall holds a knife to Claire's throat Jamie offers himself to Randall on the condition that he will let Claire go. Randall accepts Jamie's offer but nails Jamie's broken right hand to the desk before he escorts Claire out of the room. In anger and despair Claire curses Jack Randall and names the day he will die. Randall pushes her out a side door of the prison into a ditch full of frozen bodies and returns to Jamie where he subjects him to unrelenting sadistic physical and psychological abuse. Towards the end, Randall starts crying and says to Jamie, "Tell me that you love me Alex. Say that you love me" (Outlander, chapters 35, 39, 40) When the cattle start stampeding down in the dungeons, Randall gets caught up in them and is badly trampled (Outlander, chapter 36)
1744: Five months later Jack Randall is staying with the Duke of Sandringham at his Paris house. While walking through the corridors there one day he suddenly finds himself face to face with Claire who collides with him as she chases after Mary Hawkins. Jamie follows Claire and when Jamie appears behind Claire, Randall looks as if he has seen a ghost. Jamie shows no emotion, takes Claire gently by the arm and leads her away. Randall calls out 'Jamie' and Jamie tells him that he may never use that name until the day he begs for his life at the point of Jamie's sword (DIA, chapter 21) Randall goes to Madame Elise's brothel looking for a prostitute. Fergus is in the room with the prostitutes and Randall chooses him. Randall is rough with Fergus and burns him with his ring which causes Fergus to cry out. Jamie hears Fergus's cry and bursts into the room (DIA, chapter 28) Jamie throws Randall down the stairs and when Randall taunts him Jamie threatens him to a duel. Randall and Jamie duel the next morning in the Bois de Boulogne. Jamie disarms Randall but instead of killing him, he cuts off his genitals (DIA, chapter 24) Randall is badly wounded but he recovers (DIA, chapter 27) When Jack's brother Alex loses his job and cannot find another, Jack finds him rooms in Edinburgh near the Castle in Ladywalk Wynd. When Charles Stuart's army occupies Edinburgh it is difficult for Jack to visit Alex and Alex's health deteriorates. Alex becomes so ill that towards the end of 1744 Jack is forced to approach Claire for help. He visits her in her rooms at Holyrood and takes her to the abandoned abbey beside the Palace where he makes Claire a proposition - he will pass information to her about the English army if she will agree to give medical care to Alex (DIA, chapter 38)
1745: Alex Randall asks Jack to share information of English troop movements with Claire in gratitude for all she has done for him and Mary. Jack reluctantly complies and informs Claire that General Hawley has been ordered to retake Stirling Castle and is expecting to be reinforced by 6000 or more troops (DIA, chapter 42)
1746: A few months later Alex sends for Jack. When Jack arrives he is shocked to find Jamie and Claire in the room, but even more shocked when he sees that Alex is close to death. Alex asks Jack to marry Mary Hawkins who is pregnant so that his child will have the Randall name and some standing in society. Alex marries Jack and Mary himself with the last of his strength and then lies down to die. Jamie escorts Jack back to his rooms (DIA, chapter 45) Jack is killed on Culloden Field during the Battle of Culloden. His corpse ends up lying on top of a very injured Jamie (V, chapter 1)
Full name: Captain Jonathan Wolverton Randall
Also known as: Black Jack Randall
Born: 3rd September 1705
Died: 16 April 1746
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, DIA, chapter 38) or William (Outlander, chapter 40) & Alex
Wife: Mary Hawkins
Children: Denys Randall (in reality the son of Mary Hawkins and Alex Randall)
Occupation: Soldier - Captain of His Majesty's Eighth Dragoons
Jack Randall is the main villain in the first two books and the catalyst for a lot of the major plot lines in those books, including Jamie's long absence from Lallybroch, Claire's marriage to Jamie, the estrangement of Jamie and Claire in France, and of course Jamie's rape and torture. He is Frank's g-g-g-g-g-g-uncle. Despite being an evil sadist, Jack Randall is a gentleman who keeps his word (DIA, chapter 38)
Physical Characteristics: Jack looks very much like Frank but with lines of ruthlessness around his mouth (Outlander, chapter 12). He has the same lithe spare build, hazel eyes and dark hair (Outlander, chapter 3)
Significant Moments:
1740: Arrests Jamie and takes him to Fort William where he brutally flogs him twice. Randall offers to cancel the second flogging if Jamie will give himself to him, but Jamie refuses (Outlander, chapter 22)
1743: Finds Claire in the woods near Craigh na Dun but she is rescued from him by Murtagh. About a month later Claire is brought to him and he punches her in the stomach to try and get her to tell him the truth about who she is. The MacKenzies thwart his plans by marrying Claire to Jamie (Outlander, chapter 13) He captures Claire as she tries to escape to Craigh na Dun, takes her back to Fort William for questioning and tries to rape her but Claire is rescued by Jamie (Outlander, chapter 21) When Jamie is recaptured and taken to Wentworth Prison Randall takes him down to the dungeons to abuse him just before he is hanged. Jamie tries to strangle him when he unties him and breaks his nose. In retaliation Randall chains one of Jamie's ankles to a wall and smashes his right hand with a mallet. Leaving the room for a short time he reappears and is startled to find Claire in the room trying desperately to force the lock on Jamie's manacles. Jamie does his best to attack both Randall and his servant Marley, but is too injured and weak to win. When Randall holds a knife to Claire's throat Jamie offers himself to Randall on the condition that he will let Claire go. Randall accepts Jamie's offer but nails Jamie's broken right hand to the desk before he escorts Claire out of the room. In anger and despair Claire curses Jack Randall and names the day he will die. Randall pushes her out a side door of the prison into a ditch full of frozen bodies and returns to Jamie where he subjects him to unrelenting sadistic physical and psychological abuse. Towards the end, Randall starts crying and says to Jamie, "Tell me that you love me Alex. Say that you love me" (Outlander, chapters 35, 39, 40) When the cattle start stampeding down in the dungeons, Randall gets caught up in them and is badly trampled (Outlander, chapter 36)
1744: Five months later Jack Randall is staying with the Duke of Sandringham at his Paris house. While walking through the corridors there one day he suddenly finds himself face to face with Claire who collides with him as she chases after Mary Hawkins. Jamie follows Claire and when Jamie appears behind Claire, Randall looks as if he has seen a ghost. Jamie shows no emotion, takes Claire gently by the arm and leads her away. Randall calls out 'Jamie' and Jamie tells him that he may never use that name until the day he begs for his life at the point of Jamie's sword (DIA, chapter 21) Randall goes to Madame Elise's brothel looking for a prostitute. Fergus is in the room with the prostitutes and Randall chooses him. Randall is rough with Fergus and burns him with his ring which causes Fergus to cry out. Jamie hears Fergus's cry and bursts into the room (DIA, chapter 28) Jamie throws Randall down the stairs and when Randall taunts him Jamie threatens him to a duel. Randall and Jamie duel the next morning in the Bois de Boulogne. Jamie disarms Randall but instead of killing him, he cuts off his genitals (DIA, chapter 24) Randall is badly wounded but he recovers (DIA, chapter 27) When Jack's brother Alex loses his job and cannot find another, Jack finds him rooms in Edinburgh near the Castle in Ladywalk Wynd. When Charles Stuart's army occupies Edinburgh it is difficult for Jack to visit Alex and Alex's health deteriorates. Alex becomes so ill that towards the end of 1744 Jack is forced to approach Claire for help. He visits her in her rooms at Holyrood and takes her to the abandoned abbey beside the Palace where he makes Claire a proposition - he will pass information to her about the English army if she will agree to give medical care to Alex (DIA, chapter 38)
1745: Alex Randall asks Jack to share information of English troop movements with Claire in gratitude for all she has done for him and Mary. Jack reluctantly complies and informs Claire that General Hawley has been ordered to retake Stirling Castle and is expecting to be reinforced by 6000 or more troops (DIA, chapter 42)
1746: A few months later Alex sends for Jack. When Jack arrives he is shocked to find Jamie and Claire in the room, but even more shocked when he sees that Alex is close to death. Alex asks Jack to marry Mary Hawkins who is pregnant so that his child will have the Randall name and some standing in society. Alex marries Jack and Mary himself with the last of his strength and then lies down to die. Jamie escorts Jack back to his rooms (DIA, chapter 45) Jack is killed on Culloden Field during the Battle of Culloden. His corpse ends up lying on top of a very injured Jamie (V, chapter 1)
James McTavish - the alias that Jamie gives Claire when he first meets her (Outlander, chapter 6). Refer to Jamie Fraser
Jocasta Cameron
Born: 1702
Parents: Jacob MacKenzie & Anne Grant
Siblings: Ellen, Colum, Dougal, Janet & Flora
Husbands: John Cameron, Hugh Cameron, Hector Cameron
Children: Seonag (John's daughter), Clementina (Hugh's daughter), Morna (Hector's daughter)
Significant Moments:
1717: Married to John Cameron
Born: 1702
Parents: Jacob MacKenzie & Anne Grant
Siblings: Ellen, Colum, Dougal, Janet & Flora
Husbands: John Cameron, Hugh Cameron, Hector Cameron
Children: Seonag (John's daughter), Clementina (Hugh's daughter), Morna (Hector's daughter)
Significant Moments:
1717: Married to John Cameron
Jonathan Randall - see Jack Randall
L
Laoghaire McKenzie
Husbands: Hugh MacKenzie, Simon MacKimmie, Jamie Fraser, Joey Murray
Children: Marsali & Joan McKimmie
Sibling: Hobart
Occupation: Mother
Physical Characteristics: As a teenager, Laoghaire is pretty with long blonde hair, soft blue eyes, and rose-petal skin (Outlander, chapter 6) In middle age Laoghaire has weathered skin and ashy hair. She has thickened about the waist (V, chapter 33)
Laoghaire is Mrs FitzGibbon's granddaughter. She became infatuated with Jamie after he took her punishment for her at Castle Leoch and kissed her in the alcove when she was 16. That infatuation led her to perform some malicious acts against Claire which had hugely unintended and magnified consequences. Laoghaire has not been lucky in love and when she finally got to wed Jamie it was a disaster. Despite everything she is a very good mother and seems to have finally found happiness with Joey.
Significant Moments:
1743: At age 16 Laoghaire's father wanted her punished at Hall for loose behaviour and consorting improperly with young men. Jamie stepped in and took her punishment for her, and later indulged in some improper consorting of his own with her (Outlander, chapter 6) Jealous of Claire and her marriage to Jamie, Laoghaire lies to Claire telling her that Geillis Duncan is ill and has requested that Claire visit her, knowing that Geillis is about to be arrested for witchcraft (Outlander, chapter 24) When Laoghaire learns that Claire has also been arrested as a witch, she is upset and swears that she didn't know that would happen (Exile, chapter 9)
1745: Laoghaire is married to Hugh MacKenzie of Muldaur, one of Colum's tacksmen (DIA, chapter 37) He is killed at Culloden (V, chapter 37)
1747: Laoghaire marries Simon MacKimmie of Clan Fraser (V, chapter 37)
ca1751: Laoghaire's eldest daughter Marsali is born
ca1753: Laoghaire's second daughter Joan is born
ca1754: Laoghaire's husband Simon is arrested by the English and taken to a prison in Edinburgh where he dies before coming to trial. The Crown try to confiscate all Simon's property but Ned Gowan argues the case and Laoghaire is able to keep the manor house and a small amount of money (V, chapter 37)
1764: Laoghaire and her two daughters are invited to Lallybroch by Jenny, to celebrate Hogmanay. During the party, Jamie retreats to the Laird's study. Laoghaire tentaively seeks him out and persuades him to dance with her. Jamie recognises that Laoghaire needs a man to look after her and her daughters, and he needs something to fill the void inside him (V, chapter 37)
1765: Laoghaire and Jamie are quietly married and Jamie moves into Laoghaire's home at Balriggan. The marriage is not a success. Laoghaire seems to be afraid of Jamie and will go for days or even weeks without speaking to him. Less than a year later Jamie moves out and goes to Edinburgh (V, chapter 37) Jamie continues to send money to Laoghaire to support her and her two daughters (V, chapter 34)
1766: Laoghaire arrives at Lallybroch with her two daughters to find Jamie in bed with Claire. She hisses angrily at Claire to go back to where she came from as Jamie is hers. Jamie shoves Laoghaire out of the room but she continues to bang on the door until Jamie is forced to come out and talk to her. A short while later Jamie goes back to the bedroom to see Claire. They have a vicious argument followed by loud violent sex that the whole household can hear. This is brought to an abrupt end by Jenny throwing a bucket of cold water over Jamie and Claire (V, chapter 34) Jamie emerges from the bedroom and tells Laoghaire and her daughters to go back to Balriggan and he goes off for a walk up the hill. Jamie returns to the house to find Claire has gone. He is absolutely furious and he and Jenny have a huge argument ending in a broken window. Jamie gets on his horse and makes to go after Claire, but Laoghaire reappears, clutches Jamie's leg and weeps and wails. At the end of his tether Jamie throws Laoghaire over his shoulder and carries her into the house to deal with her. While they are both upstairs Laoghaire shoots Jamie (V, chapter 35) When Jamie survives, Laoghaire sends for her brother Hobart to seek recompense from Jamie for the dishonour he has caused her (V, chapter 38) In late December Marsali disappears and Laoghaire receives a letter from her saying that she has married Fergus and they are going off to sail to the West Indies with Jamie (V, chapter 41)
Husbands: Hugh MacKenzie, Simon MacKimmie, Jamie Fraser, Joey Murray
Children: Marsali & Joan McKimmie
Sibling: Hobart
Occupation: Mother
Physical Characteristics: As a teenager, Laoghaire is pretty with long blonde hair, soft blue eyes, and rose-petal skin (Outlander, chapter 6) In middle age Laoghaire has weathered skin and ashy hair. She has thickened about the waist (V, chapter 33)
Laoghaire is Mrs FitzGibbon's granddaughter. She became infatuated with Jamie after he took her punishment for her at Castle Leoch and kissed her in the alcove when she was 16. That infatuation led her to perform some malicious acts against Claire which had hugely unintended and magnified consequences. Laoghaire has not been lucky in love and when she finally got to wed Jamie it was a disaster. Despite everything she is a very good mother and seems to have finally found happiness with Joey.
Significant Moments:
1743: At age 16 Laoghaire's father wanted her punished at Hall for loose behaviour and consorting improperly with young men. Jamie stepped in and took her punishment for her, and later indulged in some improper consorting of his own with her (Outlander, chapter 6) Jealous of Claire and her marriage to Jamie, Laoghaire lies to Claire telling her that Geillis Duncan is ill and has requested that Claire visit her, knowing that Geillis is about to be arrested for witchcraft (Outlander, chapter 24) When Laoghaire learns that Claire has also been arrested as a witch, she is upset and swears that she didn't know that would happen (Exile, chapter 9)
1745: Laoghaire is married to Hugh MacKenzie of Muldaur, one of Colum's tacksmen (DIA, chapter 37) He is killed at Culloden (V, chapter 37)
1747: Laoghaire marries Simon MacKimmie of Clan Fraser (V, chapter 37)
ca1751: Laoghaire's eldest daughter Marsali is born
ca1753: Laoghaire's second daughter Joan is born
ca1754: Laoghaire's husband Simon is arrested by the English and taken to a prison in Edinburgh where he dies before coming to trial. The Crown try to confiscate all Simon's property but Ned Gowan argues the case and Laoghaire is able to keep the manor house and a small amount of money (V, chapter 37)
1764: Laoghaire and her two daughters are invited to Lallybroch by Jenny, to celebrate Hogmanay. During the party, Jamie retreats to the Laird's study. Laoghaire tentaively seeks him out and persuades him to dance with her. Jamie recognises that Laoghaire needs a man to look after her and her daughters, and he needs something to fill the void inside him (V, chapter 37)
1765: Laoghaire and Jamie are quietly married and Jamie moves into Laoghaire's home at Balriggan. The marriage is not a success. Laoghaire seems to be afraid of Jamie and will go for days or even weeks without speaking to him. Less than a year later Jamie moves out and goes to Edinburgh (V, chapter 37) Jamie continues to send money to Laoghaire to support her and her two daughters (V, chapter 34)
1766: Laoghaire arrives at Lallybroch with her two daughters to find Jamie in bed with Claire. She hisses angrily at Claire to go back to where she came from as Jamie is hers. Jamie shoves Laoghaire out of the room but she continues to bang on the door until Jamie is forced to come out and talk to her. A short while later Jamie goes back to the bedroom to see Claire. They have a vicious argument followed by loud violent sex that the whole household can hear. This is brought to an abrupt end by Jenny throwing a bucket of cold water over Jamie and Claire (V, chapter 34) Jamie emerges from the bedroom and tells Laoghaire and her daughters to go back to Balriggan and he goes off for a walk up the hill. Jamie returns to the house to find Claire has gone. He is absolutely furious and he and Jenny have a huge argument ending in a broken window. Jamie gets on his horse and makes to go after Claire, but Laoghaire reappears, clutches Jamie's leg and weeps and wails. At the end of his tether Jamie throws Laoghaire over his shoulder and carries her into the house to deal with her. While they are both upstairs Laoghaire shoots Jamie (V, chapter 35) When Jamie survives, Laoghaire sends for her brother Hobart to seek recompense from Jamie for the dishonour he has caused her (V, chapter 38) In late December Marsali disappears and Laoghaire receives a letter from her saying that she has married Fergus and they are going off to sail to the West Indies with Jamie (V, chapter 41)
M
Marsali Fraser
Full name: Marsali Jane Fraser (OCII)
Born: 1751
Biological Parents: Laoghaire McKenzie & Simon MacKimmie
Stepfather: Jamie Fraser
Sibling: Joan
Husband: Fergus Fraser
Children: Germaine, Joan, Felicite, Henri-Christian
Occupation: Mother, Farmer, Printer
Physical Characteristics: Long flaxen hair and big blue eyes (V, chapter 33)
Marsali is the eldest daughter of Laoghaire and her second husband, Simon MacKimmie. Marsali has a quiet demeanor but underneath lies an extremely determined and strong personality
Significant Moments:
1765: At Hogmanay, Marsali tells Fergus that she loves him, and Fergus admits he loves her too, but he knows that Laoghaire will never agree to their marriage. Marsali thinks this is because he is French and missing a hand and assures Fergus that those things don't matter. Fergus tells Marsali that it is because of his past and he tells her how he was born in a brothel and was a pickpocket before Jamie took him under his wing. Fergus tells Marsali that he won't see her anymore, but Marsali is determined and their relationship continues. When Marsali tells Laoghiare about her love for Fergus, Laoghaire tells Marsali that Fergus will do terrible things to her because his mother was a whore and he grew up in a whorehouse (V, chapter 46)
1766: Aged 15, Marsali bursts in on her stepfather Jamie in bed with Claire in a very compromising position. Marsali's outraged exclamation in which she calls Jamie 'Daddy', has enormous negative consequences for Jamie and Claire (V, chapter 33) Just before the Artemis leaves Scotland to go in search of Ian, Fergus returns to Balriggan and collects Marsali and they are secretly handfast in front of witnesses. Together they rush to Cape Wrath arriving just as the Artemis is about to set sail. Jamie is furious with them both when he discovers what they've done and tells them he will put Marsali ashore when they stop for provisions. Marsali refuses to obey and tells Jamie that she doesn't care that Fergus is a propertyless, crippled, criminal bastard - she wants him. Marsali argues fiercely with Jamie and starts to get abusive but Fergus brings her up sharply, saying that Jamie has done a lot for both of them and she owes him respect. Marsali calms down and tells Jamie that she will not go back to Balriggan, and if Jamie puts her ashore she will tell everyone that Fergus has slept with her, thus ruining her name. Jamie realises she has him over a barrel and lays down the law. Marsali may stay onboard, but she and Fergus are to be married properly in the West Indies and Fergus is not to touch her until that happens. Jamie's edict to Fergus has immediate consequences. With only two private cabins on the ship, Jamie and Fergus have to share one, and Claire and Marsali the other. This is particularly awkward for Claire as Marsali hates her. Fergus isn't much better off sharing with Jamie, as Jamie is crippled by seasickness and vomiting constantly. Marsali does her best to avoid Claire and emits silent hostility when forced to be in her company (V, chapter 41)
1767: Marsali overcomes her dislike of Claire in order to approach her while they are onboard the Artemis, and ask her for contraceptive advice. During their conversation, Marsali tells Claire that Laoghaire did not like to be touched by Jamie and seemed to be afraid of him, although there seemed to be no reason for this. Laoghaire had told Marsali that sex was something to be endured, but Marsali had seen enough of the way Claire and Jamie touch each other to know that it must be possible for sex to be very pleasurable (V, chapter 46)
Full name: Marsali Jane Fraser (OCII)
Born: 1751
Biological Parents: Laoghaire McKenzie & Simon MacKimmie
Stepfather: Jamie Fraser
Sibling: Joan
Husband: Fergus Fraser
Children: Germaine, Joan, Felicite, Henri-Christian
Occupation: Mother, Farmer, Printer
Physical Characteristics: Long flaxen hair and big blue eyes (V, chapter 33)
Marsali is the eldest daughter of Laoghaire and her second husband, Simon MacKimmie. Marsali has a quiet demeanor but underneath lies an extremely determined and strong personality
Significant Moments:
1765: At Hogmanay, Marsali tells Fergus that she loves him, and Fergus admits he loves her too, but he knows that Laoghaire will never agree to their marriage. Marsali thinks this is because he is French and missing a hand and assures Fergus that those things don't matter. Fergus tells Marsali that it is because of his past and he tells her how he was born in a brothel and was a pickpocket before Jamie took him under his wing. Fergus tells Marsali that he won't see her anymore, but Marsali is determined and their relationship continues. When Marsali tells Laoghiare about her love for Fergus, Laoghaire tells Marsali that Fergus will do terrible things to her because his mother was a whore and he grew up in a whorehouse (V, chapter 46)
1766: Aged 15, Marsali bursts in on her stepfather Jamie in bed with Claire in a very compromising position. Marsali's outraged exclamation in which she calls Jamie 'Daddy', has enormous negative consequences for Jamie and Claire (V, chapter 33) Just before the Artemis leaves Scotland to go in search of Ian, Fergus returns to Balriggan and collects Marsali and they are secretly handfast in front of witnesses. Together they rush to Cape Wrath arriving just as the Artemis is about to set sail. Jamie is furious with them both when he discovers what they've done and tells them he will put Marsali ashore when they stop for provisions. Marsali refuses to obey and tells Jamie that she doesn't care that Fergus is a propertyless, crippled, criminal bastard - she wants him. Marsali argues fiercely with Jamie and starts to get abusive but Fergus brings her up sharply, saying that Jamie has done a lot for both of them and she owes him respect. Marsali calms down and tells Jamie that she will not go back to Balriggan, and if Jamie puts her ashore she will tell everyone that Fergus has slept with her, thus ruining her name. Jamie realises she has him over a barrel and lays down the law. Marsali may stay onboard, but she and Fergus are to be married properly in the West Indies and Fergus is not to touch her until that happens. Jamie's edict to Fergus has immediate consequences. With only two private cabins on the ship, Jamie and Fergus have to share one, and Claire and Marsali the other. This is particularly awkward for Claire as Marsali hates her. Fergus isn't much better off sharing with Jamie, as Jamie is crippled by seasickness and vomiting constantly. Marsali does her best to avoid Claire and emits silent hostility when forced to be in her company (V, chapter 41)
1767: Marsali overcomes her dislike of Claire in order to approach her while they are onboard the Artemis, and ask her for contraceptive advice. During their conversation, Marsali tells Claire that Laoghaire did not like to be touched by Jamie and seemed to be afraid of him, although there seemed to be no reason for this. Laoghaire had told Marsali that sex was something to be endured, but Marsali had seen enough of the way Claire and Jamie touch each other to know that it must be possible for sex to be very pleasurable (V, chapter 46)
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William Buccleigh MacKenzie
Full name: William Buccleigh MacKenzie
Also known as: Buck
Born: 1744
Biological Parents: Dougal MacKenzie and Geillis Duncan
Adoptive Parents: William John MacKenzie & Sarah Innes
Siblings: None
Wife: Morag Gunn
Children: Jeremiah, Abigail, Edgar and Andrew (According to the chart in The Outlandish Companion, pg 231)
Occupation: Lawyer, Farmer
Physical Characteristics: Green eyes, blonde hair
William Buccleigh is the illegitimate child of Dougal MacKenzie and Geillis Duncan and is Roger's g-g-g-g-g grandfather. He was taken from Geillis at birth and given to his adoptive parents who had lost their own child at birth. He is unaware of his true parentage until much later in life when Roger tells him.
Significant moments:
1743: William Buccleigh is born while Geillis is imprisoned awaiting trial for witchcraft. He was a bit premature but strong and healthy at birth. He is taken from Geillis and placed in the home of William and Sarah MacKenzie who had lost their own child at birth (Outlander, chapter 34) William and Sarah give Buck the name of their dead child - William Buccleigh MacKenzie (DIA, chapter 47)
Full name: William Buccleigh MacKenzie
Also known as: Buck
Born: 1744
Biological Parents: Dougal MacKenzie and Geillis Duncan
Adoptive Parents: William John MacKenzie & Sarah Innes
Siblings: None
Wife: Morag Gunn
Children: Jeremiah, Abigail, Edgar and Andrew (According to the chart in The Outlandish Companion, pg 231)
Occupation: Lawyer, Farmer
Physical Characteristics: Green eyes, blonde hair
William Buccleigh is the illegitimate child of Dougal MacKenzie and Geillis Duncan and is Roger's g-g-g-g-g grandfather. He was taken from Geillis at birth and given to his adoptive parents who had lost their own child at birth. He is unaware of his true parentage until much later in life when Roger tells him.
Significant moments:
1743: William Buccleigh is born while Geillis is imprisoned awaiting trial for witchcraft. He was a bit premature but strong and healthy at birth. He is taken from Geillis and placed in the home of William and Sarah MacKenzie who had lost their own child at birth (Outlander, chapter 34) William and Sarah give Buck the name of their dead child - William Buccleigh MacKenzie (DIA, chapter 47)