Roger's Voyager Timeline
Roger Wakefield
Significant Moments in Voyager:
1968:
Roger asks Claire if she would like him to look to see if he can find what happened to Jamie and it suddenly occurs to Claire that if Jamie survived she may be able to go back to him. The realisation shakes her to the core but she asks Roger to go ahead and look for Jamie (V, chapter 2)
Claire, Roger and Brianna begin their research to track down Jamie. Brianna finds the legend of the Dunbonnet that leads them to believe that Jamie returned to Lallybroch after Culloden (V, chapter 3) Fiona overhears them talking about the Dunbonnet and fills them in on the rest of the legend - that the Dunbonnet had someone betray him to the English so his people could have the reward money and he was tried and sent to prison. Roger is really excited on learning this because if Jamie was sent to prison he will exist in official documents and they will be able to track him (V, chapter 7)
Roger takes additional leave from his college for the summer term to help continue the search for Jamie. By August, he, Claire and Brianna have found the records for Ardsmuir Prison and learned that Jamie was paroled to Helwater, and they then find his Royal Warrant of Pardon dated 1764. Roger and Claire are both aware that if Claire were to take another trip back through the stones she would probably arrive twenty years after she left, in 1766. If they can find evidence that Jamie is alive in 1766 then Claire may be able to go back to him. (V, chapter 17)
In September Claire returns to Boston, leaving Roger and Brianna in Scotland to continue the search for Jamie (V, chapter 18) Roger finds the Deed of Sasine that Claire had signed deeding Lallybroch to Young Jamie, and Bree finds some handwritten drafts of something written by Alexander Malcolm in Edinburgh in 1765. Comparing the handwriting between the two documents, they are certain that Alexander Malcolm is Jamie (V, chapter 21) Having found Jamie in the past, Roger sends Claire a telegram informing her, and asking her if she will come back to Scotland (V, chapter 19)
Claire arrives back in Scotland in October, and on seeing the documents that Bree and Roger have found is also certain that Alexander Malcolm is Jamie. Claire realises that Jamie would have been 44 years old in 1765, and that if time runs in parallel then she could go back to him. Bree tells Claire that she will be able to go back and find him (V, chapter 21)
Bree and Roger spend four days in London visiting rare coin dealers and amass a small collection of 18th century coins for Claire to take with her. Roger consults reference books to help Claire prepare for her journey (V, chapter 22)
On the night before Claire is to leave, at Samhain, Claire, Roger and Bree go out for a meal together and then return to the manse for drinks. Claire thanks them both, tells them how much she will and miss them and hugs Bree tight before retiring to bed. Once Claire has gone, Bree tries to keep her emotions in check, but breaks down and confides to Roger that while she understands that Claire belongs with Jamie, she still needs her. Bree says she needs Claire because Claire is the only person left who cares that she was born and who has memories of her when she was small. Roger realises that this is the reason the Reverend kept all his parents' belongings in boxes. Roger takes Bree in his arms and comforts her and tells her that Claire is not the only person who cares for her (V, chapter 22)
Bree goes off the bed but Roger stays up. A while later Claire comes downstairs. Roger assures Claire that he will look after Bree when she is gone. Claire gives Roger an envelope and asks if he will give it to Bree. In it is everything Claire wants to say to Bree but she can't bring herself to say goodbye to her. Claire tells Roger that she is very afraid and doesn't know if she can go through with this, but she is just as afraid of not doing it (V, chapter 22)
Claire has made plans to go to Craigh na Dun on her own early the next morning, but Bree and Roger have other plans. They leave before Claire and climb up the hill to the stone circle and wait in front of the cleft stone. Bree wears an old-style dress similar to the one Claire has bought. Claire arrives at the circle and is startled to see them both there (V, chapter 23)
Bree tells Claire that she will try to go back through the stones if Claire can't do it. She says that they owe it Jamie to tell him that he did what he meant to do for them - that he had saved both their lives. Bree says that Jamie had given Claire to her and now she must give Claire back to Jamie. Then Bree tells Claire that when she finds Jamie she is to give him this, and she kisses Claire fiercely, then tells Claire she loves her and to go. Claire walks into the stone cleft (V, chapter 23)
Go back to Roger's Dragonfly in Amber timeline
Significant Moments in Voyager:
1968:
Roger asks Claire if she would like him to look to see if he can find what happened to Jamie and it suddenly occurs to Claire that if Jamie survived she may be able to go back to him. The realisation shakes her to the core but she asks Roger to go ahead and look for Jamie (V, chapter 2)
Claire, Roger and Brianna begin their research to track down Jamie. Brianna finds the legend of the Dunbonnet that leads them to believe that Jamie returned to Lallybroch after Culloden (V, chapter 3) Fiona overhears them talking about the Dunbonnet and fills them in on the rest of the legend - that the Dunbonnet had someone betray him to the English so his people could have the reward money and he was tried and sent to prison. Roger is really excited on learning this because if Jamie was sent to prison he will exist in official documents and they will be able to track him (V, chapter 7)
Roger takes additional leave from his college for the summer term to help continue the search for Jamie. By August, he, Claire and Brianna have found the records for Ardsmuir Prison and learned that Jamie was paroled to Helwater, and they then find his Royal Warrant of Pardon dated 1764. Roger and Claire are both aware that if Claire were to take another trip back through the stones she would probably arrive twenty years after she left, in 1766. If they can find evidence that Jamie is alive in 1766 then Claire may be able to go back to him. (V, chapter 17)
In September Claire returns to Boston, leaving Roger and Brianna in Scotland to continue the search for Jamie (V, chapter 18) Roger finds the Deed of Sasine that Claire had signed deeding Lallybroch to Young Jamie, and Bree finds some handwritten drafts of something written by Alexander Malcolm in Edinburgh in 1765. Comparing the handwriting between the two documents, they are certain that Alexander Malcolm is Jamie (V, chapter 21) Having found Jamie in the past, Roger sends Claire a telegram informing her, and asking her if she will come back to Scotland (V, chapter 19)
Claire arrives back in Scotland in October, and on seeing the documents that Bree and Roger have found is also certain that Alexander Malcolm is Jamie. Claire realises that Jamie would have been 44 years old in 1765, and that if time runs in parallel then she could go back to him. Bree tells Claire that she will be able to go back and find him (V, chapter 21)
Bree and Roger spend four days in London visiting rare coin dealers and amass a small collection of 18th century coins for Claire to take with her. Roger consults reference books to help Claire prepare for her journey (V, chapter 22)
On the night before Claire is to leave, at Samhain, Claire, Roger and Bree go out for a meal together and then return to the manse for drinks. Claire thanks them both, tells them how much she will and miss them and hugs Bree tight before retiring to bed. Once Claire has gone, Bree tries to keep her emotions in check, but breaks down and confides to Roger that while she understands that Claire belongs with Jamie, she still needs her. Bree says she needs Claire because Claire is the only person left who cares that she was born and who has memories of her when she was small. Roger realises that this is the reason the Reverend kept all his parents' belongings in boxes. Roger takes Bree in his arms and comforts her and tells her that Claire is not the only person who cares for her (V, chapter 22)
Bree goes off the bed but Roger stays up. A while later Claire comes downstairs. Roger assures Claire that he will look after Bree when she is gone. Claire gives Roger an envelope and asks if he will give it to Bree. In it is everything Claire wants to say to Bree but she can't bring herself to say goodbye to her. Claire tells Roger that she is very afraid and doesn't know if she can go through with this, but she is just as afraid of not doing it (V, chapter 22)
Claire has made plans to go to Craigh na Dun on her own early the next morning, but Bree and Roger have other plans. They leave before Claire and climb up the hill to the stone circle and wait in front of the cleft stone. Bree wears an old-style dress similar to the one Claire has bought. Claire arrives at the circle and is startled to see them both there (V, chapter 23)
Bree tells Claire that she will try to go back through the stones if Claire can't do it. She says that they owe it Jamie to tell him that he did what he meant to do for them - that he had saved both their lives. Bree says that Jamie had given Claire to her and now she must give Claire back to Jamie. Then Bree tells Claire that when she finds Jamie she is to give him this, and she kisses Claire fiercely, then tells Claire she loves her and to go. Claire walks into the stone cleft (V, chapter 23)
Go back to Roger's Dragonfly in Amber timeline