Her pregnancy wins a brief reprieve on her death sentence. Having an affair with Dougal MacKenzie, she is pregnant with his child when imprisoned for witchcraft. The wife of the procurator fiscal who possesses knowledge of the use of herbs and plants for healing. He has four daughters, and later a son with Geillis Duncan. He is the biological father of Colum's son, Hamish, and took Jamie as foster son for a year as a teen. He has Toulouse-Lautrec Syndrome.Ĭolum's younger Jacobite brother, who leads the clan in battle because his older brother is physically disabled. Colum shelters Jamie and Claire from the English. The Laird of Leoch, Colum is a chief of the MacKenzie clan, and Jamie's maternal uncle. Jamie's godfather, albeit taciturn, is very loyal to Jamie and Claire and is one of only a few people from the past to know the truth about Claire. He bears a strong resemblance to his descendant, Frank Randall. According to Jamie Fraser the 'Black' refers to the color of his corrupt soul.

Black Jack Randall)įrank Randall's ancestor, a British army officer. His wife, Claire Fraser, is accorded the title Lady Broch Tuarach.Ĭlaire's husband in the 20th century is a history professor with a deep interest in his genealogy and heritage. He has the title Laird of Broch Tuarach, James' family's home. Jamie MacTavish)Ī young Scottish redhead with a complicated past and a disarming sense of humor, Jamie is intelligent, principled, and, by 18th-century standards, educated and worldly. She is a gifted natural physician and an amateur botanist, skills that can appear to be witchcraft in the 18th century. Already married to Frank Randall, she falls in love with Jamie Fraser and becomes his wife in the past. Practical and independent nurse from the 1940s who finds herself in the Scottish Highlands in the 1740s.

In August 2014, the US-based cable channel Starz debuted a TV series adaptation based on the novels. A mix of several genres, the series features elements of historical fiction, romance, adventure, mystery and science fiction/ fantasy. The story focuses on 20th century nurse Claire Randall, who time travels to 18th-century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing Jamie Fraser. The following is a partial list of characters from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series as first introduced, beginning with the 1991 novel Outlander.

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