Outlander Characters

Hello, Nurse!Claire Beauchamp Randall is a WWII nurse who falls back in time to the late 1700s when she steps through a Stonehenge-esque circle of, well, stones. In the 18th-century Scottish highla...

HighlanderClaire meets Jamie when he's injured, which is fitting since getting hurt happens a fair amount in the time period Jamie lives in; axe wounds and musket shots aren't all that uncommon in...

Paving the Way for the Marquis de SadeJonathan Wolverton Randall is the masochistic British captain who torments Jamie and Claire every step of the way. He's the first man Claire encounters in the...

Which Witch is a Witch?If Jonathan Randall is Jamie's ultimate antagonist, Claire finds her match in Geillis Duncan. Geillis is the wife of the procurator fiscal (kind of like a judge) of nearby Cr...

Beware of DougDougal and Colum Mackenzie are the brothers in charge of Castle Leoch, the stronghold of Clan Mackenzie. Colum is the chief, and Dougal is his right-hand man. Well, he's more like Col...

Family MattersJenny is Jamie's sister, and we'd know that even if they didn't share a name since she's just as fiery as he is. We learn that she once kneed Jack Randall in the stones, and when Jami...

Merry MonksFather Anselm of the Merry Heart is a monk whom Claire grows close to while Jamie is recuperating at the Abbey of Ste. Anne de Beaupré. For a father, he is very Zen-like, talking to Cla...

'Til Death (or Time Traveling) Do Them PartClaire's first husband, Frank, is an Oxford history professor with a fascination for genealogy, so it's safe to say that he might be a little jealous to l...

BFFL!Murtagh is Jamie's trusted companion. He's also Jamie's godfather, but that doesn't really mean anything considering that Jamie's uncles, Dougal and Colum, might also be two of his worst enemi...

Jackie of All TradesMrs. FitzGibbons is to Castle Leoch what Madam Pomfrey is to Hogwarts. Well, if Madam Pomfrey also did all the cooking and cleaning… without magic. Mrs. FitzGibbons is basical...

The Blond-Haired, Green-eyed MonsterLaoghaire is a pretty girl who lives at Castle Leoch. She has the hots for Jamie and is subject to Claire's jealousy, though Claire has no reason to be jealous s...

The Good DoctorThe Reverend Wakefield is Frank's friend, who helps him with his genealogy charts. He also has an adopted son, Roger, who makes Claire wonder if adoption would be a nice thing for he...

Just DruidMrs. Graham is the Reverend Wakefield's housekeeper. She's also a druid who can read tealeaves and palms and likes to dance around stone circles on pagan holidays. Why isn't there an A&am...

Duke of Earl… no, Sandwich… no, SandringhamThe Duke of Sandringham only appears in one chapter, although we hear about him at the beginning, specifically that he's a presumed Jacobite and emplo...

The Law Man Ned Gowan is "the quintessential man of law" (11.4) who craves adventure. He's a rare breed: a lawyer with morals. He rides with Dougal to collect rents and comes in handy in drawing up...

Family MattersThe MacNab family lives on the lands of Lallybroch estate, and they treat Jamie as their landlord. They pay him for use of that land, but that's not all—they also expect him to prot...

The Huntsman Sir Marcus MacRannoch and his wife, Lady Annabelle, live near Wentworth Prison. MacRannoch recovers Claire after she kills one wolf and is stalked by a pack of more. If Claire is a Sno...