The Outlandish Companion - Diana Gabaldon [89]
Leonard Abernathy—son of Joseph Abernathy; a friend of Brianna’s. [Dragonfly, Drums]
Abigail—one of Jamie’s small great-nieces; a red-haired lassie with outspoken opinions. (“We call him Snot-rag,“ she informed me.) [Voyager]
Absalom—MacRannoch’s cowherd. [Out-lander]
Don Armando Alcantara (m)—the betrayed and deserted husband of Ermenegilda. [Voyager]
Ermenegilda Ruiz Alcantara y Meroz (m)—the young woman for whom Father Fogden abandoned his priestly vows. [Voyager]
Mina Alcott—merry widow of Kingston; murdered by the Reverend Campbell at the Governor’s reception. [Drums]
Judge Alderdyce—a prominent Justice, a friend of Jocasta Cameron’s, and (Jocasta thinks) a good potential husband for Brianna. [Drums]
Mrs. Alderdyce—the widowed mother of Judge Alderdyce, eager to see her son wed to Brianna, in hopes of obtaining a grandchild. [Drums]
“Auld Alec”—see “Alexander MacMahon MacKenzie.”
Captain Alessandro—Jamie’s alias, when he temporarily joins the Spanish garrison on Hispaniola. [Voyager]
“Young Alex”—serving boy at Castle Leoch. [Outlander]
Etienne Marcel de Provac Alexandre— one of Jamie Fraser’s aliases, used in Jamaica, where he attends the Governor’s reception disguised as a French planter from Martinique. [Voyager]
Aline—Simon Fraser’s sister-in-law. [Dragonfly]
Dame Aliset (m)—a legendary figure; the “White Lady” of the Highlands. [Dragonfly]
Rufus Allison—innkeeper of the Lime Tree tavern, where Lord John Grey and Jamie go to question Duncan Kerr. [Voyager]
† Richard Anderson, of Whitburgh—the man who showed the Highland army a secret way across the field at Prestonpans, thus allowing them to take the English by surprise. [Dragonfly]
“L’Andouille”—“The Sausage.” A French courtier, known for his sexual proclivities. [Dragonfly]
Mrs. Andrews—secretary to Dr. McEwan at the Institute for Highland Studies, where Gillian Edgars began her research into the standing stones. [Dragonfly]
Sister Angelique—a nun at L’Hôpital des Anges. [Dragonfly]
Uncle Angus—a stuffed Aberdeen terrier, companion of Roger’s youth. [Drums]
Angus Mhor (“Big Angus”)—Colum’s body servant, bodyguard, and general factotum of justice. NB: “Mhor” is not a last name, but rather a Gaelic adjective. [Outlander, Dragonfly]
Anne—Geillis Duncan’s serving woman. [Outlander]
Father Anselm—a priest visiting Ste. Anne de Beaupré who counsels with Claire on the morality of time travel. [Outlander]
M. and Mme. (Marie) d’Arbanville—social acquaintances of the Frasers in Paris. [Dragonfly]
Arnold (and Harry)—English deserters, who come upon and attack Jamie and Claire. [Outlander]
† M. Arouet (aka Voltaire) (m)—eighteenth century philosopher and critic. [Voyager]
Atlas and Hercules—twin slaves, belonging to Geillis Abernathy at Rose Hall. [Voyager]
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Father Bain—the local priest in Cranesmuir, who condemns Claire as a witch and a Sassenach. [Outlander]
Mrs. Baird—landlady of the bed-and-breakfast where Claire and Frank stay in Inverness. [Outlander]
Mr. Bainbridge (m)—an Inverness solicitor with an interest in history; friend of Frank Randall. [Outlander]
† “Balhaldy” (William MacGregor, or Drummond of Balhaldies)—a seedy Jacobite hanger-on, who frequented the company of Prince Charles in Paris. [Dragonfly]
Father Balmain—the young priest who attends L’Hôpital des Anges. [Dragonfly]
† Lord Balmerino-one of the prominent Jacobite earls; later executed at Tower Hill for his part in the Rising. [Dragonfly]
The Baronet—Mary Hawkins’s father; Silas Hawkins’s brother. [Dragonfly]
Bear Killer—the name given to Jamie Fraser by the Tuscarora, in consequence of his having killed a black bear single-handed, with a knife. [Drums]
Davie Beaton (m)—the late physician of Castle Leoch; Claire inherits his stock and casebook. [Outlander]
Henry Montmorency Beauchamp (m)— Claire’s father. [Dragonfly]
Quentin Lambert Beauchamp (aka “Uncle Lamb”) (m)