Characters in A Breath of Snow and Ashes

Jamie Fraser

Highland Scot and laird of Fraser's Ridge, torn between his oath to the Crown and the coming fight for independence.

Also in Virgins, Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, An Echo in the Bone, Written In My Own Heart's Blood, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Claire Fraser

Time-travelling 20th-century doctor who practises medicine on the Ridge and in the wider colony.

Also in Outlander, Drums of Autumn, An Echo in the Bone, Written In My Own Heart's Blood, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Stephen Bonnet

Pirate and smuggler whose earlier crimes against Brianna still shadow her family.

Also in Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross

Brianna Randall

Jamie and Claire's daughter, who has settled in the 18th century with her husband and young son.

Also in Dragonfly in Amber, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Roger MacKenzie

Brianna's husband, who pursues ordination as a minister and helps bring new settlers to the Ridge.

Also in Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, An Echo in the Bone, Written In My Own Heart's Blood, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Jeremiah MacKenzie

Also in The Fiery Cross, An Echo in the Bone, Written In My Own Heart's Blood

Fergus Fraser

Also in Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, An Echo in the Bone, Written In My Own Heart's Blood, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Marsali Fraser

Also in Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, An Echo in the Bone, Written In My Own Heart's Blood, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Germain Fraser

Also in The Fiery Cross, An Echo in the Bone, Written In My Own Heart's Blood

Tom Christie

Former Ardsmuir prisoner alongside Jamie who arrives on the Ridge with his adult children.

Also in An Echo in the Bone

Lord John Grey

Also in Voyager, An Echo in the Bone, Written In My Own Heart's Blood, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Jocasta Cameron

Also in Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross

Duncan Innes

Also in Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross

Young Ian Murray

Also in Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, An Echo in the Bone, Written In My Own Heart's Blood, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

William Ransom

Also in Voyager, An Echo in the Bone, Written In My Own Heart's Blood, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Lizzie Wemyss

Also in An Echo in the Bone

Jo Beardsley

Also in An Echo in the Bone

Kezzie Beardsley

Also in An Echo in the Bone

Malva Christie

Young settler who becomes Claire's medical assistant and close friend on Fraser's Ridge.