Characters in Drums of Autumn

Brianna Randall

Claire's daughter, who discovers a troubling historical record and travels back in time to find her parents.

Also in Dragonfly in Amber, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Jamie Fraser

Claire's eighteenth-century Highlander husband, who builds a new homestead in North Carolina.

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

Claire Fraser

A twentieth-century physician who has returned to her Highland husband Jamie and travels with him to the American colonies.

Also in Outlander, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written In My Own Heart's Blood, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Stephen Bonnet

A pirate whose escape from the gallows Jamie helps to bring about at the opening of the book.

Also in Voyager, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes

Roger MacKenzie

A historian, known in the book as Roger Wakefield, and Brianna's suitor, who follows her through the stones.

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

Ian Murray

Also in Virgins, Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, An Echo in the Bone, Written In My Own Heart's Blood

Geillis Duncan

Also in Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Written In My Own Heart's Blood

Duncan Innes

Also in The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes

Fergus Fraser

Jamie and Claire's foster son, who travels with the family to the colonies.

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

Marsali Fraser

Fergus's wife, who is expecting their first child.

Also in Voyager, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written In My Own Heart's Blood, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Young Ian Murray

Jamie's nephew, who accompanies the Frasers into the wilderness.

Also in Voyager, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written In My Own Heart's Blood, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Jocasta Cameron

Jamie's wealthy aunt, who settled in North Carolina after Culloden.

Also in The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes