Sam Heughan has finally revealed what he keeps in his beloved sporran.
07.10.2023 - 10:35 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Outlander is a show which has stolen our hearts and it's safe to say that it has had us fans on the edge of our seats several times over the years.
Many of those times are down to antagonist Geillis Duncan, who served as the primary villain for the third season of the series. However, many fans of the show might not know that Geillis was actually inspired by a real individual.
In the series, Geillis is a time-traveller who kills her husband in the 20th century in order to travel back to the 1700s in an effort to change the course of Scotland's history.
On her travels in the first season, she meets protagonist and fellow time-traveller Claire Fraser and the pair bond over their shared interest in herbs.
When the two friends find themselves on trial for being witches, Claire discovers that Geillis is a time traveller after seeing her smallpox vaccination scar. She saves Claire's life and is sentenced to death - but later it's revealed that she managed to escape.
Geillis returns in the second series and Claire encounters her the very same day she originally travels back in time, but it is not until the third season that she gets a starring role. Here, she takes part in acts such as murder and kidnapping in her zealous efforts to get a Scot on the throne and regain Scottish independence.
While Geillis' character was thought up by author Diana Gabaldon for the series, Geillis Duncan was in fact a real person who lived in the 1500s. She was a teenage maidservant who, like her fictional counterpart, was accused of witchcraft.
She worked for bailiff David Seton, who was a prominent figure in the 16th century North Berwick Witch Trials. He accused her of witchcraft due to her ability to heal those with seemingly-incurable
Sam Heughan has finally revealed what he keeps in his beloved sporran.
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