The Companion to the Fiery Cross, a Breath of Snow and Ashes, an Echo in the Bone, and Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon

Author:Diana Gabaldon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2015-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

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Nan—A former prostitute at Magda’s, she was apparently a favorite of Harry Quarry when he utilized the facility. [PM]

Nanny Elspeth—William’s dour, stoic nanny when he was a child at Helwater, who frightened him by saying that the dead came down with the fog. [Echo, SP]

x Nawab of Bengal—(1729–1757) Siraj ud-Daulah, the last independent provincial ruler, or “nawab,” of Bengal before his military defeat in 1757 by Robert Clive and the British East India Company. [PM]

Nayawenne—Tuscarora shaman who tells Claire of a prophetic dream regarding Claire’s healing power and gives her guidance finding and using herbs on the Ridge. When she is mistakenly killed, she leaves her amulet for Claire. [Fiery Cross, Ashes, Echo]

Neary, Patrick—A settler on Fraser’s Ridge, one of whose sons, Jamie warns Roger, may be a thief. [Fiery Cross]

Ned—Bodyguard/bouncer at Magda’s brothel, where William first meets Jane. [MOBY]

x Newcastle, Duke of—(1720–1794) While mentioned fictitiously as brother to the Duke of Cumberland, he was in fact Cumberland’s uncle. It was reported by Horace Walpole that Newcastle nearly fainted at the funeral of George II and that he was standing on the train of Cumberland’s cloak to avoid the chilly floor. [SP]

Nicholls, Edwin—One of the attendees at Miss Woodford’s party, he was a drunk, unsociable bore whose lascivious behavior toward his host caused Lord John to punch him, leading to a duel. [CA, SP]

Nordman—One of the footmen at Argus House, the London home of Lord John’s mother. [BL]

Norrington, Arthur—An old acquaintance of Lord John and the current head of England’s Black Chamber; an aficionado of ivory miniatures from Japan. [Echo]

x North, Frederick, Lord—(1732–1792) Second Earl of Guilford, prime minister of Great Britain under George III. He deferred strategy of the war to his subordinates Lord Germain and the Earl of Sandwich. Despite victories at New York and Ticonderoga, Lord North was forced to resign, due to a “lack of confidence” by members of Parliament, after Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga and the British defeat at Yorktown. [PZ, Ashes, Echo, MOBY]

Northrup, Thorogood—A Wilmington merchant and warehouse owner and possible smuggler. [Echo]

Nortman—The Duke of Pardloe’s butler. [BL]

Nuckelavee—Hybrid fairy sea creature of Northern Scottish folklore, it often left the sea to feast on human flesh. While it could take on human shape, in its natural form it had a head ten times the size of its body, a single fiery eye, a huge jutting mouth, and arms reaching to the ground that doubled as flesh-and-bone swords. In addition, it had no skin, so its muscles and blood vessels could be seen, giving it the appearance of raw living flesh. Roger is therefore startled when his son, Jem, in some distress, tells him that there is a nuckelavee living in the broch at Lallybroch. Going to investigate, Roger finds evidence that someone has been staying in the broch, but he doubts that it’s a nuckelavee. The mysterious stranger shortly reveals himself to Roger: he’s William Buccleigh MacKenzie, Roger’s four-times great-grandfather, who has accidentally time-traveled through the stones at Craigh na Dun and, having gone to

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