Jamie And Blackjack Randall

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Jamie And Black Jack Randall

Outlander may have bid farewell to evil villain Captain Jonathan “Black Jack” Randall (played by Tobias Menzies) but some fans have been wondering about him. The character died at the Battle of Culloden after he was slain by Highlander Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan). During the three seasons he featured on the Starz show, he proved to be the most dangerous and violent.

Outlander saw its most evil villain Captain Jonathan “Black Jack” Randall (played by Tobias Menzies) perish many seasons ago. Nevertheless, some fans have been wondering about him.

Jamie and Claire got together under unconventional circumstances, to say the least. She had to enter a marriage of convenience with him to literally save her life from Black Jack Randall. Of course, they would soon fall madly in love and never want to be apart, but on their wedding night, they had no idea where it would lead. Jamie and Willie are heartbroken when Jamie must leave. Identical Grandson: Frank and Jonathan 'Black Jack' Randall. Although, it turns out that Frank is actually descended from Black Jack's brother Alexander. Jack honors Alexander's last wishes by marrying his pregnant lover. Frank's reasoning for this is that he thinks Claire will someday take Brianna to Scotland and Brianna might go looking for the grave of her ancestor Black Jack Randall. Jamie's gravestone would. But when it comes to Jonathan Randall, the history books were right since, Jamie kills Black Jack Randall on the battlefield in the Season 3 premiere of Outlander, defeating his foe for the final.

Was Captain Black Jack Randall a real person?

WARNING: This article contains spoilers from the Outlander TV series and Diana Gabaldon’s novels

Black Jack was a looming figure in seasons one to three of Outlander as he terrorised Claire Fraser (Caitriona Balfe) and her husband Jamie.

The character’s cruelty and sadistic ways knew no bounds as he used rape and violence to control others.

Season one featured a horrific sexual assault as Black Jack raped and tortured Jamie in a harrowing and prolonged ordeal.

Jamie was left broken and a shell of the man he used to be, loathed to the touch of his wife after Black Jack used psychological means to harm the Highlander as well as physical.

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But how much is the character rooted in reality and how much was borne from US author Diana Gabaldon’s imagination?

According to Screen Rant, Gabaldon didn’t base Black Jack on any real-life historical figures unlike Geillis Duncan (Lotte Verbeek) and other Jacobite Lords.

Outlander also featured some real figures including the Duke of Sandringham (Simon Callow) and Bonnie Prince Charlie (Andrew Gower).

The character of Jamie was inspired by an account Gabaldon read with the writer previously telling National Geographic in 2014: “I was reading a book for research called the Prince in the Heather, by Eric Linklater, which described what happened after Culloden.

“It said that, following the battle, 19 wounded Jacobite officers took refuge in the farmhouse by the side of the field.

“There they lay for two days with their wounds, unattended in pain. At the end of that time they were taken out and shot, except one man, a Fraser of the Master of Lovet’s regiment, who survived the slaughter.

“And I was thinking that if I expect Jamie to survive Culloden then his last name better be Fraser.”

The real-life Battle of Culloden did happen was depicted in the show. Historically, there were a number of Redcoats who could fit the bill for Black Jack and his tendencies towards violence and hatred for the Scots.

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Newspaper The Scotsman has suggested several possible candidates who may have been the real-life equivalent of Black Jack.

At the top of the list is Captain Caroline Frederick Scott, who is described by the publication as having a “brutal streak”.

In the book Culloden: Scotland’s Last Battle by historian Trevor Royale, Scott was said to have been led by “visceral dislike of Highlanders” and had a vendetta against Bonnie Prince Charlie.

This Redcoat is said to have roamed the Highlands, pillaging and raping with his men as he went.

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In one account from the laird of Raasay, Scott’s men sexually assaulted a blind woman and two girls.

Jamie Kills Black Jack Randall

However, he wasn’t the only one with Captain John Fergusson known for his abuse of prisoners during the 1745 uprising.