The tragic story behind Outlander villain Geillis Duncan and who she was really based on
dailyrecord.co.ukOutlander 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.
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