The Wellspring (Kaitlyn and the Highlander #12) - Diana Knightley Page 0,116
of Lady Mairead and her first husband.
Bella Florentin - mother of Archie
The Earl of Breadalbane - Lady Mairead’s brother
Grandma Barb - Kaitlyn’s grandmother
Grandpa Jack - Kaitlyn’s grandfather
Fraoch MacDonald - born in 1714, is aged 26 in 1740 when he meets Magnus, and pretends to be a MacLeod
Colonel Hammond Donahoe - Magnus calls him Hammie, come to find out — cousin.
Sir Padraig Stuart - Not the actor. He’s from the future-future and is wreaking havoc.
The kingdom of Riaghalbane, comes from the name Riaghladh Albainn, and like the name Breadalbane (from Bràghad Albainn) that was shortened as time went on. I decided it would now be Riaghalbane.
The line of kings in Riaghalbane
Donnan the Second - murdered by Kaitlyn Campbell in the year 2381
Samuel - Donnan’s brother. Attempted takeover during the transfer of power between Donnan and Magnus, uncrowned. (Killed in the arena by Magnus.)
Magnus the First - crowned August 11, 2382 day before the birth of his son, Archibald Campbell, next in line for the throne.
Some Scottish and Gaelic words that appear within the book series:
Chan eil an t-sìde cho math an-diugh 's a bha e an-dé - The weather's not as good today as it was yesterday.
Tha droch shìde ann - The weather is bad.
Dreich - dull and miserable weather
Turadh - a break in the clouds between showers
Solasta - luminous shining (possible nickname)
Splang - flash, spark, sparkle
Mo reul-iuil - my North Star (nickname)
Tha thu a ’fàileadh mar ghaoith - you have the scent of a breeze.
Osna - a sigh
Rionnag - star
Sollier - bright
Ghrian - the sun
mo ghràidh - my own love
Tha thu breagha - you are beautiful
Mo chridhe - my heart
Corrachag-cagail - dancing and flickering ember flames
Mo reul-iuil, is ann leatsa abhios mo chridhe gu brath - My North Star, my heart belongs to you forever
Dinna ken - didn’t know
A h-uile là sona dhuibh 's gun là idir dona dhuib - May all your days be happy ones
Tae - to
Winna - won’t or will not
Daena - don’t
Tis - it is or there is. This is most often a contraction t’is, but it looked messy and hard to read on the page so I removed the apostrophe. For Magnus it’s not a contraction, it’s a word.
Och nae - Oh no.
Ken, kent, kens - know, knew, knows
iora rua - a squirrel. (Magnus compares Kaitlyn to this ;o)
Beinn Labhair - Ben Lawers, the highest mountain in the southern part of the Scottish Highlands. It lies to the north of Loch Tay.
"And I will come again, my love, though it were ten thousand mile…” is from the beautiful Robert Burns poem, O my Luve's like a red, red rose, written in 1794 after Magnus’s time.
beannachd leibh - farewell or blessings be with you.
"Fra banc to banc, fra wod to wod, I rin, Ourhailit with my feeble fantasie, Lyk til a leif that fallis from a trie…” is from a sonnet by Mark Alexander Boyd. 1563-1601
breac - trout.
iasg mòr - big fish
uile-bhèist - monster
mucag is Gaelic for piglet
m’bhean - my wife
m’bhean ghlan - means clean wife, Fraoch's nickname for Hayley.
Droch-spiorad - evil spirit
Bean Nighe - Described as a form of banshee. Also known as the washer woman. She appears near a stream washing blood from the clothes of people who are about to die.
An Uaimh Bhinn - ‘the melodious cave’,
Faoileán - sea gulls
Là Naomh Anndrais - St Andrews Day feast
Locations:
Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island, Florida, present day
Magnus’s home in Scotland - Balloch. Built in 1552. In early 1800s it was rebuilt as Taymouth Castle. (Maybe because of the breach in the walls caused by our siege from the future?) Situated on the south bank of the River Tay, in the heart of the Grampian Mountains. In 2382 it is a ruin.
Kilchurn Castle - Magnus’s childhood home, favorite castle of his uncle Baldie. On an island at the northeastern end of Loch Awe. In the region Argyll.
The kingdom of Magnus the First, Riaghalbane, is in Scotland.
His Caisteal Morag is very near Balloch Castle lying on the south bank of the River Tay about a mile from Loch Tay.
Edinburgh in the year 1554.
True things that happened:
Flora Whitney and “Cully” Miller were married in 1927. Lady Mairead still denies that they ever time traveled. They actually do have a wikipedia page if you want to see...
Acknowledgments
A huge thank you to Heather Hawkes for beta-reading yet again and for saying, WHAT AN ADVENTURE!!!!! In all caps, which really made me feel like I had