A guide to all the new 'Outlander' characters who have joined the show for season 7
Alongside familiar favorites, season seven of "Outlander" includes several new characters.
Jamie's secret son, William Ransom, has reentered the story for the first time since season three.
Meanwhile, a pair of Quakers who will surely cross paths with Claire and Jamie have been introduced.
Since it began airing in 2014, time-travel drama "Outlander" has seen plenty of supporting characters come and go, as protagonists Claire (Caitríona Balfe) and Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) take on epic adventure after epic adventure.
From adversaries like Captain Jack Randall (Tobias Menzies) and Stephen Bonnet (Edward Speelers) to allies like Jocasta MacKenzie Cameron (Maria Doyle Kennedy) and Ned Gowan (Bill Paterson), the beloved couple can always be relied on to make friends and enemies wherever in the world they find themselves.
In the current seventh season, the destruction of their Fraser's Ridge home has propelled the couple on a new path where they encounter a host of fresh faces — who viewers get their first glimpse of in this week's episode.
Meanwhile, Jamie and Claire's daughter Brianna (Sophie Skelton) and her husband Roger MacKenzie (Richard Rankin) also find themselves getting to know some new acquaintances as they settle into their new lives in the 20th century following their decision to travel back to the future.
Read on for a guide to the cast and characters who appear in "Outlander" season seven.
Charles Vandervaart plays William Ransom, the son Jamie secretly fathered in season three.
Viewers got their first glimpse of William Ransom in the second episode of season seven, but his storyline begins in earnest in episode four. An ambitious young British soldier, he arrives in America longing for the glory of battle, though he doesn't yet understand what war truly is.
He is legally the son and heir of the Earl of Ellesmere and his wife, Geneva Dunsany (Hannah James). However, he was secretly fathered by Jamie (Sam Heughan) after Geneva blackmailed Jamie to take her virginity before her wedding night.
Following both of his parents' deaths, William was raised by his mother's sister, Isobel Dunsany (Tanya Reynolds), and her husband, Lord John Grey, who he now considers his father.
Vandervaart is probably best known to audiences for his roles in the Canadian drama series "Murdoch Mysteries" and the family TV show "Holly Hobbie." He also appeared in the 2020 remake of "The Craft," titled "The Craft: Legacy" and Netflix drama "October Faction."
Izzy Meikle-Small plays a Quaker woman named Rachel Hunter, who along with her brother, has joined the Continental Army.
Rachel has been raised as a Quaker but has found herself "put out of meeting" — aka kicked out of the community — for supporting her brother Denzell's choice to serve as a physician for the Continental Army.
Although she's a pacifist, Rachel believes in the cause of liberty and aids Denzell as they tend to the soldiers that fight for it, finding love with someone unexpected.
When audiences first meet Rachel and her siblings, they are living in the small Quaker settlement Oak Grove close to the Dismal Swamp, and it's a chance meeting that brings her into the lives of both William and Ian Murray (John Bell).
Meikle-Small may be familiar to audiences from her portraying the younger versions of several famous actors.
In "Never Let Me Go," she played the child version of Carey Mulligan's character; in 'Snow White and the Huntsman," she appeared in flashbacks as the younger version of Charlize Theron's powerful sorceress; in the BBC miniseries "Great Expectations," she was young Estella, while Vanessa Kirby played her older counterpart.
Rachel's surgeon brother, Denzell 'Denny' Hunter, is played by Joey Phillips. He goes against the ideals of his religion and community to join the Revolution.
Denzell, like his sister, is a Quaker who, when we meet him, has been ousted by the community following his decision to support the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
He feels guilty for bringing his sister into the war, but he knows she's just as strong-willed and passionate as he is about the cause.
Phillips has starred in many British television dramas since making his on-screen debut in 2009. He's also appeared in several stage productions, including recent productions of "A Christmas Carol," "Richard III," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Billy Elliott."
Chris Fulton plays Rob Cameron, one of Brianna MacKenzie's new work colleagues. After becoming closer to the MacKenzies, he realizes the family can provide something he needs.
While Rob is initially dismissive and distrustful of Brianna (Sophie Skelton), unhappy with the fact that he has to take orders from a woman, the Hydro Electric Board employee soon realizes that striking up a friendship with his new boss and her husband, Roger (Richard Rankin), could prove useful.
Fulton has starred in another hugely popular romance series, playing Sir Phillip Crane on Netflix's "Bridgerton." He had a major arc as rouge mage Reince on season two of "The Witcher" and appeared in the series "Clique." Other television credits include "Succession," "Retribution," and "Stonemouth."
Episode four of "Outlander" season seven is now available to stream on Starz.com, and also airs at 8 p.m. Friday on Starz.
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