Character
Fergus Fraser
Fergus Fraser in Outlander (2014), played by César Domboy.
Fergus is a young Parisian pickpocket, quick-fingered and quicker-witted, surviving by his nerve in a brothel where he's put to work stealing letters. When Jamie Fraser catches him mid-theft, the boy talks his way out of trouble with a cheek and charm that outstrips his ragged clothes and hungry frame.
César Domboy plays Fergus's bravado as armor over real vulnerability, so his attachment to Jamie reads as a starving child finally handed something like family rather than mere plot convenience. The character gives the show a lightness and loyalty that grounds its grander romance, a street kid whose devotion never once feels performed.
Fergus Claudel Fraser, formerly known as Claudel, is a French emigrant to the American colonies via Scotland. Born in Paris, he grew up in a brothel, not knowing who his true parents were or if they still lived. In 1744, while Jamie and Claire Fraser lived in Paris, Jamie hired him as a pickpocket and gave him his new Scottish name.
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Outlander2014