Cara O’Ballevan

After enduring a brutal first marriage, Cara follows her mother-in-law Margaret to Lochbuie hoping for a new start. Although Cara is kind & humble, she’s still an outsider to the untrusting MacFadyen clan. Forced to leave her loom behind in Ireland, she must gain the clan’s trust to find work and support Margaret.

  • Birthday/Age: April 22, 1355 (28)

    Nickname: Sweet Lass (by Margaret)

    Appearance: Red hair, mossy green eyes, freckles, petite.

    Background: From Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland. Daughter of weavers (parents deceased).

    Marriages: Duncan MacSweeney (handfasted 1372, deceased)

    Relationships:

    Best Friend & Mother-in-Law - Margaret MacFadyen

    Aunt-in-Law - Ursula MacFadyen

    Friend - Rhona MacFadyen

  • Occupation: Weaver (16 years of experience)

    Skills: Arithmetic (expert)

    Hobbies: Cara was instructed by her mother in the traditions of sean-nós singing and also plays clarsach harp. Her favorite songs to sing are psalms.

  • “These are the laird’s fields. I wouldn’t want anything to happen to his tools. I appreciate your help, but you can go. I can put these things away. It’s my responsibility.”

    The half-smile crept back up his left cheek and he smoothed his hand over his coiled, inky hair. “I know the laird. It would not please him to know that you’re out here alone in the dark, worrying over his belongings instead of your safety…”