A new detail about the time travel rules is gemstones appear to be warm to the touch to a traveler while non-travelers do not feel the warmth. Claire, Roger, and Brianna feel the warmth of Otter Tooth’s opal. Jemmy believes the gem is hot which Brianna believes is because he’s the product of two travelers.
Claire finds the a skull and a gem stone under a tree and encounters what she believes is the ghost of the person who died and possibly owned the gem.
Claire cleans up the skull and discovers silver fillings which is not something that will be invented for another 100 years. Whoever her ghost was he was also a traveler.
Brianna gives Claire a topaz necklace for the passage through the stones. Claire comments that she had on a jeweled watch when she went through the first time and Jamie’s father’s ring when she went through the second time.
Roger believes this means they protect you.
Geillis believed you could steer with them.
Claire herself tells us Gillian believed you needed gemstones to protect and guide. So does this mean a gemstone is needed to control the distance of your travel which would explain Geillis large jump.
Claire left Jamie in 1746 and returned to Frank in 1947. That is a 202 year difference.
She traveled with Jamie’s father’s ring and it was missing the stone when she got to 1948.
Geillis/Gillian goes through the stones in 1968 and clearly travels back more than 203 years because she’s there before Claire. We don’t know if she got there 1 or 5 years before but if she got there 5 minutes before then she went back 225 years. Clearly she was there enough time to establish herself and seduce Arthur Duncan into marriage so I’d guess 230 years.
Claire’s jeweled watch is damaged. She travels from 1946 to 1743 approximately 202-203 years depending on the time of year.
How was she able to travel?