Later, after Claire has returned to the Ridge, she is confessor to Allan Christie, who explains that he was the one that fathered Malva's child, and then murdered her.
Claire tried to convince him to not take his own life, but Ian Fraser Murray made that decision for him shooting him with an arrow.
The young Malva then later claimed Jamie was the father of her baby, and was eventually found dead in the Fraser's vegetable patch. In a particularly harrowing scene, Claire tries to save the unborn baby but is tragically unable to.
Based on Diana Gabaldon's A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Malva's killer will soon be revealed as her half-brother, Allan, who is also Malva's baby's father.
It turns out Ian and Malva did sleep together. It was only the once, but we all know how these things work.
Later, after Claire has returned to the Ridge, she is confessor to Allan Christie, who explains that he was the one that fathered Malva's child, and then murdered her.
Jamie denies having slept with her, but the damage to his and to Claire's reputation is done—and the bond between the Frasers and Malva is severed, until just a few weeks later, when Claire finds Malva murdered in the garden. “It's like the peak of the tragedy, and it's so visceral.
It's Tom who eventually finds out. Malva, before her death, tells him that she made them sick. She'd collected parts of the dead Sin Eater and poisoned Claire and Tom.
Malva Christie might have only been introduced in Outlander Season 6, but she has a central role in the drama. The daughter of Tom Christie, she is both naive and sinister, and many Outlander fans have struggled to work out her true intentions.
Claire eventually realizes that Malva is lying because she knows her husband well enough. Tom seems to question Malva's story.
Malva was first introduced at the beginning of the season as a new resident of the Ridge who admired Claire's medical skills. Behind her admiration was a darker side of blackmail, betraying Claire's trust, and stalking. She falsely claimed Jamie was the father of her unborn child.
Tom Christie admits to having feelings for Claire and knows she's innocent, so he confesses to killing his daughter in order to spare Claire's life.
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Henri-Christian is born as the fourth child of Fergus and Marsali. He is a dwarf and some of the residents of Fraser's Ridge believe he is a punishment for his parents' sins. Henri-Christian is placed in a basket and put into a stream by some boys. Roger saves him and baptized him.
Tom and Claire unexpectedly meet each other with the preacher questioning whether Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) was aware of his feelings. In the book, Claire confirms Jamie is well aware of Tom's unrequited feelings towards her and understands them as someone who is in love with her.
Author Diana Gabaldon who has penned the series upon which the Starz show is based confirmed that the ghost was indeed Jamie Fraser but remained cryptic about the reasoning behind his appearance and what it could mean for the show later on during an interview for the Outlander podcast in 2014.
References. ↑ Voyager, chapter 60: Geillis Duncan describes the experience of witnessing her own execution, and confirms that Father Bain had died from the infected dog bite on his leg three months before she was meant to be burned as a witch.
“He's about 25,” Gabaldon said. It's an interesting response. If you're up to date on the series, then you know that Jamie is not dead at the age of 25.
Claire is arrested for murder, but Tom learns the truth in the end. It was Allan who did it. It turns out Allan sexually abused and raped Malva, and he is the father of the child. He made Malva sleep with other men and eventually claim Jamie is the father.
Mona was sentenced to hang, leaving both Allan and Malva in the care of their aunt.
However, Ian really did sleep with Malva—but he was not the only man Malva lay with.
As Tom Christie reveals in Chapter 97 of A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Malva was the product of an affair between his wife Mona and his brother Edgar while he was imprisoned at Ardsmuir.
Allan's father Tom later took the fall and falsely confessed to killing Malva in the hopes of ending Claire's trial.
The haircutting was part of the process. Malva wanted to make Claire undesirable. She wanted to make Jamie turn to her instead of to his wife. We can get a sense of that from the way Claire worried about Jamie seeing her with the short, jagged hair.
During his time apart from Claire, Jamie slept with several women, including Mary McNab (Emma Campbell-Jones) and Geneva Dunsany (Hannah James). And of course, there was Laoghaire MacKenzie (Nell Hudson) as well who had her sights on Jamie since season one.
She didn't seem to be doing it for “fun.” Malva just seemed curious, but why would she be curious about that? She's never seemed curious about the intimacies of a couple before. This suggests that she's up to something. Watching the two gives her information to use in the future.