The answer lies in compromise — Colum will be named Laird, but Dougal will be war chieftain and laird in times of battle.

This is the same unique set up that Claire (Caitriona Balfe) encounters when she arrives at Castle Leoch decades later in the ...

The Outlander prequel series features several familiar names, including Colum and Dougal MacKenzie, Lord Loval, Murtagh, ...