# Dain Waris — Lord Jim character guide

> Dain Waris in Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Waris, Dain Waris Panglima, The Panglima

**First appearance:** 0024-xxiii

## Snapshot

Doramin's son, called Panglima, whose quick, energetic defense of Patusan makes him Jim's closest friend and the most trusted blade at his side.

## Who they are

Dain Waris is the young Bugis leader whose decisive action against Brown's intruders prevents the town from being burned and its people shot down in their streets. He moves in the same tight circle as Jim, a son to Doramin and a brother-in-arms to the white man who has remade Patusan, and his competence is the quiet counterweight to Jim's romantic self-doubt. Because Brown reads men with a satanic eye, the friendship between Jim and Dain Waris becomes one of the pressure points through which the outside world presses back in.

## Relationships

### [Jim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/characters/jim)

_friendship_

Dain Waris, Doramin's son, becomes Jim's closest friend and ally, trusting him completely until his death at Brown's hands.

### [Jim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/characters/jim)

_friendship_

Dain Waris, Doramin's son, becomes Jim's closest friend and ally, trusting him completely until his death at Brown's hands.

## In the story

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/iii)

Not present in this chapter.

### [Chapter XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxvi)

Described as a distinguished youth with a European mind, the first to believe in Jim, and the best friend Jim ever had.

### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxvii)

Fights alongside Jim during the assault, smiles encouragingly, and is later mentioned as listening quietly to Jim's story.

### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxviii)

Dain Waris is Doramin's son, consulted by Jim in appointing headmen after Sherif Ali's defeat.

### [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxxv)

Mentioned as intelligent and brave, with faith in Jim.

### [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xxxix)

Leads the first repulse; advocates immediate action but is overruled by the council; ordered by Doramin to blockade the river.

### [XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xl)

Warned by Kassim about the white men's ship and urged to oppose its passage.

### [XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xliv)

Killed by a bullet during Brown's ambush.

### [Chapter XLV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_jim_se/chapters/xlv)

Dain Waris is dead, his body brought to Doramin, with a small wound in the forehead.

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