# Jim Holroyd — Short Fiction character guide

> Jim Holroyd in Short Fiction by H. G. Wells.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** James Holroyd, Holroyd, the hated Holroyd

**First appearance:** 0069-a-dream-of-armageddon

## Who they are

A man in a story of a dream of Armageddon.

## In the story

### [The Lord of the Dynamos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_25_se/chapters/the-lord-of-the-dynamos)

The chief attendant of the dynamos, a heavy, red-haired brute who bullies Azuma-zi and is ultimately killed by the dynamo.

### [The Empire of the Ants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_25_se/chapters/the-empire-of-the-ants)

An English engineer accompanying the expedition, skeptical of the ants' danger.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_25_se/chapters/i)

Lancashire engineer traveling with Gerilleau; observes the environment and learns about the ants, reflecting on humanity's fragility.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_25_se/chapters/ii)

The English observer who scrutinizes the ants and the derelict cuberta through field glasses, noting their intelligent behavior.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_25_se/chapters/ii)

Holroyd is the Englishman aboard the monitor who closely observes the ants and the events.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_25_se/chapters/iii)

Observes Gerilleau's actions with growing unease, reflecting on the ants' intelligence and the futility of their response.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_25_se/chapters/iv)

Narrator recounts Holroyd's story about intelligent ants; Holroyd is trying to 'excite people' about the threat before it's too late.

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