Short Fiction · Character
Mr. Holliday
An aging colonist who lost his first planet to bad luck and worse competition, now begging Mead for half a world and a little peace.
supporting
Also known as Holliday
First appearance: riya s foundling
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Mr. Holliday is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
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Holliday is a sweating, darting-eyed man who cannot keep his gaze on Mead's face or off the window, haunted by a failure he can't fully explain — a withdrawn mineral deal, a lowered price, a rival option he never saw…
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Relationship types
- Friendship
- Other
Character groups
- Recurring and minor roles
- Minor Martian characters
- Variants and minor characters
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
This is the dramatic climax because Greaves confronts his deepest fear—becoming a Shadow—and resolves it by ch…
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Follow the arc while readingRelationships
- Mr. Marlowe
friendship · positive
- Mr. Mead
friendship · positive
- Mr. Mead
friendship · positive
- Mr. Marlowe
friendship · positive
- Mr. Mead
friendship · positive
- Mr. Marlowe
friendship · positive
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See Mr. Holliday in riya s foundling