# Colonel Adye — The Invisible Man character guide

> Colonel Adye in The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Adye

**First appearance:** 0024-xxv-the-hunting-of-the-invisible-man

## Who they are

The local police chief who must organize a manhunt for a criminal no one can see, testing the limits of law and order against an impossible foe.

## Relationships

### [Dr. Kemp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_invisible_man_se/characters/dr_kemp)

_professional_

Colonel Adye works with Dr. Kemp as the local police authority to capture the invisible man, sharing a cooperative but tense alliance.

### [Griffin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_invisible_man_se/characters/griffin)

_rivalry_

Colonel Adye leads the official manhunt for Griffin, representing law and order against the invisible man's chaos and violence.

### [Dr. Kemp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_invisible_man_se/characters/dr_kemp)

_professional_

Colonel Adye works with Dr. Kemp as the local police authority to capture the invisible man, sharing a cooperative but tense alliance.

### [Dr. Kemp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_invisible_man_se/characters/dr_kemp)

_professional_

Colonel Adye works with Dr. Kemp as the local police authority to capture the invisible man, sharing a cooperative but tense alliance.

### [Griffin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_invisible_man_se/characters/griffin)

_rivalry_

Colonel Adye leads the official manhunt for Griffin, representing law and order against the invisible man's chaos and violence.

## In the story

### [In the Jolly Cricketers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_invisible_man_se/chapters/xvi-in-the-jolly-cricketers)

The policeman on duty at the inn; he tries to manage the situation and is hit in the face during the struggle.

### [The Invisible Man Sleeps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_invisible_man_se/chapters/xviii-the-invisible-man-sleeps)

Kemp addresses a note to him, indicating the beginning of a plan to betray Griffin.

### [The Plan That Failed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_invisible_man_se/chapters/xxiv-the-plan-that-failed)

Arrives with police in response to Kemp's letter; is attacked and thrown down the stairs by Griffin.

### [The Hunting of the Invisible Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_invisible_man_se/chapters/xxv-the-hunting-of-the-invisible-man)

Police official who takes charge of the manhunt operations.

### [The Wicksteed Murder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_invisible_man_se/chapters/xxvi-the-wicksteed-murder)

Signs Kemp's proclamation, which is posted across the district.

### [The Siege of Kemp's House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_invisible_man_se/chapters/xxvii-the-siege-of-kemp-s-house)

Adye arrives at Kemp's house after the servant is assaulted. He reads the Invisible Man's letter and attempts to go for bloodhounds, but is ambushed outside, disarmed, and forced back toward the house. He is later shot by the Invisible Man.

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