Hector last name?

[M David Steel]

Just thought, if Hector has a last name, what is it? something points to montgomery for me, maybe a nephew, but other thoughts/explanations are good too

[Teleram]

It's never said in the series, I think.

[Dante]

We didn't get one in ATWQ, so we probably never will - therefore, fans, please fill in your best bets.

[Hermes]

In my imagining of the universe Hector's surname is Ruiz. Partly because he like Mexican food, so it makes sense to see him as of Mexican (and more remotely Spanish) descent; and partly as a reference to Carlos Ruiz Zafon, whose 'Cemetery of Forgotten books' recalls Hector's preserving the books banned form the library.

[Agathological]

Why didn't Hector tell the Baudelaires about V.F.D? And was belying when he said his father, his fathers father and etc. being the Villages handymen?

[Hermes]

To the second, that being easier: no, I don't think he was lying. It seems likely there was an old connection between VFDepartment and VFDevotees, and he was recruited from there.

To the first: this is a big mystery which we have had to ponder since WCTBATH came out. There does seem to be a tendency in VFD by the time of ASOUE to avoid action whenever possible; and he may not have trusted the Baudelaires because they had lived with Olaf, and it was possible that he had recruited them. (The passage in WCTBATH about saving up your fear is relevant to his general character, I think.)

[Dante]

I think Hector may well just have been very skittish about his own hidden past - though it's also likely true that he would have been under orders never to reveal his V.F.D. connections to anyone, at least not before recruiting them. Does he ever actually lie about his past, rather than just leaving things out? Still, just think what the poor man must have gone through when he saw what was happening to Jacques, though!

[Agathological]

Very true! Jacques; the under developed Snicket

[counto]

Hector's name is a reference to the actual character Hector from The Iliad, who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War

[A Very Glittery Christmas]

I like Ruiz for Hector's surname, especially with the built-in literary reference.

[Geru Tosz]

El apellido de Hector es Hernández