# Baron Wunderhausen — Futility character guide

> Baron Wunderhausen in Futility by William Gerhardie.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Baron, The young Baron, Wunderhausen, no Wunderhausen

**First appearance:** 0005-i

## Who they are

A baron with a minor but distinct part in the story.

## Relationships

### [Nikolai Vasilievich](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/characters/nikolai_vasilievich)

_friendship_

Baron Wunderhausen is a quirky but steadfast companion to Nikolai, sharing in his adventures.

### [Nikolai Vasilievich](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/characters/nikolai_vasilievich)

_friendship_

Baron Wunderhausen is a quirky but steadfast companion to Nikolai, sharing in his adventures.

### [Nikolai Vasilievich](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/characters/nikolai_vasilievich)

_friendship_

Baron Wunderhausen is a quirky but steadfast companion to Nikolai, sharing in his adventures.

## In the story

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

A regular visitor from the Baltic Provinces, described as polite, cunning, and overdressed; he dances with the sisters and makes love with his eyes.

### [The Narrator's First Intervention](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/chapters/x)

On the balcony laughing; the narrator plans to marry him to Sonia.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/chapters/xi)

Makes love to Nina in French, is rebuffed, and later pursues Sonia, allegedly for the mines.

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

Expresses bitterness about the family's finances; suggests handing Stanitski over to the Bolshevik militia; engages in philosophical debate about death and proof.

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

Travels with the family; faces potential military service.

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

Repeatedly asks the narrator about transferring to the English Service, expresses pessimism about the Russian cause, and criticizes the Czechs and Americans.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/chapters/vi)

A second lieutenant in Kolchak's Army who asks to be interpreter; he advocates for British control over Russia and wants to join the British Army.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/chapters/viii)

Participates in jazzing with the others.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/chapters/ix)

The Baron has fled to Japan overnight, and it is revealed he was not a real baron, having lied about his title.

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