# Hernandez — Nostromo character guide

> Hernandez in Nostromo by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hernandez the Robber, the bandit Hernandez

**First appearance:** 0003-nostromo

## Who they are

A feared bandit who later becomes a general for the government.

## In the story

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

The bandit who petitions to enlist with his followers in the government forces, offering to deliver Monterist emissaries as a sign of good faith.

### [The Solitude of Martin Decoud and the Regenerated Sulaco](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nostromo_se/chapters/x)

Hernandez, the former bandit now Minister of War, is pointed out by Captain Mitchell as a remarkable character and protector of Sulaco refugees.

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