# Baron Heyst — Victory character guide

> Baron Heyst in Victory by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the late Baron Heyst, Heyst

**First appearance:** 0004-victory

## Who they are

Axel Heyst's deceased father, a Swedish philosopher who shaped his son's detachment.

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