Plan 1: Full Ride. This is the next step down from just reading the books. I will be skipping a few chapters that Hector is in but this will include every scene I think is relevant to his character overall. Read if you both have him and he already interests you as a character.

Book 1: Rise of the Wolf
Part 2: Spring, The Dyrewood
Chapter 7: The Healer
Part 3: The Redwine River
Chapter 1: The Road to Redmire
Chapter 2: The Court of the Boarlord
Chapter 5: Stranglehold
Part 4: The Wyrmwood
Chapter 2: The Magister
Part 5: Westland
Chapter 4: Talking to the Departed
Book 2: Rage of Lions
Part 1: The Wolf’s Council
Chapter 5: Autopsy
Part 2: The Talstaff Road
Chapter 3: The Lords of Redmire
Part 3: Of Blood, Flesh, and Bone
Chapter 2: Sibling Rivalry
Chapter 8: No More Sleeps
Part 4: The Storm from the South
Chapter 5: The Broken Heart Tavern
Part 5: Biting Back
Chapter 5: City on Fire
Book 3: Shadow of the Hawk
Part 1: Survivors
Chapter 4: House of the White Whale
Chapter 6: Song of the Sirens
Chapter 9: Bitter Blows
Part 3: Fires of the Furnace
Chapter 3: The White Isle
Chapter 5: The Host
Part 4: The Kiss of Silver
Chapter 4: Back from the Dead
Chapter 6: Straight and True
Part 6: Talons and Turncoats
Chapter 6: A Gift from the North
Part 7: Death From Above
Chapter 3: The Ratlord’s Skull
Book 4: Nest of Serpents
Part 1: The Calm Before
Chapter 6: Blackhand
Part 3: Tides of Terror
Chapter 1: Cold Comfort
Part 4: Painful Paths
Chapter 2: In Good Company
Chapter 6: Red Snow
Part 5: The Game and the Gambit
Chapter 2: In the Shadow of the Strakenberg
Chapter 5: Snowstorm
Chapter 5: The Bone and the Bargain
Book 5: Storm of Sharks
Part 1: Perilous Passage
Chapter 2: Deathwalker
Part 2: Bound and Beaten
Chapter 2: The Mother of Icegarden
Chapter 4: The Emissary
Part 3: Scarlet Seas
Chapter 4: Strange Counsel
Part 4: Battling Back
Chapter 8: The Reckoning
Part 5: Turning the Tide
Chapter 2: The Chapel of Brenn
Chapter 4: A Darkness Lifted
Chapter 8: A Wasted Talent
Part 6: Waves of War
Chapter 5: Locked In

Plan 2 (recommended): This is Hector's key scenes. This is the last one where you will probably still follow the plot. Its the same as plan 1 but with all of the fat trimmed out.

Book 1: Rise of the Wolf
Part 2: Spring, The Dyrewood
Chapter 7: The Healer
Chapter 8: Bonfires and Bandits
Part 3: The Redwine River
Chapter 2: The Court of the Boarlord
Chapter 5: Stranglehold
Part 4: The Wyrmwood
Chapter 2: The Magister
Part 5: Westland
Chapter 4: Talking to the Departed
Book 2: Rage of Lions
Part 1: The Wolf’s Council
Chapter 1: The Lord Protector
Chapter 5: Autopsy
Part 2: The Talstaff Road
Chapter 1: Breaking the Boar
Chapter 3: The Lords of Redmire
Part 3: Of Blood, Flesh, and Bone
Chapter 2: Sibling Rivalry
Chapter 8: No More Sleeps
Part 4: The Storm from the South
Chapter 5: The Broken Heart Tavern
Part 5: Biting Back
Chapter 5: City on Fire
Book 3: Shadow of the Hawk
Part 2: Red Sands, Dead Seas
Chapter 6: Song of the Sirens
Chapter 9: Bitter Blows
Part 3: Fires of the Furnace
Chapter 3: The White Isle
Chapter 5: The Host
Part 4: The Kiss of Silver
Chapter 4: Back from the Dead
Chapter 6: Straight and True
Part 5: Dangerous Games
Chapter 8: A Welcome in Tusken
Part 6: Talons and Turncoats
Chapter 4: The Scene of the Crime
Chapter 6: A Gift from the North
Part 7: Death From Above
Chapter 3: The Ratlord’s Skull
Book 4: Nest of Serpents
Part 1: The Calm Before
Chapter 6: Blackhand
Part 3: Tides of Terror
Chapter 1: Cold Comfort
Part 4: Painful Paths
Chapter 2: In Good Company
Part 5: The Game and the Gambit
Chapter 5: The Bone and the Bargain
Book 5: Storm of Sharks
Part 1: Perilous Passage
Chapter 2: Deathwalker
Part 2: Bound and Beaten
Chapter 2: The Mother of Icegarden
Part 4: Battling Back
Chapter 8: The Reckoning
Part 5: Turning the Tide
Chapter 2: The Chapel of Brenn
Chapter 4: A Darkness Lifted
Chapter 8: A Wasted Talent

Plan 3 (recommended for opponents): This is the chapters that you absolutely need to grasp the story of Hector's life, nothing extra.

Book 1: Rise of the Wolf
Part 2: Spring, The Dyrewood
Chapter 7: The Healer
Chapter 8: Bonfires and Bandits
Part 3: The Redwine River
Chapter 2: The Court of the Boarlord
Chapter 5: Stranglehold
Part 4: The Wyrmwood
Chapter 2: The Magister
Part 5: Westland
Chapter 4: Talking to the Departed
Book 2: Rage of Lions
Part 1: The Wolf’s Council
Chapter 5: Autopsy
Part 2: The Talstaff Road
Chapter 3: The Lords of Redmire
Part 3: Of Blood, Flesh, and Bone
Chapter 8: No More Sleeps
Part 4: The Storm from the South
Chapter 5: The Broken Heart Tavern
Book 3: Shadow of the Hawk
Part 2: Red Sands, Dead Seas
Chapter 6: Song of the Sirens
Part 3: Fires of the Furnace
Chapter 3: The White Isle
Chapter 5: The Host
Part 4: The Kiss of Silver
Chapter 4: Back from the Dead
Chapter 6: Straight and True
Part 6: Talons and Turncoats
Chapter 6: A Gift from the North
Part 7: Death From Above
Chapter 3: The Ratlord’s Skull
Book 4: Nest of Serpents
Part 1: The Calm Before
Chapter 6: Blackhand
Part 4: Painful Paths
Chapter 2: In Good Company
Part 5: The Game and the Gambit
Chapter 5: The Bone and the Bargain
Book 5: Storm of Sharks
Part 1: Perilous Passage
Chapter 2: Deathwalker
Part 5: Turning the Tide
Chapter 2: The Chapel of Brenn
Chapter 4: A Darkness Lifted
Chapter 8: A Wasted Talent

Plan 4: The bare minimum to get Hector's personality. Go for this one if you're pressed for time.

Book 1: Rise of the Wolf
Part 2: Spring, The Dyrewood
Chapter 7: The Healer
Part 3: The Redwine River
Chapter 5: Stranglehold
Part 4: The Wyrmwood
Chapter 2: The Magister
Part 5: Westland
Chapter 4: Talking to the Departed
Book 2: Rage of Lions
Part 1: The Wolf’s Council
Chapter 5: Autopsy
Part 3: Of Blood, Flesh, and Bone
Chapter 8: No More Sleeps
Book 3: Shadow of the Hawk
Part 3: Fires of the Furnace
Chapter 3: The White Isle
Chapter 5: The Host
Part 4: The Kiss of Silver
Chapter 6: Straight and True
Part 7: Death From Above
Chapter 3: The Ratlord’s Skull
Book 4: Nest of Serpents
Part 5: The Game and the Gambit
Chapter 5: The Bone and the Bargain
Book 5: Storm of Sharks
Part 5: Turning the Tide
Chapter 2: The Chapel of Brenn
Chapter 4: A Darkness Lifted
Chapter 8: A Wasted Talent