In The Princess Bride, Yeste is an old friend of Domingo Montoya and a skilled sword maker, though not as skilled as Domingo. He's a fat and wealthy man who does well for himself making swords in Madrid. Occasionally, he takes a job that is too difficult, at which point he begs Domingo to secretly make the sword for him and Domingo agrees. After Count Rugen kills Domingo, Yeste cares for young Inigo for two years until Inigo runs away. When Inigo returns ten years later, Yeste declares him a fencing wizard, which is the next level up from a fencing master. Inigo explains that he trained with others because he knew that the kind Yeste wouldn't push him for fear of hurting his ego.