Character from The First Law by Joe Abercrombie
A convict who counts everything — steps, bricks, heartbeats — and kills with the same detached mathematical precision, because violence is just another number to process.
Friendly speaks in numbers and flat statements. He counts compulsively — a behavior that's never diagnosed but clearly sits on a spectrum the First Law world doesn't have words for. He's not cruel, not kind, not anything recognizable as emotion. He's a counting machine that happens to be extremely good at killing. He follows Cosca because Cosca gives him structure, and he kills when told to because the numbers always add up the same way. He's one of the series' most unsettling characters because he's not motivated by rage, greed, or ideology — he's motivated by nothing at all.
Big, solid, and expressionless — a face designed for institutions. His eyes count things you didn't know could be counted. He moves with a mechanical precision that suggests either extreme discipline or extreme pathology. Probably both.
Also known as: Friendly