Character from The First Law by Joe Abercrombie
A Northman who went south to be a better man — and lost an eye, his ideals, and his humanity in the process, becoming the cold-blooded killer he was trying not to be.
Shivers starts as the series' experiment in redemption — a violent Northman who genuinely tries to leave the North's cycle of killing behind. He goes to Styria to be better. Styria burns his eye out and teaches him that the world punishes idealism. By The Heroes and beyond, he's become what he tried to escape — a feared killer, silent and efficient, his metal eye a constant reminder of what trying to be good cost him. He's Logen's inverse: Logen keeps trying to be better and failing. Shivers tried, was punished for it, and stopped trying. He's Abercrombie's most pessimistic character arc — the man who proves that the world doesn't want you to change.
Tall, powerful, and increasingly scarred as the series progresses. After losing his eye in Styria (burned out in a firepit), he wears a metal eye that gleams in the socket like a cold, dead star. His face, once open and hopeful, hardens into something closed and predatory across his appearances.
Also known as: Shivers, Caul Shivers