Character from Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
The man who made Steelheart bleed — an ordinary father in a bank who picked up a gun, aimed at the wrong Epic, and accidentally proved that gods can hurt.
David's father has no first name in the series. He's defined entirely by two acts: he believed Steelheart was a hero (briefly, upon first seeing him), and he shot at Deathpoint to protect the people in the bank. The first act is why the bullet worked: in the instant he fired, he wasn't afraid of Steelheart because he still thought Steelheart was there to help. His belief — naive, brief, and fatal — is the only reason Steelheart's invulnerability failed. Steelheart killed him for it. Not because the wound was dangerous, but because David's father SAW him bleed. The tyrant's ego couldn't tolerate a witness to his vulnerability. David watched his father die and spent the next ten years turning that memory into a weapon.
An ordinary man. That's the point. Not a soldier, not a hero, not someone with special training. Just a father who was in the wrong place at the wrong time and did the right thing for the wrong reasons.
Also known as: David's Father