Logen Nine-fingers, also known as "The Bloody Nine", is a Northman fighter and champion, originating from beyond the mountains typically bordering what is considered The North and Angland. He has a great many scars, including such curiosities as a cut in his stomach from a duel with Harding Grim. His most noticeable wound, and the source of his name, is a missing finger on his left hand. He was Bethod's champion during his conquest of the North, and defeated 10 other champions in challenge duels, including Shama Heartless, Black Dow, Tul Duru The Thunderhead, Harding Grim, and Rudd Threetrees, before the beginning of The Blade Itself.

He is a point-of-view character for The First Law Trilogy chronicling his journey from the North, around the world, and back. Described as big, heavily-scarred and physically imposing, he hopes to become a better man than he was under Bethod, though he often finds himself getting drawn into bloody confrontations.

Logen is a powerful swordsman and a cunning tactician, but prefers not to think much about the long term. He also has the rare ability to speak with primal spirits, although few remain active in this age of the world.

The Bloody NineEdit

When under great duress, Logen sometimes enters a berserker state, where he takes on a second identity called "The Bloody Nine". While in this fugue state, he disregards all injuries and fatigue, and feels neither doubt nor mercy. He views everyone he sees in this state as either 'dead' or 'soon to be dead'. The Bloody Nine makes no distinction between friend and foe, earning him the collective fear of the North. This leads to the death of several people close to Logen, including his childhood friend and his own father. During the battle of the High Places, Logen becomes the Bloody Nine and is able to hold the line after the gate is breached, but when his companion Tul Duru attempts to help him up after a fight, the Bloody nine stabs him in the neck and takes his sword.