Dogman

Logen Ninefingers' oldest friend, the North's best scout, and later the ruler of Uffrith.

Last updated 27 October 2026

The Dogman is a Named Man of the North, famous for his scouting and his extraordinary sense of smell, and the oldest friend of Logen Ninefingers. He rides in Logen's crew with Rudd Threetrees, Black Dow, Tul Duru Thunderhead, Harding Grim and Forley the Weakest, and is one of the point-of-view characters of Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy.

Quick Facts

Culture

Northern

Known for

Scouting
sense of smell
archery

Crew

Logen Ninefingers' crew

Daughter

Rikke

Point-of-view in

The First Law trilogy

Facts from the source article.

Background

Lean and sharp-toothed, he fights with a bow and, up close, a sword, and he speaks the Union tongue with a thick accent. With Logen thought dead, he follows Threetrees south and the crew end up fighting for the Union against Bethod; when the chieftainship falls to him, he takes Uffrith as a Union port, holds the High Places tower during the siege that traps Bethod, and loses Harding Grim in the Battle of Adua. After The Heroes the peace settlement makes him master of a Protectorate between the Cusk and the Whiteflow, including Uffrith. Twenty years on, old and grey, he wins back the Protectorate at Red Hill in A Little Hatred, and he dies in The Trouble With Peace, buried in the garden he never had time to tend, leaving his daughter Rikke to decide the Protectorate's future.

Source

Text adapted from Dogman on the First Law Wiki (Fandom, CC BY-SA 3.0). Page history: contributors. Codexery summarised the page, and this entry is shared under the same licence.