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Shiv is fighting in the [[ritual]] on behalf of the [[The Baxter Society|Baxter Society]].<ref>{{PageRef|name=Archmother}}'s in-game [[Shiv/Quotes#Patrons|voice line]] (Shiv start): ''"The Baxter Society is counting on you, Shiv. Don't fail your brothers."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Shiv}}'s in-game [[Shiv/Quotes#Select|voice line]] (select): ''"The Baxter Society sent me."''</ref> His wish is unknown, but Shiv's motivation is to prove his worth to {{HeroIcon|Grey Talon}} and the Baxter Society.<ref name=":9">{{PageRef|name=Shiv}}'s in-game [[Shiv/Quotes#Pre-Game|voice line]] (Pre-Game Ping): ''"I'll prove to the old man that I'm worthy."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Shiv}}'s in-game [[Shiv/Quotes#Post-Game|voice line]] (Post-Game Ping): ''"Think the Baxter Society's gonna be lookin' at me different, now!"''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Shiv}}'s in-game [[Shiv/Quotes#Post-Game|voice line]] (Post-Game Ping): ''"I proved my worth."''</ref>  

Shiv's criminal past is described as "bloody" and "tortured",<ref>{{PageRef|name=Hidden King}}'s in-game [[Shiv/Quotes#Patrons|voice line]] (Shiv start): ''"Yours is a bloody past, Shiv. But there is a life beyond it. Let the Hidden King show you the path forward."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Paige}}'s in-game [[Paige/Quotes#Allies|voice line]] (pass Shiv on zipline): ''"I'm a sucker for a man with a tortured past."''</ref> and according to those who knew him at the time, he did horrible things.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5">{{VoiceLineCite|name=Venator|quotes=Shiv/Quotes#Enemy Heroes|context=(killed Shiv)|transcription=You have many crimes to answer for, Shiv.}}</ref><ref name=":6" />

 

 

 

Shiv allegedly "took something that doesn't belong to him".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Graves|quotes=Graves/Quotes#Hero-Specific Voice Lines|transcription=You took something that doesn't belong to you, Shiv.}}</ref>

 

Shiv is referred to as a biker.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Holliday|file=Astro kill shiv 02.mp3|context=(killed Shiv)|transcription=You're not above the law Shiv, you're just a shitty biker.}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Paige|quotes=Shiv/Quotes#Enemy Heroes|context=(killed Shiv)|transcription=Stopped the biker.}}</ref>

Shiv takes pride in his appearance, especially with his hair.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Shiv|hero2=Holliday|number=1|hero_quote1=Holliday|quote1=Must have liked your hair.|hero_quote2=Shiv|quote2=Lady, everyone likes my hair.}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Shiv|quotes=Shiv/Quotes#kill enemy hero|context=(melee kill)|transcription=Hope I didn't get blood in my hair.}}</ref> He claims that he doesn't need to do his pompadour as he "wakes up looking this pretty".<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Shiv|hero2=Abrams|number=2|hero_quote1=Abrams|quote1=And how long did it take you to do your hair?|hero_quote2=Shiv|quote2=Please, I wake up looking this pretty.}}</ref> Other characters often compliment Shiv's hair.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Shiv|hero2=Lady Geist|number=3|hero_quote1=Lady Geist|quote1=I'm impressed.|hero_quote2=Shiv|quote2=I haven’t done anything yet.|hero_quote3=Lady Geist|quote3=You manage to make a pompadour look attractive.}}</ref><ref name=":10" /><ref name=":11" />

 

Shiv loves knives, and appreciates quality bladework.<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Shiv|hero2=Apollo|number=2}}</ref> He's also enthusiastic about stabbing things.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Shiv|quotes=Shiv/Quotes#unselect|context=(unselect)|transcription=Call me when you need something stabbed.}}</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Shiv|hero2=Lady Geist|number=3|hero_quote1=Shiv|quote1=Wait til you see me stab somethin’.}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Billy|quotes=Billy/Quotes#allies|context=(Shiv multikill)|transcription=Shiv is, uh, enthusiastic about stabbing people.}}</ref> Characters are often skeptical of Shiv's skills as an "amateur" in the Baxter Society,<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Shiv|hero2=Lady Geist|number=2|hero_quote1=Lady Geist|quote1=Oh great. I'm paired with a rank amateur.|hero_quote2=Shiv|quote2=Just try to keep up, Lady Geist. I’ll be accepting your apology later.}}</ref><ref>{{HeroIcon|Warden}}'s in-game [[Warden/Quotes#Allies|voice line]] (ally Shiv unkillable): ''"Looks like he's not a fop after all."''</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Calico|quotes=Calico/Quotes#allies|context=(Shiv multikill)|transcription=Okay, maybe he has talent.}}</ref> but he's confident in his own abilities.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Shiv|hero2=Dynamo|number=3|hero_quote1=Dynamo|quote1=Stay close to me, Shiv. I'll do my best to keep you in the fight.|hero_quote2=Shiv|quote2=Professor, you couldn't keep me out of a fight.}}</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Shiv|hero2=Apollo|number=3}}</ref>

Shiv enjoys drinking [[wikipedia:Bourbon_whiskey|bourbon]] and frequents [[Jezebel's]].<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Shiv|file=Shiv unselect 09.mp3|context=(Unselect)|transcription=Looks like I'll be hanging out with my good friend 'Bourbon' today.}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Shiv|quotes=Shiv/Quotes#enemies|context=(killed Infernus)|transcription=Looks like that's one bar I won't be visiting anytime soon.}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Shiv|quotes=Shiv/Quotes#enemies|context=(killed Infernus)|transcription=Good bartender. Bad fighter.}}</ref> He intends to get a drink with his allies after the ritual if he wins.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Shiv|quotes=Shiv/Quotes#post-game|context=(post-game ping)|transcription=Time to celebrate! Who's buyin'?}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Shiv|quotes=Shiv/Quotes#emotional|context=(happy)|transcription=After this, drinks are on me.}}</ref> Shiv also enjoys bowling.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Shiv|file=Shiv unselect 07.mp3|context=(Unselect)|transcription=Sorry friend, today is my day off and I'm going bowling.}}</ref>

 

Grey Talon has high hopes for Shiv, despite his criminal past, and holds him in high regard, placing Shiv in the top 8 of people he'd want fighting alongside him.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":8">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Grey Talon|hero2=Shiv|number=2}}</ref>

 

One of Shiv's goals in the ritual is to prove his worth to Grey Talon.<ref name=":9" />

Silver loathes Shiv with a passion and refuses to believe he could change from his criminal past.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Silver}}'s in-game [[Silver/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Shiv): ''"The Baxter Society can't protect you from me!"''</ref><ref name=":7">{{PageRef|name=Silver}}'s in-game [[Silver/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Shiv): ''"I don't give a shit what the Baxter Society says, people don't change!"''</ref> She believes he deserves a fate worse than death.<ref name=":0">{{PageRef|name=Silver}}'s in-game [[Silver/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Shiv): ''"He deserved worse."''</ref>  

 

 

How Silver and Shiv met each other and why Silver hates Shiv is currently unknown.

 

 

* Multiple characters compliment Shiv's appearance, calling him "pretty boy",<ref name=":13">{{VoiceLineCite|name=Infernus|suffix='|file=Inferno ping see shiv 02.mp3|context=(ping see Shiv)|transcription=I see that pretty boy.}}</ref> "handsome bastard",<ref name=":14">{{VoiceLineCite|name=Pocket|file=Pocket ping see shiv 02.mp3|context=(ping see Shiv)|transcription=I see that handsome bastard.}}</ref> "impossibly handsome asshole",<ref name=":15">{{VoiceLineCite|name=Lash|file=Lash kill shiv 02.mp3|context=(killed Shiv)|transcription=There's only room for one impossibly handsome asshole.}}</ref> and a "shampoo ad with knives".<ref name=":10">{{VoiceLineCite|name=Ivy|file=Ivy ally shiv unkillable 02.mp3|context=(ally Shiv unkillable)|transcription=He's like a shampoo ad with knives!}}</ref>

* Shiv respects {{HeroIcon|Holliday}} and offers her a place at the Baxter Society.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=Shiv|hero2=Holliday|number=3|hero_quote1=Shiv|quote1=You're the one looking to kill the Troubadour, right?|hero_quote2=Holliday|quote2=Yeah.|hero_quote3=Shiv|quote3=You make it out alive, you should look up the Baxter Society. We could use someone like you.}}</ref> If they're on opposing teams, Shiv promises to kill the [[The Troubadour|Troubadour]] on Holliday's behalf.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Shiv}}'s in-game [[Shiv/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Holliday): ''"Don't worry Holliday, when this is over I'll kill the Troubadour in your behalf."''</ref> Shiv loves Holliday's hat.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Shiv}}'s in-game [[Shiv/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Holliday): ''"Love the hat, though."''</ref>

* Shiv respects {{HeroIcon|Lash}}'s moxie.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Shiv}}'s in-game [[Shiv/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Lash): ''"You got moxie, Lash, I'll give ya that."''</ref>

* {{HeroIcon|Ivy}} expresses admiration for Shiv.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Ivy|file=Ivy ally shiv unkillable 01.mp3|context=(in Spanish)|transcription=I love that guy!}}</ref> {{HeroIcon|McGinnis}} wants to talk to Shiv and "fix him".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=McGinnis|suffix='|file=Mcginnis kill shiv 03.mp3|context=(killed Shiv)|transcription=When this is all over Shiv, we should talk.}}</ref><ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=McGinnis|suffix='|file=Mcginnis kill shiv 02.mp3|context=(killed Shiv)|transcription=I can fix him!}}</ref> {{HeroIcon|Yamato}} will simply remark "nice hair".<ref name=":11">{{VoiceLineCite|name=Yamato|file=Yamato kill shiv 04.mp3|context=(killed Shiv)|transcription=Nice hair.}}</ref>

* {{HeroIcon|Haze}} and {{HeroIcon|Vyper}} respect Shiv's taste in knives.<ref name=":12">{{ConvoCite|hero1=Haze|hero2=Shiv|number=3|hero_quote1=Haze|quote1=You got good taste in knives.|hero_quote2=Haze|quote2=Not enough people appreciate quality blade work.}}</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Vyper}}'s in-game [[Vyper/Quotes#Screwjab Dagger|voice line]] (Upgrade Screwjab Dagger): ''"Shiv's like the filet mignon of bladework, you know?"''</ref>

** Vyper also liked Shiv better when he was a criminal.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Vyper|quotes=Shiv/Quotes#Enemy Heroes|context=(killed Shiv)|transcription=Shiv, buddy, what did you let those losers in the Baxter Society do to you?}}</ref>

* {{HeroIcon|Celeste}} "doesn't get the appeal" of Shiv and says he has "ruined a lot of lives".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=Celeste|quotes=Celeste/Quotes#Hero-Specific Voice Lines|context=(killed Shiv)|transcription=I don't get the appeal.}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{VoiceLineCite|name=Celeste|quotes=Celeste/Quotes#Hero-Specific Voice Lines|context=(killed Shiv)|transcription=You ruined a lot of lives, Shiv. There's no coming back from that.}}</ref>

* {{HeroIcon|Paige}} thinks Shiv pulls off the "bad boy thing" better than {{HeroIcon|Lash}} does.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Paige}}'s in-game [[Paige/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Shiv): ''"Lash should take notes: that's how you pull off the bad boy thing."''</ref> Paige likes Shiv, although she prefers {{HeroIcon|Mirage}}.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Paige}}'s in-game [[Paige/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed Shiv): ''"Eh... Mirage is better."''</ref>

 

* In removed voice lines, the [[Patron|Patrons]] said that Shiv "had been" a father<ref name=":1">{{PageRef|name=Sapphire Flame}}'s in-game [[Shiv/Quotes#Patrons|voice line]] (Shiv Start): ''"You've been many things, Shiv. A brigand, a father, a killer. But if you summon me, I'll make you a king."''</ref> and had a "monster inside him" called "The Beast".<ref name=":2">{{PageRef|name=Sapphire Flame}}'s in-game [[Shiv/Quotes#Patrons|voice line]] (Shiv Start): ''"Shiv, the monster inside you is not the Beast, it is ambition. Complete the ritual and you will finally be sated."''</ref> These lines were removed in the [[Old Gods, New Blood]] update.