A shiver ran from the top of my head clear down to the tips of my toes, for I realized that meant they already had their henchmen well de-ployed, and were ready to strike.
At first i thought why did he shiver, but then i realized what will happen. I felt the shiver run through me once I read the end of the sentence. The author gave us a feeling of showing and not telling. The fact that this man is fearful and knows what's going on and still goes out shows how strong he is. A reader can picture what is going on by how the author is explaining the looks and how the character felt from the other sentences above. I believe from this, he is a strong character since he is walking around knowing what's going to happen.