by Robin Furth
BLACKIE: Blackie was the Covenant Man’s horse. W:131–37, W:138, W:150, W:160, W:195
GREEN KING, THE: Oz, otherwise known as Oz the Great and Terrible, was the sorcerer of the Emerald City in the children’s book The Wizard of Oz. Walter occasionally uses this disguise as well. VII:173
PADICK, WALTER: Walter’s birth name was Walter Padick. He was the son of SAM THE MILLER and grew up on a farm in DELAIN, located in EASTAR’D BARONY. At thirteen, Walter was raped by another wanderer, but refused to return home. Instead, he pursued his dark destiny. VII:184
R.F.: As we discovered in the first four novels of the Dark Tower series, Roland’s multifaced archenemy often uses pseudonyms whose initials are R.F. This nasty being occasionally uses other initials to disguise himself as well, including W.O. (Walter O’Dim) and M.B. (Marten Broadcloak). In the first books of the series King hints that John Farson (J.F.) may also be an incarnation of Walter, but by the end of the series we come to realize that this is not so. Whatever his real name, R.F. is an agent of Chaos (but we are much nicer in our female incarnations). IV:663–64, IV:666, VII:194
WALTER’S ALIASES BEGINNING WITH R.F.:
The first time we come across the initials R.F. in the Dark Tower series is at the end of Wizard and Glass, after our tet has left the GREEN PALACE. While drinking Nozz-A-La Cola, EDDIE DEAN discovers a piece of paper flapping by. It turns out to be a note written on the back of The Oz Daily Buzz. Surrounded by smile faces is the message:
Next time I won’t leave. Renounce the
Tower. This is your last warning.
And have a great day!
The note is signed R.F. Beneath those initials is a small drawing of a cloud and lightning bolt.
The note that the Covenant Man left for TIM ROSS at the NORTH FOREST KINNOCK DOGAN was signed with the letters R.F./M.B. Constant Readers are familiar with R.F. (after all, many of Walter O’Dim’s aliases begin with those initials), but the letters M.B. could stand for either the Man in Black, or Marten Broadcloak. W:3
FANNIN, RICHARD: In his form as Richard Fannin, R.F. is described as being inhuman. He has blue-green eyes but blue-black hair that looks like a raven’s feathers. Fannin must be a fairly imposing figure, since even TICK-TOCK, leader of the murderous GRAYS, is afraid of him.
Fannin’s hand has no lines on it, which makes us wonder if he is mortal at all. He claims not to be MAERLYN, but he is obviously a sorcerer of extreme power. Like all of R.F.’s selves, Fannin glories in destruction. III:385–90, VII:184
FILARO, RUDIN: Walter fought at JERICHO HILL under this name. VII:174, VII:184
FLAGG, RANDALL: Under the name of Randall Flagg, Walter played a major role in both The Eyes of the Dragon and The Stand. In the first of these two books, he framed Peter (King Roland’s eldest son) for his father’s murder and placed the king’s weaker-willed younger son, Thomas, on the throne. (Walter hoped to bring the kingdom to ruin by manipulating Thomas.) In The Stand, Flagg becomes a truly demonic force. After more than 99 percent of America’s population dies of the superflu, Flagg gathers the dregs of the survivors to him in Las Vegas. There, he accumulates both technological and biological weapons so that he can annihilate those people who live in the Free Zone and who still honor the WHITE. In this novel Flagg is referred to as the Walkin’ Dude, an epithet that Roland’s ka-tet sees spray-painted on a road sign in the alternative TOPEKA which they pass through at the beginning of Wizard and Glass. Although in his Stand incarnation Walter/Flagg seems almost as powerful as the CRIMSON KING himself, his ambitions are ultimately thwarted.
In The Drawing of the Three, Roland describes Flagg as a demon posing as a man, and says that he is capable of transforming men into dogs. Roland also tells us that Flagg is being pursued by two desperate and grim young men named Dennis and Thomas. Both of these characters come from Eyes of the Dragon. II:362, IV:648–50, V:36, V:37, V:187, V:412 (also Walter, Maerlyn), VI:246, VI:249, VI:251, VI:337, VI:405, VII:43, VII:125, VII:148, VII:172, VII:173, VII:176, VII:178, VII:184, VII:185, VII:250
WALKIN’ DUDE: This epithet was used by RANDALL FLAGG in STEPHEN KING’s novel The Stand. V:291
WALTER’S ASSOCIATES
CRIMSON KING, THE: See CRIMSON KING, listed separately
FARSON, JOHN: See FARSON, JOHN, listed separately
SAM THE MILLER: Walter’s father. He was from EASTAR’D BARONY. VII:184
WARRIORS OF THE SCARLET EYE (MEN OF THE EYE)
The Warriors of the Scarlet Eye are the FOOT SOLDIERS OF THE CRIMSON KING. Like their master, they oppose the WHITE and serve the Outer Dark. See also BIG COFFIN HUNTERS, CAN-TOI, NORTH CENTRAL POSITRONICS, REGULATORS, SOMBRA CORPORATION, TAHEEN, VAMPIRES, WOLVES.
V:26 (Broken-helm undead ronin), VI:64 (indirect), VI:73 (indirect), VI:74 (indirect), VI:75 (indirect), VI:114–15, VI:117, VI:233, VI:244–45, VI:246–47 (indirect), VI:248, VI:326, VI:364–84 (Dixie Pig)
WARRIORS BY LOCATION:
CASSE ROI RUSSE: Le Casse Roi Russe is the palace of the CRIMSON KING. Roland and SUSANNAH pass it on their way to the DARK TOWER.
HUMANS (HUMES):
BRASS: See FEEMALO/FIMALO/FUMALO: FEEMALO, listed below
COMPSON: See FEEMALO/FIMALO/FUMALO: FUMALO, listed below
CORNWELL, AUSTIN: See FEEMALO/FIMALO/FUMALO: FIMALO (RANDO THOUGHTFUL), listed below
FEEMALO/FIMALO/FUMALO (UFFIS): Roland and SUSANNAH meet these three STEPHEN KING look-alikes on the stone moat-bridge of Le CASSE ROI RUSSE. At first the three Stephen Kings claim to be one being—an uffi, or shape-changer—who was once employed as the CRIMSON KING’s court jester. However, in reality they are three separate men, all servants of the Red King. Their names are BRASS (Feemalo), COMPSON (Fumalo), and RANDO THOUGHTFUL (Fimalo). The most important of these three is Fimalo/Rando Thoughtful.
According to this false, three-faced uffi, once the Crimson King discovered that Roland and his tet would defeat both the WOLVES of CALLA BRYN STURGIS and the DEVAR-TOI guards in THUNDERCLAP, he realized that the BEAMS would regenerate and that all of his dreams of murder and mayhem were destined to fail. Being an extremely bad loser, the Red King threw a temper tantrum. First he forced his castle servants to swallow rat poison, then he smashed the six BENDS O’ THE WIZARD’S RAINBOW which were in his possession, and finally he killed himself by swallowing a sharpened spoon. Once he was undead, he galloped toward the DARK TOWER so that he could (he hoped) prevent Roland from achieving his life’s goal.
Pretending to be conciliatory (since they alone had survived the Red King’s pique), the triple uffi offers Roland, Susannah, and OY two wicker baskets, which appear to contain warm clothes and food. Not surprisingly, the real contents (disguised by glammer) are much more disgusting. What the uffis offer are poisonous snakes and human body parts.
Susannah and Roland shoot Feemalo and Fumalo but leave Fimalo (who—once the glammer is broken—looks like an extremely ill old man) to confront the were-spider MORDRED, who is following them. The bodies of both Feemalo and Fumalo rot unnaturally fast.
FEEMALO (BRASS/GOODMOUTH KING/EGO): As well as being called Goodmouth King, Feemalo is also referred to as STEPHEN KING Number Two and Right-Hand Stephen King. Unlike Fumalo, he is polite. He claims to be the uffi’s ego. VII:600–613, VII:614, VII:615, VII:619
FIMALO (RANDO THOUGHTFUL, AUSTIN CORNWELL/REFEREE KING/SUPEREGO): During his years as the CRIMSON KING’s minister of state, Fimalo (who originally claims to be the uffi’s superego) was called Rando Thoughtful. Rando (who is actually an ordinary hume) was born AUSTIN CORNWELL in one of the MULTIPLE AMERICAS’ upstate NEW YORKs. Once upon a time, he ran the NIAGARA MALL. He also had a successful career in advertising. (He proudly tells our tet that he worked for both the Nozz-A-La and the Takuro Spirit accounts.)
Once his glammer disperses, Austin Cornwell looks like a very ill old man. His skull is covered in peeling eczema and his face is lumped with pimples and open, bleeding sores. Roland and Susannah choose not to kill him. Instead, they leave him to greet MORDR
ED, who arrives soon after they leave. Mordred feeds Austin’s eyes to the castle rooks and then eats the rest of him. VII:600–617, VII:619–24, VII:627, VII:632
CORNWELL, ANDREW JOHN: Austin Cornwell’s father from TIOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK. VII:616
FUMALO (COMPSON/BADMOUTH KING/ID): Fumalo, also called STEPHEN KING Number One, Left-Hand Stephen King, and Badmouth King, is supposed to be the uffi’s id. VII:600–613, VII:614, VII:615, VII:619
DEVAR-TOI CHARACTERS: The Devar-Toi is the BREAKER prison located in THUNDERCLAP.
BREAKERS: See BREAKERS, listed separately
CAN-TOI (LOW MEN): See the following entries under CAN-TOI, listed separately
ALEXANDER, BEN
CAGNEY, JAMES
CAMERON
CONROY
LONDON, JACK
TRAMPAS
TRELAWNEY
TRISTUM, DR. GANGLI
HUMANS (HUMES):
ARMITAGE, FRANK: Frank Armitage is a hume who recruits BREAKERS from the parallel Earths. Real humans have to do this work since the CAN-TOI (despite their aspirations) don’t make very convincing men and women. VII:281, VII:283–90, VII:297
BURKE, DAVID: A stupid human guard who was lobotomized for throwing peanut shells at BREAKERS working in the STUDY. VII:241
KELLY, TAMMY: Tammy Kelly is PIMLI PRENTISS’s housekeeper. She has a large bottom. VII:347, VII:348, VII:352–55, VII:358, VII:361, VII:371, VII:381
PRENTISS, PIMLI (DEVAR MASTER, KI’DAM): Pimli Prentiss (formerly Paul Prentiss of RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY) is the Master of the DEVAR-TOI. Among the more discontented BREAKERS, he is known as the Devar-Toi’s ki’-dam or “shit-for-brains.” Sai Prentiss stands six foot two inches, has an enormous sloping belly, long legs, and slab thighs. He is balding and has the turnip nose of a veteran drinker. When he arrived at the Devar-Toi, he was a former prison warden and approximately fifty years old. He still looks the same age, though he has been in END-WORLD for decades. Although he is working to bring about the end of all the worlds, Pimli spends every Mother’s Day in tears. (He misses his ma.) Prentiss (who took a TAHEEN name) is good friends with the taheen security chief, FINLI O’TEGO.
During the final battle at the Devar-Toi, Roland shoots Prentiss and leaves him for dead. However, the prostrate and bleeding Devar Master still has enough life left to shoot EDDIE DEAN in the head. Roland quickly dispatches Prentiss, but Eddie dies. VII:197, VII:207, VII:212, VII:215, VII:221–46, VII:261, VII:262, VII:270, VII:271, VII:275, VII:292, VII:295, VII:298–99, VII:325, VII:340, VII:341, VII:343–48, VII:352–53, VII:354 (indirect), VII:358–59, VII:361–62, VII:371–75, VII:377, VII:380–81 (shot), VII:383–90, VII:396, VII:398 (indirect)
GRANDFATHER: VII:232
MOTHER: VII:228, VII:229, VII:235, VII:246
PROCTOR OF CORBETT HALL: We never meet the proctor of CORBETT HALL, but EDDIE DEAN, who has been shot in the head, dies in his rooms. JAKE believes that SUSANNAH used the proctor’s nail-care gadget to clean Eddie’s fingernails before she buried him. VII:409
SONESH, TASSA OF: Tassa of Sonesh is PIMLI PRENTISS’s houseboy. He is slim and willowy and likes lipstick. He and TAMMY KELLY (Prentiss’s housekeeper) do not get along at all. (Tammy dislikes homosexual men.) Tassa is one of the few servants of the CRIMSON KING to survive the DEVAR-TOI battle. VII:299, VII:352–55, VII:358, VII:366, VII:371, VII:375, VII:400, VII:407
ROBOTS: See the following entries under NORTH CENTRAL POSITRONICS, listed separately
DOBBIE
FIRE-RESPONSE TEAM BRAVO
PHIL
SIX-ARMED ROBOT
TAHEEN: See the following entries under TAHEEN, listed separately
FINLI O’TEGO CLAN (HEAD OF SECURITY)
GASKIE O’TEGO
HUMMA O’TEGO
JAKLI
UNKNOWN RACE:
JENKINS: Jenkins is the DEVAR-TOI’s chief technician. We don’t know whether he is TAHEEN, CAN-TOI, or hume. VII:343–44, VII:345
DIXIE PIG CHARACTERS/FEDIC CHARACTERS: After the EAST ROAD battle in CALLA BRYN STURGIS, MIA, daughter of none, steals SUSANNAH DEAN’s body so that she can keep her appointment with RICHARD P. SAYRE at the Dixie Pig restaurant in NEW YORK CITY. Sayre has promised to help Mia deliver her CHAP. When Susannah/Mia enters the Pig, they are met by approximately fifty men and seventy-five women. Most of these guards are LOW MEN, though some are also TYPE THREE VAMPIRES. In a separate dining room (located behind a tapestry depicting ARTHUR ELD partaking in a cannibal’s feast) are a group of ancient TYPE ONE vampires.
Below the Dixie Pig is a DOORWAY, which leads from our world to the FEDIC DOGAN. Here, in the Dogan’s EXTRACTION ROOM, Mia gives birth to MORDRED. VI:365–84
CAN-TOI (LOW MEN): See the following entries under CAN-TOI, listed separately
ANDREW
DOORMEN
HABER
STRAW
TIRANA
HUMANS (HUMES):
FLAHERTY, CONOR (HUME FROM BOSTON): Along with a TAHEEN named LAMLA and a number of LOW MEN, Conor Flaherty pursues JAKE CHAMBERS through the MIND-TRAP which lies beneath the Dixie Pig. VII:93 (indirect), VII:104–9, VII:111 (posse), VII:112, VII:129, VII:133–35, VII:528
FATHER: VII:106
JOCHABIM, SON OF HOSSA (DISHWASHER NUMBER TWO): This young boy originally came from LUDWEG, a town north of the city of LUD. He now works in the kitchens of the Dixie Pig. Jochabim is none too bright; however, he does manage to warn JAKE about the MIND-TRAP he will encounter on his way to the NEW YORK/FEDIC DOOR. VII:82–86, VII:99, VII:526
HOSSA: VII:84
LIMO DRIVERS: VI:341–42
SCOWTHER (DOCTOR): Scowther is the impudent hume doctor who delivers baby MORDRED. He is described as a stoutish man with brown eyes, flushed cheeks, and hair combed back against his skull. He wears a scarlet cravat decorated with the red eye of the CRIMSON KING. VI:378–84, VII:22, VII:55–68 (shot by Susannah), VII:71 (automatic), VII:149, VII:152
ROBOTS: See the following entry under NORTH CENTRAL POSITRONICS, listed separately
NIGEL THE BUTLER (DNK4932 DOMESTIC)
TAHEEN: See the following entries under TAHEEN, listed separately
ALIA (NURSE)
CANARYMAN (MEIMAN)
DIXIE PIG CHEF (WARTHOG)
JEY
LAMLA
VAMPIRES: See the following entries under VAMPIRES, listed separately
TYPE ONE (GRANDFATHERS)
GRANDFATHER FLEAS
TYPE THREE
WOLVES: See WOLVES, listed separately
WAVERLY
See BREAKERS
WEASEL, THE
See TAHEEN: WEASEL-HEADED TAHEEN
WEAVER, NORRIS
NEW YORK CITY foot patrolman. His partner is ANDREW STAUNTON.