Roland, The Last Gunslinger, and his band of followers have narrowly
escaped one world, and slipped into the next. While seeking to return
to the Path of the Beam that will lead them to the Dark Tower, Roland
tells them a long-ago tale of love and adventure involving a beautiful
and quixotic woman named Susan Delgado.
| ?, Amy |
One of Susan Delgado's childhood
friends |
| ?, Cynthia |
Friend of Odetta Holmes |
| ?, Deborah |
15 year old prostitute from Hambry |
| ?, Francesca |
Name in a song from Hambry. Lover
of Robert, who was killed by Robert in a murder/suicide |
| ?, Jolene |
Woman in Hattigan's bar in Ritzy
who had only 4 teeth |
| ?, Luster |
One of the Pubes in Lud who attacked
Eddie and Susannah Dean |
| ?, Maud |
One of the Pubes in Lud who attacked
Eddie and Susannah Dean |
| ?, Robert |
Name in a song from Hambry. Lover
of Francesca, whom he killed, then cut his own throat in the Hambry cemetery |
| Allgood, ? |
Cuthbert Allgood's mother, wife
of Robert |
| Allgood, Cuthbert |
Childhood friend of Roland, and
son of Robert. He supposedly "died laughing", according to Roland.
He used the name "Arthur Heath" while in Hambry |
| Allgood, Robert |
Cuthbert Allgood's father |
| Alvarez, ? |
Misha Alvarez's daughter, taught
to ride by Susan Delgado |
| Alvarez, ? |
Part of the group that captured
Roland, Cuthbert and Alain at the Bar K Ranch in Hambry |
| Alvarez, Misha |
Her daughter was taught how to ride
by Susan Delgado |
| Arthur of Eld |
King of Eld, one of Roland's ancestors |
| Aton |
Name of Old Star |
| Avery, ? |
Brother of Herk Avery, lived in
the next barony |
| Avery, ? |
Sister in Law of Herk Avery, lived
in the next Barony |
| Avery, Herkimer (Herk) |
Mejis Sheriff and Chief Constable
of Hambry, part of the group that captured Roland, Alain and Cuthbert at
the Bar K Ranch. He was shot by Susan Delgado when she helped Roland, et
al escape from jail |
| Bat, The |
One of the 12 Guardians |
| Bear, The |
One of the 12 guardians: "See
the bear of fearsome size, all the world's within his eyes. Time grows thin,
the past's a riddle, the Tower awaits you in the middle" |
| Beech, Mrs |
Name on the first mailbox on the
way to the town of Hambry, where Susan Delgado and Roland parted company
on the night they first met |
| Blaine |
The pink monorail on the Lud to
Topeka run, wanted to kill Roland and his ka-tet by committing suicide,
and taking them with him. Ended up with fried logic circuits when posed
stupid joke questions by Eddie |
| Blaine, Little |
Other personality of Blaine the
monorail, tried to warn Roland and his group about Big Blaine |
| Brandon |
One of the Greys in Lud |
| Brannigan, Skipper |
Henry Dean's friend who once beat
up a school dance chaperone |
| Bridger, Todd |
Deputy sheriff of Hambry and part
of the group that captured Roland, Alain and Cuthbert in the Bar K Ranch.
He was the one who found the empty cells after they had escaped |
| Broadcloak, Marten |
Wizard, Steven's (Roland's father)
adviser, seduced Roland's mother. Also known as Randall Flagg, the Dark
Man, The Man In Black. Roland and his group came across him at the Green
Palace on I-70, but he escaped before Roland could kill him |
| Brooks, Bob |
Engineer for Mid-World Railway in
the book Charlie the Choo-Choo |
| Buckskin |
Richard Stockworth's horse |
| Callaghan, Barkie |
Bouncer in the Travelers Rest bar
of Hambry |
| Caprichoso |
Pack mule for Travelers Rest in
Hambry |
| Chambers, Elmer R |
Jake's father, Megan's husband,
worked for a TV station |
| Chambers, John (Jake) |
The youngest of Roland's Ka-Tet,
son of Elmer and Megan |
| Chambers, Megan |
Jake's mother and wife of Elmer |
| Charlie the Choo-Choo |
Steam locomotive from the book Charlie
the Choo-Choo. There was a replica of him in Gage Park, Topeka |
| Claypool, Frank |
Deputy sheriff of Hambry who fell
out of a boat and broke his leg |
| Clements, Justin |
Owner of Clements Gun Shop where
Roland/Mort got ammunition for his gun |
| Cooper, Gary |
Mentioned in passing |
| Corbitt, Sandra |
Eddie Dean's friend |
| Corcoran, John |
Wrote in the Topeka Capital-Journal
paper about Captain Trips Superflu |
| Cort |
Son of Fardo and Roland's teacher
who often won the fair-day riddling contest. When Roland was 14 he challenged
Cort and won, becoming the youngest Gunslinger ever |
| Craven, ? |
Hambry undertaker |
| Crimson King, The |
The name was on a sign post outside
Topeka |
| Croydon, John |
Owner of the Piano Ranch in Hambry.
Shot by Alain Johns east of Hanging Rock |
| David |
The hawk that Roland used to defeat
Cort when Roland tried out for Gunslinger |
| De Curry, Jamie |
Roland's childhood friend |
| Dean, Edward Cantor (Eddie) |
Member of the ka-tet in search of
The Dark Tower. Brother of Henry, and "husband" of Susannah Dean |
| Dean, Henry |
Eddie's deceased brother |
| Dean, Susannah |
Eddie's wife and the combined personality
of Odetta Holmes and Detta Walker |
| Dearborn, ? |
"William's" father, a
drover |
| Dearborn, William |
Roland's disguise while in Hambry |
| Deepneau, Aaron |
Told Jake Chambers a riddle about
Samson |
| Delgado, Cordelia |
Sister of Patrick who looked after
Susan after his death. She was a selfish woman who often pleaded she was
poor, and helped push Susan into becoming a lover of Hart Thorin. She died
after realising what happened to Susan in the fire |
| Delgado, Hiram |
Patrick and Cordelia Delgado's father |
| Delgado, Patrick |
Susan's father and one of the best
drovers in Hambry before he was killed in a horse riding accident, before
which he was in charge of the Barony horses for 30 years. He had red hair
and a beard |
| Delgado, Susan |
Patrick's daughter and Roland's
one true love. She was betrothed to Hart Thorin, to have his son as his
wife was too old, then met Roland Deschain. Their love affair was seen by
Rhea of the Coos, and she died by burning in the fire, along with her unborn
child |
| Delia |
Pat Delgado's horse that was mentioned
in his stock line book |
| Depape, Roy B |
One of the Big Coffin Hunters, a
follower of Farson, 25 years old, red hair and he frequented a prostitute
called Gert Moggins. He murdered Hart Thorin, and put the blame on Roland,
Alain and Cuthbert. He was shot by Roland at Hanging Rock |
| Deschain, Gabrielle |
Roland's mother, Steven's wife,
also the lover of Marten Broadcloak. She was accidentally shot by Roland
when he mistook her for Rhea |
| Deschain, Roland |
The last Gunslinger who is on his
way to The Dark Tower with his ka-tet. He tells of his past with Susan Delgado
and John Farson's men and how, while in Hambry, he went under the name of
William Dearborn |
| Deschain, Steven |
Roland's father, Gabrielle's husband,
29th generation descendent of Arthur of Eld and son of Henry the Tall |
| Door Keeper, The |
A being in the house on Dutch Hill
that Jake went though to rejoin Roland. He tried to stop Jake's passage |
| Drabnilk, Csaba |
Henry Dean's friend known as the
"mad f*cking hungarian" |
| Duganelli, Frank |
Henry Dean's friend |
| Eagle, The |
One of the 12 Guardians |
| Ermot |
Pet snake of Rhea of the Coos that
was killed by Roland when it tried to attack him |
| Evans, Beryl |
Wrote Charlie the Choo-Choo, the
book Jake Chambers bought before entering Roland's world |
| Fardo |
Cort's father who broke the leg
of Eldred Jonas during his trial as a Gunslinger |
| Farson, John |
Rebel also known as The Good Man,
who was over 6 feet tall, and thought to be insane. His followers were put
back, but not stopped by the actions of Roland, Alain and Cuthbert in Hambry |
| Felicia |
Name of the horse given to Susan
Delgado by Hart Thorin |
| Fish, The |
One of the 12 Guardians |
| Flagg, Randall |
Known to Roland as Marten Broadcloak,
the lover of Gabrielle Deschain. Also known as The Man In Black |
| Fredericks, Tommy |
Henry Dean's friend |
| Freemantle, Abigail |
Her name was mentioned on a bit
of paper found after the Ka-Tet escaped from Blaine's suicide run |
| Garber, ? |
Owned the Bar K ranch in Hambry
but left after the fire that destroyed most of it |
| Gasher |
Captured Jake and delivered him
to the Tick-Tock man in Lud |
| Glue Boy |
Arthur Heath's horse |
| Great Old Ones |
Not Gods, but people that with knowledge
not unlike Gods, who were said to have created many things in ancient earth,
including the Beams |
| Hackford, Morris |
Doctor that worked at St Francis
Hospital and Medical Centre in Topeka who was quoted in the Topeka Capital-Journal |
| Hash, ? |
One of Eldred Jonas' men in Hambry |
| Haverty, John |
Olive Thorin's father |
| Hax |
Cook in the palace at Gilead who
was hanged as a traitor |
| Heath, Arthur |
Cuthbert Allgood's disguise while
in Hambry. He had a Rook's skull on the front of his saddle |
| Heath, George |
"Arthur's" father |
| Hendricks, Rodney |
Worked for George Latigo guarding
the tankers that were destroyed by Roland, Alain and Cuthbert and later
died in the Thinny |
| Henrietta |
Horse of Pat Delgado, mentioned
in his stock line book, who had 2 foals |
| Henry the Tall |
Steven of Gilead's father, Roland's
grandfather |
| Hollis, Dave |
Deputy Sheriff in Hambry, just 18
year old, who wears a monocle. The husband of Judy Hollis, he was shot by
Susan Delgado during the release of Roland, Alain and Cuthbert from the
jail. He was also part of the group that captured them all at the Bar K
Ranch |
| Hollis, Judy |
Dave's wife, also known as Judy
Renfrew and Judy Wertner |
| Holmes, Odetta |
The original side of the schizophrenic
personalities of Odetta Holmes and Detta Walker that later combined to form
Susannah Dean |
| Hookey, Brian |
Hambry Blacksmith who Susan Delgado
bought 4 shoes from for her horse, Felicia. He was in charge of the group
guarding the Citgo oil patch and was shot by Roland east of Hanging Rock |
| Hookey, Rufus |
Brian Hookey's son |
| Hoots |
One of the Greys in Lud |
| Jeeves |
One of the Pubes in Lud who attacked
Eddie and Susannah Dean |
| Jilly |
Puppet with Pinch, similar to Punch
and Judy |
| Johns, Alain |
Roland's friend and son of Christopher.
While in Hambry he went under the name of Richard Stockworth. He had what
was called "The Touch", which gave him a slight psychic ability
to sense others |
| Johns, Christopher |
Alain Johns' father |
| Jonas, Eldred |
Leader of the Big Coffin Hunters
who had scars on his back from a whipping in Garland and a limp caused by
Cort's father breaking his leg during his trial as a gunslinger. He had
long white hair, mustache and a tattoo on his right hand. He became head
of the new security force in Hambry and, at the time, gave Rhea one of the
Wizard's Rainbow's glass balls ("Maerlyn's Grapefruit") to look
after He was shot in the hand and twice in the face by Roland, and Roland
got the glass ball off him |
| Kingery, Mr |
Jake Chambers teacher |
| Latigo, George |
Worked for Farson and was the main
contact for Eldred Jonas. Died in the Thinny |
| Lengyll, Francis (Fran) |
Rocking B Ranch owner and President
of the Horsemen's Association in Hambry. The ranch also contained a Honda
Generator that didn't work. He was shot by Roland |
| Lion, The |
One of the 12 Guardians |
| Lobstrosities, The |
Creatures that attacked Roland in
the previous book, one having eaten some of his fingers and toes |
| Luke |
One of the Chancellors in a deck
of cards |
| Lydia |
Name of Old Mother star |
| MacArthur, ? |
General mentioned in passing |
| Maerlyn |
Magician also known as The Ageless
Stranger |
| Matthew |
One of the Chancellors in a deck
of cards |
| McCain, Larry |
A friend of Henry Dean's who was
in Juvenile Detention |
| McCann, Jamie |
Reaping boy partnered with Susan
Delgado in Hambry |
| McCurdy, Sheb |
Played the piano at the Travelers
Rest Bar in Hambry. Also the piano player in the first book shot by Roland
in Tull? |
| Moggins, Gert |
Prostitute in Hambry that Roy Depape
visited often |
| Montoya, April |
Doctor at the Stormont-Vail Regional
Medical Centre quoted in the Topeka Capital-Journal |
| Morganstern, Conchetta |
Seamstress who worked on Susan Delgado's
Reaping Day costumes |
| Musty |
Pet cat belonging to Rhea of the
Coos, has two extra legs and a split tail |
| Ocean Foam |
The horse Pat Delgado was riding
when thrown and killed |
| O'Hara, Bum |
Friend of Eddie Dean's who owned
a car |
| Omaha |
One eyed gambler known to Roland,
who died with a knife in his throat at a watch-me table |
| Ortega, Millicent |
Lived in Hambry |
| O'Shyven, ? |
Theresa and Peter's eldest child
who moved away |
| O'Shyven, ? |
Theresa and Peter's second eldest
who moved away |
| O'Shyven, ? |
Theresa and Peter' son who is to
get married |
| O'Shyven, ? |
Theresa and Peter's daughter and
the only child to think there was something wrong with her mother |
| O'Shyven, Peter |
Theresa's husband, a Range Rider |
| O'Shyven, Theresa Maria Dolores |
Peter's wife, a rug and draperies
seller in Hambry who had obsessive tendencies - she liked to lick the corners
of the rooms clean |
| Oy |
Jake Chambers pet Billy Bumbler
who can "talk"; also a member of the Ka-Tet |
| Oz |
The "wizard" who turned
out to be the voice of Andrew Quick |
| Panelli, John |
Friend of Henry Dean |
| Patricia |
The female monorail in Topeka who
committed suicide |
| Paul |
One of the Chancellors in a deck
of cards |
| Pelia |
Pat Delgado's horse |
| Perth, Lord |
A large man in a story told by Roland |
| Peter |
One of the Chancellors in a deck
of cards |
| Pettie the Trotter |
Dancer in the Travelers Rest bar
in Hambry who is beginning to show her age. She wanted to work behind the
bar so she would have some skills as her looks got worsen |
| Pinch |
Puppet with Jilly, similar to Punch
and Judy |
| Pittston, Sylvia |
Preacher woman that Roland met,
and killed, in Tull who passed through Hambry the year before Roland and
his friends arrived |
| Polino, Jimmie |
Friend of Eddie Dean, also called
Jimmie Polio because of his club foot, who stole cigarettes from his mother |
| Pratt, Georgie |
Henry Dean's friend |
| Pylon |
Two year old horse belonging to
Susan Delgado |
| Quick, Andrew |
Also known as the Tick Tock Man,
he had Jake kidnapped and brought to him in the previous book. He fled from
Lud with Flagg, was discovered in the Green Palace by Oy and was shot and
killed by both Susan and Eddie |
| Quint, Hiram |
Ran away when Roland, Cuthbert and
Alain attacked at Hanging Rock |
| Raines, ? |
Bugler for Rodney Hendricks and
Latigo who died in the Thinny |
| Ravenhead, Piet |
Attested for Richard Stockworth
on ID papers |
| Reed, James |
Attested for William Dearborn on
ID papers |
| Renfrew, Hash (Rennie) |
Lazy Susan Ranch owner, the biggest
Horse Ranch in Mejis. Shot by Roland |
| Reynolds, Clay |
The Big Coffin Hunter who murdered
Kimba Rimer on the night before the Reaping. He eventually left and went
on to rob banks with his lover Coral Thorin and 8 others, and was later
caught in Oakley and hung |
| Rhea of the Coos (real name Rhea
Dubativo) |
Evil woman, very with-like, who
was given "Maerlyn's Grapefruit" (one of the glass balls from
the Wizard's Rainbow) to look after by Eldred Jonas. She also proved
Susan Delgado's purity |
| Riggins, George |
Hambry Deputy Sheriff |
| Rimer, Kimba |
Hart Thorin's Chancellor and Minister
of Inventory. Brother of Laslo Rimer and lover of Carol Thorin. Stabbed
to death by Clay Reynolds |
| Rimer, Laslo |
Brother to Kimba Laslo, owner of
the Rocking B Ranch in Hambry |
| Rivers, Lucas |
Attested for Arthur Heath on ID
papers |
| Romp, The |
Name of the two-headed Elk trophy
on the wall in the Travelers Rest Bar in Hambry |
| Ruiz, Stanley |
Sheemie's father and bartender of
the Travelers Rest Bar |
| Rusher |
Will Dearborn's horse |
| Shaw, Greta |
Chambers's housekeeper |
| Sheemer, Dolores |
Sheemie's mother |
| Sheemie |
Dolores Sheemer and Stanley Ruiz's
son, a semi-retarded boy who worked at the Travelers Rest in Hambry. He
helped pass messages between Susan and Roland and was saved by Cuthbert
when he accidentally tripped and spilled slops on the shoe of Roy Depape.
He later followed Roland, Cuthbert and Alain back to Gilead |
| Sloan, Steve |
Spoke about the Superflu in the
Topeka Capital-Journal |
| Sooney |
Owner of a house in the Bad Grass
where Susan was initially captured, he left for Mannifolk 5 years before
Roland arrived |
| Spanker |
A Pube in Lud who was killed shortly
before the attack on Susannah and Eddie when his stone was drawn out, signaling
his time to die |
| Stockworth, ? |
"Richard Stockworth's"
father |
| Stockworth, Richard |
Alain Johns's disguise while in
Hambry |
| Thomas, Maria |
Susan Delgado's 18 year old maid |
| Thomas, Mr |
Maria Thomas's father |
| Thomas, Mrs |
Maria Thomas's mother |
| Thorin, Coral |
Owner of the Travelers Rest, sister
of Hart Thorin and lover to Kimba Rimer before his death, when she joined
Clay Reynolds, and his gang, as his lover. Shot in Oakley while robbing
banks |
| Thorin, Hartwell |
Mayor of Mejis, 65 years old, who
wanted a son but his wife could bare no children, so chose Susan Delgado
for the task, paying her in land and horses (originally owned by her family,
anyway). Brother of Olive Thorin and co-owner of the Travelers Rest. He
was murdered by Roy Depape on the night before Reaping |
| Thorin, Olive (nee Haverty) |
Hartwell Thorin's wife, John Haverty's
daughter. Shot and killed by Clay Reynolds as she escaped with Susan Delgado |
| Tilly |
One of the Greys in Lud |
| Torres, Miguel |
Worked for Hart Thorin, was called
a Mozo |
| Turtle, The |
One of the 12 Guardians |
| Unwin, Talitha (Aunt Talitha) |
Old woman of River Crossing |
| Vannay |
Roland, Cuthbert and Alain's tutor
in Gilead |
| Walker, Detta |
Joint personality with Odetta Homes
that combined to become Susannah Dean |
| Walter |
Worked for John Farson, wore a black
robe, acted like a magician |
| Wertner, Henry (Hank) |
Horse breeder from Hambry, also
owned a small orchard. Took over the barony horses after Pat Delgado's death |
| White, Jake |
Owner of an orchard in Hambry and
part of the group that captured Roland, Cuthbert and Alain at the Bar K
Ranch |
| Winston |
One of the Pubes who attacked Eddie
and Susannah in Lud |
| Wolf |
Hartwell Thorin's dog |
| Wolf, The |
One of the 12 Guardians |
| Yolanda |
Pat Delgado's horse, mentioned in
his stock line book |
| Zoltan |
Brown's bird, who lived just outside
Tull |
