Stephen King's the Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance Revised and Updated (65 page)

DEEPNEAU, AARON:
See
FOUNDING FATHERS
,
listed below

DEEPNEAU, ED:
See
DEEPNEAU, ED,
listed separately

DEEPNEAU, NANCY REBECCA:
Nancy Rebecca Deepneau is the granddaughter of AARON DEEPNEAU’s older brother. She is also a high-ranking member of the Tet Corporation. According to Roland, she is a green-eyed beauty. VII:492–520

FOUNDING FATHERS (KA-TET OF THE ROSE, OLD FARTS OF THE APOCALYPSE, THREE TOOTHLESS MUSKETEERS):
VII:496–98, VII:499

CARVER, MOSES ISAAC (DADDY MOSE, POP MOSE):
Moses Carver (called Pop Mose by his goddaughter, SUSANNAH DEAN) was DAN HOLMES’s accountant and friend. After Dan Holmes’s first heart attack, Moses handled the financial side of HOLMES DENTAL INDUSTRIES.

Moses Carver is one of the three men that Roland and EDDIE choose to found the Tet Corporation. By the time Roland arrives in 1999 NEW YORK, one-hundred-year-old Moses is the only living member of the original founding fathers. He has officially retired, but his daughter, MARIAN ODETTA CARVER, runs the corporation. V:43, V:101, V:102, V:103, VI:268, VI:270, VII:36, VII:37, VII:38, VII:48, VII:119, VII:123, VII:124, VII:125–27, VII:141, VII:496–520, VII:579, VII:654, VII:656

CULLUM, JOHN (
SAI
YANKEE FLANNEL SHIRT, JOHN OF EAST STONEHAM):
John Cullum, called John of East Stoneham by Roland, is the elderly bachelor who becomes Roland and EDDIE’s ally when they fight BALAZAR’S MEN at the EAST STONEHAM GENERAL STORE in EAST STONEHAM, MAINE, in 1977. At first, Eddie refers to him as Mr. Flannel Shirt, but by the end of their acquaintance Cullum has won the respect of both gunslingers. Though he is far from young, Cullum is tough
and resilient. A caretaker by trade, he eventually becomes (at least on our level of the DARK TOWER) one of the most important guardians of the ROSE. Although Cullum helps Roland and Eddie defeat Balazar’s men, his role in the larger war between Light and Dark is sizable. It is Cullum who shows Eddie and Roland CARA LAUGHS, the magic door spun from the substance of the PRIM. It is also Cullum whom Eddie and Roland name as executive vice president of the Tet Corporation, the company formed to protect the Rose. Cullum dies of a gunshot wound in 1989. VI:130–82, VI:186, VI:200, VI:209, VI:210, VI:215, VI:270, VI:271, VI:274, VI:285, VI:301, VII:18, VII:19, VII:20, VII:24, VII:31, VII:34, VII:38–48
(38 Waterford
dan-tete
?),
VII:52, VII:114, VII:115–31, VII:141, VII:305, VII:414, VII:423, VII:428, VII:429, VII:432, VII:434, VII:438, VII:469, VII:487, VII:496–98
(498 died in 1989 of a gunshot wound),
VII:499, VII:519

AIDAN (YOUNG NEPHEW):
John Cullum’s grandnephew. In 1977, he is three years old and full of questions. VI:180

FATHER:
VI:158
(folks)

GRANDPARENTS:
VI:158

MOTHER:
VI:158
(folks),
VI:160
(ma)

NEPHEW (UNNAMED SMOKING NEPHEW):
In John Cullum’s opinion, his nephew is too young to smoke, so he gives the boy’s stale cigarettes to Roland. Since Roland isn’t used to filters, he thinks that people on our level of the DARK TOWER like to inhale murky air. VI:160

NIECE:
VII:41

RUSSERT, DONNIE (FRIEND):
See
MAINE CHARACTERS
,
listed separately

VERMONT FRIEND:
Cullum used to work with this man at the Maine State Prison. VI:181, VI:182

DEEPNEAU, AARON (CHEMOTHERAPY KID, AIRY, MR. GAI COCKNIF EN YOM, VOICE NUMBER TWO):
Aaron Deepneau made his first appearance in the Dark Tower series back in
The Waste Lands.
In that book he met JAKE CHAMBERS in the MANHATTAN RESTAURANT OF THE MIND, a bookshop owned by his anally retentive friend CALVIN TOWER. Aaron explained Samson’s riddle to Jake, and also informed him about the intellectual importance of riddling. Not only was Aaron a fan of riddles and of Existentialism (when Jake met him he was reading
The Plague
), but he was also a pretty good folksinger. According to Calvin Tower, Deepneau was hanging around BLEECKER STREET before Bob Dylan could blow more than an open G on his Hohner.

Although he is about seventy years old and ill with cancer when we meet him again in
Wolves of the Calla,
Aaron has no shortage of healthy courage. When BALAZAR’S MEN threaten Tower’s life because he will not sell the magical Vacant LOT to the SOMBRA CORPORATION, Aaron escapes with his friend to MAINE. Later, and despite Tower’s protests, Aaron writes up the “selling papers,” which bestow ownership of the Lot upon Roland, EDDIE, and the newly created Tet Corporation, a company which he then helps to develop. (On a humorous note, Deepneau draws up the contract on a piece of paper that has a cartoon of a beaver on it and the caption “Dam Important Things to Do.”)

In
Wolves of the Calla,
we learn that Deepneau and Tower are destined to save FATHER CALLAHAN’s life when he is attacked by the HITLER BROTHERS in the TURTLE BAY WASHATERIA in 1981. During this adventure, Deepneau and Tower keep their identities secret. Callahan calls Deepneau both “Voice Number Two” and “Mr. Gai Cocknif En Yom.” (The latter name comes from the Yiddish insult which Deepneau screams at the Hitler Brothers. It means “Go shit in the ocean.”)

When Roland visits Tet’s headquarters in 1999, he meets Aaron’s grandniece, NANCY REBECCA DEEPNEAU. Unfortunately, Aaron succumbed to his cancer in 1992. III:115–18, III:155–56, III:279, IV:28, IV:46, V:56, V:58, V:62–64, V:100, V:168–69, V:437–42
(as calvary, as Voice Number Two, and as Mr. Gai Cocknif En Yom),
V:447–48
(cavalry),
V:471, V:518, V:528, V:530, V:537, V:538, V:542, V:544, V:545, V:550, V:584–85, V:600
(friend),
V:623–24, V:626–28, V:703–4, V:705, V:706, V:709, VI:35, VI:36, VI:81, VI:142, VI:163–68, VI:177, VI:183–212, VI:214–16, VI:269, VI:270, VII:18, VII:19, VII:34, VII:37–38, VII:39, VII:48, VII:122, VII:123, VII:125, VII:126, VII:128, VII:141, VII:495, VII:496–98
(lived until 1992),
VII:499, VII:513

MOTHER (UNNAMED):
VI:202

SISTER AND TWO BROTHERS:
V:538

GOOD-MIND FOLK:
Like the CALVINS, the Good-Mind Folk are a group of researchers hired by the Tet Corporation. Whereas the Calvins are scholars, the Good-Mind Folk are psychics. Their headquarters are located on a ranch in TAOS, NEW MEXICO. Although they squabble a lot, the Good-Mind Folk and the Calvins work together. VII:507–8, VII:510, VII:517, VII:586
(watch)

FRED TOWNE:
Fred is the most talented of the Good-Mind Folk. His predictions are many and they are rarely wrong. Fred is the Tet employee who states that Roland’s Patek Philippe watch will either stop or run backward once he nears the DARK TOWER. VII:517, VII:518

GUARD AT DIXIE PIG:
VII:523

HAMMARSKJÖLD PLAZA ASSOCIATION:
VII:505

LIMOUSINE DRIVER:
VII:520–21

OLD FARTS OF THE APOCALYPSE:
See
FOUNDING FATHERS
,
listed above

SECRETARY:
VII:504

SECURITY GUARDS AT HEADQUARTERS:
VII:495
(rose),
VII:496
(Tet headquarters),
VII:505
(Tet headquarters)

THREE TOOTHLESS MUSKETEERS:
See
FOUNDING FATHERS
,
listed above

THINNY

See entry in
PORTALS

**THOMAS OF GILEAD (THOMAS WHITMAN)

The Dark Tower series contains references to two different characters named Thomas. One was a gunslinger companion of Roland’s youth who witnessed Roland’s coming-of-age battle against CORT. The second was a young man from the novel
Eyes of the Dragon.
This second Thomas (who met Roland only
briefly) was in pursuit of RANDALL FLAGG. (For pages including references to Flagg’s pursuer, see entry under R.F.) In the 2003 version of
The Gunslinger,
we learn that Roland’s friend Thomas had the last name Whitman.

I:162
(Roland’s childhood friend),
I:167–73
(witnesses Roland’s coming of age)

THOMPSON, FLIP

See
KING, STEPHEN

THONNIE

See
MANNI

THORIN, CORAL

See
HAMBRY CHARACTERS
: SEAFRONT

THORIN, HART

See
HAMBRY CHARACTERS
: SEAFRONT

THORIN, OLIVE

See
HAMBRY CHARACTERS
: SEAFRONT

THREE TOOTHLESS MUSKETEERS

See
TET CORPORATION
: FOUNDING FATHERS

THROCKEN

See
BILLY-BUMBLERS;
see also
OY

BABY THROCKEN:
Under extreme duress, NIGEL, the robotic butler we meet in the FEDIC DOGAN, gives this baby billy-bumbler to MORDRED so that the spider-boy can suck it dry. Softhearted Nigel suffers a complete mechanical meltdown because of it. VII:163–64, VII:166, VII:180, VII:182

THROCKEN AND THE DRAGON

See
DRAGON

TIA JAFFORDS

See
CALLA BRYN STURGIS CHARACTERS
: ROONTS

TIAN JAFFORDS

See
JAFFORDS FAMILY

TICK-TOCK

See
GRAYS
: GRAY HIGH COMMAND

TIGER, IMMORTAL

See
ROSE

TILLY

See
GRAYS
: GRAY HIGH COMMAND

TIM STOUTHEART

See
ROSS, TIM

TIMBERSMITH FARM CHARACTERS

See
SKIN-MAN
: SKIN-MAN’S VICTIMS

TINY BRADDOCK

See
SKIN-MAN
: SKIN-MAN’S VICTIMS: JEFFERSON RANCH

TIRANA

See
CAN-TOI

TODASH DEMONS

See
DEMONS/SPIRITS/DEVILS

TOMAS, MARIA

See
HAMBRY CHARACTERS
: HAMBRY MAYOR’S HOUSE (SEAFRONT)

TOOK, EBEN

See
CALLA BRYN STURGIS CHARACTERS
: OTHER CHARACTERS

TOOK, OLD

See
CALLA BRYN STURGIS CHARACTERS
: OTHER CHARACTERS

TOOK FAMILY

See
CALLA BRYN STURGIS CHARACTERS
: OTHER CHARACTERS

TOOK (TOOK’S OUTLAND MERCANTILE)

See
WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE:
CHARACTERS MET BETWEEN GREEN PALACE AND RIVER WHYE

TOOTHAKER, ELVIRA

See
MAINE CHARACTERS

TOPEKA CHARACTERS

At the beginning of
Wizard and Glass,
Roland and his
ka-tet
journey on BLAINE the Insane Mono and crash into an alternative version of TOPEKA, KANSAS. According to Roland, Topeka is where MID-WORLD ends and END-WORLD begins. It is also where the first part of our
tet
’s quest is completed. Although this alternative version of Kansas is much like the state found in the KEYSTONE WORLD, this version of Topeka has been devastated by the superflu virus, a disease that killed off most of America’s population in STEPHEN KING’s related novel,
The Stand.

CORCORAN, JOHN:
Topeka Capital Journal
correspondent. IV:74

HACKFORD, DR. MORRIS:
Doctor at Topeka’s St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. He reports on superflu. IV:74

MONTOYA, DR. APRIL:
Doctor at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center. She reports on superflu. IV:74

TOPSY

Roland’s horse in “Little Sisters of Eluria.”

E:146–54

TOPSY THE SAILOR

See
PUBES

TOREN, CALVIN

See
TOWER, CALVIN

TOREN, EDDIE

See
DEAN, EDDIE

TOREN, JAKE

See
CHAMBERS, JAKE

TOREN, STEPHAN

Stephan Toren was CALVIN TOWER’s great-great-great-grandfather. His will (written on March 19, 1846) included a piece of paper addressed to
ROLAND DESCHAIN, OF GILEAD/THE LINE OF ELD/GUNSLINGER.
Although the will itself no longer remains, the piece of paper addressed to Roland survives, as does the dead letter’s envelope. The envelope bears the symbols for “unfound,” symbols which also appear on BLACK THIRTEEN’s box and upon the UNFOUND DOOR.

V:541–42, V:546, VI:187, VI:195

TORRES, MIGUEL

See
HAMBRY CHARACTERS
: SEAFRONT

TOTAL HOGS

See
MUTANTS
: SLOW MUTANTS

TOTEMS OF THE BEAM

See
GUARDIANS OF THE BEAM

TOWER, CALVIN (CALVIN TOREN, MR. EX LIBRIS, OLD FATTY, VOICE NUMBER ONE)

Calvin Tower (born Calvin Toren) is the owner of the MANHATTAN RESTAURANT OF THE MIND, located on SECOND AVENUE. In
The Waste Lands,
he sold
Charlie the Choo-Choo
and
Riddle-De-Dum
to JAKE CHAMBERS. The Toren family (a Dutch name which means “tower”) were the original custodians for the Vacant LOT, located on FORTY-SIXTH STREET and Second Avenue, and for the wild, dusky-pink ROSE which grows there. Not surprisingly, the Toren family are linked to the DESCHAIN family, who are custodians for the DARK TOWER. In fact, there is a good chance that one of Calvin’s ancestors met one of Roland’s forefathers, or perhaps even met Roland himself. When EDDIE DEAN visits the Manhattan Restaurant of the Mind in 1977 to convince Tower to sell the Lot to the TET CORPORATION instead of to the CRIMSON KING’s evil SOMBRA CORPORATION, Calvin shows him the envelope in which his
great-great-great-grandfather kept his will. Although the dead letter has long disappeared, a single brittle sheet of paper remains, and that sheet is addressed to Roland Deschain, of GILEAD, the line of ELD.