Stephen King's the Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance Revised and Updated (8 page)

AMMIES, WHITE

See
GILEAD’S WHITE AMMIES

AMOCO PREACHER

This hermit gained a quasi-religious following because of the wild sermons he preached while holding an ancient gasoline hose between his legs. (We don’t know which was more popular among his followers—the sermons or the hose.) The words on the pump (
AMOCO UNLEADED
) were pretty much indecipherable, but this weird cult made AMOCO into the totem of a thunder god. They worshiped this destructive force with a mad slaughter of sheep.

I:154, III:97

ANDERSON, DELBERT

See
DEAN, SUSANNAH
: ODETTA HOLMES AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: ODETTA’S “MOVEMENT” ASSOCIATES

ANDERSON, JUSTINE

See
MAINE CHARACTERS
: TOOTHAKER, ELVIRA

ANDERSON, RUPERT

See
TREE VILLAGE CHARACTERS
: ANDERSON, RUPERT

ANDOLINI, CLAUDIO

See
BALAZAR, ENRICO
: BALAZAR’S MEN

ANDOLINI, JACK

See
BALAZAR, ENRICO
: BALAZAR’S MEN

ANDREW (ANDREW FEENY)

See
DEAN, SUSANNAH
: ODETTA HOLMES’S ASSOCIATES

ANDREW (LOW MAN IN TUX)

See
CAN-TOI

ANDRUS, CORTLAND

See
CORT

ANDY

See
NORTH CENTRAL POSITRONICS

ANGSTROM, JUNIOR

See
MAINE CHARACTERS

ANSELM, HUGH

See
CALLA BRYN STURGIS CHARACTERS
: FARMERS (SMALLHOLD)

ANTASSI, OFFICER PAUL

See
GUTTENBERG, FURTH, AND PATEL
: DAMASCUS, TRUDY

APON

See
GODS OF MID-WORLD
: OLD STAR

ARDELIA SMACK

See
WIDOW SMACK

ARMANEETA

The first time we hear about the existence of the SIGHE, or Mid-World’s fairyfolk, is in the folktale which ROLAND recounts in
The Wind Through the Keyhole.
“Watch for the green sighe,” the tax-collecting COVENANT MAN says to the tale’s young hero, TIM ROSS. “She glows, so she does!” The sighe that the
Covenant Man mentions is actually his lovely but wicked little co-conspirator, Armaneeta.

Much like a sensual Tinkerbell, green little Armaneeta is four inches tall and has transparent wings on her back. These wings beat so quickly when she flies that they are almost invisible. (Their beating makes a purring sound.) Unlike Tinkerbell, Armaneeta is naked. (Tim can’t tell whether her skin is green or it is just tinted by the bright green light that surrounds her.) Armaneeta’s upturned, almond-shaped eyes are pupilless, and her laughter sounds like distant bells.

If the rest of the sighe are like Armaneeta, they are wonderful fliers. Despite her small size, she can soar upwards in dizzying spirals, higher than the tallest IRONWOODS, and then somersault down like a girl diving into a pool. Unfortunately, she is as treacherous as she is beautiful. At the Covenant Man’s direction, flirtatious little Armaneeta leads Tim into the middle of the FAGONARD, and leaves him there.

W: 164
(sighe)
, W:170
(sighe),
W:182–83
(sighe),
W:190–96
(191—described, 193—named & deserts Tim),
W:198, W:203, W:206
(indirect),
W:217, W:224, W:226, W:236
(indirect),
W:237

ARMITAGE, FRANK

See
WARRIORS OF THE SCARLET EYE
: DEVAR-TOI CHARACTERS: HUMANS

ARN

See
DEBARIA CHARACTERS
: JEFFERSON RANCH CHARACTERS

ARRA

See
MANNI
: CANTAB;
see also
CALLA BRYN STURGIS CHARACTERS
: FARMERS (SMALLHOLD)

ARTHUR, KING

In our world, King Arthur (also known as King Arthur of the Round Table) was the legendary King of the Britons whose men went in search of the Holy Grail. In Roland’s world, he was the ancient King of ALL-WORLD and the ancestor of the line of DESCHAIN. In
Song of Susannah,
pregnant MIA searches SUSANNAH DEAN’s memory for a name for her CHAP and settles on one from the Arthurian storycycle. She chooses MORDRED, the name of Arthur’s betraying son-nephew who was born to Arthur’s sister after their incestuous coupling.

I:94, III:72, V:111
(Tales of Arthur),
VI:107
(indirect)

ARTHUR ELD

See
ELD, ARTHUR

ASLAN

In
The Chronicles of Narnia,
Aslan is the great lion—King of the wood and the son of the great Emperor-Beyond-the-Sea. In the Dark Tower series, Aslan is a GUARDIAN OF THE BEAM.

According to the NORTH CENTRAL POSITRONICS Portable Guidance Module, DARIA, if Aslan is still alive he lives in the LAND OF ENDLESS
SNOWS. It is possible that the BLEEDING LION, which the TAHEEN FINLI O’TEGO says has been seen stalking to the north, is none other than Aslan.

W:234, W:250

ATWOOD, TIM

See
BREAKERS
: BRAUTIGAN, TED

AUNT BLUE

See
DEAN, SUSANNAH
: ODETTA HOLMES’S ASSOCIATES: SISTER BLUE

AUNT CORDELIA

See
DELGADO, CORDELIA

AUNT MOLLY

See
BREAKERS
: BRAUTIGAN, TED

AUNT TALITHA

See
RIVER CROSSING CHARACTERS

AVEN KAL

See
APPENDIX I
;
see also
BEAMS, PATH OF THE
,
in
PORTALS

AVERY, BONNIE

See
PIPER SCHOOL CHARACTERS

AVERY, HERK

See
HAMBRY CHARACTERS
: SHERIFF’S OFFICE

BABY MICHAEL

See
MIA
: MIA’S ASSOCIATES

BACHMAN, CLAUDIA Y INEZ

See
CHARLIE THE CHOO-CHOO

BACHMAN, RICHARD

Richard Bachman began life as one of STEPHEN KING’s pseudonyms, but as often happens with fictional characters, he soon assumed his own identity and made a break for freedom by taking up residence on one of the other levels of the DARK TOWER. During his lifetime, Bachman published five novels. These were
Rage, The Long Walk, Roadwork, The Running Man,
and
Thinner.
Although Bachman, a survivor of adult-onset leukemia, died of cancer of the pseudonym in 1985, additional manuscripts (including
The Regulators
) were discovered by
his widow, CLAUDIA INEZ BACHMAN (now Claudia Inez Eschelman), as late as 1994. This raises the inevitable question—did all of the Richard Bachmans, on all levels of the Tower, actually reach the clearing at the end of the path? Or is it possible that at least one Bachman still lives on? If so, we will see more of his books mysteriously appearing in our world.

VI:288, VI:392

BADMOUTH KING

See
WARRIORS OF THE SCARLET EYE
: CASSE ROI RUSSE: HUMANS: FEEMALO/FIMALO/FUMALO

BAEZ, VAN GOGH

See
CAN-TOI

BAJ

See
BREAKERS

BALAZAR, ENRICO (EMILIO BALAZAR, IL ROCHE)

In
The Drawing of the Three,
Enrico Balazar (also known as Emilio Balazar and
“Il Roche”)
is a high-caliber big shot in New York’s drug world. For a very short while, EDDIE DEAN works for him as a drug runner. Although his mob is based in BROOKLYN, Balazar’s headquarters are in a Midtown bar called THE LEANING TOWER. The first time Roland sees the neon sign for this bar he thinks he is approaching the DARK TOWER itself.

Balazar is a second-generation Sicilian who looks like both a fat Italian peasant and a small-time Mafioso. However, despite his looks (and his nasty business methods), he has a quiet and cultured voice. He also has an associate’s degree from the New York University Business School. One of Balazar’s passions is building houses (or perhaps I should say palaces) out of cards. In fact, he once shot a man (THE MICK) for blowing down his creation.

In
The Drawing of the Three,
a very ill Roland and a naked Eddie Dean have a shoot-out with Balazar’s men in the Leaning Tower. They escape after killing Balazar and his thugs. One of the most grisly weapons launched at Eddie during this fray is the decapitated head of his brother, HENRY DEAN. This shoot-out left some mighty bad
ka
between Eddie and this short, chubby, but murderous second-generation Sicilian, a
ka
destined to replay between Eddie and all of the Balazars on all levels of the Dark Tower.

At the beginning of
Wolves of the Calla,
Eddie Dean and JAKE CHAMBERS return to a TODASH version of NEW YORK and witness a much younger Balazar and two of his men harassing CALVIN TOWER, owner of the MANHATTAN RESTAURANT OF THE MIND. It turns out that Balazar has been hired by the SOMBRA CORPORATION (one of the many companies serving the CRIMSON KING) to “persuade” Tower to sell them the Vacant LOT, home of the ROSE. Caught in the invisible (or
dim
)
todash
state, neither Jake nor Eddie can intervene on Tower’s behalf. However, they do get a good look at the document which Tower signed almost a year previously, promising not to sell the Lot for twelve months but giving Sombra first right of purchase after that time.

Deciding that the Rose must be kept safe from the WOLVES of New York
every bit as much as the children of CALLA BRYN STURGIS must be kept safe from the Wolves of THUNDERCLAP, Eddie returns to New York (this time via the UNFOUND DOOR) to persuade Tower to sell the Lot to him rather than to Sombra. However, when he arrives at Tower’s bookshop, he finds two of Balazar’s “gentlemen”—namely JACK ANDOLINI and GEORGE BIONDI—leaning over Tower in his office, threatening to burn his precious books unless he agrees to sell. With a skillful use of Roland’s gun (both the firing end and the sandalwood butt) Eddie sends a double message to Balazar, courtesy of his two thugs. First, Tower isn’t selling the Lot to Sombra because he has already decided to sell to the TET CORPORATION. Second, Calvin Tower is now under the protection of people who make Balazar and his cohorts look like hippies attending WOODSTOCK.

Not surprisingly, Balazar doesn’t listen. Acting on a tip given to the agents of the Crimson King by MIA, SUSANNAH DEAN’s demon possessor, he sends his gunmen to EAST STONEHAM, MAINE, both to flush Tower out of hiding and to give Eddie and Roland (destined to enter our world here through the Unfound Door) an unpleasantly warm welcome. Thanks to Roland and Eddie’s amazing gunslinger reflexes, they survive Balazar’s ambush. They even manage to persuade an anally retentive Calvin Tower to sell them his Lot.

II:47, II:48, II:50, II:61, II:70, II:91–92, II:96, II:100, II:106, II:107–13
(under discussion),
II:113–20, II:121, II:124, II:125–35, II:137, II:140, II:142–50
(shot),
II:156, II:179, II:204, II:205, II:206, II:244, II:309, II:349, II:369, II:398, III:17, III:51, III:67, III:68, III:180, III:262, III:340, III:346, V:60, V:61, V:62–68, V:91, V:93, V:96, V:104, V:164, V:167, V:178, V:180, V:393, V:396, V:453, V:504, V:519, V:522, V:525, V:527
(Il Roche),
V:528, V:535–37, V:542, V:544, V:550, V:627–28, V:705, VI:28, VI:128, VI:139, VI:140, VI:142, VI:144, VI:146, VI:189, VI:277, VI:334

BALAZAR’S ENEMIES:

MICK, THE:
Fourteen years before our story takes place, this Irishman made the mistake of blowing down one of Balazar’s card houses. Balazar shot him in the head with a .45 and instructed ’CIMI DRETTO and TRUMAN ALEXANDER to bury him under a chicken house somewhere outside of SEDONVILLE, CONNECTICUT. II:116–17

BALAZAR’S FAMILY:

TIO VERONE:
Balazar’s uncle who told him never to trust a junkie. II:118

BALAZAR’S MEN:
V:91, V:393, V:519, V:520, V:525 (tet)
,
V:535, V:542
(goons),
V:550, V:705, VI:129–48, VI:154
(indirect),
VI:162
(indirect),
VI:185, VI:194, VI:215

ALEXANDER, TRUMAN:
Truman Alexander died four years before our story takes place. He was one of the thugs who buried THE MICK under a chicken house in SEDONVILLE, CONNECTICUT. II:117

ANDOLINI, CLAUDIO:
JACK ANDOLINI’s brother. He is also one of Balazar’s bodyguards. II:113–14, II:115–20
(watching Balazar build with cards),
II:125–35, II:142–47
(shot),
II:150, V:528

ANDOLINI, JACK (OLD DOUBLE-UGLY):
Jack Andolini is known to his enemies as “Old Double-Ugly.” Although his bulging forehead, bulky body, and tufted ears make him look like a Cro-Magnon, he’s anything but stupid. Jack is Balazar’s number-one lieutenant. Unfortunately for him,
Andolini meets an especially nasty end. Told by his boss to follow Eddie into the headquarters’ lavatory, he ends up being pulled by Eddie onto the monster-infested beach of the WESTERN SEA, where he is devoured by LOBSTROSITIES.

In
Wolves of the Calla,
Old Double-Ugly is the man the big boss Balazar puts in charge of working over CALVIN TOWER and then ambushing EDDIE and Roland in EAST STONEHAM, MAINE. During the battle at the EAST STONEHAM GENERAL STORE, Andolini takes to calling Eddie “Slick.” However, his sticks and stones break no one’s bones, and at the end of the day, Andolini—a NEW YORK big shot—ends up sitting in a Maine county jail. Humiliating as Andolini might find this particular fate, it’s better than the one that awaits one of his other selves on the
Drawing of the Three
level of the DARK TOWER, where he becomes a lobstrosity dinner special. II:91–95
(tailing),
II:105
(in truck),
II:106–13, II:115, II:122, II:125–41
(eaten by lobstrosities),
II:142, II:143, II:144, II:154, II:297, III:52, III:53, V:61, V:62–68, V:169, V:518–28, V:529, V:530
(hoodlum),
V:531, V:535, V:536, V:544, V:548, V:550, V:623, VI:130–48
(present from 129; calls Eddie “Slick”),
VI:150, VI:154
(indirect),
VI:162, VI:164, VI:166, VI:168, VI:183, VI:184, VI:185, VI:189, VI:191, VI:192, VI:193, VI:194, VI:196, VI:211, VI:215, VII:40, VII:118, VII:396, VII:418, VII:426, VII:495