Stephen King's the Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance Revised and Updated (43 page)

The woodsmen of Tree both loved and feared the ironwood forest, which was wise. The forest fed and clothed the men’s families, but like a living being it also needed to eat, and its food was often the woodsmen themselves. Despite the risks, cutting ironwood was a lucrative job. Both seaworthy and rot resistant (ironwood coffins would last a thousand years), this unusual wood fetched such a high price that it was paid for in silver rather than scrip. Still, many woodsmen contented themselves with harvesting the blossies that grew at the forest edge rather than attempting to cut the more valuable commodity. Only very brave and strong men—like Big Ross and his partner, BIG KELLS—dared to go deeper to where the good ironwood grew. And not even Ross or his treacherous partner
dared to travel to the edge of the FAGONARD where ironwoods grew bigger than houses.

According to TIM ROSS, the ironwoods at the heart of the Endless Forest were as tall, straight, and solemn as Manni elders at a funeral. Although they were completely smooth for the first forty feet, above that their branches leaped skyward like upraised arms, tangling the narrow IRONWOOD TRAIL with a cobweb of shadows. Anyone foolish enough to wander off the trail or go beyond it quickly became lost in a maze.

Perhaps it was the dangerousness of the ironwood forest that inspired the people of Tree to link it to the afterlife. In DUSTIN STOKES burial parlor, there was a little room with forest scenes painted on the walls. In the center was an ironwood bier, an open space that represented the clearing at the end of life’s path.
See also
NORTH’RD BARONY
: IRONWOOD FOREST
in
MID-WORLD PLACES

I:56
(2003 edition),
I:178
(2003 edition),
I:179
(2003 edition),
I:180
(2003 edition),
I:182
(2003 edition),
I:209
(2003 edition),
I:210
(2003 edition),
I:217
(2003 edition),
II:18, IV:117, IV:171, IV:178, IV:218, IV:519, V:73, V:81, V:131, V:294, V:313, V:352, V:409, V:411, V:612, VI:28, VII:194, VII:560, VII:679, VII:724, VII:779, W:47, W:109, W:110, W:111, W:114, W:115
(forest),
W:117, W:118
(forest),
W:119, W:122, W:125, W:127, W:129, W:133, W:136, W:139, W:145, W:146–64
(Tim in the forest),
W:168, W:172, W:175, 177
(and clearing),
W:181, W:182, W;183, W:189–255
(Tim in forest, in Fagonard, at Dogan),
W:257, W:285

ISRAEL

See
MAINE CHARACTERS

ITTAWAY, DAVE

See
BREAKERS

JAFFORDS FAMILY (KA-JAFFORDS)

The Jaffords clan of CALLA BRYN STURGIS owns a smallhold farm near the banks of the RIVER WHYE. Unlike the other Calla
folken,
they have consistently resisted the WOLVES of THUNDERCLAP. Seventy years before our story began, JAMIE JAFFORDS and a
moit
of friends fought the Wolves on the EAST ROAD. Jamie was the only one of the WOLF POSSE to survive, but thanks to him, Roland and his
tet
find out that the Wolves are actually robots produced by the sinister company NORTH CENTRAL POSITRONICS. TIAN JAFFORDS, Jamie’s grandson, is the first in his village to suggest that the town should stand against the Wolves, paving the way for Roland’s battle against the child-stealing villains of Thunderclap. ZALIA, Tian’s wife, is one of the SISTERS OF ORIZA. She and the other Sisters of the Plate fight alongside Roland and his
tet
during the East Road battle.

V:1, V:3, V:8, V:321, V:340, V:343, V:353, V:380, V:394, V:396, V:401, V:488, V:492, VI:178
(Jaffords’s Rentals in Maine),
VI:184
(Jaffords’s Rentals in Maine)

HOONIK, ZALMAN:
ZALIA JAFFORDS’s ROONT brother, who lives with the Jaffords family.
See
CALLA BRYN STURGIS CHARACTERS
: ROONTS

JAFFORDS, AARON:
Aaron Jaffords is the two-year-old son of TIAN and ZALIA JAFFORDS. He is their youngest child, and a singleton. Unlike twins, singletons are safe from the WOLVES. V:9, V:10
(children),
V:14
(indirect),
V:15, V:25, V:143, V:146, V:162
(indirect),
V:344–46, V:351–56, V:379
(indirect),
V:380, V:397
(indirect),
V:488–92
(present),
V:494
(baby)

JAFFORDS, GRAN-PERE (JAMIE):
Gran-pere Jaffords is the father of the deceased LUKE JAFFORDS and the grandfather of TIAN JAFFORDS. He is also the oldest person in the Calla. Although he is now toothless and spends most of his time dozing by the fire, in his youth he was full of thorn and bark. Seventy years before our story began, when Jamie was just NINETEEN years old, he and his friends MOLLY DOOLIN, EAMON DOOLIN, and POKEY SLIDELL formed a POSSE to defeat the WOLVES of THUNDERCLAP. Molly Doolin managed to kill one of the invaders with her ORIZA, but Jamie was the only human to survive the standoff.

Although Gran-pere lives with Tian and his family, he and his grandson have not spoken civilly for years. Their long feud began when Luke Jaffords allowed seventeen-year-old Tian to site the family well with a drotta, or dowsing stick, against Jamie’s wishes. Tian found water, but when his father tried to dig the well, the ground collapsed under him and he was buried alive in the clay-filled water.

Like many of the people of the Calla, Gran-pere Jaffords wears a Jesus-tree. However, he doesn’t seem particularly pious. During dinner grace he picks his nose. Despite his advanced years, Jamie Jaffords still has an eye for pretty ladies. He especially likes his granddaughter-in-law, ZALIA. V:1, V:10, V:11, V:12, V:13, V:14, V:25, V:27, V:162, V:236–37, V:322, V:346–48, V:352–69, V:377, V:396, V:401, V:405, V:419–20, V:485–86, V:484–92
(present),
V:494, V:509, V:530, V:601–17
(present; mentioned directly on 601, 603, 608, 610, 611),
V:621, V:664, V:679, VII:385

GRAN-PERE’S GRAN-PERE:
V:12

GRAN-PERE’S TWIN:
See
CALLA BRYN STURGIS CHARACTERS
: ROONTS

JAFFORDS, HEDDA:
Hedda Jaffords is HEDDON JAFFORDS’s twin. She and Heddon are the oldest of TIAN and ZALIA’s five children. They are ten-year-old dark blonds. Hedda is the cleverer of the twins, but her brother is better-tempered. Tian describes her as good but plain-faced. V:9, V:10, V:12, V:13, V:14
(children),
V:15
(children),
V:23, V:144–45, V:146, V:162
(indirect),
V:344–46, V:351–56, V:357, V:379
(indirect),
V:380
(indirect),
V:397
(indirect),
V:488–92
(present),
V:494, V:601–17
(present; mentioned directly on 603, 605),
V:662–67
(with children)

JAFFORDS, HEDDON:
Heddon Jaffords is HEDDA JAFFORDS’s twin. He is not as clever as his sister but is more agreeable. He and Hedda are ten-year-old dark blonds. V:9, V:10, V:12, V:13, V:14
(children),
V:15
(children),
V:23,
V:144–45, V:146, V:162
(indirect),
V:344–46, V:351–56, V:357, V:379
(indirect),
V:380
(indirect),
V:397
(indirect),
V:488–92
(present),
V:494, V:601–17
(present; mentioned directly on 603),
V:662–67
(with children),
V:696

JAFFORDS, JAMIE:
See
JAFFORDS, GRAN-PERE,
listed above

JAFFORDS, LIA:
Lia is LYMAN JAFFORDS’s twin. She is five years old. V:9, V:10, V:12, V:14
(indirect),
V:15
(indirect),
V:23, V:146, V:162
(indirect),
V:344–46, V:351–56, V:357, V:379, V:380
(indirect),
V:397
(indirect),
V:488–92
(present),
V:494, V:662–67
(with children),
V:693

JAFFORDS, LUKE:
Luke Jaffords was the son of JAMIE JAFFORDS and the father of TIAN and TIA JAFFORDS. After Tia was taken to THUNDERCLAP and returned roont, Luke Jaffords doted on Tian. He even let his seventeen-year-old son site the family’s new well, using a drotta, or dowsing stick, despite negative predictions by Jamie. Tian found the water they’d been searching for, but when his father dug the well, its clay sides collapsed and buried Luke alive. The grief and anger that resulted from this tragic and avoidable death set Tian and Jamie against each other forever after. V:8
(Tian’s father),
V:15, V:24, V:123, V:347, V:368, V:485

JAFFORDS, LYMAN:
He is LIA JAFFORDS’s twin. He is five years old. V:9, V:10, V:12, V:14
(indirect),
V:15
(indirect),
V:23, V:146, V:162
(indirect),
V:344–46, V:351–56, V:357, V:379, V:380
(indirect),
V:397
(indirect),
V:488–92
(present),
V:494

JAFFORDS, TIA (ROONT):
See
CALLA BRYN STURGIS CHARACTERS
: ROONTS

JAFFORDS, TIAN:
Tian Jaffords is about thirty years old. He and his wife, ZALIA JAFFORDS, have five children—two sets of twins and one singleton. Tian is an anomaly in his village. Unlike most of the other smallhold farmers, he can read and write. He can also work with numbers. It is Tian Jaffords who calls the men of the Calla to meet at the TOWN GATHERING HALL so that they can try to save their children from the WOLVES. Tian and his GRAN-PERE have not spoken civilly in years. Each blames the other for LUKE JAFFORDS’s death.

While Zalia Jaffords stands against the Wolves during the Calla’s final battle, Tian acts as one of the CHILD-MINDERS. V:1–31, V:44
(follows
ka-tet
),
V:45
(follows
ka-tet
),
V:47
(follows
ka-tet
),
V:88
(new friends),
V:92
(indirect),
V:106
(indirect),
V:109
(indirect),
V:111–13, V:116, V:122–37, V:142–60, V:162, V:201–10
(present; mentioned directly on 208),
V:211–34
(present; mentioned directly on 214, 216, 218, 222),
V:236
(indirect),
V:237, V:319, V:343, V:344–57, V:359, V:360, V:368, V:376–77, V:379, V:380, V:397
(indirect),
V:398–99, V:419, V:485, V:486–92
(present),
V:494, V:572, V:587, V:589, V:601–17, V:629–35, V:641, V:644–50, V:652, V:654, V:662–67
(present),
V:686, V:689
(
folken
),
V:693–97
(
folken
),
VI:204, VI:373

MOTHER:
Mentioned but unnamed. V:1

UNCLE:
While trying to break ground in SON OF A BITCH, TIAN’s uncle was attacked by MUTANT WASPS. V:1

JAFFORDS, ZALIA:
See
ORIZA, SISTERS OF

JAFFORDS RENTALS

See
MAINE (STATE OF)
: EAST STONEHAM,
in
OUR WORLD PLACES

JAKE

See
CHAMBERS, JAKE

JAKLI

See
TAHEEN
: BIRDMEN TAHEEN

JAMIE

See
DeCURRY, JAMIE

JAVIER, ANNABELLE

See
CALLA BRYN STURGIS CHARACTERS
: FARMERS (SMALLHOLD): JAVIER, BUCKY

JAVIER, BUCKY

See
CALLA BRYN STURGIS CHARACTERS
: FARMERS (SMALLHOLD)

JAVIER, BULLY

See
CALLA BRYN STURGIS CHARACTERS
: ROONTS

JAVIER, ROBERTA

See
CALLA BRYN STURGIS CHARACTERS
: FARMERS (SMALLHOLD): JAVIER, BUCKY

JEFFERSON FAMILY

See
SKIN-MAN
: SKIN-MAN’S VICTIMS

JEFFERSON RANCH CHARACTERS

See
SKIN-MAN
: SKIN-MAN’S VICTIMS;
and
DEBARIA CHARACTERS: JEFFERSON RANCH CHARACTERS.
See also
STREETER, BILL

JEFFY

See
CALLAHAN, FATHER DONALD FRANK
: CALLAHAN’S HOME SHELTER ASSOCIATES

JEMMIN

See
MANNI

JENKINS

See
WARRIORS OF THE SCARLET EYE
: DEVAR-TOI CHARACTERS: UNKNOWN RACE

JENNA, SISTER

See
ELURIA, LITTLE SISTERS OF

JESSERLING, PETRA

See
PIPER SCHOOL CHARACTERS

JESUS DOG (CROSS DOG)

See
ELURIA CHARACTERS

JEY

See
TAHEEN
: BIRDMEN TAHEEN;
see also
WARRIORS OF THE SCARLET EYE
: DIXIE PIG CHARACTERS: TAHEEN

JIM (UNCLE JIM)

See
BREAKERS
: BRAUTIGAN, TED

“JIM CROW”

Jim Crow was a character in an early-nineteenth-century plantation song found in our world. His name was given to the set of laws and social practices known as segregation. During her time on our level of the DARK TOWER, SUSANNAH DEAN and other Civil Rights activists fought to oust the Jim Crow policies found in the South.

II:234, II:235, II:236

J.J. THE BLUE JAY

See
BREAKERS
: EARNSHAW, DINKY

JOCHABIM

See
WARRIORS OF THE SCARLET EYE
: DIXIE PIG CHARACTERS: HUMANS

JOHN LAWS

This bit of slang means “policeman.”

VI:65

**JOHNS, ALAIN (RICHARD STOCKWORTH)

Alain Johns was Roland’s sworn brother and his fellow gunslinger. Although he is mentioned earlier, we do not meet Alain until
Wizard and Glass,
when he and CUTHBERT ALLGOOD accompany Roland to the OUTER ARC town of HAMBRY.