Stephen King's the Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance Revised and Updated (48 page)

BEEMER, CHARLIE:
He is the husband of RUTH BEEMER, one of the women killed in the EAST STONEHAM GENERAL STORE shoot-out in 1977. VII:46

BEEMER, RHODA:
She is CHARLIE and RUTH BEEMER’s daughter and is in the EAST STONEHAM GENERAL STORE when Roland and JAKE return in 1999. VII:424, VII:431

BEEMER, RUTH:
Ruth Beemer is one of the two elderly sisters killed by BALAZAR’S MEN in the EAST STONEHAM GENERAL STORE shoot-out in 1977. VI:130–31, VI:132, VI:193–94, VII:46, VII:425

SISTER:
VI:130–31, VI:132, VI:193–94, VII:46, VII:425
(not named)

CENTRAL MAINE POWER GUY:
VII:17–18

CONVEIGH, REVEREND:
A minister in the STONEHAM/LOVELL area of Maine. VII:426

CROWELL, GARY:
When JOHN CULLUM pretends to leave for VERMONT so that he can escape from JACK ANDOLINI and BALAZAR’s other hardboys, he tells his clients to contact Gary Crowell if they need any work done on their properties. VII:44

CULLUM, JOHN:
See
TET CORPORATION
: FOUNDING FATHERS

FENNS:
The Fenns are one of the families that owns a house along TURTLEBACK LANE in LOVELL. VII:115

FIREBUG LADY:
VI:165

ISRAEL:
Israel is the surname of one of the families living along TURTLEBACK LANE in LOVELL, MAINE. VII:115

JOGGER:
VII:49

McAVOY, CHIP:
Owner of the EAST STONEHAM GENERAL STORE in EAST STONEHAM, MAINE. During the East Stoneham General Store battle, which takes place between Roland, EDDIE DEAN, and BALAZAR’S
MEN in 1977, Chip is wounded and his store is almost destroyed. Luckily, he has good insurance. After Eddie Dean’s death in the DEVAR-TOI, Roland and JAKE CHAMBERS make a second trip to Chip’s store (this time they’re searching for the writer STEPHEN KING). Chip isn’t too pleased to see them. V:621, VI:123, VI:132–45
(faints),
VI:148, VI:177, VII:128, VII:423–30, VII:431, VII:435, VII:442, VII:445, VII:449, VII:469

FATHER:
VII:424, VII:425

SON:
Chip’s son fought in VIETNAM. VI:136

UNNAMED SHOP PATRONS:
VII:423–30
(present),
VII:431

McCAUSLAND, CHARLES (CHIP):
Charles McCausland was a STONEHAM man who was hit by a car while walking on ROUTE 7. VI:403–4

McCRAY FAMILY:
The McCray family owned CARA LAUGHS, the house in LOVELL, MAINE, later purchased by STEPHEN KING. VII:116

McKEEN, GARRETT:
See
KING, STEPHEN
,
listed separately

PETERSON, REVEREND:
Peterson is the reverend of the CHURCH OF THE WALK-INS, located in STONEHAM CORNERS. VII:435

PORTLAND SUNDAY TELEGRAM:
On another level of the DARK TOWER, this paper carried STEPHEN KING’s obituary. Praise GAN, the obituary wasn’t needed. VI:410

POSTMISTRESS IN STONEHAM, MAINE:
Although the postmistress of STONEHAM, MAINE, is never named, we know that she is in her late fifties or early sixties and has blue-white hair. V:622–24, V:627

ROYSTER, ELDON:
Eldon Royster is the county sheriff for the area around EAST STONEHAM and LOVELL. VII:118

RUSSERT, DON:
JOHN CULLUM’s friend Don Russert is a retired history professor. Although his working life was spent at VANDERBILT COLLEGE, he presently lives in WATERFORD, MAINE. Like others living in the LOVELL/Waterford region, Russert has had firsthand experience of WALK-INS. In fact, Russert even managed to record one of them in his living room. Unfortunately, Russert couldn’t decipher the language the man spoke, nor could his former colleagues in the Vanderbilt Languages Department. VI:151–53, VI:180–81, VI:200–201
(indirect),
VII:131

PSYCHIC STUDIES PROFESSOR:
This unnamed professor works at DUKE UNIVERSITY. One of Russert’s friends at Duke contacted her about MAINE’s WALK-IN activity. VI:153

SARGUS, JANE:
Jane Sargus owns a small store called COUNTRY COLLECTIBLES, located near where the DIMITY ROAD branches off ROUTE 5 near EAST STONEHAM, MAINE. Jane sells furniture, glassware, quilts, and old books. Although he was supposed to be hiding from BALAZAR’S MEN, CALVIN TOWER went on a book-buying spree at her place, drawing unwanted attention to both himself and his companion, AARON DEEPNEAU. VI:165–66

SMITH, BRYAN:
See
KING, STEPHEN
,
listed separately

TASSENBAUM, DAVID:
See
TASSENBAUM, DAVID
,
listed separately

TASSENBAUM, IRENE:
See
TASSENBAUM, IRENE,
listed separately

TOOTHAKER, ELVIRA:
Elvira Toothaker attended VASSAR COLLEGE with her MAYBROOK, NEW YORK, friend JUSTINE ANDERSON. Elvira—now middle-aged—lives in LOVELL. She and Justine are out picking raspberries
on ROUTE 7 when BRYAN SMITH careens by in his minivan. VII:439–41

ANDERSON, JUSTINE:
Justine Anderson is a friend of Elvira Toothaker of LOVELL, MAINE. They attended VASSAR together and have remained friends ever since. Justine and Elvira are picking raspberries along ROUTE 7 when they see BRYAN SMITH careen past in his minivan. Justine recognizes the make of Smith’s 1985 Dodge Caravan because her son once owned a similar vehicle. VII:439–41

SON:
VII:440

TRUCK DRIVER:
VI:134–35

WIDOW:
This woman sells used books in EAST FRYEBURG, MAINE. CALVIN TOWER buys books from her. VI:191

WILSON, TEDDY:
Teddy Wilson lives on KEYWADIN POND in EAST STONEHAM, MAINE. He is the county constable and the game warden. VI:172

MAN IN BLACK

See
WALTER

MAN JESUS

See
GODS OF MID-WORLD

**MANNI (SEEKING FOLK)

The Manni are one of MID-WORLD’s strange religious sects. Their worship seems to center, at least in part, on traveling between worlds. Roland suspects that his old teacher CORT held palaver with these people (a tribe of them once lived outside GILEAD) since he seemed to know something about jumping the time/space continuum. ELDRED JONAS also knew about Manni beliefs.

In the 2003 version of
The Gunslinger,
we learn that Manni holy men can achieve a clinical detachment from their own bodies, attaining a complete division between the mind/spirit and the physical self. They can even watch their bodies die without becoming emotionally upset. Also in the new
Gunslinger,
we learn that a tribe of Manni-folk lived in the dens to the north of the MOHAINE DESERT. BROWN, the BORDER DWELLER who lived on the edge of the Mohaine, married a Manni woman and lived among them for a while. Although he left their settlement, he still retained their habit of using “thee” and “thou” in his speech.

The first time we see the Manni of MANNI REDPATH, their village located north of CALLA BRYN STURGIS, they are crammed into a buckboard wagon drawn by a pair of MUTIE GELDINGS. Although in appearance they resemble both the Quakers and the Amish found in the America of our world, the Manni are not actually Christian. Their religion, which worships an entity called both THE FORCE and THE OVER, focuses on traveling between worlds via TODASH.

To induce the necessary state of mind to travel
todash,
the Manni use both magnets and plumb bobs, which they store in large boxes, called coffs. The coffs are covered in moons, stars, and odd geometric shapes. The largest and most powerful of the bobs is called the BRANNI BOB. This plumb bob is so powerful that it is used only by HENCHICK, the Manni
dinh.
As you might expect, Manni magic is extremely powerful. The Manni help Roland’s
ka-tet
open the
UNFOUND DOOR after MIA, SUSANNAH DEAN’s demon possessor, leaves Mid-World, taking BLACK THIRTEEN—and Susannah’s body—with her.

Manni men are easily recognized. They wear dark blue cloaks and round-crowned hats, and they use the terms
thee
and
thou.
Manni men also have extremely long fingernails, since they are allowed to cut them only twice a year. Not only does their appearance set them apart from the other people of Mid-World, but the Seeking Folk’s culture is also radically different from that of their neighbors. Manni men marry multiple wives and live in cabins called
kras.
Those who leave their clan to marry outsiders (such as MARGARET EISENHART) are called the forgetful. As far as their former brethren are concerned, these deserters are damned and will spend eternity in the depths of NA’AR, which is like Hell.

When the name of ARTHUR ELD is mentioned, the Manni whisper, “The Eld!” and lift their hands, raising their first and fourth fingers in the air. The movement is a sign of respect. When a Manni covers his eyes with his hands, it is a signal of deep religious dread. When Manni folk shake their heads in negation, they do so slowly, sweeping their heads back and forth in wide arcs. The gesture is so common among them that Roland thinks it might well be genetic. As well as having their own philosophy, the Manni have their own poetic tradition. The lines “Beyond the realm of human range/ A drop of hell, a touch of strange” come from a Manni poem.

IV:34, IV:175
(and Jonas),
IV:534, V:6, V:14–31
(Town Gathering Hall; present),
V:79, V:80, V:89, V:105, V:115, V:158, V:211–34
(present; mentioned directly on 218, 219, 223),
V:236, V:335, V:337, V:399
(Seeking Folk),
V:406, V:407
(have ways of knowing),
V:411
(elder Manni seek other worlds for enlightenment),
V:412, V:414
(as travelers),
V:422, V:465, V:483, V:566, V:573, V:601–17
(present; mentioned directly on 602),
V:654, V:677, VI:5, VI:7, VI:8, VI:9, VI:17, VI:21, VI:24–43
(cloak folk),
VII:149, VII:335, VII:413, VII:540, VII:756, VII:798, VII:817, W:150

INDIVIDUAL MANNI:

ARRA:
See
CANTAB
,
listed below

BONY SHOULDERS, BALEFUL EYES:
When the men of CALLA BRYN STURGIS meet in the TOWN GATHERING HALL to discuss what to do about the arrival of the WOLVES, this Manni states that they should have a festival for the children and then kill them. He thinks death is a more welcoming place for them than THUNDERCLAP. V:14–31
(Town Gathering Hall; present but not mentioned until 16)

BRANNI BOB:
The Branni Bob is the largest and most potent of the magical plumb bobs that the Manni used to travel TODASH. It is kept in a four-foot-long ironwood coff, is about eighteen inches long, and looks a bit like a child’s top, though it is made of a yellowish, greasy-looking wood. As EDDIE DEAN finds out, it is extremely powerful and becomes
dim
as it sways back and forth. The Branni Bob appears to have a will of its own. Perhaps this is why HENCHICK refers to it as a “he” rather than an “it.” VI:28–43

CANTAB:
When Roland asks FATHER CALLAHAN for the names of some adults that the children of the Calla trust implicitly, Callahan mentions Cantab of the Manni. Evidently, the children follow him as if he
were the Pied Piper. Cantab and his wife, ARRA, are two of the CHILD-MINDERS during the final battle against the WOLVES. Cantab is also present when the Manni help Roland and the remains of his
ka-tet
open the UNFOUND DOOR. V:483, V:601–17
(present; mentioned directly on 602, 603),
V:662–67
(present; mentioned directly on 666),
V:677, V:689
(
folken
),
V:693–97
(
folken
),
VI:3–9, VI:24–43

ARRA:
Arra is Cantab’s wife. Like him, she is one of the CHILD-MINDERS during the final battle against the WOLVES. Like the SISTERS OF ORIZA, Arra throws the dish, but belonging to the Manni prohibits her fellowship with the other Sisters. V:662–67
(present; mentioned directly on 666),
V:677, V:689
(indirect),
V:693–97
(
folken
),
VI:3
(Henchick’s granddaughter)

ELDERS (GENERAL):
VI:24–43, W:147

FORCE, THE:
See
OVER, THE
,
listed below

HEDRON:
Hedron is a strong Sender. He is one of the Manni elders who helps HENCHICK open the UNFOUND DOOR for Roland and his
ka-tet
after their battle with the WOLVES. VI:41–43
(present from 24, but not mentioned until 41)

HENCHICK (SILKY WHITE BEARD):
Henchick is the
dinh
of Manni Redpath. He is about eighty years old but is in marvelous physical shape, as Roland discovers when Henchick leads him up the steep incline to the DOORWAY CAVE. (Roland is fatigued by the exertion, but Henchick barely breaks a sweat.)

Like the other Manni, Henchick has multiple wives. (He has three.) MARGARET EISENHART (formerly Margaret of the Redpath clan) is either one of his daughters or one of his granddaughters. Bad blood still exists between them because Henchick opposed Margaret’s marriage to a “heathen.” Despite Margaret’s having been with her husband, VAUGHN EISENHART, for more than twenty years, Henchick still believes she is destined for NA’AR.

In the end, Henchick proves to be one of Roland’s greatest allies in CALLA BRYN STURGIS. He and his
ka-tet
help Roland, EDDIE, JAKE, and PERE CALLAHAN open the UNFOUND DOOR so that they can rescue SUSANNAH from the FEDIC DOGAN where MIA has escaped with her body.

Henchick has a twinner in our world. His name is REVEREND EARL HARRIGAN. V:17–31
(Town Gathering Hall; present),
V:211–34
(present; mentioned directly on 223, 224 not yet named),
V:236, V:335, V:336, V:338
(Margaret’s da),
V:389, V:393, V:399, V:400, V:401, V:406–16, V:421, V:466, V:508, V:510, V:601–17
(present; mentioned directly on 602, 605, 608, 610),
VI:3–9, VI:12, VI:17, VI:21, VI:23–43, VI:258, VI:288, VI:307, VI:311, VII:540