Stephen King's the Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance Revised and Updated (9 page)

ANDOLINI FAMILY:
V:527, V:582

BERNIE (OF BERNIE’S BARBER SHOP):
EDDIE DEAN briefly considers holding up Bernie’s Barber Shop (home of Balazar’s weekend poker games) in order to scrape funds together so that CALVIN TOWER can leave NEW YORK CITY and escape the serious maiming that Balazar is sending his way. Instead, Tower borrows money from his old friend AARON DEEPNEAU and the two of them flee to MAINE. V:537

BIONDI, GEORGE (BIG NOSE):
George Biondi is known as “Big George” to his friends and “Big Nose” to his enemies. During a game of Trivial Pursuit, he gives heroin-addicted HENRY DEAN his final deadly fix. “Big Nose” Biondi isn’t as intelligent as his gun-bunny workmate, JACK ANDOLINI. When EDDIE sees this particular piece of pond scum during the battle at the EAST STONEHAM GENERAL STORE, he’s still blue from the bruises Eddie gave him in the backroom office of CALVIN TOWER’s bookshop. Biondi doesn’t have to worry about his looks for long, though. Eddie uses Roland’s gun to (literally) blow the bruises away. (And the rest of his face as well.) II:114, II:119–20, II:123–24, II:132–33, II:150–51, V:61, V:62–68, V:93
(Big Nose),
V:98, V:518–28, V:530
(hoodlum),
V:535, V:536, V:548, VI:140
(present from 129; Eddie blows his face off),
VI:143, VI:166, VII:397, VII:495

MOTHER:
VI:140

BLAKE, KEVIN:
In
The Drawing of the Three,
redheaded Kevin Blake is one of the hit men who plays a final (and deadly) game of Trivial Pursuit with HENRY DEAN. During the shoot-out which follows, he lobs Henry’s decapitated head at EDDIE. II:123–24, II:151–52, II:153, V:61, V:544

DARIO:
Although he is one of Balazar’s “gentlemen,” during the LEANING
TOWER’S shoot-out he is accidentally killed by TRICKS POSTINO’s incredible Rambo machine. II:148–49

DRETTO, CARLOCIMI (’CIMI):
One of Balazar’s personal bodyguards. In
The Drawing of the Three
we learn that ’Cimi and ALEXANDER TRUMAN buried THE MICK under a chicken house in CONNECTICUT. The Mick’s crime? Blowing down Balazar’s house of cards. II:113–14, II:115–20
(watches Balazar build a house of cards),
II:124, II:125, II:129, II:133, II:142–47
(shot),
V:528, V:544

BITCH-OF-A-WIFE:
II:115–16

FATHER:
II:116

LA MONSTRA:
’Cimi’s much-hated mother-in-law. II:115–16

GINELLI:
Ginelli owns both the FOUR FATHERS Restaurant and the Ginelli’s Pizza truck. He is a mobster in cahoots with Balazar. II:91–95
(his truck follows Eddie),
II:105, II:349

HASPIO, JIMMY:
II:123–24, II:150
(shot)

POSTINO, TRICKS:
One of Balazar’s thugs. With a name like Tricks, this guy couldn’t become anything other than a hit man. He is part of the deadly Trivial Pursuit game that takes place in Balazar’s headquarters. II:114, II:123–24, II:132–33, II:142–49
(shot),
II:151, V:528, V:536, VI:134
(present from 129; dies in this section),
VI:135

VECHHIO, RUDY:
II:151

VINCENT, COL:
Col Vincent is a “glorified goofer” with a big yellow-toothed grin. He smells like old sweat. II:91–95
(tailing),
II:105
(in truck),
II:106–13, II:120, II:122, II:125–35
(present)

BALAZAR’S NASSAU CONNECTION:

SALLOW BRITISH MAN:
While working as Balazar’s cocaine mule in NASSAU, EDDIE DEAN has to have dealings with this unsavory and untrustworthy character. This guy tries to give Eddie Dean poison rather than a heroin fix. He hopes to kill Eddie or at least screw up his drug run and rob him. Eddie wins out. II:47–51, II:58, V:453
(sallow thing)

WILSON, WILLIAM:
William Wilson is a soft-spoken American who specializes in strapping drugs onto smugglers. Although he doesn’t know it, he shares a name with the narrator of Edgar Allan Poe’s famous story entitled “William Wilson.” II:57, II:74

BALDY ANDERSON

See
TREE VILLAGE CHARACTERS
: ANDERSON, RUPERT

’BAMA

See
CHAMBERS, JAKE

BAMBRY, JOHN

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

BAMBRY, LESTER

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

BANDERLY

See
DEBARIA CHARACTERS
: SALT MINE CHARACTERS

BANDY BROOKS

See
CALLAHAN, FATHER DONALD FRANK
: CALLAHAN’S HIDDEN HIGHWAYS ASSOCIATES

BANGO SKANK

See
SKANK, BANGO

BARBARIANS WITH BLUE FACES

See
FARSON, JOHN
: FARSON’S MEN

BARKER, JUNIOR

See
MAINE CHARACTERS

BARLOW, KURT

See
VAMPIRES
: TYPE ONE

BARONY COVENANT MAN

See
WALTER
: WALTER’S ALIASES

BARONY TAX MAN

See
WALTER
: WALTER’S ALIASES

BASALE, MIGUEL

See
DEAN, SUSANNAH
: DETTA WALKER’S ASSOCIATES

BEAM BOY

In the seventh book of the Dark Tower series, SHEEMIE RUIZ (now a BREAKER in THUNDERCLAP) meets this human incarnation of the BEAM. To Sheemie, the Beam Boy looks like JAKE CHAMBERS, only his face is covered with blood, one of his eyes has been poked out, and he limps. Although this dream-creature was beautiful when he arose from the PRIM, by the time Sheemie sees him he is near collapse. Despite the torture he has undergone, the Beam Boy still loves the world. If our
tet
can save him, he promises to bring magic back to the multiverse.

VII:333–36, VII:338, VII:378
(Beam says thankya),
VII:389
(Beam says thankya),
VII:391
(Beam speaks to Sheemie),
VII:400

BEAM BREAKERS

See
BREAKERS

BEAMS

See entry in
PORTALS

BEAMS, GUARDIANS OF THE

See
GUARDIANS OF THE BEAM

BEAR GUARDIAN

See
GUARDIANS OF THE BEAM

BEASLEY, JESSICA

See
DEAN, SUSANNAH
: ODETTA HOLMES’S ASSOCIATES

BEAST, THE

See
GUARDIANS OF THE BEAM

BECKHARDT, DICK

See
MAINE CHARACTERS

BEECH, MRS.

See
HAMBRY CHARACTERS
: OTHER CHARACTERS

BEELIE TOWN CHARACTERS

Beelie Town played a small but important role in the story of the SKIN-MAN, which ROLAND recounts in
Wind Through the Keyhole.
According to STROTHER and PICKENS, DEBARIA’s two not-so-good deputies, Beelie was once a MILITIA OUTPOST and the location of BEELIE STOCKADE. It was here that Debaria’s circuit judge sent thieves, murderers, and card cheats. According to Pickens, witches and warlocks were sent here too. Anyone who spent time in the stockade had a blue ring tattooed around his ankle, though whether the tattoo was part of a convict’s punishment or just identification to prevent him from running away from his work gang, no one can remember.

Not only was Beelie the location of the stockade, but it was also a hanging ground. Beelie’s hangings were like carnivals, complete with jugglers and booths and dogfights. Many of those who came to witness the executions brought picnic lunches and made a day of it. Five years after the close of the stockade and the departure of the militia, Beelie died a final death. Since the town was no longer protected by fighting men, harriers tore through it. Some say that the harriers worked for JOHN FARSON. By the time ROLAND DESCHAIN and JAMIE DeCURRY began their search for any tattooed SALTIES who spent time in BEELIE STOCKADE, the stockade had been closed for ten years.

CANNIBAL WHO ATE HIS WIFE:
This hungry fellow was hanged for his crime. W:103

CARD CHEADS:
W:102

CIRCUIT JUDGE:
Once upon a bye, the circuit judge sent thieves, murderers, and card cheats to BEELIE STOCKADE. According to PICKENS, he sent witches and warlocks here too. W:102

HARRIERS WHO TORE THROUGH IT:
After the MILITIA left BEELIE STOCKADE, these harriers tore through the town. Some people say that the harriers were JOHN FARSON’s MEN. W:102

MILITIA:
Once upon a bye, there was a militia outpost in BEELIE, and the BEELIE STOCKADE was their place of business. W:102, W:103

MURDERERS:
W:102

THIEVES:
W:102

WITCHES AND WARLOCKS:
According to the CIRCUIT JUDGE, practicing magic was a crime. Hence, he sent witches and warlocks to the BEELIE STOCKADE. W:102

BEEMAN

See
CAN-TOI

BEEMER, CHARLIE

See
MAINE CHARACTERS

BEEMER, RHODA

See
MAINE CHARACTERS

BEEMER, RUTH

See
MAINE CHARACTERS

BEESFORD-ON-ARTEN, CHARACTERS

See
FARSON
: FARSON SUPPORTERS; see also
DESCHAIN, GABRIELLE

BENDS O’ THE RAINBOW

See
MAERLYN’S RAINBOW

BENZYCK, OFFICER (BENZYCK O’ THE WATCH)

Benzyck is a rather chubby officer of the law. Each day he gives a ticket to REVEREND EARL HARRIGAN (CHURCH OF THE HOLY GOD-BOMB) for parking illegally on the corner of SECOND AVENUE.

VI:258–59, VI:260
(Benzyck o’ the Watch),
VI:313, VI:316, VI:319, VI:320

BERNARDO

See
CALLA BRYN STURGIS CHARACTERS
: OTHER CHARACTERS

BERNIE’S BARBER SHOP

See
BALAZAR, ENRICO
: BALAZAR’S MEN

BERNSTEIN, MRS.

See
DEAN, EDDIE
: EDDIE’S PAST ASSOCIATES

BERTOLLO, DORA

See
DEAN, EDDIE
: EDDIE’S PAST ASSOCIATES

BESSA

See
GODS OF MID-WORLD

BESSIE

See
DANDELO

BIBLICAL FIGURES (OUR WORLD)

See
APPENDIX VI

BIG COFFIN HUNTERS

The Big Coffin Hunters (also known as REGULATORS) were the nasty harriers that Roland and his childhood friends CUTHBERT ALLGOOD and ALAIN JOHNS were forced to fight in HAMBRY. Their name came from the blue coffin-shaped tattoos located on the webbing between right thumb and forefinger. Although they initially hid their true allegiance from Roland and his friends, Roland’s
ka-tet
eventually found out that the Big Coffin Hunters worked for FARSON. Despite appearances, the Big Coffin Hunters held much of the power in MEJIS (much more than the mayor, HART THORIN) and were working to bring down the AFFILIATION.

In
Wolves of the Calla,
we find out that many of PERE CALLAHAN’s LOW MEN bear similar coffin-shaped tattoos. Evidently, this sinister insignia is a
sigul
of the CRIMSON KING. EDDIE DEAN believes that BALAZAR and his associates are our world’s version of the Big Coffin Hunters.

IV:65, IV:115–16, IV:142
(as harriers and outlaws),
IV:144, IV:154–55
(hired by Rimer),
IV:155
(coffin tattoo),
IV:177, IV:214, IV:225, IV:228, IV:234, IV:260, IV:265–66
(tied to Vi Castas Mining Co.),
IV:266
(regulator tattoos),
IV:285, IV:290, IV:292, IV:301, IV:305, IV:327, IV:342, IV:344
(indirect reference),
IV:347, IV:360, IV:374, IV:376, IV:424, IV:453, IV:468, IV:470, IV:472, IV:473, IV:487, IV:488, IV:498, IV:506, IV:508, IV:509, IV:546, IV:645, V:100, V:104, V:291, V:469, V:516

INDIVIDUAL BIG COFFIN HUNTERS:

DEPAPE, ROY:
Roy Depape was a twenty-five-year-old redhead who wore gold-rimmed glasses. His laughter sounded like the braying of a loud donkey. Roy was obsessed with a fifteen-year-old whore named DEBORAH who wouldn’t give up working. This often put Roy in a foul humor. In fact, the standoff at The TRAVELLERS’ REST was the direct result of Depape’s black mood and his desire to vent his rage on innocent SHEEMIE. As punishment for the events at the Rest, ELDRED JONAS, leader of the Coffin Hunters, sent Depape to the town of RITZY. While there, Depape learned Roland’s true identity.

Although not particularly clever, Depape had plenty of spite in him. On Jonas’s orders, he killed HART THORIN and then framed Roland, CUTHBERT, and ALAIN for the murder. To incriminate the boys, he left both Cuthbert’s LOOKOUT and a drawing of FARSON’s
sigul
next to Thorin’s corpse. IV:65, IV:116, IV:119
(age),
IV:141, IV:142
(indirect reference),
IV:154–55, IV:172, IV:173, IV:175–76, IV:214–22
(Travellers’ Rest standoff. 214 blue coffins. 215 described),
IV:224–32
(Travellers’ Rest standoff continued. 230 red hair, 231 glasses),
IV:265–71
(goes to Ritzy and learns Roland’s identity),
IV:271, IV:285, IV:286, IV:292
(red hair),
IV:301, IV:305, IV:318, IV:347–49, IV:350, IV:352, IV:363, IV:371, IV:377, IV:378, IV:382, IV:385, IV:386, IV:403–5, IV:420–25, IV:451, IV:462–63, IV:472–73
(kills Thorin. Leaves Cuthbert’s Lookout and Farson’s
sigul
),
IV:478, IV:480, IV:483–85, IV:487–93, IV:498–99, IV:503, IV:522, IV:528, IV:539, IV:542–46
(present for action),
IV:553–57
(557 killed by Roland),
VI:187, VI:242, VII:220