The Dark Tower Companion: A Guide to Stephen King’s Epic Fantasy (49 page)

Rowan Magruder's twin sister. Father Callahan meets her after she came in from Chicago to be with her brother during his final hours after the Hitler Brothers assaulted him.

R
OCHE
, I
L
(2)

Nickname of Enrico Balazar.

R
OSTOSOVICH
, J
OSEPH
“J
OEY
” (7)

A Breaker in Algul Siento. He is married to Tanya Leeds. An engine from Fire-Response Team Bravo kills him.

R
OSTOV
, D
ANEEKA
“D
ANI
” (7)

An eleven-year-old Russian Breaker at Algul Siento. She attempts to save Baj and Sej when fire breaks out in Damli House. She tackles Finli o'Tego, saving Ted Brautigan's and Dinky Earnshaw's lives. She kisses Jake for luck before he and Roland depart for New York to save Stephen King. She goes to Fedic with Susannah, Ted, Dinky, Fred Worthington and Sheemie after the battle of Algul Siento and continues on toward the Callas with them.

R
UDEBACHER
, D
ICKY
(5)

Owner of the Leabrook Homestyle Diner in New Jersey where Father Callahan works as a short-order cook after fleeing New York. He has a wife and two kids in college.

R
UMBELOW
, G
RACE
(7)

A Breaker living in Algul Siento. Formerly from Aldershot, Hampshire, England. A pudgy red-haired woman who reminds Jake of the lifetime president
of his mother's garden club. She demands that Roland tell her who would take care of the Breakers now that their guards were all dead or captured. She survives this encounter.

R
USSERT
, D
ON
“D
ONNIE
” (6, 7)

A retired history professor from Vanderbilt who lives in Waterford, Maine. He taped one of the walk-ins, but no one recognized the language it spoke. He wrote several articles on the walk-in phenomenon but could never get a reputable magazine to publish them. He isolated the center of their activity to Turtleback Lane.

S
ARGUS
, J
ANE
(6)

Owner of Country Collectibles on Dimity Road in East Stoneham. She specializes in quilts, glassware and old books, which attracts Calvin Tower's attention.

S
AYRE
, R
ICHARD
P
ATRICK
“D
ICKY
” (5, 6, 7)

The Crimson King's head of operations. He answers to Walter o'Dim and also serves as executive vice president of the Detroit division of Sombra Corporation. He signed the Memorandum of Agreement with Calvin Tower regarding the vacant lot. He lures Father Callahan out of hiding to stop him from killing vampires and spearheads Mia's arrival at the Dixie Pig but humiliates her by forcing her to lick his boots. He is caught by surprise when Mordred consumes Mia and tries to hide behind Nigel when the shooting starts. Once the outcome of the battle is clear, he tries to surrender but sees the answer in Susannah's face. He turns to run, but she shoots him twice in the back of the head. Roland and Susannah find his office in the Fedic Dogan, where he has files on the
ka-tet
. He also has oil paintings by Patrick Danville on his wall, one of which is of the Dark Tower.

Physical appearance: His face has a lean and foxy look, full of intelligence and dark humor. He looks about sixty, is slim and good-looking, has white hair combed back, wears the gaudy clothes typical of his type, and has a red circle of blood on his brow that seems neither to ooze nor to clot. His teeth are pointed.

S
EJ
(7)

A hydrocephalic Breaker at Algul Siento. Daneeka Rostov saves him from the fire in the Study.

S
HANTZ
(7)

Joe Collins's agent.

S
HARPTON
, M
R
. (7)

Dinky Earnshaw's boss at Trans Corporation, a subsidiary of North Central Positronics, before he came to Algul Siento.

Crossover to Other Works:
In “Everything's Eventual,” Dinky kills Mr. Sharpton by sending one of his special lethal e-mails that contains the word “Excalibur,” which is also the name of Arthur Eld's sword.

S
HAVERS
, G
EORGE
(2)

Intern at Sisters of Mercy Hospital, a member of the Emergency Ride program who responds to the call when Odetta Holmes is struck by the A train. He saves her life and witnesses her transition back and forth between her two personalities.

S
HAW
, G
RETA
(1, 3, 4, 5, 7, M)

Jake Chambers's housekeeper/nanny. She resembles Edith Bunker from
All in the Family
. She is almost a friend and knows what Jake likes and dislikes better than his parents do. She puts his juvenile drawings on the fridge and always remembers to cut the crusts off his sandwiches. Even at a very young age, he knows she isn't his mother, but she'll do until the real thing comes along. When he has night terrors, he can tell her about them. When no one is around, she reads
National Enquirer
and
Inside View
. She calls Jake “Johnny” or “'Bama.”

S
KANK
, B
ANGO
(3, 5, 6, 7)

A graffiti artist. He tagged the artist's rendering of the Turtle Bay Luxury Condominiums, the men's room at the New York Public Library, Father Callahan's jail cell in Topeka, the restroom next to the bar in the Plaza-Park Hyatt and the tunnel beneath the Dixie Pig. Jake thinks of him as the great lost character. The graffiti normally features only his name, but in the hotel bathroom he also wrote, “Bango Skank awaits the King.”

Crossover to Other Works:
Bango Skank first appears in Peter Straub's short story “The Buffalo Hunter.” He was supposed to be included in
The Talisman
as well, but that didn't happen.

S
LIGHTMAN
J
R
., B
ENJAMIN
(5, 6, 7)

Author of
The Hogan
, a Western in Calvin Tower's collection, valuable because of a misprinted title (
The Dogan
) and the author's name on the copyright page. See also Daniel Holmes.

S
MITH
, B
RYAN
(7)

Driver of the van that hits Jake and Stephen King. He is returning to his campground from the market in Center Lovell with ground beef and Mars bars. His two rottweilers get into the cooler, distracting his attention. He's lost his driver's license before and is one more offense away from losing it again. Roland convinces him to tell the authorities that there was no one else around at the time of the accident before sending him for help. He is Sheemie Ruiz's twin.

S
TAUNTON
, A
NDREW
(2)

One of two foot patrol officers who spot Jack Mort after the shoot-out at Clements and the robbery at Katz's Drug Store. He fires the shot that should have killed Jack Mort but hit his cigarette lighter instead.

S
TURGES
, J
OHN
(6)

Director (
dinh
) of
The Magnificent Seven
.

S
ULLY
-J
OHN
(7)

One of Bobby Garfield's childhood friends. Pimli Prentiss threatens to harm him if Ted Brautigan doesn't cooperate.

Crossover to Other Works:
Sully-John (real name: John Sullivan) is a character in
Hearts in Atlantis
.

T
ASSENBAUM
, D
AVID
S
EYMOUR
(7)

Irene Tassenbaum's husband of eighteen years. He is a famous inventor who doesn't believe anything is real unless it can be engraved on a microchip. Irene claims he invented the Internet and all the software necessary to support it. Irene's adventure with Roland makes him pay attention to his wife again, something that hasn't happened in a long time.

T
ASSENBAUM
, I
RENE
(7)

One of two useful people Roland meets in the East Stoneham General Store. When Roland arrives in 1999, she keeps her cool and agrees to drive him to Turtleback Lane because she knows the way. She is afraid but not panicky.

A talkative forty-seven-year-old Republican from Manhattan. Maiden name: Cantora. Thanks to her husband David's work as a computer innovator, she is wealthy, but she's also bored and neglected. They've been married eighteen years and have no children—she suffered a miscarriage early in their marriage. She and her husband spend summers in the house that once belonged to John Cullum.

She is excited by the adventure. When Bryan Smith tries to get out of his van, she picks up Roland's gun and makes him stay put. She helps Roland think clearly in the aftermath of the accident. She returns for him after the police leave and has already decided she'll sleep with him if he wants her. She doesn't feel confident about her looks: her hair is going gray, she is getting wrinkles, she carries a spare tire and has a lumpectomy scar. Against her nature, she remains quiet around Roland. The fewer questions she asks, the less she'll know about Roland's mission and the better her chance of returning to a normal life after he leaves. She enjoys sleeping with him, but by the time they arrive in New York, she's eager to get back to her husband. Leaving as unexpectedly as she did might get his attention again. After Roland leaves, she has to be content knowing that she played a part in saving the world.

T
OOTHAKER
, E
LVIRA
(7)

A woman from Lovell, Maine, who sees Stephen King shortly before Bryan Smith hits him. She is picking raspberries with her friend Justine Anderson, whom she met at Vassar in the 1940s.

T
OREN
, E
DDIE
(7)

A young man from White Plains, New York, who dreams of Susannah and goes to meet her in Central Park in 1987. He says his last name is German. In his version of reality, Gary Hart is the president.

T
OREN
, J
AKE
(7)

Eddie Toren's younger brother. He and Eddie dream of Susannah for months before they meet her in Central Park.

T
OREN
, S
TEFAN
(5, 6)

Calvin Tower's great-great-great-grandfather. The envelope that once contained his will, dated March 19, 1846, now contains only a slip of paper with Roland Deschain's name written on it.

T
OWER
, C
ALVIN
(3, 5, 6, 7)

Proprietor of Manhattan Restaurant of the Mind. His bookstore doesn't do much business. Although he has a skill for acquiring valuable editions, he has difficulty parting with them, even for a profit. He once owned several properties in the Turtle Bay area, but he sold them off over the years. He leases the building that contains his store. The only property he still owns is the vacant lot where Tom and Gerry's Artistic Deli used to be.

He is a custodian of the rose, the last of a long line of Torens dating back at least to his great-great-great-grandfather, Stefan Toren. The name is Dutch—he changed it to Tower. The
ka-tet
believes he's been waiting for the White, to let them have the property. His reluctance to let things go makes him difficult to deal with. Eddie is sometimes tempted to kill him when he does willfully stupid, selfish and dangerous things. Calvin is the child of an A-male father and a B-female mother, and Eddie thinks he's a coward. However, he stands up to the Hitler Brothers, rescuing Father Callahan with the assistance of his only friend, Aaron Deepneau.

He can converse in High Speech. His main contribution to Tet Corporation is to suggest that they enlist psychics to spy on Mid-World and on their enemies, an idea he got from a novel written by Benjamin Slightman Jr. under the pen name Daniel Holmes. He died of a heart attack in his bookstore in 1990.

Physical description: He's about five foot nine and weighs about 230 pounds. He's in his fifties, suffers from arthritis, and most of his hair is gone on the sides of his forehead. Wears half-glasses.

T
OWNE
, F
RED
(7)

One of the “good minds” employed by Tet Corporation at a ranch in Taos. He believes that Roland's Patek Philippe watch will stop or run backward when Roland reaches the Dark Tower. He expresses concern about Mordred's hunger.

T
UBTHER
, M
R
. (5)

Eddie Dean's fifth-grade teacher. Eddie hears his voice in the Doorway Cave, telling him he had such potential until he let his brother spoil him.

V
AGRANT
D
EAD
(5, 6)

People who have either died so suddenly they don't understand what happened to them or refuse to accept it. Eventually they do go on. Christopher Johns told Roland that a person going todash might see vags.

V
ECHHIO
, R
UDY
(2)

One of Enrico Balazar's henchmen.

V
ERRILL
, C
HUCK
(7)

Stephen King's editor in New York.

V
INCENT
, C
OLIN
“C
OL
” (2)

A gofer for Enrico Balazar. Deemed useful and obedient but not particularly trustworthy. Twenty-four years old at the time he is killed in the shoot-out with Eddie and Roland.

W
ALKER
, D
ETTA
(2, 3, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7)