Stephen King's the Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance Revised and Updated (12 page)

TED BRAUTIGAN’S ASSOCIATES:

ATWOOD, TIM:
Tim Atwood was Ted’s wealthy, childless uncle. He paid for Ted’s education, hoping that Ted would take over his furniture business. Needless to say, Ted didn’t. VII:273, VII:276

AUNT MOLLY:
Ted’s Aunt Molly and UNCLE JIM lived in BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT. VII:415

DALE, MR.:
A butcher. VII:277

DOCTOR NUMBER ONE (SAM):
This doctor gave Ted a 4F when he tried to enlist as a soldier during the First World War. He was deeply disturbed by Ted’s psychic abilities. VII:274–75, VII:280

GUY:
Doc Number One’s brother. VII:275

DOCTOR NUMBER TWO:
This doctor consciously undermined Ted’s “proof” of his psychic ability. VII:274–75, VII:277, VII:280, VII:286

GARFIELD, BOBBY:
Redheaded Bobby Garfield was Ted’s eleven-year-old CONNECTICUT friend, and the main character of the story “Low Men in Yellow Coats.” Despite the difference in hair color, he and JAKE CHAMBERS are practically identical twins. PIMLI PRENTISS, the Devar Master, and FINLI O’TEGO, his security chief, have both made it clear to Ted that if he tries to run away again, Bobby will be put to death. VI:407, VI:408, VII:197, VII:199, VII:207, VII:215
(indirect),
VII:218, VII:234, VII:288, VII:298

GARFIELD, LIZ:
Bobby’s young but bitter mother. She never forgave Bobby’s dad for dying of a heart attack at age thirty-six. She turned Ted in to the LOW MEN for the reward money they offered. VII:218

GERBER, CAROL:
Carol Gerber was BOBBY GARFIELD’s friend/girlfriend
in “Low Men in Yellow Coats,” the first story in
Hearts in Atlantis.
Carol also appears in “Why We’re in Vietnam,” “Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling,” and the book’s title story. Like Bobby, Carol would have been killed by the LOW MEN had Ted attempted to escape from the DEVAR-TOI. VII:234, VII:298

MOTHER:
VII:298

KIDS PLAYING KICK-THE-CAN:
These kids in AKRON, OHIO, witnessed the first throw of Ted’s deadly mind-spear. VII:277, VII:278

MUGGER:
Directly after attacking Ted, this fleeing mugger dropped dead. The reason? Ted had arrowed a thought in his direction. This event changed Ted’s life and made him fear his psychic ability. VII:277–78, VII:279, VII:376

SERGEANT AT ARMS:
This sergeant at arms threw Ted out of a First World War recruiting station. VII:275–76

SOUTH AMERICAN SEABEES:
Listed separately

SULLIVAN, JOHN (SULLY JOHN):
Sully John was friends with both BOBBY GARFIELD and CAROL GERBER. He and Carol became a couple after Bobby left town, but Carol later abandoned the relationship. In the story “Why We’re in Vietnam,” found in STEPHEN KING’s novel
Hearts in Atlantis,
we learn that Sully John had one of his testicles shot off in VIETNAM. VI:407, VII:288, VII:298

UNCLE JIM:
Ted’s AUNT MOLLY and Uncle Jim lived in BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT. VII:415

DICK:
We never learn Dick’s last name, even though he arrived at the DEVAR on the same day as TED BRAUTIGAN. Dick died six months after entering THUNDERCLAP. HUMMA O’TEGO insisted he died of pneumonia, but Ted thinks he committed suicide. VII:283
(not yet named),
VII:286–90

EARNSHAW, DINKY:
CONSTANT READERS know Dinky Earnshaw (born Richard Earnshaw) from “Everything’s Eventual,” the autobiographical tale he narrated in STEPHEN KING’s book of the same name. At the time “Everything’s Eventual” was written, Dinky worked for a POSITRONICS subsidiary as a psychic assassin. His method of attack was a personalized letter (either posted or sent via computer) which contained strange shapes and designs, the meanings of which not even Dinky seemed to know. Dinky’s death-magic was incredibly powerful, and his employers rewarded him well for his services. Dinky’s only problem was that he wasn’t a full mork. When he began to admit to himself what he was doing—and when he started to learn about the people he was employed to kill—he decided to cut and run. Dinky sent one final personalized death letter (this time to his control, the sinister MR. SHARPTON) before trying to retire in obscurity. However, to the WARRIORS OF THE SCARLET EYE, psychics stand out like blazing fires. He was recaptured and sent to the DEVAR-TOI, where his skills were used to help destroy the BEAMS.

Like many of the other Breakers, Dinky is a precog. However, since the future is always a multi-forked path, Dinky cannot always tell which particular future will manifest. Despite this uncertainty, he joins forces with TED BRAUTIGAN, SHEEMIE RUIZ, and Roland’s
ka-tet
to end
the horrors of the Devar. After the future of the Beams is assured, he, Ted, FRED WORTHINGTON, and DANI ROSTOV set off for CALLA BRYN STURGIS. Once there, they hope to pass through the UNFOUND DOOR to one of the MULTIPLE AMERICAS. VII:197–220, VII:228, VII:231–32, VII:247, VII:267–70, VII:271, VII:272, VII:273, VII:276, VII:279, VII:285, VII:288, VII:290, VII:291, VII:292, VII:293, VII:296, VII:300, VII:318–36, VII:337–42, VII:356–57, VII:359–61, VII:363, VII:364–65, VII:371, VII:374, VII:375–77, VII:380, VII:384, VII:388–90, VII:392, VII:395, VII:396, VII:397–99, VII:400–401, VII:405–8, VII:409, VII:411–17, VII:532, VII:535, VII:536–37, VII:538, VII:539, VII:540
(indirect),
VII:541
(indirect),
VII:560, VII:561, VII:563, VII:802

DINKY EARNSHAW’S ASSOCIATES:

J.J. THE BLUE JAY:
VII:325

SHARPTON, MR.:
Mr. Sharpton was a talent scout for a NORTH CENTRAL POSITRONICS subsidiary. His specialty was recruiting psychic assassins. Before going
alleyo,
Dinky sent Mr. Sharpton a death letter. He personalized it with the word EXCALIBUR—the magical sword which was printed on Mr. Sharpton’s ties. VII:232, VII:398

ITTAWAY, DAVE:
Dave Ittaway was recruited to be a Breaker at the same time as TED BRAUTIGAN. VII:283
(not yet named),
VII:286–90

LEEDS, TANYA (TANYA LEEDS RASTOSOVICH):
Like DAVE ITTAWAY, JACE McGOVERN, and DICK of the unknown last name, Tanya Leeds of BRYCE, COLORADO, was recruited to be a Breaker at the same time as TED BRAUTIGAN. Tanya is a tough young woman, but though she may once have been willing to join forces with Roland, by the time our
ka-tet
arrives in THUNDERCLAP she is newly married and wants only to snuggle with her fella, JOEY RASTOSOVICH. Unfortunately, during the DEVAR’s battle chaos, Joey is run over by a robotic fire truck. VII:230–31, VII:283
(Bryce, Colorado),
VII:286–90, VII:293, VII:295, VII:337–38, VII:373, VII:393
(indirect)

McCANN, BIRDIE:
Birdie is an ex-carpenter with a receding hairline. VII:370–71

McGOVERN, JACE:
Jace entered the service of the CRIMSON KING at the same time as TED BRAUTIGAN. VII:283
(not yet named),
VII:286–90

RAPED BREAKER:
This unnamed Breaker was raped by a LOW MAN called CAMERON, who said that the act was required of him by the CRIMSON KING and that it was part of his process of
becoming
(or becoming human). The DEVAR MASTER sentenced Cameron to death, and the Breakers were invited to watch. VII:326–27

RASTOSOVICH, JOSEPH:
Joseph Rastosovich (never Joey, at least to his face) married TANYA LEEDS in the DEVAR-TOI. Although the Devar Master PIMLI PRENTISS performed the official ceremony, the couple asked TED BRAUTIGAN to marry them in secret, since Ted’s blessing meant a lot more to them. During the chaos of the final Devar battle, Joseph is run over by a robotic fire truck. VII:230–31, VII:295, VII:337–38, VII:356, VII:371, VII:373

ROSTOV, DANEEKA (DANI):
As far as we know, eleven-year-old Daneeka Rostov is the youngest of the Breakers. She is also Russian, which sets her
apart from most of the others we’ve met. Unlike the selfish mork Breakers, Dani has a good heart. During the DEVAR’s final battle, she tries to save BAJ and SEJ from the smoking wreck of DAMLI HOUSE. After EDDIE DEAN’s death, she also helps TED BRAUTIGAN, DINKY EARNSHAW, SHEEMIE RUIZ, and FRED WORTHINGTON send Roland and JAKE back to NEW YORK. (At this time, she gives Jake his first and only romantic kiss.) Like her Breaker friends, Dani hopes to travel to CALLA BRYN STURGIS so that she can enter one of the MULTIPLE AMERICAS via the UNFOUND DOOR. VII:243, VII:375–77, VII:393, VII:404–8, VII:415–17, VII:536–37, VII:538, VII:539, VII:540
(indirect),
VII:541
(indirect),
VII:560, VII:563

**RUIZ, STANLEY (SHEEMIE):
We first met the mildly mentally handicapped (but extremely sweet) Sheemie in
Wizard and Glass.
In that novel, we learned that Sheemie was the bastard offspring of DELORES SHEEMER and STANLEY RUIZ. He worked at the TRAVELLERS’ REST and was described as having black kinky hair which he often topped with a pink sombrero. After CUTHBERT ALLGOOD saved Sheemie from the BIG COFFIN HUNTERS, Sheemie became devoted to Roland’s
ka-tet.
In the 2003 version of
The Gunslinger,
Roland remembers Sheemie and his humorous relationship with the mule CAPRICHOSO.

When we meet Sheemie again in
The Dark Tower,
he is one of the most powerful Breakers in THUNDERCLAP. At this point he appears to be about thirty-five years old and mute. However, the arrival of Roland (good old WILL-DEARBORN-that-was) cures Sheemie of his muteness. Once Sheemie’s voice returns, he confesses his love for SUSAN DELGADO and the terrible guilt he feels about her death.

Sheemie possesses the one wild talent which is absolutely forbidden in the DEVAR-TOI—the ability to teleport. With the help of his friends TED BRAUTIGAN and DINKY EARNSHAW, he uses this skill to transport our
ka-tet
from THUNDERCLAP STATION to the relative safety of STEEKTETE, located several miles from the Devar-Toi. Unfortunately, teleportation has its own risks. When Sheemie teleports himself, Ted, and Dinky to Steek-Tete to see how Roland and his friends are progressing with their war plans, he suffers a mild stroke. It turns out that Sheemie has had four such strokes already, the first of which hit him when he helped Ted escape to 1960 CONNECTICUT. (The tale of Ted’s Connecticut adventure is told in the short story “Low Men in Yellow Coats,” found in STEPHEN KING’s book
Hearts in Atlantis.
) However, Sheemie’s teleportation skill is not his only unusual psychic talent. Unlike any other person in the Devar, Sheemie can make fistulas in time, or balconies on the edifice of the DARK TOWER. The fistula which Sheemie creates for his friends Ted and Dinky looks like a GINGERBREAD HOUSE out of a child’s fairy tale.

Although Sheemie survives the Devar’s final battle, during the resulting chaos he steps on a tainted piece of glass. Sheemie dies on a train heading for FEDIC. Roland never gets to say good-bye to him. IV:172, IV:190
(described),
IV:214, IV:215–22
(cause of standoff at Travellers’ Rest; 217 maternity/paternity discussed),
IV:226
(end of fight),
IV:228–29,
IV:240–42, IV:244–45, IV:254, IV:287–88, IV:327, IV:336, IV:343–44, IV:382, IV:384–85, IV:389–90, IV:394–98
(graf to Rhea. 396 she calls him “son of Stanley”),
IV:402–3, IV:413, IV:433–34, IV:443, IV:447–50
(getting firecrackers with Susan),
IV:497, IV:504, IV:505–7, IV:512, IV:514–19, IV:523–24, IV:525, IV:526, IV:529, IV:536–37, IV:539–40, IV:546, IV:565–70
(following Susan),
IV:571, IV:579–80, IV:581–83
(583 he loves Susan),
IV:585, IV:594, IV:624, VII:84, VII:197–220, VII:228, VII:233, VII:234, VII:247, VII:256, VII:266, VII:267–71
(Cappi mentioned on 270),
VII:272, VII:273, VII:279, VII:290, VII:296, VII:307, VII:308, VII:318–24, VII:326–36, VII:337–42, VII:356, VII:357, VII:359, VII:366, VII:378, VII:388, VII:389, VII:391–92, VII:393, VII:400–401, VII:404–8, VII:409, VII:411–17, VII:532, VII:535, VII:538, VII:705
(idiot savant),
VII:802

SHEEMIE RUIZ’S ASSOCIATES:

CAPPI:
Sheemie’s mule from the TRAVELLERS’ REST in HAMBRY.
For page references, see
SHEEMIE RUIZ
,
above, volume IV as well as VII:270.

RUMBELOW, GRACE:
Grace Rumbelow was originally from ALDERSHOT, ENGLAND. She reminds JAKE CHAMBERS of the lifetime president of his mother’s garden club. Grace is a true mork. VII:394

SEJ:
Like BAJ, Sej is a hydrocephalic savant. However, unlike Baj, Sej has arms. Sej survives the DEVAR-TOI battle, although we don’t know what becomes of him later. VII:375–77

SHEEMIE:
See
RUIZ, STANLEY
,
listed above

WAVERLY:
Waverly is a fat Breaker who was a bookkeeper in his former life. VII:372

WORTHINGTON, FRED (BANKERLY LOOKING BREAKER NUMBER ONE):
Fred Worthington looks like a banker, but despite his staid appearance he is willing to take risks. After the DEVAR’s final battle, he helps TED BRAUTIGAN, DINKY EARNSHAW, DANI ROSTOV, and SHEEMIE RUIZ teleport Roland and JAKE to KEYSTONE EARTH so that they can save the life of STEPHEN KING. Fred hopes to eventually make his way to one of the MULTIPLE AMERICAS. VII:393, VII:404, VII:408, VII:538, VII:539, VII:540
(indirect),
VII:541
(indirect),
VII:560, VII:561, VII:563

YOUNG WOMAN ON MALL:
JAKE sees this young woman forming what seems to be a séance circle with TED BRAUTIGAN and the other members of his Breaker
ka-tet.
Although we can’t say for certain, it seems likely that she is actually TANYA LEEDS.
See
LEEDS, TANYA,
listed above

BRIANA OF SERENITY

See
SERENITY, SISTERS OF

BRICE, MR.

See
TOWER, CALVIN

BRIGGS, MR.