Character Index

Flagg first appeared in The Stand as a demonic figure who wreaks havoc after a plague kills most of the population. He has a variety of names, usually initialed "R.F." but with occasional exceptions, such as Walter o'Dim (originally envisioned by King as a separate character) in The Dark Tower series. Flagg is described as "an accomplished sorcerer and a devoted servant of the Outer Dark", with supernatural abilities involving necromancy, prophecy, and influence over animal and human behavior. His goals typically center on bringing down civilizations through destruction and conflict. Stephen King was heavily influenced by Charles Starkweather (the teenager responsible for the murder spree in the 1950s that inspired Natural Born Killers), and has implied that Randall Flagg was modeled after him. It's also revealed in The Stand that Flagg and Starkweather went to high school together.

Cujo was a massive St Bernard dog, owned by the Camber Family. Cujo was once a friendly and playful companion, but when he got rabies he went insane and was turned into a killer that attacked anybody who came near.

Carrie is a telekinetic, shy outcast who gets revenge on everyone at her high school.

George Bannerman was the sheriff of Castle Rock from 1972-1980, when he was killed by Cujo. In The Dead Zone, he works with Johnny Smith to track down the Castle Rock Strangler.

Thaddeus "Thad" Beaumont (1949-1994) is the son of Shayla and Glen Beaumont, the husband of Elizabeth Beaumont, and the father of Wendy and William Beaumont. He is the author of cerebral literary fiction, and writes gritty crime fiction under the pseudonym of George Stark. He lives in Ludlow, Maine and has a summer home in Castle Rock, Maine. Beaumont is an analogue to Stephen King himself; the dynamic between Beaumont and Stark is a dramatization of the dynamic between King and his own alter-ego Richard Bachman.

Ernest Calvert was the son of Lucien Calvert, the father-in-law of Joanie Calvert, and the grandfather of Norrie Calvert. He is the former manager of the Food City supermarket, and a resident of Chester's Mill, Maine.

The Can-Toi are first mentioned by Collie Entragien in relation to Tak.

Patrick Danville (b. 1989) was the son of Sonia Danville. When he was a child, he dreamed of Roland Deschain and the Crimson King; in October of 1993, he drew a prophetic picture of Roland and the King at the Dark Tower. On October 8th, 1993, he attended a Susan Day rally with his mother at the Derry Civic Centre; due to the efforts of Ralph Roberts, he and his mother survived Ed Deepneau's attempt to crash a plane into the building.

Alan Pangborn was the sheriff of Castle Rock from 1981-1991. His wife Annie and son Todd were killed in a car crash. He's a gifted (albeit amateur) magician who falls in love with and marries Polly Chalmers.

Paul Sheldon is the main character of "Misery". He is the author of the Misery Chastain novel series.

The main character's son, who is killed and then brought back to life in the burial ground.

Evelyn ("Evvie") Chalmers is widely known as the oldest person living in Castle Rock. She's also Polly Chalmers' aunt.

Frank Dodd is (spoiler alert) discovered to be the Castle Rock Strangler, thanks to Johnny Smith.

Pop Merrill ran Castle Rock's Emporium Galorium until he was killed by an exploding paranormal camera. He was the uncle of Ace Merrill, the uncle-in-law of Holly Merrill, the great-uncle of Ruth and Lucas Merrill and the great-uncle-in-law of Ralph McCausland.

In Tull, Sylvia was impregnated by the Man in Black and was led to believe that her unborn child was that of the Crimson King himself. Roland performed an abortion on the demon-child (though the precise details of the act are left somewhat to the imagination, but it is implied Roland presses his gun into her vaginal tract) and Pittston, out of vengeance, provoked the entire population of the town to attack Roland in an attempt to kill him in The Battle of Tull. She was shot to death in the resulting battle.

Mike is the main character of 1408.

Alice, nicknamed "Allie", is the proprietor and bartender of the bar, Sheb's, in the town of Tull. While her age is not specifically stated it is assumed that she is in her late forties due to her mentioning pre-menopause. Roland Deschain meets her while in pursuit of the Man in Black in The Gunslinger. She is described as being beautiful, but she has a major scar where her left eye is. In exchange for information about the Man in Black and Nort, Roland agrees to sleep with her. She was given a letter by the Man in Black, telling her to say the word "Nineteen" to Nort in order to learn about death. She eventually succumbs to the temptation knowing that the knowledge will drive her mad. She asks Roland to put her out of her misery, which he does, knowing that Sheb McCurdy (who was holding a knife to her throat during Sylvia Pittston's attack) would probably kill her anyway.

John "Ace" Merrill is the primary antagonist in The Body.

The main character of the titular story of this collection. When Dinky says "eventual" it probably doesn't mean what you think it means.

Skipper is mentioned as being one of Henry Dean's friends.

Ted Brautigan is a "Breaker", a powerful psychic who first appears in the story "Low Men in Yellow Coats". Ted is in hiding from the "low men", servants of the Crimson King.

Invites Jamie to join his band, the Chrome Roses, in high school.

In Rose Madder, Cynthia Smith spent some time in the Daughters and Sisters shelter after running away from her boyfriend, Richard Judkins, who nearly tore off her ear while high on crystal-meth.

Ralph is a 70 year old man who lives in Derry and suffers from insomnia after the death of his wife Carolyn.

Edward Deepneau was the husband of Helen Deepneau, the father of Natalie Deepneau, and the distant cousin of Aaron Deepneau; he was also a neighbor of Ralph Roberts, and a research chemist at Hawking Industries. In 1993, he came under the control of the Crimson King after Atropos cut his thread, turning him into a "wild card." He later died attempting to crash a prop-plane into the Derry Civic Centre in order to kill Susan Day; Roberts intervened, however, to save the life of Patrick Danville, a child in attendance.

Shardik is one of the twelve guardians of the Beam that hold up the Dark Tower. It is a cyborg bear that stands over forty feet tall and has a contraption affixed to its head resembling a satellite dish (known as a thinking cap by Roland). King probably named him after a 1974 fantasy novel about a hunter who pursues a giant bear he presumes to have the power of God.

Mr. Norbert Keene was the owner and operator of the Center Street Drug Store for fifty years from 1925 to 1975.

Don Hagarty is a young homosexual man in Derry and the life partner of Adrian Mellon. He sees Pennywise murdering Adrian under a bridge (after he's been attacked by some homophobic teenagers) and tries to tell the police but nothing comes of it. Don leaves Derry after Adrian's funeral and the trial against his attackers.

Beverly Marsh is one of the members in The Losers' Club. She was in love with Bill Denbrough in 1958 and she fell in love with Ben Hanscom in 1985 after they defeated It for the final time.

Maturin is one of the guardians of the Beam that support the Dark Tower. The Turtle is said to have vomited out our Universe when it had a stomach ache (and IT thought that Maturin died after this). He bears a resemblance to the World Turtle of Hindu myth. He also has a grandfather-like voice and is shown to be kind and loving.

Appears briefly in a flashback as a 1905 lumberjack with a shady past.

Miss Petrie is first mentioned in The Long Walk, as the softhearted district spellmaster. We never learn her first name.

The only competitor in The Long Walk from Maine.

Richard "Dick" Halloran was a chef in the Derry Army's E Company and later a chef at the Overlook Hotel. Dick had the Shining ability and was an expert chef. He drove a Plymouth Fury. Halloran's name is an allusion to the Halloran House in the Shirley Jackson novel "The Sundial", which was one of King's inspirations for The Shining.

Mordred Deschain, a were-spider, is the son of Roland Deschain (White Father), the Crimson King (Red Father), Susannah Dean (Black Mother), and Mia (White Mother). Mordred is based upon the Arthurian Legend of Mordred le Fay, an illegitimate son of King Arthur who ultimately murdered his father and was himself killed in the process.

Helen (known as "Mama Sweet") is mentioned in the short story "The Man in the Black Suit." She's the oldest woman living in Motton, Maine and is the reason the narrator's mother stopped going to church.

An underground mobster who helps Billy find the gypsies and convince them to remove his curse.

"Mother Abagail" serves as the pinnacle of good (in contrast to Flagg's representation of evil) in the aftermath of the plague.