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EspañolPLACES IN THE DARK TOWER SERIES
''The Dark Tower'' series of novels, by Stephen King, contain references to numerous locations.[1] Some of those locations are listed below.
'All-World' is the world known to contain the "Keystone Tower" in the Dark Tower series. It is the only world that contains the Dark Tower in its physical form; all others contain a representative of the Tower, such as a rose. From All-World, it is possible to actually enter the Dark Tower.[1]
All-World is divided into three regions; In-World, Mid-World, and End-World. The following locations occur in All-World.
★ 'New Canaan' The innermost barony, and home of Roland Deschain and the gunslingers. Center of the light and of civilization. Its capital city, and the capital of All-World itself, was Gilead.
★ 'Barony of Mejis' is a Barony of In-World and the primary setting for Roland Deschain's account of part of his past in the novel ''Wizard and Glass''. Mejis is located roughly 1000 "wheels" east of Gilead on the coast of the Clean Sea. The county seat of Mejis is the town of Hambry. The economy of Mejis is based primarily on horse ranching and fishing.
★ 'Jericho Hill' is approximately 500 miles north of Mejis, on the edge of what was known in Mejis as the Clean Sea. This is the site of the final battle between the gunslingers and John Farson's faction. It's also the site where Cuthbert Allgood died while blowing the Horn of Deschain.
★ 'Blaine's route' is the route a schizophrenic monorail named Blaine the Mono takes between a city named Lud and a version of Topeka, Kansas. In the book ''The Waste Lands'', Roland and his companions board Blaine to escape Lud, eventually vying for their lives in a life-or-death riddling contest with Blaine. Blaine's route takes the travelers through Candleton, Rilea, The Falls of the Hounds, and Dasherville on its way to Topeka.[1]
★ 'Calla Bryn Sturgis' is a fictional city located in an area of Mid-World called the Borderlands. It is neighbor to several other cities whose names begin with the word "Calla". Calla Bryn Sturgis is the primary setting for the novel ''Wolves of the Calla'', in which a regiment of green-cloaked wolves visit the city once every generation and steal children.[1]
★ 'Lud' is a fictional city in Stephen King's ''Dark Tower'' series and mentioned in his ''Rose Madder''. In ''The Waste Lands'', the book's protagonists travel from Lud to an alternate reality version of Kansas via a supersonic monorail. Lud resembles New York City in many ways, most notably by having a version of the George Washington Bridge. This "GWB" spans a massive river canyon that protected the city from marauders. The book explains that the bridge and the rest of the city have been in disrepair for at least five hundred years.[1]
The following locations exist in what is referred to by King as "Keystone Earth" and later in the series as "Keystone Rose"; this Earth is very similar to the "real world" of the readers and functions as a sort of cornerstone to the multiverse of the Dark Tower. It also holds the distinction of being the only universe where time " only runs forward", thus preventing the chronological shifts characters could take advantage of in other universes.
★ 'New York City' is the setting for many events in ''The Dark Tower'' series, and appears in many forms besides its "Keystone Rose" incarnation (the main characters Jake Chambers, Susannah Dean, and Eddie Dean all come from various time periods -"whens" in the novels- in near-identical variations of New York). Keystone New York is home to a rose that is said to be our world's representation of The Dark Tower itself.[1]
★ 'Maine' is where members of Roland's Ka-tet go in the later part of the series. Here they meet a fictionalized version of Stephen King.
The following locations occur outside of the normal realms inhabited by humans in The Dark Tower series. Characters can only reach some of them using magic or man-made teleportation doors.
★ 'Castle Discordia' is first mentioned in the book ''Wolves of the Calla'' as a mystical location where Susannah Dean and her possessor Mia interact. In ''Song of Susannah'' and ''The Dark Tower'', we learn that the castle is a physical place that stands on the edge of a realm named Thunderclap. The castle contains 595 doors leading to other locations and worlds, one of which Susannah and her companions use a number of times.[1]
★ 'Devar-Toi' is a minimum-security prison located in Thunderclap, an area of End-World. A campus-like complex, Devar-Toi is also known as Algul Siento or "Blue Heaven." The complex houses numerous Breakers, psychics of various types employed by The Crimson King in using their powers to attack and destroy the Beams that tie all of existence together.
★ 'Keystone Earth' is one of only two "unique" worlds in the Dark Tower series (the other being All-world). Like All-world, the only worlds where changes made are permanent and can't be unmade (time flows in only one direction on both). This world is home to the rose, which they say is not merely the representative of the tower here, but is elsewhere referred to as the guardian of the Bear-Turtle Beam. At the end of the series it was being protected by the Tet Corporation, which Roland's ka-tet created in 1977, using Odetta Holmes's fortune as heiress to the Holmes Dental Corporation.[1]
★ 'Thunderclap' is a desolate, sparsely-populated realm first described in ''Wizard and Glass'' as being part of End-World and the Borderlands. In ''Wolves of the Calla'', we learn that the marauding wolves come from somewhere in Thunderclap, later named in the book ''The Dark Tower'' as the Devar-Toi.[1]
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| Contents |
| All-world |
| Our world |
| Portals, magical places, and end-world places |
| Notes |
| References |
All-world
'All-World' is the world known to contain the "Keystone Tower" in the Dark Tower series. It is the only world that contains the Dark Tower in its physical form; all others contain a representative of the Tower, such as a rose. From All-World, it is possible to actually enter the Dark Tower.[1]
All-World is divided into three regions; In-World, Mid-World, and End-World. The following locations occur in All-World.
★ 'New Canaan' The innermost barony, and home of Roland Deschain and the gunslingers. Center of the light and of civilization. Its capital city, and the capital of All-World itself, was Gilead.
★ 'Barony of Mejis' is a Barony of In-World and the primary setting for Roland Deschain's account of part of his past in the novel ''Wizard and Glass''. Mejis is located roughly 1000 "wheels" east of Gilead on the coast of the Clean Sea. The county seat of Mejis is the town of Hambry. The economy of Mejis is based primarily on horse ranching and fishing.
★ 'Jericho Hill' is approximately 500 miles north of Mejis, on the edge of what was known in Mejis as the Clean Sea. This is the site of the final battle between the gunslingers and John Farson's faction. It's also the site where Cuthbert Allgood died while blowing the Horn of Deschain.
★ 'Blaine's route' is the route a schizophrenic monorail named Blaine the Mono takes between a city named Lud and a version of Topeka, Kansas. In the book ''The Waste Lands'', Roland and his companions board Blaine to escape Lud, eventually vying for their lives in a life-or-death riddling contest with Blaine. Blaine's route takes the travelers through Candleton, Rilea, The Falls of the Hounds, and Dasherville on its way to Topeka.[1]
★ 'Calla Bryn Sturgis' is a fictional city located in an area of Mid-World called the Borderlands. It is neighbor to several other cities whose names begin with the word "Calla". Calla Bryn Sturgis is the primary setting for the novel ''Wolves of the Calla'', in which a regiment of green-cloaked wolves visit the city once every generation and steal children.[1]
★ 'Lud' is a fictional city in Stephen King's ''Dark Tower'' series and mentioned in his ''Rose Madder''. In ''The Waste Lands'', the book's protagonists travel from Lud to an alternate reality version of Kansas via a supersonic monorail. Lud resembles New York City in many ways, most notably by having a version of the George Washington Bridge. This "GWB" spans a massive river canyon that protected the city from marauders. The book explains that the bridge and the rest of the city have been in disrepair for at least five hundred years.[1]
Our world
The following locations exist in what is referred to by King as "Keystone Earth" and later in the series as "Keystone Rose"; this Earth is very similar to the "real world" of the readers and functions as a sort of cornerstone to the multiverse of the Dark Tower. It also holds the distinction of being the only universe where time " only runs forward", thus preventing the chronological shifts characters could take advantage of in other universes.
★ 'New York City' is the setting for many events in ''The Dark Tower'' series, and appears in many forms besides its "Keystone Rose" incarnation (the main characters Jake Chambers, Susannah Dean, and Eddie Dean all come from various time periods -"whens" in the novels- in near-identical variations of New York). Keystone New York is home to a rose that is said to be our world's representation of The Dark Tower itself.[1]
★ 'Maine' is where members of Roland's Ka-tet go in the later part of the series. Here they meet a fictionalized version of Stephen King.
Portals, magical places, and end-world places
The following locations occur outside of the normal realms inhabited by humans in The Dark Tower series. Characters can only reach some of them using magic or man-made teleportation doors.
★ 'Castle Discordia' is first mentioned in the book ''Wolves of the Calla'' as a mystical location where Susannah Dean and her possessor Mia interact. In ''Song of Susannah'' and ''The Dark Tower'', we learn that the castle is a physical place that stands on the edge of a realm named Thunderclap. The castle contains 595 doors leading to other locations and worlds, one of which Susannah and her companions use a number of times.[1]
★ 'Devar-Toi' is a minimum-security prison located in Thunderclap, an area of End-World. A campus-like complex, Devar-Toi is also known as Algul Siento or "Blue Heaven." The complex houses numerous Breakers, psychics of various types employed by The Crimson King in using their powers to attack and destroy the Beams that tie all of existence together.
★ 'Keystone Earth' is one of only two "unique" worlds in the Dark Tower series (the other being All-world). Like All-world, the only worlds where changes made are permanent and can't be unmade (time flows in only one direction on both). This world is home to the rose, which they say is not merely the representative of the tower here, but is elsewhere referred to as the guardian of the Bear-Turtle Beam. At the end of the series it was being protected by the Tet Corporation, which Roland's ka-tet created in 1977, using Odetta Holmes's fortune as heiress to the Holmes Dental Corporation.[1]
★ 'Thunderclap' is a desolate, sparsely-populated realm first described in ''Wizard and Glass'' as being part of End-World and the Borderlands. In ''Wolves of the Calla'', we learn that the marauding wolves come from somewhere in Thunderclap, later named in the book ''The Dark Tower'' as the Devar-Toi.[1]
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