Crimson King
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The Crimson King, known to some as Los' or Ram Abbalah, is a fictional character created by
Appearances
Literature
The Crimson King is introduced in the Stephen King novel
He makes his next appearance at the end of Black House, where he is revealed to be responsible for the events of that novel and is seen to have been weakened by the actions of protagonist Jack Sawyer and his allies.
In the Dark Tower novels, the King is revealed to be behind the destruction of the beams that hold up the Dark Tower, which holds reality and all of the universes together. He is also master of the series' main villain, Walter O'Dim/Padick. He is shown to have gone insane and his intentions are not quite clear beyond that he wishes to destroy the Tower and possibly rule the darkness that would follow. He rules from the lands of Discordia and, as his insanity worsens, he kills nearly everyone in his employ and even himself. He thus becomes undead and possibly immune to protagonist Roland Deschain's guns. He reaches the tower before Roland, but is trapped on a balcony on one of its lower levels. When Roland finally meets the King at the climax of the final Dark Tower novel, he appears as an old man with a white beard and blood-red eyes who throws "sneetches" from his imprisonment in the Tower. As previously predicted, Roland and Patrick Danville bring about the Crimson King's downfall. Patrick captures the King's image with his supernatural artistic abilities, using a mixture of Roland's blood and a rose's petals to finish the drawing; then he erases the King from existence, forever banishing him to some other world, or to the todash space between the worlds. Only his red eyes remain, trapped eternally on the balcony of the Tower.
Comics
Writer
Characteristics
The Crimson King has taken many forms throughout the series. In
The Crimson King prefers to work from behind the scenes. His sigil, a glaring red eye, is seen throughout each of the books in which he has appeared. He employs other people to do his bidding, as well as numerous supernatural beings, including Atropos,
In other King works
The Crimson King is also mentioned in the Stephen King novella Low Men in Yellow Coats, found within the 1999 collection Hearts in Atlantis.[6]
He is also hinted at in The Stand by Mother Abagail. As she describes main antagonist Randall Flagg, she mentions that, "He ain't Satan, but he and Satan know of each other and have kept their councils together of old."
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-880-41859-8.
- ^ a b David, Peter (w), Lee, Jae (p). The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home (July 2, 2008). Marvel Comics.
- ^ a b Furth, Robin (w), Isanove, Richard (p). The Dark Tower: The Sorcerer (April 15, 2009). Marvel Comics.
- ISBN 978-1-880418-38-3.
- ISBN 978-1-880418-62-8.
- ISBN 0-684-85351-5.