The Dark Tower Series | Characters
Both The Gunslinger and The Drawing of the Three have a relatively small cast of characters. The central figure in both books is Roland, the last gunslinger. He is a quester who appears to have emerged from a western movie but who seems to come from a post-apocalyptic future. Because he saw the changes in the world—from the electric lights of civilization to the darkness of a wasteland—he has a compulsion to seek the Dark Tower and to restore the world. He is prepared for this task by his training as a gunslinger. As an efficient killer, he is practical, intelligent and...
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