• Roland Deschain of Gilead is a fictional character and the protagonist of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series. He is the son of Steven and Gabrielle...
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  • King's novel series of the same name, the film stars Idris Elba as Roland Deschain, a gunslinger on a quest to protect the Dark Tower—a mythical structure...
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  • play as the series progresses. Roland Deschain, son of Steven Deschain, was born in the Barony of Gilead, in In-World. Roland is the last surviving gunslinger...
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  • Name" character as one of the major inspirations for the protagonist, Roland Deschain. King's style of location names in the series, such as Mid-World, and...
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    print ever since, with the subtitle "RESUMPTION". The story centers Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, who has been chasing his adversary, "the man...
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  • and writer Roland, in the 2021 book Roland in Moonlight by David Bentley Hart Roland Burton, in the TV series Army Wives Roland Deschain, in the Stephen...
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    series in which Roland Deschain wishes to save the Dark Tower from the Crimson King, itself inspired by Robert Browning's "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower...
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  • King's epic series, The Dark Tower, who tries to keep protagonist Roland Deschain from reaching the Tower – the linchpin of existence – so he can claim...
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  • separated from Susannah Dean, gives birth to Mordred Deschain, the biological son of Roland Deschain and Susannah. The Crimson King is also a "co-father"...
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  • 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...
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    Max Star Trek Beyond Krall / Balthazar Edison 2017 The Dark Tower Roland Deschain Molly's Game Charlie Jaffey The Mountain Between Us Ben Bass Thor:...
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  • while I was on the road, one a new Mid-World book (not directly about Roland Deschain, but yes, he and his friend Cuthbert are in it, hunting a skin-man...
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  • Emory Cohen and India Eisley. In 2019, he was cast in the lead role of Roland Deschain in The Dark Tower for Amazon Studios, a pilot was shot, but the show...
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    while I was on the road, one a new Mid-World book (not directly about Roland Deschain, but yes, he and his friend Cuthbert are in it, hunting a skin-man...
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  • Christopher Paolini's novel Eragon Gilead, the fictional birthplace of Roland Deschain in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels Republic of Gilead...
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  • material not found in any of the novels. The story depicts the ka-tet of Roland Deschain, Alain Johns and Cuthbert Allgood dealing with the events following...
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    antagonist, Krall, in the sequel Star Trek Beyond. In 2017, he played Roland Deschain in the Stephen King film adaptation The Dark Tower, starred in The...
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    immensely self-assured parody" of the Man with No Name character. Roland Deschain, the primary protagonist of Stephen King's The Dark Tower book series...
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  • book in his The Dark Tower series. The book continues the story of Roland Deschain, Eddie Dean, Susannah Dean, Jake Chambers, and Oy as they make their...
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    Dark Tower series. The protagonist of that series, the gunslinger Roland Deschain, is briefly mentioned in narration and it is shown that Patrick has...
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    Around this same time, he was offered the lead role of "Gunslinger" Roland Deschain in Ron Howard's film adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower novels...
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    including science fiction Western complete with gunslinger protagonist Roland Deschain inspired by the Man with No Name. The Buntline Special (2010) is the...
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  • of Roland of Gilead's main antagonists. He is also the main antagonist in The Stand. In The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three, Roland Deschain mentions...
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    suspects. In Stephen King's Dark Tower series of novels, the gunslinger Roland Deschain uses the coin roll, albeit substituting a bullet, to induce a hypnotic...
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  • April 15, 2009. Unlike the previous three story arcs, which follow Roland Deschain and his ka-tet, The Sorcerer follows the life and motives of The Dark...
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  • Rainbow. Walter apparently does so in the hopes that it will kill Roland Deschain later in his journey. It transports him to the Doorway Cave outside...
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  • interpretation of events covered in The Dark Tower series, beginning with Roland Deschain's manhood test against Cort and ending with the last events of the flashback...
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    Gilead is the town native Mainer Stephen King based the homeland of Roland Deschain on, protagonist of The Dark Tower series. Louise Manny: A historian...
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  • Eastwood's character inspiring the creation of King's protagonist, Roland Deschain. In 1975, Willie Colón with Yomo Toro and Hector Lavoe, released an...
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  • Guardian on their eighth studio album A Twist in the Myth. It is about Roland Deschain and Jake Chambers at the end of The Dark Tower series. 2007: "Dull...
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