Prince of Darkness
July 13th, 2009, 03:35 AM
Hi,
I had a wacky thought yesterday, and began thinking that perhaps Maerlyn (the wizard who created the Bends o' the Rainbow), unlike our version of Merlin who fell asleep in a cave and has been doing so forever, actually split himself up into many demons.
This could, in part, explain why King said, in Wolves of the Calla:
"With the Tick-Tock dead, the real Wizard steps forward. It's Roland's ancient nemesis, Marten Broadcloak, known in some worlds as Randall Flagg, in others as Richard Fannin, in others as John Farson (the Good Man)."
And then, again, in The Dark Tower:
He [Flagg] had done his service to Farson.
Now, my guess is that perhaps Maerlyn had split his soul into many parts when his job was done, and that these parts - or demons, if you will - inhabited Walter Padick after he was raped when he fled Delain, and did so with John Farson, and maybe even Roland, too.
Say, perhaps, by looking too deep into a Bend o' the Rainbow, one of Maerlyn's demons inhabited you. This would, then, explain why Roland is so evil-hearted, and why he has to defeat the Ageless Stranger. The Ageless Stranger, as we know, is Maerlyn, yet he is nowhere to be found. Also, in The Gunslinger, Walter says:
"Yar. He darkles. He tincts. He is in all times. Yet there is one greater than he."
And, again, in the Coda of The Dark Tower, Gan says:
But not for you, gunslinger. Never for you. You darkle. You tinct. May I be brutally frank? You go on.
Now this leads me to think that mayhap Roland is imbued with one of these demons of Maerlyn (thirteen, maybe, one for each Bend o' the Rainbow), and that perhaps his job in redoing his quest over and over is to expel this from his soul and be clean.
Because Roland is said to be this Ageless Stranger, and must slay him, too. Renew himself, so to speak.
The many demons would explain Flagg's different personas, and that perhaps there are many, but they are all in some way connected by that thread of Maerlyn's evil in their hearts and souls.
My conclusion? Maerlyn split himself, and the evil in his soul, into the Bends o' the Rainbow, after he vanished from All-World. Those that then looked into the Bends o' the Rainbow and marveled at them became imbued with these parts of Maerlyn's evil soul. Flagg, Fiegler, Farson, Padick, and all the rest. Roland then, too, has one of these parts in his heart, and his journey is actually to expel it - at least in part.
This is speculation, and only founded by what I know of The Dark Tower. If you're gonna recommend further reading, spare the post :sad: I unfortunately don't have the money for such luxuries at the time. But I will get down to reading all of it... in time.
If you have thoughts, please share them. :biggrin2:
Long days and pleasant nights
I had a wacky thought yesterday, and began thinking that perhaps Maerlyn (the wizard who created the Bends o' the Rainbow), unlike our version of Merlin who fell asleep in a cave and has been doing so forever, actually split himself up into many demons.
This could, in part, explain why King said, in Wolves of the Calla:
"With the Tick-Tock dead, the real Wizard steps forward. It's Roland's ancient nemesis, Marten Broadcloak, known in some worlds as Randall Flagg, in others as Richard Fannin, in others as John Farson (the Good Man)."
And then, again, in The Dark Tower:
He [Flagg] had done his service to Farson.
Now, my guess is that perhaps Maerlyn had split his soul into many parts when his job was done, and that these parts - or demons, if you will - inhabited Walter Padick after he was raped when he fled Delain, and did so with John Farson, and maybe even Roland, too.
Say, perhaps, by looking too deep into a Bend o' the Rainbow, one of Maerlyn's demons inhabited you. This would, then, explain why Roland is so evil-hearted, and why he has to defeat the Ageless Stranger. The Ageless Stranger, as we know, is Maerlyn, yet he is nowhere to be found. Also, in The Gunslinger, Walter says:
"Yar. He darkles. He tincts. He is in all times. Yet there is one greater than he."
And, again, in the Coda of The Dark Tower, Gan says:
But not for you, gunslinger. Never for you. You darkle. You tinct. May I be brutally frank? You go on.
Now this leads me to think that mayhap Roland is imbued with one of these demons of Maerlyn (thirteen, maybe, one for each Bend o' the Rainbow), and that perhaps his job in redoing his quest over and over is to expel this from his soul and be clean.
Because Roland is said to be this Ageless Stranger, and must slay him, too. Renew himself, so to speak.
The many demons would explain Flagg's different personas, and that perhaps there are many, but they are all in some way connected by that thread of Maerlyn's evil in their hearts and souls.
My conclusion? Maerlyn split himself, and the evil in his soul, into the Bends o' the Rainbow, after he vanished from All-World. Those that then looked into the Bends o' the Rainbow and marveled at them became imbued with these parts of Maerlyn's evil soul. Flagg, Fiegler, Farson, Padick, and all the rest. Roland then, too, has one of these parts in his heart, and his journey is actually to expel it - at least in part.
This is speculation, and only founded by what I know of The Dark Tower. If you're gonna recommend further reading, spare the post :sad: I unfortunately don't have the money for such luxuries at the time. But I will get down to reading all of it... in time.
If you have thoughts, please share them. :biggrin2:
Long days and pleasant nights