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| “ | When Eddie's in that fuckin zone, he could talk the devil into setting himself on fire | „ |
| ~ Eddie's brother describing him |
Eddie Dean is one of the main protagonists of the the The Dark Tower series. He was found as a smuggler tied down by the criminal world, finding new purpose in the horrifying world of the Dark Tower with his new team.
He first appears as the main deuteragonist in the second book Drawing of the Three where he is found by Roland behind the door marked as "The Prisoner". The gunslinger tried to help him out with his issues though eventually he wound up losing so much that after a shootout, he finally decides to join Roland in his adventures. After the second book, he is a major protagonist for the rest of the series.
Biography[]
Past[]
At an unknown point of his life before his addiction, his older sister was killed in a car accident involving a drunk driver, resulting in his mother becoming paranoid. Some point afterward, he wound up getting addicted to heroin due to his brother and eventually, he got involved with the mob boss, Enrico Balazar which kept him under his finger until Roland finally found him
The Drawing of the Three[]
During another smuggling job, Eddie encounters the injured Roland Deschain while trying to find a way to hide the products he was delivering. The prisoner was unable to help him though the gunslinger did offer to hide the drugs he was trying to move through the doorway he had come from which he agreed to. Despite no longer carrying the drugs, Eddie ended up getting caught and interrogated.
Things continued to get worse when Balazar figured out Eddie's arrest and decided to kidnap his brother as insurance that the prisoner finishes his delivery. Eddie does eventually arrive at Balazar's bar, claiming that the drugs are in his bathroom. After a lengthy search, no drugs could be found though the prisoner was able to convince the mob boss that he can find the drugs.
Balazar sent his enforcer Andolini to ensure Eddie doesn't escape though upon entering, the two were dragged into the door leading to Roland's world. The gunslinger successfully knocks the enforcer into a horde of monsters who proceed to tear him apart. With that issue solved, Eddie returns though finds that his brother had been killed. Out of rage, he drags Roland along to a shootout with the mob, ending victorious. He later joins the gunslinger on his future journeys, starting with the second door labeled "The Lady of Shadows".
Opening the door, the two are lead to a wheelchair bound woman by the name of Odetta Holmes. Unfortunately upon being dragged in to Roland's world, she ends up revealing her second personality, the vicious and deadly Detta Walker. The two were able to keep her from hurting them until they find the third door labeled "The Pusher". Roland decided to give his companions one of his revolvers for defense, his infection growing worse.
While going to the third door, Roland was about to collapse, prompting Eddie to get to him and foolishly leave the revolver he got with Detta. As the gunslinger passes through the door, the prisoner was taken hostage and used by Detta to force Roland to return her. After going through another adventure, the gunslinger returns to find what had happened to Eddie.
The gunslinger used the open door behind him to force Odetta to confront her alter, resulting in the two merging into a brand new personality, Susannah Dean who quickly releases the prisoner. She and Eddie eventually form a romantic relationship and later marry.
The Waste Lands[]
5 weeks after the events of the previous book, the 3 travelers continue their journey East away from the beach and into the woods, fittingly encountering a cyborg bear on the way. In the woods they encounter one of the 6 mystical beams which allows them to travel inland to Mid-World. Finding a place to rest, Roland decides to reveal to his group that he is growing insane as a result of a paradox he created when he stopped Jack's murder, revealing that he had prevented the death of Jake Chambers who had arrived to this world due to his murder in Jack's hands.
Roland ends up burning the jawbone he had been bringing after waking up, allowing Eddie to figure out the solution to this problem, make a door that'll lead to Jake. The prisoner and his wife creates a "Speaking Circle" which can create a portal. Unfortunately, this ends up inviting an incubus which Susannah had to deal with while Eddie carves the key, eventually allowing Jake to reach their world, ending Roland's madness. With that issue solved, the travelers continue on their journey to find the next mystical beam.
On their way, they encounter an intelligent creature recognized to be a "Billy-Bumbler" whom Jake names Oy. Eventually they arrived at the city of Lud, once ancient and high tech though now a war-riddled place between two factions. While crossing a decaying bridge, the travelers wound up in an accident and while they survived, they ended up losing Jake to a gangster from the "Grays" faction named Gasher.
Once Jake is back, the group continue their journey, arriving at an abandoned monorail. Unfortunately the AI running the place had gone insane, threatening to run them off the tracks unless they can beat it in a riddle contest. As they do so, they were able to see the outside world. A horrid apocalyptic place leading to a place called Topeka.
Wizard and Glass[]
In an attempt to beat the AI, Eddie tells it some childish jokes, befuddling the AI to the point of short-circuiting. Exiting the monorail, they soon discovered that Topeka was actually the same one as the Kansas city Topeka, taking place in a similar universe as another of Stephen King's work. After passing through a bunch of references, they decide to take a break in which Roland reveals more details of the past.
After going through the flashback, the group decide to continue their journey, discovering a green tinted town reminiscent of the Emerald City from Wizard of Oz. In one of the castles they encounter "the wizard" who was actually just a disguised Flagg. All around a loud voice belonging to the surviving Tick-Tock Man threatens the group, trying to get them to turn away.
This fails and he was quickly killed off, followed by the group turning on Flagg. After an unsuccessful shootout, Flagg managed to escape and leave behind a mirror which reveals the day when Roland killed his mother. Despite knowing the fates of people close to the gunslinger, the group still goes along with him, continuing their journey forward.
The Wind Through the Keyhole[]
During their journey, Roland and his group had to take cover from a depression, having been warned by an elderly ferryman. During their cover, the gunslinger decides to reveal more details of his past. After a long-winded story of his past adventures against another horrific foe, the depression eventually ended and the group can continue their journey.
Wolves of the Calla[]
After escaping the depression, Eddie and Jake are sent to New York due to a dream state. While their companions are going off on another adventure, they instead meet a bookstore owner named Calvin Tower. The man apparently owned the vacant lot with the rose which led Jake to Roland's realm. Said lot is about to be bought by Balazar who is planning on buying said lot which may result in the destruction of the realm.
Eventually, the rest of the travelers managed to join Eddie and Jake to their realm where they explain what had just happened. Roland joins Eddie, going to a cave which allowed them to travel to another part of New York where they fend off Balazar's goons, threatening them upon defeat.
Finding Tower, Roland warns him to get away as Balazar may come back for him. They agreed on a way to find him again later as well as a promise to protect his valuable books, hiding it in the cave they had come from. With the group reunited, they decide to take a break and plan for their battle against the wolves which the rest of the travelers had heard of from the villagers they're helping.
During this time, the group noticed Susannah's odd behavior which had something to do with the incubus she had to deal with during the ritual she and Eddie did to bring Jake into their realm and stop Roland's madness. As it turns out, the lady of shadows had been impregnated by a demon. She didn't mind it, having come to terms with this revelation and even giving a name to it, Mia.
With their planning finished, the travelers begin their preparation while Jake goes off to a military outpost where he discovers a conspiracy. Roland decides to spare one of the conspirators while Eddie blinds the other. Just before the attack, the prisoner decided to talk to the attack team on the nature of the wolves, revealing them to be robots.
However this revelation was far worse as these wolves have the power of blatant referencing and immunity to copyright. They wear green hoods meant to resemble Dr. Doom and wield lightsabers from Star Wars. At a range they begin attacking with flying winged killer orbs resembling Golden Snitches from the Harry Potter series.
The travelers along with some warriors were able to take down the wolves with little casualties all while the children remain safe. Unfortunately after this battle, Mia ended up taking over Susannah's body and ran off with the other travelers failing to follow her. Worse still, the village's leader ended up discovering himself and his world to be from a book, written by Stephen King.
Song of Susannah[]
During their attempt at chasing Susannah down, the travelers ended up being separated with Eddie and Roland ending up in Maine, 1977. They began searching for a vacant lot owned by the friend Eddie and Jake had made while separated in Wolves of the Calla named Calvin Tower. In that lot was a rose which has a connection with their realm and said lot is about to be bought by Balazar and his men.
To make things worse, the two travelers are ambushed on arrival by those men with Andolini apparently still alive despite having been thrown to the Lobstrosities at The Drawing of the Three, presumably being a past version of him. They were able to get away from the ambush with the help of a local man. With their survival, they decide to deal with another problem, the author of the book.
After using the book found by the village's leader, they were able to track down Stephen King at his home, finding the location to be affected by his involvement in the writing of The Dark Tower series. Strange creatures wander the place which the two travelers were able to avoid, eventually reaching the author in his home.
Roland quickly hypnotized him, finding that he is merely a vessel for the creation of their realm and stories and at this point, he had stopped. Fearing the existence of other forces, the gunslinger suggests to King to finish the story of The Dark Tower, believing it to be the key to the success of their quest.
The Dark Tower[]
After exiting the author's home, Eddie and Roland ended up being followed by the latter's son who had been born from Susannah. They remained blissfully unaware of this, going off to invite the local who had saved them from the gangsters, a man named John Cullum. Afterward they are able to rejoin their group, finding Jake and Susannah who had survived their ordeals.
Death[]
The group travel to Thunderclap in an attempt to find and free a group of psychics who are attempting to break beams supporting the Dark Tower. They meet a few of Roland's old friends and other characters from Stephen King's other works. During a fight to free the psychics, Eddie ended up getting injured severely due to a bullet to the eye. His group spent what little time they had to stay by his side and listen to his final words. Despite how painful it was, they had to go on once he died as they didn't have the time to mourn.
Eddie is later seen in the new world Susannah went to where he is Jake's brother, the two having the last name "Toren". He only remembers bits of their adventures in the realm, just like the rest of the group
Equipment[]
- Revolvers: Eddie received a revolver upon arriving at Roland's realm and is trained to use it. It is his primary weapon of choice which he used in various shootouts. Eddie carries specialized cleaning tools and gun belt in order to keep these revolvers usable throughout his journey
Abilities[]
Due to being from the real world, Eddie lacks many of the supernatural abilities Roland and other denizens of the realm possesses. Despite this, he is still fully capable of defending himself from attacks through the use of his skills.
- Marksmanship: Eddie is exceptionally proficient in the use of firearms, even before being trained by Roland. He was able to win a shootout with Balazar's goons at The Drawing of the Three and later down the line faced them off again and again.
In Other Media[]
Marvel Comics[]
Marvel Comics released the story of The Dark Tower series in comic form, telling the story of Roland's past, events of The Gunslinger, and events of The Drawing of the Three. Each of those are separated into 3 story arcs with 30, 30, 25 issues respectively. The Gunslinger and The Drawing of the Three are mostly faithful to the books they are based on with only few minor changes. However, other events that have happened before the beginning of the novel are further explored and gain extra additions.
Gallery[]
Novels[]
Comics[]
External Links[]
- Eddie Dean in the Dark Tower Wiki
- Eddie Dean in the Stephen King Wiki
