Characters in The Gunslinger

Roland Deschain

The last gunslinger of Gilead, relentless in his pursuit of the Dark Tower.

Also in The Little Sisters of Eluria, The Drawing of the Three, Las Tierras Baldías La Torre Oscura III, The Waste Lands, Wizard and Glass, The Wind Through the Keyhole, Wolves of the Calla, The Dark Tower

The Man in Black (The Dark Tower)

The sorcerer Roland chases across the desert, who holds the secret of the Tower. Later named Walter.

Jake Chambers

A boy from 1970s New York who joins Roland at the way station.

Also in Las Tierras Baldías La Torre Oscura III, The Waste Lands, Wizard and Glass, Song of Susannah, The Dark Tower