Devar-Toi
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Devar-Toi is a fictional minimum-security prison located in Thunderclap, an area of End-World in the Dark Tower
series. Several of the events of the novel The Dark Tower occur here. A campus-like complex, Devar-Toi is also known by the names Algul Siento and Blue Heaven. The guards of Devar-Toi are a mix of can-toi
, humes and taheen
, with the management staff consisting primarily of taheen. The Devar-Toi is wardened by Pimli Prentiss (a human) and Finli O'Tego (a taheen). The complex houses numerous Breakers, psychics of various types employed by The Crimson King, using their powers to attack and destroy the Beams that support the Dark Tower.
Though the surrounding landscape's light quality is always dim due to a perpetual cloud-cover, Devar-Toi itself is lit by a man-made lighting device left by the Old Ones, creating a sharp contrast in mood and coloration between the prison and the outside land.
Devar-Toi and its operations are shut down permanently by Roland Deschain
, Eddie Dean, Jake Chambers
, and Susannah Dean
.
The Dark Tower (series)
The Dark Tower is a series of books written by American author Stephen King, which incorporates themes from multiple genres, including fantasy, science fantasy, horror and western. It describes a "Gunslinger" and his quest toward a tower, the nature of which is both physical and metaphorical. King...
series. Several of the events of the novel The Dark Tower occur here. A campus-like complex, Devar-Toi is also known by the names Algul Siento and Blue Heaven. The guards of Devar-Toi are a mix of can-toi
Can-toi
The Can-Toi are fictional creatures from Stephen King's Dark Tower series and related works. They are unofficially but more commonly known as low men, as in Low Men in Yellow Coats due to their often garish yellow clothing...
, humes and taheen
Taheen
The Taheen are fictional creatures humanlike in proportion, but with animal characteristics. They are mostly mammals and birdlike creatures, and most are under control of the Crimson King. They are mentioned in Stephen King's Dark Tower series; most specifically, they are first hinted at in the...
, with the management staff consisting primarily of taheen. The Devar-Toi is wardened by Pimli Prentiss (a human) and Finli O'Tego (a taheen). The complex houses numerous Breakers, psychics of various types employed by The Crimson King, using their powers to attack and destroy the Beams that support the Dark Tower.
Though the surrounding landscape's light quality is always dim due to a perpetual cloud-cover, Devar-Toi itself is lit by a man-made lighting device left by the Old Ones, creating a sharp contrast in mood and coloration between the prison and the outside land.
Devar-Toi and its operations are shut down permanently by Roland Deschain
Roland Deschain
Roland Deschain of Gilead is a fictional character, the protagonist and antihero of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series. He is the son of Steven and Gabrielle Deschain and is descended from a long line of "gunslingers", peacekeepers and diplomats of Roland's society...
, Eddie Dean, Jake Chambers
Jake Chambers
John "Jake" Chambers is a fictional character in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels. He first appeared in the short story "The Way Station" in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in April 1980, which was later compiled as one of the chapters of the first Dark Tower book, The...
, and Susannah Dean
Susannah Dean
Susannah Odetta Holmes Dean is a fictional character from Stephen King's The Dark Tower series...
.