A Who's Who from the "Dark Tower" (Part 3)

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 14018

Another interesting member of Roland's group. Her birth name is Odetta Susannah Holmes, and she has quiet a bit of history to her.

Initially, we see her foreshadowed (no pun intended) as Marten the Incomplete Enchanter (a man who'd played a part in the destruction of Roland's homeland and the destruction of all the other Gunslingers besides Roland). Marten, in doing some fortune telling, foretold of Susannah when he referred to her as the Lady of Shadows.

We find out later that the name is as such in part due to her being an African American.

Now, this woman suffered several major injuries throughout her life before meeting Roland. And the author of both injuries is one sicko named Jack Mort (nicknamed the Pusher). First, back when Susannah was only five years old and out with her parents on a lark back around 1943 Jack dropped a brick on her head. She was in a coma for several days, but eventually recovered. However, the head trauma caused her to develop a darker personality.....a split personality that will be called Detta Susannah Walker. Something of a polar opposite of Odetta Susannah Walker, this personality only came forth from time to time on rare occasions.

Then,August 19, 1959 - Jack Mort pushes Odetta Holmes in front of a subway train, both her legs are amputated. It is this event that causes Detta Walker to become more dominant.

Four years later, in 1964, Roland enters the mind of Detta Walker as she's shoplifting from Macy's (via one of those special....weird doors of his world) and brings her to his world before she is captured by store detectives. However, in the course of bringing her to his world, Odetta and Detta saw each other and suddenly knew of the other's existence. This lead to all sorts of nasty stuff.

Soon, after Eddie soon was dragged into Roland's world, Detta is able to get away (yes...get away) from the others and even take one of Rolands two guns. She even was able to take Eddie hostage while Roland has gone through yet another special door and do some very special things indeed. While away, Roland has taken over the body of none other than Jack Mort himself! <P

Now, this happens on May 9, 1977. Roland is able to stop Jake from getting killed (and thus preventing him from meeting Roland out at the Waystation back in the desert...this is going to hurt both Roland and Jake later). Roland also get's more ammunition than he has ever seen before in his life AND enough antibiotic (Keflex) to save his life from the returning infection within him. The last act before Roland returns is to throw Jack Mort under the same train that Odetta Holmes got mained by, for what he (Jack) did.

Hmm. Now, funny thing is that when Detta Holmes has Eddie prisoner and is waiting for Roland to return from the "real" world to kill him she sees herself through another's (Roland's) eyes and this combines Odetta and Detta into a third, whole, personality.<P.

Soon, after the two newcomers are beginning training as Gunslingers, Susannah helps save Eddie from a killer cybernetic giant bear.

The two soon fall for each other and they become husband and wife (or at least lovers...since nothing really in the way of a marriage ceremony takes place).

Finally, and an important thing indeed, is that through the course of bringing forth the now alive Jake from back home to Roland's world.....there is the question of whether Susannah is with child from a.....er....encounter with a demon she distracted while Roland and the others pulled Jake through barely ahead of a monestrous guardian between worlds!!

  1. Now, that said, let's go and tell Jake's story....

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