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The Crimson King Crimson King is the main villain of Stephen King's Dark Tower series. In the first book of the Dark Tower series, he is briefly mentioned and it is insinuated that he will be the last opponent faced by the hero in his quest for the Dark Tower. The Crimson King first appeared as an actual character in King's novel Insomnia and reappeared in Black House, which was co-written with Peter Straub. His goal is apparently to bring down the Dark Tower, the lynchpin that holds King's multiverse together. The Crimson King's nature seems contradicted by the various books. In Insomnia and Black House he is portrayed as an omnipotent, omnipresent, god-like force of evil, and seems to be the Satan-like controlling figure over the evil in King's multiverse. He is also revealed to be the true power behind such major evil beings as Atropos and Randall Flagg. However, when the Crimson King is finally confronted at the very end of the Dark Tower series, he is nothing more than an insane old man locked out on a balcony at the top of the Dark Tower - limited to a form of hand-held seeking grenades (called 'sneetches' here) at the Gunslinger and his companion Patrick Danville in the series' final battle. There have been some spectulation as to why there is such a radical change; one theory suggests that after the events of Black House he lost most of his power. He was erased from existence by Patrick Danville, a character from Insomnia who was foretold to defeat the King. The character's name may have been influenced by the band King Crimson, particularly their first album, In the Court of the Crimson King. Actors who could play him: Ian McKellen or Christopher Lee Crimson King Crimson King
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