The 12 Guardians of the Beams
I've always liked the theme of the Guardians SK wove into the story, and have been wondering about the nature of them.
We only really get a good look into Shardik and Maturin in the DT series and at first both seem to protect their portals in different ways - Shardik in an immense physical sense and Maturin through coercion and mind control - or is this mislead? Perhaps Shardik also possessed similar powers through little statue conduits etc but the infection in his brain prevented this kind of thing from working.
What are your thoughts? What (if any) information is there about the other 10 guardians? Would you like to see more of them in linked books in the future?
Beam and Beam Guardians,...WTF?
OK, First off let me say that if I'm right and SK screwed up, this does not diminish my love for The Dark Tower in any way, and it shouldn't for you neither. But here's something I've thought about for awhile, and I started a reread yesterday to see if it's just me. I am now starting The Wastelands.
Let's talk about page 34 on the hardcover edition of The Wastelands.
Design 4 GUARDIAN
Type/Species BEAR
SHARDIK
Made by North Central Positronics.
Ok, So North Central Positronics made a Beam Guardian, code named Shardik, and his job is to protect? The Beam.
Page 75 Paragraph 4
The snake, also designed by NCP, built for maintenance of Shardik.
Then they go to the metal humming box, which I think is explained later, (or maybe I just inferred it?) is a beam generator, a way of helping the natural beams that are weakening.
Help the natural magical beam that is weakening. The Old Ones, they wanted to HELP the Tower, but this stuff was made by NCP?
NCP, whom is a subsidiary of Sombra?
Sombra, whom is the enemy of the White?
So I hear your thoughts. "What's your point, Bruno?"
Here's my point.
Did Stephen King screw up? Did he start writing the Wastelands, and wrote in NCP using it as a kind of company who the Old Ones had to help out the failing beams, and then forgot and used them as part of the Bad guys?