The Crimson King, known to some as Los' or Ram Abbalah, is a fictional character created by Stephen King. He is the main antagonist of King's seven-volume Dark Tower series, as well as the novels Insomnia and Black House. Described as "Gan's crazy side", the Crimson King is the ultimate ruler of the Red, and the archetypal embodiment of evil in Stephen King's fictional multiverse. His goal is to topple the Dark Tower which serves as the lynchpin of time and space, destroying the multitude of universes which revolve around it so that he can rule in the primordial chaos which follows.
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“The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, began screaming “Off with her head! Off with—”
“Nonsense!” said Alice loudly and decidedly, and the Queen was silent.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
““Let the jury consider their verdict,” the King said, for about the twentieth time that day.
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—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)