Although Randall Flagg is known to most Stephen King Fans, even if they don’t dive deep into his books, he’s not actually the king of horror’s worst villains. Stephen King’s books are extraordinary in the sense that they are unforgettable – the horror usually begins slowly, in a small town, or unfolds in an everyday situation that suddenly goes nightmarishly wrong. Heroes who fight evil are not usually mythological heroesBut everyday people, the kind you might make small talk with while waiting in line at the grocery store, or say hi while walking your dog.
It’s the commonality of its settings and its characters that make Stephen King’s Villains so memorable. His villains take all forms, the author is willing and eager to spread terror; Stephen King’s villains are human, supernatural, and other. A rapid dog, a possessed car, an unwelcome nurse, a brutal vampire, a resurrected child, a psychically sensitive monorail, and a cosmic entity all play prominent antagonists in the universe that Stephen King has created. Some of his villains are particularly terrifying. still, They even bow down to a greater one – Stephen King’s worst villain.
Randall Flagg is Stephen King’s most recurring villain – but not the worst
Randall Flag has appeared in many universes wearing many faces
It’s understandable that when people think of Stephen King’s worst villains, they immediately think of Randall Flagg or even Pennywise, especially if they’ve only seen the movies and not read his books. It’s understandable. Randall Flagg is Satan’s version of the king: A shifter, immortal pact maker who has walked our world and others for millennia, sowing chaos, strife, violence and death. His presence is as undeniable as it is evil; Randall Flagg is a relentless, creeping blight, a malevolent god who can change faces at will.
His ambiguous nature and immortal lifespan make him such a great Stephen King villain; He is able to change as the villain’s story needs, which is why he is not the only one stand. The Ageless Stranger, The Walkin’ Dude, The Man In Black, Marten Broadclock, The Dark Man, Walter Paddick, The Man With No Face, The Harkes, Walter O’Dim and many more, maybe even He Who Walks Behind The Rows, Randall Flagg is legion and the most regularly recurring Stephen King antagonist. nevertheless, One villain even Randall Flagg fears, even Randall Flagg bows to, is the Crimson King.
Who is the Crimson King (and what is his goal in the Stephen King Multiverse)?
His goal is simple: to destroy the multiverse
Basically, The Crimson King is the Master of the Randall Flag. Although Randall Flagg often seems to be serving his own purposes – and he is – his greater purpose is to serve the Crimson King and do his bidding. Whatever he does, he who sows discord is in the service of his Lord. The Crimson King is a Lovecraftian demonic entity, similar to Pennywise, but much more powerful. Born from an illicit affair between the legendary gunslinger Arthur Eld and the demonic Crimson Queen, the Crimson King sprang from Prime, the primordial soup from which everything in the universe is born.
The number of books and short stories that Randall Flagg has published or referenced is not entirely agreed upon by fans, as several books
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As the living embodiment of Prim, All the Crimson King wants is chaosUnlimited chaos and destruction. His main mission is to destroy the beams that hold the Dark Tower, the center not only of our universe, but of all universes, and destroy the Dark Tower to throw all universes into chaos. After the Dark Tower is destroyed and the Multiverse is destroyed, he will rebuild it in his image – dark, chaotic and primarily brutal, with all creatures in the Multiverse bowing to him.
These goals put him in direct opposition to Gann, who was also born from Prime and is the god equivalent of the King, a creator whereas the Crimson King is a destroyer. For example, Crimson King leads Red – Agents of Chaos and Destruction in the Multiverse – While Gann leads the Whites, agents of all that is good. While Red wants to destroy the tower by breaking the beams, White wants to protect it and destroy the multiverse.
Why Crimson King is so much worse than Randall Flagg
He is the monster that other monsters fear
Simply put, The Crimson King is the villain of villains. As terrifyingly powerful and brutal as Randall Flagg is, the Crimson King is even stronger and more evil. He is unimaginably powerful: omnipotent and capable of simultaneously existing on multiple levels of the Dark Tower and thus, in multiple universes. That would make him evil enough, but he also possesses necromancy and dark magic, shapeshifting, elemental manipulation, telekinesis and mass mind control, the ability to control the weather, and a dangerous, primal power known as Deadlight, which fans love. it is will know
If Randall Flagg is an immortal monster, then the thing the monster serves—what the monster fears—makes it worse.
His powers are so vast and his influence so powerful that the Crimson King manipulates Pennywise to gain more power and power and uses Randall Flagg to carry out his dark orders. He also controls a host of other minor Stephen King villainsLike a vampire Lot of SalemIts Kurt Barlow, Atropos and John Farson. If Randall Flagg is an immortal monster, then the thing the monster serves—what the monster fears—makes it worse.
The Crimson King is the villain behind the villain, the puppet master controlling the rest. He doesn’t often appear in the pages of Stephen King’s books, but he doesn’t have to. Like all great mythological figures, His legend is shaped by whispers and stories and fears of other charactersAnd their words alone are enough to outline his cosmic evil.
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Stephen King works in which The Crimson King appears or is referenced |
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Gunslinger |
Novels (Book #1, dark tower series) |
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insomnia |
the novel |
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“Low Men in Yellow Coats” |
Short stories (A Heart of Atlantis) |
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Black House |
Novel (co-written with Peter Straub) |
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dark tower |
Novels (Book #7, dark tower series) |
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Gunslinger is born |
Comic book series |
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Long Road Man |
Comic book series |
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treachery |
Comic book series |
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Ur |
the novel |
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Gwendi’s final task |
Novel (co-written with Richard Chismer) |
Many of Stephen King’s short stories and books are linked dark tower, The Crimson King’s existence and being closely tied to the Tower’s destruction make him the author’s ultimate villain. When Randall Flagg achieves his goal, he wipes out a town in one book or thwarts the fate of a character in another book. In the grand scheme of the multiverse, his destruction is small and surgical, serving a greater end. If the Crimson King achieves his goal, the multiverse – the multiverse created by Stephen King – is destroyed. All his stories, all his books, all his characters, they break and unfold. And that, more than anything, makes The Crimson King the greatest Stephen King the villain
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- date of birth
- September 21, 1947
- place of birth
- Portland, Maine, USA
- height
- 6 feet 4 inches
- occupation
- Writer, screenwriter, producer, director, actor