Susan Delgado appears in Wizard and Glass, the fourth book of the series. She is a resident of Hambry in the Barony of Mejis, where the 14-year-old Roland and his ka-tet
have been sent for safekeeping. Her father was killed in a horseback
riding "accident", actually a murder, and Susan has been cajoled by her
aunt Cordelia into becoming a "gilly", essentially a concubine, for
Mejis mayor Hart Thorin (while Susan is paid for her services, she is a
recognized consort and any heir she bears to the heretofore-childless
Thorin will be legitimate). Before her relationship with the mayor is
allowed to begin, however, she falls in love with Roland, and lays plans
to run away with him. She saves Roland's group from imprisonment and
possible execution. Accused of helping the gunslingers kill the mayor,
she is burned at the stake by the townspeople and her aunt. At the time,
she is already pregnant with Roland's first child. Roland is devastated
by her death—not just because of his love for her, but because, when
confronted with the choice of returning for her or setting out for the
Dark Tower and thus saving all of creation, he chose the Tower, thus
condemning her to death. Roland believes that Susan Delgado was the only true love of his life. |
Susan Delgado
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