# Maerlyn's Rainbow · the bends o’ the rainbow

a thread of King canon of the DT1 (Dark Tower) world — emergence: ethereal. moniker ⟦Maerlyn's Rainbow:DT1:940828⟧

**who —** Maerlyn's Rainbow — thirteen glass orbs (the ‘bends o' the rainbow’), each a seeing-stone of terrible power; the pink Wizard's Glass and the black Black Thirteen chief among them.

**what —** The magic-engine of the cycle: glasses that show the past, future, and far places, and corrupt whoever holds them.

**where —** From Mejis to the Calla to the Dixie Pig, passed hand to cursed hand.

**why —** Because the world needs its dark wonders — objects of true power that are also addictions and traps.

**how —** By granting sight and tempting the seer; the pink Glass shows Roland Susan's death, Black Thirteen opens doors and damns its bearer.

**the seal —** Look into me and see all the worlds and times — and be unable, ever after, to look away; that is the price of the rainbow.

> a catalogued personification of Stephen King's The Dark Tower (© Stephen King; the 2017 film © Sony/MRC), under the DLW standard — commentary and cataloguing, not an original creation, not endorsed by the rights-holders.

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