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'Dandelo' is a fictional character from ''The Dark Tower'', the seventh book in Stephen King's Dark Tower Series.

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Joe Collins

Lippy

Patrick Danville

Stuttering Bill

Joe Collins

When Roland Deschain and Susannah Dean first met him, he appeared to be a decrepit old man, introducing himself as Joe Collins of Odd's Lane on Tower Road. He seemed barely able to carry himself, with one bad eye, leaning himself firmly on his walking stick.
He invited them into his cottage, where they talked of the Dark Tower. Roland was astonished to find out that Joe Collins had actually seen the Dark Tower and taken a polaroid of it. However, he had never gone past the edge of the Rose Field, for fear that he might be killed by it.
Joe Collins then talked of being a small-time comedian, and inevitably was asked to perform for them, being that he had already made Roland laugh more than Eddie Dean (who had died earlier in the story arc). The old man got up from his chair very lightly, especially for someone who had a lame leg. As he continued his stand-up, he began to grow younger and younger.
Susannah found the situation becoming very strange. The old man began to lose his aged appearance and she kept hearing a cry, much like a baby's, outside somewhere. The strange thing was that Roland did not even respond to it, as alert as he always was. Soon, though, Susannah accidentally slapped a sore on her top lip, and was forced to go to the bathroom (Joe did not seem at all pleased with her leaving).
In the bathroom, Susannah found a letter underneath the first towel in a stack. To her surprise it was a letter from Stephen King himself. The letter gave her a hint as to why the S in ODD's LANE had been added to the sign. Soon she figured out that ODD LANE was an anagram of DANDELO.
By the time she made this connection, Roland was already laughing out of control. Dandelo was thirty years younger and holding Roland down as he continued to make Roland laugh to death. Susannah, with the help of Oy, soon brought Dandelo down, and shot him twice in the head.
Later, upon discovering the poem ''Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came'' by Robert Browning, Roland states that Dandelo must have been the 'hoary cripple' that is referred to in the beginning of the poem, in spite of the fact that it was long stated that it referred to Walter o'Dim, Roland's nemesis.

Lippy

Dandelo had a stable behind his house, in which he kept a horse named Lippy. Lippy whinnied when she saw Roland and Susannah approach. She was very old, ragged, and had holes in her coat. Lippy is eventually revealed as the only thing in the cottage that actually exists.
Later in the story, Mordred Deschain would eat Lippy, poisoning him and eventually leading to his downfall.

Patrick Danville

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Roland and Susannah found Patrick in a cellar under the cottage. He was held prisoner by Dandelo, who continuously fed off of his emotions. He was fed the bare minimum of food to stay alive as Dandelo used him as a type of cow.

Stuttering Bill

'Stuttering Bill' is a robot (full name 'William D-746541-M Maintenance Robot') with many functions. He plowed Tower Road all the way up to the edge of the white lands, where the snow ended and the roses began. He gave Roland, Susannah and Patrick a ride on his plow for many miles, taking them closer to the Dark Tower.
Stuttering Bill was also the nickname of William Denborough, one of the central characters in King's novel ''It'', suggesting that Dandelo is a similar being to that novel's villain, Pennywise.