King Roland

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King Roland is the well-meaning but naive monarch of Delain in Stephen King’s fantasy novel "The Eyes of the Dragon," whose poor judgment helps set the stage for the kingdom’s turmoil.

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Label Occurrences
King Roland canonical 6

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf character in a novel ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
advisedBy Flagg ⓘ
appearsIn The Eyes of the Dragon ⓘ
appearsInWorkBy Stephen King ⓘ
causeOfDeath poisoning ⓘ
characterTrait gullible ⓘ
naive ⓘ
poor judgment ⓘ
well-meaning ⓘ
child Peter ⓘ
Thomas ⓘ
countryRuled Delain ⓘ
linked to: King of Delain
creator Stephen King ⓘ
deathIsPlotCatalystFor framing of Prince Peter ⓘ
fatherOf Peter ⓘ
Thomas ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Delain ⓘ
linked to: King of Delain
firstPublicationOfWorkAppearedIn 1984 ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearedIn fantasy novel ⓘ
householdPet Naps the dog ⓘ
languageOfWorkAppearedIn English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American fantasy literature ⓘ
mannerOfDeath murdered ⓘ
murderedBy Flagg ⓘ
name Roland ⓘ
narrativeFunction his poor judgment contributes to turmoil in Delain ⓘ
notableAction killed a dragon in his youth ⓘ
notablePossession the dragon-slaying arrow ⓘ
occupation king ⓘ
personalityDetail enjoys drinking ⓘ
fond of hunting ⓘ
relationshipToFlagg is manipulated by Flagg ⓘ
role King of Delain ⓘ
spouse Queen Sasha ⓘ
successor Thomas ⓘ
title King of Delain ⓘ
weakness easily influenced by Flagg ⓘ
lack of political insight ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Delain → hasNotableRuler → King Roland ⓘ
subject linked to: kingdom of Delain
Queen Sasha → spouse → King Roland ⓘ
Dennis → loyalTo → King Roland ⓘ
Thomas → hasFather → King Roland ⓘ
Anders Peyna → loyalTo → King Roland ⓘ