The descendants of those exposed to the poisonous fallout of the Old Ones' Great Cataclysm. Their appearances vary enormously, from shuffling humanoids to what can only be described as fungi with brains. Some, like the green folk of Eluria and the mutants beneath the Cyclopean Mountains, attack ordinary humans on sight. Others, such as the Children of Roderick, have maintained their humanity and dignity. Roland and Jake encounter particularly grotesque specimens - with insect-like eye nodes and suckered tentacles - beneath the Cyclopean Mountains while pursuing the Man in Black.