Known as the Good Man despite being anything but, John Farson was the greatest enemy of the gunslingers during Roland's youth. Despite his talk of equality and democracy, he was a brutal, power-hungry, and dangerously insane harrier whose favourite pastime was playing polo with human heads. He warred from the west, drawing failed gunslingers and the embittered to his cause. His rebellion brought about the fall of Gilead and the destruction of the Affiliation. He ultimately served the Crimson King, making him a pawn in the larger war against the Dark Tower.