The chaos and destruction that exists beyond the ordered universe maintained by the Dark Tower and the Beams. The Outer Dark represents the antithesis of the White - it is entropy, dissolution, and the end of all meaning. Those who serve it, from John Farson to the Crimson King, work toward the collapse of the Tower and the return of all existence to primordial chaos. Failed gunslingers sent west often fell to its influence, as did many who served the forces arrayed against the Affiliation.