A formal conversation or negotiation in Mid-World, carrying more weight and ceremony than casual talk. To palaver is to sit and speak seriously, often around a fire. The word implies an exchange of important information, a sharing of stories, or the discussion of weighty matters. Roland's ka-tet frequently engages in palavers both among themselves and with those they meet along the Path of the Beam. The most significant palaver in the series occurs between Roland and the Man in Black beneath the Cyclopean Mountains.