Hax

Hax is a posthumous antagonist in The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. He is a major villain in Roland's flashback story in The Gunslinger. He was a cook for Gilead and decided to join John Farson.

History
Hax was a cook in Gilead. He was generally good natured and got along with everyone, especially Roland. Whenever Cort forbade the apprentice gunslingers to eat, Hax would always give them food anyway.

Hax also told Roland many stories about the Old Ones and the Guardians. He told them stories about the great turtle Maturin (The being who helped defeat It.)

Roland and Cuthbert overheard Hax plotting to poison the meat going to a town called Taunton. He was doing this to serve John Farson's cause. Roland reported him and he was hanged. Right before he was hanged, Hax refused to repent, and said he would rather the children die than live under the rule of the gunslingers.

Later, Roland met the ghost of Hax in Gilead, after the battle of Jericho Hill. Roland did not fear the ghost. Roland also mentioned Hax's name when he reached the Dark Tower.