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King Kaliko

also Kaliko

The Chief Steward of the Nome King, dutiful but fearful of his master's rage.

First named in The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 1

Kaliko ran out as fast as his spindle legs could carry his fat, round body, and soon the Chief Counselor entered the cavern.

Names in the books

What the books say it is

  • role King of all the gnomes 1 chapter
    • Kaliko, King of all the gnomes, and metal monarch besides, sat gloomily on the jewelled rock throne in his underground cavern.
      The Hungry Tiger of Oz, ch. 10
  • size little 1 chapter
    • In an ivory throne sat a little round man who had a pointed beard and hair that rose to a tall curl on top of his head.
      Rinkitink in Oz, ch. 17
  • hair a pointed beard, hair rising to a tall curl on top of his head 1 chapter
    • In an ivory throne sat a little round man who had a pointed beard and hair that rose to a tall curl on top of his head.
      Rinkitink in Oz, ch. 17
  • appearance thin 1 chapter
    • On a huge round ruby, hollowed out to form a seat, a thin, nervous gnome sat reading a silver sheet about as thick as our morning papers.
      The Gnome King of Oz, ch. 7
  • wears silken robes, richly embroidered, with large buttons of cut rubies 1 chapter
  • wears silken robes with ruby buttons and a diamond crown 1 chapter
    • In an ivory throne sat a little round man who had a pointed beard and hair that rose to a tall curl on top of his head. He was dressed in silken robes, richly embroidered, which had large buttons of cut rubies. On his head was a diamond crown and in his hand he held a golden sceptre with a big jeweled ball at one end of it.
      Rinkitink in Oz, ch. 17
  • wears Ruggedo's discarded ruby crown 1 chapter
    • Having returned to the royal cavern, Kaliko first pounded the gong and then sat in the throne, wearing Ruggedo's discarded ruby crown and holding in his hand the sceptre which Ruggedo had so often thrown at his head.
      Tik-Tok of Oz, ch. 19
  • trait nervous 1 chapter
    • On a huge round ruby, hollowed out to form a seat, a thin, nervous gnome sat reading a silver sheet about as thick as our morning papers.
      The Gnome King of Oz, ch. 7

Appears in

The Emerald City of Oz (2 of 30 chapters)
Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1 of 6 chapters)
Tik-Tok of Oz (10 of 25 chapters)
Rinkitink in Oz (4 of 24 chapters)
The Hungry Tiger of Oz (2 of 20 chapters)
The Gnome King of Oz (1 of 20 chapters)

Mentioned in

Tik-Tok of Oz (2 of 25 chapters)
Rinkitink in Oz (1 of 24 chapters)
Kabumpo in Oz (1 of 22 chapters)
The Hungry Tiger of Oz (2 of 20 chapters)
The Gnome King of Oz (2 of 20 chapters)

Connections

  • rules Klik 1 chapter
    • the captives were sent away in charge of the nome with the golden collar and keys, whose name was Klik
      Rinkitink in Oz, ch. 17
  • enemy of King Kitticut 1 chapter
    • King Kitticut was surprised to find the King of the nomes so candid and so well informed, and he tried to argue that he and his gentle wife did not deserve their cruel fate and that it would be wiser for Kaliko to side with them than with the evil King of Regos.
      Rinkitink in Oz, ch. 17
  • servant of Nome King 3 chapters
    • his Chief Steward Kaliko
      The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 1
    • He ran down just as he reached the entrance to the underground palace, and there Kaliko, the Nome King's Chief Steward, found him and wound him up again.
      Little Wizard Stories of Oz, ch. 3
    • Ruggedo raved and stormed at the news and his anger was so great that several times, as he strode up and down his jeweled cavern, he paused to kick Kaliko upon his shins, which were so sensitive that the poor nome howled with pain.
      Tik-Tok of Oz, ch. 9

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