Baum Character Registry · Person / intelligent being
King Kleaver
A canonical individual in the Baum-only Character Census. Appearance evidence is chronological and text-grounded.
Title / role identifiedNarrative / historical individual
Registry
Character record
- Knowledge ID
- CHAR-0104
- Registry ID
- char-0104
- Canonical display name
- King Kleaver
- Naming status
- Title / role identified
- Character type
- Person / intelligent being
- Participation
- Narrative / historical individual
- First matched appearance
- The Emerald City of Oz · Ch. 15
Oz Knowledge Base
First-class Knowledge entity
This Character Registry record is a canonical first-class Knowledge entity.
- Claims
- 0
- Relationships
- 0
- Historical Atlas events
- 0
Appearance Profile
Text-grounded appearance
Appearance is tracked only where Baum supplies textual evidence; absence of description is not filled from illustration traditions.
Appearance Timeline
Appearance states
No enriched appearance state yet. The registry deliberately records “not yet extracted” rather than inferring hair, eyes, clothing, size, or materials.
Baum evidence
First matched textual evidence
bowls and they looked very stern and severe. Dorothy laughed at the queer things. "Who are you?" she asked. "We're the Spoon Brigade," said one. "In the service of his Majesty King Kleaver," said another. "And you are our prisoners," said a third. Dorothy sat down on an old stump and looked at them, her eyes twinkling with amusement. "What would happen," she inquired, "if I should set my dog on your Brigade?" "He would d