Baum Character Registry · Person / intelligent being
Leader of the Kalidahs
A canonical individual in the Baum-only Character Census. Appearance evidence is chronological and text-grounded.
Editorial identifierNarrative / historical individual
Registry
Character record
- Knowledge ID
- CHAR-0267
- Registry ID
- char-0267
- Canonical display name
- Leader of the Kalidahs
- Naming status
- Editorial identifier
- Character type
- Person / intelligent being
- Participation
- Narrative / historical individual
- First matched appearance
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · Ch. 7
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
hine again. To add to their discomfort, they soon heard strange noises in the depths of the forest, and the Lion whispered to them that it was in this part of the country that the Kalidahs lived. "What are the Kalidahs?" asked the girl. "They are monstrous beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers," replied the Lion, "and with claws so long and sharp that they could tear me in two as easily as I could kill Toto.
Editorial notes
Identity handling
- Display label is editorial; it is not presented as a proper name supplied by Baum.