Ruggedo, the Nome King
The Metal Monarch under the mountains; Baum first calls him Roquat.
Magic userAlso known as Roquat, Roquat the Red, Ruggedo, the Metal Monarch
- Type of magic
- Enchantment: he turns captives into ornaments, helped by a magic belt
- Allegiance
- Wicked
- Identifiers
- Wikidata Q7048506
Sources
Appears in20 items
- Dorothy’s journeys to Oz1 item
- The Oz books, 1900–192019 items
- Ozma of Oz (1907)1 Jan 1907
- Ozma loses the Nome King’s game of eleven guessesAug 1907
- Billina’s egg undoes the Nome KingSep 1907
- Dorothy takes the Nome King’s magic beltNov 1907
- The Emerald City of Oz (1910)1 Jan 1910
- The Nome King swears to take back his beltJan 1910
- General Guph recruits the Whimsies, Growleywogs and PhanfasmsMay 1910
- The Nome army tunnels under the Deadly DesertOct 1910
- The invaders drink at the Forbidden FountainNov 1910
- Tik-Tok of Oz (1914)1 Jan 1914
- Ruggedo drops the travellers down the Hollow TubeJul 1914
- The Jinjin sentences RuggedoAug 1914
- Quox breaks the Nome King’s charmsSep 1914
- Kaliko becomes King of the NomesNov 1914
- The Magic of Oz (1919)1 Jan 1919
- Ruggedo and Kiki Aru plot to conquer OzMar 1919
- Kiki Aru turns the Wizard and Dorothy into a fox and a lambJul 1919
- The Wizard overhears the Magic WordSep 1919
- Dorothy has the plotters drink the Water of OblivionDec 1919