Kubla Kraus is the main villain from the 1979 Rankin/Bass Christmas special Jack Frost. Kubla Kraus was once the "king of the Cossacks", but they abandoned him, leaving him to rule the small village of January Junction. He lived in a large palace on Miserable Mountain with his companion, a ventrilaquist's dummy who he named Dummy, and his army of Keh-Knights, amongst other robotic servants. Kubla is incredibly lonely, and resentful of the fact that he isn't more powerful (as shown in the musical sequence "There's The Rub"), which might be a reason for his bullying treatment of the residents of January Junction. He even goes so far as to kidnap Elisa in an attempt to "woo her" and force her to marry him. By the end of the special, Kubla has been overthrown.