King Rinkitink's first appearance was in a self-titled novel released in 1905 which is now lost and no known copies exist. Over a decade later, Baum had King Rinkitink appear again in his own self-titled Oz book. King Rinkitink is the ruler of the country that shares his name. He lives in a palace in the capital city of Gilgad. He is a little man who is so fat that he is almost as broad as he is tall. He is bald, and his face is round and red like an apple. Since his is "a trifle stout", Rinkitink prefers riding to walking, so for many years he traveled with a talking goat named Bilbil.