This did not please the readers, and in Ozma of Oz, although the character did not appear, Baum described Ozma's abduction without including the Wizard as part of it. In The Marvelous Land of Oz, the Wizard is described as having usurped the throne of King Pastoria and handed over the baby princess to Mombi.

After the Wizard's departure, the Scarecrow is briefly enthroned, until Princess Ozma (the rightful hereditary ruler of Oz) is freed from the witch Mombi at the end of The Marvelous Land of Oz. He leaves Oz at the end of the novel, again in a hot air balloon. As Oz had no leadership at the time, he became Supreme Ruler of the kingdom and did his best to sustain the myth. One day his balloon sailed into the Land of Oz and he found himself worshipped as a great sorcerer. Working as a magician for a circus, he wrote OZ (the initials of his first two forenames, Oscar being his first, and Zoroaster being the first of his seven middle names) on the side of his hot air balloon for promotional purposes. When, at last, he grants an audience to all of them at once, he seems to be a disembodied voice.Įventually, it is revealed that Oz is actually none of these things, but rather an ordinary conman from Omaha, Nebraska, who has been using elaborate magic tricks and props to make himself seem 'great and powerful'. In each of these occasions, the Wizard appears in a different form, once as a giant head, once as a beautiful fairy, once as a horrible monster, and once as a ball of fire. Oz is very reluctant to meet them, but eventually each is granted an audience, one by one. Believing he is the only man capable of solving their problems, Dorothy and her friends travel to the Emerald City, the capital of Oz, to meet him. Unseen for most of the novel, he is the ruler of the Land of Oz and highly venerated by his subjects. The Wizard is one of the characters in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The character was further popularized by a stage play and several films, including the classic 1939 film and the 2013 prequel adaptation. Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs (also known as the ' Wizard of Oz' and, during his reign, as ' Oz the Great and Terrible' or the ' Great and Powerful Oz') is a fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points.

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