

( Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz) The fact that her father had a personal name makes it unclear if he ever had the chance to actually rule as King before being captured by Mombi. Princess Ozma later said that all Ozian rulers were called "Oz" if male and "Ozma" if female.

The Law of Oz and Other Stories reveals that Pastoria became Ozma's father when the Fairy Queen Lurline left the baby in his care after enchanting the Land of Oz for the second time. However, The Astonishing Tale of the Gump of Oz (2007) gives her name as Cordia and says that Mombi herself enchanted her. Flint in Oz (1987) gives her name as Ozette and says that the Wizard used magic he obtained from Mombi to enchant her, and she was then given over to the evil magician Peeramyd. There are conflicting sources regarding Pastoria's wife: Mr. However, The Blue Emperor of Oz (1982) reveals that Pastoria's father was Ozroar, the first ruler of Oz. There are conflicting sources regarding Pastoria's father: Paradox in Oz (1999) reveals that he was King Oz, the same wicked King who drank from the Forbidden Fountain as described in The Emerald City of Oz. He was later discovered and disenchanted, but he no longer had a desire to rule and was happy to concede rule to the Ozma, preferring to open and run a tailor shop under his own name. ( The Marvelous Land of Oz) It was later revealed that Mombi had enchanted Pastoria and transformed him into a "Tora the Tired Tailor". The only ones who stopped them from completely conquering Oz were the two Good Witches: Locasta Tattypoo aka the Good Witch of the North, who lived with the Gillikins and Glinda who lived in a ruby-red castle with the Quadlings of Oz.Īt the time Ozma was restored to the throne, it was believed that Pastoria was dead. The Wicked Witch of the West had a Golden Cap which allowed her to command her Winged Monkeys, who were slaves to the cap, while the Wicked Witch of the East used the magic of her Silver Shoes to keep the Munchkin people in bondage. Pastoria was kind, but does not appear to have been a very powerful King, as the land of Oz was still inhabited by four Wicked Witches who had enslaved many people. Pastoria adopted Ozma when she was a baby fairy. Eventually, Pastoria's daughter, the long lost Ozma, the last surviving heir to Oz's throne, was found by Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, and with the help of the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse, was made the rightful rule of Oz.

Pastoria was removed from his throne by the black magic of Mombi, an evil Witch, and was succeeded as ruler by the Wizard. Frank Baum's second Oz book, The Marvelous Land of Oz, published in 1904. Pastoria was a king of the Land of Oz and the father of Princess Ozma, the current ruler of Oz.
