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A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE THRONE MINISTERS OF OZ

Augmented with notes about selected incidents of interest to students of modern history

THE OZMA YEARS

The matrilineal House of Ozma established

The Ozinally claih a purported divine relationship with Lurlina, fabled creatrix of Oz Depending on the claients

The last Ozma, Ozma Tippetarius, is born of Ozma the Bilious

Oz rat poisoning in the risotto Her consort, Pastorius, beco the minority of Ozma Tippetarius

Pastorius rules over central Oz

He renames the haround of Open Tombs, as the Emerald City (EC) Declares the EC as the capital of united Oz

The Great Drought begins

By air balloon, Oscar Zoroaster Diggs arrives in the Emerald City

Diggs successfully mounts a palace coup d’état Pastorius is murdered, and the infant Ozma Tippetarius disappears She is presumed slain, perhaps in Southstairs Prison (built over the Open Toreen rumor claims she lies enchanted in a cave, to return only in Oz’s darkest hour Diggs becomes known as the Wizard of Oz

THE WIZARDIC YEARS