The Road to Oz characters

Appears from the start

A friendly Kansas girl who has already traveled through several fairylands. While trying to point a stranger toward a local road, she becomes lost with him and sets out to find the way home.

Appears from the start

A good-natured wanderer dressed in worn, shaggy clothes. He asks Dorothy for directions, carries a magical Love Magnet, and treats every new companion with generous courtesy.

Appears from the start

Dorothy's small black dog and faithful traveling companion. He cannot speak in Kansas, but remains alert to danger and follows Dorothy when the road turns strange.

First appears in chapter 2

A very young boy in a sailor suit who has forgotten where he lives and answers many questions with the same unconcerned phrase. His calmness makes him an unusual but agreeable addition to Dorothy's party.

First appears in chapter 4

The courteous ruler of Foxville. Like his subjects he has a fox's head, and he entertains the travelers in his palace when their wandering road reaches his kingdom.

Also known as The Rainbow's Daughter

First appears in chapter 5

A light, graceful fairy who slipped from her father's rainbow while dancing. Stranded on the ground until she can find the rainbow again, she gladly joins Dorothy's growing company.

First appears in chapter 6

The ruler of Dunkiton, a city of intelligent donkeys. He values learning, speaks with dignity, and receives the travelers as a fellow monarch might receive foreign guests.

First appears in chapter 8

A melancholy musician who carries an entire orchestra inside his breath. Every time he exhales, instruments sound, making ordinary conversation and travel difficult for him.

First appears in chapter 9

A group of hostile, many-jointed creatures who throw their own heads as weapons. They plan to make soup of the travelers when the party crosses their rocky country.

First appears in chapter 11

A capable little man whom the Shaggy Man summons from a pocket-sized tool case. He rapidly builds whatever the travelers need and departs as soon as his workmanship has solved their problem.

First appears in chapter 14

A copper mechanical man powered by wound-up springs for thought, speech, and action. Dorothy knows him from an earlier adventure, and he welcomes her party when they finally enter Oz.

First appears in chapter 14

A yellow hen and old friend of Dorothy who can speak in Oz. She lives comfortably with a large family of chicks and greets the unexpected visitors warmly.

First appears in chapter 20

The beloved young ruler of Oz and Dorothy's close friend. She has arranged a grand birthday celebration and welcomes Dorothy's new companions as honored visitors.

First appears in chapter 22

The generous ruler associated with Christmas, welcomed in Oz as one of the greatest fairy beings. He arrives with other celebrated guests for Ozma's birthday festivities.