Land of Oz

The **Land of Oz** is a world featured on *Once Upon a Time*.

The Land of Oz is based on the location of the same name from the novel *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*.

## History

### Before First Curse

Via a cyclone, an infant is brought over to the Land of Oz. A woodcutter and his wife adopts the child, although the woodcutter has doubts with the child's inner pureness. They name the child Zelena.

Years later, Zelena's adopted mother dies and she began caring for her adopted father. One day, Zelena is visited by Cora Mills who seeks her magical abilities to help her daughter. After agreeing to help, Zelena travels to Misthaven with Cora and meets Regina. After curing Regina, Cora agrees to let Zelena cross worlds to spend time with Regina. However, after Zelena learns the truth about Cora and Regina, her memories are wiped by Cora and is sent back to the Land of Oz.

A failed circus performer from Kansas named Walsh arrives at the Emerald City and tricks its inhabitants into thinking he is a powerful wizard. As the inhabitants support for Walsh strengthens, the Sisterhood of Witches led by Glinda is pushed out power. As they gain sanctuary at the Heart of Oz, Walsh takes over the city as the Wizard of Oz.

As an adult, Zelena learns from her adopted father her paternity. Furious that he refuses to continue their relationship, Zelena seeks help from the Wizard of Oz. She learns her past via the wizard and is gifted silver slippers to travel to Misthaven to meet her sister Regina. However, after travelling to Misthaven, Zelena gets involved with Rumplestiltskin and his plan to get Regina to cast the Dark Curse. As she realise she is not needed, Zelena returns and learns the wizards true form. Angered with the trickery, Zelena turns him into a flying monkey. She then spies on Rumplestiltskin tutoring her sister magic, furiously noting that she will undo everything one day via time travel as her skin turns green out of jealously. After finding out that the wizard has been defeated, Glinda visits Zelena and recruits her into the Sisterhood of Witches. Zelena is gifted a pendant to harness her power and the West quadrant to rule.

One day, while in the West, Glinda and Zelena witness a house falling out from a cyclone. As they investigate the wreckage, they find a girl named Dorothy from Kansas. Glinda invites Dorothy to meet the other witches in her sisterhood while Zelena learns that Dorothy may take the West quadrant from her. Retrieving the Book of Records, Zelena uncovers the prophecy which would result in her defeat. Zelena tries to hurl a fireball at Dorothy, but is countered with water which causes her to melt into nothingness. Terrified, Dorothy confines to Glinda that she wishes to return to Kansas. Glinda takes her to the Emerald City and finds that the wizard is back to normal after Zelena's defeat. The wizard gives the slipper slippers to Dorothy and sends her back to Kansas with it. Once Dorothy is gone, Zelena reveals herself to Glinda, having been masquerading as the wizard to remove Dorothy. Realizing that Glinda is a threat to her time travel plan, Zelena banishes Glinda to Misthaven. She then banishes the Witch of the North and the Witch of the East from the land, becoming the Wicked Witch of the West and sole ruler of the land.

During Zelena's reign, Will Scarlet's elder sister Penelope dies of drowning. Unable to move on from her death, he becomes a guard at the Emerald City. As this point, Jefferson travels to the Land of Oz to seek the silver slippers for Rumplestiltskin, but learns that it has been removed from the land and steals a crystal ball instead. Rumplestiltskin later hires Robin Hood to obtain the Elixir of the Wounded Heart. Arrving in the land, Robin meets Will, who helps him break into the palace. However, instead of giving the elixir to Rumplestiltskin, Robin gives it to Will who later leaves the land for Misthaven.

(need to rephrase this paragraph) Sometime later, while Zelena was celebrating an occasion, her Flying Monkey brings her the Scarecrow. She plans to use a time traveling spell to change her past and needs the Scarecrow's brain. At the same time, Dorothy returns to Oz to face Zelena after finding out that she's alive. She and her dog, Toto, saves the Scarecrow from Zelena and escapes the Palace. Zelena then threatens the Munchkins within the West realm for informing Dorothy of her whereabouts. Zelena is then visited by Hades, who wants to help her. Hades then helps Zelena to track Dorothy. Zelena then rips the Scarecrow's brain out, instantly killing him and leaves Dorothy unharmed, wanting to show all of Oz that Dorothy failed to save them. Returning to her Palace, Hades prepares a dinner for her and reveals that he had fallen in love with her. Thinking that he is lying, Zelena ask Hades to return to the Underworld. Angered, Hades tells her that she will regret her actions in the future.

In 1983, the Evil Queen casts the Dark Curse, freezing the Land of Oz in time for twenty eight years.

### After First Curse

Sometime after the curse breaks, Zelena leaves the Land of Oz for Misthaven to commence her revenge plot against her half-sister Regina. Her absence leaves the land without a ruler. *("Witch Hunt")*

### During Third Curse

Mulan and Red ends up in the Land of Oz via unknown means and stumbles upon Toto and Dorothy. As they talk, Toto runs away upon the sight of a cyclone which brings Zelena back to the land after being banished from Storybrooke. Hoping to get back to Storybrooke, she kidnaps Toto and demands Dorothy to return the silver slippers to her. Zelena returns to the Emerald City as the trio step up camp nearby to discuss a way to rescue Toto.

Sometime later, Zelena sends flying monkeys to attacked the trio as she grows impatience. Red falls in love with Dorothy and confesses to Mulan about her feelings. During this time, Dorothy decides to confront Zelena alone to save Toto. After arriving at the palace, Dorothy is inflicted with the sleeping curse by Zelena. Donning the silver slipper, Zelena escapes for Storybrooke. Dorothy is later found by Red and Mulan, and they bring her to the Munchkin village.

### After Third Curse

In order to reverse the sleeping curse inflicted on Dorothy, Red uses a tracking spell and locates Zelena in the Underworld. Via a cyclone, Red pays a visit to the Underworld and crosses paths with Snow. With Snow's help, Red realises that she has feelings for Dorothy and can use true love's kiss to free her. Donning the silver slippers from Zelena, Red goes back to the Land of Oz with Snow. Red kisses Dorothy and breaks the curse. They passionately kiss each another as the Munchkins, Mulan and Snow looks on. After that, Snow uses the slippers to get back to her son in Storybrooke.

### During Fourth Curse

When the Black Fairy cast her curse, the Land of Oz falls into chaos. For some time, Zelena and her daughter Robin is sent here briefly by the Black Fairy. As the curse consumes the land violently, destroying anyone and anything in its path, Zelena leads a group of survivors to escape the land via a door in the Portal of Doors. Once the curse consumed all of the land into nothingness, the door vanishes from existence. *("The Final Battle, Part 1")*

## Locations

### Quadrants

* East
* Emerald City
* North
* South
* West

## Inhabitants

* Boq †
* Bully \*
* Cowardly Lion
* Dorothy Gale
* Flying Monkeys
* Glinda *(formerly)*
* Gretel † *(formerly)*
* Hansel † *(formerly)*
* Mulan
* Munchkins
* Palace Guards
* Penelope † *(formerly)*
* Red Lucas
* Scarecrow \*
* Stanum \*
* Toto
* Wicked Witch of the North *(formerly)*
* Will Scarlet *(formerly)*
* Witch of the East *(formerly)*
* Witch of the North *(formerly)*
* Woodcutter
* Woodcutter's Wife † *(formerly)*
* Zelena *(formerly)*

**Notes:**
(†) is for deceased inhabitants.

(\*) is for inhabitants with unknown status

## Ways of Travelling

* Magic beans can open portals to the Land of Oz
* There's a door in the Chamber of Doors that connects the Land of Oz to other worlds.
* A cyclone originating from Fairy Tale Land and Kansas can transport anyone and anything to the Land of Oz.
* The Land of Oz's silver slippers has the power to transport it's user to any world they desire and vice versa.
* Regina Mills' variation of the Dark Curse is able to transport everyone and everything to a newly created realm.

## Notes

* The inhabitants of the Land of Oz originally had no higher ruler in their world. Instead, the world was divided into quadrants, each with its own Witch or Wizard ruling it. This changed following the arrival of the Wizard of Oz, and later the takeover by the Wicked Witch of the West.

## References

1. ↑ Flashbacks featured in the Land of Oz shows several characters such as Zelena, Dorothy, Toto, and the Munchkins existing years before the curse was cast. However, they remain unchanged in the present day, which takes place post-2011. It can be assumed that because of the curse, the land remained frozen until Emma Swan's arrival in 2011 which weakened the curse and allowed time to resume.

## World Guide

United Realms