# Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz — Character guide

> Key figures in Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum.

- [Dorothy Gale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dorothy_and_the_wizard_in_oz_se/characters/dorothy_gale.md): Dorothy arrives in this story fresh from California, separated from Toto and saddled with Eureka, a kitten whose manners leave much to be desired. She is the fixed star of Baum's Oz books — the child readers refused to l
- [Jim the Cab-Horse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dorothy_and_the_wizard_in_oz_se/characters/jim_the_cab_horse.md): Jim has spent his whole life as a servant, so Oz's royal treatment goes straight to his head — he snaps at stewards and demands oatmeal raw. His first encounter with the Sawhorse, a gold-shod log that claims to be the on
- [Zeb](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dorothy_and_the_wizard_in_oz_se/characters/zeb.md): Zeb is the newcomer in a party of Oz veterans, uneasy at the thought of a land full of talking animals and uncertain whether he can fight when it counts. He clings to the Wizard as a fellow outsider and worries openly ab
- [Eureka the Kitten](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dorothy_and_the_wizard_in_oz_se/characters/eureka_the_kitten.md): Eureka travels in Toto's place and immediately tests every boundary, from invisible hosts to the tempting damas fruit that would render her unseen. She is greedy, curious, and only barely obedient, deciding she won't tou
- [Princess Ozma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dorothy_and_the_wizard_in_oz_se/characters/princess_ozma.md): Ozma rules the Emerald City with a sweetness that has made her people fiercely loyal, and her subjects will not willingly part with her even for the returning Wizard. She is the reason Oz feels like a homecoming rather t
- [The Wizard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dorothy_and_the_wizard_in_oz_se/characters/the_wizard.md): The Wizard built the Emerald City and ruled it once by sheer showmanship, and he returns to Oz not to reclaim a throne but to revisit old friends like Jellia Jamb and the green-whiskered soldier. He carries a satchel of 
- [The Tin Woodman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dorothy_and_the_wizard_in_oz_se/characters/the_tin_woodman.md): Once a flesh-and-blood man named Nick Chopper, he now reigns over the Winkies as a famously kind-hearted ruler. Though he no longer appears in person, his reputation as one of Oz's 'very important people' shapes how newc
- [The Scarecrow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dorothy_and_the_wizard_in_oz_se/characters/the_scarecrow.md): Raised from a pole in a cornfield to rule the Emerald City, he is one of the celebrated figures Dorothy names when the Wizard asks after old friends. His longing for brains has long since given way to a reputation for wi
- [The Sawhorse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dorothy_and_the_wizard_in_oz_se/characters/the_sawhorse.md): A wooden sawhorse brought to life, used as a mount in Oz.
- [Billina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dorothy_and_the_wizard_in_oz_se/characters/billina.md): A talking yellow hen who accompanies Dorothy and her friends.
- [The Hungry Tiger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dorothy_and_the_wizard_in_oz_se/characters/the_hungry_tiger.md): A large tiger who longs to eat but is too kind-hearted.
- [The Cowardly Lion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dorothy_and_the_wizard_in_oz_se/characters/the_cowardly_lion.md): A lion who pretends to be cowardly but is actually brave.
- [Uncle Hugson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dorothy_and_the_wizard_in_oz_se/characters/uncle_hugson.md): Zeb's uncle who runs a ranch in California.
- [The Gargoyles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dorothy_and_the_wizard_in_oz_se/characters/the_gargoyles.md): Wooden flying creatures who attack intruders in their mountain.
- [The Mangaboos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dorothy_and_the_wizard_in_oz_se/characters/the_mangaboos.md): Vegetable people who live in the Glass City underground.
- [The Braided Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dorothy_and_the_wizard_in_oz_se/characters/the_braided_man.md): A peculiar man made of braided hair on Pyramid Mountain.

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