The Magic of Oz

Chang Wang Woe

Chang Wang Woe was the Emperor of the Silver Islands fifty years ago, turned into a crocus and then a beanstalk by an enemy magician, whose spirit a prophecy says will return in whoever touches the pole.

First named in The Royal Book of Oz, ch. 7

In this radiant and sublime Scarecrowcus, the spirit of Chang Wang Woe, the mighty, has returned.

What the books say it is

  • species Scarecrow 2 chapters
    • "Meet his Supreme Highness, Chang Wang Woe of Silver Island, who had abdicated his throne and returned to be a plain Scarecrow in Oz!"
      The Royal Book of Oz, ch. 24
    • Pulling the cord of a portrait beside the Empress, Chew Chew revealed the picture of Chang Wang Woe as he had been fifty years ago. His face was bland and jolly, and to be perfectly truthful, quite like the Scarecrow's in shape and expression.
      The Royal Book of Oz, ch. 7
  • role Emperor of Silver Island 1 chapter
    • Nothing could have exceeded Dorothy's dismay to learn that the jolly Scarecrow of Oz, whom she had discovered herself, was in reality Chang Wang Woe, Emperor of Silver Island.
      The Royal Book of Oz, ch. 18
  • appearance bland 1 chapter
    • Pulling the cord of a portrait beside the Empress, Chew Chew revealed the picture of Chang Wang Woe as he had been fifty years ago. His face was bland and jolly, and to be perfectly truthful, quite like the Scarecrow's in shape and expression.
      The Royal Book of Oz, ch. 7
  • trait jolly 1 chapter
    • Pulling the cord of a portrait beside the Empress, Chew Chew revealed the picture of Chang Wang Woe as he had been fifty years ago. His face was bland and jolly, and to be perfectly truthful, quite like the Scarecrow's in shape and expression.
      The Royal Book of Oz, ch. 7

Mentioned in

The Royal Book of Oz (4 of 24 chapters)

Connections

  • transformed into The Scarecrow 1 chapter
    • Nothing could have exceeded Dorothy's dismay to learn that the jolly Scarecrow of Oz, whom she had discovered herself, was in reality Chang Wang Woe, Emperor of Silver Island.
      The Royal Book of Oz, ch. 18