Pastoria

Pastoria
Oz character
1925 cover illustration by John R. Neill
First appearance	The Wizard of Oz (1902) (non-continuity) The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) (mentioned)
Created by	L. Frank Baum
Information
Nickname(s)	The Lost King of Oz
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Family	previous King Oz (father)
Children	Princess Ozma (daughter)

King Pastoria is a fictional character mentioned in the Oz books by American author L. Frank Baum. He was the rightful ruler and King of the undiscovered Land of Oz, but was mysteriously removed from his position when the Wizard of Oz unexpectedly came to the country and took the throne, proclaiming himself as the new dominant ruler of Oz. Shortly after, Pastoria's infant daughter and only child heir, Princess Ozma suddenly vanished, leaving not a single clue of her whereabouts.

Eventually in the second Oz book The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904), (where Pastoria's past is first mentioned in detail), Glinda the Good finally finds Ozma who was transformed by a witch named Mombi into a boy called Tip to keep anyone from recognizing the King's daughter, thus allowing her to ascend to the royal throne. Glinda forced Mombi to undo this curse and Ozma was established back in her place as the official imperial child Queen of Oz.

Baum actually created the character of Pastoria for the 1902 stage musical, The Wizard of Oz, freely adapted from his book. At the start of that play, King Pastoria II has been banished from Oz and is working as a street car conductor in America with a waitress girlfriend named Trixie Tryfle. By the second act, Pastoria is restored to his Emerald City throne and orders all who allied with the Wizard (including the four classic protagonists) to be executed for treason. Of course the four characters and the Wizard each escape. Nothing of the stage character but his name made it into Baum's books.

He is mentioned as "dead and gone" by the Scarecrow in The Marvelous Land of Oz, though there is no narrational confirmation. This novel, which was the sequel to Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz also describes Princess Ozma as "the only child of the former Ruler of Oz, and was entitled to rule in his place."