Pastoria - The Classic Books By L. Frank Baum

The Classic Books By L. Frank Baum

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."

L. Frank Baum's fourth Oz book, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, chronicles that Pastoria's father (Ozma's grandfather) ruled Oz before the wicked witches conquered the land and divided it among themselves, but makes it unclear as to whether Pastoria himself ruled Oz. Ozma explains in this book that all Ozian rulers were named "Oz" if male and "Ozma" if female; the fact that her father had a personal name makes it questionable as to whether he had the chance to actually rule as King, before being captured by Mombi. In any event, both Pastoria and his father became slaves of Mombi, the erstwhile Wicked Witch of the North.