Organization in The Oz Series
road_to_oz_traveling_party
Also known as the four travelers.
The traveling fellowship that forms at the opening of the Road to Oz arc, when Dorothy, leading a wandering Shaggy Man toward Butterfield, becomes lost with him among a bewildering wheel of enchanted roads that erase every familiar Kansas landmark. Unable to find their way home, Dorothy, the Shaggy Man, and Toto set out together down the 'seventh road,' binding themselves into the journey-band that will carry them off the farm and toward the Land of Oz.
Appears in 11 chapters, first in chapter 90, last in chapter 100.
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What the story establishes
| Leader id | shaggy_man |
| Member count | 5 (Dorothy, the Shaggy Man, Toto the dog, Button-Bright, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter) (as of ch. 94) |
| Purpose | To find a way to cross the deadly desert and reach the Land of Oz and its Emerald City. (as of ch. 100) |
Relationships
- member of ← Button-Bright ch. 91Button-Bright joins Dorothy, the Shaggy Man, and Toto's traveling party after the Shaggy Man proposes taking the lost boy along with them.
- member of ← Dorothy ch. 90Dorothy, lost with the Shaggy Man among the enchanted roads far from her farm, travels with him down the seventh road as a member of their small party; when they meet the lost boy Button-Bright resting under a chestnut tree, the Shaggy Man declares someone ought to take care of him and that he'd better come along with them, growing the traveling party to include the boy.
- member of ← the Shaggy Man ch. 90The Shaggy Man, having led Dorothy into the maze of roads while ostensibly seeking Butterfield, chooses the seventh road and sets off at the head of the newly formed traveling party.
- member of ← Polychrome ch. 94After being stranded when her father's rainbow lifted away without her, Polychrome agrees to travel along with Dorothy's group, since traveling will help keep her warm while she hopes to be found.
- member of ← Toto ch. 90Toto, carried from the farm in the Shaggy Man's pocket and then unable to lead Dorothy home, follows along as the third member of the traveling band down the seventh road.
- threatens ← Scoodlers (ended) ch. 98The two-sided black-and-white Scoodlers surround Dorothy's traveling party in a rocky hollow, declare they want to eat the travelers as soup, and when the shaggy man tries to force a path past them, two Scoodlers hurl their detachable heads at him as weapons.
- imprisoned by → Scoodlers (ended) ch. 99The Scoodlers capture the entire traveling party in the rocky hollow, march them across a narrow rock bridge into their dome-shaped cave, and bring them before the Scoodler Queen, who condemns them to be run through the meat-chopper into soup at six o'clock; they are shut up in a store-room of soup vegetables under a single guard until the Shaggy Man engineers their escape.
- captures ← Scoodlers (ended) ch. 99The Scoodlers overwhelm the whole traveling party with a barrage of thrown heads, surround them, and march them into their cave as prisoners meant for the soup kettle.
- frees ← the Shaggy Man (ended) ch. 99The shaggy man captures the guard's severed head in a sack, disables the headless guard, opens the storehouse door, and leads the whole party out of captivity and across the bridge to freedom.
- threatens ← Queen of the Scoodlers (ended) ch. 99The Scoodler Queen declares the whole party will be turned into soup and orders the guard to run them through the meat chopper and boil them at six o'clock, despite their protests.
- located in → Dunkiton (ended) ch. 95–96After passing a signpost reading 'HAF A MYLE TO DUNKITON,' Dorothy's traveling party passes through the whitewashed gate and enters the walled donkey-city of Dunkiton.
- provides service ← Dunkiton Donkeys (ended) ch. 95–96The grey donkey offers to personally guide and lead Dorothy's traveling party before King Kik-a-bray, acting as their escort within Dunkiton.
- located in → Foxville (ended) ch. 92–94After being feasted and housed overnight by King Dox, the traveling party bid the King good-bye and was escorted by the fox-captain to an arch at the far side of Foxville, opposite the one by which they had entered, before proceeding onward on their journey.
- provides service ← King Dox (ended) ch. 93King Dox hosts the travelers with dinner, a theater box, overnight lodging, and a packed luncheon for their onward journey, escorted out by his fox-captain.
- provides service ← King Kik-a-bray (ended) ch. 96King Kik-a-bray provides Dorothy's traveling party with conjured food matching each member's tastes, a house to sleep in overnight, and a servant-donkey guide out of the city, in exchange for Dorothy's promised invitation.
- imprisoned by → the fox-soldiers (ended) ch. 92[CASCADE] Created by CAPTURES(fox_soldiers→road_to_oz_traveling_party)
- captures ← the fox-soldiers (ended) ch. 92The fox-soldiers march out from the arch, surround Dorothy, the shaggy man, Toto, and Button-Bright, and declare them prisoners.
- commands ← the fox-captain (ended) ch. 92The fox-captain orders the captured party to imitate his ceremonial knee-knocks on the palace drum and to follow him to see King Dox.
From the text
"It's no use asking Button-Bright questions," said the shaggy man, who had been eating another apple; "but someone ought to take care of the poor little chap, don't you think? So he'd better come along with us."Chapter 91
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