Organization in The Oz Series
royal_family_of_ev
Also known as every member of the royal family, the royal family of Ev, the Queen and her children, my aunt and her ten royal children, the royal family of this fair Land of Ev, the wife and ten children of the former King of Ev, the poor prisoners, the good Queen of Ev and her ten children, the Queen of Ev and her children, the Queen of Ev and her family, my poor darlings, The children of the Queen.
The reigning dynasty of the Land of Ev, headed by King Evoldo, who sold his wife and ten children to the Nome King in exchange for a long life and then destroyed that life by drowning himself; the Nome King transformed the queen and her children into ornaments and bric-a-brac to decorate his rooms. To this dynasty belong the food-bearing lunch-box and dinner-pail trees, and its property is marked accordingly.
Appears in 13 chapters, first in chapter 53, last in chapter 68.
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What the story establishes
| Leader id | king_evoldo |
| Member count | 11 (the former queen and her ten children — five boys and five girls) (as of ch. 57) |
| Purpose | To rule the Land of Ev, now under the newly crowned King Evardo Fifteenth, the Queen mother's eldest son, whom she has formally proclaimed ruler in her place. (as of ch. 67) |
| Reputation | Restored and celebrated: the Queen mother and her ten children have returned home to a cheering crowd who threw flowers in their path, and the family's rule continues under the newly crowned King Evardo Fifteenth. (as of ch. 67) |
Relationships
- member of ← Evring ch. 62Freed from his purple-kitten enchantment, Evring is revealed as one of the royal children of Ev, and Dorothy resolves to try to save his siblings and mother as well.
- rules → Land of Ev ch. 53The royal family of Ev is the rightful ruler of the Land of Ev and owner of its royal lands; the Queen mother has now crowned her eldest son, Evardo Fifteenth, as the new King, filling the throne that had stood empty since the old King's disappearance.
- leader of ← Evoldo ch. 53King Evoldo was the head of the royal family of Ev, the King who ruled the land before he jumped into the sea; since then there has been no ruler, as every member of the royal family, including his heirs, is imprisoned by the Nome King, with only his niece Princess Langwidere occupying part of the palace as the nearest approach to a ruler.
- discovers ← Billina (ended) ch. 62Hidden under the throne, Billina overhears the Nome King reveal to the Steward that the Queen of Ev and her family were transformed specifically into purple ornaments scattered among many colors and shapes throughout the palace.
- restores form ← Billina (ended) ch. 65By guessing correctly which enchanted ornaments concealed them, Billina broke the Nome King's transformation spells and restored the royal family of Ev to their natural forms, each restoration marked by the ringing of the enchantment bell.
- rescues ← Dorothy (ended) ch. 66Dorothy secures the magic belt from the Nome King, uses it to force open the sealed passage out of the cavern, and turns pursuing Nome warriors into eggs, leading the entire royal family of Ev safely out of the underground palace and past the iron giant to the open road toward Ev.
- protects ← ozma_rescue_expedition (ended) ch. 56This chapter crystallizes the expedition's arc-defining mission: having freed Dorothy, Ozma declares the expedition's true purpose is to liberate the royal family of Ev from the Nome King's thrall, and closes the chapter by convening a solemn conference to plan their rescue. The vanished dynasty thus becomes the campaign's central objective.
- transforms ← the Nome King (ended) ch. 59Because slaves must labor and the Queen of Ev and her children were too delicate for hard work, the Nome King transformed all eleven of them into articles of ornament and bric-a-brac, scattering them through the rooms of his palace to decorate his apartments instead of making them toil.
- gives ← Evoldo (ended) ch. 57King Evoldo sold away his own wife and ten children — the royal family of Ev — to the Nome King in exchange for a long life, then drowned himself before that bargained life could be enjoyed.
- rescues ← ozma_rescue_expedition (ended) ch. 57The expedition's declared mission, reaffirmed in this chapter's solemn conference, is to liberate the enslaved royal family of Ev — the transformed queen and her ten children — from their long imprisonment by the Nome King.
- imprisoned by → the Nome King (ended) ch. 55–64The Nome King reveals he purchased the Queen of Ev and her ten children as slaves from the King of Ev, then transformed them all into articles of ornament and bric-a-brac scattered around the rooms of his underground palace, rather than making them labor.
- captures ← the Nome King (ended) ch. 53The Nome King transformed the wife and ten children of King Evoldo, taking the royal family of Ev into his power and leaving Ev without rulers.
- enslaves ← the Nome King (ended) ch. 66The Nome King's enslavement of the Queen of Ev and her ten children has ended: Billina disenchanted them all from their ornament forms, Dorothy seized the Nome King's magic belt during the escape, and the royal family walked free out of the underground kingdom, returning safely to the Land of Ev.
- communicates with ← Tin Woodman (ended) ch. 57The Tin Woodman formally recounts to the assembled party the news concerning the royal family of Ev — their enslavement by the Nome King and imprisonment in his underground palace.
- defies ← Wheelers (ended) ch. 53With the throne of Ev empty, the Wheelers usurp the royal family's property, claiming the lunch-box and dinner-pail trees for themselves and picking their luncheons and dinners though they belong to the King.
From the text
"There is no ruler," was the answer, "because every member of the royal family is imprisoned by the Nome King."Chapter 54
I transformed them all into articles of ornament and bric-a-brac and scattered them around the various rooms of my palace.Chapter 59
"Your Majesty," said she, "I am the ruler of the Land of Oz, and I have come here to ask you to release the good Queen of Ev and her ten children, whom you have enchanted and hold as your prisoners."Chapter 59
You may be sure the royal children of Ev and their Queen mother were delighted at seeing again their beloved country; and when the towers of the palace of Ev came into view they could not forbear cheering at the sight.Chapter 67
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