Living being in The Oz Series
Queen of the Scoodlers
Also known as the Queen of the Scoodlers.
The Queen of the Scoodlers is the two-faced, red-and-yellow ruler of the Scoodler cave who orders captives boiled into soup, taunts the shaggy man and children about her looks, and is ultimately defeated when the shaggy man hurls her severed head into the black gulf during the prisoners' escape.
Appears in 1 chapters, first in chapter 99, last in chapter 99.
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What the story establishes
| Affiliation | the Scoodlers (as of ch. 99) |
| Appearance | One side of her is fiery red with jet-black hair and green eyes, the other side bright yellow with crimson hair and black eyes; she wears a red-and-yellow skirt and a tangle of short curls topped by a much-dented, twisted silver crown, with a lean, bony frame and deeply wrinkled faces on both sides. (as of ch. 99) |
| Being nature | A Scoodler: a two-faced, sideways-thin creature with a removable head that can be thrown at things, like the rest of her people. |
| Body conditions | Lean and bony build; both of her two faces are deeply wrinkled. |
| Conflict | Orders the captive travelers cooked into soup, directly threatening their lives and driving the shaggy man's escape and counterattack. (as of ch. 99) |
| Current goal | To have the captured travelers made into soup for her people to eat, well-salted and seasoned with onions, garlic and red pepper. (as of ch. 99) |
| Dialogue style | Sharp, imperious and mocking; issues blunt commands and taunting questions ("What have we here?", "Do YOU think I'm beautiful?") and threatens cruelly beneath a veneer of politeness. (as of ch. 99) |
| Equipment | A circular crown of silver, much dented and twisted from repeated use as a head-throwing weapon. (as of ch. 99) |
| Gender identity | woman (as of ch. 99) |
| Is alive | yes (as of ch. 99) |
| Motive | To feed her people by having the captured travelers cooked into soup. (as of ch. 99) |
| Personality | Cruel and vain, delighting in threats while fishing for compliments on her looks, and quick to scowl and turn punitive when mocked. (as of ch. 99) |
| Quirks | Habitually throws her own head at things or people so often that her crown has become dented and twisted from the abuse; also fishes for compliments on her appearance despite being hideous. (as of ch. 99) |
| Referential profile | feminine (as of ch. 99) |
| Skills | Detaching and hurling her own removable head as a thrown projectile weapon, done habitually and often (as of ch. 99) |
| Social status | Ruling monarch of the Scoodlers, addressed as "your Serene Highness" and "your Majesty" by her subjects. (as of ch. 99) |
| Special capabilities | Like other Scoodlers, can remove her own head from her body and throw it as a weapon at things or people that displease her. |
| Status | Decapitated and defeated: her head was among those the shaggy man caught and hurled into the black gulf during the prisoners' escape, leaving her headless body in the cave with the other Scoodlers. (as of ch. 99) |
Relationships
- rules → Scoodlers ch. 99The Scoodler Queen holds sovereign authority over her people, dwelling in the largest house in the cave and issuing orders that her guards obey without question.
- located in → the Scoodlers' cave ch. 99The Scoodler Queen resides in the largest house within the Scoodlers' cave, where she receives and interrogates the prisoners.
- commands → Scoodlers (ended) ch. 99The Queen orders the guard to take the prisoners away and, at six o'clock, run them through the meat chopper and boil them into soup with plenty of salt, onions, garlic, and pepper.
- threatens → road_to_oz_traveling_party (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.
- negotiates with ← the Shaggy Man (ended) ch. 99The shaggy man politely petitions the Queen to spare the group from becoming soup, invoking his ownership of the Love Magnet as a reason she should let them go, but she refuses and insists on eating them anyway.
From the text
We love you very much; so much that we intend to eat your broth with real pleasure.Chapter 99
a grim smile making her look more dreadful than beforeChapter 99
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