The Magic of Oz™

Chief of the Whimsies

The leader of the Whimsies who wears an elaborate false head.

First named in The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 6

So he traveled to their country and asked to see the Chief, who lived in a house that had a picture of his grotesque false head painted over the doorway.

What the books say it is

  • role chief 1 chapter
    • The Chief of the Whimsies had as little wisdom as the others, and had been chosen chief merely because none among them was any wiser or more capable of ruling.
      The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 6
  • eyes tiny (his own, behind the false head) 1 chapter
    • The Chief's false head had blue hair, a turned-up nose, and a mouth that stretched half across the face. Big green eyes had been painted upon it, but in the center of the chin were two small holes made in the pasteboard, so that the Chief could see through them with his own tiny eyes
      The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 6

Appears in

The Emerald City of Oz (3 of 30 chapters)

Mentioned in

The Emerald City of Oz (1 of 30 chapters)

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