Oztober Week 2: Lets Play a Game
Ozma of Oz is my favourite of the books and Return to Oz is a great movie so I had to do the Nome King’s game!!
What’s going on?
Both in the third book Ozma of Oz, and the film Return to Oz, Dorothy and her friends (the party members change depending on which version) go to the Nome King’s kingdom to free some prisoners.
The Nome King’s like “you want them? Ok but you gotta play my game first”
The game is simple, all they have to do is find the ornaments that the king turned his prisoners into. However there are a LOT of ornaments to choose from. If they guess wrong they become ornaments
In the back with have the Nome King. I keep forgetting his real name but it’s not important.
Then top right we have Princess Ozma of Oz. Ruler of Oz and Dorothy’s girlfriend (not officially but they do kiss a lot) she’s only a main player of this part of the story in the book where she accepts the challenge only to realise how over her head she is.
Then we have Scarecrow from the previous picture. He’s a key part of both versions. Being able to outsmart the Nome king in the book version and being the first ornament found in the film version
On the right with have TikTok. Dorothy’s servant. He’s a key player in both versions because he tries to help Dorothy find a trick as to what ornaments are correct.
Dorothy of course is the main character so she is able to solve the puzzle
Billina the Chicken is the MVP because she’s able to outsmart the Nome King in both versions. Finding all the correct ornaments in the book by overhearing the Nome King talk to his Steward and in the movie killing the Nome King Outright
It was really fun taking inspiration from other works of Quinrose to create Ozma, TikTok and the Nome King as they never appeared in the Captive Hearts of Oz manga. Or a lot of manga adaptations really…