Quadling Country

Quadling Country The Quadling Country is the southern portion of Oz. The people there favor the color red. It is ruled by the Good Witch of the South, Glinda the Good. Bunbury The path to Bunbury seemed little traveled, but it was distinct enough and ran through the trees in a zigzag course until it finally led them to an open space filled with the queerest houses Dorothy had ever seen. They were all made of crackers laid out in tiny squares, and were of many pretty and ornamental shapes, having balconies and porches with posts of bread-sticks and roofs shingled with wafer- crackers. There were walks of bread-crusts leading from house to house and forming streets, and the place seemed to have many inhabitants. When Dorothy, followed by Billina and Toto, entered the place, they found people walking the streets or assembled in groups talking together, or sitting upon the porches and balconies. And what funny people they were! Men, women and children were all made of buns and bread. Some were thin and others fat; some were white, some light brown and some very dark of complexion. A few of the buns, which seemed to form the more important class of the people, were neatly frosted. Some had raisins for eyes and currant buttons on their clothes; others had eyes of cloves and legs of stick cinnamon, and many wore hats and bonnets frosted pink and green. -- The Emerald City of Oz Although it’s not clear if Glinda was responsible for the creation of Bunbury, it is definitely possible. She created the nearby town of Bunnybury and is the patron of the Cuttenclips. Or it may be the work of some of the more industrious inhabitants of the nearby community of Utensia. There is always the possibility that no one created Bunbury, but it simply sprang up by itself, just like many other queer towns in Oz. Bunbury Characters Animate pastries might be a little too odd to use as playable characters in Oz. Should the Narrator choose to create templates for them, they are Size 1 and have a Damaging Weakness to water, which can dissolve them into mush. Adventure Hooks A diplomatic envoy from Bunbury to the Emerald City has gone missing! Who ate Colonel Crumb? The great ovens of Bunbury have gone awry, producing Bunns that are burnt out. Can the magical ovens be fixed? Is there any way to restore freshness to the overdone pastry people? Bunnybury Dorothy now found herself in a city so strange and beautiful that she gave a gasp of surprise. The high marble wall extended all around the place and shut out all the rest of the world. And here were marble houses of curious forms, most of them resembling overturned kettles but with delicate slender spires and minarets running far up into the sky. The streets were paved with white marble and in front of each house was a lawn of rich green clover. Everything was as neat as wax, the green and white contrasting prettily together. But the rabbit people were, after all, the most amazing things Dorothy saw. The streets were full of them, and their costumes were so splendid that the rich dress of the Keeper of the Wicket was commonplace when compared with the others. Silks and satins of delicate hues seemed always used for material, and nearly every costume sparkled with exquisite gems. But the lady rabbits outshone the gentlemen rabbits in splendor, and the cut of their gowns was really wonderful. They wore bonnets, too, with feathers and jewels in them, and some wheeled baby carriages in which the girl could see wee bunnies. Some were lying asleep while others lay sucking their paws and looking around them with big pink eyes. -- The Emerald City of Oz The city of Bunnybury is inhabited entirely by rabbits. Bunnybury was established by the Sorceress Glinda in an effort to do a favor for rabbits, of which she was fond. All of the rabbits of Bunnybury are albinos, with white fur and pink eyes. Their city is surrounded by a high wall of marble. The roads are also paved with marble, and many houses are made of the same stone. The rabbits are very careful about who they let into their city. Only a letter of introduction from Glinda or Ozma will permit entry. Also, anyone visiting Bunnybury will be reduced to Size 1 for the duration of their stay, putting them on even footing with the very small rabbits. Bunnybury characters Natives of Bunnybury are, of course, rabbits using the Small Animal template. Since these rabbits are civilized and can use their paws as effective hands, so they should buy off the No Hands trait with two of their skill points. Adventure Hooks The King of Bunnybury has disappeared! Has he finally cracked under the pressure of so much civilization, or is something else afoot? In honor of the aid that Dorothy had rendered to the King of Bunnybury, a statue was erected. The time has come for the unveiling ceremony, and Dorothy, Ozma, and Glinda have been invited. What disaster waits to strike while the most powerful people in Oz are only 1 foot tall? China Country The Lion climbed the ladder next, and the Tin Woodman came last; but both of them cried, "Oh, my!" as soon as they looked over the wall. When they were all sitting in a row on the top of the wall, they looked down and saw a strange sight. Before them was a great stretch of country having a floor as smooth and shining and white as the bottom of a big platter. Scattered around were many houses made entirely of china and painted in the brightest colors. These houses were quite small, the biggest of them reaching only as high as Dorothy's waist. There were also pretty little barns, with china fences around them; and many cows and sheep and horses and pigs and chickens, all made of china, were standing about in groups. But the strangest of all were the people who lived in this queer country. There were milkmaids and shepherdesses, with brightly colored bodices and golden spots all over their gowns; and princesses with most gorgeous frocks of silver and gold and purple; and shepherds dressed in knee breeches with pink and yellow and blue stripes down them, and golden buckles on their shoes; and princes with jeweled crowns upon their heads, wearing ermine robes and satin doublets; and funny clowns in ruffled gowns, with round red spots upon their cheeks and tall, pointed caps. And, strangest of all, these people were all made of china, even to their clothes, and were so small that the tallest of them was no higher than Dorothy's knee. -- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The people here are living porcelain statues. More specifically, they are all the kind of porcelain figures that people display on their mantles. This means that there are very few farmers and administrators, but plenty of cheerful dairymaids, lovely princesses, and playful clowns. China Country Characters Given how delicate they are, very few of the porcelain people are willing to venture beyond their ceramic wall. Also, they claim that they are only alive while they remain within their own country, eventually freezing into pretty statues when removed from it. Whether this means their own walled community or the fairyland of Oz is not clear, and not many of them are willing to test it. Adventure Hooks One of the animals from the nearby Dark Forest has leapt the wall into the China Country. He delights in chasing the tiny porcelain people until they break. The Cowardly Lion wants you to bring his wayward subject to justice and make sure that all of the china people receive the best repairs. Cuttenclips He turned and led the way up a path, and as they followed slowly, because the paper Captain did not move very swiftly, they took the opportunity to gaze around them at this strange paper country. Beside the path were paper trees, all cut out very neatly and painted a brilliant green color. And back of the trees were rows of cardboard houses, painted in various colors but most of them having green blinds. Some were large and some small, and in the front yards were beds of paper flowers quite natural in appearance. Over some of the porches paper vines were twined, giving them a cozy and shady look. As the visitors passed along the street a good many paper dolls came to the doors and windows of their houses to look at them curiously. These dolls were nearly all the same height, but were cut into various shapes, some being fat and some lean. The girl dolls wore many beautiful costumes of tissue paper, making them quite fluffy; but their heads and hands were no thicker than the paper of which they were made. -- The Emerald City of Oz The Cuttenclips are living paper dolls. They were made by a young girl who calls herself Miss Cuttenclip from “live paper” which was given to her by Glinda the Good. As the paper people are so delicate, the village is surrounded by a high wall to block out any wind. Glinda’s weather magic keeps rain clouds away so that the paper village does not become soggy. While Miss Cuttenclip enjoys having visitors admire her work, she has little tolerance for people who do not take care to avoid blowing over her creations. Guests who are careless are quickly and firmly asked to leave.

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