The Ozure Isles are five islands in Lake Orizon in the Munchkin Country of Oz. They were declared the capital of the Munchkin Country by Ozma. Their capital is called the Sapphire City.
Description[]
The islands are small, and built up of sparkling cliffs, rich with iridescent gems and honeycombed with caves and grottoes. The pebbles of the beaches are actually amethysts, opals, pearls, rubies, turquoises, and especially sapphires, which are so common that they endow the Isles with a dazzling blue light.
Conversely, cobblestones are so rare that several are set into the king's crown like gems.
The islands are in a salt lake that is really more of an inland sea. Lake Orizon is surrounded by mountains to steep and dangerous to cross, so the country is fairly isolated. Presumably, Ozma did something about this when she made the Ozure Isles the capital of the Munchkin Country.
Background[]
The gleaming cliffs of the Ozure Isles resemble the sheer and dazzling precipices of Peakenspire Island.
Inhabitants[]
The Ozure Isles are ruled by King Cheeriobed and Queen Orin. They have a son named Prince Philador. Other named characters include Umtillo, the minstrel; Toddledy, the scribe and Prime Moneyster; Palambo, the court juggler (who can balance ten chairs on his chin); Orpah, the merman; Jewlia, the jeweler's daughter; and Akbad, the soothsayer.
The local population of Ozurians numbers 1007. They are "tall, fair-haired" Munchkins.
The King also has "a carpet that could beat itself" that may or may not be sentient. (The Giant Horse of Oz)