▁assistance . ▁Gl inda ▁is ▁described ▁as ▁being ▁highly ▁intellig ent , ▁wise ▁and ▁independent . ▁Out ward ly , ▁she ▁is ▁very ▁beautiful ▁despite ▁the ▁hundreds ▁of ▁years ▁she ▁has ▁lived ▁and ▁is ▁always ▁honest , ▁kind ▁and ▁gentle ▁to ▁everyone ▁who ▁enc oun ters ▁her . ▁She ▁also ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁powerful ▁and ▁respect ed ▁women ▁in ▁O z ▁and ▁the ▁official ▁prote ctor ▁of ▁O z ' s ▁right ful ▁r uler , ▁the ▁child ▁Queen ▁Princess ▁O z ma . ▁She ▁became ▁the ▁official ▁r uler ▁of ▁the ▁southern ▁quadr ant ▁called ▁Qu ad ling ▁Country ▁in ▁the ▁Land ▁of ▁O z , ▁after ▁she ▁van qu ished ▁the ▁W icked ▁W itch ▁of ▁the ▁South ▁( previous ▁r uler ). ▁ ▁Hun gry ▁T iger ▁ ▁The ▁Hun gry ▁T iger ▁is ▁a ▁massive ▁Beng al ▁t iger ▁who ▁is ▁friends ▁with ▁the ▁Cow ard ly ▁Lion . ▁He ▁is ▁always ▁hun gry ▁no ▁matter ▁how ▁much ▁he ▁e ats , ▁and ▁long s ▁to ▁eat ▁a ▁" f at ▁baby ," ▁though ▁he ▁never ▁would ▁because ▁his ▁conscience ▁will ▁not ▁allow ▁him ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁At ▁the ▁ban quet ▁in ▁the ▁Emer ald ▁City ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁O z ma ▁of ▁O z , ▁he ▁acknowled ges ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁finally ▁full . ▁ ▁The ▁Hun gry ▁T iger ▁was ▁introduced ▁in ▁O z ma ▁of ▁O z ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁O z ma ' s ▁ch ari ot ▁drivers ▁( the ▁other