▁persona ▁rec laim s ▁his ▁life , ▁causing ▁O z ma ▁to ▁die , ▁and ▁the ▁W izard ▁has ▁to ▁find ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁have ▁both ▁T ip ▁and ▁O z ma ▁alive ▁and ▁well ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time . ▁ ▁Sold ier ▁with ▁the ▁Green ▁Wh isk ers ▁ ▁The ▁Sold ier ▁with ▁the ▁Green ▁Wh isk ers ▁is ▁O z ' s ▁one - man ▁army . ▁He ▁appears ▁in ▁The ▁Wonder ful ▁W izard ▁of ▁O z ▁( 1 9 0 0 ) ▁and ▁the ▁many ▁sequ el ▁books . ▁He ▁is ▁port rayed ▁as ▁having ▁a ▁very ▁long ▁green ▁be ard ▁and ▁carrying ▁an ▁un loaded ▁rif le . ▁He ▁is ▁altern ately ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁Om by ▁Am by ▁or ▁W ant ow in ▁Batt les . ▁ ▁W izard ▁of ▁O z ▁ ▁The ▁W izard ▁of ▁O z ▁is ▁the ▁title ▁character ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁book . ▁In ▁that ▁book , ▁the ▁characters ▁journey ▁to ▁him ▁for ▁assistance ▁with ▁their ▁problems . ▁It ▁is ▁later ▁revealed ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁a ▁hum bug ▁circ us ▁perform er ▁named ▁Oscar ▁Dig gs ▁from ▁O ma ha , ▁Neb r aska ; ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁us ur ped ▁O z ma ' s ▁throne ▁with ▁the ▁assistance ▁of ▁M omb i ▁( though ▁this ▁was ▁later ▁proven ▁false ). ▁The ▁W izard ▁later ▁returns ▁to ▁O z ▁in ▁the ▁fourth ▁book ▁to ▁perman ently ▁live ▁there ▁and ▁later ▁lear ns ▁real ▁magic ▁from ▁Gl inda . ▁The ▁w