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Saintfighteraqua wrote: I am only building on your presumption. And the two don't really compare. The witch of the east had 2 notable traitors about her: she owned the slippers, and the house was dropped on her. That's it really. I don't really think they could ignore either of those things if they do include the witch of the east. Let's not forget that the WWE also was the one who cursed the Tin Woodsman's axe which made him chop his human body up and destroyed his heart. So she effcetively was the one who stole his heart and that could definitely be incorporated into the story.

In later Oz books it was revealed she'd done the same to another man who was a soldier.

But yeah, getting squashed by the house and having fancy foot wear are her defining traits. That's right, WWE caused Tin Man to loose his heart and Regina is a heart stealer. Another good reason for why Regina could be the WWE! If she is something is going to have to fall on her, it is the single most important part of WWE, at least in the original books. However, she does not nessicarily have to die because of it.