Kansas

Kansas
Locale	Earth
Use(s)	State
Behind the scenes
First appearance	"The Beast Forever"/"Prison of the Abject"
Last appearance	"No Place Like Home"

Kansas is a state on Earth and the home of Dorothy Gale.

History

In 1996, at Vorcotec, a vortex research laboratory in Topeka, the staff began a regular test. While initially everything was going fine, readings began growing. They were locked out of the system, causing them to need to shut it down manually. One scientist, Roberto, was killed in the midst of it, while the other three (Karen Chapman, Jane Andrews and Frank Morgan) were transported to another world.

Karen eventually found her way back, dropping her friend Jane Andrews' infant daughter, Dorothy, at the home of Em and Henry Gale in Lucas. Twenty years later, Dorothy grew up and had begun working as a nurse at Lucas Medical. When she went to visit her biological mother and finally reconnect, she found her badly injured in her storm cellar. Before she could help her, she was swept away in a police car to Oz.

Dorothy returned to Kansas, where she found Karen in the cellar and saved her. When headed to Lucas Medical to visit Karen, she encountered Roan, who told her that the Beast Forever had returned and taken Jane as its prisoner. He then told her that she has to return to Oz and save them all.

Known locations

• Lucas
  • Lucas Medical
• Topeka
  • Vorcotec

Known residents

Current residents

• Karen Chapman
• Clifford
• Dorothy Gale
• Em Gale
• Henry Gale
• Ollie
• Richards
• Sam

Former residents

• Jane Andrews
• Frank Morgan
• Roberto (deceased)
• Toto

Appearances

• "The Beast Forever"/"Prison of the Abject"
• "Mistress - New - Mistress" (mentioned)
• "Science and Magic" (indirectly mentioned)
• "Everybody Lies" (indirectly mentioned)
• "Beautiful Wickedness" (flashbacks)
• "They Came First" (mentioned)
• "No Place Like Home"