Ann's father, Jol Jemkiph Soforth, was once King of Oogaboo. One night, he crept over the pass into the Land of Oz to escape his sharp-tongued wife. A few years later, she followed, and Ann was left as Queen. Ann's ambition led her to believe she could conquer Oz, so she assembled seventeen of the eighteen men in her kingdom to form an army called the Army of Oogaboo. As they marched out of Oogaboo, Glinda, The Good Witch of the South redirected their path to a deserted country where they wandered for several days. They finally encountered a Rak. Her younger sister is Princess Salye of Oogaboo.