Glinda is kind and helpful, always willing to listen no matter how busy she may be. She has fifty attendants, chosen from the loveliest girls in each of the countries of Oz. Centuries ago, when Oz was ruled by a wicked king, Glinda placed the Forbidden Fountain on the grounds of the Royal Palace of Oz. He and all his subjects drank of it, and afterward grew wise together. Glinda became the Ruler of the Quadlings after vanquishing the Wicked Witch of the South. Glinda read of Queen Ann of Oogaboo's plan to conquer Oz in her Record Book, and redirected the queen and her army to the Nome Kingdom.