Frexspar

Governor Frexspar Thropp is the wealthy and powerful leader of province of Munchkinland in the magical land of Oz. He is 60 years old, with greying hair and a similarly greying beard. His eyes are grey, he has pale skin and is a little overweight. He walks with a cane. He is not particularly attractive.

He puts on a kindly, jovial act in front of other people, but has an exceedingly short temper and is quick to let people know when they have displeased him. He is not above physical violence.

His wife Melena was a famous beauty who he adored, despite her being unfaithful to him. She passed away when their youngest daughter was born and he has remained single ever since, becoming increasingly bitter over his years of celibacy.

Frexspar has two daughters, the eldest Elphaba Thropp, and the youngest Nessarose Thropp.

Nessarose is his pride and joy, he adores her and demonstrates endless pride in everything she does. He lavishes her with expensive gifts, affection and attention, and will talk to anybody willing to listen about how brave, beautiful and intelligent she is. Nessarose is a wheelchair user, something which makes him even more protective over her.

His eldst daughter Elphaba is the bane of his existence. She was born with a unique birth defect that left her with emerald green skin, something which he believes makes her unbearably ugly. He was so disgusted by her skin colour that he forced her mother to take an experimental drug to prevent their second child being born the same colour; it worked, since Nessarose wasn’t born green, but it led to Melena’s death and Nessarose’s disability. Frexspar blames Elphaba for killing her mother and disabling her sister.

He hates Elphaba with a passion and is not shy about letting her, and everyone around them know how much of a freak he thinks she is. He belittles and humiliated her at every turn, and will openly admit he wishes she was never born.