shiz university

the university is located in the city of Shiz, Gillikin, the northern province of Oz. The university is a cluster of several different colleges; a similar arrangement to British universities such as Cambridge and Oxford. At Shiz, Crage Hall is the only all-female school. The University is described as looking like a jumble of many different types of architecture, but with cafes, trees, gardens and ivy-covered walls. Other schools mentioned include Three Queens, Ozma Towers and Briscoe Hall. Although some classes and events are coeducational, the overall gender segregation is apparent. the students are prissy and snobby. due to their families being rich. they make fun of misfits like elphaba and poor students. the teachers are quite sensible, both the ones who are animals and humans. animals can talk, so they can teach, right?

the outcast student Elphaba Thropp was born in Rush Margins, a rural area of Munchkinland in the Land of Oz. Unlike any other Ozian, she was mysteriously born with florescent bright green skin. In addition to the green skin, she was born with a full set of teeth, as well as a strange, scientifically inexplicable allergy towards water, which causes it to painfully burn her to the bone like acid. Since she cannot bathe like normal people, Elphaba must sponge bathe herself in private with a special type of liquid oil to keep clean instead. she has black hair, in micro-braids. she has telekinesis powered by anger, but she does't know how to control it.

glinda arduenna upland is the social queen bee. Initially, she is snobby, superficial, and obsessed with appearing to be high-class enough, due to the fact she's only partially noble. However, despite her inner insecurities she is also intelligent enough to be accepted to Shiz University's Crage Hall, where she is forced to share a room with another student instead of a private dorm. To Glinda's surprise, the roommate, whose name is Elphaba Thropp, is a green-skinned girl with a great apathy towards beauty, fashion and social standing; the complete opposite of Glinda.