A B O U T T H E B O Y
Oz first appeared back in '98 on the stage of Bronze.
He was the lead guitarist in the band "Dingoes Ate My
Baby". He didn't appear more than maybe a minute or so.
But what he did do when he showed up was that he noticed
a shy girl in an escimo suite - Willow. He asked the lead
singer in the band - Devon - if he knew who she was but
he didn't know. He later came up behind her and was about
to talk to her when she was distracted by her friends. He
stood watching her wondering who she was. Later on Halloween
he saw her again and wondered again who she was. It wasn't
until the Sunnydale High had a job fair that he spoke to her,
letting us see a little more of him. He's a rather quiet
person, doesn't say much but when he does it's never
something stupid, the guy's really got some brains.
He decided to ask Willow out on a date but they ended
up on a surprise birthday party for Buffy. This was
also the time he was introduced to their lives, Buffy
being the slayer and so on. When he was told about
vampires demons and such he just said "It does explain
alot..." which, well it does. He began to go out with
Willow and getting into the Scooby Gang, but then
he had a visit from some family, among them his cousin
Jordy. This cousin bit Oz in his finger and made him a
werewolf. Oz had some trouble getting ajusted to this
and one night, just before dusk, Willow made a visit at
his place to talk to him, but he was starting to turn
when she was there. He tried to hide it from her but
it wasn't very successfull, could have to do with the
fact that he tried to kill her as a wolf.
He thought for sure that this would kill of his relationship
with her but Willow's not a normal girl and told him that
she liked him and that she wasn't very nice to be around
three days of the month either. They had their first kiss
that day.
He became a real member of the gang, hangin' with them
most of the time, helping out with the slayage. He also
made the book cage in the library his cage during his
wolf nights. One night just before turning he got a
visit from a fellow student, a guy whose girl he was
friends with. This guy used a formula to make him a
complete monster and he decided to make a visit at
Oz's cage and telling him to stay away from his girl.
He started to punch Oz and such but then, the sun went
down and the odds was on his side. He faught him and
then almost escaped from the school but was stopped
by Willow and put back in his cage before he was able
to hurt or even kill someone.
His trust in Willow was betrayed when she and Xander
had been kidnapped by Spike. They (Will & Xand)had had
a secret relationship for a little while and when Oz
and Cordy found them they were kissing. Oz looked at
her in hurt and didn't want to talk or see her for a
while after that. She tried to say she was sorry and
everything but he needed his space, which is very
understanable. Finally he decided to forgive her because
he couldn't really live without her and because he loved
her very much.
As I said before he isn't a man with alot of words but
he thinks alot and he tells the gang alot of thing by
action, though not foolish action. When Willow was
captured by Faith and the Mayor he doesn't say a word,
instead in the middle of the big discussion about what
to do about Will he walkes up to a bowl with spell
ingredients that Wesly was going to use at Willow's
expense, and he throws it at the floor making everyone
silent and Buffy deciding that this was no debate -
they where bringing Willow back.
He is a very brilliant person but he managed to not
go to summerschool when he was supposed to and so he
started to go to school in the same class as the rest
of the gang.
He graduated in '99 and started at the California
University of Sunnydale together with his girlfriend
Willow who really adored him, and Buffy.
One night when he went out to find Buffy to keep her
company in her slayage he passed a girl in the street
and got a funny feeling. Later he saw her preform at
the Bronze and was informed by her name - Veruca.
Everytime she was around he had a strange feeling,
and then one night he managed to get out of his cage
during a full moon. The next morning he woke up in the
woods beside Veruca, who turned out to be a fellow
werewolf - hense his strange feelings about her. She,
unlike Oz, was a "free" werewolf. She didn't believe
in cages but was lured in to one by Oz. She and him
had sex the first time they wolfed out and then she
wanted him even when they weren't wolfed. Oz used this
to lock her up in a cage, though his misstake was to
put her in the same cage as himself. They has sex again
and the morning after they were found naked by Willow.
She freaked out and ran away. Later that day Veruca
decided to kill Willow but was stopped and killed herself
by Oz as a werewolf.
After that insident he decided that he shouldn't stay
in town and put Will in leathal danger every month. He
came to the conclusion that he should leave and try to
find a way to repress or cure himself from the wolf. He
disapeared without a trace for several weeks. Then one
day the door to Giles's apartement was opened in the
middle of a Scooby meeting and there he was, alive and
well. Willow was a bit shocked and they decided to meet
up later at her place. They did do that and before they
started to talk he asked her to come outside. Out there
the moon shone down on them, Will looked at Oz and was
shocked and happy to see that he infact had been able
to cure himself. They ended up talking all night during
which time we was told that he had gone to Tibet and
some monks, and after a lot of work with spells, chants
and stuff he was cured. He had to keep his calm and have
some amulettes, one being a band of pearls around his
hand and wrist.
Everything was ok until he met Tara and smelled Will
on her. He was under the impression that Will and he
was going to get back together but what he didn't know
was that Willow was sort of involved with Tara already.
He got angry at Tara when she tried to walk away - this
caused him to loose his calm and he began to wolf out,
without the full moon and in the middle of the day. He
chased Tara around the school but was captured by the
Initiative who didn't know who he was and when they
found out he was a human and that it was Oz. They made
some experemants on him, negleting the fact that he
actually is a human. They shocked him with electricity
and came to the conclusion that he wolfed out when he
was under negative forms. Then Riley tried to bust him
out, but didn't succeed, he was rescued by Buffy and
Xander though. He then decided that he should probably
leave, had a talk with Will and he told her that she was
the thing that actually pulled out the wolf in him, which
is kind of ironic. They finally had a "real" brakeup and
he left, never to return again.
There were talks that he would have shown up in L.A in 2004/2005
but he never did.
We've never been informed of where he went but hopefully he's happy...