Libby Connelly

**Lady Libby Connelly,** formerly the **Dowager Queen** is a supporting character in *War.*She first appeared as a featured character in the 2018 Christmas special, "Silent Night."

In terms of the series narrative, Libby was the Queen Consort of King Ewan I of Canis and the mother of Crown Prince Bentley Connelly.

## Appearances

### "Silent Night"

Queen Libby made her first appearance in "Silent Night" in a flashback episode. Her husband was on his deathbed, and Cartonia was in turmoil over the relationship between her son, Bentley, and Victoria Vixen. Libby resented her son for his actions and considered him disinherited. She publicy hoped that the crown would pass over him and land on the head of his younger brother, Thumper. She remained cold and distant even after the assassination of Victoria Vixen.

### *War*

Libby returned in "Winter of Discontent" during the early days of the War in 708. Her husband, King Ewan, was on his deathbed, and she feared for the nation with her son, Bentley Connelly, on the throne. She resented her son's relationship with Victoria Vixen and tried to match him to an eligible dog, though he refused. Libby attempted to convince Parliament subvert the succession and institute her other son Thumper Connelly as heir. Her attempts failed and Bentley succeeded his father on February 11 as King Bentley II. She did not attend his coronation.

By 712, as shown in "Infamy," Libby had become an outcast in the Highland Castle court. Bentley purposefully excluded her from many public functions, and even restricted her movements within the Castle. This led to increasing resentment in her toward her son. After the Siege of Talonclaw Castle, the Felexan Royal Family became exiles in the Canisian capital. Her counterpart, Madonna Jacquetta Lazoy, stopped by to say hello. Jacquetta opined that Bentley and Victoria should have been allowed to marry, as the War could have been avoided. Libby violently reacted to this notion, against Jacquetta's warning to stay away from hatred.

As the War Plague ravaged Cartonia in 713, Libby was confronted by her son Bentley in "Remnants of the People" about her role in the Victoria Vixen assassination. Unbeknownst to her, the Vixen Queen had sent an anonymous telegram to Canis in 711 insinuating that conspirators resided in the kingdom. Bentley's covert investigation had uncovered Libby's role. In 707, only weeks before the assassination, Libby traveled to Vulpus, where she met with the Vixen Queen and Chequer of Scuridiae. Together they planned to hire Leevey Foster and kill Victoria, which would successfully remove what Libby viewed as an obstacle to Canis's succession. She covered up her involvement, and claimed to not know of the Vixen Queen's further plans to blame Mallardia and initiate a war. Bentley, enraged, stripped Libby of all of her titles. She became merely Lady Libby Galloway, reverted to her maiden name. She was banished from Highland Castle and sent to her ancestral Galloway. She was forbidden from seeing any member of her family again. Only months later, she succumbed to the War Plague and died.

## Character

### Namesake

Libby is named after a Westie the author knew before she died. The dog was actually very sweet and is nothing like Queen Libby.