Minerva Taylor

**Minerva Taylor**is a main character in *War*, previously introduced as a featured character in the 2018 Christmas special, "Silent Night."

In terms of the series narrative, Minerva Taylor is the last Royal Historian of Willie and the counterpart to Maximilian Walters. She later went on to be one of the original Founders of Toontown.

## Appearances

### "Silent Night"

Minerva made her first appearance in "Silent Night" in a flashback episode. She was present at the meeting between Bentley, King Mickey XI, and King Swan XX when they determined the Vixen Queen of Vulpus was likely responsible for the assassination of Victoria Vixen. The meeting in question would later lead the two Kings and Bentley Connelly  (as Regent) to unite their crowns in War against Vulpus.

### *War*

Minerva returned in the season premiere, "Winter of Discontent." She was visiting Prince and Royal Historian Lionel Lazoy in Felexa during the first month of the War in 708. Due to the borders closing to foreigners, Lionel escorted Minerva to the train station that would take her back to Willie.

Minerva would not appear again until "Lest We Forget" in 716 during the fall of Willie. Minerva accompanied Princess Daisy Mus to Simeone to seek exile. She avoided the slaughter of the Willonian Royal Family by choosing to head directly to Simeone. While in Vinesteeple, she saw the coronation of Daisy as Queen Daisy of Willie.

Before the 719 Granite Bloc summit in "Two Moths Drawn to the Flame," Minerva tendered her resignation to Queen Daisy. She attended the summit with Daisy, but afterward permanently moved to Canis. As the first meeting of the summit was ongoing, Minerva, Max, and Lionel discussed the futility of their situation. All three feared that the war would continue indefinitely, and that the victors would reign over nothing but ashes. Lionel floated the concept of escaping Cartonia through the Expanse, but this idea was swiftly rejected as fruitless. It came up again four years later in "No Matter What," but it once again was rejected for its impossibility. By 725, however, the plan had gained merit when Max realized that the Vulpus Dam could be the key to an escape. In "Pro Patria Mori," a plan was devised and hand-delivered to Bentley Connelly.

The plan to escape was actualized over the following months, culminating in "The Good Must Associate" with a large 1,200-person orientation on what to expect on the journey south.

Minerva led the passengers out of West Terrier on November 3, 725, in "Bless My Homeland." Minerva and the passengers reached the Vulpus Dam on November 11. He aided with the boarding of the waste receptacles, when the escapees were set upon by foxes led by the Vixen Queen. The Vulpus Dam was destroyed, killing the Vixen Queen, and Minerva sailed out of Cartonia on the flood. Lionel Lazoy perished in the attack, but Max and Minerva had been aboard the waste receptacle and survived.

Minerva and Max led the survivors through the Expanse in "Until I Die," eventually reaching the site of modern-day Toontown. Minerva was appointed as the first Councilor from Toontown Central, a position she held for the rest of her life.

## Character

### Namesake

Minerva Taylor is based on Minnie Mouse, hence the first name. The surname is named after Russi Taylor, who voiced Minnie Mouse from 1986 until her death in 2019.