Diana Loudoun

**Diana Loudoun**is a main character in*War.*She previously made guest appearances in *Contact.*

In terms of the series narrative, Diana Loudoun is a member of the Porcinian royal Hamleigh family, and mother of the Diary Pig. She was part of the expedition to flee Cartonia during the War, but did not escape.

## Appearances

### *Contact*

Diana Loudoun made her first appearance in "Silent Night" as the unnamed mother of the Diary Pig. On the first day of the War, she informed her daughter that Vulpine forces had invaded Mallardia, and Canis, Mallardia, Eusuchia, and Willie had declared war on Vulpus.

In a flashback scene in "Into the Fire," Diana watched speechlessly as the Vulpus Dam burst and carried the future founders of Toontown out of Cartonia.

### *War*

Diana returned in "Winter of Discontent," the season premiere. At the start of the War in 708, she and her daughter, Lana Loudoun, lived alone in the quiet country village of Ripper, Porcinia. Lana had begun writing in her diary about the events of the War, which at the time did not include Porcinia. Diana decided to reach out to her cousin, King Bacon IV, to inquire about Porcinia's place in the new political climate. Diana had not disclosed to her daughter their royal lineage.

By 710, in "Unknown by Name or Rank," Diana had become a seamstress for the war effort. She frequently sent letters to her cousin, Bacon IV, including one beseeching him to prevent the conscription of draft-eligible Lana. The draft notice came anyway, but Diana begged Bacon to intervene. On Bacon's orders, Lana was therefore exempted from military duty, much to Diana's delight.

The Porcinian trenches were overwhelmed in 717, and thus Diana and her daughter were evacuated from Ripper to a resettlement community called O Camp in "Too Close to the Sun." Diana was appointed as the village's seamstress, and she continued to earn a living as a refugee. Her evacuation brought Bacon IV to visit, and the two cousins spoke privately about the war. Bacon invited Diana to Sowtown, but she refused to return to court after being cast out by Bacon III for her unwanted pregnancy. She did not disclose to Bacon who the father of Lana is, nor did Bacon pry.

Diana read aloud from a 723 Summer Sun edict in "Never Trust a Fox" upon the annexations of Eusuchia and Equine Isle. By this time, Lana and Nicholas Porker had moved in together and Diana was living in the original cabin in O Camp by herself. All three had gradually accepted the fact that the Granite Bloc would not prevail.

By 725, nearly half of the refugee camps in the south of Porcinia had been obliterated by the parrots. In "The Good Must Associate," Diana and Lana were spared when Canis liberated O Camp on the orders of Bacon IV. Unbeknownst to Diana, hours earlier Bacon had proclaimed Diana as heir to the throne. Though she did not want it, the move guaranteed Diana and her daughter places on the expedition south out of Cartonia. She went to Canis with Lana, where they were given an orientation on what to expect on the journey.

The passengers departed Canis on November 3, 725, in "Bless My Homeland." On the route south, Diana learned that Bacon IV was executed, along with most of the royal family. The Summer Sun learned of Diana being named as heir to the throne and issued a warrant for her arrest and execution. Diana therefore was forced to confess to Lana that they were of royal blood. Diana further told Lana the story of how she had become pregnant by a palace guard in the Pink Palace. Her uncle, King Bacon III, learned of her indiscretion and banished her from Sowtown. Her name was struck from the royal registry, and she retired to the countryside of Porcinia. Lana forgave her for the dishonesty. Diana volunteered to aid the control room team at the Vulpus Dam in order to feel useful. This would ultimately condemn her, as she was unable to escape Cartonia through the surviving waste receptacle after the Vixen Queen stormed the Dam complex. Diana, in tandem with Matthew Palmer of Vulpus, destroyed the Vulpus Dam. The flood carried Lana and about half the passengers out of Cartonia to eventual freedom, but Diana was left behind. She allied with Matthew Palmer, and the two vowed to start a revolution to overthrow the next Vixen Queen.

Diana and Matthew sowed the seeds of revolution in post-War Cartonia. They were both the #1 and #2 Most-Wanted Fugitives by the Vulpus Empire, but neither were ever captured. Diana's fate is unknown, though in the 2021 Christmas Special "A Bell Cast In Iron," it was revealed that she died two decades prior to 776 and was buried in Porcinia.

## Character

### Namesake

Diana Loudoun is named after Lady Diana Spencer, the Princess of Wales.

## Trivia

* Diana is the only character to feature in a guest capacity in both "Silent Night" and "Into the Fire."