The Madrigals (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir version)

The Madrigals (also known as La Familia Madrigal) are a magical and famous family featured in the 2021 Disney animated feature film, Encanto. They live in a magical house called the Casa Madrigal, which is located in the Colombian village of Encanto.

The family serves as an important pillar of their community, using their magical gifts to the benefit of the people, and the family's matriarch, Sabine, serves as a leader-like figure to the village.

Background
76 years before the start of the film, when Sabine Madrigal's triplets had just been born, hostile soldiers on horseback conquered the village they used to call home. The townspeople fled, hoping to find a new home, and when the soldiers came after them, Sabine's beloved husband, Tom Madrigal sacrificed himself to distract the soldiers and give his family and community time to escape. After Tom was killed, the candle he had given to Sabine was imbued with magic, born from her love for her family, and became a magical flame that could never go out. It released a wave of magic that repelled the soldiers away and rose the mountains that now surround the land. From the candle also came the Casa Madrigal, a sentient, shapeshifting house where the Madrigal Family would live from then on.

As the rightful owner of the magic candle and Tom's widow, the other refugees came to view Sabine as a leader, and together they build a village, Encanto, within the magical mountains.



Though Sabine herself never got one, every child born into the Madrigal Family was blessed with a magical gift when they came of age on their fifth birthday. Using their fantastical gifts, the Madrigals swore to always help those around them to earn the miracle that gave them so much, they turned the Encanto within those mountains into a paradise and safe haven. The only exception was Sabine's grandson, Ramón, who was the only person not to be blessed with a gift. Nevertheless, the Madrigal family are trusted members of their community and are looked upon with respect and admiration by the other townspeople.

Gift Ceremony
Madrigal children receive their magical gift on their fifth birthday, an age where a child's innate personality and talents start to set, and a large celebration at the Casita is held in their honor. Before reaching the age of five, a blank glowing door will start forming and be ready by the time of the child's birthday. The gift bestowed to a child is a reflection of their innate personality and family perception/role. The gift just magnifies who they already are.

As a family tradition, gift ceremonies always begin at 7 P.M. and the child will don a white outfit, which is followed by a speech delivered by Sabine. After walking to their door, the Madrigal child will vow to use their gift for the benefit of their community and touch the doorknob of their door. An event will occur to demonstrate the gift that is received and the door will display a unique design with the child's name and image. The only exception was Ramón's ceremony, where his door simply disappeared after he touched its knob. If it ends up being successful, though, Abuela Sabine will announce "We have a new gift!" while fireworks set off and everyone cheers for the Madrigal child who got the gift.

It also seems customary that a picture is taken with Sabine, the candle, and the Madrigal children in front of their magical door after the ceremonies, which is then proudly hung near Sabine's bedroom in the Casita. The gifts can come in different ways, such as personality traits and likes.

Tom Madrigal †
Abuelo Tom was the patriarch of the Madrigal family. He was Sabine's husband and father of Marinette, Adrien and Alya. When the triplets were born, a civil unrest struck his town, so he was forced to leave his home with his wife, his infant children, and the townspeople. While fleeing the village, Tom sacrificed himself to the soldiers who were pursuing them, allowing Sabine and their children to escape but at the cost of his life. At that moment, the candle his wife was holding onto was imbued with magic, and by a miracle, Sabine and her three children were presented with Casa Madrigal in an Encanto. There, she became the matriarch of the Madrigal family, overseeing the passing-down of the candle’s magic to her and Tom's descendants, as well as preserving the town.

Sabine Madrigal
Abuela Sabine is the matriarch of the Madrigal family. When she was younger—when Marinette, Adrien and Alya were just born, a miracle blessed them from the candle she was given by her husband before his death, creating La Casa Madrigal. From then to this day, every child born in the family is blessed with their own unique gift, except Ramón. From then, she has had the responsibility of being in charge of her family's magic.

Marinette Madrigal
As Sabine and Tom’s firstborn child and eldest daughter, Marinette has the scrumptious ability to create the products with her hands.

Adrien Madrigal
As the only son and middle child of Sabine and Tom, Adrien has the destroy the things with his hands.

Alya Madrigal
As the youngest child and youngest daughter of Sabine and Tom, Alya has the ability to create the illusions.

David Madrigal
David is Marinette's husband and father of Nino, Chloé and Ramón. Due to being accident-prone, David often needed to receive a product, which led him to fall in love with Marinette, whose magical gift is creating the products with her hands. He eventually married Marinette and had Ramón, Chloé, and Nino. Since he married into the family, David has no magical gift of his own, just like Adrien's wife Quintina. A running gag is that he keeps becoming desperate, which his wife Marinette often has to create a product for him.

Quintina Madrigal
Quintina is Adrien's wife and mother of Alix, Max and Luka. She is a fun-loving old woman and does well to balance out her handy husband Adrien. As she married into the family, Quintina lacks a magical gift of her own, just like Marinette’s husband David, but she is a humorous and comedic woman who easily puts on a smile to those around her, so she has no problem in fitting into the family.

Kepa Madrigal
Kepa is the husband of Alya, and father of Kim, Kagami and Myléne. As he married into the Madrigal family, Kepa lacks a magical gift of his own, just like both Marinette and Adrien's spouses, David and Quintina.

Nino Madrigal
Nino is the eldest son and firstborn child of Marinette and David Madrigal, and firstborn grandchild of the Madrigal family. He has the ability to protect the people from harm.

Chloé Madrigal
Chloé is Marinette and David's only daughter and middle child, who is gifted with subjection. She is able to paralyze her opponents with her spinning top.

Ramón Madrigal
Ramón is the youngest child of Marinette and David, and the only Madrigal child who did not get a gift by no fault of his own. As a result of this phenomenon that he is unable to control, he is frequently shoved away by some members of his family and the villagers, who push him to the sidelines and view him as useless. But when the family's magic powers are in danger of fading away, Ramón may be the family's only hope for restoring the miracle.

Quiroz Madrigal
Quiroz is the wife of Nino and the mother of Rose, Juleka and Sabrina. As she married into the family, Quiroz has no magical gift of her own, just like Oriol, the husband of Chloé.

Oriol Madrigal
Oriol is the husband of Chloé and the father of Marc, Nathaniel and Ivan. As he married into the Madrigals, Oriol has no magical gift of his own, just like Quiroz, the wife of Nino.

Alix Madrigal
Alix is Adrien and Quintina's only daughter and firstborn child. She has evolution, and can travel to the past, to the present or to the future.

Max Madrigal
Max is Adrien and Quintina's oldest son and middle child. He can teleportate the people to another country.

Luka Madrigal
Luka is Adrien and Quintina's youngest son and Ramón's favorite cousin, and the grandchild. He is bestowed with the ability to return to the past.

Kim Madrigal
Kim is the eldest child of Alya and Kepa. He has the power to create a product and throw it at his opponent. Kim's power disrupts his opponent's powers.

Kagami Madrigal
Kagami is the middle child of Alya and Kepa. She has the power to transform into weather forms.

Myléne Madrigal
Myléne is the youngest child of Alya and Kepa. She has the power to multiplicate into millions of herself.

Rose Madrigal
Rose is the eldest daughter of Nino and Quiroz. She has the power to give her opponent a gift. The gift, Rose, opens to reveal an image of the deepest wish in Rose's opponent's heart.

Juleka Madrigal
Juleka is the middle daughter of Nino and Quiroz. She has the power to punch a vehicle with her fist. Juleka's power causes the vehicle to fall into the clouds.

Sabrina Madrigal
Sabrina is the youngest daughter of Nino and Quiroz. She has the power to have her ball hit a belonging stolen by her opponent. The belonging disappears in Sabrina's opponent's hips and appears in Sabrina's foot.

Marc Madrigal
Marc is the eldest son of Chloé and Oriol. He has the power to give himself any super ability he chooses.

Nathaniel Madrigal
Nathaniel is the middle son of Chloé and Oriol. He has the power to draw a product with his paint brush.

Ivan Madrigal
Ivan is the youngest son of Chloé and Oriol. He has the power to defend himself from his attackers.