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Character page for characters that reside or have resided in Avalor, Vallestrella, or the Spirit World.
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Avalor
Elena's family
For Cristobal, see his entry on the 'Villains' page.
King Raul & Queen Lucia
King Raul Castillo & Queen Lucia Castillo Flores
Voiced by: Nestor Carbonell and Andrea Navedo
Elena and Isabel's parents, Francisco and Luisa's daughter and son-in-law, and Esteban's aunt and uncle. Forty-two years before the events of Elena and the Secret of Avalor, Lucia gave Elena the Amulet of Avalor for her fifteenth birthday, telling her it would protect her from harm. A year later, Lucia and Raul were murdered by Shuriki the day she invaded Avalor. But after 41 years of being trapped inside the Amulet, Elena avenged their deaths by breaking Shuriki's wand and ending her tyranny over Avalor.
- Action Girl: In her youth, Lucia snuck out to participate in fencing tournaments, and when Guillermo and Sanza are causing trouble in the Spirit World, Lucia lassos the former into her house.
- Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: In "Coronation Day", it's revealed that the entire reason Shuriki invaded Avalor in the first place is because King Raul stopped her from invading their neighbors and never once considered she would turn her attention on Avalor itself; Esteban even warned him of exactly that, but Raul ignored him.
- Good Parents: According to Elena and Isabel, who have fond memories of their parents.
- Happily Married: They're never seen unhappy with each other. If you need any more evidence, they happily dance with each other to Felicia's song in "Flower of Light".
- Lethal Chef: According to Elena, it doesn't end well when Raul tries to help in the kitchen, and a flashback shows him accidentally adding salt instead of sugar to a batch of chocolate.
- Like Parent, Like Child:
- Lucia used to sneak out to do things her parents wouldn't want her doing (like fencing). Lucia's rebelliousness seems to be something Elena takes after.
- Likewise, Lucia's Action Girl tendencies are things she shares with Elena.
- Lucia loved playing the guitar and singing like her father Francisco, which she passed down to Elena.
- Meaningful Name:
- My Greatest Failure: King Raul didn't listen to Esteban about Shuriki, and because of that, he lost a kingdom.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: As revealed in "Coronation Day", King Raul not listening to Esteban about Shuriki became the reason for Esteban betraying his family and Avalor to Shuriki.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: As shown in "Coronation Day": Raul protecting their allies from Shuriki ended up putting the kingdom in Shuriki's sights.
- No Name Given: Early on in the show, they're referred to as "Elena's father" and "Elena's mother", even though their names would surely be well-known. The queen’s name is officially revealed as Lucia in Elena and The Secret of Avalor, and Raul’s is finally said onscreen in Season 3.
- Parental Love Song: Lucia sung "Love Always" to her family, which Elena dearly remembers enough to use it in Season 3 to calm herself down whenever her negative emotions get too strong. It literally causes Elena to manifest The Power of Love.
- Posthumous Character: They were killed by Shuriki forty-one years before the events of Sofia the First and Elena of Avalor.
- The Prankster: In "Dia de las Madres", Luisa states that Raul was always a joker, and a flashback indeed shows him pulling a prank on her.
- Turn the Other Cheek: They encourage Elena not to seek revenge on Esteban for what happened, not only because it will lead to bad decisions; they themselves already forgave him.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: In "Coronation Day," it's revealed that King Raul himself is responsible for Shuriki invading Avalor in the first place, as well as Esteban aiding her in doing so. He stopped her from invading Avalor's neighbors, never once considered she would turn her attention on Avalor itself, and ignored Esteban's warnings that she would do just that, which is why Esteban sold out to her.
Esteban's parents
Margarita Flores and ???
Esteban's parents. Margarita was Queen Lucia's sister and a daughter of Francisco and Luisa.
- All There in the Manual: The guidebook states that they died when Esteban was nine.
- Deceased Parents Are the Best: They passed away when Esteban was young, but he remembers them fondly.
- Meaningful Name:
- Margarita is Spanish for "daisy" (being a type of daisy), befitting her surname, Flores.
- Margarita also means "pearl”. Both daisies and pearls represent innocence, purity, and loyalty. The deaths of Esteban's parents led to his Cynicism Catalyst and issues with being loyal to his remaining family.
- No Name Given: Margarita's name was unknown until late Season 3, and her husband's name is still unknown.
- Posthumous Character: They passed away when Esteban was a child.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: They had no idea how much their deaths would badly affect their son...
- Tempting Fate: They were sailing when they died. Esteban had warned them not to go, as he had a bad feeling about it. It turns out he was right: they end up getting killed by a storm at sea.
Avalor Palace
Royal Guard
Antonio Sandoval
Captain Antonio Sandoval
Voiced by: Joe Camareno
The taciturn Captain of the Royal Guards at the beginning of the series.
- Meaningful Name:
- "Sandoval" means "cleared forest", referencing how he would retire and be replaced as Captain of the Royal Guard.
- "Sandoval" also sounds like Sandalphon, the name of one of God's archangels, just like Gabe and Miguel.
- The Quiet One: As he himself admits, he's a man of few words.
Rico Villalobos
Lieutenant Rico Villalobos
Voiced by: Arturo del Puerto
An arrogant guard. He played on the castle olaball team and competed to become the next guard captain, though he ultimately lost both positions to Gabe.
- Jerkass Ball: In "The Curse of El Guapo", he initially has a Friendly Rivalry with Gabe over who will become the next captain of the guard, But when he starts to think Gabe's friendship with Elena will give him an unfair advantage, Rico becomes quite nasty, mocking Gabe for being the son of a baker, and playing cruel pranks on him. He ultimately changes his tune after he is injured during the contest, and Gabe helps him across the finish line. He apologizes for his actions, and applauds Gabe becoming the new captain. In all subsequent appearances, he's as professional as Gabe.
- Number Two: Now that Gabe's the boss, he appears to act as his second-in-command and being something of Elena's new right hand man in subsequent episodes.
- Third-Person Person: He talks like this in "Olaball."
Miguel Leon
Miguel Leon
Voiced by: Josh Keaton, Christian Lanz ("To Queen or Not To Queen")
Another royal guard. He competed for the captainship of the royal guards along with Rico and Gabe, but was eliminated in the first round.
- Meaningful Name: Miguel is the Spanish version of "Michael". Both Miguel and Gabe's names are the names of two of God's archangels.
- Spear Carrier: His function. He doesn't have much presence and is used when a royal guard is needed to say a line or two.
Higgins
Private Higgins
Voiced by: Mikey Kelley
Though Higgins is technically a member of the Royal Guard, he's usually seen acting as Esteban's assistant and aide-de-camp. He's affable but not terribly competent, and his mistakes have caused various problems for the royal family.
- Broken Pedestal: In "The Magic Within", after Esteban's alliance with Shuriki is revealed, he loses all respect for him (although Esteban is still able to emotionally manipulate him into bringing what he needs to escape his cell).
- The Dragon: To Esteban, although downplayed as he is not malicious as the chancellor himself even when he joins him in his schemes to prove his point about Elena being too young to rule.
- Fat Idiot: He's hefty and he's not very bright.
- Goofy Print Underwear: When Carla steals his clothes, we see he has jaquin-printed boxers.
- Innocently Insensitive:Esteban: (lamenting his old age) Ugh, I've gotten older and I've got nothing to show for it!
Higgins: Nonsense! You've got plenty of gray hairs!
Esteban: [growls] - Lovable Coward: He's friendly enough, but he's scared of everything from storybook monsters to common rainstorms, as seen in "Blockheads". Downplayed, since he confronts Carla when he finds her breaking into the palace and immediately reports her after he wakes up from being knocked out by her.
- Mugged for Disguise: Is on the receiving end of this by Carla in "To Save a Sunbird".
- Token White: One of the few white characters on the show, complete with red hair to boot.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Esteban is able to guilt-trip him into accidentally freeing him from his cell, which leads to Esteban also deciding to free the Delgados, then Esteban gaining powers from Takaína, and much more.
Others
Octavio
Octavio
Voiced by: Robert Pine
A custodian and handyman working at the castle.
- Butt-Monkey: In "The Lightning Warrior", it's shown that he kept having to rebuild the fountain over and over again due to Elena repeatedly destroying it while practicing with her Scepter. After one too many times, he gives up.
- Catchphrase: "Arrrgh I give up!" or some variant.
- Determinator: He's willing to rebuild a fountain all by himself at least seven times. He only gives up once it gets destroyed yet again by Ixlan.
- Handy Man: His job.
- Running Gag: Repeatedly repairing the fountain after it gets wrecked again.
Royal Painter
Royal Painter
Voiced by: Grey DeLisle
A young woman who paints a portrait of the Royal Family on Mother's Day.
- Ambiguous Situation: In "Coronation Day", it's shown that she is still the Royal Painter and hasn't aged a day, heavily implying she either maintained her youth with magic or it's an Identical Grandson.
- Ambiguously Evil: Along with Ambiguous Situation. She's only ever seen in one flashback taking place several years before Shuriki's takeover, but her disdain for fun and messiness (which are alike Shuriki's), seeming lack of respect for Raul and Lucia, as well as the fact that Victor, Esteban, and Cristobal were all complicit in the takeover, meaning she had aid from "trusted" members of the castle habitants, raise unsettling implications about the Royal Painter.
- Control Freak: With a condescending tone, she disapproves of the Royal Family posing for the portrait in their cooking aprons with chocolate all over them. When they still decide to do so, she sarcastically quips "How charming".
Mateo's family
Alacazar
Alacazar
Voiced by: André Sogliuzzo
Appearances: Sofia the First | Elena of Avalor
The royal wizard, and also Mateo's maternal grandfather and the father of Rafa.
- Back for the Dead: He dies in the same episode he finally returns.
- The Bus Came Back: He returns in Season 3 episode "Spirit of a Wizard", albeit as a Back for the Dead.
- Died in Your Arms Tonight: He dies in Mateo's arms, but not before telling him that he's So Proud of You.
- Doting Grandparent: When he finally returns to Avalor, he's absolutely delighted to learn that he has a grandson and is more than happy to pass down all his knowledge of magic to him even though they need to free him from his rotting book ASAP.
- Meaningful Name:
- His name is based off of "alakazam", an incantation used in stage magic, like "abracadabra".
- An alcázar is a type of castle in Spain and Portugal.
- Mentor Occupational Hazard: Mateo wanted to free his grandfather so he can become a master wizard and defeat Ash. Alacazar tells Mateo about his secret library and teaches him some fundamentals. Then, he proceeds to die saving his grandson from Zopilote's blast.
- Never Got to Say Goodbye: Possibly averted, as Rafa learned the spell to free Isabel, Francisco, and Luisa from him before he fled Avalor, which may mean he stopped by his home to bid farewell to hide daughter before going on the run. Played straight in that he never gets to see Rafa again after he returns to Avalor since he dies shortly afterwards.
- Not Quite Dead: After spending years trying to look for a princess that could free Elena from the amulet, he eventually had to seal himself in an enchanted book so that he could continue overseeing the process.
Word of God clarifies that this does not mean he's dead. - Papa Wolf: Demonstrates this when he takes a magic blast from Zopilote that was meant for Mateo.
- Skewed Priorities: He and Mateo are too preoccupied with catching up with each other on magic techniques to the point of singing a song, ignoring that he was running out of time to create a potion that would free him from his disintegrating book. They manage to free him in time... although he ends up dead afterwards anyways, so maybe he and Mateo had a point this time.
- So Proud of You: He tells Mateo this for becoming a great wizard and has faith that he'll become a master wizard one day.
- Taking the Bullet: He jumps in the way of Zopilote's magic blast to save Mateo.
- Wizard Classic: He's the court wizard, and his skill with magic helps him save Elena and other members of her family.
Rafa de Alva
Rafa de Alva
Voiced by: Ana Ortiz
Appearances: Sofia the First | Elena of Avalor
Mateo's mother and Alacazar's daughter.
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: In "Movin' On Up", when Mateo wants to move out of the house, she joins him and keeps babying and embarrassing him, and not giving him his space.
- Disappeared Dad: Her father Alacazar had to go on the run when Shuriki invaded Avalor.
- Empty Nest: The whole plot of "Movin' On Up" has her dealing with her son moving out of the house and his place of work. Rafa crashes in because she can't deal with missing her son coming home every night.
- Good Parents: She's very supportive of Mateo becoming the royal wizard, even though he keeps getting into dangerous situations.
- Muggle Born of Mages: She's the daughter of Alacazar, the royal sorcerer to King Raul, but after Shuriki took over and Alacazar was forced to go on the run, Rafa never learned magic, although it's not clear if she would have pursued magic anyway. However, she has memorized some of the spells that her father taught her, such as the spell needed to free Elena's family from the painting, which she teaches to Mateo.
- My Beloved Smother:
- In the pilot movie, Mateo has been looking at his grandfather's magic workshop without her seemingly knowing because he thought that she would tell him off for how dangerous it is to practice magic, especially as Alacazar's grandson, under Shuriki's reign.
- The whole plot of "Movin' On Up" is that she moves into the royal palace with Mateo because she doesn't want her baby boy to face the dangers of the modern world without her. She ends up becoming The Thing That Would Not Leave and Mateo initially has difficulty telling her he wants to live on his own.
- Secret-Keeper: She knew that Mateo was practicing magic in her father's workshop despite having locked it up and is revealed to know some of the spells that her father told her, such as the spell used to free the royal family from their protective painting in case of emergencies.
- The Thing That Would Not Leave: In "Movin' On Up", she makes some touch-ups to the palace and pesters the staff about how they should treat Mateo, which frustrates them and keeps them from doing their work until she decides to do it herself. Mateo initially has trouble asking her to leave and that she wasn't invited in the first place since he doesn't want to hurt her feelings.
Naomi's family
Daniel Turner
Captain Daniel Turner
Voice by: Rich Sommer
The harbor master of Avalor's harbor. He is also Naomi's father.
- Good Parents: He is very supportive of Naomi, even when Naomi is feeling depressed.
- Token White: As he is Naomi's father, he's one of the few white characters in Avalor.
Scarlett Turner
Captain Scarlett Turner
Voiced by: Julie Nathanson
A sea captain and Naomi's mother.
- Fiery Redhead: She's a brash sea captain, and her hair is bright red.
- Genki Girl: We see where her daughter gets this from. She can be very perky especially when praising her home country Norberg and the idea of her family moving back there, and squees with childlike glee about many of the sights of Avalor. And then there's the awkward handshake she has with Dona Paloma.
- Meaningful Name: She's a redhead and her name is Scarlett.
- Nice Girl: She is very outgoing and friendly and deeply cares about her family.
- Token White: Naomi's mother and originally from Norberg.
- Tomboy: Much like her daughter, she's an adventurous and fearless woman who has the occupation as a sea captain.
Gabe's family
Roberto Núñez
Roberto
Voiced by: Artt Butler
A baker and Gabe's father.
- Disappointed in You: Roberto is initially disappointed that his son is neither a baker nor an olaball player. This changes, though, when he sees Gabe save two girls from a dangerous situation.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: As strict as he is, he just wants what's best for Gabe.
Blanca Núñez
Blanca
Voiced by: Alejandra Gollas
Gabe's mother.
- Good Parents: Unlike her husband, she is very supportive of Gabe.
- Meaningful Name: Blanca means "white".
Armando's family
Santos Gutierrez
Santos Gutierrez
Voiced by: Horatio Sanz
Armando's older brother.
- Big Brother Instinct: Though he still told Armando he messed up, he at least defended him when the townspeople were overwhelming him with demands when things went wrong... because he's clumsy.
- Dirty Coward: When Armando finally stands up to him, his first response is to turn to their mother and ask her if she's going to let Armando talk to him like that.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He is rather critical of his brother when he messes up, but is also just as supportive when he proves his worth.
Rosario Gutierrez
Rosario Gutierrez
Voiced by:
Armando and Santos's mother.
- My Beloved Smother: She coddles Armando and treats him as if he were still a kid, despite him wanting to prove how much he's done as an adult.
Isabel's classmates
Cristina
Cristina
Voiced by: Montse Hernandez
A disabled friend and classmate of Isabel's.
- Nice Girl: Is only shown being kind and has yet to do anything malicious.
- Wheelchair Woobie: She laments how her being in a wheelchair makes it impossible for her to perform a traditional dance.
Quique
Quique
Voiced by: Kyle Arem
One of Isabel's classmates. He is boisterous and impatient, and doesn't really like school.
- The Bully: He bullies both Isabel (for being a nerd) and Amara (for being bad at a game.)
- The Ditz: Quique isn't very bright and he can't seem to get that a crook goes to a bank only to rob it.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's kind of bratty, and not very bright, but he has softer moments.
Amara
Amara
Voiced by: Zoe Hendrix
Another classmate of Isabel's.
- Girlish Pigtails: She has them.
- Nice Girl: She's much nicer than Quique.
Science Academy
Professor Ochoa
Professor Ochoa
Voiced by: Carla Tassara
A professor from the Avalor Science Academy.
- Labcoat of Science and Medicine: She wears one.
- Meaningful Name: She is likely named for Ellen Ochoa
, an astronaut for NASA and the first Hispanic woman in space. - Reasonable Authority Figure: She's a tough, but fair teacher, allowing her students, especially Isabel, to learn from their mistakes and try again.
Tomiko
Tomiko
Voiced by: Kimiko Glenn
A girl in Isabel's college class.
- Determinator: She encourages the idea of not giving up, and expresses this to Elena when the latter feels she's no good at science.
- Fangirl: Tends to fangirl over Elena when she's around.
- Fantasy Counterpart Culture: She seems to be from the Ever Realm's equivalent of Japan, possibly Satu.
- Genki Girl: Seriously. She's got a boat load of energy and excitement when around Elena and Isabel.
Javier
Javier
Voice by: Raffael Ponce-Valencia
A young, arrogant student who finds his position in the Science Academy threatened when the even younger Isabel joins his class.
- The Bully: He's a classic example, and he does everything in his power to make Isabel suffer and convince her to withdraw from the Science Academy.
- Insufferable Genius: Is, or rather, was, the youngest kid in Isabel's science class at college until she came along, implying he was smart enough to skip a few grades before going to college, which would make him the smartest kid in the class before Isabel showed up, and by God does he know it.
- Jerkass: Big-time. His constant sabotaging of Isabel is bad enough, but the constant glee he displays in doing so is even worse.
- Laser-Guided Karma: He gets his comeuppance for trying to sabotage Isabel by getting kicked out of the academy for good.
- Nerdy Bully: He's a smart kid who mercilessly bullies Isabel in order to sabotage her.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: "Norberg Peace Prize" mentions that he and Isabel have learned to work together without getting along or liking one another.
Monsters
Jiku & the Noblins
Jiku
Voiced by: Lucas Grabeel
The King of the Noblins, a species of shapeshifting dwarves that can turn things to gold.
- The Bus Came Back: After debuting in "First Day of Rule" and making a small appearance in "Flight of the Jaquins", the Noblins don't return until two seasons later in "To Save A Sunbird".
- Shout-Out: To Rumpelstiltskin. He has the power to turn common things into gold, like the rest of his species. This resulted in Shuriki imprisoning all of them to make gold for her kingdom.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: He and his species can turn into dog-like animals.
Charoca
Charoca
Voiced by: Tituss Burgess
A rock monster who can force a volcano to erupt when he becomes angry.
- Emotional Powers: When he gets mad, he can make a volcano erupt.
- Meaningful Name: "Charoca" is Spanish for "charcoal" (referencing his temper), with "roca" itself meaning "rock", since he's a rock monster and all.
- Nice Guy: After being a calmer person, he becomes this.
Charica
Charica
Voiced by: Danielle Brooks
A female rock monster.
- Birds of a Feather: Just like Charoca, she's a kind-hearted rock monster with anger issues.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's very temperamental, but is also honest and sensitive.
Others
Doña Paloma
Doña Hortencia Paloma
Voiced by: Constance Marie
Avalor's chief magister of trade, and owner of Avalor's largest shopping emporium.
- 0% Approval Rating: Nobody really likes her, and if she gets too greedy, people will bail on her. This comes to bite her back in the butt when Esteban suggests Julio to run against her for her position, which results in him getting unanimously elected.
- Assumed Win: In "All Kingdoms Fair", even after Julio starts running against her, she is convinced she will be elected chief magister of trade again.
- Easily Forgiven: Despite nearly ruining the Navidad festival, she was invited to join in on the caroling by Elena. And, despite trying to sabotage the Feast of Friendship, Elena promotes her to the Grand Council, but that may be because was no one else qualified to be in the Grand Council besides her.
- Embarrassing First Name: Her given name Hortencia is rather atrocious, that when Pablo Agama pays a visit, she insists he address her as Doña from now on.
- Exact Words: In "The Incredible Shrinking Royals", she tells Esteban this will the be first and last time she agrees to his ridiculous schemes. With Esteban's past treachery having been discovered and him having betrayed his family again, Paloma is definitely not going to be part of anything with Esteban.
- Freudian Excuse: She grew up on a small cattle range, and after a flood destroyed it, her family lost everything. Everything she has she's built from the ground up and she's afraid of losing it all again. Plus, she didn't think Elena or Esteban would ever understand.
- Greed:
- Her defining character trait. She'll do anything if it means making a profit, like starting a rift between potential customers to get them to buy her merchandise.
- This ends up being the catalyst for her losing her position in "All Kingdoms Fair"; Julio decides to run against her after she dismisses his suggestion to spruce up the marketplace out of hand, claiming it would cost too much money.
- Hidden Depths: Due to growing up in a ranch, she has extensive knowledge on animals, including how to wrangle wild ones, and is very skilled at utilizing a rope lasso, and she also recognizes and values the meaning of hard work. Despite her current status, it's clear she never forgets where she came from.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick: Under Shuriki's rule, she and Esteban were the ones that kept Avalor stable and economically successful.
- Hypocrite: In "The Incredible Shrinking Royals", she claims someone of Julio's "humble background" could never be the magister of trade. Elena is quick to point out that she too came from humble beginnings.
- It's All About Me:
- More like "It's All About My Profits", but in "Navidad", she tricked the float builders into thinking the festival was a competition, driving them to outdo each other by buying more supplies from her emporium, destroying their holiday spirit in the process. She didn't care that this nearly ruined the festival, only that it made her lots of money. In "My Fair Naomi", it's less about money and more about pride. We also find out that back in the day, she was a nobody in her old village, which is part of why she has this attitude.
- In "All Kingdoms Fair", she doesn't listen to anyone's suggestions for improving trade, believing she knows what's best.
- In "The Magic Within", she hijacks the production of the float she, Gabe and Naomi are working on, wanting it to look the way she wants, for them to dress in outfits she selected, and even wanting them to sing a song revolving around how great she is.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: It's a bit of stretch, but she's not evil, just self-absorbed. She does have some standards for running a good business.
- Never Bareheaded: Downplayed. Doña almost always appears wearing a hat or some kind of headgear. In “Captain Mateo”, her beret comes off and she’s desperately trying to retrieve it while being thrown in a circle by Elena’s new magic. She’s shown bareheaded again in “Elena’s Day Off” when her hats get switched, but this time a closer view of what her head looks like without a hat.
- Pet the Dog: The one person she genuinely admires and believes in is Mateo. In "Captain Mateo" when he stops their fall, she compliments him for his timely save.
- The Resenter: "My Fair Naomi" reveals that Doña Paloma was angling for a spot on the Grand Council, and resents the fact that a "child" like Naomi was chosen instead of her. She also resents Elena for being born a princess while she had to work her way up to her position. She finally gets her promotion in "Captain Mateo".
- The Rival: She doesn't have a good opinion of Chancellor Esteban, and she's tired of him showing her up constantly.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In "Coronation Day", she walks out on the meeting over how to deal with the Four Shades of Awesome, deciding instead to focus on her emporium.
- Status Quo Is God: Subverted. Though Julio is now the chief magister of trade as of "All Kingdoms Fair", he takes up Esteban's suggestion to at least make Paloma his second-in-command, despite Paloma initially thinking that he was going to relinquish his position back to her. She does, however, get promoted to the Grand Council as of "Captain Mateo".
- Took a Level in Kindness: While she's still kind of jerkish, she is more cordial to Elena after the events of "Masks Of Magic".
- Moreso in "Crash Course", where she admits she wanted to prove herself that she's worthy of being Esteban's successor, and after understanding it takes time to build the kind of trust needed for that position, she helps Elena aim while her right arm is still broken.
- "Sweetheart's Day" shows she has gotten better since to the point where Doña was nice enough to waive the price of the ingredients Mateo needed to undo the singing spell, deciding that using her items to help Avalor is payment enough and will not hold him in any longer.
- In "Coronation Day", she is the one to remind everybody of Elena's coronation, and gladly accepts Naomi as the new Chancellor.
- Trauma Button: Losing her whole farm to a flood was a very traumatic event, that she'd do anything to prevent an event like that happening again. When the Feast of Friendship was about to become a debacle because of the magic masks Pablo Agama gave her, and almost destroyed her whole establishment, it was enough to reignite the trauma. In "Coronation Day", she is horrified at the prospect of her emporium being in danger due to the Four Shades of Awesome.
- Ungrateful Bitch: Immediately after Julio makes her his assistant magister of trade, she starts planning to take back the position from him the second he makes a mistake. With her promotion being higher than her former position of Magister of Trade, this isn't going to happen anytime soon.
- Ship Tease: shares a Kissing Discretion Shot with Julio Guzman near the end of “Coronation Day”
Marisol
Señorita Marisol
Voiced by: Odette Annable
The teacher of Isabel's class.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: She expects her students to be on their best behavior, but only because she wants to make sure they stay on the right path.
- Schoolteachers: She is an example of one.
Professor Mendoza
Professor Mendoza
Voiced by: Grey DeLisle
An archeologist and historian.
- Adventure Archaeologist: She takes an active role in excavating old Maruvian ruins.
- Nice Girl: She's definitely a pleasant person to be around.
Dolores and Yolanda
Countess Dolores and Lady Yolanda
Voiced by: Ruth Livier and Alma Martinez, respectively
Two wealthy friends of Doña Paloma.
- Jerkass: Yolanda in "Three Jaquins and a Princess", where she says that she takes more pleasure in the despair felt by those she defeats in the annual baking contest than in actually winning the contest.
- Rich Bitch: Both of them fit the archetype. They are openly snobby to Naomi (who is a commoner), and Yolanda is also contemptuous of Armando when they clash in a baking competition.
Julio and Carmen Guzman
Julio Osbaldo Valentino Guzman and Carmen Rosa Guadalupe Guzman
Voiced by: Jaime Camil and Justina Machado, respectively
Owners of a restaurant and the grandchildren of the late Doña Angelica.
- Cordon Bleugh Chef: Carmen is this when she tries to create new recipes. She does a lot better using the recipes that her grandmother developed.
- A Day in the Limelight: "A Day to Remember" and "The Incredible Shrinking Royals", and to a lesser extent, "Navidad" and "All Kingdoms Fair".
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Julio sees himself as being the responsible one, since he wants to give up and sell off the restaurant before they get even further into debt. He thinks Carmen is being foolish for continuing to try to make the restaurant work.
- Given Name Reveal: We learn their middle names in "The Incredible Shrinking Royals".
- Vague Age: Hard to say how old they are, but they can easily be mistaken as being the same age as Elena. At minimum they are assumed to be of adult age. Given the Ship Tease between Julio and Doña Paloma at the end of “Coronation Day”, one can assume that they are around the same age as Doña Paloma.
Marlena
Marlena
Voiced by: Gaby Moreno
A musician.
- Friend to All Children: Marlena loves to make children happy.
- Nice Girl: She's very sweet, kind and friendly.
- Unreliable Narrator: Downplayed in "Coronation Day". It's likely not at all her fault, but her retelling of certain events involving Elena and Avalor through a puppet show of her and Armando's to a group of children (although mostly correct) demonizes Esteban, ignoring how he helped Elena defeat Shuriki and only joined Ash out of fear. It also portrays Victor and Carla (particularly the former) overly sympathetically.
Olivia
Olivia Madeline
Voiced by: Kitana Turnbull
Mateo's apprentice.
- The Apprentice: To Mateo, even though he's Incompletely Trained.
- "Metaphor" Is My Middle Name: "Conglari is my middle name!...Not really, it's Madeline."
- My God, What Have I Done?: She has this reaction when accidentally creating a water monster.
- Sixth Ranger: Joins Isabel and her friends in taking down Tito in "Team Isa".
Pablo Agama
Pablo Agama
Voiced by: Rene Mujica
A resident of Doña Paloma's home village.
- Grail in the Garbage: He finds a few magical masks somewhere and pawns them off on Paloma for a couple of coins.
- Night and Day Duo: He wears a cooler-colored vest and has a blue cat's eye marble that corresponds to the moon lock on his mother's treasure chest, while Antonio is associated with the sun.
Antonio Agama
Antonio Agama
Voiced by: Danny Trejo (human form), Dee Bradley Baker (gecko form)
A famous explorer who vanished years before the show began.
- Forced Transformation: Was turned into a gecko by a cursed statue.
- Night and Day Duo: He wears an orange scarf and has a sunburst marble that corresponds to the sun lock on his mother's treasure chest, while Pablo is associated with the moon.
Fernando
Fernando
Voiced by: Gabriel Oliva
Cristina's father. He and Cristina live in a village outside of Avalor City.
- Good Parents: He loves his daughter dearly and wants to help her enjoy life in spite of her condition.
- So Proud of You: He looks on happily as he watches Cristina perform at the Sunflower Festival.
Felicia
Felicia
Voiced by: Olga Merediz
Elena's childhood friend, having grown into an older woman 41 years later.
- Affectionate Nickname: Elena calls her "Feli".
- Intergenerational Friendship: As a result of Elena not aging during her time in the amulet, she remains a teenager while Felicia is almost an elderly woman.
- Meaningful Name: Her name means "happy" in Latin. A common Latin phrase was tempora felicia, meaning "happy times", which befits that she hasn't been happy since her husband passed away.
Rocco Villalobos
Rocco Villalobos
Voiced by: Allen Maldonado
A member of the Villalobos family and a teammate of Antonia during royal guardsmen tryouts.
- The Ace: As he comes from a military family, he's very skilled at whatever tasks that members of the Royal Guard need to do, including training exercises or displaying leadership. The only thing he's been beaten at is fencing.
- Distressed Dude: He's held captive by the pirate captain that attacks him and his teammates, and after he's freed by Antonia, he slips up by getting too close to the cornered captain that he's taken hostage again. What happens in the latter scenario gives Gabe ground to wash him out of tryouts.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Downplayed as he's a jerkass at best, but he does seem to love his family, including his brother Nacho.
- Hate Sink: He's an unpleasant, arrogant jerkass who is also vaguely sexist.
- Laser-Guided Karma: He's a jerkass during the entire duration of the tryouts and is part of why he gets washed out.
- Meaningful Name:
- His name has one different syllable than Rico, who is either one of his brothers or is a cousin.
- His name may have originated from the Old Germanic word "rohōn", which means "to roar", especially in reference to a battle cry.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: He makes fun of Antonia by saying that she should go back to sewing instead of joining the guard, is envious of her when she bests him at their fencing exercise, and tricks their fellow cadets into abandoning her in the labyrinth test.
Nacho Villalobos
Nacho Villalobos
Voiced by: Dustin Ybarra
A member of the Villalobos family and a teammate of Antonia during royal guardsmen tryouts.
- Dirty Coward: When their training exercise is interrupted by a real pirate attack, Nacho abandons his teammates to climb up on a pole where no one can reach him. As a result, Gabe washes him out from the tryouts.
- Dumb Muscle: He's not very bright nor is he very skilled, and muscle alone won't get you into the Royal Guard.
- Meaningful Name: He's rather large, so a (nick)name like Nacho suggests that he's a Big Eater.
- Nice Guy: When he's not following Rocco, he's a decent guy.
- Paper Tiger: As big as he is, he has no spine, running and hiding when the pirates attack.
- Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?: Presumably, it's a nickname.
Vallestrella
Jaquins
In General
Jaquins
A mighty species of talking (and singing!) jaguars with wings of the macaw. Although they hail from the realm of the Jaquins, Vallestrella, they are a symbol of Avalor's pride and serve as the guardians of the kingdom.
They are based off of the Mexican alebrijes.
- Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Fittingly for creatures based on alebrijes, they seem to come in every color under the sun.
- Mix-and-Match Critters: They're jaguars with macaw wings.
- Panthera Awesome: They're half jaguar.
- Reed Richards Is Useless: It's made clear that they hold no affection for Shuriki and her rule over Avalor, but why they never did anything about it is not elaborated. Judging by how Migs, Luna, and Skylar initially dismiss Sofia as one of Shuriki's allies, it may suggest that they're not allowed to dabble in human affairs.
- Sapient Steed: They're fully sapient with their own kingdom in another realm.
- Vegetarian Carnivore: In one episode, Migs, Luna, and Skylar are seen eating coconuts. Possibly justified by their macaw side. Then again, in Elena and the Secret of Avalor, they're also seen eating roasted chicken/turkey, ham, and bread.
King Verago
Verago
Voiced by: André Sogliuzzo
The current king of the Jaquins, having ruled for fifty years. He is also the father of Skylar and Nico.
- Bait-and-Switch Comment: After Skylar argues to him that he needs to have more faith in Elena (who had inadvertently led to Marimonda's freedom), it seems he is about to scold him... and then he applauds him for being responsible for what he believes in.
- Big Good: As the king of Jaquins, he's this.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Strict and overbearing as he is, he's just looking out for his kingdom.
- Loophole Abuse: There are no second chances to pass the Guardian test. But since Nico proved his worth in the field, Verago gave him the position anyway, as what he did was bigger than any test.
- Misplaced Wildlife: Averted. Jaguars can also be born with black fur like leopards.
- Missing Mom: His wife is apparently gone, as he tells his sons after the Marimonda incident that she would be proud of them.
- Older Than They Look: He's over fifty years old.
- Panthera Awesome: He's a fusion of a black jaguar and a macaw.
- Properly Paranoid: He's strict about not letting humans into Vallestrella, as there had already been an incident in the past where the jaquins had to fight off a monster that the humans had freed the last time they visited. Elena accidentally allows Victor and Carla to enter when they sneak into the portal behind her.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Gives this to Elena and the jaquins accompanying her for entering Vallestrella, as it could've resulted (and does) in a Sealed Evil in a Can there being freed by humans sneaking in behind them.
Chief Zephyr
Chief Zephyr
Voiced by: Jess Harnell
The leader of the jaquin guardians based in Avalor.
- Distressed Dude: In "Father-in-Chief", when Troyo kidnaps him.
- Meaningful Name: "Zephyr" is a literary term for "breeze".
- Reasonable Authority Figure: While somewhat strict, he's ultimately just trying to be there for the Jaquins.
Nico, Ciela, & Avion
Nico, Ciela, & Avion
Voiced by: Wilbur Zaldivar, Jenna Lea Rosen, and Lincoln Melcher, respectively
Three new jaquin cadets being trained by Skylar. Nico is Skylar's brother and is a fun-loving prankster, while Ciela is gung-ho and Avion is unsure of himself.
- Big Brother Worship: Nico has a great relationship with Skylar.
- Meaningful Name:
- Nico is a name derived from the Greek goddess of victory, Nike. One of her symbols was a pair of wings.
- Ciela is the female version of "cielo", a Spanish word that means "heaven".
- Avion is derived from the Latin root word "avis", which means "bird".
- Toxic Friend Influence: Nico serves as this to Skylar.
Mingo, Zoom, & Estrella
Mingo, Zoom, & Estrella
Voiced by: Desmond Gerber, Maximus Riegel, and Gia Lopez, respectively
Migs and Dulce' cubs.
- Adorably Precocious Child: Describes all three of them, as they often imitate older, more serious jaquins.
- Hero-Worshipper: They all positively adore their father.
- Meaningful Name:
- "Zoom" means to move quickly.
- "Estrella" is Spanish for "star."
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: Anyone who sees them in and out of universe often remark about how adorable they are.
Rayo
Rayo
Voiced by: Desmond Gerber
A young jaquin cub.
- Big Eater: Luna exploits his hunger for anoki berries in order to catch him.
Tornado
Tornado
Voiced by: Jenifer Lewis
An elite member of the King's Guard.
- The Ace: While all members of the Guard are exceptional, Tornado surpasses even that standard and is the only member of the Guard to actually catch two dragallos.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's tough, stern, and strict, but there's no denying she will do anything to protect others. She can also recognize when others can do good without messing up.
Jinx
Jinx
Voiced by: Jim Cummings
A jaquin guard.
- Toxic Friend Influence: He persuades Skylar to use his king-for-a-day authority to let him and the rest of the guard take a day off at the forbidden Agua Dulce Pond.
Eddie
Sunbirds
Quita Moz
Voiced by: Cheech Marin
The last of the sun bird oracles, a group that had sealed away Marimonda in the past. His whereabouts became unknown, though he was rumored to be hiding in the mountains.
- Big Good: As the last sun bird oracle in Vallestrella, he is this.
- Expy: Of Quetzalcoatl, who was also a feathered serpent god.
- Feathered Serpent: As an Expy of Quetzalcoatl, he resembles a large, serpentine reptiles with birdlike wings, a feathered crest, and a head based on those of Mesoamerican serpent statues.
- The Mentor: He teaches Elena how to use the Scepter, as he's the only one who remembers how, along with three others.
- Seers: He hears the voices of the flames and sees visions in them, which tell of events past, present, and future.
- Taught by Experience: Since his visions are limited, he often fills in the blanks with his own experience. He didn't know that Elena would need her illusion power to trap Marimonda, but he figured it would probably come in handy.
- Trickster Mentor: In the 'Scepter Training with Zuzo' videos he pretends to be a human thief in order to push Elena to learn how to use her scepter in battle.
- Vagueness Is Coming: The flames tell him of a darkness coming and a test waiting for Elena, but no specifics. He notes that he's not omniscient and what he sees and hears in the flames is often inexact.
Lama, Hool, and Qapa
Lama, Hool, and Qapa
Voiced by: Whoopi Goldberg (Lama), Cloris Leachman (Hool, adult), Kate Micucci (Hool, child), Tony Plana (Qapa)
A trio of sunbirds that help Elena master the Scepter of Light.
- Cast from Hit Points: Hool does this to restore the magical power of the Scepter of Light, but Elena tries to find a way to save her.
- Cool Old Guy: Hool is the nicest and most optimistic of the three.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Qapa is gruff and bitter, but always willing to give help to others.
- Only Sane Man: Qapa. He may be a grouch, but compared to the hard-of-hearing Lama and the Sleepyhead Hool, he generally has the best grasp on what's going on.
- Running Gag: Lama is hard of hearing, so she often mishears what is being said around her.
- Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!: Lama invokes this, being critical and short-tempered. Qapa is a more downplayed example, being merely gruff and grumpy.
- Sleepyhead: Hool has a habit of drifting off to sleep. Even as a child.
Others
Bruce
Bruce
Voiced by: Mick Wingert
"ARGHHH! YOU'RE BLOCKING MY SUN!"
A recurring butterfrog who just wants to sunbathe in peace.
- Anti-Hero: He's not a nice guy but he's not evil either. That said, he doesn't seem to care either way about who you are as long as you're not blocking his sun or setting him off. Ask Troyo or the jaquin guards.
- Berserk Button: Blocking his sun.
- Enemy Mine: He does temporarily help the heroes catch Troyo and turn him into a butterfrog in "Father-In-Chief".
Dragallos
Dragallos
Voiced by:' Dee Bradley Baker
A species of creatures that never stops eating. Three of them—Stilts, Big Mouth, and Roly—escape from their glen and begin wrecking havoc on Vallestrella.
- Big Eater: A defining trait of their species.
The Spirit World
Spirits
Amalay
Amalay
Voiced by: Genesis Rodriguez
The ghost of the last royal wizard of Maru.
- Guardian Entity: She guards the Jewel of Maru.
- Nice Girl: Once you get on her good side, she follows this.
El Guapo
El Guapo
Voiced by: David DeSantos
A skilled but arrogant general. He died long ago, but his ghost possessed his sword and can also possess anyone who wields it.
- Unsportsmanlike Gloating: He constantly brags at and insults his competition.
Doña Angelica
Doña Angelica
Voiced by: Ivonne Coll
The grandmother of Julio and Carmen. She returns as a ghost during the Day of the Dead, and she seeks Elena's help to stop her grandchildren from selling the family restaurant.
- Always with You: In "The Incredible Shrinking Royals", while Julio sings "In Her Honor" about how he'll work hard as the Magister of Trade in honor of his late abuela, he looks at his locket containing a picture of her and asks her to send him a sign that she's listening. Momentarily, a flower blows onto his locket.
- Meaningful Name: "Angelica" is derived from "angel", referencing the fact that she's a Posthumous Character that appears as a ghost.
- Posthumous Character: She passed away at some point before "A Day to Remember", but she returns as a ghost every Dia de Los Muertos.
- Scatterbrained Senior: Her forgetfulness causes problems when she tries to help Elena find her old cookbook.
El Guerrero and El Mistico
El Guerrero and El Mistico
Voiced by: Jorge Gutierrez (El Guerrero), Freddy Rodriguez (El Mistico)
The ghosts of two vigilantes who, when they were alive, worked with Francisco as the trio known as the Los Tres to fight crime and protect Avalor.
- Vigilante Man: Both of them were these.
Guillermo
Guillermo
Voiced by: Eugenio Derbez
A musician. Having spent his entire life to himself, he decides to ruin Dia de Los Muertos with the help of Sanza after having had enough of never being mourned in the living world.
- Easily Forgiven: He's forgiven for his actions after he confesses why he did what he did.
- Friendless Background: He was so focused on his music that he never loved anyone or made friends with anyone, leading to him dying alone and not even being missed by anyone in the living world.
Ricardo
Ricardo
Voiced by: Rene Mujica
Felicia's late husband.
- Happily Married: He dearly loves his wife and wants her to be happy even after his passing.
- I Thought You Were Dead: After being able to interact with spirits via Elena and going to the Spirit World, Felicia becomes worried that something may have happened to her husband's spirit when she struggles to find him. It turns out he hadn't gotten to the living world yet and was stuck there when Elena and Felicia traveled to the Spirit World. When the couple reunite, Ricardo initially thinks she died, but she explains it as It's a Long Story.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: A variation. Once he reunites with Felicia as a spirit, he tells her that he was saddened to see that she had stopped dancing because of his death and wants her to continue dancing and being happy.
Spirit animals
Cacahuate
Cacahuate
Voiced by: Richard Kind
Mateo's hapless spirit animal. He has the form of a sloth.
- Ambiguously Gay: He's seen dancing hand-in-hand with Bobo in "Flower of Light".
- The Eeyore: He is profoundly gloomy.
- Non-Indicative Name: "Cacahuate" is Spanish for "peanut".
Bobo
Bobo
Voiced by: Max Mittelman
An incompetent wannabe spirit animal. He has the form of a monkey.
- Ambiguously Gay: He's seen dancing hand-in-hand with Cachuate in "Flower of Light".
- Back for the Finale: He returns for a substantial role in "Coronation Day", helping Elena when she gets stuck in the dark side of the spirit world, and becoming part of her Olaball team.
- Everyone Has Standards: At least he's willing to respect the rules of Olaball.
- Mischief-Making Monkey: Thanks to his terrible advice, he causes all kinds of mischief in Avalor.
- Motor Mouth: Fitting his mischievous nature, he speaks fast and free.
- Obliviously Evil: He's completely unaware of how much trouble his bad advice causes.
Grand Macaw
Grand Macaw
Voiced by: Patrick Warburton
The ruler of the dark side of the Spirit World.
- Actor Allusion: He shares his voice with Kronk, who was a Mesoamerican Number Two to the Big Bad of The Emperor's New Groove.
- He thinks it's hilarious that Troyo was transformed into another animal against his will.
- Blue-and-Orange Morality: He can do things like send living people stuck in the Spirit World back to the living world, but refuses because he doesn't see why anyone would want to miss out on his parties that only the Spirit World has, regardless of whether they're good or evil. He pits Elena and Ash in an Absurdly High-Stakes Game of olaball with no rules and states that the loser gets to be in the "lowest of the realms" and the winner gets to be in the "highest of the realms"... meaning that whoever loses goes back to the living world — a place that is awful in his opinion — while the winner gets to stay with him and party forever, which is a totally awesome fate to him.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Is based on the Mayan demon Vucub Caquix and is the lord of the underworld, yet he just wants to party.
- Everybody Has Standards: He's obnoxious, but even he thinks Flo is annoying.
- Fratbro: Has elements of this, being an obnoxious big dude who parties hard 24/7, is into sports, is apparently a king but doesn't act like it, and doesn't care what anyone else thinks.
- Inspired by…: The Grand Macaw is based on Vucub-Caquix, a bird demon (whose name possibly means "seven-Macaw") in the Popol Vuh that was defeated by the story's Mayan hero twins.
