Madrigal

Madrigal was a thriving UNSC Outer Colony world in the 23 Librae system, and is the only planet within 23 Librae's habitable zone. It was the closest world to Harvest in 2525, and in 2528 Madrigal followed Harvest to become the fourth known colony glassed by the Covenant. Second Base and Green Hills were the two colonies lost just after Harvest fell. The survivors fled to the asteroids, nicknamed the Rubble, trailing the gas giant Hesiod. Later, with the help of the UNSC Midsummer Night and Spartan Gray Team, the Rubble was evacuated after the Battle of the Rubble and the Battle of Metisette, using the habitat Exodus to reach UNSC controled space and saftey once more to the excitment of everyone to have survivors back from behind enemy lines. Before this happened, two Covenant ships returned to Madrigal, having tracked "stolen" Covenant weapons to that system and found it completly glassed with no sign of survivors. The future Arbiter, Thel Vadamee fought in the destruction of Madrigal.

The names of known residents of Madrigal indicate that it may have had a large Hispanic population.

Notable Residents

 * Kojo Agu
 * Peter Bonifacio
 * Ignatio Delgado
 * Maria Esquival
 * Diego Esquival
 * Rodriquez

Trivia

 * Kojo Agu spent the first four years of his life on Madrigal.
 * Madrigal was a city in Bungie's Myth series, as well in the Siege of Madrigal, a music piece from Myth. While the song had been in the Halo franchise as an Easter Egg for some time, it was only upon publication of Halo: Contact Harvest that its namesake became canon.
 * Most of Madrigal's population seemed to be of Latino or Hispanic descent. This may be connected to the fact that the planet is named after localities in Spain on Earth, such as Madrigal de las Altas Torres and Madrigal del Monte, municipalities in Castile and León and Madrid, Spain.
 * Ignatio Delgado and Maria Esquival were evacuated from the city of Nueva Lima when they were both 14 years old, immediately before Madrigal was glassed. Their parents loaded them onto an Insurrectionist cargo ship containing many refugee children.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Contact Harvest
 * Halo: The Cole Protocol
 * Halo 3: ODST