Madrigal

Madrigal was a thriving human Outer Colony world in the 23 Librae system, and is the only planet within the star's habitable zone. It was the closest world to Harvest in 2525, and in 2528 Madrigal followed Harvest to become one of the first human colonies to be glassed by the Covenant.

Locations

 * Nueva Lima
 * Castra
 * Castra Arcology

Known residents

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

Human-Covenant war
The Covenant arrived in the 23 Librae system in 2528. While the United Nations Space Command battled the Covenant, it was the planet's insurrectionists and rebels that had gathered the planet's civilians and helped them escape the Fall of Madrigal. Many civilians of Madrigal evacuated the planet aboard freighters and cargo ships. The Sangheili Thel 'Vadamee, a future Arbiter, participated in the destruction of Madrigal. Despite being prepared for the Covenant since Harvest was glassed in 2525, Madrigal's defenses failed. Madrigal became the sixth human colony to be glassed by the Covenant, following Harvest, Second Base, Green Hills, Bliss and Biko. The survivors fled to the asteroids trailing the nearby gas giant Hesiod, which they nicknamed the Rubble.

In 2535, Covenant ships, the Retribution's Thunder and A Psalm Every Day, entered the system in search for Kig-Yar "rebels" hiding in the Rubble. The Covenant searched Madrigal's surface to make sure the Kig-Yar were not hiding on the planet. With help from the crew of the frigate and SPARTAN Gray Team, the Rubble was evacuated after the battles of the Rubble and Metisette, using Habitat Exodus to reach UNSC-controlled space.

Silver Timeline
In 2552, the Covenant attacked an Insurrectionist outpost on Madrigal while searching for a Forerunner artifact in a nearby cave system. Despite the intervention of Spartan-II Silver Team, all of the Insurrectionists were wiped out except for teenager Kwan Ha. The attacking Sangheili were wiped out by the Spartans and their Phantom was captured by the UNSC, but a single Sangheili managed to escape in a Banshee to report to the Prophet of Mercy. John-117 retrieved the artifact from the cave system before leaving the planet with Kwan Ha.

Trivia

 * Madrigal is a city in Bungie's Myth series. It serves as the namesake of Siege of Madrigal, a musical piece from Myth: The Fallen Lords. This song serves as an Easter egg in all the Bungie Halo games.
 * The names of most known Madrigali residents, as well as the names of places they established on the Rubble, seem to indicate that much of Madrigal's population was of Hispanic heritage.
 * Given that Nueva Lima is named for the capital of Peru, it is possible that a significant portion of Madrigal's population was of Peruvian descent.

List of appearances

 * Halo 3
 * Halo: Contact Harvest
 * Halo: The Cole Protocol
 * Halo 3: ODST Pre-mission Evaluation
 * Halo 3: ODST
 * Halo: Evolutions
 * Dirt
 * Halo: Reach
 * Data pads
 * Halo Living Monument
 * Halo 4
 * Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo
 * Halo: The Television Series