- “Keep us close to your heart, and we will never be far.
We love you so much, Elenita.
I love you, too.” - ―Queen Lucia, King Raul, and Elena[src]
King Raul and Queen Lucia are minor characters in the Disney Channel animated series Elena of Avalor. They are the late parents of princesses Elena and Isabel and the former rulers of Avalor. Before Elena, Queen Lucia was the bearer of the Amulet of Avalor and King Raul was the bearer of the Scepter of Light.
Background[]
Elena's parents were the rulers of Avalor before Elena. By Elena's fifteenth birthday, Lucia gave her the Amulet of Avalor saying that it would always protect her from harm. A year later, Lucia and King Raul were arriving back to Avalor Castle while being chased by the evil sorceress, Shuriki, in the process. Once Lucia and Raul returned to the castle, Elena saw Shuriki cast a spell to murder them. However, Elena is able to avenge their deaths by destroying Shuriki's wand and ending her tyranny over Avalor, reclaiming the throne as Crown Princess.
In the episode "A Day to Remember", both make a ghostly non-speaking appearance. Elena, thanks to her new ability to see ghosts, sees them standing next to the tomb and altar that had been set up for them on the Day of the Dead. They smile at both their daughters as Elena assures Isabel that their parents are there with them.
In the episode "The Princess Knight", it is revealed that Queen Lucia was Avalor's greatest fencer and almost won the Swordsman Tournament Cup, only to have her opponent cheat by breaking her wrist, so she had no choice, but to forfeit. Years later, Elena, while carrying a picture of her mom, righted that wrong when she defeated the son of Lucia's opponent and won the tournament dedicating the win in her honor.
In the season two episode "The Jewel of Maru", King Raul and Queen Lucia appear before Elena again as it was once more Dia de los Muertos after Elena had been unable to stop Victor and Carla Delgado from stealing the Jewel of Maru and escaping. After Elena tells them that she believes she's failed her test forewarned by Quita Moz that she has to pass to become Queen, Raul and Lucia comfort their daughter and explain to her that she should not be worried about the test. She just needs to do what she believes is best for Avalor as she never gave up, even during her imprisonment in the Amulet of Avalor. Thanks to their advice and encouragement, Elena was able to retrieve the Jewel of Maru and seal it away for good, then upon returning to her parents' grave, tells them that she'll see them again next year.
Raul and Lucia reappear in flashbacks of their murder by Shuriki in the episodes "Rise of the Sorceress" and "The Race for the Realm", when Elena is reminded of their deaths every time she lays eyes on Shuriki or is haunted by that tragic moment in her life. Shuriki, for her part, gloats about murdering the beloved king and queen at every opportunity, even stomping on and breaking Queen Lucia's favorite tiara after stealing its magic jewel to craft a new wand.
In the season three episode "Flower of Light", their spirits are seen when their eldest daughter and her childhood friend Felecia go to the spirit world to rekindle the mystical Flower of Light.
They appear again in flashbacks in "Dia de las Madres", where Elena uses her Truesight vision to show Luisa her favorite Mother's Day and sees them. The both of them are shown helping Luisa in La Vida Dulce, but Raul winds up making a mistake when he adds salt instead of sugar. Later, they pose for the Dia de las Madres portrait with the rest of the family despite still having chocolate all over them, preferring to remember how much fun they all had.
Raul and Lucia make their last and biggest role in the finale "Coronation Day", when Elena was stuck in the Spirit World because of her anger to go after Esteban instead of Ash. Elena enlists the help from her parents to help her win an olaball game to get out of the dark side of the Spirit World. Elena was growing angry when Ash's team was winning. Raul and Lucia called a timeout where they heard her anger. Raul revealed he was responsible for Shuriki's invasion of Avalor as he stopped her from invading their allies, but he never thought she would turn her attention to conquering Avalor in revenge, and ignoring Esteban's warning that this could happen caused Raul and Lucia to lose their lives and the kingdom. They also reveal that they knew Esteban helped Shuriki, but aren't mad at him for what he did and have forgiven him. Lucia told Elena that her parents will always be in her heart, but being angry and taking revenge on Esteban for having an inadvertent part in their deaths won't bring them back to life and will only lead to her making bad decisions. This revelation hits Elena like a ton of bricks, but it also gives her closure, and makes her realize that she was too hard on Esteban by exiling him and gets her to understand the Grand Macaw considers the dark side of the Spirit World as "the highest of heights". When Elena loses the match and is allowed to go back to Avalor, Raul and Lucia say goodbye to her for the last time before returning to the light side of the Spirit World.
Trivia[]
- King Raul is held in high esteem by his eldest daughter, Elena.
- Queen Lucia wore the Amulet of Avalor before giving it to Elena for her fifteenth birthday.
- "Navidad" featured "Castillo Park" and Elena's full name is twice recited (Elena Castillo Flores), indicating that one of her parents' surnames is Castillo and the other is Flores. In Spanish custom, the first surname is usually the father's first surname, and the second the mother's first surname. In recent years, the order of the surnames can be reversed at birth if it’s so decided by the parents. Since it was revealed Francisco and Luisa's last names are Flores, that would mean Raul's last name is Castillo.
- Queen Lucia is seen wearing a blue and yellow sash in her official royal portrait, one identical to the one Chancellor Esteban wears, making it possible that Esteban wears the queen's old sash out of remembrance.
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