Editing Madrigal

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Disambig header|the planet|the music piece from Myth|Siege of Madrigal}}
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'''Madrigal''' was a thriving [[human]] [[Outer Colony]] [[planet|world]] in the [[23 Librae]] system,{{Ref/Novel|TCP|Page=13}} and is the only planet within the star's habitable zone.{{Ref/Novel|Id=cp155|TCP|Page=155}} It was the closest world to [[Harvest]] in [[2525]],{{Ref/Novel|HCH|Page=24}} and in [[2528]] Madrigal joined Harvest on the list of human colonies to have been [[Glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=CP7|TCP|Chapter=7}}

==Overview==
===Topography===
====Locations====
*[[Nueva Lima]]
*[[Castra]]
**[[Castra Arcology]]

===Known residents===
*[[Kojo Agu]]
*[[Peter Bonifacio]]
*[[Ignatio Delgado]]
*[[Maria Esquival]]
*[[Diego Esquival]]
*[[Rodriquez]]

==History==
===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 [[insurrectionist]]s and rebels that had gathered the planet's civilians and helped them escape the [[Fall of Madrigal]].{{Ref/Novel|TCP|Page=70}} Many civilians of Madrigal evacuated the planet aboard [[freighter]]s and cargo ships.{{Ref/Novel|TCP|Page=41}} The [[Sangheili]] [[Thel 'Vadam]]ee, a future [[Arbiter]], participated in the destruction of Madrigal.{{Ref/Novel|TCP|Page=146}} Despite being prepared for the Covenant since Harvest was glassed in [[2525]], Madrigal's defenses failed and the planet was [[Glassing|glassed]].{{Ref/Reuse|CP7}}{{Ref/Comic|HWG}}{{Ref/Note|The ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' [[data pads]] list Madrigal as among the eight human colonies to have been glassed by [[2530]]. However, as numerous other colonies besides those eight are known to have been glassed prior to 2530, this information is suspect, especially given that the information is from in-universe documentation created by [[the Assembly]], which might not be aware of the other colonies' destruction.}} The survivors fled to the asteroids trailing the nearby gas giant [[Hesiod]], which they nicknamed [[the Rubble]].{{Ref/Novel|TCP|Page=11}}

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.{{Ref/Reuse|cp155}} With help from the crew of the [[UNSC light frigate|frigate]] {{UNSCShip|Midsummer Night}} and [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN]] [[Gray Team]], the Rubble was evacuated after the [[Battle of the Rubble|battles of the Rubble]] and [[Battle of Metisette|Metisette]], using [[Habitat Exodus]] to reach UNSC-controlled space.{{Citation needed}}

==Non-canon and dubious canon appearances==
===Silver Timeline===
[[File:HTV-Idontlikesand.png|thumb|250px|A city on the surface of Madrigal.]]
{{Main|Silver Timeline}}
In [[2552]], the [[Covenant]] [[Attack on Madrigal|attacked]] an [[Insurrectionist]] outpost on Madrigal while searching for a [[Forerunner]] [[Madrigal Forerunner artifact|artifact]] in a nearby cave system. Despite the intervention of [[SPARTAN-II program|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 [[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantom]] was captured by the UNSC, but a single Sangheili managed to escape in a Banshee to report to the [[Prophet of Mercy/Silver|Prophet of Mercy]]. [[John-117]] retrieved the artifact from the cave system before leaving the planet with Kwan Ha.{{Ref/Film|TV|Episode=Contact}}

==Trivia==
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*Madrigal is a [[city]] in [[Bungie]]'s [http://myth.bungie.org/ ''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.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:HTV_MadrigalHouse_Concept_1.jpg|Concept art of Madrigal for ''Halo: The Television Series''.
File:HTV_MadrigalHouse_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of Madrigal for ''Halo: The Television Series''.
File:HTV MadrigalExplosion Concept.jpg|Concept art of an explosion at the Madrigal tether base.
File:HTV_MadrigalTowers_Concept.jpg|Concept art of infrastructure on the planet.
File:HTV_MadrigalMarket_Concept.jpg|Concept art of a market on Madrigal.
File:HTV_MadrigalCave_Concept.jpg|Concept art of John-117 inside a cave on Madrigal.
File:HTV-Contact-Drugs.jpg|Flora that could be used as recreational drugs on Madrigal in ''[[Halo: The Television Series]]''.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{C|Mentioned in ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'' only}}
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 3: ODST Pre-mission Evaluation]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
**''[[Dirt]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Data pads]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Living Monument]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: The Television Series]]'' {{C|Silver Timeline appearance}}
**''[[Contact]]''
**''[[Unbound]]''
**''[[Emergence]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Homecoming (TV Series)|Homecoming]]''
**''[[Reckoning]]''
**''[[Inheritance]]''

==Notes==
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==Sources==
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