Victor Delgado is a major antagonist (later a redeemed villain and a major protagonist) in Disney Channel/Disney Junior's 2016 television series Elena of Avalor. He is the ex-husband of Ash Delgado, father of Carla Delgado, and the childhood friend of Chancellor Esteban and Crown Princess Elena
Background[]
During King Raul's reign, Victor's father was the Royal Treasurer of Avalor. During Victor's childhood, he would visit the palace, and would become friends with Queen Lucia's nephew, Esteban and daughter, Princess Elena. He and Esteban would often race through the palace and Esteban would always finish second for which Victor nicknamed him El Segundo. He, Esteban, and Princess Elena would play in the garden and cook in the afternoon. Despite this, Victor had developed an inferiority complex due to the mockery he received from his peers. This would eventually lead him to crave power in his teenage years. He and Esteban would encounter Shuriki, the evil sorceress of the Northern Islands, who would offer them as much power as they craved in exchange for their help in her invasion of the kingdom. Victor and Esteban obliged, believing they would profit from the deal.
During the eve of Carnaval, Victor and Esteban secretly harbored Shuriki onto the coast of Avalor, before revealing the location of the King and Queen and sneaking her past the sentries into the city. From then on out, Shuriki had overthrown the royal family, attacking and killing King Raul and Queen Lucia, striking down and supposedly offing Princess Elena in subsequence, and leaving Queen Lucia's parents and second daughter Isabel trapped in an indestructible magic painting. Despite Victor's accessory to Shuriki's victory, the evil sorceress, in violation of their deal, had banished him and his family from Avalor, an act that had went unchallenged due to the compliance of a docile Esteban, who was made Chancellor of Avalor instead of Victor.
In the 41 years that had passed since the Delgados' original exile from Avalor, Victor would feel no remorse for his treason, and grew up with a continued craving for power, feeling betrayed by Esteban and Avalor as a whole for his efforts. At some point in his adulthood, he met and married a woman known as Ash, of whom they both had a daughter; Carla. When Carla was young, Victor had made an agreement with Ash for her to leave for one year to become a malvago so that, upon her return, he can be trained in dark magic, and become powerful enough to conquer Avalor. However, after 7 years of absence, Ash was presumed dead by her family. In Ash's absence, Victor and Carla would eventually become wanderers, always being on the move and resorting to a life of crime. He would soon come across his old ally Shuriki, who had been overthrown and left for dead by Princess Elena after losing her wand. The deposed sorceress renewed her previous alliance with Victor, promising to make him and his daughter malvagos to sieze Avalor alongside her in exchange for his servitude of restoring her powers.
Personality[]
During most of his appearances in the series, Victor was ruthless, cruel, and selfish and would often cause mischief to almost everywhere he went. And as of proven by the episode of King of the Carnaval, he was a crook starting at a very young age, especially around the palace. He even betrayed the kingdom and his friend Esteban to get what Victor and his daughter wants which was Princess Elena's mother's tiara.
Despite this, Victor has a loving father-daughter relationship with his daughter Carla and cares about her and her safety. He even took her to a cottage for safety during a snow storm, which was also the place where he reunited with his wife Ash Delgado. Therefore, even right after their reunification and until the end of the series, Victor had an extremely strained relationship with Ash.
During in the middle of the third season, Victor saw his daughter about to fall of the cliff, Ash on the other hand, only cared about going to Takaina. However, Victor chose to save his daughter and refuse to go with his wife since he almost lost his most beloved daughter that day, this incident leads to Victor and Ash being a divorced couple. Ash responds to her husband by turning him into stone, which also causes Carla to not go anywhere with her mother.
As of proven by this, Victor and Carla later gained trust and helped Elena and her kingdom defeat Ash and the Shadows of the Night.
Role in the Series[]
Season 1[]
Victor first appears in "King of the Carnaval." During the first Carnaval parade following Shuriki's fall from power, Victor Delgado returns to his childhood home, with his young daughter Carla. Victor appears to the royal family, who soon recognize him as the son of the late King Raul's royal treasurer and greet him with welcome arms (save for Esteban). Victor explains to Elena that Shuriki had forced him and his family to flee after her invasion, and that he has returned to show his daughter where he grew up now that the kingdom is safe. During his visit, he constantly taunts Esteban in private, showing a sign of bitterness and resentment.
During Victor's stay, he attempts to break into the royal treasury to steal the crown jewels after being shown a tour of the treasury by Elena. When Esteban catches him in the act, Victor deflects by reminding Esteban of their old partnership with Shuriki, in which they helped her invade Avalor with the intent to rule it alongside her. He then scolds Esteban for not doing anything to stop Shuriki when she banished the Delgados from Avalor in violation to their deal. Finally, he blackmails Esteban into helping him rob the Royal Treasury of Avalor by threatening to tell the Royal Family and the whole kingdom he helped Shuriki invade Avalor if he refuses. However, Elena is the one to come out with the jewels. When Esteban comes back out, he explains Elena caught him and he had to give her the jewels to cover himself. Victor tells him to get the jewels back with their sleight of hand tricks or he'll tell them about what he did to his family. To ensure that Esteban succeeds, Victor takes control of the float and gives the Royal Family a bumpy ride. When Esteban comes back with the jewels, Victor demands that he gets Queen Lucia's tiara. Esteban tells him that that's because Elena's wearing it and he'll be seen. Victor orders Carla to get rid of the others and take the tiara. Esteban tells him he has enough jewels but Victor refuses to leave without the tiara, prompting Esteban to stop the coach. Furious, Victor informs Esteban's betrayal to Elena. Whilst Elena is distracted, Carla steals the tiara, and Victor imprisons the cousins in the float. However, Victor and Carla are stopped by the Carnaval Parade long enough for Elena and Esteban to instigate a chase. Victor and Carla are soon apprehended by Elena, her family, and her subjects. Angered by their actions and seeing they no longer deserve asylum in Avalor, Elena banishes Victor and Carla forever, once again making the Delgados outcasts in the kingdom. However, Victor vows to return for the tiara and get revenge.
Near the end of the season in the hour long special, "Realm of the Jaquins," Victor and Carla sneak back into Avalor on the anniversary of Elena's coronation as Crown Princess, sabotaging the search and rescue test for Skylar's little brother Nico that would make him a Guardian of Avalor under Chief Zephyr. As a result, as Nico is forced to return to Vallestrella in shame. Victor and Carla use the opportunity to enter Vallestrella (following Elena, who illegally enters the jaquins' realm) to retrieve a magical gemstone. In the process, they release the forest sprite Marimonda, and convince her to invade Avalor. Victor and Carla then interrupt Elena's attempt to capture Marimonda right before she could escape through the portal to Avalor, revealing themselves to be the ones responsible for Marimonda's release. Before Elena can stop them, they escape back to Avalor with Marimonda. However, while Elena and King Verago deal with Marimonda, it gives Victor and Carla time to escape back to the cabin of an old friend of Victor's, Shuriki. Despite Shuriki's betrayal of Victor when she took over 42 years ago, Shuriki is grateful for the gemstone Victor brought from Vallestrella that restores her youth that she lost when Elena stole and destroyed her wand. With Shuriki's youth restored, the sorceress declares that she still needs more magic, and that when her powers are fully restored, she will transform the Delgados into malvagos so that the three of them will get revenge on Elena and take over Avalor once and for all.
Season 2[]
Victor returns as the secondary antagonist of Season 2 alongside Carla. In the first half the second season, they serve Shuriki, bent on becoming malvagos and seeking out power that will help the three of them conquer the kingdom. In the premiere episode, "The Jewel of Maru," Victor and Carla are sent into Tepet Muul to seek out the titular Jewel of Maru, which can grant her enough power to forge a new wand. Victor is frightful of the temple, knowing the stories of ghosts that haunt the capital city. Thanks to the efforts of Elena as well as the spirit of the Scepter of Night's creator, Amaláy, the Jewel of Maru is secured, although Victor and Carla escape.
In the next episode "Royal Rivalry," Victor, Carla, and Shuriki attempt to head to Paraíso to find another jewel that can help Shuriki craft a new wand. They crash their coach on the bumpy road and are forced to trek on horses. However, due to the peace treaty between the now ex-rival kingdoms of Avalor and Paraíso, the border between the two kingdoms is on high alert, trapping Shuriki and the Delgados in Avalor and forcing them to change their plans.
From "A Spy in the Palace" to "Rise of the Sorceress" Victor and Shuriki send Carla into Avalor, enchanted with a shapeshifting potion that disguises her. Carla (under the fake name of Rita Perez) infiltrates the palace in hopes of stealing Queen Lucia's tiara to craft a new wand for Shuriki. However, after several failures, she soon discovers the petrified body of the evil malvago Fiero whom Mateo had defeated nearly 2 years prior, and that a reversal potion for the spell exists. With this new information, Victor, Carla, and Shuriki steal the potion and revive Fiero. Complying with Fiero's demands, they first steal pages of Mateo's Codex Maru, before invading the treasury and stealing the tiara, which gives Shuriki a new wand. The Delgados accompany Shuriki as she invades the palace and ambushes Elena and Naomi, revealing their allegiance to the evil sorceress; However, the wand is destroyed by Elena's scepter, prompting them to leave. The pages that Fiero stole from the Codex reveal a new artifact that can help defeat Princess Elena; The Scepter of Night. In exchange for helping her achieve it, Fiero demands to be made the Royal Malvago, much to the anger of Victor and Carla.
In "The Scepter of Night" and "Race to the Realm," Victor aids Shuriki and co. in finding the three pieces of the Scepter of Night. Their forces are expanded through Cruz and Vestia, exiled Jaquins from Vaestrella, who were being hid by Troyo, the outlaw who Victor and Carla found on their travels. Fiero transforms the Delgados into powerful malvagos, and together, the group is able to assemble the Scepter of Night. In "A Tale of Two Scepters" Victor and the others hide during Shuriki's attempts to master the Scepter of Night. He and Carla encourage Fiero to teach Shuriki the most destructive spells of her scepter to use against Elena. She is able to use the Inferno spell in the jungle, getting the attention of Elena. After a fierce battle, Shuriki escapes Elena's wrath yet again, and her team is forced into hiding until Shuriki can complete her scepter training.
In the midseason finale special, "Song of the Sirenas" Victor and Carla join Shuriki and her allies in hunting down Princess Elena and her family during their summer vacation in Nueva Vista as part of their final plan to gain control over the kingdom. He and Carla tip-off Gabe, Matteo, and Naomi during the parade through the city, leaving Elena to be ambushed and left for dead by Shuriki and Fiero. When the parade is over, Victor, Carla, Shuriki, Fiero, Cruz, and Vestia attack and imprison the rest of Elena's family, and successfully manage to lay siege to Nueva Vista. However, Elena survives, and is able to free her family before attempting to flee. A battle ensues in which Victor, Carla, Shuriki, and Fiero attempt to use their magic to strike down Elena, but are thwarted by the Sirenas, who crash their ship. In the end, Victor uses a vanishing spell to help him and his daughter flee, evading arrest once again. That sunset, Victor and Carla hide out near a ship and are about to leave before coming across the the disembodied jewel from the now-destroyed Scepter of Night. Cruz explains that the jewel is all that remains of Shuriki after her final battle with Elena. Victor finds no qualms or remorse with the knowledge of Shuriki's death, and instead sees the surviving remnant of the scepter as an opportunity. Victor, Carla, Cruz and Vestia soon fly off.
Throughout the second half of Season 2, Victor becomes the de-facto leader of Shuriki's alliance of evildoers, as he, Carla, Cruz, and Vestia escape arrest to plot their revenge against Elena and aim to use the Jewel of Night's magic to complete their conquest of Avalor. In "Finding Zuzo" Gabe assembles a team of guards to track them down as the final big threat to Avalor.
6 months later in "Snow Place Like Home" Victor, Carla, Cruz, and Vestia are heading to Cordoba to hide out. Victor summons a snowstorm to evade the royal guards, However, when Matteo's spell to try and stop the storm fails, it engulfs Victor, Carla, Cruz, and Vestia in as well. The jaquins soon betray and abandon Victor and Carla after being fed up with the former's bickering, leaving them to escape on foot. Carla is injured in the blizzard, and thus is carried by Victor to their house in Cordoba. There, they discover that the house has been occupied by none-other than Victor's long lost wife, Ash.
Not long afterwards in "Not Without My Magic" Victor expresses disdain at Ash for her ten-year long absence, receiving crutiny from Ash for raising Carla without her. He soon apologizes and reconciles with her, revealing the stolen jewel from Shuriki's Scepter of Night, of which they can use to become the most powerful malvagos in the world to conquer Avalor. Meanwhile, Elena's search for the Delgados is handicapped by her scepter taking damage after being infected by Shuriki's dark magic, leaving her vulnerable.
In the Season 2 finale, "Naomi Knows Best" Victor, Ash, and Carla set up a trap for Elena by having a brainwashed King Joaquín write a forged letter to her, lying that Victor and Carla have been captured in his kingdom. Once Elena arrives there with Esteban and Mateo, Ash reveals herself and imprisons Esteban, Mateo, and Joaquín in a cell. She and her family plan to extract the magic inside Elena into the Scepter of Night's jewel, which would kill her and transfer her powers to them. They use a spell on Elena that forces her to go with them. By sunset, Gabe and Naomi ambush them, but Ash is easily able to defeat them and plans to have Carla perform the magical spell with her, as she is a more powerful malvago than Victor, much to Victor's frustration, whom Ash entrusts with guarding the cells. Though Victor initially does a good job in guarding the cells, Naomi is easily able to outsmart him and tricks him into unintentionally freeing Esteban and Mateo. He has his tamborita taken from him, and Naomi has Esteban and Joaquín keep an eye on him while she, Mateo, and Gabe confront Ash and Carla. While they succeed in foiling Ash and Carla's plans, the latter two manage to escape, vowing revenge, and plan to come back for Victor eventually. The next morning, Victor is lead on board Elena's ship to be imprisoned in Avalor Palace for his crimes.
Season 3[]
Victor returns in this season serving as a tertiary antagonist for the first quarter of Season 3 following his arrest at the end of Season 2. In the Season 3 premiere, "Sister of Invention" an imprisoned Victor refuses to tell Elena the whereabouts of his family, and expresses shock when she mentions the Delgado's cabin. In "To Save a Sunbird" Carla tries to convince her mother to save Victor, but she refuses, promting Carla to invade the palace and free him. Elena, Mateo, and Private Higgins are able to stop her and escort her to the palace dungeon in the same cell as Victor. Though she believes she failed him, Victor assures her that it's the fact that they're together that's important. He is hopeful that Ash will soon rescue him and Carla, unaware that she is actually on her way to Takaina so she can obtain powerful magic.
In the hour-long special, "The Magic Within" Victor is reunited with Ash once she is recaptured, but is annoyed to see her dismissive of him. Esteban arrives as Mateo told him what happened. Elena confirms this and adds all of Avalor's enemies are locked up. Victor retorts Esteban would be locked up too if that were true. Knowing what he's referring to, Elena tells Victor to save his breath as she doesn't believe him and leaves. Also knowing what he was referring to, Esteban comes over to rub it in. Victor tells him the truth always has a way of coming out, whilst Esteban mocks Victor's inability of doing so.
Later tht night, Esteban's secret is revealed just like how Victor said it will. Elena uses her new scepter powers to see 44 years into the past, witnessing a young Victor Delgado and Esteban aiding Shuriki in her invasion, resulting in Esteban being locked away for his treason. Victor is uncertain Esteban's family will forgive him, but Esteban is confident they will. When this does not happen and Esteban is sentenced to banishment after the carnaval parade, he escapes from the dungeon by tricking Higgins into unknowingly giving him the key before distracting him. Following his escape, Esteban refuses to help the Delgados, but Ash reminds him that he needs them because he won't stand a chance against Elena and Mateo.
Once the Delgados and Esteban are all free from the dungeon, Esteban gives Carla and her parents back their tamboritas by sneaking into the treasury room and taking them. Victor makes an attempt to betray Esteban, but Ash and Esteban himself convince Victor they need him. The four of them escape the palace, but Elena, who found out about what happened and is now chasing them, panics and her magic unintentionally causes an avalanche that knocks Carla and Esteban off a cliff. Though Carla nearly falls to her death, Ash saves her but shows significantly less concern for her safety than Victor (who was unable to save Carla due to his tamborita being destroyed), while Esteban manages to climb back up. Victor refuses to go with Ash over fear for Carla's safety, and renounces his family's dark pursuits, resulting in her turning him into stone with a terrified look on his face, which leaves Carla heartbroken.
After Ash and Esteban flee, Carla and a petrified Victor are captured by Mateo, Gabe, and other guards. When asked about what happened to Victor, Carla solemnly reveals what her mother did and states she thought she loved her and her father, but she was wrong. Carla begs Elena to save Victor, saying she'll do anything Elena asks. Though Elena expresses sympathy for Carla, she still has her placed back in the dungeon until she can deal with her.
In "Captain Mateo", Victor's petrified body is shown being kept in the garden of Avalor Castle. When Elena expresses anger towards what Esteban did, she unintentionally causes Victor to fly in the air. As she calms down, Victor is safely lowered back to the ground.
Victor remains in his petrified state for over a year until his revival in "The Lightning Warrior." He is restored to flesh and blood, much to Carla's relief and joy. Victor and Carla are soon given a chance at a merciful exile for their past crimes by aiding Elena in helping an ancient Maruvian warrior. However, after rescuing Ixlan, they are swallowed by the guardian of the waters around the island where Ixlan was imprisoned, the Moyacu. Victor and Carla offer to help get everyone out, but Elena still exhibits distrust towards them and refuses to return their tamberitias to them. As a result, Victor attempts to have the Moyacu sneeze them out, but only gets himself out via the Moyacu's blowhole. Once Carla tells Elena off for her distrust and Naomi reminds Elena of what Quita Moz said about trust, Elena returns Victor and Carla's tamberitias and they are all able to escape and return to Avalor. As a result, Elena forgives Victor and Carla for their past crimes and they agree to train as good wizards now instead of Malvagos after seeing what Ash's dedication to her Malvago training did in tearing their family apart and turning her against them. Mateo is able to reverse Fiero's spell that transformed the duo into malvagos, and they, alongside Ixlan, join Elena's team to help defend Avalor from Ash and Esteban.
In the series finale, "Coronation Day" Ash's betrayal of Victor and Carla is depicted early on during a puppet show recalling the events of Elena's reign as Crown Princess. Later on, they show up when Elena and her friends are about to go off and confront Ash's villainous group, declaring their intention to come along. Elena asks them if they are sure they want to, since Ash will be there, to which Carla reminds her they told her they would help her defend Avalor, and meant it. At this, Elena gives Victor a look of respect and touches Carla's shoulder, and all of them depart.
During the battle against the villains, Ash blasts Elena, when suddenly she is confronted by Victor and Carla, who point their tamboritas at her. Though she barely acknowledges Victor's presence, Ash is shocked Carla would do such a thing, only for Carla to retort that she turned Victor into stone. Ash insists she loves Carla more than anyone or anything, but Victor tells her she loves herself more. Upon failing to convert Carla to her side, Ash dares her to blast her, but Carla finds herself unable to blast Ash. Victor attempts to blast her anyway, but she dodges it and casts a spell that sends him relentlessly spinning as Carla chases after him. With her family out of the way, Ash is given the opportunity to release the Shadows of the Night, only to end up falling into the Spirit World with Elena and Flo, never to be seen again. Shortly after the Shades' release, one of them, Yolo the Animal Shade, turns Victor and Carla into peabunnies. When Team Avalor retreats, Naomi picks up the transformed Victor and Carla.
After Elena's forgiveness towards a now redeemed Esteban creates a wave that undoes all the damage the Shades have done to Avalor, Victor and Carla are returned to normal. They meet up with everyone at the castle courtyard, where Elena and Esteban return to Avalor after sealing Cahu the Time Shade in the Spirit World. Now that peace has been restored, he and Esteban are friends again and the Delgados can finally return home to Avalor after 45 years. Elena proceeds with her coronation, with Victor and Carla being among the many attendants and bowing to Elena. They are also among the ones who give Naomi a smile of approval when Elena names her the new Chancellor, and quickly sing and dance with the others.
Trivia[]
- Victor is voiced by Lou Diamond Phillips, who voiced as Surak from The Lion Guard.