Imelda Rivera

### Appearance

Tall white skeleton (with former tan skin), brown eyes, black hair, beautiful, hair in a bun decorated with purple ribbons and amethyst choker

### Goal

To help Miguel get back to the world of the Living. (succeeded)

### Home

Land of the Dead
Santa Cecilia (formerly)

### Allies

Miguel, Pepita, Héctor, Dante, Frida Kahlo, Óscar and Felipe, Rosita, Julio, Coco, Victoria Rivera, the Riveras

### Likes

Her family, shoemaking, Día de los Muertos, bread of the dead, singing, dancing, Héctor and his music, "La Llorona", music (currently)

### Dislikes

Music (formerly), a relative leaving her and the rest of the family behind, defiance and disobedience, nonsense, computers, not being able to cross, her photo out of place, threats to her family (especially living members), Ernesto de la Cruz and his murder of Héctor

### Powers and abilities

Shoe making
Detachable limbs

### Fate

Makes up with Héctor, reunited with their daughter, and watch their great-great-grandchildren play music.

### Quote

"Never forget how much your family loves you."

**Imelda Rivera**is the tritagonist of the 2017 film, *Coco*.

## Personality

A matriarch of the Rivera family, Imelda is a woman who puts her family above everything else.

At a young age, Imelda was a lover of music and it was that common interest that led her to falling in love with Héctor. However, when she had their daughter, Imelda became a quite responsible mother, wanting to take care of her child and put down roots. She wanted to have a happy life with her family, especially hoping their family would grow. (Imelda probably wanted to have more children but Héctor left before this could be accomplished) Héctor seemingly abandoning their family turned Imelda embittered to her husband. Though she was once tender, she made looking after her daughter her top priority and retained a stern personality.

Afterwards, Imelda always believed family was more important than her own personal interests and developed a deep hatred for music. Her family’s needs led her to building up a shoe-making business that would ensure her future descendants’ lives. Indeed, her granddaughter, Elena later enforced the music ban that her grandmother had enforced through her family.

Seen in the present day, Imelda was bitter, strict and stern (things that would be passed down to her granddaughter, Elena). She was extremely stern with Miguel was in the land of the Dead and intended for him to accept her blessing by force, even smiling confidently for him to accept the blessing. Despite her strictness, Imelda is a warm and motherly figure, who is only concerned for the well-being of Miguel. Eventually through her great-great-grandson, Imelda finally realized Miguel's love for music when she sung a song with her husband played in the background.

Imelda was also quite hot-tempered and impatient, shown when she began beating a family reunion officer's computer with her boot. When she met Miguel for the first time, she came off as somewhat desperate about not crossing over (similar to her husband) and angry to learn that he had taken her photo off their ofrenda.

Imelda was also stubborn, a trait she shares with her descendant, Miguel. It is noted that she was stubborn *against*music when he was for it when they first met in person. Her stubborness is shown even more when she met Héctor again. but after learning from Miguel that da la Cruz murdered Héctor while he was trying to get back to his wife and daughter, she found it hard to forgive him but could not bring herself to hate him. This caused her to even slap Ernesto for murdering the "love of her life"

## Physical Appearance

In terms of appearance, while she is a human, Imelda was a very beautiful woman. She had olive skin, brown eyes and black hair. Noticeably, her black hair has grey streaks on her left side. Her hair is very long and is tied behind her in a bun decorated with purple ribbons.

Even as a skeleton, Imelda was very beautiful. She was tall with her face decorated in purple and golden yellow markings, mostly around the eyes. The purple ones are around her eye sockets and her golden ones are decorated near her cheek bones. She also wears short, black boots often using it as a weapon and has a long purple dress with a floral pattern.

She has a brown apron that has an R on the left side of her apron pocket and a pink belt-like sash that presumably keeps her dress together. The edges of her dress also are dark purple embroidery with a floral design that has light purple stems and leaves and gold flower pedals. Her dress was also short-sleeved and she had a small necklace with a purple stone in the center.