Francisco Flores

### Appearance

Slender, olive skin, pale gray hair and facial hair, thick gray eyebrows, amber eyes

### Affiliations

The Grand Council of Avalor
Los Tres (formerly)

### Goal

To help Elena be a great ruler until she becomes queen (Succeeded)

### Relatives

Luisa Flores (wife)
Queen Lucia (daughter; deceased)
King Raul (son-in-law; deceased)
Princess Elena (older granddaughter)
Princess Isabel (younger granddaughter)
Chancellor Esteban (grandson)
Margarita (daughter; deceased)
Esteban's father (son-in-law; deceased)

### Allies

Alacazar, Mateo, Gabe, Naomi Turner, Armando, Antonio Agama, King Lars, King Raja, King Joaquín, Migs, Luna, and Skylar, Daniel Turner, Scarlett Turner, Prince Marzel, Flo, Doña Paloma, Carla Delgado, Victor Delgado

### Enemies

Shuriki, Fiero, Victor Delgado (formerly), Carla Delgado (formerly), Lord Elrod, Marimonda, Duke Cristóbal, Cruz (formerly), Vestia (formerly), Chancellor Esteban (temporarily), Four Shades of Awesome

### Likes

Music, his family, telling stories, food, Olaball

### Dislikes

Shuriki's ruling over Avalor, Elena making irrational decisions, anything against law, his family in danger, Esteban being exiled

### Quote

"It reminds me of a story."

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**Francisco** **Flores** is a major character in the animated series, *Elena of Avalor*. He is the father of Lucia Flores, father-in-law of King Raul, as well as the grandfather of Princess Elena, Princess Isabel and Chancellor Esteban. They and Esteban usually refer to him as **Abuelo**, Spanish for "Grandfather".

## Personality and Traits

Francisco is a sagacious man who loves his family and has a firm respect for the by-laws and traditions of the Kingdom of Avalor. He also has a penchant for storytelling as noted by his wife when she tells Elena that he's always reminded of a story. He also knows the Scepter of Light as shown when he says to Luisa "It's never glowed like that before." As revealed in "Model Sister", Francisco believes in placing the Royal Duties before all else. He also values making a good impression during a Royal Visit. He is also shown to be the most reasonable of his family, as while neither Luisa or Elena could forgive Esteban for causing Shuriki to attack them, Francisco did not let the fact that Esteban had changed for the better slide and found it in his heart to forgive his grandson and looked sad as this sadly did not allow Esteban to be spared of punishment as Elena, Luisa, and Naomi outvoted him and sentenced Esteban to exile, with Luisa believing he was too easy on Esteban.

## Appearances

### ***Sofia the First***

Francisco makes his chronological debut in the crossover special *Elena and the Secret of Avalor*. When the evil sorceress Shuriki of the Northern Isles attacked the Kingdom of Avalor and killed his daughter and son-in-law, Alacazar, the Royal Sorcerer, decided to keep the remaining members of the Royal Family safe by casting a spell to place him, his wife Luisa, and his youngest granddaughter, Princess Isabel, inside an Enchanted Painting while his eldest granddaughter, Crown Princess Elena, faced Shuriki alone to buy Alacazar time to cast the spell. Elena and Alacazar succeeded and the three of them were placed inside the painting where they would remain for forty-one years while Elena was trapped in the Amulet of Avalor for her own safety when Shuriki tried to strike her down to remove the only witness to her murder of King Raul and Queen Lucia. After Elena was freed from the Amulet, Mateo let the rest of her family out with the spell Alacazar had told Rafa before he fled Avalor. When the royals were getting on Jaquins, Francisco asked, "Since when do people ride Jaquins?", causing Migs to reply "Don't get used to it." After Elena and Sofia witnessed Shuriki falling over the waterfall, Francisco could tell that both princesses were upset by this, and he reassured Elena that Shuriki is gone and they've won the fight, reclaiming their home from Shuriki at long last, and Elena succeeding her parents as sovereign of Avalor since she was the eldest child, so the crown went to her as the rightful heir to the throne as Crown Princess and future Queen. Luisa also reassured her eldest granddaughter that she and Francisco would be right there to help her all the way.

### ***Elena of Avalor***

In the series that serves as the special's sequel, Francisco appears as a major character. He is a member of the Grand Council of Avalor, alongside his wife Luisa, Naomi, and his grandson Esteban, chosen by his granddaughter for his wisdom. Through the course of the show, Francisco assists Elena in her journey to becoming Queen and is always there to give her friendly advice when she needs it.

In "Spellbound", Francisco attends the ceremony to see Mateo succeed his grandfather Alacazar as Royal Wizard of Avalor, in this case under Elena as Crown Princess as Alacazar served under King Raul, only to soon be turned to stone by Alacazar's arch-enemy, the malvago wizard Fiero, who returned looking for the Codex Maru. Thanks to Elena and Mateo, Fiero is turned to stone by his own reflected spell, while Mateo is able to make the counter-spell from the information in the Codex and return Francisco and everyone else to flesh and blood before the spell became permanent and irreversible at sunrise.

In "My Fair Naomi", it appears as if Francisco might have a bit of a memory problem as Luisa gets on his case regarding her own quinceanera when they were younger as, during Naomi's birthday party, when she directs her words in his direction, he cowers in nervousness at thinking he forgot about it.

In the special "Realm of the Jaquins", Francisco and Luisa congratulate Elena for having been able to rule as Crown Princess successfully for one year, leaving only another three before she comes of age to become Queen. He sees her off as she departs on Luna to go watch the Guardian Test that Skylar's younger brother Nico is taking under the supervision of Chief Zephyr, Migs, and Mateo. Francisco and Esteban attempt to fight off the forest spirit Marimonda as she attempts to take over the Avalor Royal Palace after being warned in advance of her approach by the Jaquins under Zephyr, but are subdued by her plant growth that neither they or the Royal Guards under Gabe can hack through with their swords. However, Elena manages to trick Marimonda and imprison her again in an urn that she takes back to Quita Moz to ensure Marimonda does not escape again in Vallaestrella. Francisco also learns, alongside Luisa, that Marimonda's attack was caused by Victor Delgado and his daughter Carla who, unknown to Elena and her family, are working with Shuriki to help her take revenge on them for their previous defeats regarding reclaiming Avalor from Shuriki and preventing the theft of the Crown Jewels by the Delgados.

Later on, in the episode "Rise of the Sorceress", he takes part in the Sunflower Festival, a tradition that Elena and the rest of the family had nearly forgotten about since they had last done it with King Raul and Queen Lucia before their untimely deaths by Shuriki over 40 years earlier, providing the music while Luisa and their granddaughters performed the dance alongside Isabel's paraplegic classmate Cristina.

In the following episode, "Shapeshifters", Francisco learns of Shuriki's return alongside Esteban and Luisa, and her alliance with Fiero and the Delgados, and at Esteban's suggestion, votes to have Elena kept inside the palace for her own safety under the protection of Gabe and the Royal Guards so she doesn't meet the same fate as her parents, despite Elena's pleas that she has to face Shuriki herself to avenge King Raul and Queen Lucia as she won't be able to let her parents rest in the Spirit World peacefully until their assassin has been eliminated for good.

He is mentioned being on a diplomatic visit to the neighboring kingdom of Cordoba with Esteban and Luisa in "The Scepter of Night", but Gabe remains steadfast in upholding his orders from them to protect Elena from Shuriki at all costs, even when they start searching for the pieces of the Scepter of Night to attain it before Shuriki does.

Later on, during the events of "Class Act", Francisco and Luisa are happy for Isabel, as she is starting her weekly classes with Professor Ochoa at the Avalor Science Academy. However, once Isabel is out of earshot, Elena voices her concern to her grandparents about Isabel being there with students much older than her. Francisco lets Luisa convince Elena to go with Isabel so she doesn't have to worry about her.

Francisco later joined his wife and grandchildren on a summer vacation trip to Nueva Vista to visit Duke Cristóbal, but along the way, Naomi's parents engaged the crown prince and princess of the Sirenas of the underwater kingdom of Coronado, Prince Marzel and Princess Marisa. Elena stopped them, as Marzel and Marisa had shown no hostile intent against them before being fired upon by Naomi's parents, and they continued onward to Nueva Vista to meet Duke Cristóbal. However, during the parade that was held to celebrate Elena's original defeat of Shuriki, Elena is separated from her family by riding on a separate float, being protected by Migs, Luna, Skylar, Naomi, Gabe, and Mateo. However, when they are lured away by the Delgados, Francisco returns to the palace with Isabel, Esteban, and Luisa, only to be confronted by Shuriki and her crew, who has them locked up in the tower, where they are joined by Elena and Marisa, captured by a double-crossing Duke Cristóbal, who was allied with Shuriki from the beginning, but are busted out by the Jaquins, Mateo, Naomi, and Gabe. They attempt to escape back to Avalor City on their Royal Yacht, but Shuriki gives pursuit on the Duke's boat. Luckily, Marisa's capture summons King Pescoro and his Sirenas to aid Elena and her family, and by the time Francisco returns to the palace with the rest of the family, Elena reveals that she slew Shuriki once and for all, avenging Raul and Lucia, has the Duke locked up for his treason and betrayal of his family and Avalor out of greed, and forges a new alliance and friendship with King Pescoro and the Sirenas.

During their first celebration of Día de los Muertos in Nueva Vista, Francisco asks Elena to help him retrieve a shield he had searched for with two of his friends who drowned at sea due to his own fault and not that of the Sirenas. After encountering someone else who wanted the shield, Francisco retrieves the shield, allowing him some closure to his friends' deaths since he had been able to retrieve it with Elena's help, and makes Elena an honorary member of his old group, giving her the nickname "La Magica". He continues to support Elena during problems that arise in both Nueva Vista and back in Avalor City.

As time went on, Elena soon revealed Esteban's part in Shuriki's original takeover when she discovered it through a new power from the Scepter of Light following it gaining a powerup from the Well of Crystals. Francisco was just as furious with Esteban as the rest of the family, but when brought before the Grand Council, after Esteban explains his reasons for his actions with Shuriki and how he had tried to protect them from Shuriki's wrath, Francisco was willing to forgive him after hearing him out, but Elena, Luisa, and Naomi refuse to forgive Esteban for what he did and how it led to Raul and Lucia's deaths and vote to exile him from Avalor to Soledad Island for the rest of his life as punishment, stripping him of his position as Chancellor of Avalor. Esteban later escapes with the Delgados and flees with Ash, while Carla and a petrified Victor are recaptured by Elena.

Despite his willingness to forgive Esteban after hearing his explanations, Francisco is still overruled by Elena, Naomi, and Luisa, and soon reconsiders his decision in forgiving Esteban for what happened with Shuriki when Esteban performs several evil acts while working with Ash Delgado, convincing Francisco that his willingness to forgive his grandson was no longer an option upon seeing Esteban was performing more evil deeds and had given up on any hope of repentance.

Later, Francisco and Luisa depart to do some things outside of Avalor. When they return, Isabel and her classmates had captured a thief named Tito who had entranced Elena and the others to rob the Royal Treasury. When Francisco sees Tito's broken guitar, unaware of its powers, he takes it to be mended, much to Elena and Isabel's horror as they try to stop him.

Everything culminates in the series finale, "Coronation Day", when Elena, who was about to finally be crowned Queen, heads to Nueva Vista to stop Ash and Esteban from summoning the Four Shades of Awesome and threatening the people there along with King Pescoro, Queen Camila, their children Marzel and Marisa, and the rest of the Sirenas of Coronado, interrupting her coronation as Queen. However, Francisco is later part of Avalor City's defense under Isabel as she takes command as Crown Princess with Elena set to become Queen in protecting Avalor City from the Shades when they attack with Esteban, only to then be confronted in the throne room with Luisa by Esteban and Cahu the Time Shade after Isabel managed to defeat one of them in Hetz by turning his own lightning against him before being overrun and forced to find Elena for help. Despite Francisco and Luisa's best attempts to try and get Esteban to reconsider what he is doing and how he'll be hated as ruler because of his actions, just like with how everyone hated Shuriki when she was in power, an impatient and annoyed Cahu silences them from further attempts to turn Esteban back to good by using her power over time to turn them into a stone slab, essentially fossilizing and killing them, much to Esteban's horror. He demands she reverse it, change them back, and revive them, only for Cahu to remind Esteban he's making the same mistakes by trusting a villain he had made a deal with under the belief they would uphold it to the letter, just like before with Shuriki, only to then be double-crossed by them, leaving Esteban demoralized and starting to regret his evil actions, realizing that Cahu is right and believing he is beyond redemption. Francisco and Luisa are later restored, unharmed, by Elena when she forgives Esteban and uses her newly-awoken magic to undo the Shades' damage to all of Avalor before she and Esteban defeat Cahu and banish her back to the Spirit World for good to join the other Shades. Quita Moz then arrives and reveals that Elena's test to become Queen was forgiving Esteban, and by doing so, she passed and is now able to be Queen of Avalor. At Elena's coronation, Francisco is about to crown her Queen, when he is interrupted by the arrival of some special guests, the very people who helped Elena reclaim Avalor from Shuriki so she could become Queen now, the Royal Family of Enchancia. With Princess Sofia and her family, including her stepbrother Prince James, stepsister and heir to the Enchancia throne Princess Amber, stepfather King Roland II, and mother Queen Miranda joining the rest of the guests, Francisco crowns Elena Queen of Avalor, and then leads everyone in the song he had written for Elena's coronation dance, which had left him very fatigued from the effort he put into it.

## Gallery

*The image gallery for **Francisco Flores** may be viewed here.*

## References

1. ↑ his wife says "we have to help them Francisco" to him in King of the Carnaval
2. ↑ Victor Delgado calls him "Senor Flores" in King of the Carnaval