Madelyn Milliner

Madelyn Milliner (née Gothel), nicknamed Mad, was the royal mage of Corona during Mela Grimmhilde's reign.

Background
After Mela allegedly teaches Madelyn everything she knows, Madelyn serves as the royal mage, as the replacement of Tobias Ruttle. However, after Mela is overthrown by Snow White, Madelyn is dismissed as royal mage and replaced by Vanessa Poole instead. Madelyn had loved Märchen Hase for a while, but since Märchen's sister had gone missing and he didn't have much time for love, Madelyn eventually married Haigha Milliner from Terra Mater. Madelyn was responsible for relocating Snow White's secret illegitimate daughter Lily.

Volume 1
Still loyal to Mela, Madelyn locates a shard of the magic mirror and travels to the Red Kingdom in order to give it to Mela, who needs it. They meet at a tavern, where Madelyn hands the shard over to her, claiming that she will always be there to serve Mela.

Volume 2
Madelyn breaks into Vanessa Poole's laboratory and shoots her nonfatally with a crossbow, before rescuing Mela's frog form. With Mela, Madelyn goes to Avalon where she is keeping the illegitimate daughter of Snow White. Madelyn hopes that since this woman is the daughter of Snow White, she counts as a princess and will therefore break Facilier's spell on Mela. The secret daughter Lily, who has grown up with the name Rapunzel, believing that Madelyn is her mother.

Family

 * Lily White (adoptive daughter)

Trivia

 * Madelyn seems to be based on the Hatter from the story "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" and Hatta from "Through The Looking-Glass", as well as the Mad Hatter from the Disney film, Alice in Wonderland.
 * She is also based on Gothel from the fairytale "Rapunzel" and the Disney film Tangled.