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| '''Narcissa Malfoy''', born Narcissa Black to Cygnus and Druella (née Rosier) Black, is the youngest of three sisters, Bellatrix and ] being her older siblings. She is the cousin of ] and ], and later became an aunt to ]. The ] is a very old ] wizarding family with firm ]s against those of "''impure''" magical heritage, and "disowns" any members who associate with muggles, muggle-borns and so-called "blood traitors". Narcissa is written by Rowling as a tall, slim, blue-eyed blonde with, at least when Harry first meets her, "''a look that suggested there was a nasty smell under her nose''". Harry notes that this habit of wrinkling her nose in disgust around those of non-pure-blood ancestry mars her otherwise beautiful looks. Narcissa attended Hogwarts, where she was in ]. She later married Lucius Malfoy and together they have one son, Draco. Although never a Death Eater, Narcissa shares her husband's views on blood purity. | '''Narcissa Malfoy''', born Narcissa Black to Cygnus and Druella (née Rosier) Black, is the youngest of three sisters, Bellatrix and ] being her older siblings. She is the cousin of ] and ], and later became an aunt to ]. The ] is a very old ] wizarding family with firm ]s against those of "''impure''" magical heritage, and "disowns" any members who associate with muggles, muggle-borns and so-called "blood traitors". Narcissa is written by Rowling as a tall, slim, blue-eyed blonde with, at least when Harry first meets her, "''a look that suggested there was a nasty smell under her nose''". Harry notes that this habit of wrinkling her nose in disgust around those of non-pure-blood ancestry mars her otherwise beautiful looks. Narcissa attended Hogwarts, where she was in ]. She later married Lucius Malfoy and together they have one son, Draco. Although never a Death Eater, Narcissa shares her husband's views on blood purity. | ||
| Though Narcissa makes her first, very brief appearance in '']'' at the ] World Cup with her husband and son, her role in the series is first important |
Though Narcissa makes her first, very brief appearance in '']'' at the ] World Cup with her husband and son, her role in the series is first important in '']''. She and Bellatrix go to ]'s house at ]. At that moment, Narcissa is described by Rowling being distraught, almost ] with her husband in prison and her son having been forced given a difficult and dangerous assignment by Lord Voldemort. Narcissa believes that it is ] for her husband's mistakes in the ], and that Voldemort does not mean Draco to succeed but to be killed trying - a belief that Snape (and later, ]) confirms. In speaking about the plan to Snape, she could have been guilty of ''"great treachery"'', suggesting that she now places her family's well-being above Voldemort's wishes and her own personal safety. She begs Snape to help Draco and gets him to make an ], stating that he will watch over her son, protect him from harm, and carry out the deed if it seems that Draco will fail. Later in that book, Narcissa is seen shopping with Draco for his new robes at ]. She and her son mock Harry when he enters the shop with his friends. Harry, Ron and Draco nearly start a duel, but Narcissa defuses the situation by leaving with her son. It is again evident that Narcissa is highly protective of her only child, to the point that Draco finds it necessary to snap that he is ''"... not a child, in case you haven't noticed, mother. I am perfectly capable of doing my shopping alone"''. <ref name="{{HP6}}ch6">{{HP6}}, chapter 6</ref> He later tells his friends that ''"Mother wants me to complete my education, but personally, I don't see it as that important these days"''. | ||
| Finally, in '']'' her home is being used (against her will) as the Headquarters for the Death Eaters and for keeping several prisoners, including Harry, Ron, and Hermione at one point. When the trio escapes, she is placed under house arrest by Voldemort, along with her sister, husband and son. In the climax of the book, they are brought with the other Death Eaters to Hogwarts when Voldemort invades Hogwarts. After Voldemort casts a killing spell on Harry, and after the boy comes back to consciousness, Narcissa is the one who checks to see if Harry is actually dead. Realising that he is not dead after feeling his heart beating, she quietly asks him if Draco is still alive in the castle. Harry confirms that he is alive, so Narcissa lies to Voldemort, claiming that Harry is indeed dead. She is seen at the end of the book with her husband and son, unsure what to do amid the celebration of Voldemort's death. Thanks to her earlier favour to Harry, the Malfoys later manage to "weasel their way" out of going to Azkaban.<ref name="transcript">{{cite news|url=http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/7/30/j-k-rowling-web-chat-transcript|title=J.K. Rowling Web Chat Transcript|date=]|accessdate=2007-07-30|publisher=]}}</ref> | Finally, in '']'' her home is being used (against her will) as the Headquarters for the Death Eaters and for keeping several prisoners, including Harry, Ron, and Hermione at one point. When the trio escapes, she is placed under house arrest by Voldemort, along with her sister, husband and son. In the climax of the book, they are brought with the other Death Eaters to Hogwarts when Voldemort invades Hogwarts. After Voldemort casts a killing spell on Harry, and after the boy comes back to consciousness, Narcissa is the one who checks to see if Harry is actually dead. Realising that he is not dead after feeling his heart beating, she quietly asks him if Draco is still alive in the castle. Harry confirms that he is alive, so Narcissa lies to Voldemort, claiming that Harry is indeed dead. She is seen at the end of the book with her husband and son, unsure what to do amid the celebration of Voldemort's death. Thanks to her earlier favour to Harry, the Malfoys later manage to "weasel their way" out of going to Azkaban.<ref name="transcript">{{cite news|url=http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/7/30/j-k-rowling-web-chat-transcript|title=J.K. Rowling Web Chat Transcript|date=]|accessdate=2007-07-30|publisher=]}}</ref> | ||
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The Malfoy family is a family of fictional characters in the Harry Potter series of books by J.K. Rowling.
The Malfoys are one of the last pure-blood and most wealthy wizarding families in the Harry Potter story. Abraxas Malfoy died before the series begins and was a friend of Professor Slughorn. The name of Abraxas' wife is unknown. Their son Lucius was a Death Eater during the first and the second wizarding wars. His wife Narcissa was born into the Black family and was the cousin of Sirius Black, Harry Potter's godfather. Narcissa likely married Malfoy because of both his blood and economic status, the same way her sister Bellatrix did when she married Rodolphus Lestrange. Their son Draco was the first member of the family to be introduced in the series. He is Harry's nemesis at Hogwarts, and became a Death Eater at just 16.
Lucius, Narcissa, Draco, and later Bellatrix, resided in a manor house in the southern English county of Wiltshire. The manor seems quite extravagant, with fountains and "a pure white peacock strutting majestically". They were previously served by a house-elf, Dobby, before Lucius was tricked into freeing him by Harry Potter. The Malfoy manor was used as headquarters by series' main antagonist Lord Voldemort at least in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The three Malfoys seemed quite displeased by this use of their manor as Voldemort himself stated; only Bellatrix appeared to be honest enough when she said "it is an honor to have you (Voldemort) here, in our family's house". Several prisoners are kept in the basement on Voldemort's orders, including Luna Lovegood, Dean Thomas, Griphook the Goblin, and Mr. Ollivander. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione are captured by Snatchers, they are brought to Malfoy Manor. They escape with the other prisoners thanks to Dobby's help. The four residents of the manor are then placed under house arrest by Voldemort, and at the end of the final installment go to fight with other Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts. Rowling has stated that a scene featuring Draco and Theodore Nott talking in the manor's garden was cut from two of the seven books.
Lucius Malfoy was respected because of his influence on both Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic due to his monetary donations to the Ministry and St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, until he was first removed from his post of governor of the school at the end of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and later imprisoned after the break in at the Department of Mysteries at the end of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
At the end of both wizarding wars, the Malfoys managed to avoid being imprisoned. The first time, Lucius claimed himself being under the Imperius Curse. After the second and final battle, the three Malfoys were reformed and succeed in getting themselves out of trouble again. In the epilogue of the final book, it is revealed that Draco has a son named Scorpius; however, his wife is unknown.
Family Tree
| Unknown | Abraxas Malfoy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Narcissa Black | Lucius Malfoy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unknown | Draco Malfoy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scorpius Malfoy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lucius Malfoy
Template:HP Character Lucius Malfoy is a Death Eater and head of a pure-blood wizarding family, he lived with his wife Narcissa Black and their son Draco at the Malfoy mansion in Wiltshire. He was educated at Hogwarts, where he was in Slytherin House. He was also a prefect by the time Severus Snape had entered Hogwarts.
Just before Draco and Harry's second year at Hogwarts, Lucius plants Tom Riddle's diary in Ginny Weasley's potions cauldron while she is shopping for school supplies at Flourish & Blotts, in a plot to use her to reopen the Chamber of Secrets, which would lead to attacks on muggle-born students. Lucius knew the diary was cleverly enchanted, but was not aware that it contained a part of Voldemort's soul. Lucius intended to use the opening of the Chamber of Secrets by Ginny to discredit her father, Arthur Weasley, then Head of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Lucius's plans are ultimately thwarted with the help of the Malfoys' house-elf Dobby, and Harry, but not before the Chamber is opened and Lucius uses the ensuing terror to influence the school's Board of Governors to discredit and dismiss Dumbledore as Headmaster. Subsequently, Harry tricks Lucius into setting Dobby free.
Lucius next appears in the beginning of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire during the Quidditch World Cup, sharing prime seats in the Top Box with Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge, thanks to his donations to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. Later in that book, when Voldemort rises again and summons his Death Eaters, Malfoy rejoins him, claiming that he had done everything he could all along to find Voldemort and help him rise again (though Voldemort knows he is lying). Harry, who witnesses Malfoy's declaration of loyalty to Voldemort, tells Minister Fudge, who refuses to believe him, and the wealthy Malfoy maintains strong ties with the Ministry.Template:HP4
During the climax of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Malfoy is the leader of the Death Eaters who were to retrieve the prophecy from Harry in the Hall of Profecy. Lucius tries several ways to get the prophecy from Harry without breaking it, but the boy and his friends manage to escape from the Hall. Malfoy finally meet him in the Hall of Death. Bellatrix attempts to persuade Harry to deliver the prophecy to Lucius by torturing Neville Longbottom, thus Harry is about to give it to Malfoy when the Order of the Phoenix breaks into the Ministry and begins to duel the Death Eaters. Malfoy meets Harry, Neville Longbottom and Remus Lupin. Harry passes the prophecy to Neville (who later breaks it accidentally) and hits Malfoy with an impediment jinx, temporarily distracting him. Dumbledore himself arrives at the end of the battle and Malfoy is captured and sent to Azkaban.
By the final book, Voldemort has given Malfoy his freedom, though he looks significantly worse for the wear. Voldemort treats him with great contempt and has hijacked his house for Headquarters and is forcing his son to do Dark deeds against his nature. Later in the book, Lucius, along with his wife and sister-in-law, accidentally allow Harry and his friends to escape from Malfoy Manor. Voldemort punishes them severely, eventually putting them under house arrest. Despite his long-standing position as a Death Eater and Voldemort's advocate of pure-blood supremacy, Lucius has decided his love for his family is more important than his involvement in the war. During the final battle at Hogwarts, he pleads with Voldemort into letting him into the battlefield to locate his son. He and the rest of his family are reunited at the end of the book. Following Voldemort's death, Lucius, Narcissa and Draco all manage to "weasel their way" out of being sent to Azkaban due to Narcissa aiding Harry in the Forbidden Forest.
According to Forbes magazine, Lucius Malfoy is currently number 12 on their fictional wealthiest characters list.
Narcissa Malfoy
Template:HP character Narcissa Malfoy, born Narcissa Black to Cygnus and Druella (née Rosier) Black, is the youngest of three sisters, Bellatrix and Andromeda being her older siblings. She is the cousin of Sirius Black and Regulus Black, and later became an aunt to Nymphadora Tonks. The Black family is a very old pure-blood wizarding family with firm prejudices against those of "impure" magical heritage, and "disowns" any members who associate with muggles, muggle-borns and so-called "blood traitors". Narcissa is written by Rowling as a tall, slim, blue-eyed blonde with, at least when Harry first meets her, "a look that suggested there was a nasty smell under her nose". Harry notes that this habit of wrinkling her nose in disgust around those of non-pure-blood ancestry mars her otherwise beautiful looks. Narcissa attended Hogwarts, where she was in Slytherin House. She later married Lucius Malfoy and together they have one son, Draco. Although never a Death Eater, Narcissa shares her husband's views on blood purity.
Though Narcissa makes her first, very brief appearance in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at the Quidditch World Cup with her husband and son, her role in the series is first important in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. She and Bellatrix go to Severus Snape's house at Spinner's End. At that moment, Narcissa is described by Rowling being distraught, almost hysterical with her husband in prison and her son having been forced given a difficult and dangerous assignment by Lord Voldemort. Narcissa believes that it is punishment for her husband's mistakes in the previous book, and that Voldemort does not mean Draco to succeed but to be killed trying - a belief that Snape (and later, Dumbledore) confirms. In speaking about the plan to Snape, she could have been guilty of "great treachery", suggesting that she now places her family's well-being above Voldemort's wishes and her own personal safety. She begs Snape to help Draco and gets him to make an Unbreakable Vow, stating that he will watch over her son, protect him from harm, and carry out the deed if it seems that Draco will fail. Later in that book, Narcissa is seen shopping with Draco for his new robes at Madam Malkin's. She and her son mock Harry when he enters the shop with his friends. Harry, Ron and Draco nearly start a duel, but Narcissa defuses the situation by leaving with her son. It is again evident that Narcissa is highly protective of her only child, to the point that Draco finds it necessary to snap that he is "... not a child, in case you haven't noticed, mother. I am perfectly capable of doing my shopping alone". He later tells his friends that "Mother wants me to complete my education, but personally, I don't see it as that important these days".
Finally, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows her home is being used (against her will) as the Headquarters for the Death Eaters and for keeping several prisoners, including Harry, Ron, and Hermione at one point. When the trio escapes, she is placed under house arrest by Voldemort, along with her sister, husband and son. In the climax of the book, they are brought with the other Death Eaters to Hogwarts when Voldemort invades Hogwarts. After Voldemort casts a killing spell on Harry, and after the boy comes back to consciousness, Narcissa is the one who checks to see if Harry is actually dead. Realising that he is not dead after feeling his heart beating, she quietly asks him if Draco is still alive in the castle. Harry confirms that he is alive, so Narcissa lies to Voldemort, claiming that Harry is indeed dead. She is seen at the end of the book with her husband and son, unsure what to do amid the celebration of Voldemort's death. Thanks to her earlier favour to Harry, the Malfoys later manage to "weasel their way" out of going to Azkaban.
Name
"Malfoy" could be derived from Old French "mal foi" or "mal foy", meaning "bad faith", or "bad trust". The Old French mal foy itself is derived from Latin mala fide, which as a judicial term means intentional mischief, ill will or evil intentions.
References
- ^ "J.K. Rowling Web Chat Transcript". The Leaky Cauldron. 2007-07-30. Retrieved 2007-07-30.
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- Forbes Fictional 15, #12 Malfoy, Lucius
- Template:HP6, chapter 6
