Draco Malfoy

Draco Lucius Malfoy (born 5 June 1980) was a British pure-blood wizard, the only son of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy (née Black). The son of a Death Eater, Draco was raised with a firm belief in the importance of blood purity. He despised half-bloods and Muggle-borns.

Draco attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1991 to 1998. He was sorted into Slytherin House almost the moment the Sorting Hat touched his head. During his years at Hogwarts, he befriended Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Pansy Parkinson, and other fellow Slytherins, but soon developed a rivalry with Harry Potter.

He was appointed Prefect of his house and a member of the Inquisition Squad during his fifth year, at the end of which his father was imprisoned in Azkaban following the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. Draco was tasked by Lord Voldemort with making up for Lucius's failure, and became a Death Eater at the age of sixteen, but quickly became disillusioned and uncomfortable with the lifestyle.

Draco was unable to complete his mission to assassinate Albus Dumbledore, a task later taken over by Severus Snape, and only performed his other duties with fear and reluctance. He and his family deserted hours before the end of the Second Wizarding War, fearing for their lives.

Draco Lucius Malfoy was born on 5 June 1980, the son of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy (née Black),[12] both from ancient and wealthy pure-blood families. Both the Malfoys and the Blacks had traditionally belonged to Slytherin House for centuries and strongly disapproved of any relatives who did not follow this tradition, such as Sirius Black.[13] His mother sang him a secret lullaby that had been passed down through generations of the Black family.[14]

Draco was raised in an atmosphere of regret over Lord Voldemort's failure to take command of the wizarding community, though he was prudently reminded that such feelings were not to be expressed outside the small circle of his family and close friends, "or Dad might get into trouble." The Malfoys were very proud of their pure-blood status and social status; until 1996, they managed to maintain a respectable public image despite being allies of Lord Voldemort. Lucius was a Death Eater who avoided imprisonment in Azkaban following the First Wizarding War by claiming to have been under the Imperius Curse, while Narcissa simply subscribed to the ideology of pure-blood supremacy.

The Malfoys spoiled their son, giving him only the best in the way of material possessions. The only two inherited things Draco received were the old family prejudices against Muggles, Muggle-borns, half-bloods, and blood traitors—in short, prejudices against anyone who wasn't a pure-blood wizard or supported such people—and the Malfoy family's vast collection of powerful Dark artifacts, which harked back to the family history.

As a child, Draco associated primarily with the pure-blood children of his father's former Death Eater colleagues, and thus arrived at Hogwarts with a small group of already established friends, including Theodore Nott and Vincent Crabbe. [1] He visited the school himself when Lucius came to inspect it, and his father entrusted Jacob's brother and Merula Snyde as his chaperones, a decision which did not sit well with any of the three. Lucius had requested the two in particular, as Jacob's brother was ostensibly the top student in his year, while Merula was the daughter of two of Lucius's former Death Eater colleagues and was therefore considered the "right" type for Draco to associate with. However, Draco did not endear himself to any of the students, particularly because of his snobbish and dismissive attitude towards them and his open displays of prejudice. [15]

During the visit, Draco stole his father's wand, as he was too young to have his own and wanted to perform magic after seeing Merula perform the Rubber-Legs Curse on Jacob's brother or sister. Lucius initially blamed the theft on his house-elf Dobby, as the perpetrator knew that he kept his wand inside his walking stick, something that was not public knowledge. Jacob's brother or sister investigated and returned the wand to Lucius. While Lucius was at the Three Broomsticks Inn negotiating a supply of Butterbeer for Malfoy Manor, he took Draco with him, who wanted to go to Honeydukes. When Jacob's brother or sister tried to question Lucius about his wife, Narcissa, they again became Draco's chaperones. Draco convinced Jacob's brother or sister to take him to Honeydukes, with the promise that he would tell them everything they wanted to know about their mother.

Draco was, overall, an arrogant and spiteful bully for most of his early years. Like Dudley Dursley, his narcissistic nature likely resulted from being spoiled by his parents during his childhood, though by Harry himself, Draco was even less understanding than his cousin. He believed himself superior to most people due to his family's pure-blood lineage, as well as their great wealth and social standing. He frequently behaved cruelly towards Muggle-borns, blood traitors, Gryffindor students, and anyone who was a supporter of Harry Potter or Albus Dumbledore. For much of his youth, Draco took after his bigoted father, Lucius Malfoy, as a role model, and frequently boasted of his family's influence and wealth.

Draco was intelligent, cunning, and resourceful, able to deduce things and come up with ingenious plans based on little information; his father expected him to achieve top grades in school after his first year and was disappointed that Hermione beat him. He discovered, through Montague's experience, that the Vanishing Cabinets at Hogwarts and Borgin and Burkes were connected, and that he could use this passage to his advantage. However, his plans could be limited by his own arrogance in dealing with people. When he attempted to sabotage Harry during the Gryffindor-Ravenclaw Quidditch match in his third year, his entire plan was based solely on the idea that the Dementors' appearance frightened Harry, ignoring that it was their effect on him that caused him problems. Draco was also adept at compartmentalizing his emotions, as evidenced by his success with Occlumency. However, something began to change in Draco's psyche in his sixth year at Hogwarts.

After Lord Voldemort made him a Death Eater, he tasked him with assassinating Albus Dumbledore by the end of the year, something Draco was initially very eager to do. After several failed attempts, Draco began to buckle under the enormous pressure Voldemort placed on him. He was unsure of his ability to complete the mission and feared that he and his family would pay the price for failure; the stress led him to be reckless, as Snape deemed both of his failed attempts to be foolish, and attempted to place a Cruciatus Curse on Harry, despite the consequences of a life sentence in Azkaban.

Throughout the year, the mission also led Draco to neglect other aspects of his school life that he would have previously either abused or enjoyed: he rejected his Prefect duties, which he had previously been happy to abuse; he feigned illness and paid another student to replace him in order to avoid playing Quidditch, unlike three years earlier, when he had made sure to postpone the entire match by exaggerating a minor injury to favor the team; he missed two Transfiguration homework assignments; he distanced himself from his friends Crabbe and Goyle, ordering them to be attentive without telling them; and he also spent less time teasing Harry and his friends despite the many opportunities. Ultimately, Draco was unable to kill Dumbledore, lowered his wand, and was tempted to accept Dumbledore's offer to protect his parents.

For the remainder of the Second Wizarding War, Draco grew disillusioned with the Death Eater lifestyle. He reluctantly participated in their activities, and by the end of the war, he remained undecided. When Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger were captured in his house, Draco was very hesitant to identify them to the Death Eaters. Furthermore, during the Battle of Hogwarts, he showed genuine concern for Crabbe and Goyle, something he rarely did.

By the time Draco reached adulthood, he had become a noticeably changed man, due to his regret over joining the Death Eaters and the vile deeds he had to commit, however limited they were compared to his parents'. He lost all of his former intolerance, refusing to adhere to the old pure-blood beliefs after seeing firsthand what happened to him and his parents because of it. Because of this, he fell madly in love with Astoria Malfoy despite his parents' disappointment at his failure to live up to their expectations of someone from the Sacred Twenty-Eight.

As a husband, Draco was very loving and devoted, and was even completely willing to let the Malfoy bloodline end in order to protect her from her family's curse, as it made childbirth dangerous and detrimental to her health. He maintained his stance even despite Lucius's displeasure, only relenting after Astoria said she wanted to leave a child for him and not the family beliefs. His wisdom shone through in the fact that while the temptation to use his family's secret Time-Turner to see his wife for just a minute longer was certainly great, his respect for her wishes and memory was too great to risk jeopardizing his beloved's timeline, which showed how deeply in love Draco was with her, as although he had the power to alter time to be with her, he was able, albeit barely, to resist such an overwhelming temptation, showing how much his character had changed by the age of forty.

Draco was a powerful and talented wizard from a young age, possessing impressive magical abilities. His wand was made of hawthorn, and should only be considered for use by a witch or wizard of proven talent. Following training from his aunt Bellatrix Lestrange, Draco became an accomplished wizard for his age.

Love: Though not a prominent skill for Draco, he was one of the few Death Eaters capable of genuine love. He cared deeply for his parents to the point of protecting and defending them when necessary, to the point that he was driven to attempt to assassinate Professor Dumbledore to protect them when Voldemort threatened their lives following Lucius's failed attempt to retrieve the prophecy. Despite this and his dislike of Dumbledore, he was extremely reluctant to kill him, and in the end, his love for his parents made him almost accept Dumbledore's offer to help protect them. Furthermore, Draco was also extremely reluctant to identify Harry, Ron, and Hermione when they were captured by Death Eaters, despite his personal enmity with them, and spent most of the Second Wizarding War reluctantly following Voldemort's orders in order to protect himself and his family. His capacity for love became more evident later in his life, giving him the strength to abandon his old prejudices against non-pure-bloods and become a better person compared to his younger years after seeing how much harm and devastation it caused him and his family, along with his regret over becoming a Death Eater. This was evident in his raising his son away from that prejudice to be a better person than he was and maintaining a more civil relationship with his former school rivals to the point of trusting his instincts as they searched for Albus and Scorpius.

Potions: Draco was proficient in this area of ​​magic. This could be because Snape favored Draco and might have given him extra help in his class. Draco managed to pass his O.W.L. exam in the subject with a grade of at least "Exceeds Expectations" and probably "Outstanding", as he apparently lacked neither books nor ingredients in Professor Slughorn's first class. When Professor Slughorn was teaching the subject, Draco seemed to have lost his sharpness. He was covered in "something resembling cat vomit" while preparing a mixed antidote, and produced a "barely passable" hiccup solution. This, of course, could be due to the immense stress and anxiety Draco felt during that year.
Defense Against the Dark Arts: Draco advanced to the NEWT level class, meaning he achieved a grade of 'Exceeds Expectations' or 'Outstanding' on his OWL exam.
Flying: He was an excellent Quidditch player and an excellent broomstick flyer. He took up flying at a young age, demonstrating his skills in his first year. In his second year, he made the team as a Seeker, a very difficult position to obtain. Although his entry into the team was aided by his father bribing him with the new Nimbus 2001 broomsticks, he also had sufficient talent, although Harry surpassed him in raw ability despite Draco's supposed experience and superior broomstick skill in their first match. When Draco refused to play during his sixth year, his team suffered greatly due to his replacement's inferior performance, suggesting that no Slytherin during his era was more skilled than him. Transfiguration: Draco showed talent in this field from an early age, as by his second year he was already able to cast the Snake Summoning Spell.

Charms: Draco was talented at charms, as by his sixth year, he was able to cast the very difficult and advanced Protean Charm, something the only known student of the same age capable of was Hermione (although he was known to have mastered it a year later than she could).[22] He could cast the Dancing Feet Charm, which he used successfully against Harry Potter in the Duelling Club in 1992.[13] In 1997, he successfully disarmed Albus Dumbledore of the Scull Wand with the Disarming Charm. Draco was able to cast a successful Shield Charm to block Harry Potter's spells in a duel.
Dark Arts: Draco demonstrated a proficiency for Dark Magic from a young age, as he was quickly able to cast numerous Dark charms to humiliate others during his Hogwarts years, such as the Leg-Locker Curse, the Tongue-Ting Curse, Knockback Jinx, the Densaugeo hex, Melofors Jinx, Trip Jinx, the Full Body-Bind Curse, as well as an unspecified Dark Charm. In this sixth year, Draco learned to successfully cast at least two of the Unforgivable Curses, the Cruciatus Curse and the Imperious Curse, after his transformation into a Death Eater, allowing him to become a fully-fledged Dark wizard. Both are extremely difficult and powerful Dark Curses that not even many adult wizards are able to perform; his incredibly skilled Aunt Bellatrix might have taught him those while teaching him Occlumency and non-verbal spells.
Nonverbal Magic: Draco mastered nonverbal spells before his sixth year, which included nonverbal curse blocking. This required great skill and concentration, and only a few in his year had done so, given the high level of difficulty and precision required in casting spells this way.
Magical Repair: Draco managed to repair the Vanishing Cabinet in his sixth year with some help from Borgin

Occlumency: In his sixth year, his aunt Bellatrix taught him Occlumency to prepare him for his mission. As Draco had already shut down his compassion to become the bully he was, it was much easier for him to shut down his mind and disassociate himself from his emotions. He was skilled enough in Occlumency that he was able to block Severus Snape's (a powerful Legilimens) attempts to read his mind.
Alchemy: After graduating from Hogwarts, Draco began studying Alchemy as a hobby.