![]() However, Draco is unable to finish his mission, as Snape arrives and kills Dumbledore himself. In this brief moment, he unwittingly claimed the Elder Wand from Dumbledore’s control, one of the most powerful wizarding artifacts. During this year, he and Harry have their most vicious duel, as both wizards cast some of their most dangerous spells at one another ( Crucio and Sectumsempra respectively).ĭuring the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, Draco confronts Dumbledore, disarming him of his wand. Throughout The Half-Blood Prince, Draco works on repairing a Vanishing Cabinet as a way to get Death Eaters into Hogwarts. Draco joins the Death Eaters and is assigned the nigh impossible task of killing Albus Dumbledore ( Michael Gambon). Following his father’s failure to get Voldemort’s prophecy, Draco becomes the outlet of the Dark Lord’s punishment. However, as the Second Wizarding War gets underway, Draco stops being just a bully and becomes an actual danger and threat. In Order of the Phoenix, he goes full narc and joins Dolores Umbridge’s ( Imelda Staunton) Inquisitorial Squad to enforce her unfair rules and snitch on Dumbledore’s Army. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, he almost gets Hagrid ( Robbie Coltrane) fired. In Chamber of Secrets, he duels against Harry and calls Hermione Granger ( Emma Watson) a racial slur. He and his two cronies, Crabbe and Goyle, are a consistent menace to the protagonists. Throughout much of the series, Draco antagonizes Harry and his friends. He immediately looks down on Ron Weasley ( Rupert Grint) for his hand-me down robes and family reputation. While Harry’s morality and kindness are his central traits, Draco starts off as elitist and snobby. Though Draco attempted to endear himself to Harry when they first met, their differences prove to be too polarizing for a friendship. The young Malfoy is introduced as a foil to Harry Potter ( Daniel Radcliffe), as another young, wealthy, and talented pureblood wizard. His narrative arc is nuanced and complex-a tragic downfall followed by necessary redemption. The embarrassment knew no bounds as Voldemort not only forced them to make Malfoy manor a Death Eater headquarters, but he even took Lucius’s wand for his own use, leaving the wizard without his most important tool.ĭraco ( Tom Felton) is the most prominent Malfoy in the series. His failure was held against him, as Voldemort replaced him as his second-in-command and proceeded to humiliate the Malfoys. He led the charge to find the prophecy that Voldemort was searching for in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix but failed in his attempts. When Voldemort returned, Lucius likewise came to his side. In the Chamber of Secrets, it was Lucius who gave Ginny Weasley ( Bonnie Wright) Tom Riddle’s diary, leading to the reopening of the Chamber of Secrets and the release of the basilisk. The uber wealthy Malfoy was a thorn in the protagonists’ sides, even before Voldemort’s return. After Voldemort’s first defeat, Lucius was able to maintain his freedom and high social standing by claiming to have been under the Imperius Curse, which forced him to serve Voldemort. The aristocratic Lucius was sorted into the Slytherin House and went on to become Voldemort’s second-in-command during the First Wizarding War. Lucius ( Jason Isaacs) is the head of the family during the series and is the poster child of what a Malfoy was supposed to be. The Malfoys are proud and care deeply about self-preservation, holding true to their ideals and the protection of their own. They are ambitious, resourceful, and cunning. ![]() ![]() In fact, the family serves as a perfect example of the traits that Slytherins seek to embody. ![]() All the Malfoys seen in the films were sorted into this house, even in the epilogue. The Malfoy family also have strong ties to the Slytherin House, with the majority of its members being sorted into the group at Hogwarts. However, the Malfoys were the premier example of people that took immense pride in their pure-blood heritage. Some families in the Sacred Twenty-Eight, like the Weasleys, chose not to associate with the elitist view of blood purity. As with most pure-blood families, they are related to other wizarding families such as the Blacks and Lestranges. They are one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight, a group of wizarding families that were believed to have remained pure-blooded throughout the centuries, meaning that they had not been known to marry anyone of muggle ancestry. The Malfoy family is one of the most prominent and wealthy families in the series. Narcissa Malfoy (Helen McCrory) and Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) look at one another in 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1'.
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