Draco Malfoy

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## Magical Characteristics

### Wand

Hawthorn, 10 inches, Unicorn Hair, reasonably pliant

## Slackchat & Facebook Info

* Player: Morsmordre-p
* Slackchat username: morsmordre-p
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 Content Warnings

* Cw: tbd

## Occupational History

* 1998 to present - unemployed
* 1991 to 1998 - student

## Family in RP

* Lucius Malfoy (father)
* Narcissa Malfoy (mother)
* Bellatrix Lestrange (aunt)
* Delphini Riddle Rowle (first cousin)

## Biography

### Early Childhood (1980-1991)

Draco was raised in an atmosphere of regret that the Dark Lord had not succeeded in taking command of the wizarding community, although he was prudently reminded that such sentiments ought not to be expressed outside the small circle of the family and their close friends ‘or Daddy might get into trouble’. The Malfoys were very proud of their pureblood and social status; and, for the entirety of Draco's early childhood, they were able to maintain a respectable public image despite having allied with Lord Voldemort.

He was aware from an early age that his father was a Death Eater (who had wisely avoided imprisonment in Azkaban following the First Wizarding War by claiming that he have been under the Imperius Curse). Both of his parents agreed with the ideology of pureblood supremacy; and in his formative years, he believed, wholeheartedly, as they did.

Draco's parents spoiled him, giving him the best of everything as far as material possessions go.

In childhood, Draco associated mainly with the pureblood children of his father’s ex-Death Eater cronies, and therefore arrived at Hogwarts with a small gang of friends already made, including Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, and Graham Montague.

When the time came for Draco to attend school in 1991, his father wanted him to attend Durmstrang, as it did not admit Muggleborns, however his mother did not like the idea of Draco going to school far away, and so they sent him to Hogwarts.

### Hogwarts Years (1991-1998)

The first time Draco met Harry Potter, he made a rather bad impression on the boy though he didn't know it at the time. On the Hogwarts Express, he offered his friendship to Harry as his father believed that Harry was a Dark wizard, and Draco wished to impress his father. Harry turned him down. The rest, as they say, is history--as he spent those years permanently in Potter's shadow while trying to outdo him, and never quite living up to his father's high expectations.

In his final years at Hogwarts he watched as all of his family's hopes were dashed as the Dark Lord rose and his father fell from Lord Voldemort's grace and even did a stint in Azkaban prison before deteriorating into a shell of what he once had been.
When the Dark Lord "honoured" Draco by making him a Death Eater--Draco was frightened, but elated--and certain that he could make things right again and restore his family to their rightful place among the Pureblood elite.

But despite the successes he had (and if killing Dumbledore wasn't a success, then what was? So what if he wasn't the one to actually cast the killing curse?) it was never enough. His father went from bad to worse--even as he, himself, stepped up to shoulder responsibilities he should never have had to burden himself with.
He was never the same after that. There was no honour or glory in serving the Dark Lord. One did so only because there wasn't a better alternative. He did so to survive. Even his crazy aunt grovelled like a house-elf to the noseless madman.

And of course he started thinking about whether or not Harry might, somehow after all, be the "Chosen One" like everyone said he was. But it was just as likely that it was just wishful thinking and the boy would soon end up dead like everyone else the Dark Lord set his mind on killing.

So yeah… maybe he did help Potter out by not telling Bellatrix that it was Potter that the snatchers had caught. And yeah… he did go after Potter during the early moments of the Battle of Hogwarts.

And no he wasn't being noble, and no he wasn't being evil either.

He was trying to find a way--through the entire mess to live and keep on living. And if you think you could do better, try it. Go on. It's not as easy as you think.