House Malfoy

# **Summary**

**House Malfoy** is an Ancient and Noble House of the Wizengamot. Its current Lord is Lucius, its Heir Apparent Draco, and its former Lady Narcissa.

# **History**

## **Background**

The Malfoys were one of seventeen (17) Roman families that emigrated to Britannia following the Fall of Rome. After centuries warring and interbreeding with each other and the preexisting Druid clans, the families established the Wizards Council in the 7th century, ruling Britannia for almost three (3) centuries.

The family's true motto - ***Alis Volat Propriis*** - represents the opportunity of every Malfoy to lead and succeed by his or her own machinations. The common motto - ***Sanctimonia Vincet Semper*** - was implemented by Brutus Malfoy as a decoy in the years leading up to The Statute of Secrecy. Though the House is believed to be patrilineal, its House Charter is egalitarian; either a male or female can be Heir Presumptive so long as they are the legitimate firstborn magical child of the sitting Lord or Lady.

In 1066 A.D., William the Conqueror invaded, and following his successful invasion of Britain, twenty-nine (29) Norman, Breton, and French wizarding families relocated to Britain. These twenty-nine new houses immediately challenged the power of the Wizards Council. The conflict between the entrenched Roman families and the younger, more numerous invader families continued for decades, long after the Normans themselves had subjugated Britain.

Finally, House Malfoy's ancestor on the Wizards Council broke his family's alliance with the other Roman families and engineered a peace treaty between the two factions. The result was the Wizengamot, a new magical government in which all of the families held power jointly but with the old Wizards Council families having additional voting privileges, due to seniority. The sole of exception was House Gaunt, who unanimously received the vote to become an Ancient and Noble House despite accompanying the new invaders.Despite the peaceful resolution and the Wizard Council families being able to hold Ancient and Noble status, they cursed the Malfoy family's line so that its true name would be lost forever and would only be known then onward as "House Bad-Faith" - or "House Malfoy" in the language of the Norman conquerors.

Overall, House Malfoy has known and maintained great wealth, prosperity, and influence, yielding three (3) Princeps Emereti and several Consilierii that helped rule Slytherin House from the shadows.

## **The Family Residence**

**Malfoy Manor** is located in Wiltshire, on several hundred acres of Unplottable lands. Access to the Manor is granted by the current Lord and/or Lady, limited to the Floo. Prior the International Statute of Secrecy, the Malfoy family held muggle aristocratic titles including Duke/Duchess of Wiltshire, Marquess/Marchioness of Devizes, Earl/Countess of Salisbury, and Viscount/Viscountess of Marlborough.

The Malfoys also own Le Nid Malfoy in Gstaad, Holzhütte Malfoy in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, La Tanière in Lyon, El Refúgio in Rio de Janeiro, and several others within the muggle world and other wizarding enclaves.

# **The War of the Roses**

Alongside her *Consilierii Emereti* Arrius Weasley, Valdis Gaunt, Jericho Kolumbiko, and Nicodemus Crouch, Prince Emeritus and Acting Lady Danica orchestrated the downfall of Theron Lord Nott for his scheme to fracture the Wizengamot and reestablish the Wizards' Council of olde, granting him and his cohorts absolute authority over the muggles. Theron was aligned to the House of Lancaster, in direct opposition to Yorkist interests of Danica and her allies.

What followed can only be described as a three-year campaign of expert maneuver warfare (with an occasional frontal assault) that saw Theron's character and influence in complete tatters. Along with persisting rumors of alcoholism and a disturbingly keen appetite for teenage muggle girls (with picture proof courtesy of Jules Scarabee), accusations of contract fraud with other Wizengamot Houses came to the fore, along with more serious allegations of practicing redacted spells whilst muggle-baiting. Nott, with his propensity to brag about his superior hunting abilities, had made that insinuation all too easy to levy. The emergence of that particular accusation carried serious legal ramifications in the form of massive fines, formal censure, and, in very extreme cases, expulsion from the Wizengamot.

With the defeat of the Lancastrian heir Edward of Westminster and his muggle and wizarding forces in the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471, Theron finally had to admit defeat and retreat from the public sphere altogether, though not without a formal apology to the Wizengamot and a sworn statement to never again interfere with House of York's interests. Lord Nott had initially postured and blustered with threats of Enmity Oaths and lawsuits against his enemies, but the historic siege of Castle Black (led by Valdis Gaunt and Thibault Longbottom) which resulted in the execution of his ally Sagittarius Lord Black had quickly remedied any such intentions.

# **The Clash with House Weasley**

Prior to 1788, the Noble House of Weasley and the Ancient and Noble House of Malfoy had been in a general state of de facto alliance for almost 300 years, with quite a few Consilierii serving on Malfoy Prince Administrations. The two families supported other during the conflict between the Muggle Houses of York and Lancaster, rewarded rather handsomely by King Richard III upon resolution of the conflict. While the House of Weasley never formally swore fealty to the House of Malfoy, the two families had several joint business ventures and supported one another politically in the Wizengamot. It was widely understood - widely expected - that the Malfoys would support the elevation of the Weasleys to the status of Ancient and Noble House once a seat became vacant.

In 1788, when the Heads of the two Houses – Hephaestus Malfoy II (Hufflepuff, Class of 1750) and Barnabas Weasley (Slytherin, Class of 1753) – decided to formalize their alliance with a marriage contract between Meleager, the Malfoy Heir, and Camilla, the eldest daughter of Barnabas. However, problems arose when Meleager, in a serious breach of etiquette, rather loudly let it be known that he was less interested in Camilla, who was six years his senior, than in Ludmilla Weasley, who was only one year his junior and who was considered to be more attractive than her older sister. Barnabas' father Amadeus Weasley (Slytherin, Class of 1703) had warned Barnabas that the inevitably unhappy union would bring ruin upon their houses, and that if his son truly wanted to foster an alliance between the two Houses, he would bequeath Ludmilla to Meleager. As it stood, the two were already very much in love with each other, and had already expressed wanting to be married once they graduated from Hogwarts. Unfortunately, Barnabas was more eager to marry Camilla off than to ensure either her or Ludmilla's happiness. It'd been noted several times that Camilla and Meleager didn't with each other during their years at Hogwarts.

After his vigorous initial protests, Meleager initially bowed to his father's wishes. But a week before the wedding, Meleager disappeared never to be seen again, along with Ludmilla, the bride price, the dowry, and all the wedding gifts that had been received up to that point. Each family blamed the other for the scandal. Barnabas Weasley called Meleager a rakish scoundrel who had seduced his baby girl, while Hephaestus called Ludmilla a shameless slattern who had deceived his beloved son, perhaps to his death. The situation deteriorated very quickly, with three duels between members of the two houses over the course of the next year.

Things came to a head in 1790 when Barnabas Weasley publicly accused Livilla Malfoy (née Avery), Hephaestus's wife, of cursing the Weasley family with a redacted spell. The purported spell - believed to be Dark Blood Magick - cursed the both the Weasleys and the Malfoys, preventing the birth of any female descendants The gravity of such an accusation, coupled with House Weasley's inability to demonstrate proof in front of the Wizengamot, resulted in a lawsuit of libel and slander against the Weasleys. The damages awarded to the Malfoys over a false allegation of using a redacted spell caused the Weasleys to lose their Wizengamot seat. Most of the financial difficulties the Weasleys have had over the last two centuries stem from these events.

### **Ending the Enmity Oath**

On 24 March 1993 at approximately 7:07PM, Harry Potter succeeded in convincing Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley to end the Oath of Enmity between their Houses. His clever Slytherin maneuvering saw the two men 'unite' against their common enemy the Dark Lord, who'd orchestrated the entire scheme that endangered the lives of both their sons.