Lucius Malfoy

**Lucius Malfoy** is a character in the *Harry Potter book series*. Lucius is a pure-blood wizard, a Slytherin and a Death Eater. He is the husband of Narcissa Malfoy and the father of Draco Malfoy.

After lying at the end of the First Wizarding War by claiming he had acted under the Imperius Curse, he is on the Board of Governors at Hogwarts when he gives Ginny Weasley the diary of Voldemort so that she opens the Chamber of Secrets. During the Second Wizarding War, he fails Voldemort at the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. Lucius is imprisoned in Azkaban but he is punished by Voldemort after they fall out of favour by forcing his son Draco into the Death Eaters. They defect during the Battle of Hogwarts.

## Biography

### 1981 - 1991

At the end of the First Wizarding War, Lucius was one of the first say that Voldemort controlled him through the Imperius Curse. That was true of a few witches and wizards, but it was not true of the Malfoy family. Many willing Death Eaters would claim they were bewitched to avoid punishment for their crimes. Arthur Weasley was one of those he failed to persuade and he would later say that Lucius had never needed an excuse to join the Dark side.

#### Chamber of Secrets

Lucius was not in favour of a new law proposed by Arthur called the Muggle Protection Act. Arthur was conducting raids in search of Dark artefacts and he knew he was hoping to raid Malfoy Manor. He put together a plan to ruin Arthur's career so he could get the law scrapped. He gave Arthur's daughter, Ginny the diary of Voldemort which possessed her into the opening of the Chamber of Secrets for the second time. Dobby learned of the plan, betraying the family by trying to warn Harry about it. He was going to use the scandal to prove that Arthur was incompetent which meant he shouldn't be creating laws. He started selling his Dark artefacts in case Arthur conducted a raid at the house.

In August, he took Draco to Borgin and Burkes and agreed on a price for a few of his artefacts. At Flourish and Blotts during Gilderoy Lockhart's book signing, he saw Arthur and the Weasley family. He insulted Arthur for buying Ginny a second-hand book. He and Arthur started fighting and knocked into a bookshelf, causing heavy books to fall. Lucius was hit in the eye by an Encyclopedia of Toadstools by the time Rubeus Hagrid separated them.

Lucius managed to put Tom Riddle's Diary in Ginny's cauldron when he returned her second-hand Transfiguration book. Upon starting her first year at Hogwarts, she opened the Chamber of Secrets. Lucius warned Draco not to get involved and let the Heir of Slytherin do what they had to. He did not tell Draco a lot about it because he thought it would look suspicious. He only shared how it was opened the first time half a century earlier, during which a student was killed and the person responsible was probably sent to Azkaban.

In December, Arthur raided Malfoy Manor in search of Dark artefacts but Lucius had a secret chamber under the drawing-room floor. By then, Lucius was Chairman of the Board of Governors. He gave an interview about Arthur after he was fined for enchanting a flying car, calling for Arthur's resignation and the Muggle Protection Act to be scrapped. He sent a copy of the article to Draco who found it very funny.

In April, the Serpent of Slytherin petrified two students. Lucius used it to suspend Dumbledore. He threatened to curse the families of the other Board of Governors if they did ot sign an Order of Suspension. He walked to Hagrid's Hut to give it to Dumbledore. Cornelius Fudge was at the Hut to take Rubeus Hagrid to Azkaban because he was thought to be responsible for opening the Chamber of Secrets. Lucius insulted Hagrid when he and Fudge objected to Dumbledore's suspension.

However, the decision of the Board is final and Dumbledore told everybody he won't truly be gone at Hogwarts so long that people there stay loyal to him. Lucius called it an "admirable sentiment" and spoke of Dumbledore's "highly individual way of running things". Hagrid guessed that Lucius had threatened the Board and Dumbledore had thought the same but was could not prove it.

In May, the governors heard about Ginny supposedly being killed by the monster and reinstated Dumbledore, admitting Lucius had threatened them to get him suspended. Lucius heard Dumbledore had returned so he went to his office to tell him he had broken the rules of suspension and he had to leave. Dumbledore told Lucius he was reinstated and he knew he had illegally bribed the Board. He informed Lucius that the Chamber of Secrets was found, the Basilisk was killed, Ginny was saved and Tom Riddle's Diary was responsible, implying he knew Lucius was behind it.

Harry told Lucius he figured out he gave Ginny the Diary in Flourish and Blotts. Lucius suddenly had to leave in defeat. Having brought Dobby with him, he forced the house-elf to leave with him. Harry chased Lucius who was kicking Dobby and gave him the Diary back. He had put a sock in it which Lucius ripped it off. Dobby caught the sock leaving Lucius frozen in shock because he knew he was now free. He berated and lunged at Harry for costing him his house-elf, causing Dobby to intervene and throw Lucius down the stairs. Lucius gave up and fled the scene. Lucius was later sacked by the Board of Governors.

## Appearance

He has a pale, pointed face, and grey eyes.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ According to *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 15, Lucius was aged 41 when he gave an interview on Sunday 8 September 1995. According to *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, Chapter 33, he was still a Prefect and student in September 1971.
If he was born before 1 September 1954, he should have graduated by then.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 12
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 16
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 6
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 4
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 18
7. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 2
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 14