House Malfoy

**House Malfoy** is an Ancient and Noble House of the Wizengamot that is currently led by Lucius Malfoy.

## History

### Coming to England

The House that formed the foundations for House Malfoy originally came to British Isles, along with sixteen other families, prior to the fall of the Roman Empire. The foundational Houses then spent the next few centuries warring with each other, interbreeding with each other, or both, until they settled their differences and formed the Wizards Council. The Wizards Council then ruled Magical Britain from the 7th century until the Normandy Invasion in 1066.

### Becoming House Bad-Faith

In 1066 A.D., William the Conqueror invaded, and following his successful invasion of Britain, twenty-nine 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 powerful, 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. 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.

### Declaring Enmity with House Weasley

House Malfoy was particularly close to House Weasley around 1688, with the two houses being involved in several business deals together and being political allies inside the Wizengamot, to the point where House Malfoy would support the elevation of House Weasley to Ancient & Noble House should a seat become available.

It never did though, as in 1788, the two houses decided to formalise their alliance through marriage. Meleager Malfoy, the Malfoy Heir and son to then-Lord Hephaestus Malfoy, would marry Camilla Weasley, the oldest daughter of then-Lord Barnabas Weasley. However, Meleager was much more interested in Ludmilla Weasley, due to the small age gap. Although Meleager seemed to bow to his father's wishes, a week before his wedding to Camilla, he disappeared with Ludmilla, along with the bride price, the dowry, and all the wedding gifts that had been received. Both houses blamed the other, resulting in three duels between members of each house over the next year.

Things came to a head in 1790, when Lord Barnabas Weasley publicly accused Livilla Malfoy, Lord Hephaestus's wife, of cursing House Weasley with a redacted spell. However, burden of proof was on House Weasley, which Barnabas was unable to provided, thus losing the conviction in the Wizengamot. House Malfoy then counter-sued House Weasley over false allegations, causing House Weasley to suffer financial difficulties, which resulted in them being unable to maintain their House Dues (losing their House Wizengamot seats) and has persisted over the last two centuries. Having lost the court case, Barnabas Weasley exercised his power as Head of House to declare Family Enmity against House Malfoy, and Hephaestus Malfoy reciprocated.

## Family Residence

The main residence for the majority of House Malfoy is **Malfoy Manor**.

## References

Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 90 - Reactions & Overreactions (Pt 1),

Harry mentally reviews House Malfoy's history after Draco explains Wizengamot seats.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 55 - Pranks & Other Diversions (Pt 2),

Theo explains the Weasley-Malfoy Enmity's History to Ginny and Draco.