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Jason Isaacs as Lucius Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Lucius Malfoy
Gender	Male
Hair colour	Grey
Eye colour	Grey
House	Slytherin
Parentage	Pure-blood
Loyalty	Death Eater
Film portrayer	Jason Isaacs
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Lucius Malfoy is a fictional character in the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling. Lucius Malfoy is married to Narcissa Black, cousin of Sirius Black and they have a son named Draco Malfoy. Lucius Malfoy was 41 at the time of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, placing his birth at 1954. His father was called Abraxas Malfoy and died of complications resulting from an infection with dragon pox.

The name Lucius, being one of the most common Roman names (meaning 'light'), is an apparent reference to Lucifer ('the brilliant' 'the one that shines'), one of the names for Satan. Some less obvious allusions may come from the Roman Dictator Lucius Sulla, who extrajudiciously executed his rivals. His name could also be a reference to the Roman Emperor Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also known as Nero. Malfoy is derived from the French mal foi or mal foy, meaning evil and faith respectively. His name could have also been inspired in Saint Lucius (Lucius of Britain mythical king of the Britons whose death caused his subjects to reveal against Rome, causing what is still known as the Interregnum of Severus.-

He was a follower of Lord Voldemort, but left his master after Voldemort was defeated by one-year-old Harry Potter. Malfoy claimed that he had been bewitched by Voldemort and had not meant to serve him. Though this explanation was accepted by the Ministry of Magic, some, such as Arthur Weasley, believed it was a lie.

Through giving money to charitable causes, Lucius has become very well connected and frequently uses his influence to further his own ends. At one time, Lucius Malfoy was a school governor.

In the movie, Malfoy is played by Jason Isaacs. Many people have joked that he looks like a Lothlórien elf (one example being Haldir of Lórien).

Forbes magazine states that Lucius Malfoy is currently number 15 on their fictional wealthiest characters list. [1]

Before his son's, and Harry's, second year, he brewed an elaborate plan which consisted of planting the old school diary of Tom Riddle, who was the child version of Lord Vordemort, on Ginny Weasley, knowing full well that it would possess her and attempt to use her body to open the Chamber of Secrets and attack muggle borns and half-bloods. What he didn't know was that the diary wasn't just a diary of memories, but a horcrux that contained a part of Lord Voldemort's soul. It was hinted that his target was not the muggle borns, half-bloods or even Ginny, but to discredit Arthur Weasley and thus sabotage the Muggle Protection Act that Weasley had recently proposed. Lucius' selfishness risked the endangerment of the diary.

Malfoy's plan went way beyond success: even what initially was the sole flaw -- Malfoy's house-elf, Dobby, who snuck out of the house to warn Harry of the impending terrible events -- failed to tip him off about the true source behind what was about to transpire. Students, animals and ghosts were systematically petrified by a Basilisk controlled by Voldemort using Ginny, whose possession became gradually stronger. With pressure from Malfoy (in the form of their families being attacked if they were not to do this), the school governors voted to dismiss Albus Dumbledore as inadequate for running the school.

The plan failed, however, when Riddle decided to pursue his own goals, and rather than continue to petrify the non-purebloods of the school he set his eyes on the destruction of Harry Potter, the boy that Ginny told him would kill him in his future, as a temporally twisted sort of revenge. Ginny finally stopped trusting her diary and threw it away, to consequently be found by Harry. These events worked excellently for Riddle, but not at all for Malfoy; this culminated with Riddle putting Malfoy's whole plan at stake in forcing Ginny into the Chamber in hopes of Harry trying to rescue her only to be attacked by Riddle and destroyed, which destroyed the soul living within the Horcrux. As Harry actually was the one to survive the showdown in the Chamber (with indirect help from Dumbledore through his pet phoenix, Fawkes), he was able to discover the truth behind Ginny "attacking" the school students, both proving her innocence and pointing an accusing finger at the true culprit, Malfoy, who was consequently sacked as a school governor. Adding insult to injury, Harry also managed to trick Malfoy into setting Dobby free with a sock, and shortly thereafter, attempted to use the Avada Kedavra Curse (The Killing Curse) on Harry Potter, but was stopped by Dobby.

When Lord Voldemort rose again, Malfoy rejoined him, claiming that he had done everything he could all along to find Voldemort and help him rise again. Voldemort believed him (at least partially), and since Voldemort has a special ability to know when he is being lied to, it is probably true to some extent. Even though Harry witnessed Malfoy's declaration of loyalty to Voldemort, pretty much nobody in the Ministry believed him and Malfoy continued maintaining strong ties to very high places in the Ministry (most prominently in the form of financial support, as has been in the past).

Malfoy was also involved in the battle in the Department of Mysteries, as the apparent leader of the squad sent to pry a crucial prophecy from Harry's hands. He was seen by a myriad of Ministry officials called by Dumbledore to the scene, and -- now with irrefutable evidence pointing to his identity as a Death Eater -- promptly sent to Azkaban prison.

Lucius Malfoy's failure to retrieve the prophecy at the Department of Magical Mysteries combined with accidentally destroying part of Voldemort's soul with the Diary of Tom Riddle has resulted in his loss of any standing with the Dark Lord. Some believe he is safer in Azkaban than being free.

Lucius Malfoy's family tree

Unknown Black

Phineas Nigellus Black

Ursula Flint

Elladora Black

Unknown Black

Unknown Black

Violetta Bulstrode

Belvina Black

Herbert Burke

Arcturus Black

Lysandra Yaxley

Unknown Black

Unknown Black

Dorea Black

Charlus Potter

Unknown Male Burke

Unknown Male Burke

Unknown Female Burke

Callidora Black

Harfang Longbottom

Unknown Black

Charis Black

Caspar Crouch

Mr and Mrs Black

Alphard Black

Mr and Mrs Black

Unknown Male Potter

Unknown Male Longbottom

Unknown Female Longbottom

Sirius Black

Regulus Black

Bellatrix Black

Rodolphus Lestrange

Andromeda Black

Ted Tonks

Narcissa Black

Lucius Malfoy

Nymphadora Tonks

Draco Malfoy