Editing Draco Malfoy (section)

== Appearance in other material ==
In the play ''[[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child]]'', Draco appears with his son [[Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy]], who became best friends with [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry]]'s second son [[Albus Severus Potter]]. It was revealed that during the fourth year of Scorpius's time in [[Hogwarts]] that Draco became widowed, as his wife [[Astoria Greengrass|Astoria Malfoy]] ([[Maiden name|née]] Greengrass) died due to an inherited blood curse, which could shorten her lifespan and disallow her from growing into old age.

The play also explores some of Draco's later life after the [[Deathly Hallows|second wizarding war]] and prior to the events of the play. Due to his harrowing experiences during his time with the [[Death Eater]]s and his remorse over his crimes as a Death Eater, Draco had realised the error in his ways and thus abandoned the old pure-blood beliefs he was raised to believe in. This notably caused friction between him and his parents (who maintained these beliefs despite having defected from Voldemort). As he grew into adulthood, Draco fell in love with fellow [[Slytherin]] Astoria Greengrass, who also witnessed the carnage and horrors which the war and the old beliefs brought about (though lesser than Draco). This romance and eventual marriage would disappoint Draco's parents further given that they expected a more suitable candidate from one of the wizarding world's oldest [[Fictional universe of Harry Potter#Blood_purity|pure-blood]] families and also an individual who had the embodiment of the old pure-blood beliefs. Despite having lost the favour of his parents, he still inherits the massive fortune of the Malfoy family, which made him independently wealthy and having no need to work. The inheritance also included his father's collection of Dark Arts artefacts.

After he married, Draco initially contemplated letting the Malfoy bloodline end with him to allow Astoria to live longer (much to [[Lucius Malfoy|Lucius]]'s disappointment), as he was aware of Astoria's family blood curse and that childbirth would weaken her further. Astoria, however, persuaded him from doing so as she wanted a child not for the pure-blood beliefs, but for him so that he will not be alone should she die some day, which culminated in the birth of Draco's first and only child Scorpius. Draco had once considered the birth of his son as the greatest day of his life, even though Scorpius's birth had further weakened Astoria's health and eventually caused her to die fourteen years later.

Draco was strict in Scorpius's upbringing and taught him to not believe in the old pure-blood beliefs and instead raised him to become a better child than Draco was in his own childhood, and was willing to allow his son to be punished for breaking school rules. He was also supportive of Scorpius's decision to befriend Harry's son Albus Severus, even though he and Harry had a history of animosity during their schooling years. Draco even trusted Albus to help Scorpius to heal him of his pain over losing his mother, and he valued his son's friendship to the point that he personally went to the Potter house to confront Harry, who tried to separate the two best friends apart. Despite having become more civil with his old enemies from the past, Draco remained apathetic and full of mockery towards them, including how he continued to mock Harry and his friends and sending a cold reply letter to Ginny's request to invite Scorpius to stay in the Potter house. These feelings only began to dissipate gradually as they became united by their common interest to save their sons. He was also revealed to be constantly envious of how Harry had true friends like Ron and Hermione (the latter whom became [[Ministry of Magic|Minister of Magic]]) during his schooling years while he had only [[Crabbe and Goyle]], who did not amount to being true friends for Draco.

During the events of the play, Draco slowly made amends with Harry and his friends as they all embarked on a journey to save their sons from [[Voldemort]]'s daughter [[Delphini]], demonstrating his slow, but gradual acknowledgement of Harry as a friend and his outright denouncement of his Death Eater past.<ref name="Rowling 2016">{{cite book|author=Rowling|first=J. K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kLAoswEACAAJ&q=harry+potter+and+the+cursed+child|title=Harry Potter and the Cursed Child|publisher=Little, Brown and Company|year=2016|isbn=9780751565362
|author-link=J. K. Rowling}}</ref>