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===Lucius Malfoy===
Lucius Malfoy is the head of a wealthy [[Fictional universe of Harry Potter#Blood purity|pure-blood]] wizarding family. He lives with his wife [[Narcissa Malfoy]] and their son [[Draco Malfoy|Draco]] at the [[Malfoy Manor]] in Wiltshire. Lucius was a [[trustee|school governor]] of Hogwarts before being sacked, and has very close connections at the [[Ministry of Magic]]. He was educated at Hogwarts, where he was a prefect in Slytherin House.

He debuts as the main antagonist in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', in which just before Draco and Harry's second year at Hogwarts, Lucius plants [[Tom Riddle's diary]] in [[Ginny Weasley]]'s [[Potions Class|potions]] cauldron while she is shopping for school supplies at [[Flourish & Blotts]], in a plot to use her to reopen the [[Chamber of Secrets]], which would lead to attacks on [[Muggle-born]] students.

Lucius knows the diary is cleverly enchanted, but is not aware that it is a [[horcrux]] containing a part of Voldemort's soul. He is careless with it and punished by Voldemort himself. Lucius intends to use the opening of the Chamber of Secrets by Ginny to discredit her father, [[Arthur Weasley]], and Dumbledore. Lucius' plans are ultimately thwarted with the help of the Malfoys' [[house-elf]] Dobby, and Harry, but not before the Chamber is opened and Lucius uses the ensuing terror (and threats to attack their families) to influence the school's Board of Governors to discredit and dismiss Dumbledore as Headmaster.

After the [[basilisk]] in the Chamber of Secrets is killed, Dumbledore is reinstated as Headmaster. Lucius, whose part in the scheme to remove Dumbledore is exposed, is ultimately stripped of his title as a Hogwarts school governor.

In ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', when Voldemort rises again and summons his [[Death Eaters]], Malfoy rejoins him and asserts that he had done everything he could to help his master, who however remains unimpressed. Harry reports Malfoy's declarations to Minister Fudge, who refuses to believe him.

During the climax of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', Malfoy is the leader of the [[Death Eaters]] who are sent to retrieve the prophecy from [[Harry Potter (Character)|Harry]] in the Hall of Prophecy. Lucius tries several ways to get the prophecy from Harry without breaking it, but the boy and his friends manage to escape from the Hall. Malfoy finally meets him in the Death Chamber, where Harry is about to give it to Malfoy when the [[Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter)|Order of the Phoenix]] breaks into the Ministry and begins to duel with the Death Eaters. Dumbledore himself arrives at the end of the battle and Malfoy is captured and sent to Azkaban.

By the final book, Voldemort has given Malfoy his freedom, though he looks significantly the worse for wear, having lost Voldemort's favour. Voldemort treats him with great contempt by hijacking his house for Headquarters, and is forcing his son to do dark deeds against his nature, sparking sympathy for the notorious family for the first time in the series. Voldemort borrows Lucius's wand, which is accidentally destroyed by Harry Potter. Later in the book, Lucius, along with his wife and sister-in-law, accidentally allow Harry and his friends to escape from Malfoy Manor. Voldemort punishes them severely, eventually putting them under house arrest.

Despite his long-standing position as a Death Eater and Voldemort's advocate of pure-blood supremacy, Lucius decides his love for his family is more important than his involvement in the war. During the Battle of Hogwarts, he pleads with Voldemort to let him onto the battlefield so he can find his son. He is reunited with the rest of his family at the end of the book. Because Narcissa aided Harry in the [[Hogwarts#Forbidden Forest|Forbidden Forest]], the Malfoys all manage to avoid being sent to Azkaban after Voldemort's death.<ref name="webchat" />

Lucius's ultimate fate after ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]'' is unknown, but the "Malfoy Family" story at the Harry Potter website claims that Lucius and Draco were pardoned of their crimes while cooperating with the authorities.

The play ''[[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child]]'' revealed that Lucius became the grandfather of Scorpius Malfoy. He would also be revealed in Act 4 to have created a prototype Time-Turner with Theodore Nott and another Time-Turner that was used by Scorpius.

In the film series, Lucius is portrayed by [[Jason Isaacs]] as an adult. Scenes with Tony Coburn as a teenage Lucius were recorded for ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', but were cut from the final movie.<ref>[http://harrypotterspage.com/news.php/2008/05/03/tony-coburn-as-young-lucius-malfoy-in-half-blood-prince123.html Tony Coburn – Young Lucius] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525222133/http://harrypotterspage.com/news.php/2008/05/03/tony-coburn-as-young-lucius-malfoy-in-half-blood-prince123.html|date=25 May 2008}}</ref> According to Isaacs, Lucius's desire to be in a position of supremacy and a "fear of the future he doesn't belong in" drive his actions; Isaacs described Lucius as "a repulsive creature [...] a racist [...] a eugenicist [...] a bully [...] a terrible father".<ref>{{cite web|last=Crucchiola|first=Jordan|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/02/jason-isaacs-explains-how-to-play-a-truly-chilling-villain.html|title=Jason Isaacs on His Most Frightening Role, and How to Play a Truly Chilling Villain|work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|date=2017-02-16|accessdate=2023-06-14}}</ref> When it came to Malfoy's fate, Isaacs surmised in an interview with ''[[Syfy#Syfy Wire|Syfy Wire]]'' that he believes Lucius would not feel like a member of wizarding society again after Voldemort's fall, as society would shun him. Isaacs also states that Lucius would become a shell of his former self, lose the respect of his wife and son, protect himself with his money, and drink himself into an early grave.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/jason-isaacs-lucius-malfoy-fate-harry-potter|title = Harry Potter: Jason Isaacs weighs in on Lucius Malfoy's fate after the Battle of Hogwarts|date = April 2020}}</ref>