Editing Draco Malfoy (section)

==Characterisation==

===Outward appearance===
Draco is described as a tall, slender boy with a pale, pointed face, sleek blond hair, and ice grey eyes.

===Personality===
Draco is the prototypical spoiled, rich brat; he believes that his family's wealth and social position gives him the right to bully those poorer than himself, such as Ron Weasley. He also insults Hermione Granger's [[Blood purity (Harry Potter)|Muggle-born status]] by referring to her as a "Mudblood", a term that, as stated by [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]], is one not used in civilised conversations. As Rowling explained in 1999, "He's a bigot and he's a bully, and as I say, in the most refined sense, he knows exactly what will hurt people".<ref name="WBUR" />

In a July 2005 interview, Rowling added that Draco, unlike Harry, never feels [[remorse]] for his actions: "I thought of Draco as someone who is very capable of compartmentalising his life and his emotions, and always has done. So he's shut down his pity, enabling him to bully effectively. He's shut down compassion— how else would you become a Death Eater?"<ref name="tlc" />

Draco, as well as [[Dudley Dursley]], was indoctrinated with his parents' beliefs. Rowling commented that "The moment Draco got what he thought he wanted, to become a Death Eater, and given a mission by Lord Voldemort, as he did in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', reality finally hit him" because his dream was "so very different". Rowling also stated that there was a real moral cowardice in Draco, but that he was not wholly bad.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jennifer|last=Vineyard|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1572399/20071019/story.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022021956/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1572399/20071019/story.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2007|title='Harry Potter' Author J.K. Rowling Outs Dumbledore at New York Event|publisher=MTV|date=19 October 2007|access-date=31 December 2010}}</ref>

Having gone through the horrors of the second wizarding war as a Death Eater, Draco abandoned the pure-blood beliefs he was originally devoted to, and grew to become a better person than he was in his youth, growing more tolerant and accepting of the non-pure-bloods of the wizarding world. He also made sure to discipline his son Scorpius to be a better child than he himself was in his youth, which made Scorpius to show kindness and become friends with Harry's son Albus Severus, as evidence of his reformation.<ref name="Rowling 2016"/>

===Magical abilities and skills===
During the series, Draco is portrayed as a cunning, competent young wizard. In his second year, he successfully performed the ''Tarantallegra'' curse against Harry,<ref name="{{HP2}}ch11">{{HPref|book=2}}{{page needed|date=January 2011}}</ref> a curse used by Death Eater [[Antonin Dolohov]] in book 5,<ref name="{{HP5}}ch35">{{HPref|book=5}}{{page needed|date=January 2011}}</ref> and also successfully cast the Serpensortia spell in the same scene, conjuring a serpent from his wand just as Voldemort would later do against Dumbledore in book 5,<ref name="{{HP5}}ch35"/> and Snape against McGonagall in the final book.<ref name="{{HP7}}ch30">{{HPref|book=7}}{{page needed|date=January 2011}}</ref> His character further develops in the sixth book, in which he is among very few students able to reach the required level to take Advanced Potions.<ref name="{{HP6}}ch9">{{HPref|book=6}}{{page needed|date=January 2011}}</ref> Draco also proved capable at [[Occlumency]], which he learned from his Aunt Bellatrix.<ref name="{{HP6}}ch9"/> Rowling recalled a discussion with her editor about Draco having mastered Occlumency while Harry could not. The author said that this is due to Draco being someone "very capable of compartmentalising his life and his emotions".<ref name="tlc"/> Draco's wand is 10&nbsp;inches precisely, made of hawthorn with a unicorn hair core, and which Ollivander states is "reasonably springy".<ref>{{HPref|book=7}}, page 493</ref>

When asked what shape Draco's [[Patronus Charm]] is, Rowling replied that, at least by the end of the sixth book, Draco was not capable of producing a Patronus, as it is not magic routinely taught at Hogwarts.<ref>{{cite web|first=J.K.|last=Rowling|url=http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=118|title=What is Draco Malfoy's Patronus?|publisher=J.K. Rowling Official Site|access-date=1 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226090011/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=118|archive-date=26 December 2010}}</ref>

===Family===
The '''Malfoy family''' is one of the few remaining [[Pure-blood (Harry Potter)|pure-blood]] wizarding clans in the ''Harry Potter'' series, and among the wealthiest. The anti-Muggle editor Brutus Malfoy is their ancestor. [[Lucius Malfoy]] was a Death Eater during both wizard wars. He marries [[Narcissa Black]] and together they have one son, Draco, who is the first Malfoy family member introduced in the series. The Malfoys are related to the [[Fictional universe of Harry Potter|Black family]] through Narcissa (a first cousin of [[Sirius Black]], Harry's godfather), which makes Draco a nephew of both [[Bellatrix Lestrange]] and [[Andromeda Tonks]]. Draco is also [[Nymphadora Tonks]]' first cousin through their mothers. Three of Draco's grandparents are identified: Abraxas Malfoy, Cygnus Black, and Druella Rosier. Abraxas died before the series begins and was a friend of [[Horace Slughorn|Professor Slughorn]]. Draco is, therefore, the scion of two old magical families. The Malfoy home, [[Malfoy Manor]], is an elegant mansion located in the western English county of [[Wiltshire]]. They were served by [[Dobby the house elf]] until the end of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''.

The Malfoys are a wealthy [[landed gentry]] family respected in the Wizarding world mainly from Lucius' influence with Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic, gained mostly from his monetary donations to the Ministry and [[St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries]], as well as from his post on the Hogwarts board of governors as chairman. However, he was removed from his position at the conclusion of the second book and imprisoned in Azkaban following the battle at the [[Department of Mysteries]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''. Despite maintaining a respectable, but false, image before these events, some in the Wizarding world were previously aware that the Malfoys were devoted to Voldemort and the Dark Arts. Draco constantly uses his elite status and his father's name and influence to gain advantages and to threaten others. Lucius is also known to have used bribery and threats.