Narcissa Malfoy

Narcissa Malfoy, née Black is a fictional character of the Harry Potter series. Little is known of her other than her familiar relations. She was born in the House of Black and is the cousin to Sirius Black and Regulus Black, sister to Bellatrix Black and Andromeda Black. Narcissa is also the aunt of Nymphadora Tonks. She is the wife of Lucius Malfoy and mother of Draco Malfoy. Her name is derived from narcissism, which means self-love, named after Narcissus. Her nickname is "Cissy". She is described as having a nose that always looks like it is cringed as if smelling something bad, likely steming from her snide attitude towards others that she shared with her husband and son. She is also described as, "so pale that she seemed to shine in the darkness; the long blonde hair streaming down her back gave her the look of a drowned person."

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Fictional character - Harry Potter - Sirius Black - Regulus Black - Bellatrix Black - Andromeda Black - Nymphadora Tonks - Lucius Malfoy - Draco Malfoy - Narcissism - Narcissus

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When the house-elf Kreacher left the Black House on Sirius' "orders," he went to the home of Narcissa Malfoy, as she was the only member of the family available that he still respected. Though limited by house-elf bondage from revealing where the Order of the Phoenix headquarters are, he did help her to discover how to lure Sirius out of the house, which ultimately led to his presumed untimely death at the end of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

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House-elf - Kreacher - Sirius - Order of the Phoenix - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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Narcissa Malfoy's love for her husband and son are surprisingly sincere. She was devastated by her husband being left to rot in Azkaban Prison and came to Severus Snape with her sister Bellatrix (who calls her Cissy) to beg him to protect her son from Voldemort. She managed to get Severus Snape to pledge an Unbreakable Vow to protect her son. The true nature of the relationship between Narcissa and Severus might be illustrated by the contrast between Snape's generally cold and distant relationship with others, and his calm and sympathetic conversation with Narcissa when he makes the Unbreakable Vow.

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Severus Snape - Unbreakable Vow

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Narcissa is later seen In Half-Blood Prince shopping with her son Draco in Diagon Alley for new robes, where she and her son make taunting remarks at Harry and Hermione when they enter the store. Harry and Draco nearly start a duel, but Narcissa de-fuses the situation by leaving with her son. She tried intimidating Harry Potter while seeing to her son's fitting, but it is possible she was far more scared of Harry than he of her.

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While it is known Narcissa's loyalties are to her husband and son, the circle of Death Eaters, and likely Lord Voldemort, it is still not proven that Narcissa herself is a Death Eater, as no history of misdeeds on her part have been mentioned thus far. Adding to the suspiscions about Narcissa's true leanings is Draco's comment that he attends Hogwarts for his education on his mother's behest, rather than Durmstrang, where the Dark Arts are known to be taught.

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