Hey everyone welcome back, you’ve read that correctly, it’s not a mistake, todays video
is going to be all about how Narcissa Malfoy secretly plotted the dark lords downfall and
was quite successful at it if I’m honest.
She was involved in several key moments that, had they gone a different direction, could’ve
resulted in voldemort being victorious quite early on.
I think people actually forget just how crucial a role Narcissa played in Voldemort’s defeat
which actually stemmed more from a desire to actually protect her own family rather
than target him directly, its still not to say that she wasn’t aware of the damage
she’s capable of causing and that’s something we’ll talk about shortly.
Let’s begin by first looking at Narcissa’s overall attitude towards voldemort and the
death eaters because it ties into her later actions.
The majority of you will already be aware of this but for those of you who are not,
Narcissa Malfoy was not a death eater, she never took the dark mark, never pledged herself
to voldmeorts service, didnt carry out his missions or anything of the sort however,
surprisingly, she was allowed into the inner circle due to the fact her husband Lucius
was a high ranking death eater.
I’m still not sure why voldemort allowed that but I’m sure he gave lucius a chilling
warning were his wife ever to be involved with any sort of unappreciated behaviour,
something Lucius assured the dark lord would not be the case.
She also wasn’t voldemort’s biggest fan, she knew how cruel and unforgiving he was
but nevertheless, she supported her husband’s involvement with the death eaters because
she believed in how much he believed in what voldemort was trying to do.
That was always the case with Narcissa, it was her supporting her husbands endeavours
more so than having a passion for them herself.
Her sister was also involved with the same organisation so it only made sense for her
to participate too.
So Voldemort returns to power, he scolds Lucius for not trying to find him despite the clear
signs that he was still alive.
Lucius denies any of the signs, voldemort know he’s lying but in reality, needs lucius
and the death eaters as he’s still gaining his strength back and getting used to his
new body so he denies to give lucius another chance.
Lucius goes back to full death eater mode, it’s all about the dark lords return and
mounting a fresh challenge on the Wizarding world.
Narcissa is on board, she’d rather be in a prime position in Voldemort’s vision of
the new world, her husband is right up there, bellatrix is outta prison, her family are
all together.
It’s all good for a couple of months to the best part of a year until that is, Lucius
is placed in charge of the mission to retrieve the prophecy.
He not only fails to retrieve the prophecy but it is actually destroyed during the battle
and he ends up being captured, sent to azkaban and has his reputation destroyed.
He’s all over the papers.
Now this makes Lucius useless to voldmeort because he can no longer act as a double agent
through his role in the ministry and his influence over the minster too.
Narcissa knows how serious this is.
She knows her husband is in a lot of trouble and his life is at risk.
The only reason Voldmeort even frees him from azkaban is due to snaps pleas that he can
be useful.
Now Narcissa is called into red alert when draco is initiated into the death eaters,
really early I might add.
He’s so young, he’s still learning, he’s nervous and really feels the pressure to not
only fill his fathers shoes but also restore his family’s honour after his fathers failure.
Narcissa is not happy at role that Draco’s had to take and her concern grows to an immediate
unsettling unease when her son is given the task of assassinating Hogwarts Headmaster
Albus Dumbledore.
This is way more than what Draco can handle and we can see that from the obvious stress
on his face and how it’s taking it’s toll on his body, causing him to be sluggish and
gaunt.
He tries feeble attempts to kill him through third party assistance like trying to send
the cursed neckless and the poisoned mead, both attempts actually hurting unintended
targets instead.
Narcissa knew that Voldemort had intended for Draco to fail so he could kill him as
an additional punishment for Lucius failures.
She knows that Draco failing, is the outcome that Voldemort really wants, he knows dumbledore
isn’t going to be killed, he’s dumbledore, if he couldn’t even kill him then there’s
no way draco would be successful.
Narcissa decides to become involved and goes to snape, behind voldemorts back, in order
to ensure that snape would carry out the deed so draco could be spared.
Bellatrix said it best when she said the dark lord would kill them all if he knew what they
were up to.
Its common knowledge that if you defy voldemort then you die.
This actually works out perfectly for snape because he could earn the dark lords trust
completely by carrying out the deed himself.
So what’s important to note here is that Narcissa has schemed behind Voldmeort’s
back to prevent the outcome he desired.
She has checked out of Voldemort camp, he’s treating her husband like he’s less than
human, and is setting her son up to fail and then be killed.
She knew it was only a matter of time before voldmeort would look to once again punish
her husband so it’s no surprise she took her chance when the opportunity presented
itself and displayed 2 moments of bravery, the first was when she lied directly to voldemort’s
face, falsely informing him that Harry Potter was dead.
If there’s one lesson to learn from Voldmeort it’s the fact that you pretty much cant
lie to him, he can tell.
Not only did Narcissa successfully fool him, Harry himself, to her own surprise, managed
to hold in the excruciating pain from voldmeort’s crucuiatus curse which backed up her claim
that the boy was dead.
This in my opinion all but confirmed in harry’s head, that Voldemort’s followers were losing
confidence in him and Narcissa may not be the only one..She knew that harry was the
only chance that anyone had of defeating the dark lord.
She had switched alliegence long before that moment but this was the first action she took.
It did not take much for Narcissa to switch off or check out of her loyalty to voldemort
and that was down to her family being threatened.
This quote from the deathly hallows sums it up which reads as follows ‘Still feigning
death on the ground he [Harry] understood.
Narcissa knew that the only way she would be permitted to enter Hogwarts, to find her
son, was as part of the conquering army.
She no longer cared whether Voldemort won.'
It really solidifies her stance on the situation.
By lying for harry and obviously to see her son, she knew that he would find a way to
end this, especially if he just survived the killing curse, AGAIN!
Her next act was refusing to partake in the battle of hogwarts, caring only about the
wellbeing of her son.
At this point, she craved the dark lords final downfall, there was no way she wanted a world
with this person as its leader.
She was also clever enough to have aided Harry Potter while not fighting during the battle
which means the evidence of her help was there and theres no way Harry Potter would’ve
denied that she assisted him as it wasn’t in harry’s nature.
Contrary to the movie, the malfoys didnt actually leave the battle like its shown, they stayed
but just didnt fight.
Now although Draco definitely seemed to have learned his lesson, Lucius did not.
Even after Voldmeort’s defeat, even after getting caught, then being broken outta prison
and not sent back after the war ended, even after being point blank guilty of the crimes
of being a death eater, Lucius still voiced his disapproval of muggleborns and everything
that surrounded them.
He still wanted a pureblood society and I would not be surprised to see him support
the next up and coming young daring wizard who wants to make a change which is something
I feel made Narcissa resent the dark lord even more.
She resented how much her husband craved this change that meant sacrificing their rather
peaceful life.
Narcissa had seen stability and mortality for the first 13 years of draco’s life so
to see that become unsettled was not something she welcomed.
Well everyone with that being said, that’s my video on how Narcissa plotted Voldemort’s
downfall, as I said at the beginning of the video, it’s not entirely a surprise that
she crave his demise and now you can understand why that was.
Thank you so much for watching, it means the world, especially those of you who’ve stuck
with me during the tough times, thanks again, thanks for watching, see you all in the very
next video.