What's in it for Lucius?

[Missy]

No: HPFGUIDX 68093

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 What on EARTH is in it 
> for Lucius? 

Personally, I think that the total destruction of everything but the 
pureblood line is what Lucius wants.  So, if LV can make that happen, 
then Lucius is getting what he wants.  We already know from canon 
that Lucius is very anti-mudblood.  And he also likes to torture 
muggles.  Following LV's rules, he gets to do that.  We can be pretty 
certain he is one of the ones at the Quidditch World Cup from LV's 
comments to him at the end of GoF.  I don't know that there is 
anything more to it than that.  As long as the Ministry has laws 
against such things, he really can't go around openly killing 
mudbloods and muggles.  But LV gives him the chance to feed his hate.

Missy