Malfoy/Karkaroff

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No: HPFGUIDX 92676

> Mandy here:
> I'm inclined to think that Lucius did know that Karkaroff was a 
> traitor or at least suspected that that was what Karkaroff would do 
> if pushed.  In a close knit group like the DE it's more than likely 
> that someone as smart as Malfoy, would have singled out Karakroff
> as a potential traitor within five minutes of meeting him.  Malfoy 
> is not one to be ignorant of anything that has to do with himself, 
> and Karkaroff incriminating Death Eaters was a huge risk for 
> Lucius; it would have sent him to Azkaban.  It's worth considering 
> just how much power a 26-year-old Lucius Malfoy had back at the 
> time of LV fall.  


Susan:
Mandy, something in your post really struck me, and I wonder if it's 
okay to ask you (and/or others) to go off on a little tangent?  

You believe Malfoy to be intelligent [so do I] and the kind of guy to 
have been able to peg a traitor rather quickly.  You also wonder how 
much power Malfoy would have had at the time of Voldy's downfall.  
This all makes me wonder about Lucius....  

We know that Lucius stayed true to the dark arts during Voldy's 
absence, and we know he hung onto some artifacts which he had to 
quickly get rid of when the Ministry raids began, and that he had 
Riddle's diary to slip into Ginny's cauldron.  What do you all think 
about how *loyal* he was to Voldy during those "down" years?  And how 
loyal now?  

Didn't Voldy give him a little dressing down in the graveyard for 
having not been around during the survival/rebuilding years?  And 
Malfoy said if he'd believed it was possible for Voldy to return, he 
would have come or helped or some such thing?  Is that *believable*, 
to you?  Was he just covering his butt?  Does he really believe in 
Voldy's cause or is he just frightened of him?  Does he really want 
to follow Voldy?  Or would he prefer to have the power himself?

I think Lucius is a very bad man, but I find him rather mysterious, 
too.  Is he on his own side or is he Voldy's right-hand man, ready to 
die for the cause?  What do you all think?

Siriusly Snapey Susan