Draco the Death Eaters and Voldemort (was: Re: Draco's culpability...)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 139998

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sistermagpie" <belviso at a...> 
wrote:

-m:
> Bill is the one person who carries lasting physical scars as a 
> result of what Draco's done, but even with him JKR was careful to 
> not make him a werewolf and not make him dead (which Draco thinks 
> he is--his voice going up an octave when he speaks of it, much as 
> Neville's voice goes high when he talks about Moody's class on 
> Crucio).  He was even hurt by Fenrir, whom Draco did not intend to 
> be there.  He shows up after Draco's aborted choice to lower his 
> wand, and Draco speaks up (for the last time in canon) to assure 
> DD he didn't bring Greyback in on purpose.

Geoff:
Let me put in one wee, small word of support for Draco.

Draco had nothing to do with Fenrir coming. Dumbledore remarks:
'"I am a little shocked that Draco here invited you, of all people, 
into the school where his friends live..."
"I didn't," breathed Malfoy. He was not looking at Greyback; he did 
not seem to want to even glance at him. "I didn't know he was going 
to come..."'

(HBP "The Lightning-struck Tower" p.554 UK edition)

Draco is obviously very taken aback by Fenrir's presence and wants to 
make it clear that it was not his doing, whatever else he had been up 
to. Presumably the werewolf attached himself to the Death Eaters.