“Draco has all the glamour of the anti-hero; girls are very apt to romanticise him.”
J.K. Rowling has posted more new Harry Potter writing on her website, Pottermore.
In the 12 days leading up to Christmas Eve, new Harry Potter content is being released daily on the site, hidden behind a Riddle wall that fans must solve.
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Here’s the latest riddle:
Any guesses?
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Spoiler: The answer and subject of today's moment is none other than Draco Malfoy.
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Draco had many surnames before I settled on 'Malfoy'. At various times in the earliest drafts he is Smart, Spinks or Spungen. His Christian name comes from a constellation – the dragon.
Like every other child of Harry Potter's age, Draco heard stories of the Boy Who Lived through his youth.
Draco's feelings for Harry were always based, on a great part, on envy. Though he never sought fame, Harry was unquestionably the most talked-about and admired person at school, and this naturally jarred with a boy who had been brought up to believe that he occupied an almost royal position within the wizarding community.
What was more, Harry was most talented at flying, the one skill at which Malfoy had been confident he would outshine all the other first-years.
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J.K. Rowling Has Released New Writing About Draco Malfoy