Slytherin-Malfoy bio   Draco Malfoy is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. Beginning in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the character has been established as Harry Potter's principal rival and a foil. Tall and slender, Draco has a pale, sharp-featured face, sleek white-blond hair, and cold, light grey eyes. His family is wealthy, and Harry considers him spoiled, arrogant, and selfish. Draco frequently taunts Ron Weasley about his family's poor financial standing and treats Hermione Granger with disdain for being Muggle-born, frequently calling her by the derogatory epithet "Mudblood". He and his family believe training in magic should be limited to students from pure-blooded wizarding families, and that wizards should shun those they consider "unworthy" to study magic. His birthdate, as given by J. K. Rowling, is 5 June 1980. Draco is the only child of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy and is related to the Black family by his mother, who is a cousin of Sirius Black, and sister of Bellatrix Lestrange and Andromeda Tonks. He is the scion of two old magical families. Three of Draco's grandparents are known (more than are known of any other character besides Sirius and Regulus Black): Abraxas Malfoy, Cygnus Black, and Druella Rosier. Draco antagonizes Harry Potter at school, gradually growing more sinister and eventually serving Lord Voldemort. He is also the inheritor of generational racism. His father, Lucius, is one of Voldemort's Death Eaters, although to avoid Azkaban after the Dark Lord's downfall, he claimed to have been under the Imperius Curse. He returns to the Dark Lord's service when Voldemort acquires a new body. Draco's mother, Narcissa, supports her husband and Voldemort's goals. Draco frequently serves as a foil for Harry, as they are often portrayed as reverse images of each other. He is Slytherin House's most visible adolescent representative and sometimes acts as a conduit for information, and, more rarely, provides comic relief. Although Draco often employs bullying tactics to obtain what he wants, he has also shown the ability to cunningly wield magic to attain his objectives. He has also been taught occlumency by his aunt Bellatrix. He is frequently accompanied by two Slytherins, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, who are often compared to bodyguards and follow his every order. Pansy Parkinson seems to have feelings towards him but Draco's interest in her has never been confirmed: they have been seen together many times, both ridiculing other students, and Harry even saw Draco's head laying on Pansy's lap once, but it seems Draco trusts her less than Crabbe and Goyle. Although Harry claimed that Draco is not "one of the world's greatest thinkers," Draco is shown to be proficient in Potions, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Transfiguration O.W.L. classes. He has also succeeded in using Occlumency against seasoned Legilimens; a skill that Harry struggles with. Draco singlehandedly fixes the Vanishing Cabinet in the Room of Requirement and lets the Death Eaters into Hogwarts in the sixth book, The Half-Blood Prince.