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[alt_draco]

Mother wrote.


My Father will be killed if I don't turn myself in.

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[alt_sirius]

It's a good idea, Rachel. And it might work, if Draco weren't the product of two of the oldest pureblood families still in existence in Britain.

They'll have a tapestry. Narcissa will have a portrait, maybe more than one. There are ways they can check to determine if he's really dead - and while Narcissa might not have been sure in the case of my brother, or may not have wanted to call attention to the lack of a death date, she'll certainly avail herself of every possible hope of life in Draco's case.

And Bellatrix knows that.

[alt_rachel]

Magical portraits have been known to fail. That won't mean anything.

The tapestry is harder. Where is it kept? Malfoy Manor?

[alt_sirius]

Perhaps, if they're painted by someone who doesn't really know the trade.

Can you see Narcissa Black Malfoy paying for anything less than the best quality?

There could be a number of tapestries. I'm not sure. He would certainly be on the Malfoy one. He might be on the Lestrange one (I've no idea - Hydra, do you know?); I don't think he'd be on the Jugson one. And, of course, he's on the Black tapestry here but that wouldn't matter. I don't think my Aunt Druella has a duplicate, at least I don't recall ever having seen it. In any case, this one would be the master, if she did have a slave, so we could, if necessary, change it here to make the other change. But then, if it's not the same we'd have no way to reconcile the differences.

There are potential complications but the Malfoy tapestry's probably the biggest threat.

And any portraits she has.

[alt_hydra]

He is on the Malfoy one. He's not on the Lestrange tapestry; it only includes Lestranges and those who married Lestranges, and then their offspring. So I'm on it, but not Draco. Other than that he ought to only be on the Black tapestry.

[alt_rachel]

What will Lucius and Narcissa do if they know Draco is alive, but MLE thinks he's dead?

You can blast people off those tapestries. In fact, it's rather an essential part of that whole tradition.

[alt_hydra]

I can't know what they will do.