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* AdultFear: Lucius has to watch helplessly as his son is killed.
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* AdaptationalBadass / AdaptationalHeroism: In the real seventh book, Lucius Malfoy was pathetic and beaten, and wouldn't stand against Voldemort until it was safe to do so. In this story, Draco's death motivates him to take revenge right from the start and he seems much stronger.
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* AdaptationalBadass / AdaptationalHeroism: AdaptationalBadass[=/=]AdaptationalHeroism: In the real seventh book, Lucius Malfoy was pathetic and beaten, and wouldn't stand against Voldemort until it was safe to do so. In this story, Draco's death motivates him to take revenge right from the start and he seems much stronger.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Draco is tortured with the Cruciatus Curse for hours by some of the most skilled torturers in Voldemort's arsenal like [[AgonyBeam The Cruciatus]]
* CrusadingWidower / PapaWolf: Over the next year, Lucius systematically kills all of the Death Eaters who were present when Draco was killed.
* DistantFinale: The finale / epilogue is about a hundred years after Draco died.
* TheDogBitesBack / MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Lucius Malfoy has been the dog for Voldemort to kick for a while; killing Draco was one kick too many.
* FictionalDocument: The epilogue / final chapter is an excerpt from "An Interview With Death: The Complete Tales of Hogwarts Ghosts, circa 2100" by Odessa Lockhart.
* CrusadingWidower / PapaWolf: Over the next year, Lucius systematically kills all of the Death Eaters who were present when Draco was killed.
* DistantFinale: The finale / epilogue is about a hundred years after Draco died.
* TheDogBitesBack / MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Lucius Malfoy has been the dog for Voldemort to kick for a while; killing Draco was one kick too many.
* FictionalDocument: The epilogue / final chapter is an excerpt from "An Interview With Death: The Complete Tales of Hogwarts Ghosts, circa 2100" by Odessa Lockhart.
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*CrusadingWidower / PapaWolf: CrusadingWidower[=/=]PapaWolf: Over the next year, Lucius systematically kills all of the Death Eaters who were present when Draco was killed.
* DistantFinale: Thefinale / epilogue finale/epilogue is about a hundred years after Draco died.
*TheDogBitesBack / MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: TheDogBitesBack[=/=]MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Lucius Malfoy has been the dog for Voldemort to kick for a while; killing Draco was one kick too many.
* FictionalDocument: Theepilogue / final epilogue[=/=]final chapter is an excerpt from "An Interview With Death: The Complete Tales of Hogwarts Ghosts, circa 2100" by Odessa Lockhart.
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* HauntedHouse: Draco haunts Malfoy manor for several years. He seems to be the only ghost there.
* ItsPersonal: Lucius's original association the Death Eaters was a sort of "idle rich" hobby; his crusade against them is intensely personal.
* ItsPersonal: Lucius's original association the Death Eaters was a sort of "idle rich" hobby; his crusade against them is intensely personal.
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* HauntedHouse: Draco haunts Malfoy manor Manor for several years. He seems to be the only ghost there.
* ItsPersonal: Lucius's original association with the Death Eaters was a sort of "idle rich" hobby; his crusade against them is intensely personal.
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* MamasBoy: The leading theory in the story is that Draco didn't move on because he wanted his mother too much. When he's tortured (or reliving his torture) he screams for her. He also seems to be able to feel her touch, as warmth, the only thing he can actually feel.
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* MamasBoy: The leading theory in the story is that Draco didn't move on because he wanted his mother too much. When he's tortured (or reliving his torture) torture), he screams for her. He also seems to be able to feel her touch, as warmth, the only thing he can actually feel.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Offscreen - During the Battle of Hogwarts, Lucius sees his last chance to get revenge and starts killing Death Eaters, whereas until that point he's acted with stealth and deliberation.
* SadisticChoice: {{Implied}}. Lucius is ordered to torture Draco, and casts the Cruciatus on him a few times; it's never outright stated that there's a worse option, but considering it's Lord voldemort ordering it you have to assume that the alternative is "or I will".
** Subverted into MortonsFork - it seems Voldemort never intended to let Draco live regardless.
* SadisticChoice: {{Implied}}. Lucius is ordered to torture Draco, and casts the Cruciatus on him a few times; it's never outright stated that there's a worse option, but considering it's Lord voldemort ordering it you have to assume that the alternative is "or I will".
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Offscreen - — During the Battle of Hogwarts, Lucius sees his last chance to get revenge and starts killing slaughtering Death Eaters, whereas until that point point, he's acted with stealth and deliberation.
* SadisticChoice: {{Implied}}. Lucius is ordered to torture Draco, and casts the Cruciatus on him a few times; it's never outright stated that there's a worse option, but considering it's Lordvoldemort Voldemort ordering it it, you have to assume that the alternative is "or I will".
** Subverted into MortonsFork- — it seems Voldemort never intended to let Draco live regardless.
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* SillySpook: Utterly averted. Unlike in the novels, ghosts aren't comic relief, even when seen from Harry's viewpoint. In this story they're tragic and a little pathetic.
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* UndeathAlwaysEnds: [[spoiler: Averted. Ghosts in the Potterverse don't move on, though the fic mentions the in-universe urban legend that they can. The story ends 100 years after Draco died with him still haunting Hogwarts, and saying [[DownerEnding he supposes he always will]].]]
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* UndeathAlwaysEnds: [[spoiler: Averted.[[spoiler:Averted. Ghosts in the Potterverse don't move on, though the fic mentions the in-universe urban legend that they can. The story ends 100 years after Draco died with him still haunting Hogwarts, and saying [[DownerEnding he supposes he always will]].]]
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Voldemort doesn't take kindly to the fact that Draco didn't actually kill Dumbledore, and has him tortured and killed for his "incompetence" - [[SubvertedTrope or rather]], mostly to [[IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure teach Lucius a lesson]].
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Voldemort doesn't take kindly to the fact that Draco didn't actually kill Dumbledore, and has him tortured and killed for his "incompetence" - — [[SubvertedTrope or rather]], mostly to [[IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure teach Lucius a lesson]].
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Draco is tortured with the Cruciatus Curse for hours by some of the most skilled torturers in Voldemort's arsenal.
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* AltumVidetur: This author uses Latin (with varying levels of fidelity) as the titles of Harry Potter stories. "Cruciamentum Eternus" theoretically means "Eternal Suffering".
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5774663/1/Cruciamentum-Eternus Cruciamentum Eternus]] is a Harry Potter fanfiction by Ankh-Ascendant, built around the idea of Draco being killed for his failure to kill Dumbledore and becoming a ghost. It isn't strongly plot-driven, instead focusing on flashes of his undeath to show his experiences, experience, against a background plot of Lucius avenging his death.
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* AltumVidetur: This author uses Latin (with varying levels of fidelity) as the titles of Harry Potter stories. "Cruciamentum Eternus" theoretically means "Eternal Pain".
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* AltumVidetur: This author uses Latin (with varying levels of fidelity) as the titles of Harry Potter stories. "Cruciamentum Eternus" theoretically means "Eternal Pain".Suffering".
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* GhostlyChill: Touching a host is like being doused with icewater. Draco watching his mother flinch from the contact is a "this is really happening" moment.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Voldemort doesn't take kindly to the fact that Draco didn't actually kill Dumbledore, and has him tortured and killed for his "incompetence" - [[SubvertedTrope or rather]], mostly to [[IWilPunishYourFriendForYourFailure teach Lucius a lesson]].
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Voldemort doesn't take kindly to the fact that Draco didn't actually kill Dumbledore, and has him tortured and killed for his "incompetence" - [[SubvertedTrope or rather]], mostly to [[IWilPunishYourFriendForYourFailure [[IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure teach Lucius a lesson]].
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->There is a ghost who haunts the halls of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: a young man with a pale, pointed face and wide eyes. By day he walks the dungeons like a Slytherin; by night the silence is broken by his screams. This is his story.
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->There is a ghost who haunts the halls of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: a young man with a pale, pointed face and wide eyes. By day he walks the dungeons like a Slytherin; by night the silence is broken by his screams. This is his story.
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5774663/1/Cruciamentum-Eternus Cruciamentum Eternus]] is a Harry Potter fanfiction by Ankh-Ascendant, built around the idea of Draco being killed for his failure to kill Dumbledore and becoming a ghost. It isn't strongly plot-driven, instead focusing on flashes of his undeath to show his experiences, against a background plot of Lucius avenging his death.
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!!Cruciamentum Eternus includes examples of:
* AdaptationalBadass / AdaptationalHeroism: In the real seventh book, Lucius Malfoy was pathetic and beaten, and wouldn't stand against Voldemort until it was safe to do so. In this story, Draco's death motivates him to take revenge right from the start and he seems much stronger.
* AdultFear: Lucius has to watch helplessly as his son is killed.
* AltumVidetur: This author uses Latin (with varying levels of fidelity) as the titles of Harry Potter stories. "Cruciamentum Eternus" theoretically means "Eternal Pain".
* BarredFromTheAfterlife: The premise of the story is that Draco is killed and remains on Earth as a ghost.
* CantGrowUp: Draco has some angst from being stuck as he is, and he brings the trope up almost by name.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Draco is tortured with the Cruciatus Curse for hours by some of the most skilled torturers in Voldemort's arsenal.
** AgonyBeam: The Cruciatus.
* CrusadingWidower / PapaWolf: Over the next year, Lucius systematically kills all of the Death Eaters who were present when Draco was killed.
** AccompliceByInaction: Lucius holds those who did nothing as guilty as those who killed him. Draco also seems to hold his former friend Crabbe particularly guilty for his refusal to stand up for him.
* DistantFinale: The finale / epilogue is about a hundred years after Draco died.
* TheDogBitesBack / MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Lucius Malfoy has been the dog for Voldemort to kick for a while; killing Draco was one kick too many.
* FictionalDocument: The epilogue / final chapter is an excerpt from "An Interview With Death: The Complete Tales of Hogwarts Ghosts, circa 2100" by Odessa Lockhart.
* ForcedToWatch: Lucius was held back by the Crabbes and made to watch while Draco was tortured and killed.
* GhostlyChill: Touching a host is like being doused with icewater. Draco watching his mother flinch from the contact is a "this is really happening" moment.
* GhostlyGoals / UnfinishedBusiness: Averted. Like (most) Harry Potter ghosts, Draco didn't stick around for revenge or to accomplish something; he was just too afraid at the moment of death to move on.
* HauntedCastle: Hogwarts remains just as haunted as canon, with a new addition.
* HauntedHouse: Draco haunts Malfoy manor for several years. He seems to be the only ghost there.
* ItsPersonal:
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Voldemort subverts YouHaveFailedMe into this trope; he isn't really interested in Draco at all, but is torturing him to teach Lucius a lesson.
* JacobMarleyApparel: Harry is initially startled when he sees Draco the ghost and he's wearing the Death Eater robes he was wearing when he died instead of school robes or fancy Malfoy robes. It also turns out Draco still has his wand and can cast ghostly spells, though they don't seem to do much.
* KickTheDog: The dog in this case is primarily Draco; Voldemort and Bellatrix stomp on him.
* MamasBoy: The leading theory in the story is that Draco didn't move on because he wanted his mother too much. When he's tortured (or reliving his torture) he screams for her. He also seems to be able to feel her touch, as warmth, the only thing he can actually feel.
* MyGreatestFailure: Lucius couldn't stop Draco's murder, and spends years trying to make up for it.
* {{Poltergeist}}: {{Downplayed}} - poltergeists and ghosts are different in Potterverse, and Draco is a ghost rather than a poltergeist, but when his emotions run high he can affect the physical world (slightly).
* ReplacementGoldfish: Lucius and Narcissa eventually have another son, Aquilus, to carry on the Malfoy line.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Offscreen - During the Battle of Hogwarts, Lucius sees his last chance to get revenge and starts killing Death Eaters, whereas until that point he's acted with stealth and deliberation.
* SadisticChoice: {{Implied}}. Lucius is ordered to torture Draco, and casts the Cruciatus on him a few times; it's never outright stated that there's a worse option, but considering it's Lord voldemort ordering it you have to assume that the alternative is "or I will".
* ScarsAreForever: Draco broke his arm while he was being tortured; as a ghost, the broken arm remains.
* SillySpook: Utterly averted. Unlike in the novels, ghosts aren't comic relief, even when seen from Harry's viewpoint. In this story they're tragic and a little pathetic.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Aquilus Malfoy is described almost exactly the same as Draco was in the first book.
* TalkingToThemself: In a strange version, Ghost-Draco has an argument with a talking portrait of himself.
* TortureTechnician: Draco is given to Bellatrix and Rabastan to torture, as they excel at and revel in it.
* UndeadChild: Draco dies and becomes a ghost shortly after his seventeenth birthday, so he is still an undead child, though at the upper end of the age bracket.
* UndeathAlwaysEnds: [[spoiler: Averted. Ghosts in the Potterverse don't move on, though the fic mentions the in-universe urban legend that they can. The story ends 100 years after Draco died with him still haunting Hogwarts, and saying [[DownerEnding he supposes he always will]].]]
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: After the Death Eaters are dead, Lucius seems to get worse and lack direction, and starts DrowningHisSorrows.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Voldemort doesn't take kindly to the fact that Draco didn't actually kill Dumbledore, and has him tortured and killed for his "incompetence" - [[SubvertedTrope or rather]], mostly to [[IWilPunishYourFriendForYourFailure teach Lucius a lesson]].
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5774663/1/Cruciamentum-Eternus Cruciamentum Eternus]] is a Harry Potter fanfiction by Ankh-Ascendant, built around the idea of Draco being killed for his failure to kill Dumbledore and becoming a ghost. It isn't strongly plot-driven, instead focusing on flashes of his undeath to show his experiences, against a background plot of Lucius avenging his death.
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!!Cruciamentum Eternus includes examples of:
* AdaptationalBadass / AdaptationalHeroism: In the real seventh book, Lucius Malfoy was pathetic and beaten, and wouldn't stand against Voldemort until it was safe to do so. In this story, Draco's death motivates him to take revenge right from the start and he seems much stronger.
* AdultFear: Lucius has to watch helplessly as his son is killed.
* AltumVidetur: This author uses Latin (with varying levels of fidelity) as the titles of Harry Potter stories. "Cruciamentum Eternus" theoretically means "Eternal Pain".
* BarredFromTheAfterlife: The premise of the story is that Draco is killed and remains on Earth as a ghost.
* CantGrowUp: Draco has some angst from being stuck as he is, and he brings the trope up almost by name.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Draco is tortured with the Cruciatus Curse for hours by some of the most skilled torturers in Voldemort's arsenal.
** AgonyBeam: The Cruciatus.
* CrusadingWidower / PapaWolf: Over the next year, Lucius systematically kills all of the Death Eaters who were present when Draco was killed.
** AccompliceByInaction: Lucius holds those who did nothing as guilty as those who killed him. Draco also seems to hold his former friend Crabbe particularly guilty for his refusal to stand up for him.
* DistantFinale: The finale / epilogue is about a hundred years after Draco died.
* TheDogBitesBack / MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Lucius Malfoy has been the dog for Voldemort to kick for a while; killing Draco was one kick too many.
* FictionalDocument: The epilogue / final chapter is an excerpt from "An Interview With Death: The Complete Tales of Hogwarts Ghosts, circa 2100" by Odessa Lockhart.
* ForcedToWatch: Lucius was held back by the Crabbes and made to watch while Draco was tortured and killed.
* GhostlyChill: Touching a host is like being doused with icewater. Draco watching his mother flinch from the contact is a "this is really happening" moment.
* GhostlyGoals / UnfinishedBusiness: Averted. Like (most) Harry Potter ghosts, Draco didn't stick around for revenge or to accomplish something; he was just too afraid at the moment of death to move on.
* HauntedCastle: Hogwarts remains just as haunted as canon, with a new addition.
* HauntedHouse: Draco haunts Malfoy manor for several years. He seems to be the only ghost there.
* ItsPersonal:
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Voldemort subverts YouHaveFailedMe into this trope; he isn't really interested in Draco at all, but is torturing him to teach Lucius a lesson.
* JacobMarleyApparel: Harry is initially startled when he sees Draco the ghost and he's wearing the Death Eater robes he was wearing when he died instead of school robes or fancy Malfoy robes. It also turns out Draco still has his wand and can cast ghostly spells, though they don't seem to do much.
* KickTheDog: The dog in this case is primarily Draco; Voldemort and Bellatrix stomp on him.
* MamasBoy: The leading theory in the story is that Draco didn't move on because he wanted his mother too much. When he's tortured (or reliving his torture) he screams for her. He also seems to be able to feel her touch, as warmth, the only thing he can actually feel.
* MyGreatestFailure: Lucius couldn't stop Draco's murder, and spends years trying to make up for it.
* {{Poltergeist}}: {{Downplayed}} - poltergeists and ghosts are different in Potterverse, and Draco is a ghost rather than a poltergeist, but when his emotions run high he can affect the physical world (slightly).
* ReplacementGoldfish: Lucius and Narcissa eventually have another son, Aquilus, to carry on the Malfoy line.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Offscreen - During the Battle of Hogwarts, Lucius sees his last chance to get revenge and starts killing Death Eaters, whereas until that point he's acted with stealth and deliberation.
* SadisticChoice: {{Implied}}. Lucius is ordered to torture Draco, and casts the Cruciatus on him a few times; it's never outright stated that there's a worse option, but considering it's Lord voldemort ordering it you have to assume that the alternative is "or I will".
* ScarsAreForever: Draco broke his arm while he was being tortured; as a ghost, the broken arm remains.
* SillySpook: Utterly averted. Unlike in the novels, ghosts aren't comic relief, even when seen from Harry's viewpoint. In this story they're tragic and a little pathetic.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Aquilus Malfoy is described almost exactly the same as Draco was in the first book.
* TalkingToThemself: In a strange version, Ghost-Draco has an argument with a talking portrait of himself.
* TortureTechnician: Draco is given to Bellatrix and Rabastan to torture, as they excel at and revel in it.
* UndeadChild: Draco dies and becomes a ghost shortly after his seventeenth birthday, so he is still an undead child, though at the upper end of the age bracket.
* UndeathAlwaysEnds: [[spoiler: Averted. Ghosts in the Potterverse don't move on, though the fic mentions the in-universe urban legend that they can. The story ends 100 years after Draco died with him still haunting Hogwarts, and saying [[DownerEnding he supposes he always will]].]]
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: After the Death Eaters are dead, Lucius seems to get worse and lack direction, and starts DrowningHisSorrows.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Voldemort doesn't take kindly to the fact that Draco didn't actually kill Dumbledore, and has him tortured and killed for his "incompetence" - [[SubvertedTrope or rather]], mostly to [[IWilPunishYourFriendForYourFailure teach Lucius a lesson]].
