"Draco Granger-Black was a victim of circumstance. It is known that his father, Lucius Malfoy, was an evil man and avowed Death Eater. It is also known that Draco bears the mark. It should be known that it was forced upon him against his will, before he even came of age. Draco was pressed into service after Lucius" failed attack on the Department of Mysteries, where he was tasked, under pain of death of both himself and his innocent mother, to assassinate Albus Dumbledore.