Lucius Malfoy

Costume Debut: June 2010

Costume Reprised: MISTI-Con 2013, Leviosa 2016, MISTI-Con 2017, June 2018, Leviosa 2019, November 2019, November 2021

In June 2010, the Dancing Death Eaters were invited to perform at a huge wizard rock show called Incendio! 2010. The show lasted all day and had just about all of Irvin's favorite artists. For the occasion, Irvin dressed up as Lucius Malfoy. Despite how uncomfortable it was dancing in a wig, it was well worth it, because Irvin gained quite a few fangirls that day. And almost everyone loves having fangirls.

This was the persona Irvin adopted as the leader of the Dancing Death Eaters, though whether he did so in costume was hit-or-miss the first few years. However, three years later when Irvin taught a dance class at MISTI-Con 2013, he had to do so fully in character and reprised the outfit. This is the end result of the dance class. The outfit led to many compliments, such as, "That guy has a great dancer's body; his butt looks like you could bounce bricks off it."

Lucius has become Irvin's default when teaching ballroom dances at HP cons, so he brought Lucius to Leviosa 2016. Not only did he teach a dance class (end result here), but he attended a Draco and the Malfoys concert as a "proud dad." There was a second Lucius there, so the two Luciuses sat together throughout the concert and kept participating in the proceedings as the proud parents. Irvin's favorite moment was right before the concert started, where Brian Malfoy muttered into the microphone, "Dad, stop embarrassing me!" Irvin will be a great stage dad one day.

True to form, Lucius returned for wizard dance at MISTI-Con 2017, and danced up a storm with the congoers (and a baby who was clearly a big fan). He even got Hawthorn & Holly singing live as they danced - video here. He did the same thing at Leviosa 2019, teaching folks to do it Like a Death Eater. And he did The Art of Parseltongue again at CONjuration 2021.

Lucius made his NYC debut eight whole years after Irvin first wore him, at TGTSNBN's monthly meetup in June 2018. The topic was fathers in Harry Potter, and Irvin was leading the discussion. Irvin believes that Lucius is the best father in the books aside from Arthur Weasley (a point that was furiously contested during the discussion). So he dressed as Lucius for the occasion, with much more thematic jewelry since he didn't have to dance in it.

In keeping with the dance theme, Lucius returned as the host of the Dancing Death Eaters' concert, Avada KedavRock! 2019.

At CONjuration 2021, Irvin stayed in the Lucius costume for a whole evening (...and night) of festivities, dancing up a storm at the Yule Ball. Many congoers assumed that he was specifically cosplaying the A Very Potter Musical version of the character, and Irvin did nothing to disabuse them of the notion. But this did lead to some very funny moments when Irvin joined in games of "Death Eater" (the HP version of "Werewolf"), yet was a good guy every time. When Irvin was falsely accused of being a Death Eater, he stood up and indignantly demanded, "Does this look like somebody who's a Death Eater?!" Unfortunately, the other players thought so, and Irvin had to die very dramatically that round.