Harry Potter: 10 Heroic Acts Committed By Slytherins
Slytherins are far more heroic than most Harry Potters fans would have you believe...
New students are sorted into one of four houses when they arrive at Hogwarts – Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, or Slytherin. And all of these houses are associated with a specific type of personality.
The bravest and most heroic individuals are normally sorted into Gryffindor. Harry Potter is the typical Gryffindor student given his unquestionable moral compass and knack for saving the day in desperate situations. Albus Dumbledore, Sirius Black, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley are also incredibly brave members of Gryffindor House.
Slytherins, on the other hand, are not known for their bravery. They are usually ambitious and are not afraid to act recklessly to achieve their aims. Given such traits, the majority of villains in the Harry Potter series were sorted into Slytherin.
But J.K. Rowling’s characters were rarely one-dimensional, and as such, there are a number of Slytherins who committed heroic acts in her wizarding world. Whilst there are certainly clear examples of this in her original novels and the movie adaptations, there are also some lesser-known Slytherins whose bravery can be easily overlooked.
Gryffindor may well be the house with the most brave students, but there’s no denying Slytherins can be heroic as well…
10. Draco Malfoy – Protected Harry, Ron And Hermione At Malfoy Manor
In the midst of their hunt for Voldemort’s Horcruxes, the central trio found themselves captured by a group of Snatchers who then took them to Malfoy Manor.
Due to how often he saw Harry, Ron and Hermione during their many years at Hogwarts, Draco would have been able to identify them at once. And though he didn’t lie when deciding who the prisoners were, he was far from assertive. Indeed, his father was much more excited about the prospect of capturing Harry, Ron and Hermione than he was.
The exact reasons behind Draco’s hesitancy were never explored by Rowling. But given he had nothing to lose by revealing the identities of the central trio, the implication is that he was deliberately vague in order to buy our heroes some much-needed time.