Lucius Malfoy is definitely in the firing line because he tried to kill 20% of the Hogwarts students using Ginny Weasley as the instrument. I have no sympathy at all for the critic who claimed that Lucius is really the Angel Gabriel, Tom Riddle's diary is the Bible, and Harry Potter's horrific act of stealing Dobby from Lucius proves that Harry Potter is anti-Christian.

But I suspect Draco should be granted a second chance. He isn't actually guilty of murder...

Do you really want a nice boy like Terry to make friends with Draco Malfoy?

I'm not going to kill any of them, but does it help if I tell you that they are going to be horribly humiliated?

Veleta might be a damsel in distress but she is by no means passive.

Death to every Macnair!

Rinalda Macnair was actually a historical person. The real-life Macnairs met their downfall in her time. The Muggle historians didn't realise that the Macnairs had simply made their castle invisible and carried on as before.

Nope, the character is well and truly set in concrete by around the age of 30. Lockhart had had lots of practice by the time he arrived at Hogwarts.

But the question is... who is allying with whom?

I seem to recall that Fudge gets his come-uppance eventually, but that's JKR's business, not mine.

Luckily, Kingsley was able to see the funny side of Skeeter.

Snivellus never sees the funny side of anything, but he isn't exactly evil.

And growing...