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Yes, fortunately he had his mother to look out for him in the end and so did not fall prey to Voldemort's vengeance. Lucius... well, he is just too cocky and superior to really earn much pity, even though in Voldemort's final years he made Lucius's life... well, rather difficult by his own standards.

EDIT: D'oh! Snape! How could I forget him >_>. I think it was insecurity which brought out the monster in him in his younger years, a monster which was ultimately beaten by love...