Draco Malfoy was already five years old. Naturally, he could not be held in his parents' arms like a newborn baby, baptized and blessed before becoming Severus Snape's godson.
Though he should theoretically have been the star of the party, it was actually a gathering for adults. Everyone who had dealings with Lucius Malfoy had come. There were quite a few Death Eaters among them, but it was not the Death Eater reunion the Ministry of Magic Aurors imagined it to be.
Most unmasked Death Eaters, like Bella, had already been locked away in Azkaban. As for those who wore masks, Karkaroff did not know every one of them. As for how Snape had recognized Karkaroff, perhaps it was because of that greasy hair of his. Even on the day he became someone's godfather, he had not bothered to wash it.
But the guests did not mind. It was no problem for such a young "rising talent" to be a little unusual when he had already become a Hogwarts professor and Head of Slytherin. Besides, he had no family or parents to support him. The elders urged the younger generation to learn more from him.
The younger generation had all sorts of reactions. Some were disdainful, some unconvinced. In any case, no matter what they thought inside, they had to put on an act. Only after this boring party ended safely could they go out and have fun.
Some people also asked him about his experiences in XZ. Everyone knew Snape had gone to XZ during the Great Trial, and Gilderoy Lockhart had happened to write a novel about the Tibetan Yeti. Everything had been "normal" until he received Pomona's call through the Two-Way Mirror.
Snape had few friends, and the voice was clearly a woman's. The new head of