Not every pure-blood family belonged to the Sacred Twenty-Eight. The Dumbledore family, for example, and the Potter family and Lupin family.
Likewise, neither the Goyle family nor the Crabbe family belonged to the Sacred Twenty-Eight.
But that didn't mean the ancient Goyle family was weak.
No. Every family that had endured for a thousand years had its own glorious, brilliant history.
In fact, in the history of the European Wizarding World, the Goyle family had deeper roots than the Malfoy family.
In the fifth century, records showed that members of the Goyle family had served under the legendary wizard Merlin. They were among the earliest members of the Order of Merlin.
Thanks to this history, the Goyle family had finally found its faith in Merlin: finding a suitable place for wizards to live in the human world. They called themselves "the planners."
The Order of Merlin had no unified faith. Perhaps this was because of Merlin's uniquely contradictory nature.
He wanted wizards to help better Muggle kings achieve great things, but he also didn't want wizards to become too involved in Muggle affairs.
He wanted to prevent wizards from harming Muggles, yet he also wanted wizards to gain better living conditions.
That was clearly impossible. Better living conditions couldn't simply be granted with a king's word. They required wizards to struggle against all of humankind.
Besides, Muggles were far more superstitious than wizards. They even had organizations like religion.
Religion stood above the authority of kings.
While wizards tried their best to restrain their use of Witchcraft and coexist with Muggles, they were utterly defeated.
After Merlin passed away, the Order of Merlin fell into a state of division. With no wizard as powerful as Merlin left to influence the Muggle world, wizards even found themselves in the dire position