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disapproval of cowards is
praise to the brave. Your
name will be written in
glory when wizards rule
the world."
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Gellert Grindelwald (c. 1883

– March 1998) was a Dark
Wizard who was considered to
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be amongst one of the most
powerful and notorious Gellert Grindelwald
wizards of all time, his only
Biographical information
superiors being Albus
Born Between summer 1882
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Dumbledore and Lord
and summer 1883[1]
Voldemort.[11] A student at
Died March, 1998 (aged
Durmstrang Institute, around 115)
Nurmengard Castle,
ANIME Grindelwald was expelled for
Austria
twisted, dark experiments and
Blood status Pure-blood or half-
near-fatal attacks on blood[2]
MOVIES students. Marital status Single
Also known as • Percival Graves[3]

After leaving Durmstrang, he • Abernathy
TV fostered a romantic Physical information

relationship with a young
Species Human[4]
Albus Dumbledore, making
Gender Male[4]
VIDEO plans to �nd the Deathly
Height 6'2''[5]
Hallows and lead a Wizarding
Hair colour Blond[6]
revolution to end the
WIKIS International Statute of Eye colour Blue[6]
Secrecy, and create a new Skin colour Pale[6]
wizard-led order that would Relationship information

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WIKI dominate Muggles. At
Family mem- • Bathilda Bagshot
seventeen, their partnership bers (great-aunt) †[7]
• Bagshot[8] (possible
fell apart after the two were
relative)
involved in a three-way duel • Grindelwald family
with Dumbledore's brother • Bagshot family (rela-
tives)
Aberforth that resulted in the
Romances Albus Dumbledore (for-
death of Dumbledore's sister mer lover) †
Ariana. Grindelwald left Britain
Magical characteristics
and later stole the Elder Wand
Wand • Unknown length,
from Mykew Gregorovitch,
wood and core[9]
proceeding alone with the • Elder, Thestral tail hair
core
revolution he and Dumbledore
• Unknown length,
had planned. wood and core (as
Percival Graves)
Grindelwald was a complex Patronus Non-corporeal[10]
�gure, highly idealistic and A�liation

talented, dedicated to achieve
Loyalty • Grindelwald family
his ends at any cost. A • Durmstrang Institute
(formerly)
revolutionary operating
• The Alliance
outside the law, he and his
• Acolytes
followers committed
[Source]
numerous crimes, including
several murders. With violent
acts in both the United States and Europe, Grindelwald ultimately
established a power base at Nurmengard Castle in Austria. In 1945, at
the height of Grindelwald's power, Dumbledore confronted and defeated
him in a legendary duel. He was subsequently imprisoned in his own
fortress for decades, and was �nally slain there by Lord Voldemort in
1998 when he refused to give up the location of the Elder Wand.
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1.2. Relationship with Dumbledore (1899)

1.3. Rise to power (1910s–1920s)
1.3.1. Theft of the Elder Wand
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1.4. Global wizarding war (1920s–1945)
1.4.1. International wizardhunt
1.4.2. Impersonating Percival Graves
1.4.3. Escape from MACUSA
1.4.4. Search for Credence Barebone
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1.4.5. Rally in the Lestrange Mausoleum
1.4.6. Return to Nurmengard Castle
1.4.7. Run for political o�ce
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1.4.8. The Walk of the Qilin Ceremony
1.4.9. The start of open war
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1.4.10. Fall from power
1.5. Imprisonment and death (1945–1998)
1.6. Legacy (1998)
TV 2. Physical appearance
3. Personality and traits
4. Magical abilities and skills
VIDEO 5. Possessions
6. Relationships
6.1. Albus Dumbledore
WIKIS 6.2. Aberforth Dumbledore
6.3. Ariana Dumbledore
6.4. Lord Voldemort
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6.5. Newt Scamander
6.6. Porpentina Goldstein
6.7. Queenie Goldstein
6.8. Credence Barebone
6.9. Vinda Rosier
6.10. Krall
7. See also
8. Etymology
9. Behind the scenes
10. Appearances
11. Notes and references
Biography
Early life (1880s–1890s)

"Educated at Durmstrang, a school famous even then for its
unfortunate tolerance of the Dark Arts, Grindelwald showed himself
quite as precociously brilliant as Dumbledore. Rather than channel
his abilities into the attainment of awards and prizes, however,
Gellert Grindelwald devoted himself to other pursuits. When
Grindelwald was sixteen years old, even Durmstrang felt it could no
longer turn a blind eye to his twisted experiments and he was
expelled."
— The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore describing Grindelwald's
school days
Gellert Grindelwald was born around 1882

or 1883,[1] and was educated at
Durmstrang Institute during his formative
years, where he excelled in various �elds
of magic and
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talented wizard who possessed an

attractive and winsome personality,
which was coupled with a "merry, wild"
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disposition.
At some point in his youth, Grindelwald,

Grindelwald with his wand
who was a natural born Seer, had a vision
during his teenage years
where he saw himself rise to dominance
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over the wizarding world,[12] and when he learned of the fabled Deathly
Hallows; three fabled objects which, if united, would make the
possessor the Master of Death, he quickly came to see the Quest as
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instrumental to ful�l the aforementioned prediction.
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Over the course of his school career, Grindelwald grew increasingly
obsessed with learning whatever he could about the three items in
question, to the point of appropriating the runic symbol that
TV represented them as his own personal emblem; and even engraved it on

the walls of Durmstrang prior to his departure. These engravings
persisted for many generations, and Rita Skeeter's book The Life and
VIDEO Lies of Albus Dumbledore explains that Grindelwald's 'twisted
experiments' had been the reason for his expulsion at 16 years old from
Durmstrang before he could graduate. This was an ominous and
WIKIS troubling sign, as it meant that Grindelwald performed experiments that
were too disturbing even for a school with a notably high tolerance of
the Dark Arts.
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Relationship with Dumbledore (1899)
"Grindelwald. You cannot imagine how his ideas caught me, Harry,
in�amed me. Muggles forced into subservience. We wizards
triumphant. Grindelwald and I, the glorious young leaders of the
revolution. Oh, I had a few scruples. I assuaged my conscience with
empty words. It would all be for the greater good, and any harm
done would be repaid a hundredfold in bene�ts for wizards. Did I
know, in my heart of hearts, what Gellert Grindelwald was? I think I
did, but I closed my eyes."
— Dumbledore recounting his relationship with Gellert
After his expulsion from Durmstrang, Grindelwald's quest for

information about the Hallows led him to Godric's Hollow, England,
where Ignotus Peverell, said to have been the �rst owner of Death's
Cloak of Invisibility, had been laid to rest. Conveniently, his great-aunt,
acclaimed wizarding historian Bathilda Bagshot, lived there and
provided a place for him to stay, complete with a treasure trove of books
and documents and a minimum of supervision. It was in Godric's Hollow
in the summer of 1899 that Grindelwald met and befriended Albus
Dumbledore.[13] The two teenagers had a lot in common: they were
intellectuals and talented young wizards, who were also idealistic and
ambitious. The pair even became lovers during the two months that
they knew one another.[14] Following these “two months of insanity,” as
Dumbledore would later recall them to be, the two teens shaped one
another's ideas, powers, as well as destinies from that day forth and
became intertwined with each other. Whilst they were staying at
Bathilda Bagshot's house, they also made a blood pact, swearing never
to �ght each other.
The pair shared two preoccupations:

The �rst was their search for the
Deathly Hallows toward the goal of
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acquiring all three and wielding their
power to become a Master of Death,
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power to become a
which they believed to mean
immortality and invincibility. They also
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International Statute of Wizarding
Secrecy and creating a new order in
which wise and powerful wizards and
witches were the benevolent Grindelwald with his best friend
GAMES and lover Albus Dumbledore in
overlords of their world, including 1899
Muggles. Dumbledore coined the
phrase "For the Greater Good" that would be used to justify the
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necessary use of force required to achieve their goals, and Grindelwald
would later adopt as his motto.[15]
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However, Dumbledore's motivations and intentions were di�erent from
Grindelwald's: as a young man, he had been powerless to stop a group
of Muggle boys tormenting his younger sister, Ariana, to the point that
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the sweet-natured girl su�ered an emotional breakdown and her
repressed magic became dangerously unstable. Dumbledore's father
was sent to Azkaban for taking revenge on the boys and his mother was
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killed in one of Ariana's accidents. Dumbledore wanted the power to
protect his loved ones (and by extension the whole world) against
cruelty and xenophobia like that shown by the Muggles. He viewed the
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Resurrection Stone as a way of returning his parents to life and relieving
him of his new familial obligations, while Grindelwald mistakenly viewed
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Their plans to leave Godric's

Hollow, acquire power, and
begin their revolution turned
serious. When Dumbledore's
Dumbledore and Grindelwald sealing their

brother Aberforth became
blood pact aware of this, he was both
concerned about and
disgusted with Albus's ambition, knowing that he and Ariana would
need to be brought along as she would not receive the care and
attention she needed to keep her stable. The tense situation boiled over
into a confrontation and Grindelwald, enraged, in�icted the Cruciatus
Curse on Aberforth. Albus moved to defend his brother, igniting a
vicious three-way duel in which Ariana was killed. Grindelwald �ed the
country and received putative blame for Ariana's death, thus con�rming
his place on the wrong side of the law and touching o� his career as a
Dark revolutionary, which would last until 1945.
Rise to power (1910s–1920s)
Theft of the Elder Wand
"It was stolen from me... it was a boy, it was he who took it. I never
saw it again."
— Gregorovitch to Lord Voldemort on Grindelwald's theft
Grindelwald delved into his

research on the Deathly
Hallows and uncovered the
location of the Elder Wand.
Rumours had been circulating Grindelwald gaining possession of the Elder
that the renowned Wand by stealing it from wandmaker Mykew
Gregorovitch
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Grindelwald broke into Gregorovitch's workshop, lay in wait for the

Wandmaker, stunned him, and stole the wand, thereby becoming its
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new master. Grindelwald's research may have uncovered this
unconventional path to ownership of the wand as the common
interpretation was that ownership passed only by murder.[17][16]
Global wizarding war (1920s–1945)

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International wizardhunt
"I will not be lectured by the man who let Gellert Grindelwald slip
ANIME through his �ngers!"
— Seraphina Picquery to Heinrich Eberstadt
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Following his acquisition of the Elder Wand, in November 1926, he
launched several devastating attacks across Europe, committing mass
slaughter, and garnering international attention from wizarding
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authorities. Several of the attacks also drew the attention of the Muggle
world, risking exposure and war. In response to Grindelwald's actions, an
international wizardhunt ensued and was reported on in periodicals
VIDEO
such as the Daily Prophet and the The New York Ghost.[18]. Whilst doing
this, Grindelwald hid in a derelict château.[19]
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On 28 November 1926, while
staying in the château, the
International Confederation of
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Grindelwald's hideout and killing Aurors

and almost captured him, but
he was able to kill his
persuers. On 2 December, Grindelwald began amassing an army of
followers, after realising the dangers of potentially being captured.
President Seraphina Picquery of the Magical Congress of the United
States of America (MACUSA) would later lay the blame for Grindelwald's
escape on Heinrich Eberstadt, claiming that he had let the dark wizard
"slip through his �ngers".[20] He also established a prison in Austria,
Nurmengard, to serve as a form of containment for his enemies. During
this period, he was also known to have personally murdered several
people; one victim was identi�ed as Viktor Krum's grandfather.[21]
As Grindelwald's power grew, he began to make plans for the

confrontation he knew would happen one day; a confrontation with his
old friend and the only wizard in the world believed to be powerful
enough to defeat him: Albus Dumbledore. Unknown to the rest of the
wizarding community, neither Dumbledore nor Grindelwald could �ght
each other directly, which was the result of the blood pact they had
formed in their youth. However, Grindelwald knew that Dumbledore was
powerful enough to compromise his plans without �ghting him directly,
a threat he made clear to all his followers. Seeking a means to defeat
Dumbledore without having to �ght him personally, Grindelwald saw
visions in which an Obscurial "killed the man he feared above all
others"[22] which was his former lover. Knowing that an Obscurus of
such destructive capability could be the only being apart from himself
possibly powerful enough to kill Dumbledore, Grindelwald left Europe for
America to �nd and recruit the child to his cause.[3]
Grindelwald's disappearance was noted by many newspapers around

the wizarding world, who were concerned at the absence of news about
the Dark wizard.[23]
Impersonating Percival Graves
"We've lived in the shadows for far too long."
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"We've lived in the shadows for far too long."

— Gellert Grindelwald to Credence Barebone
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In December of 1926,
unbeknownst to Picquery,
Grindelwald had already
in�ltrated MACUSA by
assuming the identity of her
GAMES Grindelwald adopting the identity of
right-hand man Percival Percival Graves and befriending Credence
Barebone in order to �nd the Obscurial
Graves using human
trans�guration, whom
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Grindelwald managed to subdue. Grindelwald believed mysterious
attacks occurring in New York City to be the work of a powerful
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Obscurial, which he felt would be a great asset for his plans of world
domination. Using his disguise as Graves, Grindelwald came into regular
contact with Credence Barebone, believing him to be connected to the
TV Obscurial due to a vision he received. Thinking Credence was an

orphaned Squib, Grindelwald emotionally manipulated him into helping
him �nd the Obscurial with the promise of protecting him from his
VIDEO abusive adoptive mother and teaching him magic.
During this time, Grindelwald

WIKIS (as Graves) arrested Newt
Scamander, whose escaped
beasts were believed by
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the Obscurial's attacks. During
his interrogation, Grindelwald
Grindelwald interrogating Newt Scamander discovered the Obscurus
within Newt's suitcase, and in
an e�ort to hide his tracks, had him and Tina Goldstein sentenced to
death. He then approached Credence after Mary Lou Barebone was
killed by the Obscurial and had him track down his adoptive sister
Modesty, believing her to be the source of the Obscurus. Once they
found Modesty, Grindelwald cruelly rejected Credence, as he had no
further use of him. This angered Credence, who then revealed that he
was the Obscurial, much to Grindelwald's surprise, as no Obscurial had
survived to more than 10 years old, more than 15 years younger than
Credence's age.
Grindelwald wanted to use

him to expose the North
American wizarding
community, and create a
weapon against Dumbledore.
Grindelwald astonished by Credence's
He attempted to convince power
Credence that he had nothing

to fear anymore and to join his ranks, but this further angered
Credence, who began rampaging through the city. Grindelwald was not
easily deterred, however, and continued to try to recruit Credence,
clashing with Tina and later Newt, both of whom he easily overpowered.
When Grindelwald, Newt, and Tina were �nally close to calming down
Credence, Picquery and her Aurors appeared on the scene and
immediately attacked the Obscurus.
With Credence being

seemingly destroyed at the
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the Shield Charm extreme idealism, began to

break his disguise while
expressing his utter disgust for being forced to hide from the Muggles.
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Picquery subsequently ordered the other Aurors to bring "Graves" in,
but Grindelwald, no longer suppressing his tremendous magical
prowess, started to overwhelm them despite being outnumbered at
least twenty to one. However, Newt �nally managed to catch him o�-
GAMES guard with his Swooping Evil and restrained Grindelwald's hands from
behind, while Tina used a Summoning Charm to take Graves' wand.
ANIME Newt then cast the Revelio

Charm, making Grindelwald's
disguise fade away while
MOVIES revealing his identity. Even
apprehended, Grindelwald
was unfazed, arrogantly
TV questioning Picquery's ability Grindelwald unmasked by Newt, moments
to contain a wizard of his before being apprehended by MACUSA's
Aurors
reputation and power. As he
VIDEO was led away, Grindelwald met
Newt's gaze and mysteriously asked him: "Will we die, just a little?"[24]
WIKIS Escape from MACUSA
"You've joined a noble cause, my friend."

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— Grindelwald praising Abernathy
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Six months after Grindelwald

was captured by Newt
Scamander, he was supposed
to be transported from
Gellert transforming from Abernathy into

MACUSA Prison to Europe by
himself Rudolph Spielman and Aurors
to answer for crimes he
committed. Because of his gift of persuasion, they had his tongue cut
out, as several guards had sided with him. Unbeknownst to Picquery,
Spielman and several others, Abernathy, a MACUSA employee, was
already one of Grindelwald's acolytes.
A few moments before escorting the dark wizard, Abernathy went to

Grindelwald's cell and they both assumed each other's identities,
possibly via Human Trans�guration. When the carriage with the false
Grindelwald set o�, Grindelwald (as Abernathy) Disapparated from the
Woolworth Building rooftop and Apparated underneath the carriage.
When the two wizards reverted back to their true identities, Grindelwald
Apparated onto the carriage and killed the Aurors escorting the
carriage.
He �lled the carriage with

water to stop the ongoing
struggle inside as they
realised that Abernathy had
taken Grindelwald's place. Gellert escaping from the hands of
Grindelwald killed Aurors who MACUSA to Paris
had followed them, and then

entered the carriage, with Spielman and Abernathy. Stunned as
Grindelwald plays tricks with his pet Antonio, he played a trick with
Rudolphweeks
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Search for Credence Barebone
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the circus now. Give my note to Credence, to begin his journey."
— Grindelwald's orders to his acolytes
Three months later,

GAMES Grindelwald, alongside his
acolytes, travelled to Paris to
search again for Credence
ANIME Barebone, who had survived
the the battle in New York, in
Grindelwald in his temporary headquarters
in Paris order to utilise his abilities to
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kill Albus Dumbledore. They
walked on Boulevard Haussmann, where he pointed his cane at an
apartment and waited patiently, tapping his cane on the street, for his
TV
subordinates to assassinate a couple in order to take over their
apartment as a temporary headquarters.
VIDEO
He watched as his acolytes carried out two co�ns containing the
couple, putting them into a horse-drawn hearse carriage. Stepping
inside with his most trusted follower, Vinda Rosier, Grindelwald stated
WIKIS
that the place was "suitable" before sending one of his acolytes to the
Circus Arcanus to seek out Credence. He also reminded Vinda that
death was not to be the fate of all non-magic people. Soon after, they
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WIKI then heard a toddler calling to his slaughtered parents and reluctantly
directed Carrow to kill him.
Later on, he used his skull-

hookah to show the Alliance
what Credence looked like.
Krall questioned Gellert and
got personally interrogated Gellert showing his Alliance Credence
regarding his loyalty to his Barebone's Obscurus
revolution.
"Listen to me, the disapproval of cowards is praise to the brave.

Your name will be written in glory when wizards rule the world."
— Gellert Grindelwald's fanatical ideology
During this time, Grindelwald

urged Queenie Goldstein and
bounty hunter Gunnar
Grimmson to join his cause,
Grindelwald talking with Grimmson, the which worked on Queenie due

bounty hunter, to join his cause to her relationship with No-
Maj Jacob Kowalski and due to
Vinda emotionally exploiting her beforehand. Grindelwald ordered
Grimmson to kill Irma Dugard in order to keep Credence's identity a
secret from him. After the murder, he met with Grimmson in an
alleyway, and talked about how Credence took the murder of Irma and
how he should join the Alliance. Grindelwald later killed Grimmson
shortly after.[25]
Grindelwald himself later

found Credence on the
rooftop of the attic of 18 Rue
Philippe Lorand and o�ered
him a chance to �nd out his Gellert giving Credence a map
true parentage, and gave him
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true parentage, and gave him

a map to the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise.
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"You came today because of a craving and a knowledge that the old
ways serve us no longer...you come today because you crave
something new, something di�erent. It is said that I hate Les Non-
GAMES Magiques. The Muggles. The No-Maj. The Can't-Spells. I do not hate
them. I do not. For I do not �ght out of hatred. I say the Muggles are
not lesser, but other. Not worthless, but of other value. Not
ANIME disposable, but of a di�erent disposition. Magic blooms only in rare
souls. It is granted to those who live for higher things. Oh, and what
a world we could make, for all of humanity. We who live for freedom,
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for truth and for love..."
— Grindelwald's speech to his followers
TV
One evening, Grindelwald
called a meeting for his
followers in the Lestrange
VIDEO
Mausoleum. There, he gave a
rousing speech, in which he
shared his idealist perspective
WIKIS
of Muggles, as well as his
Grindelwald in Lestrange Mausoleum during vision of the future, which he
his speech
warns of another great and
START A
WIKI terrible war, with images of
the London Blitz and Hiroshima punctuating his rhetoric. Grindelwald,
openly recognising the battalion of Aurors that had in�ltrated the rally,
told his followers to remain calm as he revealed their presence and
invited them into the circle and he described how the Aurors have
fought him so mercilessly, killing his followers simply for believing.
When a young witch, who had been motivated by Grindelwald's speech

to lash out, went for her wand, the Auror killed her in response, much to
the rage of Grindelwald and the rest of the attendees. Grindelwald knelt
to the girl's dead body and martyred her, asking the brave young witch
to be taken back to her family. While kneeling, in Grindelwald's
ignorance, Newt's Ni�er, having escaped its owner's suitcase, lurked
near him and stole from him a vial of blood pact protecting him from
Dumbledore. After getting up from the body he commanded his
followers to Disapparate from the scene while he faced o� against the
Aurors.
When Theseus Scamander set

his men on Grindelwald, he
responded by conjuring a
circle of protective �re around
himself, and added an
Grindelwald dividing friend from foe using
enchantment designed to test Protego Diabolica
the loyalty of his followers:

those who entered with complete �delity and believed in his cause
would survive; those who did not, would be engulfed and perish.
Abernathy, Vinda Rosier, Credence, and Queenie joined Grindelwald into
the circle and apparated to safety, while many of the Aurors died either
�eeing or �ghting when Grindelwald manipulated the �re to work as a
weapon as well, sending balls and bursts of black �re towards his
enemies, thereby killing them. Ultimately, about half a dozen of the �fty
Aurors Theseus had brought along accepted his o�er and joined him in
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Then Grindelwald, mocking

Newt by asking whether he
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mourn for him, battled him
Leta perishing in Grindelwald's �ames

and Theseus Scamander. Leta
Lestrange screamed to him to
stop, which he did and, in response, o�ered her to join his ranks. She
GAMES
refused, however, and cast a powerful spell that blasted to pieces his
skull hookah. Leta was then engulfed by the �ames, killing her, before
telling the others to evacuate. Grindelwald let out his fury over losing
ANIME
such a valuable tool by unleashing the dark �re, allowing the �ames to
assume the form of giant bestial entities (similar to Fiendfyre), letting it
run rampant, with the intent on destroying the entirety of Paris, and all
MOVIES
of those present along with it, before he disapparated.
Return to Nurmengard Castle

TV
"I have a gift for you, my boy. Your brother seeks to destroy you.
There is a legend in your family that the phoenix will come to any
VIDEO member who is in dire need. It is your birthright, my boy, as is the
name I now restore to you. Aurelius; Aurelius Dumbledore. We will go
down in history together as we remake this world."
WIKIS — Gellert Grindelwald to Credence Barebone
Sometime later, at
START A Nurmengard Castle,
WIKI
Grindelwald spoke with
Queenie Goldstein about what
he must do to make Credence
Grindelwald telling Credence about his
stop being afraid of him. Then supposed origins
he revealed to Credence that
the baby bird he has been caring for is actually a Phoenix. According to
legend, a phoenix will appear to anyone of a certain wizarding family in
dire need. Grindelwald then presented him with a wand, as well as his
birth name: Aurelius Dumbledore.
Run for political o�ce
"With or without you, I'll burn down their world."

— Gellert Grindelwald to Albus Dumbledore
In 1932, Grindelwald wanted to campaign for the position of Supreme

Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards, running
against the likes of Liu Tao and Vicência Santos. During elections, Qilin,
a Chinese creature, was bowing to the future Mugwump. Grindelwald
ordered his acolytes: Credence Barebone, Vinda Rosier and Carrow to
get a Qilin in China. By then, Grindelwald had appeared on a wanted
poster for "serious and vicious crimes against the wizarding world".[26]
Credence brought the Qilin calf to Nurmengard, where Grindelwald

congratulated him and told him to get some rest. Alone in the courtyard
with the Qilin, Grindewald waited to see whether it would bow to him.
When it didn't, he cut the calf's throat. The animal's blood spilled on the
�oor, and in its re�ection, Grindelwald saw a vision of Newt Scamander
and Theseus Scamander heading to Hogsmeade.
Soon after, in Nurmengard, Grindelwald had a vision of Yusuf Kama

heading to the castle. Grindelwald told Vinda that they should prepare
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morning. As the phoenix �ew over Credence, Grindelwald concluded by
saying that the phoenix was probably supposed to protect Credence in
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connection with his assigned task.
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drove through Berlin, their car
was surrounded by crowds. As
Grindelwald emerged from the
Grindelwald being huddled by his followers

car, he was surrounded by a
GAMES in Berlin huge crowd of his supporters
who carried him in their arms
to the end of the street.
ANIME
Soon Yusuf came to Nurmengard. Kama told Grindelwald that he had

been sent to spy on Dumbledore and asked Gellert what report he was
MOVIES to pass on to Albus of this visit. Grindelwald announced to the others
that Yusuf had betrayed Dumbledore. Queenie had read Kama's mind
and saw that he was �lled with anger at Grindelwald, after Dark Wizard
TV
killed Leta Lestrange. Grindelwald cast the memory extraction spell
upon Yusuf with the Elder Wand, in order to supposedly erase Kama's
painful memory of his sister's death therefore altering his memories.[27]
VIDEO
While at the German Ministry of Magic, Grindelwald spoke to Queenie

and told her that he forgave her feelings for Jacob. Jacob drank a glass
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of something stronger, burst in on Grindelwald, and pulled out his
coreless wand. Jacob ordered Grindelwald to let Queenie go. Under the
table, Grindelwald cast a spell on Jacob to make it look like Jacob had
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WIKI attacked him.
Later in Nurmengard, Grindelwald stood in a pool with the dead Qilin calf
and he used Necromancy to resurrect the creature. Thanks to this, he
saw a new vision - Dumbledore with a second Qilin calf. When Credence
came and Grindelwald asked if there was another Qilin, Credence replied
that he had no idea. Gellert became furious and pounced on him, saying
that the boy had disappointed him twice, because he could get him into
trouble, and that he did not kill Dumbledore during their �ght in Berlin.
The Walk of the Qilin Ceremony
"Our war with the Muggles begins... TODAY!"

— Grindelwald's declaration of his war against Muggles
By attempting to use the Walk

of the Qilin Ceremony to his
advantage in the election,
Grindelwald used a Qilin that
he had murdered and
Grindelwald with Liu Tao and Vicência
reanimated, which bowed to Santos in Bhutan
him. Grindelwald succeeded

in becoming the Supreme Mugwump and declared war on Muggles.[27]
Grindelwald tortured Jacob Kowalski with the Cruciatus Curse before
the gathered witches and wizards, but his lie was exposed by Newt
Scamander and Credence Barebone the latter of whom had discovered
that he was actually Aberforth Dumbledore's son. With the help of Bunty
Broadacre, Newt released the real Qilin who bowed �rst to Dumbledore
and then to Vicência Santos. Enraged, Grindelwald cast the Killing Curse
at Credence, only to have it blocked by the Dumbledore brothers.[27]
As a result, the blood pact between Dumbledore and Grindelwald was

broken, later suggested by Dumbledore to be because he cast to
protect
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Grindelwald declared that he hadn't been and still wasn't their enemy
before Disapparating.[27]
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The start of open war
Eventually, the Second World War began just as Grindelwald foretold.
Around this time, he declared open war upon the world, leading to the
eventual ousting of Minister for Magic Hector Fawley. During these six
years of utter chaos, Dumbledore hesitated to confront Grindelwald,
GAMES
despite the belief held by many, including quite possibly both men
themselves, that he was the only wizard skilful enough to stop his
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former friend. The reason Dumbledore was so afraid was because
Grindelwald knew better than he did who exactly was responsible for
killing Ariana and he didn't want to �nd out.
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Fall from power
"...while I busied myself with the training of young wizards,

TV
Grindelwald was raising an army. They say he feared me, and
perhaps he did, but less, I think, than I feared him... It was the truth I
feared. You see, I never knew which of us, in that last, horri�c �ght,
VIDEO
had actually cast the curse that killed my sister... I think he knew it, I
think he knew what frightened me. I delayed meeting him until
�nally, it would have been too shameful to resist any longer. People
WIKIS
were dying and he seemed unstoppable, and I had to do what I
could."
— Description of Gellert's reign
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In 1945, upon being found by

Dumbledore, they engaged in
a duel of such legendary
proportions that eyewitnesses
stated that it was the greatest
duel ever fought between
wizards. Despite Grindelwald's
mastery of the Elder Wand,
Dumbledore had ultimately Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald's
legendary duel in 1945
triumphed over Grindelwald
due to being, in his own
admission, a "shade more skillful", thus becoming the master of the
Elder Wand in the process.
Imprisonment and death (1945–1998)

"Kill me, then. Voldemort, I welcome death! But my death will not
bring you what you seek… that wand will never, ever be yours!"
— Grindelwald shortly before his death
With Grindelwald defeated,

Dumbledore brought him to
the authorities of the magical
world, resulting in Grindelwald
Grindelwald speaking to Voldemort in ironically being imprisoned in

Nurmengard, seconds before his death the topmost cell of
Nurmengard, which would
serve as his residence for the remainder of his life.[16]
Towards the later years of his life, Grindelwald re-evaluated his actions
and his revolution and it was thought that he expressed shame and
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had been in�ltrated by Lord Voldemort, who was searching for the Elder
Wand for himself.
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Despite being unarmed and defenceless against the most powerful Dark
Wizard to have ever existed and the only Dark Wizard more powerful and
dangerous than himself, Grindelwald refused to give up the location of
the Elder Wand, taunting Voldemort by name and mocking his desire for
the wand. Growing more and more impatient, Voldemort's fury exploded
GAMES
when he felt his Death Eaters summoning him in tandem with
Grindelwald's �nal taunts that he could kill him if he wanted but the
Elder Wand would never be his, and thus Voldemort ended Grindelwald's
ANIME
life with the Killing Curse.[28]
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Legacy (1998)
It was speculated by Harry
Potter and Dumbledore in
TV
Limbo that Grindelwald had
given his life to prevent
Voldemort from desecrating Grindelwald's prediction coming true as the
VIDEO Elder Wand failed Lord Voldemort and
Dumbledore's tomb, perhaps
caused his �nal demise at the hands of
indicating that despite all that Harry Potter
happened, Grindelwald still

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retained some care and respect for his old boyfriend. Dumbledore's
acknowledgement of Grindelwald's attempt to achieve redemption also
indicated he believed Grindelwald was capable of changing out of some
START A
WIKI possible remaining a�ection for him.
In the end, Grindelwald's prediction of Voldemort never fully mastering

the Elder Wand would become reality, and would cause Voldemort's own
demise during his �nal duel with Harry Potter. Although unknown, it is
highly likely that after Voldemort's �nal defeat and the end of the
Second Wizarding War, Grindelwald's assassination was exposed to the
wizarding world. It is unknown what became of his body or whether it
received a proper burial or was simply disposed of.
Even decades after his defeat and despite Voldemort's recent uprising,
Grindelwald's reign of terror was still quite remembered, as Harry,
despite being more familiar with Voldemort, counted him alongside
Voldemort as the examples of the �aws of Constance Pickering's beliefs
in the abolishment of the International Statute of Secrecy.
Physical appearance
As a young man, Grindelwald had golden-
blond hair and a "merry, wild" and
"handsome" face. Harry Potter thought he
had "a Fred and George-ish air of
triumphant trickery about him".[29]
By the time he was middle aged,

Grindelwald's hair was light blond, and he
had blue eyes.[6] He also had a thin white
moustache.[3]
Gellert Grindelwald as a young
man
But at an advanced age, his hair was grey,
he no longer had a moustache and his skin became somewhat
wrinkled.[27]
Near the end of his life, when Voldemort found him at the top of
Nurmengard, Grindelwald was severely emaciated - a frail skeletal �gure
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Nurmengard, Grindelwald was severely emaciated - a frail skeletal �gure

with a skull-like face, great sunken eyes, wrinkled cheeks, and most of
his teeth were gone.[28]
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Personality and traits

"They say he showed remorse in later years, alone in his cell at
Nurmengard. I hope that is true. I would like to think that he did feel
GAMES
the horror and shame of what he had done. Perhaps that lie to
Voldemort was his attempt to make amends... to prevent Voldemort
from taking the Hallow..."
ANIME
— Dumbledore discussing Grindelwald after his death
Grindelwald was a driven, charismatic, determined and brilliant

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individual, even in his youth. Albus Dumbledore himself confessed that
Grindelwald was extremely charming, so much so that it had induced
the former to fall in love with him, and it was partly the reason
TV
Dumbledore had been initially blind to just how dangerous Grindelwald
truly was.
VIDEO
During his formative years, Grindelwald also proved himself highly
intelligent, magically talented, idealistic, as well as ambitious to the
WIKIS point of ruthlessness, with a ferocious temper; when Aberforth

Dumbledore challenged his and Albus's plans and tried to convince his
brother to abandon them, Grindelwald "lost control" and used the
START A Cruciatus Curse on Aberforth, showing his willingness to cause pain to
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people who challenged him.[16] Grindelwald resorted to physically
striking Credence Barebone when he grew impatient with the boy,
brie�y shedding the soft and comforting facade that he adopted earlier.
Later on, when Grindelwald duelled Newt Scamander, he swiftly
overpowered his opponent but in his rage of Newt's interference, he
�ercely unleashed bolts of lightning upon the Magizoologist in order to
�rst incapacitate him in a painful manner. After his skull-hookah was
destroyed, Grindelwald's rage prompted him to try to destroy all of Paris.
He also showed a sadistic streak, as during his battle against the Aurors
in Paris, Grindelwald called after them "Play by the rules. No cheating,
children", shedding his charming nature entirely. Dumbledore himself
expressed horror in what Grindelwald truly was, stating that he had
always (unconsciously) sensed something dangerous in him. He was
also not above killing Muggle infants, although he seemingly didn't like
to do it, such as after arriving in Paris, Grindelwald heard the cries of a
Muggle toddler, and after a brief moment of consideration, walked out
of the room and left him to be murdered by one of his acolytes.
"A law that has us scuttling like rats in the gutter! A law that
demands that we conceal our true nature! A law that directs those
under its dominion to cower in fear lest we risk discovery! I ask you,
Madam President— I ask all of you—who does this law protect? Us?
Or Them? I refuse to bow down any longer."
— Grindelwald expressing his belief in wizarding supremacy (whilst
disguised as Graves)
As a revolutionary operating outside the law, Gellert Grindelwald was

man who lived in service to his ideals and, as he saw it, in humanity.
Fully convinced that his revolution to bring wizardkind out of hiding and
"rise up and take [their] rightful place in the world" above the non-
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of the art of public speaking, allowing him to mystify and terrify his
audiences, allies and enemies alike; inspiring fanatical loyalty with each
word, and gaining widespread following for his cause, followers whom
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he a�ectionately referred to as his as "brothers and sisters" and
"friends". When appearing in front of an audience at a rally, Grindelwald
was treated as a revered celebrity, as was expected of someone with his
charisma.
GAMES
He did recognise, however, that while
a brilliant wizard, he was not infallible,
ANIME
and thus Grindelwald openly con�ded
in a carefully selected group of
Acolytes that constituted the
MOVIES innermost circle of the army of Dark

witches and wizards that he
marshalled to his side. Additionally,
TV while escaping his Incarceration
Carriage and killing all of the
accompanying Aurors, Grindelwald
VIDEO went out of his way to let Rudolph Grindelwald was a charismatic
Spielman live, seemingly in order for man with formidable talent in the
art of persuasion
the frightened Head of Incarceration
WIKIS to tell the International Confederation
of Wizards how great of a threat he truly was.
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WIKI
Grindelwald could also work very independently when he had to,
however, such as when he seemingly single-handedly in�ltrated the
MACUSA, and was able to mimic the personality of Percival Graves for
an extended period time without arousing suspicion — even when
having his followers denounced as fanatics by Newton Scamander,
Grindelwald was mostly unfazed and only chuckled the only time he
truly aroused anyone's suspicion was when he interrogated Newt
Scamander and labelled the hostless Obscurus as "useless", which
roused Newt to angry disbelief, and appeared to ba�e former Auror Tina
Goldstein. Thus, Grindelwald either momentarily lapsed in his façade at
this point, or incorporated his own ruthlessness and calculative nature
into that of Percival Graves. Still, Grindelwald was quick enough to quell
their realisation by sentencing them both to death, before the
conversation could go any further.
Grindelwald showed himself to be immensely charismatic — he

e�ortlessly exploited Credence Barebone by appealing to the boy in a
way nobody else tried to and o�ering to accept the boy into his ranks.
Even after it became clear that Credence, as an Obscurial, was
extremely powerful and phenomenally dangerous, Grindelwald calmly
continued to try and exploit him, and was outraged when the MACUSA
President opted to have her Aurors seemingly destroy him. Grindelwald
was idealistic to an extreme,[31] having absolutely no complaints about
the murder of hundreds of innocent people as long as that
accomplished his long-term goals. Indeed, Grindelwald's idealism even
prompted him to truly break his disguise in New York, expressing his
disgust for being forced to hide from Muggles, and then proceeding to
attack the MACUSA Aurors who had seemingly killed Credence.
Even then, however, his anger was not expressed on his own behalf, but
rather on that of the cause he was �ghting for, which more or less
spurred his life and deeds. Grindelwald spoke scornfully towards
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indicating that he couldn't see any other way out of it. Throughout all of
this, Grindelwald maintained a stern pride in his own skill: even as he
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was unexpectedly apprehended by the Aurors after Newt Scamander
had attacked and subdued him from behind, Grindelwald was unfazed,
and simply questioned President Picquery's ability to contain a wizard
of his reputation and power. He did not even blink when faced with the
President, �xing her with a �erce stare until she was out of his sight,
GAMES showing his unwillingness to show fear to his enemies.
As shown at his Paris rally,

ANIME Grindelwald inspired great
loyalty in attendees by
praising wizardkind for being
MOVIES
Grindelwald's followers regarded him as a
"rare souls", and only labelled
man of great power tyrannical Muggles as the true
enemy, claiming that what he
TV and his For the Greater Good revolution were actually opposing was the
future Second World War that the Muggles would start, and that it was
the Aurors, rather than his Acolytes who were the truly violent wizards.
VIDEO Indeed, Grindelwald even persuaded the peaceful, kind, and
compassionate Queenie Goldstein to join his cause by promising to
abolish such laws as Rappaport's Law, thus promising to bring Queenie
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and others a newfound freedom to love whomever they please.
Grindelwald also showed a great trust in his followers, as seen by his
trusting Alliance to "spread the word" of his ideology across the
START A
WIKI wizarding world. Grindelwald was extremely persuasive even in his time
in prison, where he kept convincing his jailers to join his side, forcing the
MACUSA to change his guards three times, and to cut out Grindelwald's
tongue.
Grindelwald was a bigoted man, who

viewed Muggles as disposable
creatures, �t to be nothing more than
thralls in the new world he sought to
create. He also placed greate value in
the so-called "purity" of magical
blood, denouncing relationships with
Muggles as a threat to wizarding
lineages.[27]
He demonstrated his manipulative

skills and the willingness to use them
for his own purposes. Judging by A wanted poster bearing
Aberforth Dumbledore's testimony, Grindelwald's likeness.
Grindelwald had little interest in, or

patience with, those he considered beneath him. He considered Albus
Dumbledore an equal, and praised the tremendous potential of the
Obscurial Credence Barebone, for instance, but was dismissive of the
less talented and intelligent Aberforth, the permanently damaged
Ariana, and also, initially, Credence, whom Grindelwald initially callously
discarded when he seemingly became no longer useful, mistakenly
believing Credence to be a Squib, whom it would be impossible to
magically train. In addition, while disguised as Percival Graves,
Grindelwald questioned Newt Scamander, who he seemingly found to
be an average wizard, in an interrogation as to why Dumbledore would
have such faith in Newt, indicating an interest in further understanding
both Dumbledore and Newt's abilities. Grindelwald's dismissal of
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that Grindelwald, in his (somewhat
arrogant) awareness of his own brilliance, was so secure in his own Seer
judgement as to having grown a weakness for jumping to conclusions.
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Grindelwald was also criticised by Newt for deeming magical creatures

too simple to raise his interest, being only turned towards more complex
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his blood pact vial.
However, Grindelwald was ultimately not a complete amoral man, as

shown by how he was capable of feeling remorse for past wrongdoings
GAMES and the fact that his lengths he was willing to go to reach his goals were
fuelled by ambition and a fanatical sense of self-purpose, rather than
evil intent. Grindelwald's decision to stun, not kill Gregorovitch, when he
ANIME acquired the Elder Wand from the latter, and also not bother �nishing o�
Porpentina Goldstein even though he could have easily done so, hints at
a willingness not to kill simply as a matter of course. However, this
MOVIES
might have been a calculated decision, perhaps considering that people
were more likely to give credence to Gregorovitch's claims that he'd had
the Elder Wand if he was murdered, as that was the traditional method
TV
of passing it on,[32] while his sparing of Tina was likely because
Grindelwald didn't view her worth the time he could instead have used
to try to persuade Credence.
VIDEO
After all, Grindelwald killed his own pet Chupacabra Antonio after
deeming him "too needy", he killed numerous Aurors while escaping the
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MACUSA, he ruthlessly killed many people who did not display enough
loyalty to him to enter his circle of blue �re (disintegrating his own
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inadequately loyal Acolyte Krall, although while he did not spare Krall, he
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sombrely closed his eyes, indicating some regret and remorse, at seeing
Krall painfully die as he tried to reach out to him as he reached out to
Grindelwald, in addition to also o�ering the Aurors who attacked him a
chance to join his army rather than just simply immediately massacring
all of them and when Leta Lestrange asked him to stop, Grindelwald
seemed rather willing to spare Newt and Theseus had Leta joined him,
having stopped his attempts to burn them alive and only having the
black �ames thwart them instead of killing them), and Grindelwald even
had no objections to Vinda Rosier and Carrow murdering a family of
Non-Magiques, including their infant son, to secure a temporary
headquarters for the Acolytes in Paris, although he seemed a bit
reluctant in killing the baby and chose not to witness his acolytes kill
him.
Proof of his lesser dark nature, when compared to that of Lord

Voldemort, was how that while Voldemort was completely without
empathy and unable to feel remorse, Grindelwald seemed to genuinely
pity Credence for the greatly unjust treatment he was exposed to not
only by his own mother, but also by the magical community, as
displayed by his rage of Credence being destroyed by MACUSA. He later
expressed sympathy for how Mary Lou Barebone had nearly destroyed
her own adopted son. After many years of imprisonment in
Nurmengard, as he sat alone in his former fortress, Grindelwald was
reportedly known for having contemplated his past misdeeds and felt
remorse and shame for the horrifying things he had committed during
his attempted rise to power over the magical and non-magical worlds.
This clearly in�uenced his decision to hide the location of the Elder
Wand from Voldemort, despite being confronted and certainly about to
die at the hands of the only Dark Wizard more powerful and dangerous
than himself, which Dumbledore acknowledged to be out of a desire to
achieve a shred of redemption. This remorse and redemption is in stark
contrast to Voldemort, who showed not an ounce of remorse for the
countless atrocities he committed.
Grindelwald was also proven to be capable of fear, judging from the fact
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Grindelwald was also proven to be capable of fear, judging from the fact
that he �ed in fear of his life after the intense duel between himself,
Dumbledore, and Aberforth that resulted in Ariana's death, and how he
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resorted to being more cautious around Credence upon realising that he
was the Obscurial (in the knowledge of how dangerous and volatile
Obscurials were). He never attempted to extend his power to Britain for
fear of facing Dumbledore (most likely due to the circumstances of their
last encounter, and the fact that he recognised how powerful
GAMES
Dumbledore was), but notably also due to their Blood pact making
Grindelwald unable to directly confront Dumbledore.
ANIME
Not only does this suggest that Grindelwald was actually capable of
contemplating Dumbledore being equivalently powerful or dangerous as
himself, but that he was also capable of respecting Dumbledore. It
MOVIES
would seem that despite Dumbledore being the cause of his downfall,
Grindelwald still genuinely considered Dumbledore his friend in the end
to an extent, as Harry Potter noted Grindelwald had also intended to
TV
prevent Dumbledore's tomb from being desecrated when he lied on the
Elder Wand. It should also be noted that despite his claims of wanting to
unleash Credence upon Dumbledore, Grindelwald was never known to
VIDEO
attack Britain even after he had Credence, as Britain was always
acknowledged as the only place safe from Grindelwald, which seemed
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to imply Grindelwald, even at his worst, did not want Albus dead unless
he had interfered in his plans.
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hands of the dark wizard Lord Voldemort, Grindelwald was openly
de�ant towards him, even mocking, goading Voldemort into killing him
by saying that he welcomed death, but that it would not "bring him
what [he] sought", saying there is so much he "doesn't understand".
Indeed, he seemed to exhibit a grotesque remnant of the "merry, wild"
temperament of his youth. Grindelwald's last words consisted of the
dressing-down of Voldemort, and a rather enthusiastic outlook on "the
next great adventure", all of which seems clear in its connection to his
old �ame, Albus Dumbledore.
Magical abilities and skills

"In a list of Most Dangerous Dark Wizards of All Time, he would miss
out on the top spot only because You-Know-Who arrived, a
generation later, to steal his crown."
— The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore on Gellert's reputation and
power
Grindelwald was an outstandingly talented wizard even in his youth

while still a student. As an adult, Grindelwald became a very powerful
and accomplished wizard and was admired and feared by many others
of outstanding magical talent. Indeed, it is not without good reason that
Grindelwald went down in history as among the most dangerous Dark
Wizards of all time, maintaining the top spot for a long period of time
until the arrival of Lord Voldemort, who earned the top title on the list a
generation later. Indeed, even Albus Dumbledore, who was considered
by many to be the greatest wizard of all time and whose past friendship
with him meant that he knew Grindelwald better than arguably any
living person, acknowledged Grindelwald to be evenly matched, with
Dumbledore describing himself as perhaps a shade more skilful. As a
former master of the Elder Wand, Grindelwald's already formidable
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"Now, it pains me to say it, because — well, I don't like you. But... you
are the only wizard who is his equal. I need you to �ght him."
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— Torquil Travers regarding Grindelwald's skill.
• Magical mastery: Grindelwald was noted to be very talented and

skilled while still a student of Durmstrang Institute, and
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acknowledged later in life to be nearly evenly matched with Albus
Dumbledore, having been every bit as brilliant as his former friend
in their youth, albeit a shade less skilled. In fact; their magical and
ANIME intellectual prowess being so complimentary to one another that it
induced the two young men to quickly befriend each other in their
youth. By the mid-1920s, the immensity of Grindelwald's power
MOVIES were already clearly evident, having proven himself to be easily
capable of overcoming any obstacle presented to him by witches
and wizards trying to end his reign of terror, to the point where
TV even Torquil Travers of the Ministry of Magic in London, despite his
personal dislike of the man, reluctantly had to acknowledge that
Albus Dumbledore was the only wizard alive who could stand any
VIDEO chance of defeating Grindelwald. By the time of what
unbeknownst to Grindelwald himself would soon become the
dawn of the Global wizarding war, much of the international
WIKIS wizarding communities had come to concur with him, pleading for
Dumbledore to take action. At the time, the evolutionary leader in
question had successfully terrorised much of the wizarding world
START A
WIKI and had a huge number of followers at his command. Indeed,
Dumbledore himself recalled that the height of Grindelwald's
power was such that it would have been "too shameful to resist
any longer. People were dying and he seemed unstoppable",
which ultimately prompted Professor Dumbledore to �nally put
aside his personal feelings and fears, and to �nally seek out his old
friend and to put an end to his reign of terror once and for all.
Grindelwald was ultimately defeated by Albus, though it must be
noted that according to contemporary accounts, their displays of
power and skill was of a standard that few had ever seen before in
the history of wizardkind, and their famous duel in 1945 went
down in history as one of the greatest duels ever fought between
two wizards.
• Dark Arts: Grindelwald was incredibly pro�cient and talented in
the Dark Arts, and became the most dangerous Dark Wizard of the
early 20th century and maintained a well-deserved spot at the top
of the list of the Most Dangerous Dark Wizards of All Time, until he
was surpassed with the arrival of Lord Voldemort a generation
later. Even as a student, Grindelwald's talents were already great
enough that, coupled with his passion for the Dark Arts, his
exploration and practice of such magic were already very
dangerous, even nearly fatal to the fellow Durmstrang students,
and eventually, his "twisted experiments" became too dangerous
for even Dumstrang's tolerant outlook on the Dark Arts, resulting
in his expulsion.[32] While seventeen, Grindelwald was already
adept at casting the extremely powerful Cruciatus Curse, notably
using it against Aberforth Dumbledore.[33] While impersonating
Percival Graves and duelling Newt Scamander, Grindelwald used
an unknown dark spell that unleashed �ssures of force and
another that emitted a bolt of lightning to torture him. During
Battle in the Lestrange Mausoleum of 1927, Grindelwald conjured
an incredibly powerful protective ring of dark �re, which he was
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concentrated burst of the �ames. In addition to his use of the

black �re to obliterate the bodies of his enemies by burning them
FANDOM to ash, said �ames also served as a magical protection of sorts,
easily repelling Theseus's attempts to stop Grindelwald from killing
his �ancée. Grindelwald was even able to shape it into a huge
winged �ery demon of such potency that it was capable of
potentially destroying all of Paris, requiring the combined e�orts
GAMES of Nicolas Flamel, Newt and Theseus Scamander, Tina Goldstein
and Yusuf Kama to dispel it. Grindelwald was pro�cient with the
Killing Curse as well, as in his rage towards Credence for betraying
ANIME him, he coldly and nonverbally unleashed the spell upon him,
which required Albus and Aberforth working together to block,
and he made use of the spell twice, also nonverbally, with ease
MOVIES
while �ghting Albus.
• Necromancy: Grindelwald appeared to have some

knowledge of necromancy, being that in his youth, he
TV
believed he could create an army of Inferi with the
Resurrection Stone. As an adult, Grindelwald was able to
wandlessly reanimate a Qilin and bend it to his will, making
VIDEO
the Qilin bow to him, which it never would have done under
its own free will. However, this reanimation appeared to be
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only temporary as the Qilin body turned limp and then
lifeless shortly after Grindelwald's deception was exposed. It
was possible, however, that Grindelwald simply ceased
START A exercising control over it in recognition of the fact those
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around him did not believe him or Vogel when Newt
Scamander exposed their plans to rig the election.
• Intellectual genius: Grindelwald was not only a great wizard, but

also possessed a tremendous level of intellect, considered by
most to be just as brilliant as Albus Dumbledore. Indeed,
Grindelwald and Dumbledore's intellects were so complementary
to one another that according to Bathilda Bagshot, even after
spending an entire day in intellectually stimulating discussions
with Grindelwald, Dumbledore would still unexpectedly send
Grindelwald messages by owl right after sudden ideas struck him,
with him having to let Grindelwald know of them immediately.[32]
As an adult, Grindelwald became an exceptional strategist and
tactician, whose expertise was perhaps best shown by his ability
to start a massive revolution on his own, gathering a large amount
of followers to establish a new wizarding world order, and
strategically overwhelming much of the wizarding world to the
point that Dumbledore's tactical advice ultimately proved fruitless,
requiring Dumbledore's direct intervention to �nally put an end to
his For the Greater Good revolution. For instance, Grindelwald was
highly adept at taking advantage of the discontent of those
members of the wizarding world that harboured anti-Muggle
sentiments: In fact, when European Aurors began to target and kill
his followers, and Torquil Travers employed the same policy of
suppression and violence against Grindelwald as Bartemius
Crouch would later use against Lord Voldemort and his Death
Eaters decades later, rather than yielding measurable results like
Crouch did, their e�orts instead back�red in spectacular fashion,
as Grindelwald was able to frame the narrative of his rise to power
in such a way that said tactics only served to further stoke a
hatred against Aurors and sow further division between his
followers and the opposition, both to garner sympathy for his
cause and to turn the steadily growing Alliance against the
established order of things. Other
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uncanny ability to create complex and carefully-woven plans to

achieve his goals was shown, among others, when he managed to
think his way out of his blood pact with Dumbledore by
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formulating a master plan to investigate the Obscurial attack on
New York unhindered, with the intent of using the Obscurial in
question as a lethal weapon again his former friend. This he
accomplished when he removed President Picquery's right-hand
man, Percival Graves, from the playing �eld, and in�ltrated the
GAMES
MACUSA by assuming his identity. Grindelwald also proved to be a
consummate actor, multitasker and investigator, as during his
time disguised as Graves, Grindelwald was able to perfectly mimic
ANIME
his personality and American accent, and limit his magical abilities
to be only on par with Gravesæ own, as well as convincingly and
e�ectively carry out Graves' many duties, while also gradually
MOVIES
managing to locate the rampaging Obscurial, all without arousing
suspicion. Grindelwald demonstrated his brilliance yet again when
he orchestrated an escape plan cunning enough to outwit even
TV
the experience of Rudolph Spielman, whose position as Head of
Incarceration meant he was accustomed to dealing with highly
VIDEO
dangerous criminals. During his Paris rally, Grindelwald succeeded
in convincing almost all of the many attendees to join his cause,
who immediately went to spread his propaganda, as well as the
WIKIS continued use of unnecessary force by Aurors, across the

wizarding world after Cassius Bell, one of the Aurors in Theseus
Scamander's squad, killed one of their numbers.
START A • Charisma: Even as a young man, Grindelwald was highly talented
WIKI
in manipulating and inspiring others, such that he was able to
manipulate the extremely intelligent and perceptive Albus
Dumbledore into agreeing to accompany him as he embarked on
his revolutionary endeavour to overthrow the International Statute
of Wizarding Secrecy, halted only by Aberforth's timely
intervention. As an adult, Grindelwald's skills in manipulating
others grew even further, with Theseus Scamander describing him
as a "charismatic blighter", and Grindelwald successfully
convincing numerous wizards and witches to join his cause during
rallies, to the point where he would receive a standing ovation at
his Paris rally for simply making a "public" appearance, being
hailed as a hero by his fanatical followers. What was more,
Grindelwald was e�ortlessly able to manipulate Credence
Barebone into trusting him, doing so by playing the role of a kind
mentor to Credence after assuming the identity of Percival
Graves, to the point that Credence was completely unaware that
Grindelwald was merely using him. He was also shown to be
con�dent that he could eventually get Credence in his Obscurus
form to listen to him, which made him enraged when he was
seemingly destroyed by MACUSA Aurors. Indeed, Grindelwald was
ultimately even able to manipulate the young man to his side by
presenting himself as the only one who could give him the
answers he wanted, and �nally gifting Credence with a proper
wand, thus �nally succeeding in earning his full con�dence.
Grindelwald was even able to persuade the kind-hearted and
compassionate Queenie Goldstein to join his ranks, by promising
to provide Queenie with the freedom to love and marry Jacob
Kowalski, as well as to provide that freedom to others. An
outstanding orator, Grindelwald could charm a fanatical following
in hundreds of people at once, to the point that he trusted his new
followers to "spread the word" of his ideology across the wizarding
world.
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Abernathy. Indeed, only people with truly incorruptible moral

codes, or with a full acceptance of their past sins, were able to
resist Grindelwald's charisma.
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• Leadership skills: Con�dent

in his own abilities and
secure in his own judgement,
Grindelwald was a very self-
GAMES
assured individual, and his Grindelwald calling his supporters
considerable abilities and

brilliant mind both allowed Grindelwald to become a greatly
ANIME
inspiring revolutionary leader. During his younger days, he felt
certain that together, he and Dumbledore could start his
revolution to conquer the wizarding and non-wizarding worlds. As
MOVIES
an adult, Grindelwald proved his leadership by raising and leading
a vast army of followers during his For the Greater Good revolution
TV
to establish a new wizarding order. So e�ectively, in fact, that
Grindelwald successfully sparked the Global wizarding war across
much of the wizarding world, and very nearly conquered the
VIDEO magical community, to the point that Albus Dumbledore ultimately

saw the need to personally confront him. While disguised as
Percival Graves, Grindelwald demonstrated his leadership again by
WIKIS taking over the latter's high-ranking positions in the MACUSA as
the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and the
Director of Magical Security, doing so for an extended period of
START A time without even President Picquery suspecting anything.
WIKI
• Magical Law expertise: Grindelwald was highly knowledgeable in
the laws of the wizarding world, as shown by his success
impersonating Percival Graves as the Head of the Department of
Magical Law Enforcement. This was also evident in Grindelwald's
consummate knowledge of the International Statute of Wizarding
Secrecy, and his ability to very e�ectively exploit the sacred law's
weaknesses, and rebel against it. In addition, Grindelwald had a
decent degree of understanding and knowledge of the
Rappaport's Law and thus used said knowledge to great e�ect to
successfully convince Queenie Goldstein to join him despite her
lovable and peaceful personality, as Grindelwald took advantage of
Queenie's desperation to be with Jacob, as Jacob being a No Maj
cannot be with Queenie with said law in e�ect to persuade her he
will allow her to be with him by abolishing the law after his
revolution was successful.
• Duelling: Gellert Grindelwald was a duellist of extraordinary skill,
with only Albus Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort surpassing his
level of ability. Even as a teenager, Grindelwald was already highly
pro�cient in magical combat, having been trained in duelling and
all manner of martial magic at Durmstrang Institute. Able to hone
his skills to match his exceptionally high potential, Grindelwald
became a fully con�dent, focused, disciplined and versatile
practitioner of combative spellwork. In his late teens, he held his
own against Albus and Aberforth Dumbledore simultaneously
during their three-way duel at Godric's Hallow, and later
e�ortlessly won the Elder Wand from its previous master, Mykew
Gregorovitch, with a single stunning spell when he stole it from his
workshop. As an adult, he earned a fearful reputation having killed
many witches and wizards during his reign of terror in the
wizarding world. Though quite capable of performing magic of
great destructive power, as seen in the Battle in the Lestrange
Mausoleum,
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de�ecting his opponents' e�orts with perfect ease and slowly

advancing upon them before delivering the crushing blow, in order
to take in the awe with which they observed the immensity of his
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power, but when duelling Newt Scamander, Grindelwald also used
an aggressive duelling style, only once defending and constantly
attacking his opponent. He also presumably overpowered Percival
Graves, so he could disguise himself as him and in�ltrate MACUSA.
GAMES While impersonating Graves, Grindelwald still displayed

considerable skill. Upon being unmasked, Grindelwald not only
fended o� many MACUSA Aurors simultaneously, seamlessly
ANIME switching between o�ence and defence to both repel and attack
his opponents, but he also quickly started to overwhelm them,
until Newt intervened and restrained him from behind. Grindelwald
MOVIES later escaped from captivity, defeating many broomstick-mounted
Aurors, and took control of the Incarceration Carriage. Later, he
overcame the combined might of Theseus himself, as well as the
TV highly skilled Tina Goldstein, Newt Scamander and Leta Lestrange,
the latter of whom he killed. During his reign of terror, Albus
Dumbledore was considered by the British Ministry of Magic to be
VIDEO the only duellist capable of overpowering and capturing
Grindelwald alone and, at the height of his power, the only one
who could defeat him, with much of the wizarding world pleading
WIKIS
with Dumbledore to confront him. Indeed, although he was
ultimately defeated by him, he was notably able to end their �rst
duel in a stalemate, and their �nal duel went down in history as
START A
WIKI among the greatest ever fought between two wizards.
• Defence Against the Dark Arts: While he seldom employed his
skills in this �eld, usually instead employing the Dark Arts
themselves, Grindelwald proved exceptionally knowledgeable and
adept in how to defend against them as well. This was
demonstrated when Grindelwald posed as Percival Graves, who
was an extremely skilled Auror and the Director of Magical
Security with therefore undeniably great skills in safeguarding the
North American wizarding community against the Dark Arts and
perfectly imitated Graves's defensive expertise without arousing
the suspicion of even President Picquery. Moreover, Grindelwald
proved quite capable of using non-dark martial magic to
devastating e�ect, as shown by how he could cast Stunning
Spells strong enough to instantly knock out targets and also use
Shield Charms of massive size capable of repelling a coordinated
attacks from about thirty seasoned Aurors with relative ease.
• Charms: Grindelwald
was extremely skilled in
charm-work. Albus
Dumbledore noted that
both he and Grindelwald
Grindelwald decimating Theseus
could already e�ectively Scamander's men
render themselves
invisible without needing to use an invisibility cloak during their
late teens, possibly with the Disillusionment Charm, which is a
tremendous feat. This made the Cloak of Invisibility the Hallow
that Grindelwald was least interested in, though he continued his
search for it only because the Cloak completed the trio of
legendary artefacts. Grindelwald also enchanted a necklace with
the symbol of Deathly Hallows, a necklace that he gave to
Credence, so that the latter could summon him by touching it.
Later, Grindelwald used the Elder Wand to project images of
In the coming weeks this
Credence andwiki
thewill be migrated
Obscurus. to
Grindelwald skill was such that he
could cast several minor spells both non-verbally and wandlessly
to a great e�ect: disarming Newt and Tina and summoning their
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wands, as well as Newt's case to him, before levitating them

alongside Jacob, and slamming them down; summoning the
FANDOM magical orb containing the Obscurus from Newt's case; levitating
Credence away and even levitating and throwing a car, all with
mere gestures. Grindelwald later instantly made the wands of the
Aurors inside his Incarceration Carriage reverse direction and
hover dangerously in front of their owners throats. He took down
GAMES several Aurors following him with the Tempest Jinx, and
e�ortlessly unlocked the door to the Incarceration Carriage.
Grindelwald also displayed phenomenal mastery over the Shield
ANIME
Charm, capable of instantly conjuring up massive magical shields
with ease. Indeed, Grindelwald's Shield Charm was powerful
enough to repel a barrage of spells �red at him by around thirty
MOVIES
trained Aurors simultaneously without fail. After his rally,
Grindelwald also drew up an incredibly powerful protective ring of
�re around himself, which he proceeded to bewitch so that only
TV
those truly loyal to him and his cause could pass through it
unscathed, with those insu�ciently loyal to him, such as Krall,
instead disintegrating from the �re. After his failed e�orts to
VIDEO
become Supreme Mugwump, Grindelwald proved fully capable of
de�ecting spells even from Albus, blocking a powerful jet of red
energy while also advancing on him and casually de�ecting a blue
WIKIS
spell from him, and he also used a variant of the Shield Charm to
create a spherical barrier around himself that was able to block
START A
multiple spells launched by several powerful wizards and Aurors
WIKI
simultaneously, including the likes of Theseus, Yusuf, and Liu Tao.
While disguised as Graves, Grindelwald locked the door to his o�ce
with a powerful charm that Queenie was not able to break. In
addition, he was able to brand Dumstrang with his symbol and
enchant it to make it forever irremovable, even after his death. He
could also at least conjure a non-corporeal Patronus,[10] despite
being a dark wizard. Grindelwald also could extract memories, as
he removed Yusuf's memories of Leta's death.
• Elemental magic mastery: Much like his former friend Albus
Dumbledore, Grindelwald was extremely accomplished with the
manipulation of the elements, particularly �re, lightning, and
water. When �ghting o� �ve European Aurors, Grindelwald
unleashed a huge white �ery blast that incinerated them in an
instant.Moreover, following his rally, Grindelwald was able to
conjure an incredibly powerful ring of black �re that he was able to
manipulate to cast columns of �re fast enough to reach Aurors in
mid-Apparition, and the animated �re could shape itself into a
�ery winged demon capable which nearly destroyed the
Mausoleum. In his brief duel with Newt Scamander, Grindelwald
generated shock-waves of blue lightning that quickly knocked
down Newt, before using the same spell to torture him. While
escaping his �ying Incarceration Carriage, Grindelwald blasted
massive lightning bolts to dispatch the handful of broomstick-
mounted Aurors tasked with escorting it, and then easily
manipulated the waters of the Hudson River to �ood the carriage,
nearly drowning all those inside.
• Care of Magical Creatures: Grindelwald was fairly knowledgeable
and adept on handling magical creatures, particularly dark ones,
having managed to tame the baby Chupacabra placed in his cell to
guard him by the Magical Congress of the United States of
America and had even named it. In fact, the a�ection and loyalty
Grindelwald had inspired in said creature was such that it attacked
Rudolph
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was also able to recognise a baby bird as a Phoenix, and, with his
awareness of the legend of a Phoenix coming to the aid of a
Dumbledore in need, Grindelwald managed to persuade Credence
FANDOM
Barebone that the latter was actually Aurelius Dumbledore,
somehow quickly accelerating the Phoenix's growth in the
process. Grindelwald also had no problems mounting the Thestrals
of his Incarceration Carriage, directing them, while simultaneously
defeating many broomstick-mounted Aurors. However, as expert
GAMES
Magizoologist Newt Scamander noted, Grindelwald did not bother
to train himself to be an expert in handling simple magical
creatures due to being more tuned towards complex forms of
ANIME
magic, which is how Newt was able to use his Ni�er to steal
Grindelwald's Blood pact vial without him noticing.
MOVIES
• Healing magic: Grindelwald
had an immense
understanding of healing
TV
charms, being able to heal
the cuts on Credence Grindelwald healing cuts on Credence
Barebone's hands
Barebone's hands wandlessly
VIDEO
and non-verbally, by simply
touching them. Indeed, Grindelwald's mastery and knowledge was
so great that with the Elder Wand, he was capable of restoring
WIKIS
Abernathy's cut-o� tongue, returning his ability to speak. He also
healed the physical injuries he had in�icted on a then recently of
START A deceased Qilin to coneal the fact that it was no longer alive before
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reanimating it to make it bow to him to rig the selection of the new
Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards
so he would win the election.[27]
• Trans�guration: Grindelwald was incredibly pro�cient in this �eld,
and his ability and knowledge on the complex area of Human
Trans�guration was su�cient to transform himself into an exact
replica of Percival Graves for an extended period of time without
his disguise fading, without him needing any Polyjuice Potion.[34]
He easily trans�gured the reigns of his Incarceration Carriage into
living snakes, vanished Rudolph Spielman's wand, and was able to
non-verbally conjure a new forked tongue for Abernathy after his
escape.
• Apparition: Grindelwald was

extremely skilled in
Apparition, capable of
Apparating with pin-point
precision and speed, even Grindelwald disapparates from
Lestrange Mausoleum
while in a quickly moving
frame of reference, as shown
by how Grindelwald had little trouble dodging the violent attacks
of Credence's huge Obscurus by rapidly Apparating, how he easily
Apparated to the bottom of his speedily �ying Incarceration
Carriage (while disguised as Abernathy), and then to the top of the
carriage from the bottom.
• Occlumency: Grindelwald was an incredibly accomplished
Occlumens, being able to fully conceal his thoughts from the
exceptionally talented Legilimens Queenie Goldstein while under
the guise of Percival Graves.[35] He also was capable of using a
convincing form of Occlumency that would made a Legilimens
attempting to read his mind see faux thoughts, as shown while
turning Queenie to his side, he concealed his ulterior motives from
her regarding the subjugation of the non-magical population, with
promises of granting her the Follow
freedom to marry and be with the
No-Maj Jacob Kowalski. Even in his older days, and having been
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No-Maj Jacob Kowalski. Even in his older days, and having been
imprisoned for �fty-three years in Nurmengard, Grindelwald
remained very pro�cient in the art, as even Lord Voldemort
FANDOM himself, who was the most accomplished and powerful Legilimens
alive, was unable to penetrate Grindelwald's mind to gain
information in his search of the Elder Wand.
• History of Magic: Grindelwald was highly knowledgeable in
magical history and lore, with particular specialisation in the
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portions of it that pertained to powerful magical artefacts, such as
the Deathly Hallows and Wandlore. For example, Grindelwald knew
that Ignotus Peverell, owner of the Cloak of Invisibility, had been
ANIME
laid to rest in Godric's Hollow. Grindelwald was also aware that in
order to become the master of the Elder Wand, he needed to not
only steal it, but he also had to defeat it's previous owner.
MOVIES
Seemingly from his knowledge of Wandlore, Grindelwald was able
to create a unique wand for Credence that allowed him to channel
the extraordinary power of his Obscurus. Moreover, Grindelwald
TV
was highly knowledgeable of both past and current histories of
the Sacred Twenty-Eight families, as he knew about the ancient
abandoned Lestrange Mausoleum in Paris, and was aware of Leta
VIDEO
Lestrange's backstory, and was possibly even able to uncover the
identity of Credence Barebone before Albus Dumbledore did,
despite the latter's extensive network of international contacts.
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• Study of Ancient Runes: Grindewald was also very
knowledgeable and well-versed in the magical study of Runology.
START A He was capable of translating and understanding the meanings of
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complex runic scriptures, alphabets and symbols, often using the
help of a highly useful and practical Rune Dictionary.[10]
• Divination: Grindelwald was

a Seer[36] and thus had a
naturally excellent level of
expertise and knowledge on
Divination. He could retain Grindelwald sharing his vision in the
Lestrange Mausoleum
awareness when seeing his
visions in order to be able to
know what he saw and was able to craft a skull-hookah capable of
enhancing his visions and using it to allow him to share them with
others. The sheer strength of his gift was displayed by how while
still twelve years prior to the beginning of the Second World War,
he already predicted it in detail and thus used his Skull-hookah to
project fearsome images of the future Blitzkrieg, Holocaust, and
nuclear bombings, for attendees of his rally to see. However, when
he had a vision about the existence of a powerful Obscurial linked
to Credence Barebone, Grindelwald initially misinterpreted his
vision, believing that Credence would lead him to the Obscurial
child while in fact, Credence was the Obscurial himself. However, it
should be noted that he had not anticipated such a miraculous
thing happening as Credence is the only known Obscurial ever to
have survived past the age of ten. He would also rely on Astrology,
and use the relative positions of celestial bodies to try and gain
further insight into future events, possibly in an e�ort to pinpoint
at what point in time his predictions would be taking place, and
kept a copy of the Atlas of Celestial Anomalies at Nurmengard
Castle to help him interpret his �ndings.[37] In 1932, he killed a Qilin
and saw Dumbledore holding their blood pact at Hog's Head Inn,
and Theseus and Newt going to the Hog's Head Inn to see
Dumbledore. He also saw visions of Yusuf Kama going to
Nurmengard, Dumbledore going to Bhutan. He also saw a vision of
Jacob Kowalski pulling out his coreless
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Vinda next to him. At the end of his life, Grindelwald claimed

foreknowledge of Lord Voldemort's arrival to his prison cell, which
might be another instance of Grindelwald's power of foresight. In
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addition, Grindelwald's prediction of Voldemort never fully
mastering the Elder Wand proved correct, and would cause
Voldemort's own demise during his �nal duel with Harry Potter.
• Wandless and nonverbal magic: Grindelwald was extremely
skilled in both wandless and nonverbal magic. While posing as
GAMES
Percival Graves, Grindelwald swiftly Summoned Newt
Scamander's wand and suitcase over to him, both with a silent
wave of his hand. Grindelwald also wandlessly lifted Newt
ANIME
Scamander from the ground from across the room and then made
him, Tina Goldstein and Jacob Kowalski simultaneously drop to
their knees with their arms locked behind against their backs, all
MOVIES
with a silent hand gesture. When he interrogated Newt shortly
thereafter, Grindelwald Summoned the protective orb containing
an Obscurus by silently gesturing it forth. He later saved the life of
TV
Credence Barebone from an oncoming train in the New York City
Subway by hurling the young man sideways o� the tracks with a
wave of his wand-free hand. Grindelwald was even able to send an
VIDEO
automobile �ying across a street at Tina with a silent wave of his
hand. By using only silent hand gestures, Grindelwald generated
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forceful shock-waves to move and otherwise exert force on
people and objects, notably being able to break apart the ground
by sending a shock-wave rippling through a street, and later
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him down. Grindelwald later overwhelmed twenty MACUSA Aurors
simultaneously without speaking a single incantation. Grindelwald
also healed the cuts on Credence's hand by silently running his
own over it. While escaping his Incarceration Carriage, Grindelwald
simultaneously reversed the direction of Aurors' wands, making
them point at their own throats, and disintegrated Spielman's
wand. He subsequently defeated all of the remaining Aurors (along
with Head of Incarceration Rudolph Spielman) by non-verbally
using the Elder Wand. After he threw Spielman out of the carriage,
he dropped a wand after him and, just before his captor was about
to hit the water, made said wand �y into the latter's hand by doing
a clasp-like movement with his hand, while both Spielman and the
wand were quickly falling through the air. Grindelwald also used
wandless magic to accelerate the growth of a baby Phoenix to
adulthood in an instant, as well as to, both wandlessly and
nonverbally, show to others his visions of the future Second World
War with his skull-hookah. When angered, he manipulated water to
attack Credence with just a meagre wave of his hand.
• Indomitable willpower: Grindelwald had tremendous willpower,
as despite the immense task of building a large army by himself
after Dumbledore abandoned their plans, Grindelwald remained
dedicated, and ended up successfully raising and leading among
the most powerful forces of darkness ever fought by the wizarding
world, very nearly emerging victorious in the Global wizarding war.
Moreover, Grindelwald was capable of remaining steadfast and
focused in his tasks. Even after learning Credence Barebone, who
he had previously tossed aside coldly, was the Obscurial, which
made recruiting him rather di�cult, Grindelwald calmly continued
to try to recruit Credence to his side, despite also having to chase
after him through New York, and also fend o� Newt and Tina in the
process. When Grindelwald learned that Credence was still alive,
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As such, he promptly began seeking Credence out again.

Grindelwald also showed no fear when the MACUSA successfully
imprisoned him, instead mocking Newt Scamander and President
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Picquery to their faces. His spirit remained unbroken after six
months of MACUSA imprisonment, since Grindelwald was so
e�ective at persuading his jailers to join his side, that President
Picquery ordered her men to cut out the Dark Wizard's tongue.
Indeed, Grindelwald's calm, yet unbreakable resolve greatly
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contributed to how persuasive his international rallies were. This
was demonstrated when Grindelwald did not react violently after
ANIME
one of Theseus Scamander's Aurors killed one of his followers, so
as to show the rally attendees that it was the Aurors, not the
cause he advocated, that were truly violent, and were therefore
MOVIES truly to blame for the Global wizarding war. Grindelwald was even
capable of facing up to his fears, as he valiantly fought
Dumbledore after the pact was destroyed and during their
TV legendary duel fought him to the end until he was �nally defeated
by his "shade more skillful" ex-lover. Even after spending �fty-
three years in Nurmengard following his defeat, Grindelwald, while
VIDEO the contemplation of his crimes did weigh on him, causing him to
supposedly feel remorse for all he had done, he was as con�dent
and fearless as ever when visited by Lord Voldemort. Indeed,
WIKIS despite being defenceless against the greater Dark Wizard, who
possessed a far greater capability for evil and destruction along
with power and skill superior to Grindelwald's own, he was not
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WIKI intimidated and instead sadistically mocked Voldemort's e�orts to
get information out of him about the Elder Wand, daring the
younger and more powerful Dark Wizard to kill him, in a last
attempt to �nd redemption for his crimes.
• Physical aptitude: Grindelwald, while middle-aged during the For
the Greater Good revolution, was remarkably �t and agile, as he
was easily capable of keeping his footing and holding his balance
on top of the roof of the Incarceration Carriage, despite its very
swift �ight through heavy rain, and could nonchalantly drag the
full adult Rudolph Spielman with a single hand despite Rudolph's
struggles. Moreover, despite physical degrading while imprisoned
in Nurmengard, Grindelwald still survived in that prison for �fty-
three years.
Possessions
• Original wand (formerly):
Grindelwald's original wand,
notably used by him to
permanently carve the Deathly
Hallows symbol into the wall of
Durmstrang Institute, and later
used in the three-way duel
between himself, Albus and
Aberforth. Grindelwald's last Grindelwald's original wand
known use of his wand was to
stun Gregorovitch and attain mastery over the legendary Elder
Wand.
• Percival Graves's wand (formerly): While in�ltrating the MACUSA
in the guise of Percival Graves, Grindelwald wielded Graves' wand
against many MACUSA employees. It is unknown how exactly he
acquired it nor if he mastered the wand, although the fact that he
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Summoning Charm to disarm him of it.

• Elder Wand (formerly): Grindelwald wielded this wand, the most
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powerful wand in existence, known also as the "Wand of Destiny"
or the "Deathstick", and one of the Deathly Hallows. He attained
mastery of it after stunning Gregorovitch, but Grindelwald
ultimately lost it at the end of his legendary duel with Albus
Dumbledore.
GAMES • Deathly Hallows necklace: Grindelwald possessed a necklace
with a pendant of the Deathly Hallows sign, which Grindelwald
gave to Credence Barebone, who could summon Grindelwald by
ANIME touching it.
• Skull-hookah (formerly): Grindelwald used this enchanted water
pipe. The hookah, or the drug that is smoked, enhances
MOVIES Grindelwald's visions of the future.[38] It was, however, destroyed
by Leta Lestrange, shortly before her death.
• Blood pact pendant (formerly): Grindelwald, after making a
TV Blood pact with Albus Dumbledore in his youth, carried this vial
containing both of their blood on his body. Grindelwald likely did
this to prevent Dumbledore from �nding some way to destroy the
VIDEO
blood pact, and thus to ensure that Dumbledore would not attack
him directly.
• Antonio (formerly): Grindelwald possessed a fearsome pet
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Chupacabra, though he ultimately tossed it out of the window of
his �ying Incarceration Carriage, deeming the Chupacabra "too
needy".
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WIKI • Rune Dictionary: Grindelwald owned a dictionary of ancient
runes, in order to help decipher such runes.[10]
• Cane: Grindelwald owned and used this cane.[39]
Relationships
Albus Dumbledore
"Did I know, in my heart of hearts, what Gellert Grindelwald was? I
think I did, but I closed my eyes."
— Albus Dumbledore to Harry Potter, about his friendship with
Gellert Grindelwald
Albus Dumbledore �rst met Grindelwald

when he was seventeen. They were
introduced by Grindelwald's great aunt,
Bathilda Bagshot. They got along almost
instantly, according to Bagshot. They had
much in common, including the quest for
the Deathly Hallows and edgy ideals
about the structure of a wizard-led
society. Eventually, their relationship
developed further into one that went
Albus Dumbledore, his former
beyond mere friendship, one that was lover and greatest enemy
romantic, intense and passionate, as well
as sexual. The two young lovers made plans to �nd the Deathly Hallows
and lead a wizarding revolution with themselves as leaders, but Albus
neglected his younger siblings, Aberforth and Ariana, as a result. When
Aberforth confronted the pair over this, Grindelwald lost his temper and
attacked Aberforth. Albus rushed forward to defend his brother, and
during the duel Ariana was killed. Grindelwald �ed, his relationship with
Albus over, although their feelings for one another would not subside.
"Oh we were closer than brothers."
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Grindelwald
FANDOM Over the next few decades, Grindelwald caused considerable havoc on
behalf of his revolution but due to a past Blood Pact between them,
neither Grindelwald or Dumbledore could directly �ght one another,
which frustrated Grindelwald as it prevented him from attacking Britain,
which was essentially Dumbledore's protectorate and operates on
GAMES behalf of in his duties outside of Hogwarts. Although at this point, their
relationship seemed to be a thing of the past, Grindelwald still
acknowledged and respected the extraordinary magical and intellectual
ANIME capabilities of his former lover, noting Dumbledore far outclassed any of
his followers and with his equal intelligence and magical capability, he
had the ability to subtly intervene anyway in his revolution, and this
MOVIES
respect made Dumbledore the only wizard Grindelwald was wary of.
Grindelwald feared Dumbledore as he recognised that Dumbledore
would be capable of defeating him. This made Grindelwald seek out
TV
Credence Barebone in order to be able to use him as a weapon in case
Dumbledore attacked him, although despite his claims of wanting to use
Credence to kill Dumbledore, it seemed unlikely as Britain was always
VIDEO
noted long after his revolution to be the only place Grindelwald never
attacked, which could imply Grindelwald was either willing to tolerate
Dumbledore, as at the time, even with the blood pact vial stolen, he
WIKIS
didn't have broken it anyway, or he wanted to conquer the rest of the
wizarding world �rst before �nally �ghting Dumbledore to further
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increases his chances of victory.
WIKI
It also seemed that Grindelwald retained interest in Dumbledore, as

shown by his taking time to question Newt regarding why Dumbledore
would be fond of him while disguised as Graves and seeming reluctance
to stop questioning him and sentence him and Tina to death after
making a mistake, and perhaps may even have unresolved a�ections for
him, as he, repeatedly, showed hatred for Newt being Dumbledore's
favourite. Eventually, however, by 1945, the blood pact between them
was abolished. Dumbledore and Grindelwald engaged each other in a
legendary duel, one to be marked as the one of the greatest ever fought
between two wizards. However, Dumbledore's greater power and skill
ultimately defeated Grindelwald despite his mastery of the Elder Wand
during their duel, and Grindelwald was imprisoned in his own prison,
Nurmengard.
Many years later, in 1998, Grindelwald refused to give any information to

Lord Voldemort about the Elder Wand despite the fact that he was
imprisoned, wandless, and face-to-face with the only Dark Wizard ever
considered more dangerous than himself. This seems to indicate that
Grindelwald no longer held the views of those who practised the Dark
Arts and had felt remorse for his actions. It was speculated by Harry
Potter that Grindelwald had given his life to prevent Voldemort from
desecrating Dumbledore's tomb, perhaps indicating that despite all that
happened, Grindelwald still retained some care and respect for his old
friend and lover. Dumbledore's acknowledgement of Grindelwald's
attempt to achieve redemption also indicated he believed Grindelwald
was capable of changing out of possible remaining a�ection for him.
Aberforth Dumbledore
Aberforth disliked Grindelwald
immensely, as he was Albus's friend
after Hogwarts,
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was taking care of Ariana, Albus and

Grindelwald were planning to enslave
the Muggles. As the two boys were
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planning to travel around the world,
Aberforth Dumbledore they also planned to take Ariana with
them. Aberforth opposed them, telling
them that he would be able to take care of Ariana once more.
GAMES
Grindelwald became very angry and used the Cruciatus Curse on
Aberforth; Albus then defended his brother and the three boys had a
ANIME
duel, in which Ariana was accidentally killed. Grindelwald escaped and
left the country. Aberforth retained bitter memories towards
Grindelwald for many years after their fateful encounter, and when he
MOVIES recounted the events that led to his sister's death Harry noted the
"positively dangerous" look that came over his face when Grindelwald's
name was mentioned.[33]
TV
Ariana Dumbledore
Grindelwald was dismissive of the permanently damaged Ariana yet was
VIDEO
willing to tolerate her to an extent for his old friend, allowing her to be
brought in his and Dumbledore's plans for revolution. However, Ariana
tragically died when interfering in Grindelwald's duel with Albus and
WIKIS
Aberfoth and Grindelwald �ed immediately.
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Lord Voldemort
WIKI
It is unknown if the two had ever met
prior; however, by the time Voldemort
visited Grindelwald in his Nurmengard
prison in 1998, Grindelwald seemed to
know all about him, and claimed that he
knew that Voldemort would one day visit
him to seek out the Elder Wand. Despite
Grindelwald's past revolution to dominate
Muggles and status as one of the most
powerful Dark Wizards to have ever lived,
Lord Voldemort, Grindelwald's
considered second only to Voldemort killer
himself, he seemed to have no praise or

respect for Grindelwald, and Voldemort likely saw him as an inferior and
treated him as merely another person to interrogate in his search for
the wand.
Grindelwald likewise showed no fear toward the Dark Lord, and laughed,
scornfully challenging Voldemort to kill him and using the younger
wizard's chosen feared name as a mockery of his great power, much to
the latter's fury. Grindelwald refused to tell Voldemort the Elder Wand's
location and taunted him by telling him that he would never be able to
master the wand. Furious at his inability to gain information from the
former master of the Elder Wand, Voldemort murdered Grindelwald with
the killing Curse.
Ultimately, Grindelwald's prediction of Voldemort never fully mastering

the Elder Wand would become reality, and would cause Voldemort's own
demise during his �nal duel with Harry Potter.
Newt Scamander
Grindelwald, while disguised as Percival
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skills impressive, questioned him on why

Dumbledore would be fond of him. Newt
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when Grindelwald implied Newt was
serving the Greater Good and coldly told
him he was not one of the dark wizard's
acolytes, which actually impressed the
GAMES Dark Wizard, causing him to smirk. He
Newt Scamander, one of his seemed to have been interested in talking
enemies
more about it but upon having made a slip
ANIME
up of how he considered the Obscurus
without a host useless, he ultimately did everything in his power to have
Newt take the blame for the Obscurial deaths and nearly had him
MOVIES
executed, albeit reluctantly, although it remained unknown what he
would have done to Newt had the conversation continued.
TV
Grindelwald also revealed to Tina Goldstein that Newt had been expelled
from Hogwarts for nearly killing a student in an incident involving a
magical beast. When Newt intervened in Grindelwald's plan to acquire
VIDEO
Credence Barebone, Grindelwald dropped all pretence and ferociously
attacked Newt, duelling and even torturing him with lightning spells in a
rage. Newt managed to capture Grindelwald by use of Swooping Evil
WIKIS
and revealed his true identity to MACUSA, but before being carried o�
Grindelwald turned to Newt and said mysteriously "Will we die, just a
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little?", possibly as a message for Dumbledore due to his knowing
WIKI
Newt's closeness to Dumbledore. Grindelwald later encountered Newt in
Paris and attacked him and his allies, mocking Newt whether
Dumbledore would mourn for him.
Newt, however, survived the battle and out of hatred towards

Grindelwald for having murdered Leta Lestrange, gave Dumbledore the
blood pact vial, which would doom Grindelwald many years later.
Grindelwald's actions towards Newt seem to suggest he hated the
younger man not only because he had thwarted him once, but also
because he is infuriatingly jealous of Dumbledore's admiration of Newt's
sel�ess qualities. It appears that Grindelwald, ever the narcissist,
wanted to remain the centre of attention and admiration in his former
lover's mind in spite of his Dark deeds, their now opposing views, and
Grindelwald's own stated desire to have Dumbledore killed.
Porpentina Goldstein
Grindelwald had interacted with Tina
while disguised as Percival Graves, and
held a low opinion of her, due to Tina's
prim personality. During Newt's
interrogation, he sentenced him and Tina
as well to death for her participation
without hesitation. Grindelwald was later
very furious at Tina for distracting him
from Credence, telling her angrily she
always turned up when he least wanted
her, implying she may have intervened
with his attempts to �nd the Obscurus
Porpentina Goldstein, an
previously, and while he did not bother to enemy
�nish her, he threw a car at her without
hesitation, thus beating her without using lethal force but still
endangering
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painted Tina in a negative light by telling Queenie that it wasn't the

latter's fault for having an Auror as a sister. He then ruthlessly tried to
burn her alive with his cursed �ames and would have succeeded had
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Leta not interfered.
Queenie Goldstein
Grindelwald had interacted
GAMES with Queenie in Paris. When
she met him, Queenie was
clearly frightened due to his
ANIME Grindelwald bringing Queenie Goldstein to reputation as the greatest
his fortress
dark wizard of the age, and
drew her wand in his direction
MOVIES
nervously. While he resented Tina, Grindelwald did not extend this to
Queenie and calmly manipulated her to join his ranks, taking advantage
of Queenie's loving, altruistic, and peaceful personality, by promising her
TV
that his For the Greater Good revolution would �ght against the future
Second World War, and would bring about an era where others would be
free to love whomever they pleased.
VIDEO
Thus, during the rally in the Lestrange family Mausoleum, Queenie

passed through the loyalty-testing circle of blue �re, o�cially joining
WIKIS
Grindelwald. After escape from Paris, Grindelwald took Queenie with him
to his Austrian residence of Nurmengard Castle, and asked her advice
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about how to appeal to Credence's current feelings, showing he
WIKI
acknowledged Queenie's expertise in handling the emotions of others.
Queenie later became remorseful over her actions and attempted to

warn Jacob to leave The Walk of the Qilin Ceremony without success.
Grindelwald denounced Queenie's desire to love whoever she pleased
and tortured Jacob in front of her, ignoring Queenie's pleas for her to
stop.
Credence Barebone
Grindelwald was reassuring and tender
with Credence, giving him the a�ection
the boy had craved and been denied all
his life; however, this was mainly in
order to use him to �nd the Obscurus
and he coldly tossed him aside when he
thought he had obtained his goal,
believing him to be no more than a
Squib. Considering Credence
unteachable in the ways of magic as a
Credence Barebone
result despite promising to teach him
previously, Grindelwald told the boy that
the death of his mother was his reward instead, although at least he did
not just kill Credence to cover any traces. When it was revealed soon
after that Credence was in fact the Obscurial, Grindelwald was surprised
but quickly recovered and reassumed his old treatment of Credence and
tried to recruit him to help expose the North American wizarding
community, and create a weapon against Albus Dumbledore.
He continued trying to appeal

to Credence, telling him that he
wanted him to be free from
hiding and repressing his
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This resulted in Grindelwald

Grindelwald manipulated Credence
Barebone during his search for the furiously lashing out at
Obscurus MACUSA for what he truly felt
FANDOM
was an act of injustice on a
fellow magical individual, going so far as to drop his disguise as a
faithful Auror in a passionate speech against the International Statute
of Wizarding Secrecy and Muggles. As such, because of his magical
GAMES
heritage, Grindelwald showed genuine empathy for how badly and
unjustly Credence was treated, not only being upset and resentful of
how Picquery had coldly ordered Credence to be destroyed just
ANIME because he threatened to expose wizardkind, but also pitying how Mary
Lou nearly destroyed her own adopted son just because he was
magical.
MOVIES
Upon learning that Credence had survived and was searching for his
true heritage, Grindelwald sought the young man out, and gave him the
TV freedom to come to his rally at the Lestrange family Mausoleum, acting
as if he was close to Credence just as he did with Graves, although he
did it with even more kindness, saying he only wanted what was best
VIDEO for Credence. At that rally, Grindelwald's persuasive speech induced the
desperate Credence to �nally choose his side in the Global wizarding
war by passing through the loyalty testing blue �re and joining Gellert
WIKIS Grindelwald's acolytes. Grindelwald was true to his word this time,
�nally giving Credence a wand, and revealing the young man's birth
name: Aurelius Dumbledore, while also encouraging Credence by saying
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WIKI together they would change the world, seemingly being successful in
having the latter convinced in breaking the Blood Pact and killing Albus
Dumbledore.
Credence subsequently became a devoted acolyte of Grindelwald, but

his allegiance faltered after he duelled Dumbledore and learned of his
true heritage as Aberforth's son. Credence's failure to kill Dumbledore
soured Grindelwald towards him as did his attempt to lie about the
number of Qilin. Credence ultimately turned on Grindelwald completely,
helping Newt to expose his plot at The Walk of the Qilin Ceremony.
Enraged, Grindelwald tried to murder the weakened and dying
Credence, but he was blocked by Albus and Aberforth, resulting in the
blood pact breaking.
Vinda Rosier
Vinda Rosier was arguably
Grindelwald's most trusted
and loyal Acolyte, therefore
being the Dark Wizard's
anonymous lieutenant. Vinda Rosier, his most trusted and loyal
Grindelwald trusted her with Acolyte and anonymous lieutenant
consoling Queenie Goldstein

to soften her up for Grindelwald to convince her and also with keeping
his Skull-Hookah, displaying his deep trust for Vinda. When Vinda spoke
of eliminating Non-magic people and how they would �ee their cities in
the millions, Grindelwald told her that they don't say such things out
loud, that they only want freedom to be themselves and that they
wouldn't eliminate all Non-magic people as the beast of burden would
always be necessary.
Krall
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some point, he began to

sense Krall's loyalty had began
Grindelwald eyeing Krall
to waver and had no qualms
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confronting him over it,
bluntly asking whether he would stand by him as he collected Credence
to use against Albus Dumbledore and not looking convinced when Krall
tried to assure him. When Krall tried crossing Grindelwald's Protego
GAMES Diabolica, he died due to his inadequate loyalty.
See also
ANIME
• Global wizarding war

• Gellert Grindelwald's army
MOVIES • Grindelwald's mark
• Deathly Hallows
TV
Etymology
• Gellert is the Hungarian version of Gerard, which comes from the
VIDEO Germanic ger, "spear", as well as hard, "brave, hardy". Saint Gellert
was an Italian-born missionary and martyr who worked in
Hungary.[40]
WIKIS
• Gellért Hill is a high hill overlooking the Danube in Budapest,
Hungary. Gellért Hill was named after Saint Gerard who was
thrown to death from the hill. The famous Hotel Gellért and the
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WIKI Gellért Baths can be found in Gellért Square at the foot of the hill.
The Gellért Hill Cave is located within the hill, facing toward Hotel
Gellért and the Danube River.
• Grindel is old German for "bolt," and is also similar to the mythic
monster Grendel who was defeated by Beowulf. This forms a
parallel with Albus Dumbledore, whose middle name is "Wulfric".
Wald is German for "forest".
• Grindelwald is also the name of a village and known ski resort in
the Bernese Alps of Switzerland.
• It is of interesting but purely speculative note that the name
Gellert is very close to the name Gelert, the name of a legendary
dog of cultural, but little historical, signi�cance to Northern Wales.
According to local mythology, Gelert was the most faithful
companion of Prince Llewelyn, mistaken for the assailant of the
prince's infant heir. His "grave" is a site in Beddgelert (literally
Gelert's Grave), Gwynedd, as well as the legend is popular in the
area.
• In German, wald is "forest." Grind is a scab, as in the hardened
covering over a scar, could also be grinsen, a grin or big smile. The
words grindel or grendel appeared in early versions of several
Germanic languages, including English. Grindan in Old English
meant "to grind," and further "destroyer," someone who grinds up
others. In Middle English, grindel meant "angry." In Old Norse,
grindill was taken from "storm," and also meant "to bellow," or
produce a loud, frightening yell. In Danish legend, the Grendel was
a fearsome, murderous monster of humanoid form. He was later
defeated by the Scandinavian hero Beowulf in the medieval story
of the same name.
Behind the scenes

• British actor Jamie Campbell
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Gellert (in his teenage years) in
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of
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Grindelwald, having previously

portrayed the young Gellert
FANDOM Grindelwald in the �lm
adaptation of Harry Potter and
the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.[41]
• British actor Michael Byrne
portrays the character as an old
GAMES man in Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows: Part 1.[42]
• Grindelwald was portrayed by Grindelwald as a Lego mini�gure
ANIME (2016)
Johnny Depp in the �rst and
second instalment of the
Fantastic Beasts �lm series.
MOVIES
Since Grindelwald spends most
of the �rst �lm disguised as
Percival Graves, Colin Farrell
TV
portrays him in those scenes.
Following a libel lawsuit, Depp
was asked by Warner Bros. to
VIDEO
resign and he stepped down
from the role of Grindelwald. The
role was given to Mads
WIKIS
Mikkelsen in Fantastic Beasts:
The Secrets of Dumbledore.
[43][44]
START A Grindelwald as a Lego mini�gure
WIKI (2018)
• While Grindelwald is described
as being blue eyed in the
Fantastic Beasts screenplay, the
�lm and merchandise shows him to
have Heterochromia iridium, his
right eye being light blue or grey,
and his left eye being dark, possibly
black.[3]
• This was not seen in the

original �lm series when
Grindelwald was shown in his
youth or when he was elderly.
As such, it is unknown if this is
a retcon, or if his eyes Gellert Grindelwald in LEGO
Brickhead form
changed sometime after his
acquirement of the Elder
Wand and returned to
normal at a later point.
• It is very possible that

Grindelwald was born
somewhere in the former
Austria-Hungary, judging by the
fact that Nurmengard is located
in Austria and that his given
name is of Hungarian origin.
• In the �lm inspired by Fantastic
Beasts and Where to Find Them, A young Grindelwald in LEGO
Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Grindelwald sports an undercut
hairstyle, which was standard
for members of the Hitler Youth.
• Additionally,
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which were iconic traits of

the Aryans or the "Master
Race" of the Nazi Regime.
FANDOM
• In the real world, Grindelwald

has been compared to fascist
dictators such as German
An old Grindelwald in LEGO Harry
chancellor Adolf Hitler and
GAMES
Potter: Years 5-7
Italian prime minister Benito
Mussolini. Tom Riddle
(Voldemort) has also received
ANIME
comparisons to Hitler.
• In a 2005 interview around the
same time Harry Potter and the
MOVIES
Half-Blood Prince was
published, Rowling stated that it
was not a coincidence that he
TV
was defeated in 1945, hinting at
a connection with Adolf Hitler
VIDEO
and at least the European front A vinyl �gurine of Grindelwald
produced by Funko Pop
of World War II.[45] Grindelwald
seems to be the wizarding
WIKIS version of Adolf Hitler. As referenced by Rowling, the date of

Grindelwald's duel with Dumbledore coincides with the downfall of
Nazi Germany. There are other similarities as well. Grindelwald
START A adopted an ancient symbol as his sigil (the symbol of the Deathly
WIKI
Hallows) just as the Nazis adopted the swastika, an ancient
symbol, switching its facing to create the Nazi swastika.
Furthermore, the prison Nurmengard shares a similar name to the
Franconian city of Nuremberg, where war criminal trials of former
Nazis were held. Nurmengard's dual role as prison to both the
victims and later the perpetrator may be a reference to
Nuremberg's dual signi�cance in World War II, which, aside from
being the site of the Nuremberg Trials, was also the site of the
proposal and adoption of the Nuremberg Laws, infamous
discriminatory laws against Jewish people. Nurmengard also
bears a sign that reads "For the Greater Good", which may
correspond to the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign (German for
"Work sets you free") which hung above the entrance to
Auschwitz. Grindelwald's eventual sole imprisonment in his own
prison is possibly a reference to the fate of Rudolf Hess, who from
1966 until his death in 1987 was the sole prisoner of Spandau
prison.
• In a 2005 interview around the same time Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince was published, Rowling stated that Grindelwald
was dead.[45] However, it was revealed in Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows that he was still alive and imprisoned in
Nurmengard. This would indicate that Grindelwald's inclusion in
the novel was a late decision.
• In Harry Potter and the Deathly

Hallows: Part 1, Grindelwald's
historical signi�cance is not
explained in the slightest. Also,
Voldemort sparing Grindelwald's
Voldemort does not kill life in Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows: Part 1. In the
Grindelwald, but simply leaves
Harry Potter and the Deathly
the prison room. Hallows, he murders him with the
Killing Curse
• He also
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this wiki tells
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• He also addresses Voldemort by his true name, "Tom",

indicating some past history with him or at least knowledge
of his origins.
FANDOM
• Grindelwald was the �rst known Durmstrang student introduced in

canon, although the fact that he attended Durmstrang was only
revealed in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
• Along with Harry Potter, Beedle the Bard and Dumbledore,
GAMES
Grindelwald is one four characters who is mentioned by name in a
title of the Wizarding World franchise.
• Along with Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall and Nagini,
ANIME
Grindelwald is one of four characters who appear in both the
Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts �lm series to date.
MOVIES
• J. K. Rowling describes Grindelwald as a sociopath.[46]
• Gellert Grindelwald claimed that he knew that Voldemort would
come to him. It is unknown whether this was a guess or if he
TV foresaw it due to being a Seer.

• When questioned on Grindelwald compared to Voldemort, the
Fantastic Beasts cast believed Voldemort was far more evil than
VIDEO Grindelwald, as Zoe Kravitz noted she thought Grindelwald was
more complicated than Voldemort while Alison Sudol stated she
thought Grindelwald was more evil and Dan Fogler being unsure.
WIKIS When asked who will win in a duel, while Zoe Kravitz said
Voldemort, Callum looked unsure and stated "but Harry took him
down." and while most of the cast believed Grindelwald would
START A
WIKI
easily win in a �st �ght as his body was far more well-built and �t
than Voldemort, and Katherine Waterston said she thinks
Voldemort would �ght dirty and win.[47]
• It was revealed by J. K. Rowling during a tour in 2007 that Albus
Dumbledore was homosexual and harboured romantic feelings for
Grindelwald.[48] Although she did not initially comment on
Grindelwald's sexuality, Rowling later stated in a interview with
Melissa Anelli in the enhanced edition of Harry a History that she
felt, because Grindelwald was a user and a narcissist, he most
likely manipulated Dumbledore's feeling to achieve his own goals.
She said that she “[did not] think“ that someone like Grindelwald
would reciprocate Dumbledore's feelings. This left fans wondering
about the true nature of their relationship for years.[49] Finally, in
2018, on the Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald digital
bonus features, J. K. Rowling clari�ed Albus Dumbledore and
Gellert Grindelwald's relationship: “Their relationship was
incredibly intense. It was passionate and it was a love relationship.
But as happens in any relationship.......one never knows really what
the other person is feeling. You can't know. You can believe you
know. So I'm less interested in the sexual side though I believe
there is a sexual dimension to this relationship than I am in the
sense of the emotions they felt for each other which ultimately is
the most fascinating thing about all human relationships.[50]
• During an interview with Johnny Depp in October 2018 for
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, he described
Grindelwald's character as being fascinating and complex when
asked about why he was drawn to playing him. He regarded his
di�ering eye colours, which a costar referred to as the "Scary Eye"
as being a character choice and that he saw Grindelwald as twins
in one body, the silver eye representing the other side of him.
Depp also clari�ed that Grindelwald, in his opinion, is not
comparable to Donald Trump at all: "To me, there's something
In the coming weekschildlike
almost this wiki
inwill be migratedHis
[Grindelwald]. to dream is for the wizard world
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and above. It's a fascistic element, and there's
nothing more dangerous than somebody who is a dreamer with a
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speci�c vision that's very strong and very dangerous and he can
make it happen. But no character wakes up and goes, “I'm going to
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do the worst things possible today and be evil as hell.” I do believe
Grindelwald is an oddly likeable character."[51]
• When asked about his relationship with Dumbledore, Depp

stated that Grindelwald at the end of Crimes of Grindelwald
is just waiting and that he's looking forward to their
GAMES inevitable showdown. He also con�rmed that there's still a lot
of remaining feelings Grindelwald had for Dumbledore from
their past and that it's very dangerous when it comes to
ANIME
them in a combat arena as their relationship used to be of
love and makes the entire a�air personal. When asked about
his take on the character's sexuality and how much of it is
MOVIES
apparent in his potrayal, he stated it's up to the audiance to
feel it themselves so when he and Dumbledore �nally meet,
the situation would be more intense. Depp also con�rmed
TV
Grindelwald is jealous of Newt as he sees Scamander as
Dumbledore's protege and in a way his "boy", which is why
Grindelwald intends to take Newt down in a way that is
VIDEO
ferocious and eternal.[52]
• In a deleted scene from the Crimes of Grindelwald Dumbledore

WIKIS
tells Newt that many years ago Grindelwald had a vision in which
an obscurial kills the man he fears above all others.
• Interestingly of note, Grindelwald is the only character in the
START A
WIKI entirety of the series to address Tom Riddle by his chosen name,
Voldemort, as most people address him as "my Lord" or in rare
cases, "Tom", the latter as a form of mockery.
• In the �lm adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's

Stone, Harry calls him by his name, but only in the �lm.
Wormtail also calls him "my Lord Voldemort" in the opening
act of the �lm adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire.
• Johnny Depp's portrayal of Gellert was at �rst supposed to be

more innocent and nice, but David Yates said that even the crew
and cast members were believing what Grindelwald was saying
and that he had a point, so they had to make him more mean and
that is what we see in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of
Grindelwald.[53]
• Both he and his great-aunt were killed by Tom Riddle, although not
at the same time. This makes them the second pair of relatives
killed by Tom Riddle, the �rst being the one made up of James and
Lily Potter, who were killed on the same day. Before their deaths,
Tom also killed a trio of relatives, his own father and paternal
grandparents.
Appearances
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned) (Mentioned
on a Famous Wizard Card)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (�lm) (Name seen on

Chocolate Frog Cards) (Mentioned in deleted scene)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Mentioned

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Mentioned

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (First appearance) (Appears in
photographs) (Appears in vision(s))
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Appears in photographs)
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Appears in photographs)

(Appears in vision(s))
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game) (Appears
FANDOM in vision(s))
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (�lm)
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original
Screenplay
GAMES
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
• The Archive of Magic: The Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts: The
Crimes of Grindelwald (Mentioned only)
ANIME
• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore[54]
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2017 edition) (Mentioned in
foreword)
MOVIES
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7[55]
• LEGO Dimensions[56]
• LEGO Fantastic Beasts
TV
• LEGO Brickheadz: Harry Potter
• Pottermore
• Wizarding World
VIDEO
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Appears in portrait(s))
• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Mentioned only)
WIKIS • Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (Appears on a spell card or during spell
introduction)
START A
WIKI
Notes and references
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 18 (The Life and Lies of Albus
Dumbledore) - Rita Skeeter says Grindelwald was expelled from Durmstrang at
age sixteen, and it was not much time after that that he travelled to Godric's
Hollow where he met Albus Dumbledore. This happened in the summer of
1899, immediately after Dumbledore graduated from Hogwarts.
2. Durmstrang did not admit Muggle-born students, and he had a witch for a
great aunt.
3. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 6 (The Journey from
Platform Nine and Three-Quarters)
5. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (see this image)
6. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, Scene 116
- "Graves transforms. He is no longer dark, but blond and blue-eyed"
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
8. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (�lm)
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
10. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Dumbledore) - "The name of Grindelwald is justly famous: In a list of Most
Dangerous Dark Wizards of All Time, he would miss out on the top spot only
because You-Know-Who arrived, a generation later, to steal his crown." from
The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore by Rita Skeeter.
12. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald trailer
Dumbledore) - "The very same summer that Dumbledore went home to
Godric's Hollow, now an orphan and head of the family, Bathilda Bagshot
agreed to accept into her home her great-nephew, Gellert Grindelwald."
14. J.K. Rowling interview on Digital Edition of the Fantastic Beast2 (http://animag
os.com.br/2019/02/17/j-k-rowling-con�rma-o-relacionamento-entre-dumble
dore-e-grindelwald-foi-amoroso/) - "“Their relationship was incredibly
intense,” she says. “It was passionate. And it was a love relationship. But as
happens in any relationship, gay or straight or whatever label we want to put
on it, one never knows really what the other person is feeling. You can't know.
You can believe you know. So I'm less interested in the sexual side, though I
believe there is a sexual dimension to this relationship than I am in the sense
of the emotions they felt for each other, which ultimately is the most
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16. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 35 (King's Cross)
17. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 24 (The Wandmaker)
18. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (�lm) (see this image)
FANDOM 19. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, Scene 1
21. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 8 (The Wedding)
22. The Crimes of Grindelwald Deleted Scene: “Walk n Talk” (https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=T_IRewN1lPc/)
GAMES
24. https://www.pottermore.com/news/dumbledore-and-newt-will-team-up-
against-grindelwald-in-the-next-fantastic-beasts-�lm
25. The Archive of Magic: The Film Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of
ANIME Grindelwald
26. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (see this image)
27. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
28. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 23 (Malfoy Manor)
MOVIES
29. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 14 (The Thief)
30. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Trailer: Dumbledore tells Newt
that "Grindelwald had a vision: He would rise to dominance over the wizarding
TV world."
31. "Daily News"
Dumbledore)
VIDEO
33. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 28 (The Missing Mirror)
34. JK Rowling FAQs (http://jkrowling.com/welcome-to-my-new-website/) - 5.
Why did 'revelio' undo the e�ects of Polyjuice Potion?
WIKIS It didn't. Grindelwald's Trans�guration surpasses that of most wizards, so he
used a spell, not a potion, to take on the appearance of Percival Graves.
35. Twitter (https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/809361237054201856/)
START A 36. Twitter (https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/810753569808875520)
WIKI
37. "Atlas of Celestial Anomalies" (https://store.minalima.com/shop/new-arrivals/
new-fantastic-beasts/atlas-of-celestial-anomalies/) from MinaLima Design
(prop featured in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald)
38. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
39. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay, Scene
23
40. Behind the Name: Gellert (http://www.behindthename.com/name/gelle10rt)
41. Jamie's a bachelor of (dark) arts (http://harrypotterupdate.multiply.com/journ
al/item/217/Jamies_a_bachelor_of_dark_arts)
42. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926084/fullcredits#cast
43. Johnny Depp Leaves Role Of Grindelwald For Fantastic Beasts 3 (https://comi
cbook.com/movies/news/johnny-depp-leaves-role-of-grindelwald-for-fantas
tic-beasts-3/)
44. Mads Mikkelsen Will Play Gellert Grindelwald in 'Fantastic Beasts 3' (https://ww
w.thewrap.com/mads-mikkelsen-will-play-gellert-grindelwald-in-fantastic-b
easts-3/)
45. "The Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling: Part
Three," The Leaky Cauldron (http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-
tlc_mugglenet-anelli-3.htm) 16 July 2005
46. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFlprDl3lSo&t=181s
47. https://www.fandom.com/video/K5tj55Pn/voldemort-vs-grindlewald-
fantastic-beasts-cast-reveals-who-s-worse
48. "Is Dumbledore Gay? Depends on De�nitions of 'Is' and 'Gay'" (http://www.nyti
mes.com/2007/10/29/arts/29conn.html?ref=opinion)
49. http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/j-k-rowling-explains-
grindelwald-and-dumbledores-relationship-dracos-wand-transfer-71142/
50. https://www.radiotimes.com/news/�lm/2019-03-13/jk-rowling-there-is-
a-sexual-dimension-to-dumbledore-and-grindelwalds-relationship/
51. Johnny Depp interview (https://ew.com/movies/2018/10/11/johnny-depp-gri
ndelwald-interview/?__twitter_impression=true) - Entertainment Weekly
52. https://ew.com/movies/2018/10/11/johnny-depp-grindelwald-interview
/?__twitter_impression=true
53. Gellert Grindelwald's creation | Crimes of Grindelwald Blue-ray DVD (https://w
ww.youtube.com/watch?v=BTOv-S41rQg/)
54. Mads Mikkelsen con�rmed to play Gellert Grindelwald in third Fantastic Beasts
�lm (https://www.wizardingworld.com/news/mads-mikkelsen-is-grindelwald-
in-third-fantastic-beasts/)
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Gellert Grindelwald (c. 1883

Also known as • Percival Graves[3]

TV fostered a romantic Physical information

Secrecy, and create a new Skin colour Pale[6]

wizard-led order that would Relationship information

Grindelwald was a complex Patronus Non-corporeal[10]

�gure, highly idealistic and A�liation

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1.2. Relationship with Dumbledore (1899)

Early life (1880s–1890s)

Gellert Grindelwald was born around 1882

talented wizard who possessed an

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talented wizard who possessed an

At some point in his youth, Grindelwald,

TV represented them as his own personal emblem; and even engraved it on

After his expulsion from Durmstrang, Grindelwald's quest for

The pair shared two preoccupations:

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Their plans to leave Godric's

Dumbledore and Grindelwald sealing their

Rise to power (1910s–1920s)

Theft of the Elder Wand

Grindelwald delved into his

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Grindelwald broke into Gregorovitch's workshop, lay in wait for the

Global wizarding war (1920s–1945)

Grindelwald's hideout and killing Aurors

As Grindelwald's power grew, he began to make plans for the

Grindelwald's disappearance was noted by many newspapers around

"We've lived in the shadows for far too long."

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"We've lived in the shadows for far too long."

TV Obscurial due to a vision he received. Thinking Credence was an

During this time, Grindelwald

Grindelwald wanted to use

Credence that he had nothing

With Credence being

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the Shield Charm extreme idealism, began to

ANIME Newt then cast the Revelio

WIKIS Escape from MACUSA

"You've joined a noble cause, my friend."

Six months after Grindelwald

Gellert transforming from Abernathy into

A few moments before escorting the dark wizard, Abernathy went to

He �lled the carriage with

had followed them, and then

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Search for Credence Barebone

FANDOM "This will be suitable after a thorough cleanse. I want you to go to

Three months later,

Later on, he used his skull-

"Listen to me, the disapproval of cowards is praise to the brave.

During this time, Grindelwald

Grindelwald talking with Grimmson, the which worked on Queenie due

Grindelwald himself later

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true parentage, and gave him