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FEATURE
Who is Grindelwald?
Gellert Grindelwald is
considered by many as one of the most dangerous Dark Wizards of all
time. A past student at The Durmstrang Institute (Viktor Krum’s school), he
was expelled and eventually came into contact with none other than the
famous Albus Dumbledore, eventually joining the wizard on his quest for
the Deathly Hallows.
Dumbledore’s brother Aberforth disagreed with Albus and Gellert’s quest for
the Hallows; this culminated in a three-way duel between the wizards, resulting
in the death of Dumbledore’s younger sister, Ariana. Grindelwald commissioned
the build of the prison Nurmengard, where he would confine his various nemeses,
and which would eventually become his very own prison after his defeat by Dumbledore in
1945. Nurmengard would also become Grindelwald’s final resting place, following his murder by the
Dark Lord in his pursuit of the Elder Wand.
Obscurials
An Obscurial is any witch or wizard who, for fear of persecution for their abilities, has
suppressed their magic to the point that they become a parasitical magical force, known as an Obscurus. When an
Obscurial is in their Obscurus form, they can make physical contact with and impact on things in the real world, but
are often invisible to those around them.
Thanks to the parasitical nature of their Obscuri, Obscurials typically don’t live past their 10th birthdays, as the
force trapped inside them becomes too much for them to handle. However, it has been known that exceptionally
powerful wizards can survive past this point.
Where to now?
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
was originally a scholastic textbook Harry
Potter used for his classes at Hogwarts, and has now been turned into a motion picture with four rumoured
sequels.
Following the events of the first film – though nothing has been officially confirmed by MACUSA – the rest of the
series is set to follow the story of Gellert Grindelwald and his quest to become the most powerful Dark Wizard the
world has seen. It isn’t a coincidence, after all, that the 1926 setting of this film overlaps with the subtle beginnings
of Grindelwald’s reign…
Fantastic Beasts andWhere to FindThem
is the first in what is shaping up to be a
series of standalone Potterverse films. But just how does it fit in with the rest?
Words
Alesha Kolbe, Savannah Douglas and Zoë Radas