Did Grindelwald protect Dumbledore?

Grindelwald lies to Voldemort in the Deathly Hallows book, to protect Dumbledore.
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Did Grindelwald ever loved Dumbledore?

Speaking on the Distinctly Dumbledore feature on The Crimes of Grindelwald Blu-ray, Rowling confirmed Dumbledore and Grindelwald's relationship was passionate: “Their relationship was incredibly intense. It was passionate, and it was a love relationship.
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What does Grindelwald have to do with Dumbledore?

After leaving Durmstrang, he fostered a romantic relationship with a young Albus Dumbledore, making plans to find the Deathly Hallows and lead a Wizarding revolution to end the International Statute of Secrecy, and create a new wizard-led order that would dominate Muggles.
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Did Grindelwald betray Dumbledore?

We're using the book's version as canon, and in Rowling's take on the events, Grindelwald doesn't betray Dumbledore or give up any information.
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Did Dumbledore make an unbreakable vow with Grindelwald?

(Dumbledore had told the Ministry earlier he could not move against Grindelwald, leaving the audience to assume Dumbledore's lingering feelings for Grindelwald held him back emotionally from the confrontation.) Instead of making an Unbreakable Vow, the two made a Blood Oath—a new concept for Harry Potter fans.
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How Dumbledore DEFEATED Grindelwald and Why He Never Went to Azkaban - Harry Potter Explained



Why can't Dumbledore go against Grindelwald?

Unbenknowst to most, Dumbledore was actually unable to confront Grindelwald directly: in their youth, the two wizards had sworn a blood pact, sealed in magic, not to fight each other. The vial that had sealed the pact was kept by Grindelwald for years until it was stolen in 1927 by Newton Scamander.
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What was Dumbledore's dark secret?

In the opening scene of The Secrets of Dumbledore, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) revealed that he was in fact in love with Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) when they were teenagers, and the blood oath was a witness of their love.
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What is wrong with Grindelwald's eye?

He's twins in one body. So a gamey eye is more like the other side of him. Sort of like a brain for each eye, an albino twin, and he's somewhere in the middle. Per his interview with Entertainment Weekly, it looks like Johnny Depp has taken his role as Grindelwald quite acutely with this character detail.
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Did Voldemort ever meet Grindelwald?

Voldemort's meeting with Grindelwald in the books was slightly different in the films. In the Deathly Hallows book, Harry's mind was still connected to Voldemort, and he was able to see Grindelwald in Nurmengard prison through Voldemort's eyes.
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Who was worse Grindelwald or Voldemort?

Based on the facts about the wizarding world that we know so far, Voldemort would be the most powerful wizard, but Grindelwald would be the most dangerous one.
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Why did Grindelwald turn evil?

Grindelwald was expelled from Durmstrang when he was 16 for "twisted experiments," according to the tabloid wizard journalist Rita Skeeter.
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What was Grindelwald's famous slogan?

"I wish you were working with me now. Towards a world where we wizards are free to live openly, and to love freely,"
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What did Grindelwald think of Voldemort?

Grindelwald called him Tom more than he called him Voldemort if you look again. Even better. That means he was most definitely trying to make a point by calling him Voldemort and wasn't just saying it out of habit.
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Why does Dumbledore see Grindelwald in the mirror?

In September of 1927, the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor Albus Dumbledore looked into the mirror and saw his former best friend, Gellert Grindelwald, indicating he still has lingering feelings for him, as well an old memory of himself and Grindelwald in a barn where they made a blood pact; swearing an oath ...
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Who is Gellert Grindelwald in love with?

Albus Dumbledore is at the front and center of the Fantastic Beasts movies along with Gellert Grindelwald, with whom he had a romantic relationship.
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Are Grindelwald's followers Death Eaters?

These early followers – for Riddle was their leader, even if he pretended to be their friend – were 'forerunners of the Death Eaters, and indeed some of them became the first Death Eaters after leaving Hogwarts.
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What house is Grindelwald?

If he had gone to Hogwarts, he would be in Slytherin.
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Did Grindelwald make a horcrux?

Grindelwald firstly probably didn't create the Horcrux while still being at Durmstrang, he just tested out how it works (at least if Durmstrang didn't lie to the public by stating that the attacks were NEAR-fatal).
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Can Queenie read Grindelwald's mind?

Jk has answered this one directly, when asked why Queenie didn't realize Graves was actually Grindelwald, she answered “Occlumency”.
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What is Grindelwald's skull?

This skull-hookah belonged to Gellert Grindelwald, and was made of an aged human skull. When used, it allowed others to experience Grindelwald's visions.
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Why didnt Voldemort help Grindelwald?

The Dark Lord would have never wanted to join Grindelwald, since he wanted to be alone, separate, and different. Even when he was young, he didn't want to be tied to other people, which he would have been if he'd been one of many people following Grindelwald.
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Why did Dumbledore and Grindelwald have a blood pact?

During their teenage years, Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald made a blood pact where they swore an oath never to fight each other - presumably as a fail-safe to ensure no rift were to set them apart in their grand endeavour to ignite the revolution between the magical and the non-magical aggregations wherein ...
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What happens to Grindelwald after secrets of Dumbledore?

What's going to become of Credence? At the end of "The Secrets of Dumbledore," Credence betrays Grindelwald, surviving his attack and eventually reuniting with his father, Aberforth Dumbledore. The pair are seen together at the end of the film, but it's unclear where they end up after the election in Bhutan.
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Why is Queenie with Grindelwald?

While initially on the same side as her sister Tina and friend, later brother-in-law Newt Scamander, Queenie was ultimately swayed to join Gellert Grindelwald's side with the offer to be free to love and marry her No-Maj boyfriend Jacob Kowalski, as well as the offer to provide his freedom to others.
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