What is in Grindelwald's vial?

Teddy, Newt's niffler, manages to steal the blood pact vial from Grindelwald at the end of the second film. The vial, contained in an amulet on a necklace string, is the physical manifestation of the blood pact that the two had undertaken in order to prevent them from harming each other.
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What is the vial in crimes of Grindelwald?

This pendant contained a small vial wherein were sealed the blood of Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald after they made a blood pact in their youth in late August of 1899.
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What is the blood bond between Dumbledore and Grindelwald?

In Fantastic Beasts 2, it was revealed Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) and Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) formed a magical blood pact in their youth when they were still in love and united to their cause to bring about a magical revolution.
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What is the silver tongue in crimes of Grindelwald?

In fantastic Beasts and the crimes of Grindelwald, there was something mentioned as a silver tongue. a tendency to be eloquent and persuasive in speaking. Silver tongue is actually a phrase that means "a tendency to be eloquent and persuasive in speaking."
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What does Grindelwald see in the blood?

The animal's blood spilled on the floor, and in its reflection, Grindelwald saw a vision of Newt Scamander and Theseus Scamander heading to Hogsmeade.
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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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Why does Grindelwald have weird eyes?

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 they cut Grindelwald's tongue out?

Prior to the move, due to Grindelwald's gift of persuasion, he had his tongue cut out, as several guards had sided with him. President Picquery cautioned Spielman to not underestimate Grindelwald.
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Why does Abernathy have a split tongue?

"You have joined a noble cause, my friend." Grindelwald rewarded his loyal servant Abernathy with a new forked-tongue for helping him escape the Aurors who were transporting him from MACUSA in New York to Europe.
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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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Who did Grindelwald see in the blood?

Eventually, Grindelwald discovered the extremely powerful Obscurus, Credence Barebone, who was the only one potentially capable of killing Dumbledore, and so planned to use him as a weapon against his rival.
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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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What does Grindelwald's pendant do?

A costume replica version that doesn't break your Gringotts vault, this Crimes of Grindelwald blood pendant necklace hides the mixed blood of both Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald, creating a magical failsafe that ensures they cannot harm each other in combat.
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How did Grindelwald know Credence is a Dumbledore?

Grindelwald knew Credence was Aurelius Dumbledore from the moment he realized Credence was an Obscurial (much like Ariana Dumbledore), and that he had survived the Obscurus for so long (which meant that he came from a very powerful wizard bloodline).
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What did Newt steal from Grindelwald?

Newt joins the fight against Grindelwald. At Hogwarts, Newt presents Dumbledore with a vial that Newt's niffler stole from Grindelwald. It contains a blood pact Grindelwald and Dumbledore made in their youth that prevents them dueling each other; Dumbledore believes it can be destroyed.
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Is Grindelwald a Slytherin?

Book 1 - The Prince of Slytherin

Grindelwald is mentioned by Ron Weasley, who erroneously states he was sorted into Slytherin House at Hogwarts.
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Why did Grindelwald throw Antonio?

Once Grindelwald clambered inside the carriage, he grabbed Antonio from Spielman and rubbed him affectionately; but suddenly, Grindelwald looked at Antonio with distaste and judged the Chupacabra to be "so needy", throwing him out the door of the flying carriage.
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Why did Grindelwald save Abernathy?

He may have wanted his escape known.

Escaping while Abernathy took his place in the prison cell would certainly be more effective in allowing Grindelwald to escape unnoticed. However, Grindelwald may have actually wanted it known that he had escaped.
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Is there an Easter egg in Fantastic Beasts?

It's far more incidental in the Fantastic Beasts film, but there is a key scene involving Quidditch balls – including a golden snitch – towards the end of the new movie. The balls are contained in one of the decoy cases that Dumbledore hands out to his allies to trick Grindelwald's followers in Bhutan.
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Who is the baby in Grindelwald?

Credence is that other unnamed baby. So for a time he definitely was Corvus Lestrange, even though he actually was not. At some point after that, this young Credence was given up or lost by the Lestranges — it's still not clear why he ended up being adopted by the woman from the first “Fantastic Beasts” movie.
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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 does Grindelwald have white hair?

The white hair is traded for the actor's natural color, and the heterochromia is much less pronounced, though still a part of the character. Mikkelsen's version of the character, as seen in Fantastic Beasts 3, doesn't seem to retain any of the striking physical features seen in the previous films.
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Why is Grindelwald so powerful?

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That's why he went to such great extremes to prevent it, i.e., the creation of his Horcruxes. Grindelwald, on the other hand, did not fear death, which made him more powerful in many ways. He wasn't limited by anything. He also did not fear Dumbledore the same way that Voldemort did.
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