What were Dumbledore's dark secrets?

That's the biggest secret of Dumbledore, more-so than his closeted homosexuality or flirtation with the dark arts – that he might have been responsible for killing his sister.
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What is Dumbledore's biggest 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 secrets was Dumbledore hiding?

Harry Potter: 10 Biggest Secrets Albus Dumbledore Kept From Harry
  1. 1 Harry's Planned Demise.
  2. 2 Snape's Love For Lily. ...
  3. 3 Everything About The Deathly Hallows. ...
  4. 4 Concealment Of The Resurrection Stone In The Snitch. ...
  5. 5 His Association With Grindelwald. ...
  6. 6 The Existence Of The Prophecy. ...
  7. 7 His Impending Demise. ...
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What is Dumbledore's dark past?

In a rage, Grindelwald attacked Aberforth with a Torture Curse, causing Albus to step in and protect his brother. As a consequence of this, a three-way duel erupted and it did not end until Albus and Aberforth's younger, severely ill sister, Ariana Dumbledore, got caught in the crossfire and ended up dead.
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What was hidden inside the snitch Dumbledore gave Harry?

The first Snitch Harry caught returned in a vital way

It turned out that the Snitch actually contained another of the Deathly Hallows: the Resurrection Stone.
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What Was Dumbledore's Secret Power Over Voldemort?



Did Snape know Harry was under the invisibility cloak?

Snape finds Harry's invisibility cloak near the end of Prisoner when he learns it's Harry's. @leftaroundabout: true.
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What does Dumbledore leave to Hermione in his will?

Dumbledore left Hermione a first edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a collection of wizarding fairy tales.
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What did 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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Can Grindelwald defeat Voldemort?

A Grindelwald at the peak of his power would've destroyed Voldemort, Grindelwald pretty much conquered the entire Europe in his 6 years meanwhile Voldemort took 14 years (11 in the First Wizarding War and 3 in the Second Wizarding War) yet failed to take over even the Wizarding Part of Britain.
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Did Grindelwald manipulate Dumbledore?

It is easy to argue that Grindelwald never felt anything for Dumbledore and was manipulating him from the beginning. He could have easily feigned closeness to Dumbledore to take advantage of his brilliant mind, intending to betray him once they had worked out the locations of the Deathly Hallows together.
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Why was Dumbledore so mysterious?

"It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be." He is one of the most loved characters in the Harry Potter Universe, mostly because he is that very caring yet sacrificing human. He makes simple sentence sound mysterious, leaving riddles here and there, so one can figure out but never fully understand.
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Why did Dumbledore give Jacob a fake wand?

History. This was commissioned by Albus Dumbledore so that Jacob Kowalski could blend in with and more easily hide in plain sight of witches and wizards during the global wizarding war.
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Why did Dumbledore keep so many secrets?

Having the burden of being destined to face the worlds most powerful dark wizard over the fate of the world is not something most people would take well. Dumbledore looked at Harry as someone much more pure than he had ever been and didn't want to taint it by revealing that secret.
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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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Why was Tina barely in Secrets of Dumbledore?

How Tina's absence in 'The Secrets of Dumbledore' is explained: She got a fancy job promotion. In the first "Fantastic Beasts" film, Tina was an ex-Auror who wanted to be one again. Warner Bros.
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Why was Tina hardly in Secrets of Dumbledore?

The third prequel movie heavily reduces Katherine Waterston's role as Tina Goldstein. The reason for Tina's absence is lame. It may be because of the actress publicly opposing J.K. Rowling's views.
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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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What made Grindelwald 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 happened to Grindelwald's tongue?

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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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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Does Dumbledore see Ariana in the Mirror of Erised?

Fitting with the secrecy Dumbledore maintained around Harry, author J.K. Rowling later revealed that, at that stage of his life, Dumbledore actually saw his own family, especially his dead sister Ariana.
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Why did Dumbledore give Hermione Beedle the Bard?

Dumbledore knew that Hermione would be sceptical about the existence of the hallows, so he gave her the book with a veiled clue, in the hope that she would slow Harry down in order to give him time to make the correct decision (go after horcruxes, not hallows.)
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Why was Dumbledore so cryptic?

With the Hallows, Dumbledore later says that he had intended to be cryptic in an attempt to let Hermione's natural caution prevent Harry from going too power-hungry. This is not the case with the Horcruxes. Dumbledore knew his official will would be subject to Ministry of Magic intrusion.
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Why did Dumbledore ignore Harry in Order of the Phoenix?

He has grown afraid of Harry's connection to Voldemort. Perhaps Voldemort, knowing Dumbledore's love for Harry, would possess Harry and provoke Dumbledore to kill him. So, Dumbledore attempted to avoid Harry throughout Book 5 for Harry's own good.
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