Who was Dumbledore fighting when Ariana died?

Location. This was a three-way duel that took place in 1899 between brothers Albus and Aberforth Dumbledore and the future Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald in Godric's Hollow. It resulted in the death of the Dumbledores' fourteen-year-old sister, Ariana. After Ariana's death, Grindelwald fled Britain.
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Who attacked Ariana Dumbledore?

Ariana died when she was accidentally struck by a curse in a three-way duel between her older brothers and Gellert Grindelwald, the soon-to-be infamous Dark Wizard revolutionary.
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What did Aberforth do at Ariana's funeral?

At Ariana's funeral, Aberforth broke his brother's nose and shouted at him that her death was all his fault.
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Why did Dumbledore Grindelwald and Aberforth fight?

He bluntly reminded Albus that he could not go searching for the Deathly Hallows with his fragile sister in tow. Albus and Gellert were not happy to have their dreams crushed and made their feelings clear. According to Aberforth, this involved Grindelwald becoming angry and calling him a stupid little boy.
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How did Dumbledore and Grindelwald fight if they had a blood pact?

As Albus would rationalize later on with Newt, his spell was meant to protect, and it canceled out Grindelwald's, which was meant to kill a Dumbledore. Thus, this blocking nullified the ritual, shattering the pact and allowing Albus to battle his ex.
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Who Really Killed Arianna Dumbledore



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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Is Voldemort a Grindelwald?

For the Greater Good. Gellert Grindelwald's slogan. Gellert Grindelwald (1883-1998) was considered to be one of the most powerful Dark Wizards of all time, second only to Tom Marvolo Riddle, who later became known as Lord Voldemort. He was schooled at Durmstrang Institute until his expulsion.
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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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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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Is Grindelwald Dumbledore's brother?

In 1927, Gellert Grindelwald told Credence at Nurmengard Castle that he was in fact a member of the Dumbledore family, and that his real name was in fact "Aurelius Dumbledore" and that he was Albus's brother. He also told Credence that the phoenix would come to any Dumbledore in need.
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What did Muggles do to Ariana?

At the age of six, Ariana was attacked by Muggle boys who saw her practicing magic, and, when she couldn't show them the trick, attacked her in an attempt to stop her from using the magic. This left her traumatised to the point of rendering her magical abilities unstable and uncontrollable.
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Was Aberforth Dumbledore a Slytherin?

He is oviously not a Slytherin or Ravenclaw and he shows reluctance to fight in the last book and generally not to be a reckless person. He however is very willing to help those in need like the trio and DADA and before Order even if he was not in good terms with his brother.
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Does Dumbledores sister get raped?

Firstly, it was strongly intimated that it was rape that unbalanced Ariana so severely, and the fact that the particulars were NOT discussed pretty much proves it. And children do things like that too,,, yes, they do.
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Is Ariana Dumbledore Credences mother?

Credence was 18 years old in the first movie set in 1926, so he was born around 1908, and Dumbledore is 45 years old in The Crimes of Grindelwald, set in 1927. But Dumbledore's mother Kendra died in an “explosion” in the summer of 1899 when her daughter, Ariana, lost control of her magic.
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Why was Ariana Dumbledore an Obscurial?

Albus Dumbledore's Father Died In Azkaban

As mentioned, Ariana experienced a childhood trauma that may have turned her into an Obscurial. That trauma came at the result of the assault of a gang of young Muggle boys, who later suffered at the hands of Dumbledore's father Percival.
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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 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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Did Grindelwald meet Voldemort?

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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Is Grindelwald Voldemort's father?

Voldemort is also not the child of Grindelwald, since his father is famously known to be Tom Riddle.
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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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What was Grindelwald's goal?

One of the most noteworthy ones was that he, along with Grindelwald, wanted to reshape the Wizarding World and control the Muggle population for what they believed was “the greater good.” Their desire to overthrow the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy so that witches and wizards wouldn't have to conceal their ...
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What house was Grindelwald?

If he had gone to Hogwarts, he would be in Slytherin.
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