The Rise & Fall of Grindelwald in 10 Moments

Meeting Dumbledore at Godric’s Hollow—forming a dangerous alliance.

Stealing the Elder Wand from the wandmaker Gregorovitch

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Launching the master plan: “For the greater good”—spellbinding much of Europe.

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Creating Nurmengard—built to imprison his enemies... but fate turned.

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Duels with Aurors—magical skirmishes shaking the Ministry’s foundation.

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Obtaining the Obscurus—using destructive power as his weapon.

Recruited Nagini—He chose snake for his ambition.

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Battle of Times Square, New York—magic erupting in public chaos.

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Defeated by Dumbledore in 1945—an epic duel at Hogwarts castle.

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Imprisoned in Nurmengard—Grindelwald lived to regret his empire.

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