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GellertGrindelwaldwasthewildlybrilliantDarkWizardthatDumbledorewasfamousfordefeating,butalsoDumbledore’serstwhilefriend.Thetwoteensmetin1899justafterDumbledorefinishedHogwarts.

DATES&NAMEORIGINS:

Birthdate:c.1883(twoyearsyoungerthanDumbledore)

Deathdate:1998;killedwhileinNurmengardPrisonbyVoldemort.Grindelwald'sfateinDeathlyHallowsdirectlycontradictsastatementbyJ.K.Rowlingin2005thatGrindelwalddiedin1945.

Firstnamemeaning:MayrefertoBishopGellértofBudapest(980-1046)whowasmartyredinapaganMagyarrevoltagainstChristianity.Ahill,caveandfour-starhotelinBudapestarenamedforhim.

Lastnamemeaning:'Grindelwald'isasmallvillageintheAlpsofSwitzerland.ThenamecouldalsorefertoGrendel,thetroll-likemonsteroftheAnglo-SaxonepicBeowulf.JopronouncesGrindelwald'sname“GRINdellvald”.

FAMILY

Ancestry:Probablypureblood.

Great-aunt:BathildaBagshot,theauthorofAHistoryofMagic.

Relationships:AlbusDumbledorefellinlovewithGellertwhenAlbuswas17,butwas“terriblyletdownbyhim”whenherealizedwhatGellertwascapableof.

APPEARANCE

Hair:Blonde,curlyshoulder-lengthhair.

Characteristics:Awild,gleefullookabouthim.

WAND,ETC.

Wand:TheElderWand,oneofthethreeDeathlyHallows,whichhestolefromthewandmakerGregorovitch.

School:BrilliantstudentatDurmstrang,butexpelledc.1899.

Career:AttemptedtoestablishwizardsupremacyoverMuggles,butwasdefeatedandimprisonedfortherestofhislife.

Incarceration:From1945-1998atNurmengard,prisonhehadbuiltforhisownpoliticalenemies.

PROFILEbyMicheleWorleyandLisaBunker

TwoyearsyoungerthanAlbusDumbledore,asateenagerGellertwasblond,worehiscurlyhairshoulder-length,andhadawild,gleefullookabouthim.

GrindelwaldwasabrilliantstudentatDurmstrangInstitute,butwasexpelledattheageof16,atwhichpointhechosetogoabroadforafewmonths,movinginwithhisgreat-auntBathildaBagshotinGodric'sHollowbecausehewasfascinatedbythelegendoftheDeathlyHallowsandwantedtoexploretheplacewhereIgnotusPeverellhaddiedandwasburied.DuringhisstayinGodric'sHollow,Gellertbecameveryclosewiththen18-year-oldAlbusDumbledore,anddrewthelatterintohisplansforworlddomination.TogethertheytheorizedaboutWizardsupremacy“FortheGreaterGood”oftheworld,andhowtofindthethreeDeathlyHallows:TheElderWand,theCloakofInvisibility,andtheResurrectionStone.However,theirrelationshiplastedmeremonths;GrindelwaldfledwhenhekilledAlbus’sunstablesisterArianaduringaquarrel,andDumbledorerealizedhisfolly.

DuringhissubsequentrisetopowerasaDarkwizard,Gellertbuiltaprison,Nurmengard,toholdhisopponents,overthedoorofwhichtheslogan“FortheGreaterGood”wascarved.

ThespectacularfinalbattlebetweenDumbledoreandGrindelwaldtookplacein1945,thefinalyearofWorldWarTwo,andtheyearthatVoldemortfinishedHogwarts.Intheend,DumbledorewontheduelandtookGrindelwald’swand,theElderWandofDeathlyHallowsfame.ThisbattlewassuchanotableeventthatitisfeaturedonDumbledore'sChocolateFrogcardasoneofthethreethingsDumbledoreisparticularlyfamousfor.GrindelwaldwasimprisonedinNurmengard,whereheremaineduntilhismurderbyVoldemortin1998.