

Grindelwald was then held prisoner in Nurmengard until Lord Voldemort went there in the Nineties and killed him in his pursuit of the elder wand, one of the aforementioned deathly hallows. He created a fortress known as "Nurmengard", became a dark wizard obsessed with magical supremacy over muggles and was finally defeated by Dumbledore in 1945. Grindelwald went on to lead a reign of terror in continental Europe, but didn't touch the UK due to his old friend. Dumbledore became fully obsessed, but their friendship faced a huge roadblock when the two of them and Albus’ brother Aberforth engaged in a three-way duel, which killed Albus’ sister Ariana.Īfter this, Dumbledore and Grindelwald became estranged. Enter Grindelwald, an enigmatic European with big ideas about the future of wizarding kind. His mother died and Dumbledore was left head of the family and frustrated that his scholastic brilliance couldn’t really be harnessed because he now had to look after his siblings.

Who else lived in Godric’s Hollow? Dumbledore! He was there with his mother, sister and brother, following his father’s arrest and imprisonment.
