Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

 


"Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" (2022) is the third film in the Fantastic Beasts series and a direct continuation of the escalating conflict between Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald. It delves into the past of these two powerful wizards and moves the story closer to the wizarding world’s descent into war.

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🧳 Plot Summary:

Setting:
The film takes place in the early 1930s, traveling across several magical locations including China, Germany, Bhutan, and Hogwarts.

⭐ Key Characters:

  • Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law)

  • Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen, replacing Johnny Depp)

  • Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne)

  • Theseus Scamander – Newt’s brother

  • Jacob Kowalski – the No-Maj baker

  • Queenie Goldstein – now aligned with Grindelwald

  • Credence Barebone – struggling with his identity

  • Lally Hicks – a Charms professor from Ilvermorny

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🧠 The Main Conflict:

Grindelwald is becoming more powerful and politically influential. He seeks to manipulate the wizarding world by running for the highest magical office — Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards.

Because Dumbledore still cannot directly fight Grindelwald due to the blood pact they made in their youth, he recruits a team to stop Grindelwald’s rise through indirect means. This team includes Newt, Theseus, Jacob, Lally Hicks, and others.

🐉 The Role of the Qilin:

A rare, magical creature called the Qilin plays a crucial role. In magical tradition, a Qilin can see the purity of one’s heart and is used to select the new Supreme Mugwump. Grindelwald captures and kills a Qilin to use a reanimated version in a rigged ceremony to make himself look like the rightful leader.

However, Newt and his team secretly protect a second, twin Qilin. In the film's climax, this Qilin exposes Grindelwald’s deceit during the election in Bhutan. It bows instead to Albus Dumbledore, revealing him as the truly worthy leader — though Dumbledore declines the position.

⚔️ Key Moments:

  • Dumbledore and Grindelwald briefly duel when the blood pact accidentally breaks, freeing Dumbledore from its magical restriction.

  • Credence learns he is not a brother of Albus Dumbledore, but rather the illegitimate son of Aberforth Dumbledore, making him Albus's nephew.

  • Queenie defects from Grindelwald and reunites with Jacob.

  • Grindelwald escapes once again, vowing to return.

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🎭 Themes:

  • Love and betrayal

  • The burden of power

  • Truth vs. manipulation

  • Identity and family legacy

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🧩 Ending:

  • Grindelwald’s plot is exposed but he escapes.

  • Dumbledore is now free to confront him directly.

  • Credence, weakened by the Obscurus, is accepted by his father Aberforth.

  • Jacob and Queenie are finally reunited and get married in the closing scene.

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