Questions for the Canon | Grindelwald

Gellert Grindelwald was one of the most powerful Dark wizards of all time, second only to Tom Riddle. This QFTC is all about his life earlier on in life effecting his life later on in life. Our first point is that Grindelwald was taught at Durmstrang Institute, where he was a brilliant, bright student. His skills obviously rivaled those of Albus Dumbledore. Grindelwald was engrossed in Dark Arts rather than the actual aspect of magical education, and killed fellow students. When Grindelwald was sixteen years old, he was expelled from Durmstrang, and went to live with his aunt, Bathilda Bagshot, in Godric's Hollow upon learning more about the Deathly Hallows. Once in Godric's Hollow, Gellert became great friends with Albus Dumbledore and they both searched for the Hallows while promoting 'the Greater Good'. Grindelwald, however, was driven insane with power and was not partial towards Dumbledore's family, and dueled with Albus and Aberforth Dumbledore. Grindelwald was imprisoned his own fortress, Nurmengard. Voldemort confronted Grindelwald inside of his Nurmengard cell and discussed the Elder Wand's whereabouts with Grindelwald. Voldemort then killed Grindelwald.

Now that we've covered the basis of what we know about Grindelwald, let's delve into what we don't know:

-We don't exactly know his blood-status, but he definitely was not Muggle-born. Grindelwald reflected views of pure-bloods but then, so did Tom Riddle, a half-blood. 

-Grindelwald could have grown up in a strict, prejudiced family and being told that dabbling in the Dark Arts would improve his life. 

-Grindelwald had a certain charm on Dumbledore, despite the fact that Albus was infatuated with him. Albus followed Gellert for a long amount of time, even leaving his family. This may be an outcome of Gellert's early life with a very powerful, strong family. 

-Grindelwald was a very manipulative wizard, and this could be expressed from his life at Durmstrang, and maybe releasing the fact that he either had no friends, or had a lot of friends.

--Riley