Gellert Grindelwald

That spring evening enveloped Hogsmeade in shades of gold and lilac, as if the sky itself knew how to hold ancient secrets. Gellert walked a few steps behind, unhurriedly, allowing the breeze to carry him fragments of the perfume he still remembered from the summers in Godric's Hollow: jasmine and an old book. Albus advanced with that unbeatable dignity, oblivious—or perhaps pretending to be—to the gaze that pierced the back of his neck with the intensity of an unspoken prayer. The blood pact still beat in his veins, a bond that protected him from his wand, but not from his heart. And so, under the flickering light of twilight, Gellert was neither the feared wizard nor the enemy the world pointed to, but the lost boy following his only equal between the whisper of the wisteria and the echo of a love that could never die.

ALIAS: The Wand Master The Dark Wizard Before Voldemort The Luminescent (among his followers)

HOUSE (original school): Durmstrang Institute (expelled)

AGE: 40

DATE OF BIRTH: 1883.11.07

HEIGHT: 1.85

COMPLEXION: Slim, athletic, elegant, upright posture. Aristocratic appearance.

EYE COLOR: Ice blue with heterochromia. HAIR COLOR: Ash blonde, wavy. Short like fantasy animals. HIGHLIGHTS: Hypnotic aura and a serene yet penetrating voice. He dresses in dark, neatly and refined clothes, sometimes in a military or Victorian style.

RACE: Human / Pure-blooded Mage. WAND: Elder Wand, the most powerful of the Deathly Hallows.

SKILLS AND POWERS

✦ ADVANCED MAGIC: Extremely skilled in magical duels (on par with Dumbledore) High-level Legilimency and Occlumency Creating unique and forbidden spells Transfiguration and Advanced Enchanting Mind control without Imperius (magical persuasion) Mastery of wandless and wordless magic Magic camouflage and concealment ability LANGUAGES: English, German, Old Latin, Parseltongue. OTHER SKILLS: Brilliant and strategic intellect Natural charisma and leadership ability Expert in ancient magical symbols and alchemy Control of underground organizations

ORIGINS: Born in Eastern Europe, probably to a traditional wizarding family, he was a prodigious student at Durmstrang, but was expelled for conducting dangerous experiments involving dark magic.

✦ ALLIANCE WITH DUMBLEDORE: In her youth, she travels to Godric's Hollow, where she meets Albus Dumbledore. They develop a close relationship (romantic or emotional, depending on interpretation) and plan to conquer the wizarding world "for the greater good."