There wasn't one single, direct "next" major villain to Voldemort in the main Harry Potter canon, but rather residual threats and new, different kinds of antagonists emerged, with Delphini, Voldemort's daughter, becoming a significant threat in Cursed Child, while in the wider lore, Gellert Grindelwald predated Voldemort but remained a benchmark for dark magic, and fan discussions often bring up characters like Morosus Nocturne (from fanon) or even reformed figures like Hermione Granger as potential future dark figures, though none matched Voldemort's scale immediately after his fall.
Lord Voldemort, the feared and ruthless dark wizard, was one of the most merciless of all time. His quest for immortality and domination brought terror to the wizarding world, and his skill in dark magic was unmatched. His strategic mind and cruelty made him a major threat to all wizards.
However, even after Voldemort's death, Salazar Slytherin's bloodline survived through Voldemort's secret daughter, Delphini, whom he conceived with Bellatrix Lestrange. As of 2020, Delphini was the last known survivor of the Slytherin bloodline.
Voldemort found Nagini in Albania after his initial defeat, likely while he was a weak spirit possessing snakes; she was a unique, powerful snake, possibly a Maledictus (a witch with a blood curse turning her into a beast), making her an ideal companion, and he eventually made her his final Horcrux by murdering Bertha Jorkins with her present. Their connection deepened as he used her venom to sustain himself and later made her a container for his soul, ensuring their bond was profound and twisted.
In summary, Grindelwald may be seen as the more powerful wizard due to his superior magical skill and leadership. However, Voldemort, with his brutality and obsession with power, was undeniably the more dangerous one.
Unbeknownst to most, Dumbledore was actually unable to confront Grindelwald directly: in their youth, the two wizards had sworn a blood pact, sealed in magic, not to fight each other. The vial that had sealed the pact was kept by Grindelwald for years until it was stolen in 1927 by Newton Scamander.
Dumbledore rose in popularity, and is suspected to be one of the most powerful wizards ever-which Grindelwald knew full well. They avoided each other for different reasons-Grindelwald because his enemy was powerful, Dumbledore, because facing Grindelwald could mean facing the truth of who killed his little sister.
Behind the scenes. When Harry and Hermione are on the first floor of Bathilda's house, Nagini (inside the corpse of Bathilda) tells Harry to "Come!" from the next room in Parseltongue. In reaction, Hermione jumps and clutches Harry's arm, and the two of them obey the command.
While Credence is a Dumbledore, he isn't the brother of Albus, Aberforth and Ariana. In fact, he's Aberforth's secret son! Aberforth met Credence's mother the same summer that Albus and Grindelwald met.
He trusted snape because snape had proven himself many times before. Voldemort took anyone that was magical and had his own ideas in common during his first crusade.
Harry is the heir of Gryffindor, although he had characteristics of both Slytherin (cleverness, resourcefulness, determination) and Gryffindor (bravery, honor, recklessness, chilvary). It is why Harry was able to claim the Sword of Gryffindor.
It should be noted that despite his fear of Voldemort and that he was not a Death Eater, Quirrell was one of Voldemort's only followers who referred to him by name, the others being Barty Crouch Jr. and Peter Pettigrew.
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, who is the last person to duel Voldemort before Harry in the Battle of Hogwarts? Movie- Neville was the last to challenge him. In the books it was McGonigal, Slughorn, and Kingsley.
The main LGBTQ+ character confirmed by J.K. Rowling is Albus Dumbledore, revealed to be gay and to have had a passionate, intense love relationship with the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald in their youth, though this isn't explicitly detailed in the books but rather in later interviews and supplementary materials. While not canon, some fans also interpret other characters like Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, or even Harry Potter as queer, but Dumbledore and Grindelwald are the key confirmed figures.
Page 394 in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban refers to Professor Snape telling the class to turn to that page in their Defense Against the Dark Arts (DADA) textbook, which is about werewolves, a deliberate hint that the substitute teacher, Professor Lupin, is one himself, a secret Snape was trying to expose. While the specific text varies slightly by edition, it introduces the topic of werewolves as nocturnal beasts, contrasting with the Red Caps and Hinky-Punks they were learning about, to reveal Lupin's true nature.
Peter Pettigrew (aka Wormtail) is one of two Death Eaters known to have been in a House other than Slytherin (Gryffindor) while at Hogwarts.
Originating possibly in Indonesia, by 1927 she was a performer at the Circus Arcanus where she met Credence Barebone (Aurelius Dumbledore) and had a romantic relationship with him.
Kendra Dumbledore
Kendra was the wife of Percival and mother to Albus, Aberforth and Ariana. Her life was forever changed by the attack on her young daughter which left Ariana unable to control her magic.
In 2007, Rowling was asked whether Dumbledore ever found true love. She replied that she always thought of Dumbledore as being homosexual, and that he had fallen in love with the corrupt wizard Gellert Grindelwald; Rowling did not explicitly state whether Grindelwald returned his affections.
Bathilda Bagshot met a tragic end. She was murdered through the use of Dark Arts. After her death, her body was animated by Lord Voldemort, who used his snake, Nagini, to inhabit her corpse.
Hermione Granger became pregnant with her first child, Rose, after the Second Wizarding War, likely around 2005, and had her second child, Hugo, around 2007, both with Ron Weasley, after they settled down following the war, with Rose inheriting Ron's red hair and Hugo Hermione's brown hair.
Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
In the Deathly Hallows, Grindewald refused to tell Voldemort the location of the Elder Wand. When Voldemort was taunted by Grindelwald telling him to kill him if he wanted because he would not reveal it, he killed Grindelwald with the Killing Curse.
Yet, like people with antisocial personality disorder, they neither care about the feelings of others nor sympathize with other people because they can only think of themselves. Tom Riddle's new name, Lord Voldemort, reflects an essential characteristic of narcissistic personality disorder.
remember my last, petunia. " Dumbledore is referring to his last letter, which means, of course, the letter he left upon the Dursleys' doorstep when Harry was one year old.