Fantastic Beasts: 5 Things You Need to Know About the Movie's Villain, Gellert Grindelwald

While staying with his great aunt in England, he meets Albus Dumbledore in late 1898. Even though they have strikingly different personalities, they establish a strong friendship. Together, they have two goals: to seek out the Deathly Hallows and to abolish the Statute of Secrecy. It was revealed by J.K. Rowling during a tour in 2007 that Albus actually harbored romantic feelings for Gellert, referring to his love as his "great tragedy."