In 1927, the Magical Congress of
the United States of America (MACUSA) transfers the dark wizard Gellert
Grindelwald to Europe to stand trial, but Grindelwald escapes. Three
months later in London, Newt Scamander visits the Ministry
of Magic to appeal his international travel ban, and runs into Leta
Lestrange, his Hogwarts classmate and the fiancée of his older
brother Theseus. The Ministry agrees to grant Newt's request if he helps
Theseus locate Credence Barebone, who is still alive, in Paris, but Newt
declines after learning he must work with ruthless bounty hunter Gunnar
Grimmson. Albus Dumbledore (revealed to have indirectly but
intentionally sent Newt to New York) asks Newt to find Credence, believing
Credence is Leta's long-lost half-brother, Corvus Lestrange V.
Newt is visited by his American
friends Queenie Goldstein and Jacob Kowalski, a non-magical person. Jacob
has regained his memories erased the previous year. Newt is disappointed to
learn Queenie's sister Tina Goldstein is seeing someone after
mistakenly believing Newt and Leta were engaged. He deduces from Jacob's
strange behaviour that Queenie enchanted him into eloping to circumvent the ban
on marriage between wizards and non-magical people. After Newt lifts the
enchantment, Jacob refuses to marry Queenie, fearing the consequences she would
face. Queenie leaves to find Tina, who is looking for Credence in Paris,
followed by Newt and Jacob.
In Paris, Credence escapes the
Circus Arcanus with captive performer Nagini, a woman cursed to turn
permanently into a snake. Searching for Credence's birth mother, they locate
half-elf servant Irma Dugard, who brought him to America for adoption.
Grimmson, revealed to be a follower of Grindelwald, kills Irma before she can
reveal who sent her. Tina meets Yusuf Kama, who is also hunting Credence. Newt
and Jacob follow Yusuf to Tina, only to find her being held hostage. Yusuf
imprisons them as well, explaining he made an Unbreakable Vow to kill his
half-brother, whom he believes to be Credence. Unable to find Tina, a
distraught Queenie is brought to Grindelwald; knowing Queenie's abilities,
he allows her to leave while manipulating her into joining him through her
desire to marry Jacob.
Newt and Tina infiltrate
the French Ministry of Magic for documents to confirm Credence's
identity, but are discovered by Leta and Theseus; Tina and Newt reconcile after
he explains he was never engaged to Leta. Their search leads them to the
Lestrange family tomb, where they find Yusuf confronting Credence and Nagini.
Yusuf reveals that he is carrying out his father Mustafa's request to avenge
his mother Laurena: she was kidnapped by Corvus Lestrange IV using the Imperius
Curse, and died giving birth to Leta, Yusuf's half-sister. Corvus IV got
remarried and had Corvus V. He sent Corvus V to America for adoption to keep
him safe after discovering Yusuf's revenge plot. Leta reveals that she
unintentionally caused Corvus V’s death: sailing to America, Leta, unable to
stand his constant crying, switched her baby brother with another infant,
Credence; the ship sank, and Corvus drowned.
The group follow a trail to a
rally for Grindelwald's followers, where Queenie is among the attendees and
Jacob is looking for her. Grindelwald shows a vision of a future global
war, and rails against the laws prohibiting them from preventing such a
tragedy. As Theseus and the Aurors surround the rally, Grindelwald prompts his
followers to spread his message across Europe, and conjures a ring of blue fire
that kills the retreating Aurors and that only his most loyal followers can
safely cross. Queenie and Credence cross the fire despite Jacob's and Nagini's
protests, while Leta sacrifices herself so the others can escape. As
Grindelwald and his followers depart, the remaining wizards and immortal
alchemist Nicolas Flamel extinguish the fire. Newt chooses to join
the fight against Grindelwald.
At Hogwarts, Newt presents
Dumbledore with a vial stolen from Grindelwald by Newt's niffler, containing a
blood pact Grindelwald and Dumbledore made in their youth that prevents them
dueling each other; Dumbledore believes it can be destroyed. At Nurmengard
Castle, his Austrian base, Grindelwald presents Credence with a wand,
and reveals Credence’s true identity: Aurelius Dumbledore.
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