What Happens To Credence At The End Of Fantastic Beasts 3?
WARNING! Contains SPOILERS for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore revealed Credence (Ezra Miller) as Aurelius Dumbledore, Aberforth's (Richard Coyle) long-lost son, but it seems like Credence doesn't have long to live because of the Obscurus curse. The third of the planned five-movie series further explored Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) and Gellert Grindelwald's (Mads Mikkelsen) history, as well as the current events — Dumbledore's eclectic team trying to put an end to Grindelwald's reign of terror. Perhaps most importantly, Fantastic Beasts 3 cleared up the mystery around the Credence/Aurelius identity twist — however, this comes with some tragic news.
An Obscurus is a parasitic force that acts as the manifestation of repressed magic in a young witch or wizard (young as they usually don't make it past the age of ten). Grindelwald figured out Credence must be a Dumbledore when he connected his case to Ariana's. The Dumbledores' sister had repressed her powerful magic all her life after a group of Muggle kids viciously attacked her for being a witch. She died when she was 14, but not because of the Obscurus because of a three-way duel between Albus, Alberforth, and Grindelwald. Credence is the only known case of a young adult surviving the Obscurus, but inFantastic Beasts 3, he was said to be slowly fading away because of it.
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When Credence confronted his uncle, Dumbledore saw the signs that Credence was dying (as he later told his younger brother, the phoenix bird behaved around Credence like Ariana's did around her). In fact, Albus even used an ashy phoenix feather to convince Aberforth (who was so
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