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Do you know what it's like to have no one? To always be alone? I'm a Dumbledore. You abandoned me. The same blood that runs in my veins, runs in yours.
~ Credence to Albus Dumbledore.

Credence Barebone, born Aurelius Dumbledore, is the secondary antagonist of the Fantastic Beasts film series. He is the adopted son of Mary Lou Barebone, leader of the anti-witch No-Maj group the New Salem Philanthropic Society. Shy and withdrawn, this caused Credence to be susceptible to her abuse. He's soon revealed to be the long-lost son of Aberforth Dumbledore, and by extension, the nephew of Albus Dumbledore.

He is portrayed by Ezra Miller, who also played Kevin Khatchadourian in We Need to Talk about Kevin, the Trashcan Man in the 2020 TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand, Dark Flash in The Flash, and D.A. Sinclair in Invincible.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Aurelius Dumbledore was born at around 1901 to Aberforth Dumbledore and an unknown woman. His mother was forced to leave Godric's Hollow for unknown reasons, taking Aurelius with her. During a voyage to America in 1901, Aurelius was switched in the crib by Leta Lestrange with her half-brother Corvus V, while Corvus V drowned along with the ship, Aurelius arrived in America and was put up for adoption. He was then taken by Mary Lou Barebone, the fanatical leader of the New Salem Philanthropic Society, and renamed Credence Barebone.

Whilst under her care, Credence was physically abused by the deranged woman as to suppress his magical abilities. Her frequent abuse of her adopted son would cause him to become arguably the most powerful Obscurial in the Harry Potter universe.

Present day[]

By 1926, Credence had been losing control of his Obscurus, which was running amok in New York. During that time, Credence had gotten into contact with Gellert Grindelwald, who had been masquerading as Percival Graves, the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement (MACUSA). Gellert requests that Credence help him search for the obscured child in the Second Salem Church, stating that he'd help Credence realize his potential in return. After the Second Salmers fail to garner support from Henry Shaw Senior, as well as being insulted by his son, Henry Shaw Jr., Credence's Obscurial breaks loose and wreaks havoc on the City Hall fund-raising dinner, killing the senator as a result. This act unwittingly exposes the wizarding world.

The next day, Mary discovers a wand, and immediately includes that it belonged to Credence. As she was preparing to beat him yet again, Modesty speaks up, insisting that it was hers. She pries the belt from her adopted mother's hand, which causes Credence's Obscurus to manifest. The Obscurus mauls the fanatical leader of the NSPS to death, but it also ends up killing Chastity, and heavily damaging the house. Grindelwald arrives, demanding that Credence lead him to Modesty, who had escaped the destruction of her home. Once there, Grindelwald betrays him, saying that he no longer needed him. Angered, Credence reveals his Obscurial form, much to the astonishment of the infamous wizard. Despite insisting that he'd train him, it was too late for Credence, and he goes on a mindless rampage.

Pursuing him to the subway station, Newt attempts to comfort Credence, only to engage in a battle with the treacherous dark wizard when he arrives on the scene to convince Credence to join him. Seraphina Picquery and Aurors are alerted by the attack, and they cast destructive spells at Credence, leading to his presumed death. However, a tiny piece of the Obscurial escapes into the open, which Newt notices and smiles.

It was later revealed that Credence survived and departed New York City on a rowboat (as shown in a deleted scene). Eventually, Credence found himself working for the Circus Arcanus, owned by the wizard Skender. There he befriended Nagini, a Maledictus, and formed a close bond with her. Unknown to him, he was also hunted by Grindelwald, who sought to use him to defeat Albus Dumbledore, and Yusuf Kama, who believed Credence to be Corvus V and swore to kill him.

Tired of their mistreatment, Credence and Nagini escape the Circus Arcanus and set off to seek Credence's identity. Their first stop is to find Irma Dugard, a woman who supposedly knew Credence, but Irma reveals that she was merely a servant of the Lestranges. Credence is then found by Gunnar Grimmson, who kills Irma on Grindelwald's orders, but while Credence unleashes the Obscurus, he fails to defeat Grimmson.

Grindelwald later confronts Credence and offers him a map to the Lestrange Family Tomb to find out his true heritage. There, Credence and Nagini encounter Newt, Tina, Jacob, and Leta. Kama tries to kill Credence, but Leta reveals how she swapped Credence with the real Corvus V, and that the latter is already dead as a result of drowning after the ship they were on sank. Eventually, Credence attends Grindelwald's rally. Desperate to find out the truth, Credence chooses to join Grindelwald despite Nagini's protests. At Grindelwald's base, Grindelwald reveals Credence's real identity; Aurelius Dumbledore.

Shortly after this, Credence, Carrow and Vinda Rosier are sent to capture an infant Qilin, which is used to decide who the next leader of the International Confederation of Wizards will be as it can see whether a person is deceitful and evil. On arriving, he once again encounters Newt, who has just helped the mother Qilin give birth. Vinda kills the mother and Carrow chases Newt through the forest, and Credence eventually chasing him into a river where Newt is incapacitated by rapids. Credence captures the Qilin and returns to Grindelwald, not realising that two were born that night.

Grindelwald later orders Credence to murder his uncle Albus Dumbledore in Berlin, claiming that the Dumbledores knowingly abandoned him. Credence stalks Dumbledore through the streets before confronting him, and the two duel. After defeating Credence, Dumbledore tells him that Grindelwald lied and that he did not abandon Credence, and the two part ways without further incident. By this time, Credence's Obscurus is slowly killing him, although he appears unaware of this fact.

On his return to Grindelwald's base, Credence witnesses Grindelwald kill the Qilin that he had captured earlier. Grindelwald then receives a vision that shows him the second Qilin, enraging him enough to slam Credence into a wall. He then threatens Credence not to fail him a third time.

During the final election in Bhutan, a weak and dying Credence publicly exposes Grindelwald's plot; use necromancy to revive the dead Qilin and force it to bow to him, thus electing Grindelwald by acclamation. Grindelwald is furious and attempts to kill Credence, but Dumbledore blocks his curse and they fight. After Grindelwald escapes, Credence reunites with his father Aberforth and returns to England with him to spend the remainder of his days in peace, happy to have finally found the family he had been searching for.

Powers and Abilities[]

It's an unstable, uncontrollable dark force that busts out and attacks, and then vanishes.
~ The powers of a Obscurus, that Credence possessed.

As an Obscurial, Credence was prone to transforming due to being abused for years. Significantly, Credence was unique in comparison to other cases, as most Obscurials don't tend to last long without a host, never making it past ten years of age, and he was noted to be dramatically more powerful than any other Obscurial. The fact that he survived for so long and the power his Obscurus form possessed was proof of his immense latent magical potential despite not being trained at all. However, his Obscurus is still slowly killing him and it is inevitable that he will one day succumb to it. Grindelwald even claimed that Credence was the only being apart from himself capable of killing Albus Dumbledore, although The Secrets of Dumbledore shows that he is unable to defeat Dumbledore in a one-on-one fight.

Over the six months he spent hiding, Credence has acquired complete control over his Obscurus and can now manifest its immense magical energies and fire it accurately without needing to transform. Indeed, Gunnar Grimmson, a veteran Bounty Hunter, was barely able to block the attacks long enough to Apparate. In addition, Credence somehow managed to apparate out of Grindelwald's rally, implying he had begun to develop skills in magic. After being given a wand by Grindelwald, Credence fired such a tremendously powerful spell that it demolished a mountainside.

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Trivia[]

  • Many believed that his name was Kredan due to initial reports pertaining to the first Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film. However, J.K. Rowling cleared the confusion on her Twitter account, affirming that the character's name is Credence.

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