Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his trigger—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The one one able to placing a cease to him is the wizard he as soon as known as his closest pal, Albus Dumbledore. Nonetheless, Dumbledore might want to search assist from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald as soon as earlier than, his former pupil Newt Scamander, who agrees to assist, unaware of the risks that lie forward. Traces are drawn as love and loyalty are examined, even among the many truest family and friends, in an more and more divided wizarding world.