Harry Potter: Dark Alchemy

Between the steep gaps in the mountains, there stood a towering dark tower, with a cold appearance and far away from the human habitation.

No matter how green the surrounding hillsides are, no matter how clear the blue sky above the head, no matter how dazzling the distant sun is, it seems that they can't change the eerie atmosphere here, as if darkness and terror were born for this tower.

Matching this atmosphere is the history and name of the tower, as well as the legendary figure imprisoned inside.

Nurmengard.

Gellert Grindelwald.

Standing at the entrance to Nurmengard, Grindelwald's famous quote "It would all be food" was engraved with magic on top. The gilded letters have been weathered by decades of wind and rain. It has already appeared extremely mottled, but the brilliance and splendor hidden behind the peeling words can still be vaguely seen.

Wright raised his neck slightly and squinted his eyes to observe this wizard prison, which is located in the mountains of Austria and is as famous as Azkaban.

There are dense traces of detection magic, defensive magic and trap magic everywhere: rapid appearance, all protection, expulsion of the enemy, broken bones, raging flames, fainting...

But most of the magic has lost its original function due to the passage of time. The only one that is still effective today is probably a permanent one like Hogwarts and Azkaban that prevents disapparation. magic.

Most people in the world believe that this prison was built by Grindelwald to imprison his opponents when he was in power, but Wright has searched through the books and has not been able to find any real detainees.

Apart from imprisoning Grindelwald himself, this dark and cold prison seems to have never served its true purpose.

Just like Grindelwald once said, "Everyone says that I hate No-Majs and Muggles who have no magic power, and I hate Squibs who can't cast spells. No, I don't hate them, I don't hate them." "I don't think Muggles are A minority group is a different kind of group; it is not that it is worthless, but it has a different kind of value and cannot be freely disposed of, but should be treated specially."

In other words, in Wright's personal opinion, there is no such concept as "enemy among wizards" in Grindelwald's eyes. He has always had only one purpose, which is to fully open up the wizarding world to the outside world, and then win the war between wizards and ordinary humans, and cultivate and train ordinary people into roles similar to house elves.

Wizards with different ambitions, in Grindelwald's eyes, may just be "same kind" with different opinions, which is harmless.

Thinking of this, Wright inexplicably thought of something else.

In the unprecedented duel in 1945, Grindelwald was defeated by Dumbledore and then "imprisoned" in the topmost cell of the wizard prison he built.

This sentence, which is widely recognized by the European wizarding community, has some extra meaning when I read it in my mouth at this moment.

Why was Grindelwald, who held the Elder Wand, possessed the power of prophecy, had superb magical abilities, and was followed by a group of powerful disciples, defeated by Dumbledore, a teacher who had taught and educated people in the school for many years?

Why was Grindelwald not killed after his defeat? Although there is no death penalty in the wizarding world, there is at least a "Dementor's Kiss" that can turn living wizards into vegetative states that are worse than death.

Why was Grindelwald imprisoned in Nurmengard instead of Azkaban after his defeat?

The first question was that Wright didn't dare to continue speculating, because such speculation would be too harmful to someone.

The second question is easy to answer. Since Dumbledore is not willing to kill Grindelwald, who can kill this famous Dark Lord?

As for the third question...

Wright silently compared the conditions of Azkaban and Nurmengard.

Azkaban: Isolated overseas, guarded by a group of dementors, closely monitored by personnel from the British Ministry of Magic, and a very powerful anti-Apparition spell was cast... It was impregnable.

Nurmengard: Built by Grindelwald himself, Grindelwald's former base camp, the home of Grindelwald's army...well...

In fact, Dumbledore imprisoned (?) his old lover Grindelwald in (uninhabited, undisturbed...) Nurmengard, just to...

Wright showed an embarrassed yet decent polite face.

In fact, the above things are just nonsense. Wright feels that a large part of the reason why Grindelwald was imprisoned (more like placed) in Nurmengard is because Azkaban simply cannot contain someone like Grindelwald. level of criminals.

Azkaban, a seemingly impregnable and foolproof prison for wizards, is actually full of flaws. A large part of the reason why only one criminal, Sirius Black, has escaped for so long is because the guards here - the dementors - can only control the spirits that affect humans.

Sirius, on the other hand, relied on his own ability to become an Animagus as early as when he was in school. After transforming into a dog form, he did not receive strong attention from dementors and was often ignored.

Moreover, most of the wizards who were imprisoned in Azkaban in the past were frightened out of their wits before entering Azkaban. Sirius relied on his strong will, which was completely innocent, to resist the dementors. Mental erosion. Then, under the triple stimulation of Fudge + Scabbers + Harry, Sirius swam back to England in dog form from the remote island of Azkaban in one fell swoop...

Therefore, escaping from Azkaban is not as difficult as imagined. It is just people's imagination that makes it as solid as a rock and with tight barriers.

Wright vaguely remembered what Dumbledore once said to Fudge (occurred in Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 27): "I'm afraid I won't just sit back and die, Cornelius. I don't want to be sent to Aziz at all." Caban. Of course, I can escape - but what a waste of time. And frankly, I think I have a lot of things I'd rather do."

Well, actually Wright remembered another thing at this moment.

After saying these words, Dumbledore, at the moment of the confrontation, brought Fudge (the British Minister of Magic), Umbridge (the then Deputy Minister of Magic), Delis (elite Auror), Jin The four of them, Sly (later the Minister of Magic), were immediately knocked down.

After doing these things, Dumbledore didn't even expend any effort at all. He calmly chatted with Harry and the others for a while, explaining to them how he did these things and how Kingsley played them. out function.

Then Dumbledore graciously grabbed Fawkes' feet and left Hogwarts before the four Fudges woke up.