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What do you think will happen to Credence/Aurelius Dumbledore after the events of Secrets of Dumbledore? (specially considering that the actor is no longer someone that can be attached to anything)
You have asked for quotes from the book which have never actually addressed it, but in the film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (written by J.K Rowling) it's confirmed that Credence Barebone is actually Aurelius Dumbledore.
In around 1901, Aberforth had a son, Aurelius Dumbledore with a girl that he fell in love with in Godric's Hollow. However, the girl was "sent away," presumably by her parents, either before or after Credence's birth, although Albus was aware of rumours that there was a child. Due to the strained relationship between the Dumbledore brothers, Aberforth neither confided in nor sought Albus' help. Aurelius was eventually sent away to America with an aunt, where he was adopted by Mary Lou Barebone and given a new name, Credence Barebone.
In 1932, Credence attacked Albus and accused him of abandoning him, revealing to Albus that he was supposedly a member of the Dumbledore family. During a duel between the two, Credence's phoenix spread ashes on his body and Albus realised that Credence really was a Dumbledore and that he was actually Aberforth's long-lost son. However, by this point, Credence was dying due to his nature as an Obscurial slowly poisoning him, something that Albus sadly recognised from his experiences with Ariana. After foiling Grindelwald's plans at the walk of the Qilin, Credence, in poor health, accepted his father's offer to come home with him.
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So no, Albus and Aberforth were not the last Dumbledores. There was at least one other.
In the books, it’s easiest to infer that the Dumbledore line ended with Albus and Aberforth.
I think it is also difficult to say that the Dumbledores were an ancient wizarding family. After all, Percival married a Muggle-born so he can’t have been very pureblood leaning. If the extended Dumbledore family was, it is most likely they became extinct in the male line other than Percival.
Book 7, which is heavy on Dumbledore lore, speaks as if Albus’s nuclear family was the only Dumbledore family. We pretty much know Albus didn’t have kids so that’s the end of that line. As for Aberforth, I don’t think he’s the type to go around getting girls pregnant. Especially since it’s implied in the books he was a goatfu- uh, he preferred to devote his life on research and experiment on goats. I think from his lifestyle, he was probably asexual but that’s just me assuming.
In the FB movies, Aberforth has a kid so I guess that’s not the end of the line. I don’t know if Credence dies tho cuz I deleted those movies from my head. Nothing in those movies counts as canon information, even if Jo wrote it. Seeing as she changed McGonagall’s age by thirty to fifty years.
...Fawkes?!
Aurelius/Credence is the central mysterious character in the Fantastic Beasts series, so there must surely be a reason for showing his full back story, and also weaving him into the Dumbledore family even though he is never mentioned in any of the Harry Potter stories...
...or maybe he is the driving force behind the entire saga!
The phoenix, Fawkes, is the source of the two tail feathers that form the powerful magic cores of Voldemort's and Harry Potter's wands. One is dark, one is light.
Credence Barebone had to obscure his magic power for most of his life, and unaware of his lineage, he is torn, conflicted between the light and dark.
Credence is the host entity to a powerful dark and fiery 'Obscurus', with an almost immortal quality. His dark twin.
At the end of FB1, Credence was apparently destroyed by the Aurors, his ashes filled the air and fell to the ground...yet he somehow survived?! (The boy who lived!)
And in FB2 + FB3, we now see that Credence/Aurelius has a strong affinity with a Phoenix!
In the official book 'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore: Movie Magic' it is confirmed that the phoenix seen in the FB3 movie is NOT Albus Dumbledore's phoenix, Fawkes. Yet in the numerous posters and advertising for FB3 it clearly implies a magnificent golden phoenix arriving in the Hogwarts wizarding world.
Ezra Miller wore a 'feathered bird' jacket at the FB2 premier in London. Images from the premiere show him with both arms outstretched and the Avada Kedavra curse written on the palms of his hands. An allusion to the two tail feathers / magic wand cores?!
Aurelius means 'The Golden One' in Latin.
From the novel: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (American print version):
"Fawkes" said Harry thickly. "You were fantastic, Fawkes..."
It would be a really neat way to connect the two movie sagas, with Fawkes being the core to the whole story.
And would give true meaning to the movie series title 'Fantastic Beasts'.