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Summary: Some people think Lord Voldemort was the most deadly Dark Lord. Others think Grindelwald was more deadly. I will debate it under various headings, with points and explanations. As new Fantastic Beast movies are released, I will update the results as needed. If you disagree with one of my results for a category, change the marks in your head and leave me a review with your final results. Also. if you think of another category I could use, please leave me a review with your category in it.
We Compare Voldemort and Grindelwald?
Number of known / marked followers:
Lord Voldemort: 28 (Gaspar Avery, Regulus Arcturus Black (D), Alecto Carrow, Amycus Carrow, Crabbe Sr, Barty Crouch Jr. (D), Antonin Dolohov, Gibbon (D), Goyle Sr., Jugson, Igor Karkaroff (D), Bellatrix Lestrange (D), Rodolphus Lestrange, Rabastan Lestrange, Walden Macnair, Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Mulciber, Nott Sr., Peter Pettigrew (D), Augustus Rookwood, Evan Rosier (D), Thorfinn Rowle, Selwyn, Severus Snape (D), Travers, Wilkes (D), Corban Yaxley)
Grindelwald (As of FB 2): 9 (Abernathy, Carrow, Krafft, Krall (D), MacDuff, Nagel, Vinda Rosier, Credence Barebone / Aurelius Dumbledore, Queenie Goldstein)
Name (D): denotes that they died, as seen in the material available at the current date.
Voldemort 1 : 0 Grindelwald.
How did they gain followers?
Lord Voldemort: Lying, Fear.
Grindelwald: Lying, Charisma.
Voldemort 1 : 1 Grindelwald.
Number of followers who defected / were unloyal / spied on them.
Lord Voldemort: 6 (Regulus Black, Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, Igor Karkaroff, Peter Pettigrew).
Grindelwald (As of FB 2): 1 (Krall).
Voldemort 1 : 2 Grindelwald.
How many were killed because of their disloyalty?
Lord Voldemort: 4? (Regulus. Depends on whether you consider dying by security measures as being killed for disloyalty. Igor died slightly over a year after Voldemort came back, due to selling out other Death Eaters. Peter died when the silver hand given to him by Lord Voldemort strangled him when it realised Peter owed Harry a Life Debt. Snape died due to a case of mistaken identity of ownership of the Elder Wand).
Grindelwald (As of FB 2): 1 (Krall died in the blue flames spell in the Parisian catacombs).
Voldemort 1 : 3 Grindelwald.
Killed by:
Lord Voldemort: 17 year old wizard, Harry Potter.
Grindelwald: 72 year old Dark Lord, Voldemort.
Voldemort 1 : 4 Grindelwald.
Worst odds they've faced in a battle (with or without followers helping) (number of opponents : them number of followers):
Lord Voldemort: 3:1 (Battle of Hogwarts, Voldemort vs McGonagall, Slughorn and Shacklebolt)
Grindelwald (As of FB 2): 53:1 (Parisian catacombs, Grindelwald vs 50 Aurors, Newt, Theseus and Tina)
Voldemort 1 : 5 Grindelwald.
From the above battle, how many opponents did they kill / knockout?
Lord Voldemort: 0.
Grindelwald: At least 11 (Leta and 10 Aurors, from what I could make out from rewatching the scene over and over).
Voldemort 1 : 6 Grindelwald.
Best odds they've faced in a battle (with or without followers helping) (number of opponents : them number of followers):
Lord Voldemort: 1:at least 7 (GoF, his rebirth, Harry vs Voldemort and at least 6 Death Eaters).
Grindelwald (As of FB 2): 5:1 (1st FB movie, opening scene, Grindelwald vs 5 Aurors).
Voldemort 1 : 7 Grindelwald.
From the above battle, how many opponents did they kill / knockout?
Lord Voldemort: 0
Grindelwald: 5 (The scene shows them falling to the ground after being hit by a spell)
Voldemort 1 : 8 Grindelwald.
How do they stop Albus fighting them?
Lord Voldemort: Albus believed someone else would kill Voldemort.
Grindelwald: They made a Blood Pact.
Voldemort 1 : 9 Grindelwald.
How do they summon their followers?
Lord Voldemort: Dark Mark on the left forearm (discreet, permanent, makes it obvious who's a follower if someone sees it).
Grindelwald (As of FB 2): Black cloth over the buildings of Paris (showy, disappears when Grindelwald wants it gone, no mark on followers).
Voldemort 1 : 10 Grindelwald.
They were both looking for a great weapon. What was it?
Lord Voldemort: Prophecy / Elder wand.
Grindelwald (As of FB 2): Obscurus.
Voldemort 1 : 11 Grindelwald.
Age when they died:
Lord Voldemort: 72
Grindelwald: 115.
Voldemort 1 : 12 Grindelwald.
Did they go to prison?
Lord Voldemort: No.
Grindelwald: Yes.
Voldemort 2 : 12 Grindelwald.
How many of their followers went to prison?
Lord Voldemort: At least 4 (Bellatrix, Rodolphius, Rabastan, Barty Crouch Jr).
Grindelwald (As of FB 2): 0.
Voldemort 2 : 13 Grindelwald.
Highlight of their career:
Lord Voldemort: Taking over the Ministry.
Grindelwald: Getting Credence / Aurelius (Obscurus) and Queenie (natural Legilimens) on his side.
Voldemort 2 : 13 Grindelwald (I can't decide which is more impressive).
Most showy thing they've done:
Lord Voldemort: 1996, duel between him and Albus in the Ministry.
Grindelwald (As of FB 2): 1927, battle in the Parisian catacombs.
Voldemort 2 : 14 Grindelwald.
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(A.N: How's everyone? To be honest, during the last few weeks, I have been sucked into a fanfiction-reading haze, rather than a writing phase. This is the only writing I've done over the last few weeks. Sorry.
Also, thanks to Bane2000 for your corrections.)