Newton Scamander

"I have visited lairs, burrows and nests across five continents, observed the curious habits of magical beasts in a hundred countries, witnessed their powers, gained their trust and, on occasion, beaten them off with my travelling kettle."

- Newton Scamander

Newton Artemis Fido "Newt" Scamander,, (b. 24 February , 1897 ) was an English wizard, famed Magizoologist and the author of. Early in life Scamander developed an interest in magical creatures, influenced by his mother's breeding of hippogriffs. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he was sorted into Hufflepuff House. While at Hogwarts he was sentenced to expulsion though Albus Dumbledore, who had been his Defence Against the Dark Arts instructor, recognised his innocence, and objected strongly.

Scamander joined the Ministry of Magic, spending two years in the Office for House-Elf Relocation before joining the Beast Division. In 1918 he was commissioned by Augustus Worme of Obscurus Books to write Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The book became a best-seller, making Scamander a respected expert in the field of Magizoology. He married Porpentina Goldstein and they had at least one son. By the beginning of the 1990s, he was retired and living in Dorset.

Early life
Newton Artemis Fido "Newt" Scamander was born on 24 February 1897 somewhere in England. He had at least one sibling, an older brother, Theseus. He developed an interest in magical creatures at an early age, as his mother was a breeder of hippogriffs. Scamander would regularly dismember Horklumps in his bedroom at age seven.

Hogwarts years
Before beginning education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1908, Newt purchased his first wand, likely from Ollivanders, and was sorted into Hufflepuff on 1 September. During his time at Hogwarts, he enjoyed studying magical creatures. He developed a friendship with Leta Lestrange, a fellow student who shared both his interest in magical beasts, as well as his feeling of being an outsider. Their close friendship began at aged 13 when in 1910, Leta run away from bullies and hid in a cupboard. Newt was also in the cupboard nursing a baby raven. He said he was staying over the school holidays to look after the raven, and Leta (who knew him, being in the same year of Newt), saw him plainly for the first time.

Newt was once given a month's detention for telling a Prendergast who asked him about animals that "there are no strange creatures, only blinkered people". Leta then let off a Dungbomb under the desk of the teacher to join him.Newt attended Professor Albus Dumbledore's teaching of Boggarts. Newt's Boggart was shown to be working in an office. He changed the desk into a wooden dragon. He later comforted Leta when he was upset by her own Boggart. By then, he had befriended the Bowtruckles by the school, and he was the only one he wouldn't hide from.

In 1913, one of Leta's experiments involving a Jarvey went too far, endangering the life of another student. It also violated laws prohibiting the possession of this creature. Rather than see his good friend expelled, Newt took the blame for Leta's actions, and was thus sentenced to be expelled from Hogwarts in her place. This left Newt bitter, but still much in love with Leta. However, Albus Dumbledore, Newt's teacher at the time, argued strongly on his behalf. It is unclear whether the expulsion was enforced or not, or if it was temporary or permanent. However, he was allowed to keep his wand.

Ministry employee
Sometime during the First World War from 1914-1918, Scamander served on the Eastern Front in a confidential Ministry of Magic programme to wrangle Ukrainian Ironbellys. The programme was ultimately cancelled as the dragons only responded to Scamander and tried to eat everyone else.

Scamander joined the Ministry of Magic's Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. He spent two years in the Office for House-Elf Relocation before transferring to the Beast Division, where his extensive knowledge of magical creatures led to a rapid series of promotions, propelling him forward as a magizoologist, a career with which the Scamander family are not very impressed.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
"It would take months to contradict every other wild assertion in Ms. Skeeter's book... it is true that I was the first person ever to capture Gellert Grindelwald, and also true that Albus Dumbledore was something more than a schoolteacher to me. More than this, I cannot say, without fear of breaching the Official Magical Secrets Act or, more importantly, the confidences that Dumbledore, most private of men, placed in me."

- Newt Scamander describing his trip to America

In 1918, Augustus Worme of Obscurus Books commissioned Scamander to write the first edition of. As a lowly Ministry employee earning only two Sickles a week at the time, Scamander jumped at the chance for extra money and the opportunity to spend his summers travelling the world.

Scamander travelled to a hundred countries across five continents researching his book, observing many magical creatures. He learned about their abilities, gained their trust, and occasionally beat them with his travelling kettle if they got too dangerous. Newt began a year-long trip to document magical creatures and their natural habitats in 1925. At one point, he met an Obscurial in Sudan, and although the host died, he managed to contain her Obscurus within his magically-expanded suitcase. He also visited Egypt, where, thanks to Albus Dumbledore's information, he saved illegally imprisoned Thunderbird, which he later named Frank. His last stop before the United States was Equatorial Guinea.

Visit to New York
Newt Scamander arrived by HMS Temeresi in New York on 6 December, 1926, for what was supposed to be a brief stopover, intending to let Frank go in Arizona. After searching by the customs officer and leaving the port Newt head towards the Steen National Bank, where Mary Lou Barebone, along with her children, preached to the public in a rally supporting the New Salem Philanthropic Society. Intrigued Newton pushed his way closer to the woman, falling into Tina Goldstein, an ex-Auror. Moment later Jacob Kowalski, a No-Maj with case full of confectionery, bumped into him, falling over Scamander's magical suitcase. Newt helped him up, and Jacob went to the bank. The confusion around Scamander caught Mary Lou's attention. From the group of spectators, and unaware that Newton was a wizard, Mary Lou spoke directly to him, asking if he was a seeker of truth, to which Newt replied that he was a more of a chaser. When she asked him if he was ready to follow her and it's organization, Newt noticed that a Niffler escaped from his suitcase, so he moved to the bank, being curiously followed by Tina. While searching the creature, Scamander exchanged a few sentences with then met Kowalski, about his loan for the bakery. When he noticed the niffler robbing people and moved toward him, he left the egg of the Occamy. Muggle picked them up, intending to give it back to the wizard. He was, however, called to talk about a loan with Gilbert Bingley. During the conversation, Newt was still chasing the Niffler, which jumped onto the cart to the elevator. When Jacob left the office, showing Newt the cracking egg, Scamander attracted Kowalski to himself using Summoning Charm, after which he disapparated with him to the entrance of the bank's vault. Newton put a hatched Occamy into a suitcase, calming down other animals. When Newt used the Unlocking Charm to get to the vault in which Niffler had hidden, both men were covered by Mr Bingley, who inferred that they were going to rob the bank, so he activated the alarm. In response, Newt quickly immobilized him with Full Body-Bind Curse and emptied the bag of money and the gold of the niffler. Before the armed guards entered the room, Newton disapparated himself with shocked Jacob to the street near the bank. After throwing the Niffler into the suitcase, Newt apologized Jacob for the problems, taking out his wand with the intention of removing the unwanted memories of the No-Maj. Muggle took the opportunity, knocked the wizard to the ground with case, and fled. Newt followed Jacob, but when Tina passed, she grabbed his elbow and Disapparated them to a narrow street in front of the bank. Astonished Goldstein showed him her ID card for the Magic Congress employee and after questioning him, why he let the creature and why he do not obliviate the muggle, she grabbed the magizoologist and Apparated with him near the Woolworth Building. When they entered, the building magically transformed into the headquarters of MACUSA. Tina explained to Newt that there was a Ban of Experimental Breeding in New York, to which Newt responded that the real reason of his arrival in the United States was the purchase of the Appaloosa Puffskein. When they took the elevator to the Major Investigation Department, Goldstein introduced him into the middle of the meeting about the attack of an unidentified beast in the city, but Seraphina Picquery, President of MACUSA, firmly dismissed the two. Later in the Wand Permit Office where Tina was working, she asked Newt whether he has permission for a wand, but he only said that he applied for it by letter. When Percival Graves, the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, entered the cabinet, Porpentina told him about the events in the bank, and then she opened the suitcase, which supposedly belonged to Scamander, but they all contained cakes belonging to Jacob. MACUSA no longer took them seriously, but Newt and Tina realised that in the ensuing chaos of trying catch a Niffler, Newt and Jacob had accidentally taken each other's cases instead of their own. Newt decided to immediately find a No-Maj.

While looking for Kowalski, on the one of streets Newton and Porpentina saw a Billywig flying over their heads and a crowd of people in front of the destroyed building. Newt realized that Jacob accidentally opened the suitcase and several creatures escaped, so episode turned into an incident of major proportions (as magical and non-magical relations in the United States were already frail, due in part to the presence of a Muggle fanatical extremist group, the New Salem Philanthropic Society), containing the incident required the intervention of the Magical Congress of the United States of America. When a drunken tramp said to the police officer that the reason for the disaster was not gas, but a huge hippopotamus-like animal, Scamander obliviated him. Muggle joined people who believed in a gas explosion and Newt ran into the damaged tenement. In the one of rooms, he saw the action of his beasts: here were traces of paws, broken furniture, broken glass, a hole in the wall, an opened suitcase and Kowalski himself bitten by one of the magizoologist's animals. Newt quickly repaired Jacob's apartment. When Tina entered the room, Newt found a Murtlap and put him into the suitcase, also wanted to erase Jacob's memory. Tina did not let this happen, by the way, explaining that they needed a witness, but Muggle showed signs of a bite, so Goldstein grabbed both men and disapparated, in ignorance that a Niffler was still here. Newt with Jacob were brought by Tina to her apartment and introduced to her sister, Queenie Goldstein, which cook a meal for them. After dinner, when Tina showed their room and left them alone, Newt went inside his suitcase and took Jacob there, where he prepared him an antidote for Murtlap's bite and showed him rest of the animals. Because of Newt's need to retrieve all creatures, they left the suitcase and decided to head to the Central Park and find missing Erumpent. However, after leaving the Goldstein's apartment, Newt spotted his Niffler behind a window of the jewellery store. He used Finestra spell to hatter the glass to get inside. Newt furiously attempted to capture the Niffler, and he fell with creature through the other window. Subsequently, they were confronted by a squad of policemen, who were puzzled by the sight of the Niffler. Jacob then directed their attention to a lion wandering right by them, giving him and Newt the opportunity to disapparate to the park. While in Central Park they passed an ostrich. After Scamander's predictions of Erumpent current location they head to the Central Park Zoo. When Newt saw a hippopotamus marched in corner by Erumpent, he provided Jacob with a helmet and vest to protect himself from the Erumpent and left the No-Maj to hold a vial of Erumpent musk while he performed a mating dance to lure the creature back into his suitcase. Unfortunately, Jacob accidentally spilled musk on himself when he was hit by a fish thrown by an escaped seal, prompting the Erumpent to chase him out of the zoo and into the frozen park pond before Newt managed to contain the Erumpent.However, when they climbed into the suitcase on ice rink under a bridge in park, Tina, who had followed them, locked them in and took them to MACUSA headquarters. Before she interrupted a delegation of the International Confederation of Wizards to inform them about the creatures and the wizard who smuggled them into the country, Senator Henry Shaw Jr has been killed. Newt was immediately blamed for allowing one of his creatures to murder a No-Maj. Newt, observing the scars and markings on Shaw's body projection, stated that only an Obscurus could have left the distinct markings upon his body, which caused unrest in the room, during which President Picquery denied the existence of any Obscurial in America. Newt, Tina and Jacob were soon taken under arrest by Percival Graves and Newt's case was impounded. In the jail cell, Newt and Tina explained to Jacob the meaning of an Obscurus and how no record existed at the time of an Obscurial having existed past the age of ten.After discovering by Graves the harmless Obscurus that Newt brought to America in the suitcase, during an interrogation, Newt was blamed by him for the actions of an particularly powerful Obscurus which killed Senator. Scamander was also accused by him for letting the animals For the Greater Good, in an attempt to begin a war. Newt's protests have done nothing and he was sentenced to death, as well as Tina. When they were brought to the Death cell and Tina was strapped into a chair with her memories extracted and casted into death potion under the chair, Newt freed himself with the help of his Bowtruckle, Pickett, which picked the lock on his handcuffs. Newt then used a Swooping Evil to attack executioners and rescue Tina. During their escape from MACUSA they were pursued by several Aurors defeated by Newt's Swooping Evil. They bumped into Jacob and Queenie, who managed to free the No-Maj from Obliviator and get Newt's suitcase from Graves' office. Newt and others climbed into it, and Queenie walked out of MACUSA headquarters with it.

Having two more beasts to catch, Newt had a problem with locating one, which most of the time was invisible. Tina came up with an idea to took everyone to the Blind Pig to meet Gnarlak, the Goblin who secretly traded magical creatures. Newton offered him some galleons, lunascope and freeze Ashwinder egg, but Pickett caught goblin's attention. Newt was reluctant to the exchange, but agreed, as a result he received the information that he was looking for, that he should look around Macy's department store. After Gnarlak's betrayal and MACUSA Aurors apparation Jacob punched the goblin. This allowed Newt to took Pickett and Apparate with Jacob and Goldstein sisters away from the pub.

Heading to the selected destination, Scamander and others found at Ginzberg Delaunay Newt's Demiguise, Dougal stealing things for an immense in size Occamy. After some complications, like accidentally kicking a Christmas ornament by Queenie, Newt entrap the Occamy with the help of Tina holding a teapot held and Jacob throwing a cockroach inside the dish. Finally packing Demiguise and Occamy to the suitcase and bringing an end to the search for creatures, Newt and friends headed to the rooftop of building where they saw Obscurus flying across Manhattan. Newt gave Tina his suitcase and Disapparated to save Obscurial, but Tina, handed the suitcase to Queenie and Jacob, following Newt. While Newt saw Graves hunting Obscurus on the destroyed street, he deduced that Obscurial was actually Credence Barebone. Even though Newt was not to blame Credence. Newt's hunt for magical beasts led him on a course to collide with Graves and Credence, and MACUSA was not far behind. Apparating from time to time on one of the rooftops and running in a line with flying Credence, Newt tried to protect him from the Aurors on the roofs trying to kill the Obscurial. After going by Credence to subway station, Scamander followed him. Telling the story of Sudanese girl let Newt approached him. However, the arrival of angry Graves failed the whole attempt of calming down Credence. Graves tried to kill Newton with lightning bolts, which provoked Credence to resume his Obscurus form. After Tina appeared in the subway and she tried to call him down again, the arrival of President Picquery and the MACUSA Aurors agitated him. They attacked him with many spells, only stopping when they believed he was killed. When shreds of Credence's Obscurus form fled the scene, Graves went on a rant in which Newt deduced who he really was. With the help of the Swooping Evil and Tina, Newt captured Graves and revealed that he was none other than famous Dark Wizard and international criminal, Gellert Grindelwald, using Human Transfiguration to assume the identity of MACUSA's employee. While being apprehended by Aurors, Grindelwald met Newt's gaze and mysteriously asked him: "Will we die, just a little?". After taking Grindelwald to MACUSA prison, Scamander helped prevent a wide-scale exposure of the wizarding world by employing the help of Frank from his case to create a rain laced with Swooping Evil venom, whose obliviating properties erased the bad memories of the Muggle citizens of New York, including his friend Jacob Kowalski.



One week later, on 15 December, Scamander bumped into Kowalski while he was on his way to his job at the Moreton Dale Canning Factory and switched suitcases with him, leaving him a collection of silver Occamy eggshells and a letter instructing him to use the shells as collateral for a bank loan to start his bakery.

The next day, on 16 December 1926, Tina thanked Newt for saying some nice words about her to Madam Picquery, which resulted in being restored to the position of Auror. Scamander, in turn, promised to deliver a copy of his book to Tina in person, said goodbye to her and boarded a ship.

Choosing a side
Following his return from New York, Newt was reprimanded by the Ministry for his role in the Obscurus incident and his right to travel internationally was revoked, so he can't deliver the book. Newt had corresponded with Tina by letter, but a series of misteps on Newt's part had soured the relationship. A month to three after the events in New York, in 1927, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was published and became a bestseller. It became an approved textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and, by the mid-1990s, was in its fifty-second edition. This made Newt famous throughout the wizarding world. A launch party was held on 19 March at Flourish and Blotts on Diagon Alley, in which magizoologist was accompanied by his childhood friend Leta Lestrange, his older brother Theseus Scamander, and assistant named Bunty. Spellbound after that party wrongly wrote that Leta is Newt's fiancée, in fact Theseus was going to marry Leta on 6 June 1928 and Newt was supposed to be their best man.

On 30 May 1927, Gellert Grindelwald escaped from his imprisonment while he was being transferred from New York to face trial in Europe. Three months later, Newt travelled to the Ministry to appeal to have his travel ban revoked for the fifth time. While waiting for his turn he started play with Pickett, until he met Leta, which was that day at the Ministry, because Theseus found her a job working as assistant to the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. She went to Newt to take him to a meeting with commission, and they spoke about their friendship. Leta was always inviting Newt to dinner with herself and Theseus, but Newt always declined. When Theseus came along, he told his brother that he would be more open this time. At a commission which included Torquil Travers, Arnold Guzman, Rudolph Spielman and Theseus, they revealed to Newt that Credence Barebone, believed to be dead after New York battle, had been sighted in Europe. They offered to restore Newt's travel rights if he will join the Ministry as an Auror and went to kill Credence. Newt refused and walked out of the meeting, his task was assigned to Gunnar Grimmson. Approached by Theseus as he was leaving the meeting, his brother told him that eventually he would be forced to choose a side, something Newt refused to do. As Theseus embraced him to say goodbye, he whispered that the Ministry were watching him. After leaving the Ministry and fending off one of the Ministry's agents in the streets of London, Newt was accosted by a levitating gloved hand which points to a figure standing atop a high building nearby. Seizing the glove, Newt apparated besides the figure, who turned out to be his old Hogwarts teacher, Albus Dumbledore. Using a nebulus spell and deluminator and disapparating constantly to avoid being tracked by the Ministry, Dumbledore asked Newt to go to Paris to find Credence, mentioning the rumours that have been circling in pure-blood circles that he may be the long-lost last member of the Lestrange family, a rumour that Newt knew was connected to the brother of his childhood friend Leta Lestrange. Dumbledore gave Newt the address of a safe-house in Paris where he can go if he needs to hide for a time. Newt was reluctant to go because of the Ministry's travel ban, the breaking of which would lead him to imprisonment in Azkaban, but still accepted the address of a safe-house in France, ever ready to do the right thing if the need arose. When Newt back to his apartment, he found out that baby Nifflers run away from cage. He went downstairs to enlarged basement where he set up his creatures to help Bunty catch them and fed large kelpie in a large pool based on the appearance of a Scottish loch. When they heard the noise Newt ordered her to go home and he went upstairs. To his surprise he got a visit from Queenie Goldstein and Jacob Kowalski, whose memory has not been completely erased, because the venom of the Swooping Evil removes only bad memories. Queenie informed Newt, that Tina is heartbroken, because she read a wrong account in Spellbound of the upcoming marriage between Theseus and Leta, becoming convinced that Newt had patched up his relation with Leta and was ready to marry her, so she started seeing a fellow Auror named Achilles Tolliver. When Queenie announced that she and Jacob were engaged and planned to be married, Newt noticed Jacob's odd behaviour and realised he had been enchanted by her, using a powerful love charm. After a brief argument Queenie agreed, and Newt lifted the spell. In cause Jacob, fearing that she would be punished for marrying a no-Maj, refused to marry her, so Queenie, feeling betrayed, disapparated to find Tina. Newt fixed the postcard Queenie lost and discovered that Tina was in Paris looking for Credence. Those were the final straws weighing in his decision.

Visit to Paris
After preparation for the travel, Scamander, alongside with Kowalski, head to the one of the British hills, where giving fifty galleons to a Portkey tout they used a Portkey and illegally left England for France, hoping to patch up their relationships with Goldstein sisters. On one of the Paris streets Newt confunded the guard to allow himself and Jacob to sneak under the Magical Statue and move to the Place Cachee. Magizoologist casted Tracking Spell to locate Tina and the Summoning Charm on his magical suitcase to took out the Niffler, which looked for some traces. Using Revelio Charm Newt detected presence of japanese Kappa and chinese Zouwu which managed to escaped from Circus Arcanus. He also detected Tina with the mysterious man, with which she went to the unknown direction. When a Niffler found a feather from the man's hat, Newt took creature inside the suitcase, cursed the feather allowing himself and Jacob to track him. Following the feather brought them to the café. French wizard introduced to Newt and Jacob as Yusuf Kama. Newt questioned him about Tina, so Yusuf took them to the one of the Parisian sewers, where he incarcerated Tina. Kama did the same with Newt and Jacob and said to Newt that he will not release them until he hunt down Credence, then he fainted. Newt used Pickett to unlock the gate, after what they all heard Zouwu's roar. After getting out of the sewer they head to the Alexander III Bridge, where Newt, conjuring the toy, caught Zouwu into the suitcase. Newt seized Tina, Jacob and sick Yusuf and apparated them to Rue de Montmorency to the Nicolas Flamel's house, address which Dumbledore gave him. At the alchemist's home Newton used the tweezers to pulled out from Yusuf's eye the parasite who weakened the wizard. Scamander also deduced that traces on Kama's hands show that he made an Unbreakable Vow.

When Grindelwald began to calling his supporters, Newt came to the conclusion that he should go with Tina to the French Ministry of Magic to find out the box, which will tell them who really Credence was. To get there without being recognized, he used the polyjuice potion with Theseus's hair. When the potion ceased to work, they were covered by Theseus, who was actually in Paris in a delegation of aurors, including Leta and Travers, because of the rumors of Newt's potential trip to France. He chased them, but Tina stunned him to Newt's joy, who said it was the best day in his life. Later, Newt and Tina introduced themselves to Melusine, the Ministry of Magic employee, as Theseus and Leta. When they went to the Records Room to find the Lestrange family box, they were covered by Leta searching for the box too. They found out that the box was taken to the Lestrange Mausoleum, but Melusine knew Newt and Tina had lied about their identity and sent Matagots after them and Leta. Newt advised them not to fight the Matagots and they wouldn't hurt them, but Leta had sent a curse at them. When beasts attacked them, Newt put Leta and Tina in the suitcase and with the help of the Zouwu, he had earlier saved, the trio fled to the Pere Lachaise Cemetery.

They head to the Lestrange tomb and Leta found the Lestrange box which was taken, but they were not alone. They crossed paths with Jacob, Yusuf, Credence and Nagini. Leta stopped Yusuf, her half-brother, from killing Credence, who thought he was her half-brother. She finally confessed to inadvertently killing Corvus, proving he and Credence were not the same person and that she had no idea who Credence actually was. Newt told her that it was not her fault that Corvus died, which she told him that he never met a monster he couldn't love. When the door to Grindelwald's rally opened, Newt and others joined Queenie Goldstein and pure-bloods in the rally. He figured that was a trap. When Theseus and the other Aurors showed up, a fight began. Grindelwald created a circle of blue flame to divide followers from enemies, and Credence and Queenie crossed unharmed and disapparated. Newt unsuccesful tried to pull Credence away from flames. Dark wizard asked Newt did he think that Dumbledore will mourn after him and attacked him and Theseus. Leta convinced to stop him. He noticed Leta and spoke of her past, painting a story of how she would be going home if she joined him. Leta thought about joining him but then began duelling him instead in an effort to give Theseus, Newt, Tina, Jacob, Yusuf and Nagini time to get away. When Grindelwald knock her spell, she stunned Vinda Rosier holding skull hookah cause that blasted the skull to pieces. She looked at Theseus and Newt and said that she loved one of them, and then Grindelwald in fury killed her. Leta, sacrificing herself, was consumed by the flames of the circle, leaving Scamander brothers devastated. Newt was powerless to stop Grindelwald from delivering a rousing speech, and, threatening Paris with Fiendfyre, collect Credence and his followers to strike against Hogwarts (thus ridding himself of Albus Dumbledore) and the whole Wizardry and Muggle World. Fortunately, Nicolas Flamel has arrived and he instructed Newt, Theseus, Tina and Yusuf to form a ring around the Lestrange Mausoleum, plant their wands in the ground and use the counter-spell. The effect was the creation of a counter-spell so great that it forced the Fiendfyre back into the mausoleum where it ended its effects. Despite managing to reconcile with Tina, during the battle that took place between Newt and Grindelwald, Newt tragically lost his beloved Leta Lestrange, which finally compelled him to openly join the fight against the most dangerous Dark wizard of his age. After battle Newt found out how his Niffler had stolen the blood oath pendant protecting Grindelwald from Dumbledore's direct interference: he returned with Theseus, Tina, Yusuf, Jacob, Nagini and the other Aurors to Hogwarts to deliver to Dumbledore the vial of his blood pact with Grindelwald so he can destroy it, henceforth allowing him to finally participate in the war and defeat Grindelwald.

Later life
"Regarded as the world authority on magical creatures, Newt Scamander is the author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which has been an approved textbook at Hogwarts since its publication in 1927 and can be found in most wizarding households."

- Scamander's Chocolate Frog Card Scamander married Tina Goldstein, and together they had at least one child who produced at least one grandson named Rolf.

In 1947, Scamander was responsible for the inception of the Werewolf Register, and, in 1965, created the Ban on Experimental Breeding, which he considered his proudest moment. Scamander also worked extensively with the Dragon Research and Restraint Bureau, which led him on expeditions all over the world, allowing him to collect information for new editions of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

In 1979, he was awarded the Order of Merlin, Second Class, for services to Magizoology. He was also honoured with a Chocolate Frog Card named after him.

By the beginning of the 1990s, he was retired and living in Dorset with his wife and their three pet Kneazles, Hoppy, Milly, and Mauler, but was known to study Fire Slugs in the Brazilian rainforest. At some point during the 1993-1994 school year, he visited Hogwarts, possibly to discuss the printing of a version of Fantastic Beasts for Muggle audiences. Following his grandson's marriage to Luna Lovegood, Scamander became the great-grandfather of twin boys, Lorcan and Lysander.



At some point before 1992, Scamander authored A Children's Anthology of Monsters, for younger readers.

In 2017, Scamander denied the rumours that he was sent to New York by his former teacher Professor Dumbledore to spy on the government there and find out any new information about Grindelwald's whereabouts. Scamander said he thought it was absurd he would pose as a magizoologist to achieve that, but admitted it was a bad idea to take a suitcase of creatures to New York.

Also in 2017, Newt was writing a foreword to a new edition of his book, in which he confirmed the public belief that he was indeed the first wizard ever to capture Gellert Grindelwald during his travel to New York in 1926. He played an active part in defeating Grindelwald over the next two decades. Newt was prevented from sharing any information between then and now, but the declassified documents were now beginning to be released, and he would be free to talk about them when they were.

However, Newt added he would in fact become involved in the hunt for Grindelwald later, and that he played an actual part in that hunt over the next two decades.

Physical description
Newton Scamander was a tall, thin wizard with tousled brown hair and blue eyes. His usual attire included a blue coat, brown vest, white shirt, bow tie, dark brown trousers and brown boots. He also owned a Hufflepuff scarf that he occasionally wore.

During his travels in Paris, in 1927, he was shown with a grey woollen coat, and his usually unkempt looks became scruffier and more haggard, as his international travel ban and the attempts of the Minister for Magic to recruit him against Credence Barebone and Gellert Grindelwald were heavily weighing on him.

Personality and traits
"There are no strange creatures, only blinkered people."

- Newt Scamander Scamander was a dedicated individual who tirelessly researched new information for his book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, even when he was supposedly retired. Considered an authority in the field of Magizoology, his works were respected throughout the wizarding community. Newton was described as eccentric and felt more comfortable around creatures than he did around humans. He admitted that most people found him annoying. Newton was particularly shy around women he had feelings for, as he deeply struggled to openly admit his feelings for his future wife, Tina Goldstein. However, despite this, Newt understood that love must never be forced upon others and must instead be earned through effort, as shown by how he disapproved of Queenie's enchantment of Jacob and lifted it.

"If you'd ever taught him, you'd know that Newt is not a great follower of orders."

- Albus Dumbledore

When communicating with other people, Newt was often an extremely awkward man, uncompromising and eccentric in the opinions of his peers. He preferred the company of his magical beasts, whom he expressed terror at the thought of them coming to harm. Unlike his confident older brother who was respected by his superiors, whereas those in the Ministry (except for his brother and Leta Lestrange) didn't hold him in that high a regard. Newt was also uncomfortable with affection between himself and another human, struggling to come up with consolation for Tina Goldstein about his "engagement" to Leta, and not liking being hugged by his older brother.

Newt was not without a bitter side to himself, as after he had to take the blame for Leta, which resulted in his expulsion, Newt was left embittered and while still in love with Leta, he showed a brief moment of resentment when he uncontrollably lashed out at Queenie for reading his mind and learning his private secret. After learning Theseus and Leta were engaged, Newt's bitterness escalated and he coldly treated not only Leta but also his older brother, which he believed was justified due to how Leta broke his heart and he deemed their love to be an outright betrayal. However, despite this, Newt was nevertheless not unreasonable, as he was devastated when Leta died and comforted Theseus over it.

That being said, Newt was a deeply compassionate man, speaking reasonably with Credence Barebone despite him being in a volatile and dangerous Obscurus form, and embracing Theseus after a battle with Grindelwald lost them Leta Lestrange. This shows that Newton's capacity for empathy outweighs his social difficulties. Furthermore, Newt developed a strong and consistent friendship with the No-Maj Jacob Kowalski, whom he admitted to really like and to really appreciate for his qualities and his helpfulness during their adventures. This cements Newt's lack of typical prejudice against Muggles that was common among most wizards.

A man of principle, he was not the sort of man to discriminate against people based on their heritage or beliefs. He was also seen to be courteous with non-magical individuals like Mary Lou Barebone and Jacob Kowalski, the latter of which with whom he formed a close friendship. He expressed disgust at the idea of being one of Gellert Grindelwald's fanatics, going as far as to angrily told off the Dark Wizard, who was disguised as Percival Graves, and questioning him for even suggesting it, and did not remotely believe in wizard supremacy. He was also morally astute, expressing shock and discontent at morbidness and cruelty, such as the idea of using the Obscurus that killed a child for personal gain. Despite this Newt himself admitted that he showed poor judgement in his youth; he was also outspoken in his opinion of Aurors, despite Tina Goldstein herself being an Auror. Another example is when he brought his Thunderbird to the United States to set him free, let alone an entire suitcase full of magical creatures, given MACUSA's curse-to-kill policy at the time on such creatures.

Another possible explanation of his behaviour came from Albus Dumbledore himself, who was a staunch believer in the theory that Newt was actually acutely aware of the price of his actions, yet morally bound to do always the right thing, without any regard for safety, personal gain or even his own well being, with Dumbledore going as far as claiming that he admired Newt for not seeking power for himself. Dumbledore respected and admired Newt enough to speak out fervently against his expulsion from Hogwarts.

Magical abilities and skills
Newt's primary skill was his deep connection to multiple magical creatures and ability to track them down and tame them effectively. He was also a well versed writer and a tireless worker, making dozens of notes on every creature he finds. Newt also dealt with hazardous situations well, having faced some of the most dangerous beasts in the world as well as even surviving encounters with Gellert Grindelwald, the most powerful dark wizard of his time, and being known as the favourite student of Albus Dumbledore himself, proving to be a remarkably powerful and talented wizard. At one point, he was asked to be an Auror and was the first candidate to the task of hunting down the extremely powerful Obscurial Credence Barebone, which showed that Newt truly did indeed had superior magical ability, made further impressive by how he was seemingly not even a fully-educated wizard.
 * Care of Magical Creatures: Newt was interested in Magizoology from a young age and throughout the years, he gained an outstanding knowledge of a wide variety of creatures from all over the world. He was awarded a famous Wizard Card and an Order of Merlin for services to Magizoology. Newt was shown to have a particular way with animals in a manner most wizards do not. He possesses an innate ability to communicate and bond with beasts of all shapes, such as Thunderbirds and Bowtruckles — treating the latter much like a parent would a child. He is also capable of using beasts such as the Swooping Evil to aid him in combat, and can control it to a degree, despite it being a relatively dangerous beast.
 * Charms: Newt was highly accomplished in Charms, able to Summon an egg from across a room with a man still holding onto it, and repair the entire upper half of Jacob Kowalski's apartment in mere seconds. Newt also used the Revelio Charm to bypass Grindelwald's Human Transfiguration. He also performed an expansive Undetectable Extension Charm on the interior of his suitcase, creating enough space to hold many magical creatures in replicas of their native habitats. Newt was also highly proficient in the Shield Charm, to the point that his mastery of it could thwart spells cast by even Gellert Grindelwald himself, as shown by how he fended off Grindelwald's fierce lightning attacks and even later on his cursed blue fire both by himself and alongside Theseus, and his profiency with the General Counter-Spell also allowed him to aid Nicolas Flamel, Tina Goldstein, Yusuf Kama and Theseus in containing said blue fire. He also displayed a command of Atmospheric Charms, creating weather conditions such as hot deserts and frozen snowscapes for certain creatures. Furthermore, his skill with charms allowed him to create a magical bubble capable of containing and sustaining an Obscurus, even after the death of its host. He could also lift a powerful enchantment Queenie placed on Jacob so he would love her and was able to cast a tracing spell.
 * Defence Against the Dark Arts: As one would expect for being a favourite student of Albus Dumbledore himself, who was quite possibly the best master of DATDA and the greatest professor of the subject in Hogwarts's history, Newt was highly capable at defending himself from the Dark Arts. Even Torquil Travers seemed to, albeit reluctantly, acknowledge his abilities in the field, as he was willing to allow Newt to join the Auror department. Theseus also seemed sure Newt had the ability needed to be an excellent Auror. It should be noted that Newt had not even graduated, which could be a further testament to his mastery. In addition to being capable of surviving the years he spent involved in the hunt for Gellert Grindelwald, presumably having fought and defeated many of Grindelwald's followers, he was even capable of surviving at least two subsequent duels with the arguably greatest dark wizard of all time himself. In the first duel, he was able to, even if barely, successfully repel Grindelwald's lightning curses long enough for Credence to transform. During his second altercation with the fearsome Dark Wizard, Newt alone protected himself Grindelwald's tremendously powerful blue fire while many Aurors proved to be easily killed by it, although he was not able to bypass it and prevent Credence from joining Grindelwald, and later alongside Theseus fought the Dark Wizard's devastating spell off long enough to be saved by Leta as well as successfully fought off wild outbursts of it on his own when Grindelwald was not focusing the flames on him. He also was easily able to swiftly follow Nicolas Flamel's instructions on how to overcome said dark magic fire, combining the General Counter Spell with his brother, Yusuf, future wife and Nicolas and also aiding in summoning the orange purifying flame necessary to contain it.
 * Nonverbal magic: Newt was shown to be fully capable of using magic non-verbally, a testament to his actually considerable magical skills. He was able to summon an Occamy egg held in Jacob Kowalski's hand without saying the incantation, ending up sending Jacob flying towards him at great speed, turn a window opening into a jelly-like substance to trap his Niffler, use a mind-altering spell on muggles that saw his creatures break out of Jacob Kowalski's apartment, and also aid Yusuf, Nicolas, Theseus and Tina in containing the blue fire left by Grindelwald without speaking a word. He also proved quite capable of wordlessly using offensive and defensive magic spells, such as when he deflected Grindelwald's attacks and countered with his own as well as conjured a lasso of a gelatinous substance to restrain Grindelwald after distracting him with his Swooping Evil and later held off Grindelwald's blue fire alongside Theseus without speaking a word.
 * Apparition: Newt was able to successfully Apparate in many different situations, allowing him to avoid attacks from an Obscurus as well as Gellert Grindelwald.
 * Herbology: Newt was also proficient in looking after magical flora and was familiar with their properties, keeping several potted plants on a shelf in his shed in the magically expanded suitcase. After Jacob Kowalski suffered a "slightly more severe reaction" than Newt had known anyone else to have after he was was bitten by a Murtlap that escaped Newt's case, Newt used plants and the contents of various bottles to create a poultice, and successfully stopped the No-Maj's fever-like sweating.
 * Healing magic: Newt was quite adept and knowledgeable in Healing Magic, as he could easily recognise and identify the nature of and prepare medicinal remedies to cure the symptoms of creature-induced injuries, such as he did when he treated Jacob Kowalski's bite from a Murtlap and the subsequent symptoms. He also had various pills for the same purpose available and knew which ones had what effects upon consumption.
 * Transfiguration: Newt was fairly accomplished at Transfiguration, able to perform remarkably complex spells in the field, as he swiftly conjured a lasso of a gelatinous substance to trap Grindelwald after having distracted him with his Swooping Evil and succesfully cast the Revelio Charm to untransfigure Gellert Grindelwald.
 * Potions: Newt was also quite knowledgeable and accomplished in Potions, particularly those that used parts of magical creatures, writing down hints about it in his books and also successfully experimenting with novel potions such as uses for Swooping Evil venom. He was also capable of successfully brewing the complex Polyjuice Potion in order to disguise himself as his brother.
 * Duelling: Beguiling his peaceful disposition, Newt is a considerably capable duelist, adept at hexes and defensive spells. He seamlessly used the Full Body-Bind Curse on No-Maj Gilbert Bingley upon nearly being arrested. Later he was, with some good help from his Swooping Evil, able to evade capture by multiple trained MACUSA Aurors. He even managed to briefly stay in magical combat with the extraordinarily powerful Gellert Grindelwald himself when he was disguised as Percival Graves, avoiding an oncoming curse after being knocked down and firing a white offensive spell at him in return, although it was easily deflected, for a time repelling Grindelwald's attacks, before being swiftly knocked down by a particularly powerful shockwave of electricity but still able to hold off Grindelwald's attempts to torture him by blue lightning bolts, lasting long enough for Credence to distract Grindelwald and having not suffered any noteworthy injury, Newt managed to blind-side and subdue the aforementioned Dark Wizard from behind when he was preoccupied fighting against a small army of MACUSA Aurors. Even Torquil Travers seem to begrudgingly acknowledged Newt's duelling skills, as he asked Newt to be an Auror and alongside the other comitee members, was willing to give him the dangerous mission of slaying the extremely powerful Credence Barebone and Theseus seemed sure Newt was proficient enough to be a seasoned one and able to accomplish such a feat. He later on easily defeated a Ministry agent watching him and during Grindelwald's rally in Paris, Newt defeated many of Grindelwald's allies and was able to go up against Grindelwald for a time alongside Leta, Theseus and his future wife. He would also go on to participate in the Global Wizarding War hunting down Grindelwald and survived for years until it's end.
 * History of Magic: Newt also had knowledge of magical history, especially Magizoology. A whole chapter of was devoted to the definitions of beasts, beings, and spirits and how the definitions have evolved in past centuries.
 * Muggle Studies: Newt was considerably adept at the subject, as shown by his ability to flawlessly interact with Muggles of many countries while on his adventures. He had particular knowledge on the history of Muggles related to Beasts as well as how Muggles reacted to magical creatures and how beasts included in muggle fairy tales, like fairies, differed from real ones. He also knew about Muggles' awareness of Diricawl and that they believed that they hunted it to extinction. A whole chapter in his book was about Muggle awareness of beasts. He also claims to Jacob that the bodies of Muggles react differently to magic and gives him some armour when dealing with a Erumpent for protection.
 * Wandlore: Newt had some knowledge of the properties of wand cores, including Thunderbird tail feathers.

Possessions

 * Wand: Newt's wand was made of Ash, with an unknown length and core materials.
 * Suitcase: A magical suitcase enchanted with an Undetectable Extension Charm in which he held a number of beasts while he travelled. He could hide the contents from Muggles by flipping a switch on the case. In 1926, whilst visiting the United States of America, the beasts in Newt's suitcase escaped, whereupon he was accosted by Percival Graves, a powerful MACUSA Auror and right-hand man of the American wizarding community's leader, Seraphina Picquery. The suitcase contains its own world with many different habitats for each creature. It also contains a place for Newt. Tina takes the suitcase with Newt inside it to MACUSA headquarters where she tells them about the creatures that have escaped.
 * Passport: Newt possessed a muggle passport used during his worldwide travels.

Albus Dumbledore
"I can't move against Grindelwald. It has to be you."

- Albus to Newt during they meeting in London Newt's relationship with Albus Dumbledore was very close. During Newt's time at Hogwarts, Dumbledore was his Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor. When one of Leta Lestrange's experiments involving a magical beast went too far, endangering the life of another student. Newt did not want to see a friend thrown out of school, so he took the blame for Leta's actions, and was thus sentenced to be expelled from Hogwarts in her place. Albus developed unending trust and loyalty to him after he argued strongly against his expulsion. It is unclear whether the expulsion was enforced or not, or if it was temporary or permanent. However, Newt was allowed to keep his wand. After school Newt probably was in a regular contact with his teacher. Newt respected his mentor enough to do tasks for him. Dumbledore told him where to find one ill-bred Thunderbird and later sent his former student to New York to release this beast, whose natural environment was Arizona. At this time Newt helped capture Gellert Grindelwald, who was trying to convince Obscurial Credence Barebone to join his ranks. Newt was extremely loyal to Dumbledore, because when he appealed to his travel ban, he lied to the committee members that he had gone to the United States on his orders. When Grindelwald managed to escape, Albus felt that he would not be able to fight the dark wizard, so he asked Scamander for help. Dumbledore admired him, because he didn't care about power or popularity. He sent Newt to Paris to rescue Credence, who survived battle in New York, but Newt was reluctant, nevertheless he was willing to accept the address of a safe-house. The rumours of Newton's potential travel to France reached the British Ministry of Magic, and a delegation, including Newt's brother Theseus Scamander, Leta Lestrange and Torquil Travers, was sent to Hogwarts Castle to question Dumbledore. Albus only pretended that he did not know anything about it and said that Newt is not a great follower of orders. During the Battle in Lestrange family Mausoleum, vial of Dumbledore's and Grindelwald's blood pact was stolen from Grindelwald, however, without his knowledge by a Niffler belonging to Newt Scamander. Shortly thereafter Scamander brought it to Dumbledore at Hogwarts. Dumbledore expressed regret at Leta's death in mausoleum. Newt in turn did not ask Dumbledore why he would form a blood pact with Grindelwald but simply asked him to destroy it, showing respect for his privacy. Although it apparently took years, Dumbledore clearly managed to abolish the blood pact, allowing him to finally defeat Grindelwald in a legendary duel.

Theseus Scamander
"The time is coming when you're gonna have to pick a side."

- Theseus to Newt in the British Ministry of Magic Newt's confident, successful and worldly older brother was, in so many ways, the polar opposite to Newt himself, and the two of them have a very complex relationship. The relationship between the two of them as children is unknown, but the fact that they chose woefully different career paths is a hint that their differences went back as far as childhood. Newt resented Theseus for earning the love of his life, Leta Lestrange, but at the same time is not openly hostile towards him.

It is hinted that Newt has always held some resentment against Theseus, as when Tina Goldstein overpowers Theseus in Paris, Newt remarks that witnessing it may be the greatest moment of his life. Despite this, Theseus is extremely civil and even affectionate towards Newt, hugging him on several occasions, though Newt is fiercely uncomfortable with this. The two of them appear capable of putting aside their differences when push comes to shove, as the two of them fight side-by-side very effectively in Paris when battling against Grindelwald. The relationship seems to have improved somewhat since the battle, as Newt actually comforts Theseus after Leta's death (as Leta was someone they both cared immensely about) and reveals that he has finally chosen a side to fight on. Later, Theseus persuades the other Aurors to allow Newt and Dumbledore to speak alone.

Tina Goldstein
"What I’m trying to say is, I want you to be happy, but don’t be happy that I’m happy, because I’m not... happy."

- Newt to Tina in the Records Room in the French Ministry of Magic Tina, to say the least, was the love of Newt's life. The two got off to a bad start after she followed Newt around while he caused trouble in a bank, and she kept having to demand he take action since he clearly didn't want to. Eventually, in ignorance that the suitcase was accidentally swapped, she turned him in to MACUSA for the threat he was unintentionally posing to New York. When checking the suitcase Percival Graves saw confectionery instead of magical beasts, they left MACUSA building to find Newton's suitcase. When they did it, Tina offered Newt accommodation in her and her sister's apartment, but it didn't improve their relationship much, especially since Goldstein did it only because of the sick Jacob Kowalski, No-Maj bitten by one of the beasts which escaped from the suitcase, and also to be able to have Newt on eye. However, after they were arrested together and Newt saved her life, their relationship began to improve, because Porpentina began to understand why a man depends on magical beasts. Also, with time, Newt became more and more convinced of Tina, in which he could see that she was a good-hearted person, and her previous desire to report his misdeeds to the superiors might have resulted from ignorance and willingness to show because the woman wanted to return to the position of Auror. Quests as search for lost magical beasts, as well as cooperation while trying to defeat the Obscurus or capture of Gellert Grindelwald (under disguise of Percival Graves), approached a couple each other. After the capture of dark wizard, Newt said some kind words to Seraphina Picquery about Tina, which resulted in her being restored to work again as an Auror, for what Goldstein was grateful to him. At the time of his farewell, Newt said he was going to publish a book and Tina jealous asked him: "Does Leta Lestrange like to read?". Newton answered only that he doesn't really know what Leta likes these days because people change and that he maybe changed a little. Tina in tears promised to buy his book and expressed joy at the idea that Newt would come back to give it to her in person.

Due to the travel ban, Newt couldn't visit Tina in USA again and give her a book, so he had corresponded with her by letter, but a series of misteps on Newt's part, namely his characterisation of Aurors as "career-driven hypocrites", had soured the relationship. Their relationship got much colder when Tina read an article in Spellbound, which after launch party of Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them book falsely stated that Newt was engaged with Leta Lestrange. The belief that Newt had rekindled his relationship with Leta was too much, and Tina broke off contact with Newt, and started seeing a fellow Auror named Achilles Tolliver. When it turned out that Credence survived and Grindelwald escaped from the MACUSA's prison in order to find the Obscurial, Newt was ordered by Albus Dumbledore to go to Paris, where Credence actually was. Newt refused, but when he learned from Queenie that Tina was also there to find Credence, he went there without hesitation. Newt was determined to have Tina learn the truth, although she remained cold with him, insisting on calling him "Mr Scamander". Nevertheless, Newt eventually managed to subtly confess his feelings for her, awkwardly stating that she had "the eyes of a salamander". The two worked together once again when Grindelwald was summoning his followers.

Eventually, Newt and Tina married and had a child.

Jacob Kowalski
"Hey! Mr. English guy! I think your egg is hatching!"

- Jacob to Newt in the bank when Newt lost Occamy's eggshell The friendship between Newt and Jacob was the result of a pure luck encounter, as they both found themselves in the same bank, albeit for different reasons. Jacob was associated with Newt's quest for his lost creatures from the beginning, as he inadvertently took Newt's magical case full of creatures instead of his own, causing the escape of some magical beasts. Newt finally found Jacob, who had been bitten by a Murtlap, and agreed to remain with the No-Maj until he was healed. Over the dinner they had with Tina and Queenie Goldstein, Newt remarked how easy it was for Jacob to be appreciated by people, something Newt had trouble with since most people found him annoying. Newt and Jacob progressively bonded with each other, and once they successfully recaptured an Erumpent, Newt was told by Jacob to call him by his first name instead of "Mr Kowalski". In the aftermath of the arrest of Gellert Grindelwald in New York, while Jacob was on the verge of being obliviated, he asked Newt why he had kept him around for so long, to which Newt simply replied that he liked Jacob and considered him a friend.

Newt and Jacob reconnected months later, and Newt immediately sensed that something was wrong with Jacob, who was under the influence of a spell by Queenie. Newt demanded that Jacob was released from the spell in order to freely make his own choices. Newt and Jacob teamed up once again in the former's quest for Credence Barebone, the two of them mentioning how difficult their relationships with the women they loved (Tina and Queenie) could be. Jacob also gave Newt advice on how he should compliment Tina once they would have found her.

Queenie Goldstein
"People are easiest to read when they're hurting."

- Queenie to Newt in the Newt's suitcase. Queenie met Newt when he, along with Jacob Kowalski, was brought by her sister, Tina. The man at first a bit reluctantly accepted Queenie's hospitality, but he did not refuse her and put up at their home. Their relationship quickly warmed up and woman joined in helping to catch the beasts that escaped from his suitcase. Queenie helped to transport Newt, Tina and Jacob from MACUSA, and she volunteered to stop the obscurus threatening the city. When Queenie found out that magizoologist misses Leta Lestrange, she consoled him that she could only take, and he deserves someone better. Scamander couldn't fully open himself to Queenie, and the awareness of her magical reading skills in the mind drank him. Nevertheless, they had good relationships and could rely on each other.

Months later, Queenie with Jacob visited Newt in London. Newt was sad seeing that Tina didn't come with them and Queenie informed him that Tina was in Paris to seek for Credence Barebone. She stated that her sister is heartbroken and showed him a copy of Spellbound magazine which ran a mistaken cover story on Newt's supposed engagement to Leta Lestrange. Queenie stated that she doesn't talk with her sister and tell magizoologist that she and Jacob were engaged and planned to be married. Newt realised that No-Maj was under a powerful love charm. Newt started arguing with Queenie that if Jacob loves her, no spells are needed, so Newt lifted the spell. Jacob refused to marry her, in fear of Queenie would be punished for marriage with him. As a result of this, Queenie felt betrayed by Newt and Jacob, so she left London and headed to Paris to find Tina, leaving two men in quest to find both sisters in France. During Grindelwald's rally in Lestrange family Mausoleum, Queenie joined dark wizard's ranks, which saddened Newt.

Gellert Grindelwald
"What makes Albus Dumbledore so fond of you?"

- Grindelwald (As Percival Graves) to Newt during interrogation Being the reigning Dark Wizard of Newt's time, Newt had heard a lot about Grindelwald and was strongly disapproving of Grindelwald's views but did not support the Ministry's act against him. Unbeknownst to him at first, he would meet Grindelwald while he was disguised as Percival Graves in New York. Grindelwald, not impressed by Newt's love for creatures or his magical skills, questioned him on why Dumbledore would be fond of him despite his unique traits, having known of Dumbledore's strong argument on Newt's expulsion, although Newt did not know why himself. Grindelwald seemed to have wanted to continue to talk about Dumbledore and seemed unfazed, merely chuckling, when Newt angrily told Grindelwald he was not one of his fanatics, as he was not aware at the time he was actually meeting the Dark Wizard in the flesh. When Grindelwald slipped up by saying the hostless Obscurus was useless, Newt expressed disgust at what Graves could possibly use it for. It remains unknown what Grindelwald would have done to Newt had the conversation continued. Newt knew that he intended to use him and his friends (Tina, Jacob, and Queenie) as scapegoats for the Obscurus attacks. When Newt intervened in Grindelwald's plan to acquire Credence Barebone, Grindelwald dropped all pretence and ferociously attacked Newt, duelling and even torturing him with lightning spells in a rage. Newt managed to capture Grindelwald by use of Swooping Evil and revealed his true identity to MACUSA, but before being carried off Grindelwald turned to Newt and said mysteriously "Will we die, just a little?", possibly as a message for Dumbledore due to his knowing Newt's closeness to Dumbledore.

Newt did not initially want to oppose Grindelwald, as he did not take sides. Grindelwald encountered Newt once more in Paris, during which Grindelwald's only exchange was asking Newt whether Dumbledore would mourn for him. Newt, however, did survive the battle but Grindelwald's murder of Leta left Newt with a strong hatred for him and he chose to side against him during the Global Wizarding War at last.

Leta Lestrange
"Newt. You never met a monster you couldn’t love."

- Leta to Newt in Lestrange Family Mausoleum Due to both of them being outcasts and both of them loving magical creatures, Newt quickly befriended Leta and he fell in love with her, to the point that he took the blame when Leta's experiments endangered a student and was expelled. Although this left Newt bitter, he still loved Leta, still keeping a picture of her, but was clearly resentful of how Leta never tried to contact him again, to the point of briefly lashing out at Queenie for reading his mind. This bitterness escalated after learning Theseus was engaged to Leta, to the point he was openly cold and bitter to her and Theseus. However, her sacrifice devastated Newt, leaving him with guilt due to how badly he treated her, and he chose to fight Grindelwald to honour her.

Etymology

 * Newton is derived from the Old English place name meaning "new town" and was originally a surname. The most eminent historical figure with this surname is Sir Isaac Newton, who, while known largely for his contributions to the fields of mathematics and physics, also wrote many works on alchemy. Some of his writings suggest he was attempting to create a Philosopher's Stone, inspired by the real Nicolas Flamel.
 * Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) was a goddess in Greek mythology, the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She is the goddess of the moon, hunting, the wilderness, and the gift of taming wild animals. In myth, Artemis spends most of her time hunting, which she has in common with Newt, although he seeks wild animals for conservation rather than sport.
 * Fido is of Latin origin, meaning "I trust" or "faithful". The name Fido is most commonly associated with being a common name for pet dogs in many countries.
 * Scamander is very similar to the word salamander, which is a type of real-world amphibian. In the wizarding world, salamanders are small lizards which feed on flames. Newts are also a type of salamander.
 * Scamander (Σκάμανδρος) is a river god in Greek mythology. The Scamander River (now known as the Karamenderes) flows over where the Trojan War was fought, according to Homer's Iliad.

Behind the scenes

 * Newt is portrayed by Eddie Redmayne in the Fantastic Beasts film series.
 * A younger Newt is portrayed by Joshua Shea in 🇨🇬.
 * Newt Scamander is a playable character in the video game and appears as part of the  themed LEGO Dimensions Story set with Eddie Redmayne reprising his role as the character's voice.
 * In the Harry Potter films, a portrait of Scamander is present in the Headmaster's office, thus implying that he was a past Headmaster of Hogwarts and that he was dead at some point in the more ambiguous present day timeline of the films.
 * Interestingly, the portrait of Newt Scamander mentioned above bears the monogram of . Dürer's dates do not match those of Scamander the slightest. The portrait itself seems to have been based on a 17th-century portrait of Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, by.
 * In 2001, J. K. Rowling published a real version of for Comic Relief, a UK based charity event. The book was written from an in-universe perspective, and Scamander was credited as the "author" of the work. The title was updated in 2017 after the character appeared as the star character in the film named after it directly, the first in a series.
 * Newt was the first known Hufflepuff introduced in the series, although this information was not revealed until.
 * When PS undefined was originally translated into German, Newt's name was translated as "Lurch" Scamander. Lurch is a German word for amphibians, a family of animals the newt is also part of. When Fantastic Beasts was translated, his original first name was untranslated instead and Lurch was one of his middle names. This makes his full name in the German version "Newton Artemis Fido Lurch Scamander".
 * Similarly, in the French version of the Harry Potter books, he is named "Norbert Dragonneau" (Dragonneau meaning baby dragon), a possible foreshadowing to Norberta. In the translation of Fantastic Beasts, however, it is said that this is actually a pen name, and the book uses his original name the rest of the time. Even though it's a pen name, the name "Norbert Dragonneau" is used in the French and French Canadian versions of the first film of.
 * While never specifically confirmed to play Quidditch, when Mary Lou Barebone asks him if he is a "seeker of truth," he replies "I'm more of a chaser, really."
 * While using the swooping evil to catch Grindelwald in the film version, the screenplay for the films states that he uses his wand.
 * Originally the visual artists crafted expansive environments for all the creatures in Newt's case; however, J.K. Rowling informed that he wasn't that great of a wizard and they scaled them down to be backdrops creating a sufficient semblance of the creatures' natural habitats.
 * Strangely, despite Newt being shown to be a loyal ally of Dumbledore as well as having played several key roles against Grindelwald, there is no mention of Newt having participated in either the First or Second Wizarding Wars against Lord Voldemort. He does not appear in the photograph of the original Order of the Phoenix and is not mentioned by Alastor Moody when showing the photograph to Harry. There is a chance however that he merely wasn't present for that particular photo and that he never encountered Harry.
 * It's possible that Newt attended Dumbledore's funeral in The Half Blood Prince and was simply not named, as it is stated that Harry did not recognise the majority of wizards who attended.
 * When asked by a fan about why Dumbledore would send Newt to take down Grindelwald when experienced aurors couldn't do it J.K. Rowling said that she could write an essay but that it would give away the whole plot of the Fantastic BeasMurtlap_scar.png franchise.
 * When asked by the press if Newt will remain central to the franchise, David Heyman said yes and that Newt was the key to all this.
 * J.K. Rowling also confirmed Newt would remain the main character.
 * Newt has four distinctive scars on his left hand resembling a Murtlap bite. This would explain how Newt knew what a "bad reaction" entailed, since no wizards before Newt dared to go near a Murtlap.
 * Eddie Redmayne has stated that he thinks that Newt is autistic.

Appearances

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 * LEGO Fantastic Beasts
 * LEGO Brickheadz: Harry Potter
 * Inside the Magic: The Making of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
 * Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Character Guide
 * The Beasts: Cinematic Guide (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
 * Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Newt Scamander: Cinematic Guide
 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
 * Inside the Magic: The Making of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
 * Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Character Guide
 * The Beasts: Cinematic Guide (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
 * Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Newt Scamander: Cinematic Guide
 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
 * Inside the Magic: The Making of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
 * Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Character Guide
 * The Beasts: Cinematic Guide (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
 * Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Newt Scamander: Cinematic Guide
 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
 * J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life

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