After Credence joined Grindlewald, she decided to help the other heroes defeat Grindlewald.įinally, her blood curse turned her into a snake. She helped him learn who he was and accompanied him to Grindlewald's meeting where he revealed his plans. In 1927, she was a featured attraction in a wizard circus owned by Skender, where she became friends with Credence Barebone. Originally, Nagini was a human Maledictus woman capable of transforming herself into a snake. Not much was known about Nagini's early life or when she was acquired by Voldemort. The prequel movie, Fantasic Beasts and the Crimes of Grindelwald revealed that Nagini herself was originally born as a human before became a snake-like creature she is now as result of blood curse. She was rather cunning and deceptive, and seemed to have understood how humans behaved. She was also shown to be very intelligent and was able to understand the concept of strategies and plans, as seen when she set up a trap for Harry (which may have been due to her possessing a portion of Voldemort's soul) by disguising as Bathilda. While she remained aloof, if not malevolent, to most others, she obeyed Voldemort completely, and seemed to enjoy being close to him, as she often slithered up to his shoulders to receive his affection. Though it is unknown if she became evil as a result of that, or was turned evil as a result of Voldemort turning her into a Horcrux.Īs a snake, Nagini was completely loyal to Lord Voldemort. Nonetheless, despite her initially benevolent nature, Nagini's blood curse eventually turned her into a snake permanetly. By the end of Crimes of Grindelwald, Nagini along with Newt Scamander, Tina, Jacob, Yusuf, Theseus, and Dumbledore all became committed to defeating the Dark Wizard. She was very kind and caring towards Credence Barebone and did not want to see him join Grindelwald. As a human, Nagini was the opposite of the monster that she became known as.