| “ | Let's say... deeply committed. | „ |
| ~ Vinda Rosier cryptically explaining her relationship with Gellert Grindelwald to Queenie. |
| “ | When we've won, they'll flee cities in the millions. They've had their time. | „ |
| ~ Vinda Rosier expressing her desire to exterminate all Muggles. |
Vinda Rosier is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Abernathy) of the 2018 film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and a major antagonist in its 2022 sequel The Secrets of Dumbledore.
She was portrayed by Poppy Corby-Tuech.
Appearance
Vinda was a Caucasian woman with green eyes, dark hair, and pale skin. She also wore eye shadow and purple lipstick. She dressed elegantly as a mark of her upper-class heritage, wearing a sweeping green dress and stereotypical-looking witch hat. While beautiful, that hardly veiled her cruel and murderous intentions.
Biography
Background
Much of Vinda's backstory is not known, except that she was born in France and into the Rosier-family, a famous pure-blood Rosier family. By the way she acted and dressed, it could be guessed that she came from a wealthy background as well, similar to other pure-blood families, such as the Malfoys, Lestranges and Blacks. She was most likely also a wizarding supremacist and had a dislike for non-magical people.
Joining Grindelwald
At some point before 1927, she joined the Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald and his Army, at some point becoming part of his inner circle of acolytes as well as his second-in-command and personal lieutenant.
Several months following his escape from MACUSA custody, Grindelwald, accompanied by Vinda and six of his other acolytes, travelled to Paris to find and enlist Credence Barebone. As he strode through the streets of Paris, Grindelwald was accompanied by Rosier and the two beheld Vinda's fellow acolytes kill the Muggle owners of a house, making it their hiding place, after which she gleefully spoke to Grindelwald about the world in which they would be able to freely kill every single non-magic person, but he told her that they would not kill every single one (that they wished only to bring freedom and the "beast of burden" would always be necessary).
While situated in the home used as headquarters, Vinda watched as Gellert Grindelwald used his skull-hookah to show them Credence Barebone's Obscurus, wordlessly listening in elation as her master explaining that Barebone was the "only known entity alive that could kill Albus Dumbledore", then crossing her arms with a smirk as Grindelwald confronted the doubtful Krall.
On Grindelwald's orders, she and fellow acolyte Abernathy, infiltrated the French Ministry of Magic in order to steal the Lestrange family box from the Records Room. While Abernathy transfigured himself into a harmless-looking elderly witch, Vinda remained standing by to aid Abernathy in smuggling the stolen item out.
After this she managed to locate the lonely and grieving Queenie Goldstein, who was distraught over the non-magical man she loved. Vinda managed to invite Queenie to the Muggle home they had invaded, offering the lonely American witch tea and company. Grindelwald joined the two witches, and explained to Queenie that she could help his and Vinda's cause to liberate wizardkind, which in return would allow to Queenie to love Jacob openly. The two were successful as Queenie would later join their cause.
That evening, Vinda was present in the planed rally, where many French pure-blood's appeared. She gave her master the skull hookah (a magical human skull that could be used to show visions of the future), which he used to show the upcoming Second World War. After several Aurors arrived, Grindelwald cast a conjured a circle of protective fire around himself that tested the loyalty of all present, which Vinda and most acolytes passed, save for the wizard Krall. She was then stunned by Leta Lestrange, before disapparating away.
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Trivia
- Vinda mirrors Bellatrix Lestrange, who ironically could possibly be her descendant on her mother's side.
- Since she shares the same surname as him it is possible that she is of some relation to the late Death Eater Evan Rosier.
