J.K. Rowling recently gave more insight into one of the most controversial characters in the Wizarding World: Nagini, who was known only as Voldemort's snake in "Harry Potter," but appears as a woman in the prequel series, "Fantastic Beasts."
In short, no one knows exactly how Nagini ends up as Voldemort's closest ally. Evidently, something happened between the time of her joining Newt and the events of Harry Potter that pushed her to the dark side. She might even have met Voldemort while still human, and he was Tom Riddle.
Because Nagini also happens to be the name of another iconic “Harry Potter” character — Lord Voldemort's magical, extremely murderous pet snake. Well, just in case there was any doubt, “Harry Potter” creator JK Rowling confirmed the two characters are one and the same.
After the release of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Wizarding World enthusiasts have been left wondering why Nagini isn't in the movie and how she might come back. Nagini is unique in that she's one of the few characters from the Fantastic Beasts franchise also to be featured in the Harry Potter movies.
Nagini didn't appear in Fantastic Beasts 3 - most likely because of Claudia Kim's pregnancy amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, but this also makes sense in-universe, as she couldn't have come close to Grindelwald without putting herself in grave danger.
Nonetheless, despite her initially benevolent nature, Nagini's blood curse eventually turned her into a snake permanently. 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. As a snake, Nagini was completely loyal to Lord Voldemort.
Dumbledore does not use any language to make one think that Nagini is anything more than a snake. But this could be despite his knowledge of Nagini's past because he has to factor his grand plans into everything he tells (or doesn't tell) Harry.
When Harry and Hermione are on the first floor of Bathilda's house, Nagini (inside the corpse of Bathilda) tells Harry to "Come!" from the next room in Parseltongue. In reaction, Hermione jumps and clutches Harry's arm, and the two of them obey the command.
It wasn't just inanimate objects that could become Horcruxes. Lord Voldemort's beloved snake companion, Nagini, was also transformed into one, and Dumbledore seemed to know it, ominously predicting that a day would come where Voldemort would 'fear for his snake'.
J.K. Rowling recently gave more insight into one of the most controversial characters in the Wizarding World: Nagini, who was known only as Voldemort's snake in "Harry Potter," but appears as a woman in the prequel series, "Fantastic Beasts."
Voldemort had a special relationship with Nagini, as she was his pet and one of his Horcruxes. According to Dumbledore, Voldemort had strong feelings for Nagini that he had not for anyone else; she was the one living thing that he had ever cared about.
Lord Voldemort and Nagini had a special relationship
As a Parselmouth, (i.e. able to talk to snakes) Voldemort could communicate with her, and the pair often sent each other messages, even suggesting a telepathic connection at times.
In 1994, Death Eater Peter Pettigrew milked the venom from Nagini's fangs and used it, along with unicorn blood, to concoct a dark potion, which allowed Lord Voldemort's shattered soul to regain a rudimentary, but physical form.
“Yes, it's rather funny, really, that next to no-one realised the snake that Harry set free in Philosopher's Stone turned out to be Voldemort's final Horcrux, Nagini.” — J.K. Rowling. However, both the zoo snake and Nagini were played by pythons in the movies.
The wand will not perform its best for Voldemort until Snape is dead. So saying, Voldemort waves his pet snake, Nagini, in her nest of protective spells, into Snape.
Voldemort possesses Nagini because she's immortal.
If he had possessed a Maledictus, a person of magical descent cursed to permanently become a beast, he would have more power. This would explain how Nagini came to be the perfect horcrux.
But when Ron and Hermione are about to die by Nagini, Ron casts the killing curse as a last resort and it simply rebounds off Nagini as it was nothing.
She was dieting and didn't want greasy food.
Deathly HallowsEdit
Nagini, Voldemort's snake, then eats Professor Burbage's dead body. A story about her "resignation" from Hogwarts appears in the Prophet, but members of the Order of the Phoenix discount it, as they are unable to locate her anywhere after that.
Voldemort orders Nagini to kill Snape, and the great snake bites Snape's neck, mortally wounding him.
Therefore, when Voldemort used the killing curse against Harry in Deathly Hallows - Part 1, he was actually killing part of his own soul, and Harry was able to survive. And after Neville killed Nagini, all Horcruxes were destroyed.
After Voldemort was gone, Nagini decided to follow her dreams. She went to Brazil to join other snakes in the Amazon rain forest. While there, her adventures with Voldemort inspired her to write a song in Parseltongue called "I Thought You Were Pretty Cool But Then You Couldn't Even Defeat a Baby.
Hazel Douglas (2 November 1923 – 8 September 2016) was an English actress. She portrayed Nagini (disguised as Bathilda Bagshot) in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.
In Harry Potter, Harry and Hermione fall into Voldemort's trap with Nagini disguised as Bathilda Bagshot.
Once Voldemort became aware of the nature of Harry's quest to find and destroy the horcuxes he stopped using Nagini as a spy and infiltrator, trusting in his own “superior skills” to protect her from harm. Remember that the connection between Harry and Voldemort worked both ways.