Newt becomes the wizard's captor and immediate opponent.
Newt captures Graves and unmasks him as Grindelwald, leading directly to Grindelwald's arrest.
An accidental partnership develops into effective cooperation.
Newt and Jacob accidentally swap suitcases, then work together to recover the escaped magical creatures and contain the resulting chaos.
Graves uses institutional power to oppose Newt's efforts.
Graves accuses Newt of conspiring with a dark wizard, sentences him to death, and later attacks him during the underground confrontation.
Newt is treated as a suspect by the magical law-enforcement system.
An Auror arrests Newt for violating magical law, and Newt is later sentenced alongside Jacob before escaping custody.
Picquery represents the authority that initially condemns Newt and later benefits from his intervention.
MACUSA officials sentence Newt to death, and Picquery later oversees the response to the destruction and the arrest of Graves.
Gnarlak provides information that advances Newt's recovery mission.
A tip from Gnarlak in a speakeasy leads Newt and the others to recapture the last two escaped creatures.
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