Elrond discloses the map's indication of a secret door that will be visible only on Durin's Day. Gandalf leads them through a stone passage to Rivendell as the Wargs and Orcs above are slain by Elven riders. The group is then chased by Orcs on Wargs, with Radagast drawing them off with his Rhosgobel Rabbits-pulled sled. He tells them of a strange presence he encountered at Dol Guldur and how it is poisoning the forest. ![]() The group encounters Radagast the Brown, a Wizard who lives in the forest of Greenwood. Being Elven blades of the First Age, Gandalf says they glow when near Orcs or Goblins. Gandalf also finds an Elven short-sword, later to be known as Sting, which he gives to Bilbo. Thorin and Gandalf each take an Elf-wrought blade - Orcrist and Glamdring, respectively. They search the Trolls' cave and find treasure and Elven blades. The group is captured by 3 Mountain Trolls, Tom, Bert, and William, but Bilbo is able to stall the Trolls from eating them until dawn, when Gandalf saves the company by exposing the Trolls to sunlight, turning them into stone. Bilbo reluctantly joins the company on their journey to the Lonely Mountain, Thorin previously believing he would refuse. This makes Thorin develop an everlasting hatred of Elves.įollowing this, Bilbo is tricked by the Wizard Gandalf the Grey into hosting a party for Thorin and his band of Dwarves, which doubles as Bilbo's recruitment as the Dwarves' "burglar" to help them recover their treasure and their home from Smaug. Thrór's grandson, Thorin Oakenshield, sees King Thranduil and his Wood-elves on a nearby hillside and is dismayed to find them taking their leave rather than aiding his people. Drawn by the amount of gold that the Dwarves have amassed, Smaug destroyed the nearby town of Dale before driving the Dwarves out of Erebor. Bilbo writes about how, prior to his own actual involvement, the Dwarf Thrór was king of Erebor and brought an era of prosperity to his kin until the arrival of Smaug the Dragon. On his eleventy-first (111th) birthday, the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins decides to write down the full story of the adventure he took 60 years before for his nephew Frodo. A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities. ![]() Their journey will take them into the Wild through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers.Īlthough their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. ![]() It was followed by The Desolation of Smaug in 2013 and by The Battle of the Five Armies in 2014. It was released on 14 December 2012 in North America. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the first of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy based on J.R.R.
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