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Bilbo and the Dwarves watch
from the Lonely Mountain as the dragon Smaug sets Laketown ablaze. Bard
breaks out of prison and kills Smaug with the black arrow. Smaug's falling
body crushes the Master of Laketown and his cronies, who were escaping on
a boat with the town's gold. Bard becomes the new leader of Laketown and
guides its people to seek refuge in the ruins of Dale. Thorin, now
possessing the vast treasure in the mountain, searches obsessively for the
Arkenstone, which Bilbo had previously found but kept hidden. Upon hearing
that Laketown survivors have fled to Dale, he orders the entrance of the
Lonely Mountain sealed off.
Meanwhile, Galadriel, Elrond, and Saruman arrive at Dol Guldur and free
Gandalf, sending him to safety with Radagast. They battle and defeat the
Nazgûl and then face a formless Sauron himself. Galadriel defeats him in a
duel of wills and banishes him and his forces to the East. Azog, marching
on Erebor with his vast Orc army, sends his son Bolg to Mount Gundabad to
summon their second army. Legolas and Tauriel witness the march of Bolg's
army, bolstered by Orc berserkers and giant bats.
Thranduil and an Elf army arrive in Dale to reclaim a treasure once
withheld from them by the Dwarf king Thrór. Bard asks Thorin for the share
of gold previously promised to the people of Laketown, but Thorin refuses.
Gandalf arrives at Dale to warn Bard and Thranduil of Azog, but Thranduil
dismisses him. Bilbo sneaks the Arkenstone out of Erebor and gives it to
Thranduil and Bard so that they can trade it for the promised treasures
and prevent a war. Thorin angrily refuses the proposal, while Bilbo chides
him for letting greed cloud his judgement. Thorin nearly kills Bilbo but
is stopped by Gandalf. Thorin's cousin Dáin arrives with his Dwarf army,
and a battle of Dwarves against Elves and Men almost ensues, until Azog's
army arrives. The forces of Dáin, Thranduil and Bard, along with Gandalf
and Bilbo, immediately band together against the Orcs. A second front is
opened when the Orcs attack Dale, forcing Bard to withdraw his forces to
defend the city.
Inside Erebor, Thorin suffers traumatic hallucinations of being swallowed
up by gold before regaining his sanity and leading his company to join the
battle. He rides with Dwalin, Fíli, and Kíli to kill Azog. Meanwhile,
Tauriel and Legolas arrive to warn the Dwarves of Bolg's arrival, and
Bilbo volunteers to relay the news to Thorin, using his magic ring to move
through the combat unseen. Azog kills Fíli as Bilbo and the other Dwarves
are forced to watch. Bolg overpowers Tauriel and then kills Kíli, who had
come to her aid. Legolas battles Bolg and eventually kills him. The Great
Eagles arrive with Radagast and Beorn, and the Orcs are finally defeated.
In the climax, Thorin engages Azog in a duel and kills him, but is fatally
wounded in the process. Bilbo makes peace with the dying Thorin, while
Tauriel mourns Kili. Thranduil advises Legolas to seek out a Dunedain
ranger in the north who goes by the name Strider. Thorin is buried with
the Arkenstone along with Kili and Fili, and Dáin is crowned king.
Thorin's company settles back into Erebor, and Dale begins to rebuild with
Bard as the leader. Bilbo bids farewell to the company's remaining members
and journeys home to the Shire with Gandalf. As the two part ways on the
outskirts of the Shire, Gandalf admits his knowledge of Bilbo's ring and
warns him of it, although Bilbo assures him that he had lost the ring.
Bilbo returns to Bag End to find his belongings being auctioned off
because he was presumed dead. He stops the sale and starts tidying up his
home, revealing he still possesses the ring. Sixty years later, Bilbo
receives a visit from Gandalf on his 111th birthday. |
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