The group has now left the trolls camp and is on to the Misty Mountains. They go through the forest and meet the elves of Rivendell and their leader Elrond. It is obvious that the dwarves don't like the trickster and childlike nature of the elves, but they are happy for the couple days of rest at Rivendell. Elrond, Gandalf, and Thorin figure out that the map has a secret message within it that can only be seen in the certain phase of the moon and season it was originally written in it. This just happens to be the same phase of the moon and season, hmm... they were very lucky.
Bilbo, the dwarves, and Gandalf move forward with their journey and reach the very bottom of the Misty Mountains. Then a terrible storms comes through and they look in search of shelter. Fili and Kili find a decent looking cave and they decided to wait out the storm in their. Unfortunately the cave is goblin territory, and then everyone is captured except for Gandalf. The goblins take them to their leader the Great Goblin. The goblins and dwarves don't have a good relationship and the Great Goblin strongly disliked Thorin and company. Before anything bad happened to Bilbo and the dwarves, Gandalf poofed in the cave and Thorin and Gandalf fought the goblins off and then they all ran for it. During the fight, the Great Goblin was killed, and this angered the goblins. The goblins caught up with them and Dori dropped Bilbo. Bilbo was left behind in the darkness.
Before Gandalf, Bilbo, and Thorin and Company escaped the goblins cave they were trapped in, the Great Goblin mentioned the swords they were carrying. Gandalf was carrying Glamdring the Foe-hammer and Thorin was carrying the Orcrist. The goblins just called these swords Beater and Biter. Hearing the different names for the swords made me think about their origins in the book. This made me appreciate the time Tolkien took to weave small outer stories, like the naming of these two swords, into his books.
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