Monday, December 6, 2010

Chapters 16-19 of The Hobbit

The Lonely Mountain was under lock-down. No one was let in or out of it until Thorin changed his mind. Thorin didn't care about that at all. Instead, he became more obsessed with finding the Arkenstone of his father and made it a priority for everyone to find it. They searched for many days, but no one located it. This is because it was already found by Bilbo. Bilbo came up with the idea that he could make Thorin give up the treasure if he gave the Arkenstone to Bard and the Elven king. One night he snuck out and gave them the Arkenstone. While he was there he saw Gandalf (who finally joins the story again).

The next morning a messenger (Gandalf in disguise), Bard, the Elven king and many more came to see the dwarves and Bilbo. They offered Thorin the Arkenstone and Thorin realized who betrayed him. He got extremely mad and told Bilbo to leave with them. They said the would return tomorrow at the same time and give the Arkenstone and get the reward. Thorin had called the help of dwarves from Dain and they had arrived. Bard tried to reason with them, but they were only angry he had the Arkenstone. They decided to attack.

Then the battle begun, it was called the Battle of five armies. The men, elves, and dwarves were fighting, then out of nowhere came hundreds of Goblins. Goblins were enemies with everyone so the elves, dwarves, and men teamed up against the Goblins. But it wouldn't be enough to defeat them, they could only hold them off. Again, out of nowhere came the Lord of the Eagles and his followers to help the dwarves, elves, and men. With the help of the eagles, they were able to defeat the Goblins and send them running back to the Misty Mountains. During the battle many got hurt and many died. Thorin Oakenshield died along with Fili and Kili.

Bilbo left the battlefield with Gandalf, the Elven king and his subjects, Beorn, and two small chests. One contained gold and the other silver, it was his payment for the deeds he did to help everyone. Slowly people left their group. The Elven king and his subjects first, then Beorn, so all that was left was Bilbo, Gandalf, and a couple of ponies. As they rode home Bilbo remembered every part of their journey and talked about it with Gandalf.

When they finally reached Bilbo's house, he found all his things being auctioned off. Everyone thought he had died because he had been gone so long. He had to buy back most of his things, but he was just happy to be home. He lived a comfortable lifestyle with many beautiful things he bought with his gold and silver. The other Hobbits thought he was crazy, but he didn't really care. He was just happy to be back in his hobbit-hole. And that is how The Hobbit ends.

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