Thorin Oakenshield
[To his company]
I have no right to ask this of any of you...but will you follow me...one last time?
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I'm gonna kill that piece of filth!
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Thorin Oakenshield
[Roars]
TO RAVENHILL!
Thorin Oakenshield
[To Bilbo, last words before dying]
Farewell, Master Burglar. Go back to your books, and your armchair. Plant your trees, watch them grow. If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place.
Thorin Oakenshield
THROW HIM FROM THE RAMPART!
Thorin Oakenshield
No. It is not. We are sons of Durin. And Durin's Folk do not flee from a fight.
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8 scenes Thorin
[staring at the broken throne of Erebor, at the space where the Arkenstone should be]
It is here in these halls. I know it.
Dwalin
We have searched and searched.
Thorin
Not well enough.
Dwalin
Thorin, we all would see the stone returned.
Thorin
[seething]
And yet it's still not found!
Balin
Do you doubt the loyalty of anyone here? The Arkenstone is the birthright of our people.
Thorin
It is the King's Jewel...AM I NOT THE KING?! [short pause] Know this: If anyone should find it and withhold it from me...I will be avenged.
Thorin
[Bilbo sits in a secluded hallway, looking at something in his palm. Thorin enters, and rushes forward] [demanding]
What is that? In your hand!
Bilbo
I-It's nothing.
Thorin
Show me.
Bilbo
It- [opens his hand. It is an acorn on his palm] I picked it up in Beorn's garden.
Thorin
[his face softens, awed]
You've carried it all this way?
Bilbo
I'm going to plant it in my garden in Bag End.
Thorin
[smiling fondly]
It's a poor prize to take back to the Shire.
Bilbo
One day it'll grow, and every time I'll look at it I'll remember. The good, the bad...And how lucky I am that I made it home. [they smile at each other] Thorin, I-
Dwalin
[interrupting]
Thorin. Survivors from Laketown. They're streaming into Dale. There's hundreds of them.
Thorin
[his face falls]
Call everyone to the gate. [darkly] To the gate! Now!
Bard
[The people of Lake-town are on the brink of starvation. Bard sees an army of Elves. Thranduil walks through the army over to Bard]
My Lord Thranduil, we did not look to see you here.
Thranduil
I heard you needed aid.
[The Elves bring in carts of food, wine, and supplies, to which the people of Lake-town happily take] Bard You have saved us. I do not know how to thank you.
Thranduil
Your gratitude is misplaced. I did not come on your behalf. I came to reclaim something of mine. [at Erebor, Thorin picks up a necklace of white gems and recalls Thranduil's words to him] [voice over] There are gems in the Mountain that I too desire. White gems of pure starlight.
Thorin
[laughs]
The White gems of Lasgalen. I know an Elf-lord who will pay a pretty price for these. [throws the necklace down into the white gems]
Bard
[Back in Dale Thranduil's army of Elves starts marching off towards the Mountain]
Wait! Please, wait! You would go to war over a handful of gems?
Thranduil
The heirlooms of my people are not lightly forsaken.
Bard
We are allies in this. My people also have claim upon the riches in that Mountain. Let me speak with Thorin.
Thranduil
You would try to reason with a Dwarf.
Bard
To avoid war? Yes.
Bard
[Bard rides from Dale to the Lonely Mountain and sees the dwarves, who see Thranduil's Elf army in Dale, on top of the stone wall]
Hail Thorin, son of Thrain. We are glad to find you alive beyond hope.
Thorin
Why do you come to the gates of the King under the Mountain armed for war?
Bard
Why does the King under the Mountain fence himself in like a robber in his hole?
Thorin
Perhaps it is because I'm expecting to be robbed.
Bard
My Lord, we have not come to rob you, but to seek fair settlement. Will you not speak with me?
Thorin
[Thorin goes down the wall to speak to Bard, as a raven flies overhead into the mountains, and they speak between the wall separating them]
I'm listening.
Bard
On behalf of the people of Lake-town, I ask that you honor your pledge. A share of the treasure so that they might rebuild their lives.
Thorin
I will not treat with any man, while an armed host lies before my door.
Bard
That armed host will attack this mountain if we do not come to terms.
Thorin
And your threats do not sway me.
Bard
What of your conscience? Does it not tell you our cause is just? My people offered you help; and in return, you brought upon them only ruin and death.
Thorin
When did the men of Lake-town come to our aid but for the promise of rich reward?
Bard
A bargain was struck!
Thorin
"A bargain"? What choice did we have but to barter our birthright for blankets and food, to ransom our future in exchange for our freedom? You call that a fair trade? Tell me, Bard the dragon-slayer: why should I honor such terms?
Bard
Because you gave us your word. Does that mean nothing?
Thorin
[Thorin steps away from Bard's view behind the wall to think for a moment, looks at the company and Bilbo, and turns back to Bard]
Begone! Ere our arrows fly!
Bilbo
[Bard leaves in anger]
What are you doing?! You cannot go to war.
Thorin
This does not concern you.
Bilbo
Excuse me, but just in case you haven't noticed, there is an army of Elves out there! Not to mention several hundred angry fishermen. W-We are, in fact, outnumbered.
Thorin
[The dwarves turn to look at Bilbo]
Not for much longer.
Bilbo
Wh...? What does that mean?
Thorin
It means, Master Baggins, you should never underestimate Dwarves. We have reclaimed Erebor. Now, we defend it.
Thorin
[The men of Lake-town are preparing for battle; in Erebor the Dwarves prepare themselves as well, Bilbo wanders next to the armory] [calling down the hall, from the armory to Bilbo]
Master Baggins, come here. [Bilbo tentatively wanders over] You're going to need this. [Thorin holds up the mithril shirt - the same one Bilbo gave Frodo in Fellowship of the Ring] Put it on. [Bilbo takes off his coat, takes it, and slips it on over his shirt] This vest is made of silver steel. Mithril, it was called by my forebears. No blade can pierce it.
Bilbo
[laughing slightly at how he looks]
I look absurd! I'm not a warrior, I'm a Hobbit.
Thorin
It is a gift. A token of our friendship. [Bilbo offers a small smile. Thorin glances at the Dwarves in the armory, lowering his voice] True friends are hard to come by. [shoves Bilbo, none too kindly, further down the tunnel, out of earshot] I have been blind...but now I begin to see. I am betrayed!
Bilbo
[nervously]
Betrayed?
Thorin
The Arkenstone. [leans closer to Bilbo, lowering his voice even more] One of them has taken it. [both Bilbo and Thorin glance back towards the armory] One of them is false.
Bilbo
[carefully]
Thorin...the quest is fulfilled. You've won the mountain. Is that not enough?
Thorin
Betrayed by my own kin...
Bilbo
N-No, uh. You made a promise to the people of Laketown. I-Is this treasure truly worth more than your honor? Our honor, Thorin, I was also there. I gave my word.
Thorin
[smiles]
For that, I am grateful. It was nobly done. [smile fades] But the treasure in this mountain does not belong to the people of Laketown. [sounding more and more like Smaug] This gold is ours. And ours alone. On my life, I will not part with a single coin. Not one piece of it.
[Bilbo stares across at him in despair and maybe a little fear as the Dwarves march by, fully armed]
Thorin
[Thranduil and Bard with their armies arrive in Erebor; Thranduil and Bard ride to the gate when Thorin shoots an arrow in front of Thranduil]
I will put the next one between your eyes!
Thranduil
[The dwarves cheer when Thranduil's Elf army aim their arrows at them. All the Dwarves except for Thorin duck down, Thranduil indicates for his army to stand down]
We've come to tell you payment of your debt has been offered...and accepted.
Thorin
What payment? I gave you nothing. You have nothing!
Bard
[takes out the Arkenstone and shows them]
We have this.
Kili
[to Thorin, in pure shock]
They have the Arkenstone. [to Bard and Thranduil] Thieves! How came you by the heirloom of our house? That stone belongs to the King!
Bard
The King may have it, with our good will. [puts the Arkenstone away] But first, he must honor his word.
Thorin
[to the Company]
They are taking us for fools. It is a ruse. A filthy lie. [to Bard and Thranduil] The Arkenstone is in this mountain! It is a trick!
Bilbo
It...It's no trick. [Thorin is surprised] The stone is real. I gave it to them.
Thorin
[Thranduil and Bard look on in concern as Thorin discovers Bilbo's bargaining with them] [turns to Bilbo]
You?...
Bilbo
I took it as my fourteenth share.
Thorin
[accusingly]
You would steal from me?
Bilbo
[nervously smiles]
Steal from you? No, no. I may be a burglar but I'd like to think I'm an honest one. I'm willing to let it stand against my claim.
Thorin
"Against your claim"? Your claim. You have no claim over me, you miserable RAT! [throws his bow down to the concrete]
Bilbo
I was going to give it to you. Many times, I wanted to, but-
Thorin
But what, thief?
Bilbo
[firmly; angrily]
You are changed, Thorin. The Dwarf I met in Bag End would never have gone back on his word. Would never have doubted the loyalty of his kin.
Thorin
Do not speak to me of loyalty. [to the Dwarves] THROW HIM FROM THE RAMPART! [Bilbo widens his eyes in terror. The Dwarves stand still; none of them obey Thorin's order as Bard and Thranduil look on in disbelief and shock] DID YOU NOT HEAR ME?! [pulls Fili, who pulls back; Thorin turns back to Bilbo angrily] I will do it MYSELF! [grabs Bilbo and lifts him up, the other dwarves rush to stop him] CURSE YOU!
Fili
No!
Thorin
CURSED BE THE WIZARD THAT FORCED YOU ON THIS COMPANY!
Gandalf
[walks to the bottom of the wall, magically magnified voice]
IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY BURGLAR, [normal voice] then please, don't damage him. Return him to me. [Thorin stops at the sight of Gandalf] You're not making a very splendid figure as King under the Mountain, are you, Thorin, son of Thrain?
Thorin
[slowly puts Bilbo down]
NEVER AGAIN WILL I HAVE DEALINGS WITH WIZARDS...
Bofur
[to Bilbo, escaping down the wall]
Go.
Thorin
...OR SHIRE RATS.
Bard
[to Thorin]
Are we resolved? The return of the Arkenstone for what was promised?
Thorin
[looks to a nearby hill expectantly, not responding. Then paces]
Why should I buy back that which is rightfully mine?!
Thranduil
[Gandalf looks at him in disbelief] [to Bard]
Keep the stone. Sell it. Ecthelion of Gondor will give you a good price for it.
Thorin
[shouting furiously]
I WILL KILL YOU! UPON MY OATH, I WILL KILL YOU ALL!
Thranduil
Your oath means nothing. [pause] I've heard enough.
Gandalf
[The Elven Army readies to take fire]
Thorin, lay down your arms. Open these doors. This treasure will be your death.
Balin
Thorin, we cannot win this fight.
Bard
[The company and Gandalf look at Thorin, who still doesn't respond]
Give us your answer. Will you have peace or war?
Thorin
[after the raven from earlier arrives, signaling that Dwarves led by Dain are approaching]
I will have war.
Gandalf
[sees the army]
Ironfoot.
Bilbo
[referring to Dain]
Gandalf, who is that? He doesn't look very happy.
Gandalf
He is Dain, Lord of the Iron Hills. Thorin's cousin.
Bilbo
Are they alike?
Gandalf
[sighs]
I've always found Thorin the more reasonable of the two.
Dain
[Dain and his army from the Iron Hill have just arrived; Dain is riding a pig]
Good morning! How aaare we all? I have a wee proposition, if ye wouldn't mind givin' me a few moments of yer time. Would ye consider...JUST SODDING OFF?! All of you! Right now!
Bard
Stand fast!
Gandalf
[steps forward]
Come now, Lord Dain.
Dain
Gandalf the Grey. Tell this rabble to leave, or I'll water the ground with their blood!
Gandalf
There is no need for war between Dwarves, Men, and Elves. A legion of Orcs march on the Mountain. Stand your army down.
Dain
I will not stand down before any Elf. [looks at Thranduil] Not least this faithless woodland sprite. He wishes nothing but ill upon my people! If he chooses to stand between me and my kin, I'll split his pretty head open! See if he's still smirking then! [rides back to his army]
Gandalf
Dain! Wait!
Thranduil
[Dain ignores him; the Dwarves cheer, Gandalf looks on distressed]
Let them advance, see how far they'll get.
Dain
You think I give a dead dog for your threats, ya pointy-eared princess? [to his army] You hear that, lads? We're on! Let's give these bastards a good hammering!
Dwalin
[confronting Thorin over his obsession with the Arkenstone, trying to reason with him to help Dain]
Since when do we forsake our own people? Thorin, they are dying out there.
Thorin
There are halls beneath halls within the Mountain, places we can fortify. Shore up, make safe? Yes. Yes, that is it. We must move the gold further underground to safety.
Dwalin
Did you not hear me? Dain is surrounded. They're being slaughtered, Thorin.
Thorin
Many die in war, life is cheap. But a treasure such as this cannot be counted in lives lost. It is worth all the blood we can spend.
Dwalin
You sit here, in these vast halls, with a crown upon your head...and yet you are lesser now than you have ever been.
Thorin
Do not speak to me as if I were some lowly dwarf lord... [voice begins to break] as if I were still Thorin...Oakenshield... [draws his sword, enraged] I am your KING!
Dwalin
[voice breaking]
You were always my King. You used to know that once. But you cannot see what you have become.
Thorin
Go. Get out...before I kill you.
Dwalin
[Dwalin tearfully leaves. Later, Thorin wanders through the Gallery of Kings and recalls his conversations involving him] [voice over]
You sit here with a crown upon your head...and yet you are lesser now than you have ever been.
Thorin
[voice over]
A treasure such as this cannot be counted in lives lost.
Balin
[voice over]
A sickness lies upon that treasure horde.
Bard
[voice over]
The blind ambition of a Mountain King.
Thorin
[voice over]
AM I NOT THE KING?! This gold is ours and ours alone. Treasure hoard. [as Thorin walks over the hardened gold floor, he continues to recall] I will not part with a single coin.
Bard
[voice over]
He cannot see beyond his own desire!
Thorin
[voice over]
As if I were some lowly dwarf lord...Thorin Oakenshield.
Balin
[voice over]
A sickness which drove your grandfather mad.
Thorin
[voice over]
Oakenshield.
Dwalin
[voice over]
This is Thorin, son of Thrain, son of Thror!
Thorin
[voice over]
I am not my grandfather.
Gandalf
[Thorin begins to come to his senses] [voice over]
You are the heir to the throne of Durin.
Dwalin
[voice over]
They are dying out there.
Gandalf
[voice over]
Take back Erebor.
Dwalin
[voice over]
Dain is surrounded...is surrounded.
Gandalf
[voice over]
Take back your homeland.
Bilbo
[voice over]
You are changed, Thorin!
Thorin
[voice over]
I am not my grandfather.
Bilbo
[voice over]
Is this treasure truly worth more than your honor?
Thorin
[voice over]
I am not my grandfather.
Gandalf
[Thorin begins hallucinating as he sees Smaug swimming underneath him as well as himself sinking in the molten gold] [voice over]
This treasure will be your death!
Kili
[Thorin, horrified, sees himself sinking further into the gold; he suddenly comes to his senses and casts his crown aside. Meanwhile, the dwarves have grown impatient of not helping until they see Thorin coming towards them. Kili stands up from a piece of rubble with an angry scowl on his face] [lividly shouting at Thorin]
I will not hide behind a wall of stone while others fight our battles for us!! [Thorin continues walking toward the company, unaffected by the shouting] It is not in my blood, Thorin.
Thorin
[comes to a halt in front of Kili]
No, it is not. We are sons of Durin. And Durin's folk do not flee from a fight. [Kili's lips tremble as if he were about to cry. Thorin and Kili smile at each other, touch foreheads together and they walk over to the rest of the company] I have no right to ask this of any of you...but will you follow me...one last time?
[The dwarves raise their weapons, ready for battle]
Thorin
[Thorin has killed Azog and is mortally wounded; Bilbo regains consciousness and rushes to Thorin's aid] [relieved]
Bilbo!
Bilbo
Don't move, don't move. Lie still. [sees Thorin's wound] Oh!
Thorin
I'm glad you're here.
Bilbo
Shhhh...
Thorin
I wish to part from you in friendship.
Bilbo
No, you...you are not going anywhere, Thorin. You're going to live.
Thorin
I would take back my words and my deeds at the gate. You did what only a true friend would do. Forgive me. I was too blind to see it. I am so sorry...that I led you into such peril.
Bilbo
No, I'm-I'm glad to have shared in your perils, Thorin. Each and every one of them. It is far more than any Baggins deserves.
Thorin
[last words]
Farewell...master burglar. Go back to your books...and your armchair. Plant your trees, watch them grow. If more people...valued home...above gold, this world would be a merrier place. [moans]
Bilbo
No! No no no no no, Thorin. Don't you dare. [Thorin dies] Thorin... [quietly] Hold on. Hold on, please. The eagles, the eagles are here. [desperately] Thorin. The ea- [weeps]
