Gandalf
You're not making a very splendid figure as King Under The Mountain, are you, Thorin, son of Thrain!
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You have but one question to answer...how shall this day end?!
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Gandalf
You're a very fine person, Mr. Baggins. And I'm very fond of you. But you're only quite a little fellow...in a wide world after all.
Gandalf
Thranduil! This is madness!
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9 scenes Gandalf
[Radagast saved Gandalf from Dol Guldur and rides him back to his house]
I need that horse.
Radagast
What? Gandalf, where are you going?
Gandalf
To warn Erebor. They have no idea what is coming. I saw it with my own eyes. Rank upon rank of Moria orcs. Radagast, you must summon our friends, bird and beast. The battle for the Mountain is about to begin. [starts to leave]
Radagast
Wait! [Gandalf stops; Radagast gives his staff to Gandalf] Take this. If what you say is true, then you'll need it more than I.
Gandalf
Thank you. [leaves]
Radagast
A word of warning. It can be a bit dicky sometimes. You just have to twiddle with the top. I expect you'll manage.
Gandalf
[Gandalf is in a private meeting in a tent with Thranduil and Bard in Dale]
You must set aside your petty grievances with the Dwarves. War is coming. The cesspits of Dol Guldur have been emptied. You’re all in mortal danger.
Bard
What are you talking about?
Thranduil
I can see you know nothing of wizards. They are like winter thunder on a wild wind, rolling in from a distance breaking hard in alarm. But sometimes a storm is just a storm.
Gandalf
Not this time. Armies of Orcs are on the move. These are fighters, they have been bred for war. Our enemy has summoned his full strength.
Thranduil
Why show his hand now?
Gandalf
Because we forced him. We forced him when the company of Thorin Oakenshield set out to reclaim their homeland. The Dwarves were never meant to reach Erebor. Azog the Defiler was sent to kill them. His master seeks control of the Mountain, not just for the treasure within, but for where it lies, its strategic position. This is the gateway to reclaiming the lands of Angmar in the North. If that fell Kingdom should rise again, Rivendell, Lórien, the Shire, even Gondor itself will fall.
Thranduil
These Orc armies you speak of, Mithrandir, where are they?
Gandalf
[Thranduil refuses to heed Gandalf's warning about the approaching Orc armies]
Since when has my counsel counted for so little? What do you think I'm trying to do?
Thranduil
I think you're trying to save your Dwarfish friends. And I admire your loyalty to them, but it does not dissuade me from my cause. You started this, Mithrandir. You will forgive me if I finish it. [to the guard outside his tent] Are the archers in position?
Elvish warrior
Yes, my lord.
Thranduil
Give the order. If anything moves on that mountain, kill it. [the guard leaves. Gandalf looks on despairingly] The Dwarves are out of time.
Gandalf
[Inside a tent in Dale] [to Bard]
Bowman. [Bard turns around] Do you agree with this? Is gold so important to you? Would you buy it with the blood of dwarves?
Bard
It will not come to that. This is a fight they cannot win.
Bilbo
[enters the tent]
That won't stop them! You think the dwarves will surrender? They won't. They will fight to the death to defend their own.
Gandalf
[in surprise and relieved]
Bilbo Baggins!
Thranduil
[Bilbo smiles at Gandalf] [sees Bilbo; later sitting down]
If I am not mistaken, this is the Halfling who stole the keys to my dungeons from under the nose of my guards.
Bilbo
[pauses, then speaks just audibly]
Yish... [Yes...] Sorry about that. [approaches the table in the middle of the tent with a bundle] I came to give you this. [opens the bundle, revealing the Arkenstone]
Thranduil
[in awe]
The Heart of the Mountain! The King's Jewel.
Bard
And worth a king's ransom. [looks at Bilbo] How is this yours to give?
Bilbo
I took it as my fourteenth share of the treasure.
Bard
[Gandalf smiles at Bilbo]
Why would you do this? You owe us no loyalty.
Bilbo
I'm not doing it for you. [Thranduil and Bard look at him] I know that dwarves can be obstinate and pigheaded and difficult. And suspicious and secretive, with the worst manners you can possibly imagine; but they are also brave and kind...and loyal to a fault. I've grown very fond of them, and I would save them if I can. But Thorin values this stone above all else. In exchange for its return, I believe he will give you what you were owed. There will be no need for war.
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]
Gandalf
[to Thranduil]
My Lord, disperse this force to Ravenhill. The Dwarves are about to be overrun. Thorin must be warned.
Thranduil
By all means, warn him. I've spent enough Elvish blood in defense of this accursed land. No more! [walks off]
Gandalf
[desperate]
Thranduil?
Bilbo
I'll go.
Gandalf
Don't be ridiculous, you'll never make it.
Bilbo
Why not?
Gandalf
Because they will see you coming, and kill you!
Bilbo
No, they won't. They won't see me.
Gandalf
It's out of the question. I won't allow it.
Bilbo
I'm not asking you to allow it, Gandalf.
[Bilbo turns and leaves, he then puts on the One Ring and goes off to Ravenhill to warn Thorin]
Gandalf
[After the battle, Bilbo and Gandalf travel back from Erebor to the Shire]
Ahh, the borders of the Shire. It is here I must leave you.
Bilbo
That's a shame. I quite like having a wizard around. Seems they bring good luck.
Gandalf
You don't really suppose, do you, that all your adventures and escapes were managed by mere luck? Magic rings should not be used lightly, Bilbo. Don't take me for a fool, I know you found one...
Bilbo
[surprised]
No...
Gandalf
...in the goblin tunnels, and I've kept my eye on you ever since.
Bilbo
[smiles]
Well, thank goodness. [extends his hand] Farewell, Gandalf.
Gandalf
Farewell.
Bilbo
[Gandalf and Bilbo shake hands and part] [walks, but stops and turns back]
You, uh...you needn't worry about that ring, it fell out of my pocket during the battle. I lost it.
Gandalf
You're a very fine person, Mr. Baggins. And I'm very fond of you. But you're only quite a little fellow...in a wide world after all.
Old Bilbo
[Last lines; Old Bilbo is holding the Ring in his hand when he hears a knock at his door, Bilbo closes his hand on the Ring]
No, thank you! We don't want any more visitors, well-wishers, or distant relations!
Gandalf
[from outside]
And what about very old friends?
Old Bilbo
[Old Bilbo smiles, puts the Ring in his pocket, and runs to open the door; as the camera focuses on the map of the Lonely Mountain on a frame, the last lines are heard from The Fellowship of the Ring]
Gandalf?
Gandalf
Bilbo Baggins.
Old Bilbo
My dear Gandalf!
Gandalf
It’s good to see you. One hundred and eleven years old; who would believe it?
Old Bilbo
[Gandalf and Old Bilbo laugh]
Come on, come in! Welcome, welcome.
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