The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Page #2

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The mark of Gundabad.

Gundabad?

An Orc stronghold...

...in the far North of the Misty Mountains.

You may tell my father...

...if there is no place for Tauriel,

there is no place for me.

Legolas.

It is your king's command.

I ride North. Will you come with me?

To where?

To Gundabad.

I come for Mithrandir...

...and I will leave with him.

If you try to stop me...

...I will destroy you.

Nine...

...for mortal Men doomed to die.

I am not alone.

Are you in need of assistance, my lady?

You should've stayed...

...dead.

Mithrandir...

...come back.

He is here.

Yes.

The darkness has returned.

Go on!

Gandalf!

Gandalf!

Climb on!

He is weak.

He cannot remain here.

It is draining his life.

Go!

Quickly!

Come with me, my lady.

Go!

You have no...

...power here...

...servant of Morgoth.

You...

...are nameless.

Faceless.

Formless.

Go back to the void...

...from whence you came!

The spirit of Sauron endured.

And has been banished.

He will flee into the East.

Gondor...

...should be warned.

They must set a watch

on the walls of Mordor.

No.

Look after the Lady Galadriel.

She has spent much of her power.

Her strength is failing.

Take her to Lothlrien.

My Lord Saruman.

He must be hunted down...

...and destroyed once and for all.

Without the Ring of Power...

...Sauron can never again

hold dominion over Middle-earth.

Go now.

Leave Sauron to me.

- I need that horse.

- What?

- Gandalf, where are you going?

- To warn Erebor.

They have no idea what is coming.

I saw them...

...with my own eyes,

rank upon rank of Moria Orcs.

You must summon our friends,

bird and beast.

The battle for the Mountain

is about to begin.

Wait.

Take this.

If what you say is true,

then you'll need it more than I.

Thank you.

A word of warning, eh?

It can be a bit dicky sometimes.

You just have to twiddle with the top.

I expect you'll manage.

It is here in these halls.

I know it.

We have searched and searched.

Not well enough.

Thorin, we all would see

the stone returned.

And yet, it is still not found!

Do you doubt the loyalty of anyone here?

The Arkenstone...

...is the birthright of our people.

It is The King's Jewel.

Am I not the king?

Know this:

If anyone should find it...

...and withhold it from me...

...I will be avenged.

Dragon-sickness.

I've seen it before.

That look.

The terrible need.

It is a fierce and jealous love, Bilbo.

It sent his grandfather mad.

Balin, if Thorin...

...had the Arkenstone...

...or if...

...it was found...

...would it help?

That stone crowns all.

It is the summit of this great wealth...

...bestowing power...

...upon he who bears it.

Would it stay his madness?

No, laddie.

I fear it would make him worse.

Perhaps it is best...

...it remains lost.

What is that?

In your hand.

It's nothing.

Show me.

It...

I picked it up in Beorn's garden.

You've carried it all this way?

I'm gonna plant it in my garden.

In Bag End.

It's a poor prize to

take back to the Shire.

One day, it'll grow.

And every time I look at it, I'll remember.

Remember everything that happened,

the good, the bad...

...and how lucky I am that I made it home.

Thorin, I...

Thorin.

Survivors from Lake-town...

...they're streaming into Dale.

There's hundreds of them.

Call everyone to the gate.

To the gate!

Now!

Come on.

- Keep moving.

- Sire!

Sire!

Up here!

Look, sire! The braziers are lit.

So...

...the Company of Thorin Oakenshield

survived.

Survived?

There's a bunch of Dwarves

with all that gold?

I shouldn't worry, Alfrid.

There's gold enough

in that Mountain for all.

Make camp here tonight!

Find what shelter you can.

Get some fires going.

- Come on, hurry along now.

- Alfrid.

You'll take...

...the night watch.

Up it goes!

That's it.

I want this fortress made safe by sunup.

This Mountain was hard-won.

I will not see it taken again.

The people of Lake-town have nothing.

They came to us in need.

They have lost everything.

Do not tell me what they have lost.

I know well enough their hardship.

Those who have lived through dragon fire...

...should rejoice.

They have much...

...to be grateful for.

More stone.

Bring more stone to the gate!

That's it.

- These children are starving.

- We need food.

- We won't last three days.

- Bard...

- ...we don't have enough.

- Do what you can, Percy.

It'll be all right. Don't worry.

We need more water.

The children, the wounded

and the women come first.

Here you are.

Good morning, Alfrid.

What news from the night watch?

All quiet, sire. Not much to report.

Nothing gets past me.

Except an army of Elves, it would seem.

My Lord Thranduil, we did not look...

- ...to see you here.

- I heard you needed aid.

Here you go.

Pass it back.

Another one.

You have saved us.

I do not know how to thank you.

Your gratitude is misplaced.

I did not come on your behalf.

I came to reclaim something of mine.

There are gems in the Mountain

that I, too, desire.

White gems of pure starlight.

The White Gems of Lasgalen.

I know an Elf Lord who will pay

a pretty price for these.

Wait! Please wait!

You would go to war

over a handful of gems?

The heirlooms of my people

are not lightly forsaken.

We are allies in this.

My people...

...also have a claim

upon the riches in that Mountain.

Let me...

...speak with Thorin.

You would try to reason with the Dwarf?

To avoid war?

Yes.

Not a bad night's work.

Come on.

Hail, Thorin, son of Thrain.

We are glad to find you alive beyond hope.

Why do you come to the gates...

...of the King under the Mountain

armed for war?

Why does the King under the Mountain

fence himself in...

...like a robber in his hold?

Perhaps it is because

I am expecting to be robbed.

My lord...

...we have not come to rob you...

...but to seek fair settlement.

Will you not speak with me?

I am listening.

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.

I will not treat with any man...

...while an armed host lies before my door.

That armed host will attack this Mountain

if we do not come to terms.

And your threats do not sway me.

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.

When did Lake-town come to our aid

but for the promise of rich reward?

A bargain was struck!

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?

Because you gave us your word.

Does that mean nothing?

Be gone!

Ere our arrows...

...fly!

What are you doing?

You cannot go to war.

- This does not concern you.

- Excuse me...

...but in case you haven't noticed,

there is an army of Elves out there.

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