Retrospective - Peter Jackson

theBattle of the Five
Armies
Erebor, 2014
Bilbo and the Dwarves watch
from the Lonely Mountain as the
dragon Smaug sets Laketown
ablaze. Bard breaks out of prison,
and eventually kills Smaug
with the black arrow brought to
him by his son Bain. Smaug‘s
falling body crushes the fleeing
Master of Laketown and his cronies,
who were escaping on a
boat laden with the town‘s gold.
Bard becomes the new leader
of the people of Laketown, with
the Master‘s conniving servant,
Alfrid, acting as Bard‘s reluctant
servant, as they seek refuge in
the ruins of Dale, while Legolas
travels to investigate Mount
Gundabad with Tauriel. Thorin,
now struck with „dragon sickness“
over the vast treasure in
the mountain, searches obsessively
for the Arkenstone, which
Bilbo had previously found but
kept hidden.
Upon hearing that Laketown
survivors have fled to Dale, he
orders the entrance of the Lo-
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