If you will listen to my counsel, you will not trust the master of the lakemen, but rather him that shot the dragon with his bow. Pictures and is the second installment in the threepart film series based on the novel the hobbit by j. Their captain was bard, grim voiced and grimfaced, whose friends had accused him of prophesying floods and. What page of the hobbit was the death of kili and fili. He actually died almost 150 years before the book begins. I was kind of yelling at the book like thats it because it felt like a giant anticlimax to me. The narrator suspends telling the story of bilbo and the dwarves at the. The hobbit, or there and back again is a childrens fantasy novel by english author j. Bard, guided by the secret of the smaugs weakness, shot a magic black arrow into the beasts chest. Bard the bowman died third age 2977, was a man of laketown, and later the restored king of dale. This shows courage because no one wanted to go to war and the only way to stop it was to help bard get something that thorin wanted more the treasure. How was bard so accurate with his shot that killed smaug.
I was not disappointed in the hobbit as a book, however. Dec 19, 2014 the tolkien nerds guide to the hobbit. Compared to the party, book bard the bowman is a little bleak, largely due to his powerful, generational link with smaug the big creature who is the only character that gets his name in a middleearth movie title. Which character eats honey and is known to be a skin changer. Since then, they have been very popular characters and. The desolation of smaug is a 20 epic fantasy adventure film directed by peter jackson and produced by wingnut films in collaboration with new line cinema and metrogoldwynmayer. This exerts shows how scared bilbo was when he entered the dragons layer. Now, more than 70 years after tolkien first published those words, the hobbit himself, bilbo baggins, is set to appear in a third movie inspired. This necessitated the creation of a hero, bard, who was revealed to be the descendant of girion. What ever happened to bard after the events of the hobbit. Tolkiens 1937 novel the hobbit, his treasure and the mountain he lives in being the goal of the quest. Bard informs them that he killed smaug and that lake town has been destroyed. This video explains what happened to bard after the hobbit. The desolation of smaug, balin persuades bard the bowman to take them safely to laketown in return for a huge amount of money double bard s usual barge fare, an event that did not occur in the book.
In other germanic names such as isembard, bard refers to beard. The men of laketown saw the flashes produced by smaugs destruction and at first thought it was the king under the mountain and his gold. Feb 07, 2012 smaugs death scene from the movie the hobbit 1977 i do not own this, its all part of the movie the hobbit. Throughout these events, bilbo, the main character changes. Thorin is the leader of the company of dwarves who aim to reclaim the lonely mountain from smaug the dragon. Get an answer for in the hobbit, what did thorin promise bard in exchange for the arkenstone. Smaugs death scene from the movie the hobbit 1977 i do not own this, its all part of the movie the hobbit. Bard, the only human hero in the hobbit, is grim, courageous, and honorable. Although bilbo is very brave, it took more to kill. Luke evans talks bard the bowman and bard the family man in. The hobbit cliffsnotes study guides book summaries, test. It is interesting that bard receives advice on this matter from a thrush. In the book, bard first appears when, as captain of a company of town archers, is urging the town master to order a fight to the last arrow, and was himself shooting arrows at the attacking dragon.
Thorin became enraged with bilbo for giving the arkenstone to bard. Screaming in fury and pain, smaug fell, crashing into the flaming ruins of laketown. Tauriel is a fictional character from peter jacksons feature film adaptation of j. Jan 04, 2017 three years later, after the rebuilding of the city, bard became the first king of restored dale as a wise and able ruler. We would see peace once more among dwarves and men and elves after the long desolation. The battle of the five armies the final chapter in peter jacksons trilogy strays furthest from the book, but there are still a few buried easter. Everyone thought that the first middle earth trilogy would have sufficed, but peter jackson was determined to make more movies and eventually did. Took down a dragon, an ogregiant, and protected his town as well as his family while fighting in an immense battle. Jan 22, 20 was there a specific page that the death was on. In the book, bard first appears when, as captain of a company of town archers. This might be answerable with a movie novelization if one exists, but the way in which you ask it makes it impossible otherwise. He is the son of thrain ii, grandson of thror, and becomes king of durins folk during their exile from erebor. This makes him a hero because he did not need to do this but he did not want to start a war. Bard also known as bard the bowman is an archer from esgaroth, and is one of the descendants of the lords of dale.
The desolation of smaug, bard confronts the dwarves upon finding them on the river bank. The next day, he is visited by dwarves who believe bilbo can be of use to them in their journey to the lonely mountain to reclaim their ancestral treasure. In the morning, bard returns with two messengers to entreat thorin to accept a peaceable agreement. Chapter 1 opens as the wizard gandalf visits the hobbit bilbo baggins and invites him to join in an adventure. In the 2003 video game release, smaug, voiced by james horan, appears as a nonplayer character, based closely on the book, whereas in the 2014 video game lego. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Bard in the hobbit, or, there and back again shmoop.
Bard in the hobbit refers to a member of the city guard who ends up killing smaug. Dain in the hobbit, or, there and back again shmoop. Goblins were first heard of in stories in the middle ages. Get an answer for in the hobbit, who is elrond and how does he help the company. Bard is a descendant of king girion of dale and appears in the hobbit, when smaug attacks laketown.
The story flashes back to the point two days before, when smaug smashed in the door of the mountain in a range. The first movie, an unexpected journey, contained bundles of nerdy references and was largely faithful to j. Then again, the hobbit doesnt quite fit into our expected and quite frankly, preconceived through hollywood notion of a modern narrative. May 21, 2017 this video explains what happened to bard after the hobbit. Powerful and fearsome, he invaded the dwarf kingdom of erebor 150 years prior to the events described in the. It was published on 21 september 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the carnegie medal and awarded a prize from the new york herald tribune for best juvenile fiction.
In the hobbit films, however, the character takes on a much greater role. The desolation of smaug, balin persuades bard the bowman to take them safely to laketown in return for a huge amount of money double bards usual barge fare, an event that did not occur in the book. Showing of the third and final installment of peter jacksons the hobbit trilogy opened this week. Tolkien created the character specifically to kill smaug, since none of the other protagonists of the story were able to fulfill this role.
Reader inserts by middleearth2asgard with 3,419 reads. As a lakeman, bard s name was in the language of dale, which is represented by old norse in the book. They have been depicted as michevious evil creatures who live in caves. They are by far the greatest characters in the movie, yet i dont have the heart to read the book since it is to long. The battle of the five armies, balin fights in and survives the battle, during which he helps to man a dwarven war. The events of the hobbit take place between 2941 to 2942 t. Bard is he, of the race of dale, of the line of girion. If book fans dont seem to remember azog the pale orc from the hobbit, theres a good reason for that. Saruman, in the lord of the rings, book ii, chapter 2, the council of elrond. Although the lakemen look to bard to save and lead their people, bard does not feel.
The hobbit and the lord of the rings take the chronology of tolkiens. The hobbit, or there and back again was anyone else. The hobbit, or there and back again question about thorin. Thorins cousin dain killed the orc at the battle of azanulbizar in the year 2799 t. Tolkiens keeping bard alive for the rest of the story significantly complicates it since, as the heir of girion, bard gives the.
What the conflict in chapter 17 in the book the hobbit. In the midst of the wreck, bard the bowman, heir to the throne of dale did his best to rally the defenders. Bard was descended from lord girion of dale, whose wife and child had escaped to. In contrast, evans character isnt quite so cheerful and isnt likely to sing in taverns with merry company. When the dwarf again refuses, bard reveals the arkenstone, the one part of the treasure that thorin values above all the rest.
A man of laketown and a descendant of the ancient lords of dale, bard manages to kill smaug, the dragon, after which he becomes king of dale. Just to give the orc a killing blow as well or some different reason. Thorin is crushed, and he turns to bilbo in rage when the hobbit reveals that he is the one who gave bard the treasure. Quiz what has bilbo gained during the journey so far. The character does not appear in the original book, but was created by peter jackson, philippa boyens and fran walsh as an expansion of material adapted from the book, and first appears in the second and third films in that trilogy, the hobbit. Just saw the entire hobbit trilogy and one question remained in my mind. Hes not part of the hobbit s emotional core at all.
Bards descent from the people of dalewho lived in peace with thorins ancestors in happier times, before smaugallows him to hear the words of the thrush that communicates bilbos message. Here are 30 awesome facts you never knew about the hobbit. Known as bard the bowman, he earned fame as a skilled archer, and was the honorable captain of the guard of esgaroth. The main character, bilbo, is a peaceloving hobbit who is hired by a group of refugee dwarves as. Dain in the hobbit, or, there and back again dain when thorin sends the ravens to inform him of his standoff with bard and the elvenking, dain marches with five hundred of his men to back up thorin. Bilbo declines, reluctant to leave the safety and comfort of his hobbithole. Hes the one who first realizes that smaug has come. Bard is a proud, grim man descended from girion, lord of dale. The hobbit, the portrayal departs more from the book. Dale was a wealthy city in the old days, before smaug came and destroyed it. He is the descendant of girion in particular, and is captain.
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