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<b>Gandalf tricks Bilbo into hosting a party for Thorin's band of dwarves, who sing of reclaiming the Lonely Mountain and its vast treasure from the Dragon Smaug. When the music ends Gandalf unveils a map showing a secret door into the Mountain and proposes that the dumbfounded Bilbo serve as the expedition's "burglar". The dwarves ridicule the idea, but Bilbo, indignant, joins despite himself. The group travels into the wild, where Gandalf saves the company from trolls and leads them to Rivendell. There Elrond reveals more secrets from the map. Passing over the Misty Mountains, they are caught by goblins and driven deep underground. Though Gandalf rescues them, Bilbo gets separated from the others as they flee the goblin tunnels. Groping along lost, he finds a ring and then encounters Gollum, who engages him in a game of riddles with deadly stakes. With the help of the ring (which confers invisibility), Bilbo escapes and rejoins the dwarves, raising his reputation. The goblins and Wargs give chase and the company are saved by eagles before resting in the house of the shape-shifter Beorn. The company enter the black forest of Mirkwood without Gandalf. There Bilbo first saves the dwarves from Giant Spiders and then from the dungeons of the Wood-elves. Nearing the Lonely Mountain, the travellers are welcomed by the human inhabitants of Lake-town, who hope the dwarves will fulfil prophecies of Smaug's demise. The expedition travels to the Mountain and finds the secret door; Bilbo scouts the dragon's lair, stealing a great cup and learning of a weakness in Smaug's armour. The enraged dragon, deducing that Lake-town aided the intruder, sets out to destroy the town. A noble thrush who overheard Bilbo's report of Smaug's vulnerability reports it to Bard the Bowman, who slays the Dragon. When the dwarves take possession of the mountain, Bilbo finds the prized Arkenstone gem and hides it. The Wood-elves and Lake-men besiege the Mountain and request compensation for their aid, reparations for Lake-town's destruction, and settlement of old claims on the treasure. Thorin refuses and, having summoned his kin from the north, reinforces his position. Bilbo tries to ransom the Arkenstone to head off a war, but Thorin is intransigent. He banishes Bilbo, and battle seems inevitable. Gandalf reappears to warn all of an approaching army of goblins and Wargs. The dwarves, men, and elves band together, but only with the timely arrival of the eagles and Beorn is the Battle of Five Armies won. Thorin, mortally wounded, lives long enough to part from Bilbo as a friend. The treasure is divided fairly, but, having no need or desire for it, Bilbo refuses most of his contracted share. Nevertheless, he returns home with enough to make himself a very wealthy hobbit.</b>

		For					Against
Opponent	Race	TV	SPP	Cas	Gold	Score	TV	SPP	Cas	Gold	Gate
NickNaks	Skaven	1000k	11	0/0/0	80k	2 - 0	1110k	7	0/0/0	20k	33k
Surrealistic Tree	High Elf	1110k	17	0/3/0	70k	2 - 0	1000k	5	0/0/0	70k	47k
Tremendous All Stars	Human	1140k	13	1/0/0	60k	2 - 0	1090k	9	0/2/0	60k	69k
Evil Killers United	Dwarf	1190k	11	0/0/0	40k	2 - 0	1000k	5	2/1/0	50k	58k
BC Cool Runnings	Human	1260k	13	0/2/0	90k	2 - 1	1200k	10	0/0/0	90k	78k
Arcadia Avengers	Wood Elf	1330k	14	4/0/0	50k	1 - 0	1190k	5	0/0/0	60k	42k
Ghede's Lwa	Dark Elf	1410k	8	0/0/0	50k	1 - 1	1420k	14	2/1/0	70k	62k
Cadaveri Allerta	Necromantic	1400k	17	3/0/0	40k	2 - 0	1330k	5	0/0/0	20k	45k
Abedules Infernales	Wood Elf	1480k	17	2/1/0	60k	2 - 0	1440k	6	0/0/0	70k	63k
Wolfgard Raiders	Norse	1540k	24	2/2/1	80k	3 - 0	1580k	8	0/1/0	50k	68k
Beyond the Sword	Dark Elf	1560k	15	1/1/0	40k	2 - 0	1570k	5	0/0/0	30k	67k
Malichant BBC	Orc	1630k	9	0/0/1	40k	1 - 1	1740k	8	0/0/0	70k	99k