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Esgaroth, or Lake-town, is a fictional community of Men upon the Long Lake that appears in the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien.Constructed entirely of wood and standing upon wooden pillars sunk into the lake-bed, the town is south of the Lonely Mountain and east of Mirkwood.
The Master of Lake-town, [T 15] a grasping politician who met his end starving in the wilderness with the wealth he plundered from his own people after the destruction of Lake-town. [T 2] He is not named explicitly but had the nickname "Moneybags". [T 13] Balin mentions his successor "the new Master" when he visits Bilbo. [T 2]
He was a government official of the town of Esgaroth and the Master of Lake-town's conniving servant. Betsy Butterbur, a relative of Barliman Butterbur from The Fellowship of the Ring, appears as a barmaid of The Prancing Pony in the prologue of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, portrayed by Peter Jackson's daughter Katie Jackson. [2]
It was Holm's final film before his death in 2020, as well as Lee's final live-action role, although he would be featured as a voice actor in several films released after he died in 2015. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies premiered in London on 1 December 2014, and was released on 11 December in New Zealand and on 17 December in the ...
Smaug attacks Laketown with fire, by night Well-protected dragon's lair se ðe on heaum hofe / hord beweotode, stanbeorh steapne; stig under læg, eldum uncuð. "the one who on high heath / hoard watched steep stone-barrow / the path up to it unknown to any." Secret passage to Smaug's lair and mound of treasure in stone palace under Mount ...
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Median home list price: $154,900 Danville, a relatively small town located in east central Illinois, is home to Lake Vermilion. The human-made lake is a popular fishing and boating destination.
He is the captain of a company of archers in Esgaroth (also known as Lake-town). His friends accused him of prophesying floods and poisoned fish, but they knew his worth and courage. He is described as tall and grim with black hair. [T 1] When Smaug attacks Lake-town, Bard is the last of the archers to stand his post, but the dragon is immune ...