Journal #15

Bilbo wakes up to a calm battlefield, for his side had won. With the help of the Eagles, and Beron in his ferocious bear form, they were able to emerge victorious. A man was looking for Bilbo, but could not find him until Bilbo takes off the ring to become visible again. When Bilbo comes back he has to deal with the deaths of 3 dwarves, one being Thorin. The other two were named Fili and Kili. The reader then learns that Gandalf was fighting with other wizards against an evil necromancer. Bilbo takes a long journey home, making sure to go around Mirkwood this time. When he gets home, they judged him differently because hobbits do not go on adventures like that. They even thought that Bilbo was dead. Bilbo is happy to finally be home, safe and sound.

Journal #14

The one treasure that Throin wants, is the gem that Bilbo took, but he does not know that Bilbo has it. Bilbo sneaks out and gives the gem to the Elves and people of Esgaroth to use against Throin, Bilbo was trying to prevent a war from happening. At about this time in the book, Gandalf comes back from wherever he went. Throin accepts the deal to trade some of the treasure for that gem. When Throin finds out that it was Bilbo's fault he had to give up some treasure, he gets very angry, but Gandalf helps Bilbo out with this one. Throin's relatives have an army marching toward the treasure and try to take the gem back for him over a fight, but all of the sudden, a huge army of goblins and wargs comes along. All of the groups fight together against the goblins and wargs, and seem to be slowly loosing to the wargs. Soon Bilbo is knocked out again, this time by a rock.

Battle of the Five Armies

Journal #13

The town of Esgaroth is still sad because of what happened, but they begin to see the good side. They realize that the treasure is all unguarded, for they thought that Smaug had killed the dwarves. They realize that they can just use some of the treasures wealth to rebuild what was destroyed. Hearing of Smaugs death, an army of elves comes by to help out Esgaroth. When this army, along with the men of Esgaroth, make it to Lonely Mountain, they see that the dwarves are alive and guarding the treasure. Throin claims this is rightfully his and refuses to share, standing by this decision. Bilbo would not mind sharing some of the treasure but he has to side with the dwarves.

Journal #12

It turns out, that Smaug had traveled to to Esgaroth. The men see him in the distance and prepare themselves to shoot him with arrows. Smaug passes by and lights everything on fire and there is only one archer left, Bard. He is unsure what to do because everyone's arrows have just been bouncing of Smaugs hard skin. A bird comes and lands on his shoulder and tells him of the weak spot, the same weak spot that Bilbo had found about. Bard takes a perfect shot on the weak spot and kills the dragon. When Smaug comes falling out of the air, Bard jumps into the lake because Smaug destroys most of the town by crashing into it. The town is happy that Smaug is dead but they are also very sad that they have lost their homes and some of their loved ones.

Journal #11

In this part of the book they are all finally inside of the Lonely Mountain. They all hide in the secret entrance and debate on who goes in to check things out. They decide to send in Bilbo because he is the burglar. Bilbo goes in with his ring to make him invisible, and steals a small piece of treasure while Smaug is sleeping. When Smaug wakes up, he notices this small piece is gone and gives a roar, which causes an avalanche to trap them inside. Smaug then flies around to find out who stole his piece of treasure. When Smaug comes back and lays down, Bilbo goes back inside. Bilbo is invisible but Smaug still knows he is there. The two talk for a very confusing period of time, because it was hard to follow all the riddles that Bilbo said. Bilbo eventually learns of a soft spot on Smaug. Bilbo barley escapes from Smaugs fire breath. Smaug becomes enraged and thinks that Bilbo is from Esgaroth. When Smaug leaves to go to Esgaroth, all the dwarves come in to steal some treasure. Bilbo does not take much, only a gem and some kind of armor. All the dwarves take as much as they want. When everybody has what they can carry, they leave the main exit, the one that Smaug uses. Smuag still has not returned to guard his treasure. This leaves you wondering what could he possibly be up to , after reading this chapter in the novel.

Bilbo Sneaking up on Smaug

Journal #10

Bilbo travels upriver and finally approaches the foot of the Lonely Mountain. The mountain is very dark and full of despair. The book describes how there is no growth in the ground because Smaug has burnt it all away, just a dark mountain surrounded by charred, black foliage. The main entrance of the mountain, (Smaug's entrance) seems too dangerous, so the crew tries to find that secret entrance that the map told them about. After searching for a long time they find a narrow passage way that has a door but they had no idea how to open it. Bilbo finally remembers the message on the moonlit map and a suns ray moves a rock to  bring a keyhole into sight. They act quickly and open up the door, they are now finally inside of Lonely Mountain, Smaug's Tomb.

Journal #9

After they float down the river and arrive at the town, they see that it is at the base of Lonely Mountain, the place that they are trying to get. Thorin seems to be a little cocky or confident that they are finally at the mountain, and he marches himself right into the town. Once in the town, Throin goes to town hall and announces his purpose, that he is there to reclaim what is rightfully his. The people of the town had all heard the tales and they knew the treasure that Thorin was talking about. The town treats Thorin, Bilbo, and everyone else like royalty. As soon as he can, Throin gathers up some materials for their quest, and they set off upriver toward Lonely Mountain.

A Drawing Of Lake Town