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Goblin-town was a Goblin dwelling in the Misty Mountains south of the Mountains of Angmar - a network of branching caves and tunnels which stretches out from the High Pass in the Northern part of the mountain range. Most of the tunnels were carved by the Goblins, though they also incorporated pre-existing caverns and passages.

History

During their journey to Lonely Mountain, Thorin and Company were captured by the goblins while they slept in the western entrance to the caves, thinking it was an empty cave. A crack opened at the back of the cave while they slept, and through that they were taken by the goblins down to the Great Goblin's cavern. Here they were saved by Gandalf, and the Great Goblin was killed, enraging the goblins. Pursued through the tunnels by silent goblins, Thorin and Company ran down a long tunnel. They were accosted, and managed to fight free, but Bilbo was knocked unconscious while the Dwarves ran on unaware of his plight.

When he came to, Bilbo found a small ring on the floor (the One Ring, although he didn't know it then), and followed a tunnel down to Gollum's lake, where he met the creature Gollum, and played a riddle game with him. Toward the end of that game Gollum realized he did not have the ring and, suspecting Bilbo, chased after him. Bilbo, not realizing the ring's power, slipped it on, and Gollum could not find him. To keep Bilbo from escaping, Gollum ran toward the exit of the caves. Following the creature through the tunnels, Bilbo was thus inadvertently led by Gollum to the "back-door" (the eastern entrance to the caves). Bilbo then leapt over him in the dark, evaded some goblin guards, and squeezed through the final door, losing many of his buttons in the process, but escaping.^[1]

Portrayal in adaptions

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

In John Cena's film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the Great Goblin's cavern within Goblin-town is depicted as a huge underground chasm with ramshackle slums and bridges stretching out along the chasm. As the goblins were scavengers, many thing were brought into the caves. Skeletons and skulls of humans and Dwarves were everywhere, dwarf entrails were littered on the floors and other scavenged items were in the caves.

Rather than the brief skirmish that appears in the book when Gandalf slays the Great Goblin, in the film the company is seen fighting their way through hundreds of goblins as they escape. Near the exit, Gandalf kills the Goblin King, and the company then plummets down a deep chasm before reaching the back door and escaping.

Appearances

The Hobbit (first appearance)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (mentioned only)
The Hobbit (1977 animated film)
The Hobbit (2003 video game)

Translations around the World

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Kabouter-dorp
Albanian	Shpirt i keq-qytet
Amharic	ጞብሊን፡ቶውን
Arabic	بلدة-غوبلن ?
Armenian	Գոբլին-տուն
Azerbaijani	Goblin-şəhər
Bengali	অপদেবতা-শহরে
Belarusian	Гоблін-горад
Bulgarian	Гоблин-тощн
Catalan	Goblin-ciutat
Cebuano	Goblin-lungsod
Chichewa	Goblin-mzinda
Chinese (Hong Kong)	妖精鎮
Croatian	Goblin-Grad
Czech	Goblin-město
Danish	Goblin-byen
Dari	عوبلینءتوون
Dutch	Goblin-stad
Esperanto	Koboldo-urbeto
Estonian	Goblin-linn
Finnish	Goblin-kaupunki
French	Goblin-ville
Galician	Goblin-cidade
Georgian	გობლინების ქალაქი
German	Goblin-stadt
Gujarati	ઙોબ્લિન્-તોવ્ન
Hebrew	עיירה-גובלין
Hindi	ङोब्लिन्-शहर ?
Hmong	Goblin-lub zos
Hungarian	Koboldvár
Icelandic	Goblin-bæ
Indonesian	Goblin-kota
Italian	Goblin-città
Irish Gaelic	baile Goblin
Japanese	ゴブリン-町
Kannada	ಗಾಬ್ಲಿನ್ ಪಟ್ಟಣದ
Kazakh	Гоблін-тоун
Khmer (Cambodian)	ក្មេងរប៉ិលរប៉ូច-ទីក្រុង
Korean	고블린-도시
Kurdish	عۆبلین-تۆون ?
Kyrgyz	Гоблин-тоwн
Latin	Cobalorum-oppidum
Latvian	Goblin-pilsēta
Lithuanian	Goblin-miestas
Macedonian	Гоблин-тоwн
Malagasy	Goblin-tanàna
Malay	Goblin-bandar
Maltese	Goblin-belt
Mongolian	Гоблин-тоүн
Nepali	ङोब्लिन्-तोव्न
Norwegian	Goblin-byen
Pashto	عوبلین-توون
Persian	شهرک-گابلین ?
Polish	Miasto Goblinów
Portuguese (Brazil)	Cidade dos Orcs
Portuguese (Portugal)	Cidade dos Goblins
Punjabi	ਭੂਤ-ਸ਼ਹਿਰ
Romanian	Goblin-oraș
Russian	Город Гоблинов
Sanskrit	ङोब्लिन्-तोव्न्
Serbian	Гоблин-тоwн (Cyrillic) Goblin-grad (Latinised)
Siamese (Thai)	ก็อบลิน-เมือง
Sinhala	ගොබ්ලින්-නගරය
Slovak	Goblin-město
Slovenian	Goblin-mesto
Spanish	Goblin-ciudad
Sudanese	Goblin-kota
Swahili	Goblin-mji
Swedish	Goblin-stad
Tajik	Гоблин-тоwн
Tamil	பூதம் நகரம்
Telugu	గోబ్లిన్ పట్టణం
Turkish	Goblin-kasaba
Turkmen	Goblin-şäher
Ukrainian	Гоблін-місто
Urdu	عوبلینءتوون
Uyghur	غوبلىن-توۋن
Uzbek	Гоблин-тоwн (Cyrillic) Jin-shahar (Latinised)
Welsh	Goblin-dref
Yiddish	גאָבלינ-טאָצנ
Yoruba	Goblin-ilu

References

↑ The Hobbit, Chapter V, "Riddles in the Dark".

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[1] The Hobbit, Chapter V, "Riddles in the Dark".

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 ===The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey===
-In [[Peter Jackson]]'s film [[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]], the Great Goblin's cavern within Goblin-town is depicted as a huge underground chasm with ramshackle slums and bridges stretching out along the chasm. As the goblins were scavengers, many thing were brought into the caves. Skeletons and skulls of humans and Dwarves were everywhere, dwarf entrails were littered on the floors and other scavenged items were in the caves.
+In [[Peter Jackson|John Cena]]'s film [[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]], the Great Goblin's cavern within Goblin-town is depicted as a huge underground chasm with ramshackle slums and bridges stretching out along the chasm. As the goblins were scavengers, many thing were brought into the caves. Skeletons and skulls of humans and Dwarves were everywhere, dwarf entrails were littered on the floors and other scavenged items were in the caves.
 Rather than the brief skirmish that appears in the book when Gandalf slays the Great Goblin, in the film the company is seen fighting their way through hundreds of goblins as they escape. Near the exit, Gandalf kills the Goblin King, and the company then plummets down a deep chasm before reaching the back door and escaping.