Goblin-town

Goblin-town
General information
Type	A subterranean city of the Goblins
Location	Under the central Misty Mountains
People
Inhabitants	Orcs of the Misty Mountains
Spoken languages	Westron Orkish
History
Lifespan	Unknown - Third Age

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 these caves, thinking them to be empty. 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 eventually saved by Gandalf, and the Great Goblin was killed. This enraged the goblins, who silently pursued Gandalf, Bilbo, and the Dwarves, who ran down a long tunnel. The Company was 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 ground (it was the One Ring, although he did not 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", which was the eastern entrance to the caves. Bilbo then leapt over him in the dark, evaded some goblin guards, and successfully squeezed through the final door (losing many of his shirt-buttons in the process).

Portrayal in adaptions

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. 

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 Great Goblin, and the company then plummets down a deep chasm before reaching the back door and escaping.

In the first film, the company falls down a trap-chute when they are sleeping in a cave in the Misty Mountains. After landing, tons of goblins capture them, rendering the Dwarves helpless. As the Dwarves are captured, Bilbo escapes, only to be attacked by one of the goblins. After a brief fight, Bilbo and the goblin fall off a bridge, and land in Gollum's cave. Meanwhile, the company is interrogated by the Great Goblin, who informs Thorin of Azog's return. Grinnah finds Thorin's sword, Orcrist, and all the goblin colony goes into a hectic fright, due to the fact that Orcrist had slain over 1000 goblins before. The Great Goblin orders the company's execution, but Gandalf saves them in time. The Dwarves fend off the goblins, and Thorin injures the Great Goblin. Gandalf leads the company out, while they are pursued by goblins, killing several along the way. The Great Goblin ambushes them on a bridge, but Gandalf slays him, causing the bridge to break under the Great Goblin's weight. The Dwarves escape Goblin-town, pursued by even more goblins, and exit the Misty Mountains.

Appearances

• The Hobbit

In film

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

See also

• Ettenmoors
• Moria

Translations around the World

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Kabouter-dorp
Albanian	Shpirt i keq-qytet
Amharic	ጞብሊን፡ቶውን
Arabic	عفريت--تاون
Armenian	Գոբլին-տուն
Azerbaijani	Goblin-şəhər
Basque	Goblin-herri
Belarusian Cyrillic	Гоблін-горад
Bengali	অপদেবতা-শহরে
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Гоблин-тощн
Cambodian	ក្មេងរប៉ិលរប៉ូច-ទីក្រុង
Catalan	Goblin-ciutat
Cebuano	Goblin-lungsod
Chichewa	Goblin-mzinda
Chinese (Hong Kong)	妖精鎮
Croatian	Goblin-Grad
Czech	Goblin-město
Danish	Goblin-byen
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	भूत-कस्बे
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 Cyrillic	Гоблін-тоун
Korean	고블린-도시
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Гоблин-тоwн
Latin	Cobalorum-oppidum
Latvian	Goblin-pilsēta
Lithuanian	Goblin-miestas
Macedonian Cyrillic	Гоблин-тоwн
Malagasy	Goblin-tanàna
Malay	Goblin-bandar
Maltese	Goblin-belt
Mongolian Cyrillic	Гоблин-тоүн
Nepalese	ङोब्लिन्-तोव्न
Norwegian	Goblin-byen
Pashto	عوبلین-توون
Persian	جن-شهر
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 (Latin)
Sinhalese	ගොබ්ලින්-නගරය
Slovak	Goblin-město
Slovenian	Goblin-mesto
Somalian	Goblin-magaalada
Spanish	Goblin-ciudad
Sudanese	Goblin-kota
Swahili	Goblin-mji
Swedish	Goblin-stad
Tajik Cyrillic	Гоблин-тоwн
Tamil	பூதம் நகரம்
Telugu	గోబ్లిన్ పట్టణం
Thai	ก็อบลิน-เมือง
Turkish	Goblin-kasaba
Turkmen	Goblin-şäher
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Гоблін-місто
Urdu	عوبلینءتوون
Uzbek	Жин-шаҳар (Cyrillic) Jin-shahar (Latin)
Welsh	Goblin-dref
Yiddish	גאָבלינ-טאָצנ
Yoruba	Goblin-ilu