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Escape from Goblin Town; The Final Stand on the Cliffside

Dozens of goblins carried massive instruments of torture into the throne room. The Great Goblin pranced around his throne, singing a horrenduos sound that made them wish they were as deaf as Oin.

"Bones will be shattered, necks will be wrung. You'll be beaten and battered, from racks you'll be hung. You will die down here and never be found, down in the deep of Goblin Town!", Grinnah examined the dwarves' weapons, starting with Orcrist. He slided it a few inches from its sheath, before recognizing the sword. He gasped in horror and threw down the sword that landed in view of the other goblins. They howled in fear.

"I know that sword! It is the Goblin Cleaver! The Biter! The blade that sliced a thousand necks!", as it speaks, Grinnah and it's men begin whipping and beating the dwarves to the ground, Mäeth tried to shake them off her, but they were too many, "Slash them! Beat them! Kill them! Kill them all!", he then pointed to Thorin, "Cut off his head!", goblins held Thorin down, raising a knife high above his head.

"Let him go!", Mäetharanel yelled and was about to kick them off when suddenly, there was a vast explosion of white light that made her cover her face with her arms, and go several steps back.

The goblins and the torture machines went flying, while the dwarves were knocked to the ground. The explosion passed and a shadow was framed against the dim light. It was Gandalf, armed with sword and staff. Slowly, the dwarves and the goblins recovered from the shockwave and all eyes turned to the wizard.

"Take up arms. Fight. Fight!", the dwarves jumped to their feet, fending off the goblins. Gandalf sliced through the oncoming goblins like butter. The Great Goblin pointed to Gandalf's sword, trembling.

"He wields the Foe-Hammer. The Beater, bright as daylight!", The dwarves and Mäetharanel managed to reach their weapons.

Axes, swords and hammers were tossed from this dwarf to that dwarf. Together, they charged into battle, shouting war cries. Kili sliced through goblins, spraying black blood as they fell to his feet, dead. In his haste, the prince tripped over the bodies and fell to the floor. The Great Goblin rose to its feet and charged forward, bringing the mace it held down on him.

Thorin and the elf intervened, deflecting the Great Goblin's blow and cutting into his arm. With a frightned howl, it falls backwards and off of the platform. It goes sailing down into the abyss below, screaming like the coward it was. The dwarves butchered the goblins, fighting with great severity. Gandalf approached the Company, urgent.

"Follow me! Quick! Run!", Gandalf and the others sprinted out of the throne room while herds of goblins chased after them.

"There's a whole maze out there, Mithrandir!", the dwarves and Mäetharanel ran after the wizard, "We must go out!", Gandalf takes them through a path that had a section suspended by ropes, that were cut after every one of them crossed.

More goblins appeared and immediatly tried to attack the elf. Being done with the attacks, Mäetharanel grabbed Kili's bow and began shooting at the ones still coming while kicking the ones that approached her.

"Mäeth!", yelled Dori, and she ran after them once more.

"The nerve to attack the taller one... I can see you before you appear. Idiots", she held one of them by the neck, broke it, and then threw it out. Giving the bow back to the younger heir, all while running, she chuckled, "By the Valar, you are really small", Kili glared up at her but she rustled his hair and ran forward, so she was near Gandalf.

"I'M TALLER THAN MOST DWARVES!", laughing, Mäeth sliced another goblin, and stayed back so all the dwarves could cross the bridge they had found, until the Great Goblin appeared once more, from underneath the bridge and pulled himself up onto it, in front of the Company. As the Company pauses, hundreds of goblins approach them from all sides.