Unlike what is shown in The Hobbit, however, Mirkwood wasn't always shrouded in darkness, as it was once the most beautiful forest in all of Middle-Earth. In both The Hobbit and The Lord of the ...

After successfully crossing over (and under) the Misty Mountains, Thorin and Company must seek aid from a powerful stranger before taking on the dangers of Mirkwood Forest--without their Wizard.

On it the hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) travels with the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and a crew of 13 dwarves headed by Oakenshield to the Kingdom of Erebor. On the way there are fantastical ...