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Name of the king under the mountain4/10/2023 ![]() Honestly, it’s pretty impressive how much Peter Jackson and company were able to affect the tone/mood of this scene by changing only a couple words of the song. The book’s song says that sorrow and sadness will go away with the king’s return, while the movie’s prophecy says that everything will fail and sadness will return when the king does. In the book, the second to last line reads “ and sorrow fail and sadness”, while in the movie, the line reads “ and all shall fail in sadness.” A small change with pretty significant consequences. Most importantly, a single line has been altered a bit in the movie version to create this more ominous tone. Within this context, the “shining and burning” seems to refer more to light - like the golden rivers - than anything else. There’s no reference to the dragon, and it’s actually focused on how the return of the king under the mountain will mark a beginning of happy times for Laketown. Plot edit Teenage twins Rachel and Theo travel to Auckland to stay with relatives following the sudden death of their mother. It is based on the 1979 novel of the same name by New Zealand author Maurice Gee. First off, they aren’t a prophecy at all, but rather part of a longer happy welcoming song that the men of Laketown sing for the dwarves after the Master decides to help them: Under the Mountain is a 2009 New Zealand film directed by Jonathan King starring Sam Neill, Oliver Driver, Sophie McBride, and Tom Cameron. 1 It was assigned on Maby Vice Admiral Margaret O. Now, in the book these verses are pretty different. KING UNDER THE MOUNTAIN is the nomenclature used to refer to any files pertaining to the planet Onyx. ![]() (The “shining and burning” of the lake is meant to refer to the dragon’s fire, I think.) ![]() The ending is definitely treated as very ominous, and explains Bard’s fears about letting Thorin and the dwarves enter the mountain. And the bells shall ring in gladness, at the Mountain King’s return, But all shall fail in sadness, and the Lake will shine and burn. The Lord of Silver Fountains, the King of Carven Stone, the King Beneath the Mountain, shall come into his own. In the Desolation of Smaug movie, Bard recites a poem (that is referred to as a prophecy, actually) about the return of the King Under the Moutnain. There’s really no specific knowledge of the fountains referred to in the song - it’s just another description of Erebor’s wealth, I think, that they have fountains made of silver. But let’s talk about the song in general for a minute, because it was changed a bit for the movie and that’s always important to point out. ![]()
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