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Kilidoescartwheels
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Aug 30 2015, 10:11pm
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Still not sure where Ravenhill is
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So I'm re-watching BOT5A right now, and I always assumed that the area the Dwarves & Bilbo stood on to watch Smaug was Ravenhill. But I'm just now realizing they're not on the tower, and there's no waterfall, so where are they? And where is Ravenhill? Is the waterfall that's to the right of the Gate the same one by Ravenhill? Maybe someone with a Weta design book will be kind enough to fill me in?
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MyWeeLadGimli
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Aug 30 2015, 10:19pm
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There are several spurs on Erebor
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The book identifies Ravenhill as being the "southern" spur, but the map (which is also used in the movie), shows two spurs which are on the south side. Either one would be a good vantage point for looking at Laketown.
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Otaku-sempai
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Aug 30 2015, 10:40pm
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According to the map possessed by Thranduil (on which Bilbo places the Arkenstone), Ravenhill is moved from where Tolkien placed it to just north of Dale on the western side of the river. It is on an outcropping jutting from the ridge just to the west of Dale. A good image of the map can be seen just after the introduction to Jude Fisher's TH:BotFA Visual Companion. There is another map on the page opposite that sheds a slightly different perspective on the Lonely Mountain; it also shows the same location for Ravenhill.
"At the end of the journey, all men think that their youth was Arcadia..." - Phantom F. Harlock
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QuackingTroll
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Aug 30 2015, 11:21pm
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Which moments actually take place on Ravenhill?
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Smaug the iron
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Aug 30 2015, 11:33pm
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you are to low to see the tower and you can't see the waterfall from here. But it is Ravenhill.
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MyWeeLadGimli
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Aug 30 2015, 11:53pm
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Doesn't Thrain's map in the film show the Mountain the same as on Tolkien's?
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CathrineB
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Aug 31 2015, 1:15am
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That yes when the dwarves watch Lake Town burn they're at some place on Ravenhill because I do believe we see Dale between them and the lake? Like we see later in the movie too? Also, doesn't Thrandy and his army arrive from somewhere in the same direction as Ravenhill at the start of AUJ? Not at Ravenhill, but like... next to it? I don't know, on the map the Lonley Mountain kinda looks like a tree trunk with the roots spreading out and Ravenhill is on one of them. Or am I completely off?
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Otaku-sempai
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Aug 31 2015, 1:41am
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Which moments actually take place on Ravenhill? I'm not going to try to go into all of them, but Bilbo and the Dwarves seem to be watching Smaug's attack on Lake-town from Ravenhill. And note that when Thorin charges Ravenhill with Fili, Kili and Dwalin, Gandalf indicates that they are north of Dale.
"At the end of the journey, all men think that their youth was Arcadia..." - Phantom F. Harlock
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Avandel
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Aug 31 2015, 1:41am
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I assume it's a watchtower, but it seems fairly extensive - bigger than Weathertop for instance - like a garrison and watchtower combined - or it was - or was this a remnant that either pre-dates Erebor (tho re the Chronicles books it sounds as though Erebor was built over centuries) or was simply abandoned at some point?
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Otaku-sempai
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Aug 31 2015, 1:43am
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Doesn't Thrain's map in the film show the Mountain the same as on Tolkien's? Yes. This suggests that the prop was produced before the final location in the films for Ravenhill was determined.
"At the end of the journey, all men think that their youth was Arcadia..." - Phantom F. Harlock
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Mr. Arkenstone (isaac)
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Aug 31 2015, 11:01am
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in the book raven hill is a watcher tower
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Just that and its on the extreme of one of the spurs of the mountain, and yes, in botfa Bilbo and the othrs see Laketown fall on ravenhill
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Bracegirdle
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Aug 31 2015, 12:21pm
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that seems to be pretty accurate (to the book at least). Not sure where I got this, so can't give credit...
Boromir looked in surprise at Bilbo, but the laughter died on his lips when he saw that all the others regarded the old hobbit with grave respect. Only Glóin smiled, but his smile came from old memories. -JRR Tolkien
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Otaku-sempai
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Aug 31 2015, 2:59pm
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And Thror's map from AUJ shows Ravenhill in pretty much the same location as Fonstad's (click on the image to enlarge): This also agrees with Tolkien's text from The Hobbit. Jackson's change in TH:BotFA is to move Ravenhill from the end of the Ridge to a point north of Dale, between the ruined city and the Front Gate of Erebor.
"At the end of the journey, all men think that their youth was Arcadia..." - Phantom F. Harlock
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ThorinsNemesis
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Aug 31 2015, 4:19pm
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I never paid attention to it in the movie, because I couldn't see much on it Does anyone know if I can find a good-quality picture of that map on the Net, and if yes, where?
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Otaku-sempai
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Aug 31 2015, 4:32pm
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Does anyone know if I can find a good-quality picture of that map on the Net, and if yes, where? I haven't found one yet; I've been hoping that Weta would release it as a collectable. Try any site that offers Fisher's TH:BotFA Visual Companion and includes a preview with interior pages. The map appears on page 6. The other (topographical?) map is on page 7. It provides English-language names for the topographical features of the Mountain. The spur to the west of Dale is named Ravenwing Ridge, and the place where Ravenhill is more traditionally located is instead called Birdseye Tor. Those hames seem to also appear on Thranduil's map in Sindarin (or at least in Elven characters). Again, Ravenhill is depicted north of Dale.
"At the end of the journey, all men think that their youth was Arcadia..." - Phantom F. Harlock
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ThorinsNemesis
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Aug 31 2015, 6:43pm
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Preview of the Visual companion...
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I can't find any sites that offer a Preview of any of its pages Do you have any links to such sites?
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Otaku-sempai
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Aug 31 2015, 6:46pm
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I was hoping that someone might have better luck than I have had. If you don't want to purchase a copy of the book, try your local library system (or an e-book format?).
"At the end of the journey, all men think that their youth was Arcadia..." - Phantom F. Harlock
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ThorinsNemesis
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Aug 31 2015, 6:56pm
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I may try that if I don't find something on the Net
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Otaku-sempai
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Aug 31 2015, 8:03pm
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It is indeed. Thank you very, very much! I do think that there was one, final alteration where Ravenhill's outcropping was still a part of the ridge. Otherwise, that map is right on. And you can also see where Tolkien located Ravenhill some ways to the south (at what is now Birdseye Tor).
"At the end of the journey, all men think that their youth was Arcadia..." - Phantom F. Harlock
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Otaku-sempai
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Aug 31 2015, 8:07pm
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If you rotate it you will see the one spur on the south with a bit of a pointed knob.....I assume it is Ravenhill. If you mean at the end of the ridge to the west (below) the river then, yes, that is where Professor Tolkien placed Ravenhill. I believe that there is a knob or rise at the end of the spur to the east as well. If you look at the map in AUJ (and the epilogue) and compare it with this version, you can see how the location of the Secret Door was also altered.
"At the end of the journey, all men think that their youth was Arcadia..." - Phantom F. Harlock
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Spriggan
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Aug 31 2015, 8:20pm
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Oh how odd - I can now see why you have been saying what you were saying about its location.
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But it definitely isn't where the blob on this map is in the actual films.
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Otaku-sempai
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Aug 31 2015, 8:42pm
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Thrain's map in the Hobbit films is rendered more finely than in the book. I would say that the original site for Ravenhill is probably a little farther down from the large knob of rock even nearer to the end of the ridge. However, this might be debatable too. Either site might work and the knob might even provide both a better vantage point and better defense.
"At the end of the journey, all men think that their youth was Arcadia..." - Phantom F. Harlock
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