The Great Goblin's cavern was a place in Goblin-town under the Misty Mountains and the seat of the Great Goblin, ruler of Goblin-town.
The cave was rather large standing about one hundred feet high and three hundred feet long. At its eastern side stood a large platform where sat the Great Goblin until his death in July of 2941. It had only two ways in or out and was located about five miles from the Front Porch and about thirty miles from Gollum's cave.[1]
History
The cavern was where Great Goblin briefly interrogated Thorin and Company for trespassing and possessing Elven weapons. It was also the place where Gandalf slew the Great Goblin after he had made it clear he was going to put them all to death.[2]
Portrayal in adaptions
The Hobbit films
In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the Great Goblin's throne room was a cavern furnished of old timber, skeletons, rubbish and scavenged item.[3]
References
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Hobbit, "Over Hill and Under Hill: Goblin-town"
- ↑ The Hobbit, Chapter IV: "Over Hill and Under Hill"
- ↑ The Hobbit films trilogy, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey