At Beorn’s Hall to Mirkwood:
- The company is chased to Beorn’s house 由 Beorn himself (Beorn doesn’t like dwarves, but when he discovers they’re running from Azog he helps them instead).
- "Beorn is the last shape-shifter in the whole of Middle-earth. Most of his kind were killed 由 Azog, so when Beorn finds out that The Company are fleeing from Azog, he agrees to help them."
- Beorn tells Gandalf that the rumors of "a great evil" in Dol Guldur are true, which is what makes Gandalf decide to go there himself and leave Thorin & Company to face Mirkwood alone.
At the Halls of the Elven-king...
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