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==Portrayal in adaptations==
==Portrayal in adaptations==
'''2012-13: [[The Hobbit films|''The Hobbit'' films]]:'''
[[File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bolg.jpg|thumb|right|Bolg as he ultimately appears in [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]]]
:Azog will be played by [[Conan Stevens]].<ref name="TORNBolg">{{webcite|author=MrCere|articleurl=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012/04/22/55228-exclusive-hobbits-conan-stevens-chats-with-torn/|articlename=Exclusive: ‘Hobbit’s’ Conan Stevens chats with TORn|dated=22-April-2012|website=TORN|accessed=05-September-2012}}</ref>
'''2012-14: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]:'''
:Bolg is played by [[Conan Stevens]] and [[Lawrence Makoare]]. He first makes a brief appearance in ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'',<ref name="TORNBolg">{{webcite|author=MrCere|articleurl=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2012/04/22/55228-exclusive-hobbits-conan-stevens-chats-with-torn/|articlename=Exclusive: ‘Hobbit’s’ Conan Stevens chats with TORn|dated=22-April-2012|website=TORN|accessed=05-September-2012}}</ref> where he is seen fighting against [[Dwalin]] during the flashback to the battle outside Moria, until he is incapacitated and knocked down.
:Later on, in ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'', Azog (who survives the War of the Dwarves and Orcs) is summoned to [[Dol Guldur]] to become the commander of [[Sauron]]'s Orc armies. While there, Azog dispatches his son to take his place in hunting Thorin and Company. He tracks the Company through Mirkwood, attacks the Wood-elves as the Company escapes through barrels, and eventually follow the Dwarves to [[Lake-town]].
:At Lake-town, Bolg and his Orcs attack the peoples in search of the dwarves, but find only four, and two Elves. He goes after [[Legolas|one]], and the two begin a duel, in which Legolas uses [[Orcrist]], the weapon of Thorin. While Legolas is distracted by other Orcs, Bolg withdraws and rides a [[Wargs|Warg]] down a dock. He is then pursued by Legolas now on a horse.


==See also==
==See also==

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Bolg
Orc
The Hobbit (film series) - Early Bolg design.jpg
Biographical Information
Other names"Bolg of the North"[1]
DeathT.A. 2941
Physical Description
RaceOrcs
GenderMale
GalleryImages of Bolg

Bolg of the North was an Orc warlord.

History

Bolg was the son of Azog,[1] who succeeded his father as leader of the northern Orcs after Azog was killed by Dáin Ironfoot at the Battle of Azanulbizar in Third Age 2799.[2] This started Bolg's hatred towards the Dwarves and after the Great Goblin was killed during an encounter with Thorin and Company in T.A. 2941, his hatred for them grew even more.[source?]

Bolg gathered an army of Orcs from the Misty Mountains to their capital at Mount Gundabad. They marched eastward through the Grey Mountains with a host of Wargs and a cloud of bats overhead.[1]

Once they reached the Lonely Mountain, Bolg led the Orcs and Wargs into battle with the Dwarves, Wood-elves, and Lake-men. Surrounding him was a group of huge Orcs with steel scimitars.[1] When Thorin attempted to pierce their ranks he became surrounded, and would later die from the wounds he sustained. The Eagles arrived and after them came Beorn in the shape of a bear. Beorn killed Bolg and the Orcs and Wargs were soon defeated.[3]

Etymology

There have been several attempts to give a meaning of the name Bolg. One is a regular Orkish treatment of Boldog, another a connection to Westron bolg.

In The History of The Hobbit, a word from a little known and little expanded language, Mágol, is given, bolg, which means "strong". Tolkien at one time considered making Mágol an Orkish language. An Ivernian word "bolg", of unknown meaning, is also cited by Rateliff.[4]

Portrayal in adaptations

Bolg as he ultimately appears in The Hobbit (film series)

2012-14: The Hobbit (film series):

Bolg is played by Conan Stevens and Lawrence Makoare. He first makes a brief appearance in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,[5] where he is seen fighting against Dwalin during the flashback to the battle outside Moria, until he is incapacitated and knocked down.
Later on, in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Azog (who survives the War of the Dwarves and Orcs) is summoned to Dol Guldur to become the commander of Sauron's Orc armies. While there, Azog dispatches his son to take his place in hunting Thorin and Company. He tracks the Company through Mirkwood, attacks the Wood-elves as the Company escapes through barrels, and eventually follow the Dwarves to Lake-town.
At Lake-town, Bolg and his Orcs attack the peoples in search of the dwarves, but find only four, and two Elves. He goes after one, and the two begin a duel, in which Legolas uses Orcrist, the weapon of Thorin. While Legolas is distracted by other Orcs, Bolg withdraws and rides a Warg down a dock. He is then pursued by Legolas now on a horse.

See also

References