Overview
In the Appendices Azog is killed at Azanulbizar. The Hobbit films resurrect him as a surviving villain and a principal antagonist, a major adaptation change.
In the histories
In adaptation
Adaptation note
- The films make Azog a living antagonist throughout, though the book’s Appendix records his death at Azanulbizar.
Sources
The Hobbit · 1937
Published in Tolkien’s lifetime. The primary narrative of Bilbo’s journey.
Unfinished Tales · 1980
Expanded and alternative accounts of the First, Second and Third Ages.
The Hobbit film trilogy (Peter Jackson) · 2012–14
An adaptation, not a Tolkien novel. Invented characters include Tauriel and Alfrid.
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