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Bilbo kept from being captured by the Wood Elves in Mirkwood by using The Ring to turn himself invisible. He slipped in after the company of Elves that had captured the other members of The Company (namely, the twelve dwarves) as the Elves were escorting the dwarves into the Elven fortress.

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Who played the key role in the escape of the dwarves from the wood elves' prison?

I think it was Bilbo Baggins


What made Bilbo and the dwarves' escape from the wood elves possible in The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien?

Floating in barrels downriver.


Why is Bilbo ready to make peace with the humans and Wood-elves?

as Bilbo was wanting to make peace so there is no war


Why wouldn't Thorin tell the Elven King what his real mission was?

The battle was just starting when the orcs showed up. They were the common foe of all and the elves, dwarves, and men fought against them instead of each other.


In riddles in the dark what did bilbo find and how did it affect his situation?

Bilbo found The One Ring (although he did not know it was so at the time, he only figured it was magical) and it became quite convenient to him. By slipping his Ring onto his finger, he was able to sneak away from Gollum, get out of the Goblin's caves, free the dwarves from vicious spiders who had caught them in their webs, and aid his dwarven friends in escaping from the wood-elves' castle.

Related questions

How long we're the dwarves captured by the wood elves?

the dwarves were captured by thorn and the wood elves long enough for bilbo to help them escape


How does Bilbo help the dwarves escape from wood elves?

They escape in barrels sent downriver to be filled.


Who played the key role in the escape of the dwarves from the wood elves' prison?

I think it was Bilbo Baggins


How does Bilbo get captured by the Wood Elves?

He doesn't. Instead, he puts on his Ring and sneaks unseen with the captive dwarves in with them.


Are the dwarves imprisoned in 'The Hobbit' Chapter 9?

Yes, in chapter 9 the dwarves (but not Bilbo) were imprisoned by the Wood-elves in Mirkwood forest.


What made Bilbo and the dwarves' escape from the wood elves possible in The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien?

Floating in barrels downriver.


Summarize Bilbos rescue of the dwarves?

Bilbo stays invisible for weeks listening to conversations of the Wood-Elves. The king's first man<-? and a guard test some wine in the basement of the Wood-Elf compound. They fall asleep and Bilbo steals the guard's keys. Bilbo unlocks the cells of the dwarves and he puts them in empty tubs that the Wood-Elves were about to throw out through their river disposal system, (I can't quite remember what it was called), and the elves who throw out the tubs threw out the dwarves without even looking in them. Bilbo had one problem though, he wasn't in a tub, so he had to grab on to a barrel and float into the lake where the dwarves and Bilbo are accepted and fed and housed.


Where do Bilbo and the others get captured by the elves?

They took them to the halls of the Elven King in his hall, a large cave at the edge of Mirkwood. The wood elves of Mirkwood, in the Hobbit, took the thirteen dwarves to their king's halls, where they were locked in by cellars and a magic gate.


In 'The Hobbit' when did the dwarves first decide that Bilbo was first-rate burglar after all?

After he breaks them out of the wood elves prison ....Thorin finally admits that Gandalf was correct, and tells Bilbo he IS what Gandalf said he would be.


Why is Bilbo ready to make peace with the humans and Wood-elves?

as Bilbo was wanting to make peace so there is no war


How did Bilbo rescue Thorin and Co from the wood elf king?

He stole the guards keys, let all the dwarves out of their individual cells. Then he put them in barrels and let the elves throw them out of the "water gate" thinking the barrels were just empty and needed to be shipped to laketown.


Who were the people that held captive the dwarves from The Hobbit?

In The Hobbit, they are simply identified as "Wood Elves". Later, they were further identified as being Silvan Elves led by the Sindar, Thranduil (who is the father of Legolas).