A new report brings forth a big spoiler, taking an educated guess at ten possible deaths in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.

Striking New Character Posters For The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Unveiled

What Culture has worked on a list of ten characters who will be sacrificed in the massive battle that is to ensue in the final part of The Hobbit trilogy. The entertainment website has sourced the original material from Tolkien's books to come up with the list. Some of the names on the list are obvious, like the dragon Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage). But Tauriel, played by Evangeline Lily, is a bit of a surprise.

The others include Alfrid, the Master of Lake-Town (played by Stephen Fry), Radagast, Bolg, Azog, and Fili and Kili.

What We Know So Far About The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Earlier this year, there were rumors about the film taking a hige detour from the original plot by keeping Thorin alive. But this was mostly spurred by the fans demanding the movie rescue the dwarf king.

The fans signed an online petition asking the producers to keep Oakenshield alive unlike his fate in the book. 

Here's the official petition:

"Despite the many fans' love to the familiar main characters such as Bilbo and Gandalf, not less we liked Thorin Oakenshield. For many of us, he means more than might be imagined: for each of us, his fans, he represents something different, attractive in his own way, and this is not just a hysterical fan love. We deeply regret that Professor Tolkien killed Thorin in the book, but do not absolutely want and are not going to challenge the correctness of this action. Instead, we decided to turn to you with a request not to kill him at least in the movie."

The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies will hit theaters on Dec. 18.

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