Necromancer = Sauron? It'a not the Orcs who are mad, Sauron's attempt at a comeback is being thwarted, and there is the matter of a huge hoard of treasure and the huge, rich kingdom of Erebor that is at stake once Smaug is out. There's an epic battle in the last film that deals with all this.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)