Being the leader of dwarves, he placed himself at the head of the company that set out to reclaim the treasure stolen by smaug, the most evil dragon in all middleearth. Decades before that, and with far too much left unsaid, thorin oakenshield had done the same. Come home playlist the company traveled along the hills, through small forests, across vast grasslands, and over mountains. Thorin, who did not think much of hobbits, reluctantly agreed, calculating that bilbos. Mar 30, 2020 the name battle of five armies refers to more than one character, item or concept. He is the son of thrain ii, grandson of thror, and becomes king of durins folk during their exile from erebor.
He gets a lucky hit in and shreds his arm, awfully representative of the original opening scene to the lord of the rings trilogy. The five warring parties were the goblins and the wargs against men, elves and dwarves on and near the lonely mountain. All of the sights were breathtaking in poppys eyes, having never seen anything quite like it before. The actor richard armitage decided that thorin should keep the branch and turn it. It is possible that as saurons power grew so too did the rings influence over thrain. You can find past posts at the reread index, or you can catch up with our previous reread of the lord of the rings. Though his birthright and noble bearing initially make thorin seem like a fairly heroic figure, the dwarfs status quickly declines as bilbos rises. Having reclaimed erebor and vast treasure from the dragon smaug, thorin oakenshield richard armitage sacrifices friendship and honor in seeking the arkenstone, despite smaugs fiery wrath and desperate attempts by the hobbit bilbo martin freeman to make him see reason. Nov 24, 2014 in the beginning there was thingol, who was a rather nasty unpleasant fellow in the book of lost tales. See more ideas about thorin oakenshield, the hobbit and richard armitage. The pony didnt need her to be paying attention though. He makes a mistake, however, when he refuses to parley with bard on the eve of the battle. Thorin is the leader of the company of dwarves who aim to reclaim the lonely mountain from smaug the dragon.
Thorin was an integral character in tolkiens works, who met his fate doing righteous deeds for the betterment of the world, but what would have happened if he had lived. Thrain was born in the lonely mountain to thror, who at that time was king under the mountain. Fili and kili are younger, related to thorin, and have better eyesight. Thorin oakenshield from book to film scifi and fantasy network. Thorin ii, also called the oakenshield, king under the mountain or the mountain king, was the son of thrain ii, the older brother of frerin and dis, the grandson of king thror and the uncle of fili and kili. He lingered long enough to forgive bilbo and restore. The dwarves then learnt from the ancient raven roac that smaug had been killed. Thorin oakenshield in the hobbit, or, there and back again thorin oakenshield thorin, son of thrain, son of thror, is the leader of the company of dwarves who go on a quest to get their treasure back from the dragon smaug who destroyed their kingdom under the lonely mountain a couple of generations back. There, thorin s shield was smashed, so he used an oak trees branch to defend himself. However, bolg protected himself with lines of orcs. He seeks to reclaim the arkenstone lost to smaug in order to.
Thyri, daughter of thrain, dragonslayer book 1 fanfiction. His goal is to regain the arkenstone back from the evil dragon smaug, who has taken over his family home, the lonely mountain. The the hobbit quotes below are all either spoken by thorin oakenshield or refer to thorin oakenshield. Thorins company in the hobbit, or, there and back again. Smaug left the mannish town of dale in ruins and killed many dwarves who were inside the mountain. However, thorin oakenshield died in chapter 18, the return journey. The three deaths mean that the line of thror and thrain is extinguished and the kingship of erebor passes to dain ii ironfoot. Richard crispin armitage was born and raised in leicester, england, to margaret hendey, a secretary, and john. Also remember that the dwarves in the book have little to distinguish them as individuals.
Thorin, frerin, and thrain fought in the battle of azanulbizar, which took place in 2799. Many people have written to us over the last five or so days about a story that has begun circulating around the internet concerning thorin oakenshield and the final hobbit film, the battle of the five armies. Thorin oakenshield character analysis in the hobbit litcharts. Now, whether due to the fumblings of fate or the meddling of the valar themselves, they each awoke miles from each other, returned to the start of their quest, and certain they were entirely alone in the matter. This elvenking met thorin oakenshield, who was traveling through elflands without permission.
Thorin oakenshield in the hobbit, or, there and back again. Thorin oakenshield from book to film scifi and fantasy. The only things the company could hide behind were the scattered rock formations that were widely spaced apart. In the book, as in the film, thorin is the leader of a company of dwarves who embark on a quest to kill a dragon and retrieve their stolen gold, but what separates the film from the book, and what essentially elevates thorin s character, is the focus on the motivation behind his quest and a stronger infusion of nobility into that motivation. There are two completely different versions of his death, in the book and the movie. He became the rightful king under the mountain and king of durins folk when his father thror was murdered in moria. Thorin ii oakenshield mortally wounded on the field, died soon after the battle, after having final words with bilbo. Thorin oakenshield is a dwarf who is leading a quest to reclaim erebor from the dragon smaug. I am thorin son of thrain son of thror king under the mountain. Jrr tolkien tolkien books thorin oakenshield kili richard armitage my king lord of the rings middle earth photos. Though his birthright and noble bearing initially make thorin seem like a fairly heroic figure, the. Nov 17, 20 hi, i was on imdb and some utter asshole posted this topic.
The prominent casualties claimed by the war on the heroes side are thorin oakenshield and his two nephewsheirs fili and kili. Thorin is one of the main characters of the hobbit, the son of thrain and the grandson of thror, the king under the mountain. Thorin oakenshield lord of the rings fantasy world. The battle of five armies was an important battle waged in t. Thorin, son of thrain, son of thror also known as thorin oakenshield is the heir to durins throne under erebor, the lonely mountain. Welcome back to the chapterbychapter reread of the hobbit.
The hobbit, or there and back again question about thorin. May, 2018 thorin was an integral character in tolkiens works, who met his fate doing righteous deeds for the betterment of the world, but what would have happened if he had lived. Filled with emotion and sadness, and it gives thorin that one final moment of redemption for going mad and becoming an ass. What page of the hobbit was the death of kili and fili. Unexpected journey thorin used an oak branch as a shield and earned the name oakenshield. In the battle, thorin s younger brother frerin was killed. Debunking that hobbit movie rumour about thorin oakenshield may 30, 2014 at 11. Thorin oakenshield was the leader of a company of dwarves who traveled to the lonely mountain to win back their land and riches from smaug the great dragon. The elves apparently knew the dwarves were passing along the road but left them alone until the dwarves strayed in the woods. In the movie, thorins death is executed beautifully. Of course both of my favorites were said by thorin.
The rabbits took off into the forest and broke through the tree line into a wide stretch of land in front of them. Oin and gloin carry the tinderboxes for the group, so occasionally theyre called upon to bring light in dark places. Mar 28, 20 welcome back to the chapterbychapter reread of the hobbit. Death of thorin oakenshield the hobbit extended edition. Though the quest was a success, thorin showed his true greed at the end of his life and died in battle. It was clearly not predicted for a female to be in the home of bilbo baggins. Thrain ii was the father of thorin ii oakenshield, and as son of king thror, was a direct descendant of durin the deathless. It was not predicted that she was very skilled in her profession.
Thorin ii, also called the oakenshield, king under the mountain or the mountain king, was the. You can find past posts at the reread index, or you can catch up with our previous reread of. Thorin was best known for his deeds as leader of a company that infiltrated the lost kingdom under the mountain to take it back from smaug and for leading an alliance of men, dwarves. Jul 26, 2019 richard armitage as thorin oakenshield in the hobbit trilogy 20122014. Now i havent read the hobbit yet and this ruined the movie for me. Thorin is brave and intelligent and his leadership of the dwarves is unchallenged. Their leader, thorin oakenshield, is shown to be a great warrior and the heir to.
The main character, bilbo, is a peaceloving hobbit who is hired by a group of refugee. During the battle of five armies, thorin attempted to kill the leader of the orcs, named bolg, son of azog. Thorin oakenshield character analysis in the hobbit. The hobbit, or there and back again question about. Most of these dwarves just seem to be along for the ride, without much in the way of real character. Kili and fili, who also died in battle, are buried, too. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one. For a list of other meanings, see battle of five armies disambiguation.
And it was not predicted that she would actually be an asset to the dwarves, fearless warriors on the bat. Onefourteenth of the hoard is given to bard and some is given to bilbo. May 04, 2020 thorin ii third age 2746 2941, also known as thorin oakenshield, was the king of durins folk from t. Thorin oakenshield thorin is one of the main characters of the hobbit, the son of thrain and the grandson of thror, the king under the mountain. Asked in the hobbit and the lord of the rings in the book the hobbit bilbo baggins goes on an adventure with. She has a curse on her which she qualifed it as a blessing. Being the leader of dwarves, he placed himself at the head of the company that set out to reclaim the treasure. The leader of the dwarves who embark on the treasure quest in chapter 2, thorin is in many ways a typical member of his race.
Legolas and thorin were always my all time favorite members of middle earth. Debunking that hobbit movie rumour about thorin oakenshield. Quotes tagged as thorinoakenshield showing 14 of 4 the eleven king looked sternly upon thorin, when he was brought before him, and asked him many questions. His intense desire for the treasure, typical of the dwarf love of.
An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. Thorin trusted dain and would not have been sorry to see dain ruling erebor. Since they had no part in thorins decision to doublecross the men of laketown, and since the book gives no indication that he even knew of their deaths. Thorin ii oakenshield the one wiki to rule them all fandom. In the book, as in the film, thorin is the leader of a company of dwarves who embark on a quest to kill a dragon and retrieve their stolen gold, but what separates the film from the book, and what essentially elevates thorins character, is the focus on the motivation behind his quest and a stronger infusion of nobility into that motivation. What the book ends and there is no king under the mountain and the whole quest and killing smaug was for absolutely nothing and in the fellowship of the ring extended edition gandalf says that thorin gifted bilbo with the mythril rings shirt for helping with the quest, i mean what the. Bilbo leaves with gandalf, elvenking, and beorn and spends yuletide with beorn, staying with him till spring.
Quotes tagged as thorin oakenshield showing 14 of 4 the eleven king looked sternly upon thorin, when he was brought before him, and asked him many questions. Thorin s background is further elaborated in appendix a of tolkiens 1955 novel the. Bilbo bagginsthorin oakenshield works archive of our own. Radagast was up ahead, with the pack following close behind to lead the enemy. Thyri, daughter of thrain, dragonslayer book 1 thorin. Additionally, he was a cousin of thorin s, not a stranger that thorin had never met. Thorin oakenshield in the hobbit, or, there and back again thorin oakenshield thorin, son of thrain, son of thror, is the leader of the company of dwarves who go on a quest to get their treasure back from the dragon smaug who destroyed their kingdom under the lonely mountain a.
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