Bilbo discovered Sting quite early on during the Quest of Erebor, in TA 2941. When Thorin and Company ran into a few Trolls ...

Gandalf – one of several characters whose stories run through both trilogies — recruits Bilbo to join Thorin (Richard Armitage) and Company to help reclaim the Dwarven kingdom beneath Erebor ...

6 Both Harry and Bilbo are showing signs of nerves here ’ Harry because he is afraid he won't be chosen, and Bilbo because he thinks he is going to be chosen and doesn't want to be. Both of them ...

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Sharing the name of a legendary dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's classic fantasy novel "The Hobbit," a Neanderthal now known as Thorin wandered the Earth up to 42,000 years ago. Now a new study in the ...

Thorin Oakenshield and his mighty band of dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf, continue their crusade to reclaim Erebor from the dragon Smaug in this fantasy that picks up where the ...

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