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Thorin Oakenshield (Thorin II) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit. Thorin is the leader of the Company of Dwarves who aim to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from Smaug the dragon .
On 21 October 2010, Peter Jackson announced Armitage was cast as Thorin Oakenshield in the three-film production of The Hobbit. [2] All three films were released in December, starting with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in 2012, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in 2013 and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in 2014. Armitage ...
Thorin Oakenshield: Dwarf noble who led the company of dwarves that retook Erebor from the dragon Smaug in The Hobbit. Slain during the Battle of the Five Armies. Tom Bombadil: A mysterious figure who aided the hobbits during their departure from the Shire in The Fellowship of the Ring. Treebeard: Leader of the Ents in The Lord of the Rings.
Thrain the Old, ancestor of Thorin and first King under the Mountain, finder of the Arkenstone. [T 1] (mentioned only) Thror, grandfather of Thorin, King under the Mountain when it was conquered by Smaug. Killed by Azog in Moria. [T 1] (mentioned only) Thrain, father of Thorin, whom Gandalf found witless and wandering in the dungeons of the ...
In the Shire, 50-year-old Bilbo is tricked by the wizard Gandalf the Grey into hosting a dinner for Thorin and his company of Dwarves: Balin, Dwalin, Fíli, Kíli, Dori, Nori, Ori, Óin, Glóin, Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur. Gandalf's aim is to recruit Bilbo as the company's "burglar" to aid them in their quest to enter the Lonely Mountain.
Thorin may refer to: Thorin II Oakenshield, a Dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit; Thorin (chemistry), an organic arsenic compound used in the determination of thorium and barium; Donald E. Thorin (1934–2016), American cinematographer; Olof Thorin (1912–2004), Swedish mathematician; Thorin, Germanic name for males, representing the ...
In Bree is The Prancing Pony inn, where the wizard Gandalf meets the Dwarf Thorin Oakenshield, setting off the quest to Erebor described in The Hobbit, and where Frodo Baggins puts on the One Ring, attracting the attention of the Dark Lord Sauron's spies and an attack by the Black Riders.
Thorin Oakenshield "The species name is derived from Thorin II Oakenshield, a fictional character in the J.R.R. Tolkien novel ‘The Hobbit’. [...] It is widely known and accepted that Hogsback was the inspiration behind J.R.R. Tolkien's novels ‘The Hobbit’ and the ‘Lord of the Rings’ series.