īefore he died, he made his peace with Bilbo by commending the Hobbit's bravery and good character, apologising for his harsh words as he now recognised his comrade's fundamentally benevolent motives. He fought courageously, but was mortally wounded in the battle, requiring Beorn to take him to safety. During the battle, Thorin led an assault that proved his strength as a leader, striking out from the mountain and providing vital aid as the goblins threatened to overwhelm his allies. The growing conflict over the treasure between Dwarves, Elves, and Men, likely to result in bloodshed, was suddenly averted by the approach of goblin and warg armies, so they instead joined forces to defeat their common enemies in what was later called the Battle of Five Armies. The death of Thorin II Oakenshield in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies When Thorin learned of this, he became enraged and denounced his former companion as a traitor. However, Bilbo had already found the Arkenstone, and subsequently, brought it to Bard and Thranduil in secret to use as a bargaining counter. Meanwhile, Thorin charged his companions with looking for the Arkenstone within the hoard of treasure and gifted Bilbo a mithril shirt for his bravery. Instead, he sent a Raven to seek aid from his relative, Dáin Ironfoot, who sent a force of Dwarven soldiers on the move to secure the reclaimed mountain city. Thorin, overwhelmed by greed after recovering his family's riches, and enraged by the presence of Thranduil, refused to share any part of the treasure. įollowing the death of Smaug, the people of Lake-town asked Thorin for a share of the treasure, as they wanted recompense for the destruction of their home, a part of Smaug's treasure originating from their former city, and because a man of Lake-Town who shot the fatal arrow that killed Smaug. There he was killed by Bard the Bowman who pierced the bare spot on Smaug's left breast with his Black Arrow. Realizing that the Lake-Men must have helped the intruders, an enraged Smaug flew towards Lake-town to take revenge. They soon reached the Lonely Mountain and the Dwarves sent Bilbo inside, who conversed with a newly awakened Smaug. Thorin and Company were greeted warmly by the people of Lake-town and hailed as the return of the King under the Mountain. They escaped in barrels and traveled down to Lake-town. During their journey through Mirkwood, Thorin and his Company encountered spiders and were later imprisoned by the Elvenking Thranduil. In Rivendell, the Company rested and Elrond translated the Moon-letters on Thror's Map. He found the legendary sword Orcrist in a troll-hoard along with Glamdring. The Dwarves, Bilbo, and Gandalf encountered many dangers on their journey to the Lonely Mountain, surviving Trolls, Orcs, Wargs, and Spiders. Thorin intended to infiltrate the Lonely Mountain and retake the treasure from Smaug. Thorin then took a contingent of twelve Dwarves to visit Bilbo Baggins in order to hire him as a burglar for their mission. He gave Thorin a map and key that he had received from Thráin in Dol Guldur before he died. In TA 2941, Gandalf the Grey found Thorin in The Prancing Pony at Bree and set in motion a scheme to retake the mountain. Thorin became King-in-Exile of Durin's Folk in TA 2850 after his father went missing, and died in the dungeons of Dol Guldur. At some point in the fighting, his shield broke, and using an oaken tree branch found on the ground as a shield, he gained the epithet "Oakenshield," which would remain with him even in death. He fought with one of the Dwarven armies beneath the East-gate of Moria. This was demonstrated when he participated in the Battle of Azanulbizar in TA 2799. While in exile, he quickly grew to become a capable warrior. Early in his youth, he and the other Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain were forced to flee by the dragon Smaug in TA 2770. Thorin II was born in TA 2746 to Dwarf prince Thráin II in the city of the Lonely Mountain.
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