For the rest of their journey to the Lonely Mountain, Balin and Bilbo were close friends. As explained later in the lesson, Balin was one of the only dwarves to visit Bilbo after the adventure had ended.
The next day, Gandalf and thirteen dwarves — Dwalin, Balin, Kili, Fili, Dori, Nori, Ori, Oin, Gloin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, and Thorin — visit Bilbo and make themselves at home.
Fans will be pleased to know that this is not the case. Bilbo did in fact make it as far as the Lonely Mountain, back to visit his friends who still live in Erebor after their quest to reclaim their homeland 60 years earlier was successful and they managed to rid the golden halls of Smaug the dragon.
In the book, Balin. He seemed genuinely fond of Bilbo, fond enough that he accompanied Gandalf to the Shire to visit Bilbo several years after the end of the story. In the movies, Bofur, who was affable and kind to Bilbo.
It's Gandalf and Balin, come for a visit. Bilbo notices that Balin's beard is several inches longer, and Gandalf and Balin notice that Bilbo's belt is a few loops wider. Everybody's done pretty well for themselves in the time since the Battle of the Five Armies.
At the end of the novel, The Hobbit, Balin has formed such a great relationship with Bilbo that he is the only dwarf to visit him with Gandalf a second time. Later in life, Balin led an expedition to re-colonize the lost dwarven kingdom of Moria. He was successful, and declared Lord of Moria.
The biggest blow to the dwarves is that their king Thorin lies mortally wounded. He forgives Bilbo before dying and lets Bilbo know that he was right all along. Thorin is replaced by Dain as king, Bard rebuilds his town, and Gandalf and Bilbo head for home.
Before the War of the Ring, the Dwarves took part in the Battle of Five Armies, an event covered in the third and final installment of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy. While this war ended in victory for the Dwarves, far too many lives were lost, including that of Thorin Oakenshield.
It is an indication of the dwarves' increasing respect for Bilbo that Thorin sends him to investigate the elves they spot in the forest. Nevertheless, Bilbo is still enough of a hobbit to dream of food and feasting in the midst of their peril.
At first, they thought he was a weak, silly bumbling fool. In the end, they admired him. In The Hobbit we see their initial assessment of Bilbo, and they don't think much of him.
What happened to the Arkenstone at the end of The Hobbit?
After the battle, the Arkenstone was placed by Bard upon Thorin's chest within his tomb deep underneath the Lonely Mountain, and so was returned to the earth at last.
After the death of Thorin in the Battle of Five Armies, Dain becomes King under the Mountain. He redeems the Arkenstone from Bard with a fourteenth of the treasure, which is used to re-establish Dale. Over the next three years, Bard rebuilds the city of Dale and becomes its ruler. The city begins to prosper again.
The books already tell us what happens after Smaug is killed and the Dwarves reclaim Erebor. The Dwarves became prosperous again in the mountain but, as before, horded most of their riches, with some trickling out through trade with Men from nearby settlements.
Born in TA 2879, Gimli was the son of Glóin and a nephew of Óin, both former companions of Bilbo Baggins. He was a descendant of Durin the Deathless, father of the first house of the Dwarven people. Gimli was descended from, but was not a member of the royal line.
From TA 2989 to TA 2994, the re-colonization of Moria was an attempted expedition led by Balin to re-take the ancient Dwarven Kingdom of Khazad-dûm. An initial effort was successful in reclaiming some of Moria from the Orcs.
Thorin is portrayed by Richard Armitage and Bilbo is portrayed by Martin Freeman. Fans have called them "Thilbo," but it is not canon; however this relationship is platonic in this series. An entire page was dedicated to their relationship in The Battle of the Five Armies movie guide.
Bilbo detested his cousins, Otho and Lobellia Sackville-Baggins. Otho was Bilbo's original heir, and he and his wife kept it as no secret that they were anxious for Bilbo to pass on so that they could inherit Bag End.
Though Gimli has no children, he is not the last Dwarf of Middle-earth. After the fall of Sauron, his people continued to thrive in the Lonely Mountain. Gimli made his home in Rohan, in the Glittering Caves of Aglarond, and many of his kinsfolk came with him.
Simply put, he was the only one available. There were only two dwarves at the council of Elrond, Gimli and his father Gloin. The Dwarves were fighting Sauron's forces constantly in their own campaign and couldn't spare many. Gloin was also much older now, it was absolutely his son's turn to go on a big journey.
Described as a "long-worm", although this imprecise term seems to be more of an expression rather than a separate taxonomic group. Smaug — the last great dragon of Middle-earth, slain by Bard of Esgaroth.
Dain Ironfoot is their distant cousin who is next in line for the throne after Thorin, Kili, and Fili. Since Thorin, Kili, and Fili all die at the Battle of the Five Armies, Dain Ironfoot becomes the next King under the Mountain.
They all united against the common enemy, and so was fought the Battle of Five Armies in the valley of Dale. Thorin was killed in the battle, as were his sister-sons Kíli and Fíli. As his "rightful heir," Dáin succeeded Thorin as King under the Mountain, and King of all of Durin's folk.
“Farewell, good thief,” [Thorin] said. “I go now to the halls of waiting to sit beside my fathers, until the world is renewed. Since I leave now all gold and silver, and go where it is of little worth, I wish to part in friendship from you, and I would take back my words and deeds at the Gate.”
