Girion

Girion was the last Lord of Dale, who ruled the city until his death in TA 2770.
== Biography ==
Born at an unknown date, Girion became the Lord of Dale and ruled the city peacefully under the Dwarves of Erebor. However, in the year TA 2770,The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age" he was killed when the dragon Smaug destroyed Dale and the neighboring Dwarven realm of Erebor. However, his wife (name unknown) and son escaped. One-hundred and seventy-four years later, Bard, Girion's descendant, took revenge on the dragon, slaying him by shooting an arrow into a small gap in the old dragon's gem armor, which was the only vulnerable spot on his body.The Hobbit, Chapter XIV: "Fire and Water"
It is also mentioned in The Hobbit that Girion had owned a necklace of five hundred emeralds, later found among the treasures hoarded by Smaug in the Lonely Mountain.The Hobbit, Chapter XII: "Inside Information" Bard obtained this necklace from Dáin II Ironfoot, and in turn he gave it to the Elvenking Thranduil.
== In adaptations ==
=== The Hobbit film trilogy ===
In the extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Girion is portrayed by Luke Evans, who also plays his descendant Bard.
A flashback shows how Girion attempted to slay Smaug using black arrows fired from a mounted Dwarvish windlance crossbow, but all his shots bounced harmlessly off the dragon's armour, all except for one, which broke off one of the dragon's scales and exposed his soft belly beneath. Unfortunately, Girion perished before the final arrow could be fired.
The last arrow was kept by his descendant Bard, who secretly hid it until Smaug awoke and attacked Laketown once more. Bard, with the aid of his son, managed to hit Smaug's weak spot opened up by Girion, slaying the dragon and avenging Bard's ancestors.
It should be noted that there is no mention of Girion's last moments in Tolkien's publications/drafts; they were created specifically for Jackson's films.
=== Video games ===
Girion appears as a downloadable playable character in LEGO The Hobbit: The Video Game, and wields a bow.
== Appearances in the books and films ==
=== In the books ===
*The Hobbit
=== In the films ===
*The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (First appearance; Extended Edition only)
*The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ጊርዮን
Arabic 	جيريون
Armenian 	Գիրիոն
Belarusian Cyrillic	Гіріон
Bengali 	গিরীণ
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Гирион
Chinese (Hong Kong)	吉瑞安
Georgian 	გირიონი
Greek 	Γκίριον
Gujarati 	ગિરિઓન
Hebrew 	גיריון
Japanese 	ぎりおん
Kannada 	ಗಿರಿಯನ್
Kazakh 	Гіріон (Cyrillic) Girion (Latin)
Korean 	기 리온
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Гирион
Macedonian Cyrillic	Гирион
Marathi 	गिरिओन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Гирион
Nepalese 	गिरिओन
Punjabi 	ਗਿਰੀਅਨ
Russian 	Гирион
Serbian 	Гирион (Cyrillic) Girion (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ගිරියොන්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Гирион
Tamil 	கிரிஒந்
Telugu 	గిరిఒన
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Ґіріон
Urdu 	گارااون
Uzbek 	Гирион (Cyrillic) Girion (Latin)
Yiddish 	גיריאָן
== References ==
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Category:The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey characters
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