Thorin Oakenshield

Thorin Oakenshield is the deuteragonist of the novel, The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, and one of the two tritagonists of Peter Jackson's Middle-earth film series (along with Aragorn). He is the leader of the band of dwarves who want to reclaim his lost kingdom and gold from the dragon, Smaug. Thorin used a broken branch of an oak tree as a shield during the Battle of Moria, thus being dubbed "Oakenshield".
==The Hobbit==
Thorin was featured in the book written in 1937 by J. R. R. Tolkien. He also appeared in a flashback of The Quest of Erebor, as well as one of the appendices of The Return of the King. In this story, Thorin was revealed to be at least 56 when he fought in the Battle of Moria.
In the short-story Unfinished Tales, a section called The Quest of Erebor revealed how Thorin and Gandalf met.
In his debut novel, The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, Thorin seeks to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from Smaug and the treasure inside it. He later succumbs to his grandfather's sickness and becomes obsessed with the Arkenstone. His burglar and former companion, Bilbo Baggins, trades the stone. When Thorin finds out, he almost kills him before Bilbo is saved by Gandalf.
During the Battle of the Five Armies, Thorin allies himself with Bard and Thranduil to fight off Bolg, son of Azog and his allies. However, during the battle, Thorin is mortally wounded with Beorn saving him and carrying him back to camp. Beorn also kills Bolg in the process.
He later requested Bilbo Baggins' presence and apologized to Bilbo for his poor treatment of the hobbit. Mr. Baggins is left mourning for Thorin and learns that his nephews, Fíli and Kíli died along with him.
==1977 film==
Thorin appeared in the 1977 Rankin/Bass made-for-TV film The Hobbit. He was voiced by the late Hans Conried, who also voiced Mr. Darling from Peter Pan, Lord Duke and the performance model for King Stefan in Sleeping Beauty, Horton and Dr. Hoovey in Horton Hears a Who, and the Grinch in Halloween is Grinch Night.
Because of the omission of the Arkenstone in the film, before the Battle of the Five Armies, Thorin lost his respect for Bilbo because of the hobbit's lack of experience in war. However, he was gravely wounded during the Battle of the Five Armies and asked for the Hobbit's forgiveness.
==Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy==
Thorin appears in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Hobbit, portrayed by English actor Richard Armitage in all three films.
==Personality==
Thorin was smart, proud, brave, intelligent and vengeful. Thorin's phenomenal amount of bravery and capacity for self-sacrifice was incredible for a Dwarf, and he would stand up of his own volition for any cause he saw as just. Thorin knew fear but did not seem to possess any - possibly for the benefit of his comrades - making him charismatic to a fault. He was also a gifted speaker to large crowds, shown incessantly throughout the films.
He was extremely noble and highly respectable with a flair of vanity about him. He was respected by many throughout Middle-earth. He shared the greed of his family and had an extensive love for gold, though he valued the welfare of others as well. Ironically quite like his grandfather, when he came into the possession of the treasure of Erebor, he became intensely paranoid and protective over it.
In some cases, he could be bitter, sly and aggressive, particularly when faced with the likes of Smaug and Azog, and sometimes even Gandalf. Thorin could experience violent and illogical mood swings that made other people, even his friends, fear him. Still, he quickly redeems himself after these moods pass. Thorin was exceptionally intelligent and resourceful, capable of using his environment and company to his advantage and could also use mere words to win the day. He quickly formulates plans to combat the spiders, the goblins, the trolls, Azog, and, finally, when battling Smaug.
Until the time of his death, he seemed to be cruel, stubborn and vain, and had a very high opinion of value. He was obsessed with possession of the Arkenstone since it was the heirloom of his family and part of the Mountain itself. These negative traits don't last long as upon realizing that his greed over the Arkenstone (referred to as Dragon Sickness) would ruin him in the end. When seeing this error, he was hallucinating when he sees a vision of Smaug slithering on the pool of gold where it was originally used to kill Smaug before being drowned by the pool himself. Upon being snapped from the hallucination, he tossed his crown in frustration over said mistake, and eventually returned to his Dwarf underlings as his true, noble self.
In the end, Thorin finally seeks Bilbo's forgiveness and makes up with the hobbit before passing away.
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