The Return Journey

The Return Journey is the eighteenth chapter of The Hobbit.
==Synopsis==
Bilbo awakes and is brought before a dying Thorin, who repents his words at the front gate and departs in friendship with him. Later, Bilbo is told of what happened while he was unconscious, about Beorn’s arrival and fight with the Bolg, and the deaths of Fili and Kili. Thorin is buried with the Arkenstone of Thráin and his sword Orcrist, and Bilbo soon heads home with two small chests of treasure. Bilbo, Gandalf and Beorn travel to the border of Mirkwood with Thranduil and the remainder of his host; from there Gandalf, and Bilbo go with Beorn around Mirkwood to Beorn's house. They stay with Beorn for a while, but soon head off, over the Misty Mountains.
== Plot ==
When Bilbo awakens, he is still lying with a bad headache on the side of the mountain, but is otherwise unharmed. From the camps below, he sees that his side has won the battle against the goblins and Wargs. A man comes searching for Bilbo, but cannot find him until the Hobbit takes off the ring. Bilbo is carried back to the camp where Gandalf waits and is delighted to see he is alive. However, there is sad business to attend to: Bilbo must say farewell to Thorin, who was mortally wounded. Thorin asks Bilbo’s forgiveness for the harsh words spoken earlier.
Fíli and Kíli have also been killed, but the remaining Dwarves survived and take up residence in the Lonely Mountain, where Dáin is crowned the new King under the Mountain. Gandalf describes the end of the battle for Bilbo: the Eagles, watching the movements of the goblins, came just in time and turned the tide of battle. Yet things still might have gone badly were it not for the sudden appearance of Beorn in the shape of a bear, massive and enraged. This sent the rest of the goblins scattering, and were either killed or in hiding.
After a few days, Bilbo decides it is time to begin his return journey home. Dáin gives Bilbo two chests of treasure (one with silver and one with gold) for his service to the Company, and Bilbo departs with Gandalf, Beorn and the Elves. They head to the eastern edge of Mirkwood, where they bid farewell to the Elves, and travel around the forest to the north and eventually reach Beorn's house. Bilbo and Gandalf rest there for a couple of weeks before heading toward the Misty Mountains. They take the same trail where they were previously captured by the goblins, but it is much more peaceful now. Bilbo takes one last look towards the east, where he can see the top of the Lonely Mountain in the distance, before continuing his journey home.
== Appearances ==
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Die Terugkeer Reis
Albanian 	Udhëtimi i kthimit
Amharic 	ዳግመኛ መምጣት ጉዞ
Arabic 	عودة رحلة
Armenian 	Վերադարձ ճամփորդությունը
Azerbaijani 	Qayıtmaq Səfər
Belarusian Cyrillic	Зваротны шлях
Bengali 	ফিরতি যাত্রা
Bosnian 	Povratak putovanje
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Пътуването на връщане
Burmese 	အဆိုပါသို့ပြန်သွားသည်ခရီး
Cambodian 	ត្រឡប់មកវិញធ្វើដំណើរ
Catalan 	El Viatge de Tornada
Chinese (Taiwan) 	回程旅程
Chinese (Mainland) 	返乡之路
Croatian 	Povratak Putovanje
Czech 	Zpáteční cestu
Danish 	Hjemrejsen
Dutch 	De Terugreis
Esperanto 	La Reveno Vojaĝo
Estonian 	Tagasisõiduks
Fijian 	Na ilakolako lesu mai
Filipino 	Ang Pagbabalik Paglalakbays
Finnish 	Paluumatka
French 	Le Voyage de Retour
German 	Die Rückreise
Greek 	Το ταξίδι της επιστροφής
Gujarati 	વળતો પ્રવાસ
Hebrew 	בדרך חזרה
Hindi 	वापसी यात्रा
Hungarian 	Az oda-vissza út
Icelandic 	Afrakstur Ferð
Indonesian 	Perjalanan pulang ?
Irish Gaelic 	An Turas Tuairisceán
Italian 	Il Viaggio di Ritorno
Japanese 	リターン・ジャーニー
Javanese 	Lelampahan Bali
Kazakh 	Қайтару сайахат (Cyrillic) Qaytarw sayaxat (Latin)
Kannada 	ರಿಟರ್ನ್ ಜರ್ನಿ
Korean 	귀국 여정
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	кайра жол
Laotian 	ການເດີນທາງກັບຄືນ
Latin 	Iter Retrorsum
Latvian 	Atpakaļceļam
Luxembourgish 	D'Heemrees Perjalanan
Malagasy 	Nanao ny Diany Miverina
Malaysian 	Perjalanan pergi balik
Maltese 	Il-vjaġġ tar-ritorn
Marathi 	परत प्रवास
Mongolian Cyrillic 	буцах Аялал
Nepalese 	फिर्ती यात्रा
Norwegian 	Hjemreisen
Pashto 	د بیرته ستنیدو سفر
Persian 	سفر بازگشت
Polish 	Droga powrotna
Portuguese 	A Viagem de Regresso
Punjabi 	ਵਾਪਸੀ ਜਰਨੀ
Russian 	Обратный путь
Serbian 	повратак путовање (Cyrillic) Povratak Putovanje (Latin)
Scottish Gaelic 	An Turas-tillidh
Samoan 	O le Malaga Toe Foi
Sesotho 	Ea Khutla Leeto
Sindhi 	هن واپسيء جي سفر
Sinhalese 	නැවත පැමිණෙන මගීන්
Slovak 	Spiatočná cesta
Slovenian 	Povratna Vožnja
Somalian 	Safarka ku Noqoshada
Spanish 	El Viaje de Vuelta
Sundanese 	Perjalanan Mulang
Swahili 	Safari ya kurudi
Swedish 	Återresan
Tajik Cyrillic 	Дар сафар Бозгашти
Telugu 	రిటర్న్ జర్నీ
Thai 	เดินทางกลับ
Turkish 	Dönüş yolculuğu
Urdu 	اس سفر سے واپسی
Uzbek 	Қайтиш Саёҳат (Cyrillic) Qaytish Sayohat (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Hành trình trở về
Welsh 	Y Daith Dychwelyd
Yiddish 	דער צוריקקער נסיעה
pl:Droga powrotna
ru:Обратный путь
Category:The Hobbit chapters