Nori

## Background information

### Featured stories

*Indigo Flower of the Valley*Desolation upon the MountainViolet: Book 3: Bad Blood

## Character information

### Personality

Skeptical, brave, trouble-making, caring, elusive, quick witted, wily, loyal, protective

### Appearance

Young dwarf with auburn brown hair in a three-way mowhawk, brown eyes

### Occupation

Lord Under the Mountain
Royal Spy Master of Erebor
Thief (formerly)

### Home

Lonely Mountain
Ered Luin (Formerly)

### Relatives

Eleri (mother, deceased)
Dori (older brother)
Ori (younger brother)
Thorin Oakenshield, Dwalin, Balin, Fili, Kili, Oin, and Gloin (distant cousins)
Astrid (sister-in-law)
Unnamed nephew

### Allies

Violet Greenhill, Bilbo Baggins, Dwalin, Balin, Fili, Kili, Oin, Gloin, Gandalf the Grey, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Dori, Nori, Ori

### Enemies

Narzug, Galion, Elros (formerly), Lethuin (formerly), Feren, Girion (formerly), Spiders, Sauron Great Goblin, Thranduil (formerly), Azog, Bolg, Yazneg, Fimbul, Grinnah, Goblin Scribe, The Necromancer, The Trolls, Smaug

### Weapons

Mace, Sword, Dagger

**Nori** is one of the major characters and supporting main characters in the *Baggins chronicles*.

## Background

Nori was born at least 104 years prior to the Violet Greenhill series. He was the younger brother of Dori, older brother of Nori and son of Eleri. As he grew up, Nori became a pathological liar and a thief. One of his crimes get him into trouble and takes the chance to

### Official description

“*Perhaps the most elusive member of The Company of Thorin Oakenshield, Nori is often in trouble with the Dwarvish authorities. Deciding it might be a good time to leave town, he readily joins the Quest for the Lonely Mountain, not realizing the journey ahead may well lead him into far more trouble than he has left behind. Nobody ever quite knows what the quick-witted and wily Nori is up to, except that it's guaranteed to be dodgy and quite possibly illegal. Despite rarely seeing eye-to-eye with his brothers Dori and Ori, he is nonetheless immensely loyal and will protect them by whatever means possible.*”
―Official description

## Character arc

### *Indigo Flower of the Valley*

Nori first appears in *Indigo Flower of the Valley* at Bilbo Baggins' and Violet Greenhill's home, Bag End while falling on the matt with his two brothers,Oin, Gloin, BIfur, Bofur, Bombur with Fili Kili, Balin and Dwalin already there and Thorin Oakenshield running a bit late. He also participates in throwing Bilbo's and Violet's plates around the house. Nori also is the one to see Bilbo escape when they are imprisoned in the Misty Mountains.

### Violet: Book 2: Desolation upon the Mountain

In the second novel, Nori stops in front of the path, stating that they ran out of path. Thorin then commands them to look for it some more. Nori is also imprisoned in one of the Mirkwood cells, and Bilbo later sets him free. He also is one of the rest of the Company members to accompony Thorin to the Lonely Mountain.

### *Violet: Book 3: Bad Blood*

Nori also appears in the third film. He later participates and survives in the Battle of the Five Armies in the third novel, and is titled Spy Master of Erebor and Lord under the Mountain.

## Personality

elusive , quick witted , wily , loyal , protective

## Appearances

* *Violet: Book 1: Indigo Flower of the Valley*
* *Violet: Book 2: Desolation upon the Mountain*
* *Violet: Book 3: Bad Blood*
* *The Tales of Middle-earth*
* *Violet's Journal: The Recovery of Erebor*

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 According to official description