An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. How does the immensely talented lee pace character differ from the character in the book. In the movie, thorins death is executed beautifully. Debunking that hobbit movie rumour about thorin oakenshield. The battle of the five armies having reclaimed erebor and vast treasure from the dragon smaug, thorin oakenshield richard armitage sacrifices friendship and honor in seeking the arkenstone, despite smaugs fiery wrath and desperate attempts by the. Still, with the sound of wargs hunting them down the situation of their present environment did little to ease them. Why did you and your folk three times try to attack my people at their merrymaking. Thorin oakenshieldbiography the hobbit film trilogy wikia. Thorin made it through part of these lines, but was mortally wounded because of how large bolgs protection was.
Smaug left the mannish town of dale in ruins and killed many dwarves. It was clearly not predicted for a female to be in the home of bilbo baggins. Thorin ii, also called the oakenshield, king under the mountain or the mountain king, was the. Thyri, daughter of thrain, dragonslayer book 1 thorin.
For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one. It was not predicted that she was very skilled in her profession. At some point in the fighting, his shield broke, and using an oaken tree branch found on the flooras a shield, he gained the epithet oakenshield, which would remain with him even in death. Thorin oakenshield was the leader of a company of dwarves who traveled to the lonely mountain to win back their land and riches from smaug the great dragon. Thror and thrain thorins father escaped using a secret back door. However, bolg protected himself with lines of orcs. Filled with emotion and sadness, and it gives thorin that one final moment of redemption for going mad and becoming an ass. It isnt said how exactly he died, only that he was mortally wounded, along with kili and fili, who were guarding him. Thorin eventually became kinginexile of durins folk after his father went missing, and presumably died in the dungeons of dol guldur. What did aragorn king elessar do after the lord of the rings. Desolation of smaug, the hobbit, the battle of five armies. There are many versions of this book, and they all have different page numbers. Many people have written to us over the last five or so days about a story that has begun circulating around the internet concerning thorin oakenshield and the final hobbit film, the battle of the five armies.
Thorin was best known for his deeds as leader of a company that infiltrated the lost. He led the expedition recounted in the hobbit to win the lonely mountain back from smaug, but was killed in the battle of five armies described at the end of that book. Thorins company in the hobbit, or, there and back again. Thorin ii oakenshield mortally wounded on the field, died soon after the battle, after having final words with bilbo. In the hobbit, thorin oakenshield is a dwarf on a mission. Unlike many other adaptations where thorin is depicted as whitehaired, thorin is portrayed as younger looking in the original book he was the oldest of the dwarves in the company. The hobbits richard armitage on bringing thorin to. It is possible that as saurons power grew so too did the rings influence over thrain.
The the hobbit quotes below are all either spoken by thorin oakenshield or refer to thorin oakenshield. Thorin ii oakenshield the one wiki to rule them all fandom. The hobbit, or there and back again question about. The eleven king looked sternly upon thorin, when he was brought before him, and asked him many questions. Instantly, thorin knew it was smaug, the last firedrake of the north, ordering balin to sound the. The hobbits richard armitage on bringing thorin to journeys end. Ah, thranduil, known to us bookies as the elvenking or the elvenking for the hyphenators among us. Richard crispin armitage born 22 august 1971 is an english film, television, theatre and voice actor. There are two completely different versions of his death, in the book and the movie. His goal is to regain the arkenstone back from the evil dragon smaug, who has taken over his family home, the lonely mountain. Thorin is brave and intelligent and his leadership of the dwarves is unchallenged.
A beast lunged into their path and charged the hobbit. This is the chapter about your childhood, and your some of the background with thorin and the line of durin. The character of thorin oakenshield in the hobbit from. Azog also appeared in the 2014 video game lego the hobbit and has officially been released as a lego minifigure in the lego hobbit sets 79014 dol guldur battle and 79017 the battle of the five armies. How many dwarves of thorins ex company were alive during. Thorin oakenshield is a dwarf who is leading a quest to reclaim erebor from the dragon smaug. Thorin, however, does have streaks of gray in his black hair.
That strikes me as an interesting exploration because, frankly, there are three characters possibly four in the books who fill the role. The main character, bilbo, is a peaceloving hobbit who is hired by a group of refugee dwarves as. He fought bravely and kili and fili fell by his side. A longtime admirer of tolkiens work, the actor talks with spinoff about reimagining the dwarven leader, and finally learning to connect with fans. Thorin oakenshield from book to film scifi and fantasy network. His intense desire for the treasure, typical of the dwarf love of. However, thorin oakenshield died in chapter 18, the return journey. Thorin oakenshield in the hobbit, or, there and back again. Richard armitage as thorin oakenshield in the hobbit, an unexpected journey, the hobbit. Though the quest was a success, thorin showed his true greed at the end of his life and died in battle. Thyri, daughter of thrain, dragonslayer book 1 fanfiction.
He makes a mistake, however, when he refuses to parley with bard on the eve of the battle. Their leader, thorin oakenshield, is shown to be a great warrior and the heir to. Thorin became kinginexile of durins folk after his father presumably died in the dungeons of dol guldur. Thorin, who did not think much of hobbits, reluctantly agreed, realizing that bilbos.
Love all the shades of blues in this photo, especially his eyes. It seems like theres a lot of thorin here, lately richard armitage as thorin oakenshield in the hobbit johnpirilloauthor where theres life theres hope. Thorin trusted dain and would not have been sorry to see dain ruling erebor. Protagonist casualties during the battle of five armies at the end of the book the hobbit are thorin oakenshield and his nephews fili and kili. Thorin became kinginexile of durins folk after his father presumably died in the. Since they had no part in thorin s decision to doublecross the men of laketown, and since the book gives no indication that he even knew of their deaths before he died of his wounds, i do not think that the deaths of fili and kili were intended as a punishment for thorin s mistakes. He finds that the eagles have routed the goblins from the mountain and that beorn, too, has come to their aid. Also, in the books, azog is not responsible for thorin oakenshields death, as he was killed long before thorin died. Thorin is killed while commanding the allied armies of men, dwarves and elves during the battle of five armies. What page of the hobbit was the death of kili and fili.
Thorin oakenshield played by the actor richard armitage. Most of these dwarves just seem to be along for the ride, without much in the way of real character. During the battle of five armies, thorin attempted to kill the leader of the orcs, named bolg, son of azog. Being the leader of dwarves, he placed himself at the head of the company that set out to reclaim the treasure. She has a curse on her which she qualifed it as a blessing. In the book, as in the film, thorin is the leader of a company of dwarves who embark on a quest to kill a dragon and retrieve their stolen gold, but what separates the film from the book, and what essentially elevates thorins character, is the focus on the motivation behind his quest and a stronger infusion of nobility into that motivation.
Bilbo regains consciousness and is carried to thorin, who is dying after having been wounded in the battle. The company of thorin oakenshield has successfuly killed the worm usurper called smaug, and took back the lonely mountain. Oin and gloin carry the tinderboxes for the group, so occasionally theyre called upon to bring light in dark places. Honest criticism appreciated, but please dont get overly rude. Thorin oakenshield from book to film scifi and fantasy.
Thorin vs azog first battle the hobbit battle of moria. He lingered long enough to forgive bilbo and restore his share of the treasure. Yet what choice did he have but to follow with an orc pack not far behind. And it was not predicted that she would actually be an asset to the dwarves, fearless warriors on the bat. Smaug left the mannish town of dale in ruins and killed many dwarves who were inside the mountain. The prominent casualties claimed by the war on the heroes side are thorin oakenshield and his two nephewsheirs fili and kili. Thorin oakenshield richard armitage the hobbit thorin oakenshield played by the actor richard armitage. Thorin, son of thrain, son of thror, is the leader of the company of dwarves who go on a quest to get their treasure back from the dragon smaug who destroyed their kingdom under the lonely mountain a couple of generations back. Thorin is one of the main characters of the hobbit, the son of thrain and the grandson of thror, the king under the mountain. I knew it was in the th chapter but dont know which page. What the book ends and there is no king under the mountain and the whole quest and killing smaug was for absolutely nothing and in the fellowship of the ring extended edition gandalf says that thorin gifted bilbo with the mythril rings shirt for. The three deaths mean that the line of thror and thrain is extinguished and the kingship of erebor passes to dain ii ironfoot.