The event
Thorin’s company, with Bilbo and Gandalf, reclaims the Lonely Mountain from Smaug.
Consequences
Erebor and Dale are restored; Bilbo returns with the One Ring; the north is strengthened against Sauron.
Participants
CharacterBilbo Baggins
A respectable Shire hobbit who is swept into the quest of Erebor and becomes the first hobbit to bear the One Ring.
CharacterThorin Oakenshield
The proud leader of the Company in The Hobbit, who reclaimed Erebor from Smaug and fell at the Battle of Five Armies.
CharacterGandalf
A Wizard of the Istari, keeper of the Elven-ring Narya, and the chief architect of the resistance to Sauron.
CharacterSmaug
The great dragon who took the Lonely Mountain, hoarded its treasure, and was slain by Bard the Bowman.
CharacterBalin
A wise and kindly Dwarf of Thorin’s company who later led a doomed attempt to recolonise Moria.
Place
Artifacts
Sources
The Hobbit · 1937
Published in Tolkien’s lifetime. The primary narrative of Bilbo’s journey.