Also known as: Thorin Ii, King Under The Mountain
Thorin II, called Oakenshield, was the heir of Durin's Folk and the leader of the quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain. Grandson of Thror, King under the Mountain, and son of Thrain II, he was a youth in Erebor when the dragon Smaug descended in fire and drove his people into long exile and poverty. In the War of the Dwarves and Orcs he won his name at the great and terrible battle of Azanulbizar before the East-gate of Moria, when, his shield broken, he took up an oaken branch as both club and buckler.
Long afterward, counselled and aided by Gandalf, Thorin gathered a company of twelve Dwarves and the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, whom Gandalf named their burglar, and set out to win back Erebor and its hoard. Noble and brave, but proud and grasping, he fell under the dragon-sickness when the treasure was regained -- a fey and greedy obsession, above all for the Arkenstone of his fathers -- and would yield no fair share to the Men of the Lake or the Elves, bringing them all to the edge of war. Only the sudden onslaught of goblins and wolves united the host in the Battle of the Five Armies, where Thorin led the charge of the Dwarves and was mortally wounded. Dying, he was reconciled with Bilbo, taking back his harsh words and saying that if more folk valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, the world would be a merrier place; and he was laid to rest deep beneath the Mountain with the Arkenstone upon his breast and the Elven-blade Orcrist upon his tomb.