With provisions from Lake-town, Thorin led the company to Erebor. He was the first to emerge from the barrels at Lake-town and marched right up to the leaders of the town, declaring himself as King Under the Mountain. When the dwarves were captured by the wood-elves of Mirkwood, Thorin insisted that the others not disclose their quest to their captors. He and Gandalf fought valiantly in the goblin tunnels in the Misty Mountains. He found the Elven blade Orcrist in the trolls' cache, and used the sword thereafter until it was taken when he was captured by the wood-elves. On the journey the company encountered a band of trolls, and Thorin alone of the Dwarves was not taken unawares. Thorin was determined to get the treasure back, and especially wanted the Arkenstone, the Heart of the Mountain, an heirloom of his house. Smaug had attacked Erebor (the Lonely Mountain) about 150 years before, and had taken both the dwarves' mountain and their treasure. In The Hobbit, Thorin and twelve other Dwarves visited Bilbo Baggins on Gandalf's advice to hire Bilbo as a burglar to steal their treasure back from the dragon Smaug. 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. Thorin became King-in-Exile of Durin's Folk after his father presumably died in the dungeons of Dol Guldur. During the fighting, his shield broke, and he took up an oak branch to serve as a shield "Oakenshield" thus became his epithet. In exile, he became a capable warrior, and while still young participated in the Battle of Azanulbizar in T.A. The dwarves of the Lonely Mountain were forced to flee by the dragon Smaug in T.A. In the year T.A. 2746, Thorin II was born to Thráin II in the Lonely Mountain. He shared the greed of his family, though he valued the welfare of others as well. He was infamous for a high sense of his importance and rank. Thorin was smart, proud, brave, vengeful, and stubborn. While shorter than Elves or Men, Thorin is said to be quite tall for a Dwarf. He is a capable and a cunning warrior, if not a particularly inspiring or clever leader. He refers to his home in the Blue Mountains as "poor lodgings in exile". He wears a distinctive sky blue hood with a long silver tassel. He sings and plays the harp, wears a gold chain, and has a long beard. Thorin is described as haughty, stern, and officious.
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