Lonely Mountain
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In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the Lonely Mountain is a mountain northeast of Mirkwood. It is the location of the Dwarves' Kingdom under the Mountain and the town of Dale lies in a vale on its sou
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New Zealand's Mount Ruapehu stood in for the Lonely Mountain in Peter Jackson's film adaptations of The Hobbit.
Thorin Oakenshield
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Thorin Oakenshield is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit. Thorin is the leader of the Company of Dwarves who aim to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from Smaug the dragon. He
Lonely Mountain
…the Mountain. Under Thrór's reign, Erebor becomes a great stronghold where the dwarves are numerous and prosperous. In the Third Age, while the young Thorin II Oakenshield is out hunting, the dragon Smaug flies south from the Grey Mountains, kills all the dwarves he could find, and destroys the town of Dale. Smaug takes…
Detail from the Stora Hammars I stone, depicting the Hjaðningavíg
Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit