Hobbit Facts
Thorin is the leader of the dwarves.
Gandalf advertised Bilbo as a burglar.
Bilbo finds an important object, a key to their cave, at the trolls’ campsite.
Gandalf kills the Great Goblin using Beater, or Glamdring, an elvish sword.
Bilbo and the dwarves are rescued from the Wargs by eagles.
Gollum is a slimy creature who lives alone (inside the Misty Moutains) and posseses a magic ring.
Beorn outfits the travelers for their journey through Mirkwod and is a farmer who turns into a bear.
Bilbo helps the dwarves escape from the dungeon of the Elvenking by hiding them in empty wine barrels.
Lake-town (Esgaroth) is a town of men.
Smaug is a dragon living under the Lonely Mountain. He guards Thorin’s treasure, his birthright.
Bilbo confronts Smaug in his lair and steals the Arkenstone.
Smaug seeks revenge by leaving the Lonely Mountain and destroying Esgaroth.
Bilbo attempts to negotiate peace by giving Bard the Arkenstone.
In the Battle of Five Armies, the dwarves fight with the men and elves, against the Goblins and Wargs.
When Bilbo finally returns home, he finds that his possessions have been sold at auction.
Bag-End is Bilbo’s hillside home.
The trolls turn to stone when they are exposed to daylight.
Gollum refers to his ring as his ‘precious’.
Bard kills Smaug.
The master of Rivendell is Elrond.
The magic ring makes its wearer invisible.
The evil wolf-like creatures that support the goblins are referred to as Wargs.
The Necromancer is an evil sorcerer that takes up residence in Mirkwood.
Bilbo gives the name ‘Sting’ to his sword.
Bilbo and Gollum hold a contest of riddle-solving.
Smaug is killed via his weakness—a missing scale above his heart.