The Hobbit Characters
a dragon who guards the treasure that the dwarves and Bilbo are after. Killed by Bard in the end
- ANS-Smaug
a man who is a skin changer between a man and a bear. keeps dwarves for a night, feeds them,
and gives them ponies - ANS-Beorn
an old elf who lives in Rivendell. In this tale he always plays the part of a gracious host. he
reads the moon letter on the map that no one detected previously. These instructions make it
possible for the dwarves to enter the mountain. - ANS-Elrond
Another of the dwarves who is almost caught by Smaug when he bursts from Lonely Mountain. -
ANS-Bofur
Another of the two youngest dwarves, he is almost always shown doing something alongside
Kili. The pair are practically inseparable. The die together in the battle at the end of the novel.
He has the best sight of all the dwarves. He is the one who throws the hook at the end of the
rope when they must cross the stream in Mirkwood. - ANS-Fili
are three trolls who capture the dwarves - ANS-Bert, Tom and William
carried Bilbo in the Misty Mountains - ANS-Dori
Dwarf; Gimli's father, part of Thorin's Company - ANS-Gloin
eighth to arrive of the dwarves - ANS-Oin
fat dwarf who fell in the enchanted river - ANS-Bombur
is one of the laborers in the Elvenking's palace - ANS-Galion
king of the wood-elves. He has a natural distrust of dwarves and release the travelers until they
tell him exactly why they are traveling through Mirkwood - ANS-Elvenking
leader on the goblins in the Misty Mountains. He allegedly imprisoned and killed Thorin's father.
Gandalf kills him and helps the travelers escape from an almost certain doom. It is this murder
that causes the goblins to gather and plan to pursue the dwarves. - ANS-Great Goblin
One of the thirteen dwarves who is almost caught by Smaug when he bursts from Lonely
Mountain. - ANS-Bifur
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