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This dwarf is described as being very haughty, stern, and officious. He has a talent for singing and can play the harp. He wears a gold chain and has a very long beard. He refers to his homes in the Blue Mountains as "poor lodgings in exile." Even though he is quite old (even for a Dwarf) by the time of The Hobbit, he is very capable and a cunning warrior, if not a particularly inspiring or clever leader. I love the way he leads his men with Gandalf, and then without the wizards help, to reclaim their lost kingdom of Erebor (a moon-shot you might say). Although Thorin's character is disappointing at times, I still think that he was overall right in his assumptions. Not really a great leader, but he was a great Dwarf nonetheless.
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I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old, familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeatof peace on earth, good-will to men!
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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