In The Hobbit, Thorin paid little mind to the One Ring, but if he had tried to take it from Bilbo, he could have unintentionally doomed Middle-earth.

Of the twelve Dwarves who accompanied Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit, nine were his relatives, making them part of the royal family of Durin's Folk.

So when Gandalf the wizard knocks at Bilbo’s door, bringing with him Thorin Oakenshield, 11 ragged looking dwarfs and a contract for an adventure to recover the lost treasure of Lonely Mountain ...

There it is. TheOneRing has debuted our final "first look" photo of dwarves from Peter Jackson's The Hobbit. The image features Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield, the leader of their troupe.

Jayden Adams-Ruiz, left; Anna Sosa as Kili; Katherine Cottrell as Bard; Thomas Hall as Thorin; Ryan Clemens as Balin; and Gunar Pencis, in Virginia Stage Company's production of "The Hobbit ...

They nicknamed him “Thorin” after a dwarf character from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. ... Thorin belonged to a small group of Neanderthals who lived between 42,000 and 50,000 years ago.