Throughout the course of The Hobbit trilogy, it’s learned that Thorin does in fact have heirs to his kingdom through his sister, Dís. Dís is the mother of two young dwarves in Thorin’s ...

Determined, he gathered a company, including the unsuspecting Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, for the dangerous quest to restore the dwarves’ kingdom. Initially reluctant and out of depth, Bilbo ...

Bilbo Baggins is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself ...

In Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," Richard Armitage plays dwarf leader Thorin Oakenshield. Armitage talks to WSJ's Barbara Chai about his transformation for the role ...

THE BASICS: THE HOBBIT, a play by Greg Banks ... a quest to reclaim the dwarves’ lost kingdom of Erebor and its treasure from the dragon Smaug. Bilbo’s bravery, intelligence, and ...