Erebor

• Bilbo wakes up to find the battle over.
• Gandalf finds Bilbo and takes him to the camps.
• Bilbo finds Thorin dying. Thorin repents his actions and greed before he dies.

• Thorin is buried in Erebor, with the Arkenstone and Orcrist upon his chest.
• Dain is crowned King Under the Mountain. He gives 1/14^th of the treasure to Bard to rebuild Dale.
• Bilbo says goodbye to the dwarves

• Bilbo leaves with Gandalf, Thranduil and Beorn.
• Bilbo narrates the rebuild of Dale, leaving Beorn and returning to Rivendell.

Rivendell

• Elrond offers Bilbo a home at Rivendell, but Bilbo chooses to return home.

Troll Shaws

• Bilbo digs up the treasure left at the troll’s cave.

The Shire

• Bilbo returns to Bag End to find the Sackville-Baggins selling off his possessions.
• Bilbo tries to convince everyone that he’s not dead.
• (T.A. 2949-2980)
• Gandalf and Balin visit Bilbo at Bag End.

• Bilbo adopts his young cousin, Frodo.
• Bilbo begins writing the Red Book of Westmarch.

First Appearances – Frodo Baggins, Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, Otho Sackville-Baggins, Gaffer Gamgee, Ted Sandyman, Farmer Cotton

Death – Thorin

Adapted from the chapters ‘The Return Journey’ and ‘The Last Stage’ of The Hobbit and Appendix B of Lord of the Rings.

Pictures

• The Return Journey – Charles Burggraf
• Beorn Finds Thorin – Joona Kujanen
• The Death of Thorin – John Howe
• Balin – Turner Mohan
• Visit to Bilbo – Alan Lee
• Many Paths to Tread – Jef Murray