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How does Gandalf get the key to Erebor?
The book had Gandalf finding Thorin’s mad father in the dungeons of Dol Guldur, who ends up giving Gandalf the key and map there.
Who gave Gandalf the map and key to Erebor which would allow the Dwarves to find and get into their lost city?
Bilbo, Thorin, and Thorin’s company of twelve other Dwarves travelled to the Lonely Mountain to regain the treasure. They planned to use the secret door, whose key and map Gandalf had managed to obtain from Thráin, whom he had found at the point of death in the pits of Dol Guldur.
Did Gandalf get the map and key?
It was on this earlier venture that Gandalf discovered Thrain, father of Thorin, locked in the dungeons. A crazed, tormented Dwarf he had become; and from him, Gandalf received a key and a map. The conversation turns to Bilbo’s quest, and Gandalf’s role in getting that hobbit out the door and onto the road.
What is written on the key to Erebor?
In Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the key is ornately wrought, with Dwarven runes engraved on both sides of the shaft. When translated, these runes read “Durin’s Heir”, a reference to Thorin’s ancestor, Durin the Deathless.
When did Gandalf get the map and key?
2850
In TA 2850, Gandalf went to Dol Guldur in secrecy and found Thráin dying in captivity but before he died he gave Gandalf the map and the key to the secret entrance, and entrusted him to pass it on to his son Thorin.
What happened to Thorin’s father?
Thráin II was the father of Thorin II Oakenshield, and the son of King Thrór, making him a direct descendant of Durin the Deathless. After his father Thrór was beheaded by Azog in Moria, Thráin became the rightful King under the Mountain as well as the King of Durin’s Folk.
What was on the map that Gandalf gave Thorin and what was the key for that came with the map?
Here it is!’ he said, and handed to Thorin a key with a long barrel and intricate wards, made of silver.
Who was the troll whose wallet was robbed in the Hobbit?
The talking purse was the purse of the troll William. When Bilbo Baggins tried to pick the purse from William’s pocket, the purse suddenly squeaked “Ere, ‘oo are you?”. William was thus warned of the pickpocketing and captured Bilbo.
How do the elves of Rivendell tease Bilbo?
The elves seem to like to tease, especially the dwarves, but Bilbo isn’t immune, as they tease him about his size and ability to fit in the keyhole at Lonely Mountain. A great deal is related about the elves indirectly. They are mystical and alluring. Tolkien doesn’t describe any of the elves except for Elrond.