We meet more Dwarves in the first eight pages of The Hobbit than we do in the entirety of The Lord of the Rings. Following Dwalin, Balin, Fili, and Kili through Bilbo’s door are nine more Dwarves, to be known (along with one Hobbit and a Wizard) as Thorin’s Company. The fate of Thorin Oakenshield and his unfortunate nephews is writ, but after forging unbreakable bonds of friendship with Bilbo during the events of The Hobbit, where are the rest of the Dwarves in the Lord of the Rings? And what of their kin?
