The Hobbit: What Happened To The Arkenstone After The Battle Of The Five Armies?
The Arkenstone is one of the most coveted objects of Middle Earth, second only to the Rings of Power, which were designed to allure and entrap their wearers into Sauron’s evil command. The Arkenstone is a precious gem discovered at the heart of the Lonely Mountain during the second age. It held immeasurable beauty that was capable of changing the light in any room to an iridescent glow. The stone became the heirloom of the line of Durin, Thorin’s house.
It was said that any who possessed the gem could call upon the seven armies of the dwarves to ride to battle in their defense. Hints of this are shown in The Hobbit movies, in which the ravens can be seen carrying messages between the dwarven armies because they recognized Thorin’s authority as the rightful king. But when the Battle of the Five Armies broke out, and a whole range of orcs, elves, dwarves and men went to war, what happened to the irreplaceable stone?
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It is first important to understand that the Arkenstone made its surprising way into the hands of Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo seems to be a character who often ends up in the possession of objects he never intended to require. The One Ring and the elven blade Sting are two other examples. But when Gandalf thrusts the brave and loyal hobbit into the quest to reclaim the fallen kingdom of Erebor with Thorin and his company of dwarves, Bilbo is hired as their burglar. He is tasked with sneaking into the mountain to retrieve the Arkenstone undetected, from beneath the sleeping dragon’s belly. Incredibly, he does actually manage to achieve the task, but then proceeds to smuggle the Arkenstone out of the dwarven keep. He takes it to the men of
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