After the Battle of Five Armies, Bard the Bowman placed the Arkenstone on Thorin Oakenshield's breast in his tomb beneath the Lonely Mountain, where it was buried with him, bringing peace and good fortune to his descendants until the mountain eventually fell.
Thus the Battle of Five Armies ensued, and Thorin II was killed. After the battle, the Arkenstone was placed by Bard upon Thorin's chest within his tomb deep underneath Erebor, and so was returned to the earth at last.
Canonically, Balin is the only dwarf from the The Quest of Erebor that is mentioned as visiting Bilbo after he returns to the Shire but based on the number of mentions of dwarven visitors to him over the years I'm sure a few of the others may have come back West at some point, in addition to other dwarves who knew him ...
No. Thorins Bloodline is the line of Durin, which is survived by King Dain Ironfoot, and later his son, King Thorin Stonehelm.
In the centuries after its discovery, the Arkenstone became an heirloom of the Kings of Durin's Folk. Thráin's son Thorin I carried it away into the Grey Mountains where it remained for some generations, until in time King Thrór brought it back to the Great Hall of Thráin.
King Thror was beheaded, Thrain fled in despair and was never seen again, and Frerin was killed in battle. The unthinkable had occurred: without anybody realizing the significance of what had happened, the half-elf Thorin had become the de facto heir to Erebor.
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But, sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell." – were the final words of Thorin Oakenshield.
He attacks the Orcs in rage, and is later confronted by Bolg. He saves Tauriel from being attacked by Bolg, but is mortally wounded during the fight. Kíli dies with Tauriel by his side. Bolg is eventually killed by Legolas while Azog is killed by Thorin himself avenging the brothers.
As his "rightful heir," Dáin succeeded Thorin as King under the Mountain, and King of all of Durin's folk.
Azog held a grudge against the Dwarves of Durin's folk and vowed until the last of the Durin Dwarves were destroyed completely. Around the time of 2799, Azog started his elimination of the Durin line by beheading the Dwarves' king, Thror.
It's possible that Gollum's prolonged search for the ring allowed it to maintain a significant power over him, suspending his aging process. In contrast, Bilbo's exposure to the ring's influence waned after he willingly (mostly) relinquished it, allowing his aging to resume more noticeably.
As a Maia, Gandalf was an angelic being in human form, in service to the Creator (Eru Ilúvatar) and the Creator's 'Secret Fire'. He took on the specific form of an old man as a sign of his humility. His role was to advise but never to attempt to match Sauron's strength.
Whatever happened to the dwarves was recorded in that large tome, which can be found in the chapter “The Bridge of Khazad-dûm”. There was no communication between Balin's group and Erebor before this so there was no way Gimli, or anyone else, could have known about it.
After the fall of Sauron, Thranduil fixed the southern boundary of his realm as the Mountains of Mirkwood, and his realm flourished well into the Fourth Age. He may have stayed on as the king of the Great Forest or left Middle-earth and departed to the Undying Lands.
The city took a small hit but it was rebuilt during the Fourth Age with the help of men and all of the Dwarves. With the restoration of the Kingdom under the Mountain the area became prosperous again.
At the end of the day, there's no real proof (especially anything said by Tolkien) to suggest that the Arkenstone is a silmaril. But it's an interesting theory, and if you agree with the theory it adds a new level of significance to many of the events in The Hobbit.
Dáin II or Dáin Ironfoot (Third Age 2767 – 3019, aged 252 years) was the Lord of the Iron Hills and King under the Mountain.
Gimli was of the royal line, but not close to the succession; he was the third cousin once removed of Dáin II Ironfoot.
Erebor retained the vast majority of the wealth under the leadership of Dain. Presumably a great deal would have been spent rebuilding Erebor and helping the dwarves could resettle there, though we don't have exact numbers on that - certainly by the time of the Council of Elrond it had become a thriving city once more.
The movie the Battle of Five Armies expanded on Tolkien's canon by saying that the white gems Thranduil wanted back from the dwarves were originally intended for her, but that she was captured and taken and tortured to death by Gundabad orcs before the order was completed.
Many Tolkien fans, and even average moviegoers, have expressed dissatisfaction with the character on social media, stating that including a character that didn't exist in Tolkien's work so heavily into the movie is a disrespect to Tolkien, and is just an attempt to appeal more to female audiences, and to those who have ...
The 19 Most Memorable Last Words Of All Time
"Good-bye! If you won't come with us, you had better get off without any more talk!" "Good-bye then, and really good-bye!" said Gandalf, and he turned his horse and rode down into the West. But he could not resist the temptation to have the last word.
Azog was an Orc-chieftain of Moria, who started the War of the Dwarves and Orcs when he slew Thrór. He was himself slain by Dáin II Ironfoot in the Battle of Azanulbizar, and was succeeded by his son Bolg.