Greetings Bilbo Character Analysis

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A few years after his journey, and the death of Thorin Oakenshield, Bilbo was sitting comfortably in his hobbit hole, reading a novel, when he heard knocking on his door. He assumed it to be the Sackville-Baggins. But his guess was incorrect as it was a much taller, but skinnier dwarf that he had never seen before. His name was Fendrel, shield of Dain. He was a personal bodyguard of dain.
“Greetings Bilbo Baggins, I am Fendrel Shield of Dain”
“Come sit down and have some tea-” Bilbo replied, but interrupted.
“I have brought forth sad news, from the mountain.”
“What’s going on?” asked Bilbo worryingly.
Before he sat down to tell Bilbo the sorrow news, Biblo guides him to the kitchen and prepares tea and a loaf of bread, and butter. “Our leader Dain, has been assassinated.” “What?! How did this happen, and who did it?” “We wish we knew, we saw nothing, no blood, no footprints, nothing, that’s why we cam to you. There are tales told about you where you frolicked around giant spiders, and mocked them while you saved your friends. You also rescued your friends from the Elvenking. We need you so we can get vengeance for Dain.” “But I have done my fair share of adventuring and wish to spend the rest of my days in Hobbiton.” “You
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In the meantime, in the mountain some sort of an election is going on. Now that Dain, Thorin, Fili, and Kili are dead, there is no one right to take their position in terms of bloodline. Now the dwarves must elect someone to lead. In the halls of the mountain the dwarves are arguing with much violence. Punches are being thrown left and right. The dwarves after continuous hours of punching, kicking, and being violent settled down. Knowing that the violence didn’t help at all, the dwarves at the top of the “food chain” (Council, army leader, etc.) decided to have a gathering with all the dwarves, and finally decide who will be the next

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