He attempted to take it with him when Smaug invaded Erebor, but dropped it into a pile of gold where it was lost. The gem was inserted into ThrГіr's throne, and the king viewed it as a symbol of his rule by divine grace. In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the Arkenstone is portrayed as a round glowing gem, similar to a luminous white opal. Though the Arkenstone is not a Silmaril, it is certainly an import from Tolkien's writings of the 'mythology' into his children's story which were, at the time of The Hobbit's composition, unrelated writings. The Arkenstone is often compared with the Silmarils, the great jewels at the centre of The Silmarillion. Gazed on treasure, silver, precious gems, The word appears in several Old English poems for example, 'The Ruin' offers a 'lament over worldly ambitions and the folly of social aspirations.' Seah on sinc, on sylfor, on searogimmas, Tolkien took the name from Old English earcanstДЃn (also spelled eorcanstДЃn, eorcnanstДЃn, etc.) or Old Norse jarknasteinn, meaning 'precious stone'. When Thorin was buried deep under Erebor, Bard placed the Arkenstone on Thorin's breast. The dispute was interrupted by goblins and wargs from the Misty Mountains, the Battle of Five Armies ensued, and Thorin was killed. Bard, Thranduil, and Gandalf then tried to trade it for Bilbo's fourteenth share of Smaug's hoard. When the Dwarves refused to share any of the treasure with Bard (who had killed Smaug) and King Thranduil, Bilbo crept out of the Dwarves' fort inside the Mountain, and gave them the Arkenstone. While his Dwarf companions sorted the treasure, Thorin sought only the Arkenstone, unaware that Bilbo was hiding it in his pillow. When Bilbo found the Arkenstone on Smaug's golden bed deep inside the Lonely Mountain he pocketed it, having learned how much Thorin valued it. Thorin, the heir of ThrГЎin, arrived at the Lonely Mountain with Bilbo in T.A.В 2941. It was also called the Heart of the Mountain, and as Thorin describes to Bilbo Baggins: ' It shone like silver in the firelight, like water in the sun, like snow under the stars, like rain upon the moonВ .' The Arkenstone shone of its own inner light, but having been cut and fashioned by the Dwarves, it also reflected and multiplied any light glancing upon its surface with marvellous beauty. However, the great jewel was lost when the dragon Smaug captured the Lonely Mountain from the Dwarves in T.A.В 2770. ThrГЎin ruled from T.A.В 1981 to 2190, and the Arkenstone became the royal heirloom of his successors, Durin's line. The Arkenstone had been discovered at the heart of the Mountain by Thorin's ancestor, King ThrГЎin I the Old, and shaped by the Dwarves. It was sought by Thorin Oakenshield, the claimant to the kingdom, in The Hobbit. For the composer of electronic and new age music, see David Arkenstone.ДЄ wondrous large white gem, the royal jewel of the Dwarf-kingdom of Erebor (the Lonely Mountain). 1.3.1 Histories before the War of the Ring.

1.2.1 History before the War of the Ring.

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