Changes: Arkenstone of Thráin

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"It was a globe with a thousand facets; it shone like silver in the firelight, like water in the sun, like snow under the stars, like rain upon the Moon!"

—Thorin Oakenshield ^[1]

The Arkenstone was a wondrous gem sought by Thorin Oakenshield which had been discovered beneath the Lonely Mountain by Thorin's grandfather Thrór, and then shaped by the Dwarves. The Arkenstone had been the family heirloom of Durin's folk, but was lost when the dragon Smaug stole the mountain from the Dwarves.

Appearance

The Arkenstone shone of its own inner light, and appeared a little globe of pallid light in darkness, and yet, cut and fashioned by the Dwarves, it took all light that fell upon it and changed it into ten thousand sparks of white radiance, shot with glints of the rainbow.^[2]

History

Akenstone film — The Arkenstone set above King Thror's throne

The Arkenstone was a gem, the object most prized by Thorin Oakenshield of all the treasures of the Lonely Mountain. Such did he consider its value that he was willing to trade 1/14th of all the gold and silver of Smaug's hoard for it.

Ted Nasmith - The Arkenstone — Bilbo Baggins delivers the Arkenstone to Thranduil and Bard, by Ted Nasmith

When Bilbo Baggins found it on Smaug's golden bed deep inside the Lonely Mountain, he pocketed it, having learned how much Thorin valued it. While the Dwarves with Thorin sorted the treasure, Thorin sought only the Arkenstone, unaware that Bilbo was hiding it in his pillow.^[3] When the Dwarves refused to share any of the treasure with King Thranduil and Bard, the man who had killed Smaug the Magnificent, Bilbo crept out of the Dwarves' fort inside the Mountain, and gave them the Arkenstone; Bard, Thranduil, and Gandalf then tried to trade it for Bilbo's fourteenth share of Smaug's hoard. Then an evil army arriving from the Grey Mountains interrupted the dispute, the Battle of the Five Armies ensued, and Thorin was killed. The Arkenstone was placed upon Thorin's chest within his tomb deep under the Lonely Mountain, and so was returned to the earth at last.^[4]

Etymology

The name Arkenstone may have been related to the Gothic word aírkns ("holy").^[5] More closely related may be Old English eorcnanstan ("precious stone") and Old Norse jarknasteinn.

ScreenShot2013-12-12at122954PM zps136965f9 — The Arkenstone in Gene Deitch's version of *The Hobbit*

Trivia

The Arkenstone does not appear in the 1977 Rankin/Bass animated The Hobbit adaptation. As a result, Thorin loses respect for Bilbo out of feeling that the Hobbit will never understand honour and war.

Gallery

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A caption from Gene Deitch's version

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Smaug holding the Arkenstone

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Bilbo and the company about to slay the Monster

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Arkensteen
Arabic	حجر الأركينستون
Armenian	Արկինստոն
Belarusian Cyrillic	Аркенстон
Bosnian	Arkakamen
Chinese (Hong Kong)	家傳寶鑽
Cornish	Arkenlabedha
Czech	Arcikam
Danish	Arkensten
Dutch	Arksteen
Estonian	Laegaskivi
Faroese	Arkensteinur
Finnish	Arkkikivi
French	Pierre Arcane
Georgian	არკენსტოუნი
German	Arkenstein
Greek	Άρκενστοουν
Gujarati	આર્કનસ્ટોન
Hebrew	אֶבֶן-הַחֹשֶן/ארקנסטון/אֶבֶן-הַנֵזֶר
Hungarian	Arkenkő
Italian	Archepietra/Arkengemma
Japanese	アーケン石
Kannada	ಅರ್ಕೆನ್ಸ್ಟೋನ್
Korean	아르켄스톤
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Аркэнташ
Macedonian Cyrillic	Аркенкаменот
Marathi	आर्कनस्टोन
Norwegian	Dyrdesteinen
Old English	Arkenstan
Polish	Arcyklejnot
Portuguese (Brazil)	Pedra Arken
Punjabi	ਆਰਕਸਨਸਟੋਨ
Romanian	Piatra Arken
Russian	Аркенстон/Завет-камень
Sinhalese	ඇකරන්ස්ටෝන්
Spanish (Spain and Latin America)	Piedra del Arca
Swedish	Arkensten
Tajik Cyrillic	Аркенсанг
Telugu	ఆర్కెనశిల
Turkish	Arkentaşı
Turkmen	Arkendaş
Urdu	آركين پتھر
Yiddish	אַרקענסטאָנע

References

↑ The Hobbit, Chapter XII: "Inside Information"
↑ The Hobbit, Chapter XIII: "Not at Home"
↑ The Hobbit, Chapter XVI, "A Thief in the Night"
↑ The Hobbit, Chapter XVIII, "The Return Journey"
↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, chapter VI: "The Earliest Annals of Valinor"

[1] The Hobbit, Chapter XII: "Inside Information"

[2] The Hobbit, Chapter XIII: "Not at Home"

[3] The Hobbit, Chapter XVI, "A Thief in the Night"

[4] The Hobbit, Chapter XVIII, "The Return Journey"

[5] The History of Middle-earth, Vol. IV: The Shaping of Middle-earth, chapter VI: "The Earliest Annals of Valinor"

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-|owners=[[Thrór]]<br>[[Thráin II]]<br>[[Bilbo Baggins]]<br>[[Bard]] (Temporarily)<br>
+|owners=[[Thrór]]<br/>[[Thráin II]]<br/>[[Bilbo Baggins]]<br/>[[Bard]] (Temporarily)<br/>
 [[Thorin II Oakenshield]]
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 |films= ''[[The Hobbit (films)|''The Hobbit'' films]]
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+{{Quote|It was a globe with a thousand facets; it shone like silver in the firelight, like water in the sun, like snow under the stars, like rain upon the Moon!|Thorin Oakenshield <ref>''[[The Hobbit]]'', Chapter XII: "[[Inside Information]]"</ref>}}
+The '''Arkenstone''' was a wondrous gem sought by [[Thorin Oakenshield]] which had been discovered beneath the [[Lonely Mountain]] by Thorin's grandfather [[Thrór]], and then shaped by the [[Dwarves]]. The Arkenstone had been the family heirloom of [[Durin's folk]], but was lost when the dragon [[Smaug]] stole the mountain from the Dwarves.
-{{Quote|It was a globe with a thousand facets; it shone like silver in the firelight, like water in the sun, like snow under the stars, like rain upon the Moon!|Thorin Oakenshield<ref>''[[The Hobbit]]'', Chapter XII: "[[Inside Information]]"</ref>}}
+== Appearance ==
-The '''Arkenstone''' of Thrain was a wondrous gem sought by [[Thorin Oakenshield]] which had been discovered beneath the [[Lonely Mountain]] by Thorin's grandfather [[Thrór]], and then shaped by the Dwarves. The Arkenstone had been the family heirloom of [[Durin's folk]], but was lost when the dragon Smaug captured the mountain from the Dwarves.
-==Appearance==
 The Arkenstone shone of its own inner light, and appeared a little globe of pallid light in darkness, and yet, cut and fashioned by the [[Dwarves]], it took all light that fell upon it and changed it into ten thousand sparks of white radiance, shot with glints of the rainbow.<ref>''[[The Hobbit]]'', Chapter XIII: "[[Not At Home|Not at Home]]"</ref>
-==History==
+== History ==
 [[File:Akenstone_film.png|thumb|left|230px|The Arkenstone set above King Thror's throne]]
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 When [[Bilbo Baggins]] found it on Smaug's golden bed deep inside the [[Lonely Mountain]], he pocketed it, having learned how much Thorin valued it. While the Dwarves with Thorin sorted the treasure, Thorin sought only the Arkenstone, unaware that Bilbo was hiding it in his pillow.<ref>''[[The Hobbit]],'' Chapter XVI, "[[A Thief in the Night]]"</ref> When the Dwarves refused to share any of the treasure with [[King of the Woodland Realm|King]] [[Thranduil]] and [[Bard]], the man who had killed [[Smaug]] the Magnificent, Bilbo crept out of the Dwarves' fort inside the Mountain, and gave them the Arkenstone; [[Bard]], [[Thranduil]], and [[Gandalf]] then tried to trade it for Bilbo's fourteenth share of Smaug's hoard. Then an evil army arriving from the [[Grey Mountains]] interrupted the dispute, the [[Battle of the Five Armies]] ensued, and Thorin was killed. The Arkenstone was placed upon Thorin's chest within his tomb deep under the Lonely Mountain, and so was returned to the earth at last.<ref>''[[The Hobbit]],'' Chapter XVIII, "[[The Return Journey]]"</ref>
-==Etymology==
+== Etymology ==
-The name ''Arkenstone'' may have been related to the Gothic word ''aírkns'' ("holy").<ref>''[[The History of Middle-earth]]'', Vol. IV: ''[[The Shaping of Middle-earth]]'', chapter VI: "[[The Earliest Annals of Valinor]]"</ref>[[Image:ScreenShot2013-12-12at122954PM zps136965f9.png|thumb|150px|The Arkenstone in Gene Deitch's version of ''The Hobbit'' ]]
+The name ''Arkenstone'' may have been related to the Gothic word ''aírkns'' ("holy").<ref>''[[The History of Middle-earth]]'', Vol. IV: ''[[The Shaping of Middle-earth]]'', chapter VI: "[[The Earliest Annals of Valinor]]"</ref> More closely related may be Old English ''eorcnanstan'' ("precious stone") and Old Norse ''jarknasteinn''.[[File:ScreenShot2013-12-12at122954PM zps136965f9.png|thumb|150px|The Arkenstone in Gene Deitch's version of ''The Hobbit'' ]]
-==Trivia==
+== Trivia ==
-* It is speculated that the Arkenstone is in fact the [[Silmaril]] of [[Maedhros]]. However, this is impossible, as the Silmarils burned the hands of the impure and mortal, and Bilbo was not burned.  Although, it could be argued that--if the Arkenstone and the Silmaril of Maedhros were, indeed, one and the same--perhaps a higher power had secretly judged Bilbo to be more than worthy to hold it (foreshadowing the somewhat indirect--but no less crucial--role he was to play in getting the One Ring back to Mount Doom).   [[Tolkien]] also stated that [[Maglor]] and Maedhros' Silmarils would remain lost until the end of [[Arda]].  Although, it could be argued that Arda, as those of the Third Age had known it, was ending.  And, so, the other Silmaril might be found before the ending of the Fourth Age!
 *The Arkenstone does not appear in the 1977 [[Rankin/Bass]] [[The Hobbit (1977 animated film)|animated ''The Hobbit'' adaptation]]. As a result, [[Thorin]] loses respect for [[Bilbo]] out of feeling that the [[Hobbit]] will never understand honour and war.
-==Gallery==
+== Gallery ==
 {{Gallery|width=120|height=160|captionalign=center|position=center
 |ScreenShot2013-12-12at111345AM zpscd8802a5.png|A caption from Gene Deitch's version
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-==Translations around the World==
+==Translations==
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-|حجر الأركين
+|حجر الأركينستون
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 |Armenian
+|Արկինստոն
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 |Belarusian Cyrillic
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 |Arksteen
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 |Estonian
 |Laegaskivi
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 |Faroese
 |Arkensteinur
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 |Pierre Arcane
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 |Georgian
 |არკენსტოუნი
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 |Greek
 |Άρκενστοουν
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 |Gujarati
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 |아르켄스톤
 |-
 |Kyrgyz Cyrillic
 |Аркэнташ
 |-
 |Macedonian Cyrillic
 |Аркенкаменот
 |-
 |Marathi
 |आर्कनस्टोन
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 |Old English
 |Arkenstan
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 |Polish
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 |ਆਰਕਸਨਸਟੋਨ
 |-
 |Romanian
-|Piatra pulii mele
+|Piatra Arken
 |-
 |Russian
-|Аркенстон
+|Аркенстон/Завет-камень
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 |Sinhalese
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 |Piedra del Arca
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 |Swedish
 |Arkensten
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 |Tajik Cyrillic
 |Аркенсанг
 |-
 |Telugu
 |ఆర్కెనశిల
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 |Turkish
 |Arkentaşı
 |-
 |Turkmen
 |Arkendaş
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 |Urdu
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-==References==
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+== References ==
+<references />[[Category:Rings and Jewels]]
+[[Category:Dwarven objects]]
 [[de:Arkenstein]]
+[[es:Piedra del Arca]]
 [[fr:Arkenstone]]
 [[it:Arkengemma]]
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 [[pl:Arcyklejnot Thráina]]
 [[ru:Аркенстон]]
-[[Category:Rings and Jewels]]
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