The Quest of Erebor

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Middle-earth legendarium text literary work narrative

The Quest of Erebor is a narrative by J.R.R. Tolkien that recounts Gandalf’s perspective on the events leading to Bilbo Baggins joining Thorin Oakenshield’s quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Quest of Erebor	16
The Quest of Erebor (narrative in Unfinished Tales)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Middle-earth legendarium text ⓘ literary work ⓘ narrative ⓘ
author	J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	events of The Hobbit ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
describesEvent	Bilbo Baggins joining Thorin’s company ⓘ Thorin Oakenshield’s quest to reclaim Erebor ⓘ
explains	political background of the quest to Erebor ⓘ why Gandalf selected Bilbo as burglar ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Bilbo Baggins NERFINISHED ⓘ Gandalf NERFINISHED ⓘ Thorin Oakenshield NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresLocation	Erebor NERFINISHED ⓘ Lonely Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shire NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresRace	Dwarves ⓘ Hobbits ⓘ Wizards ⓘ
fictionalTimePeriod	Third Age of Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn	Gandalf’s reasons for choosing Bilbo ⓘ background to the expedition to the Lonely Mountain ⓘ
genre	fantasy ⓘ high fantasy ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryUniverseCreator	J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter	Bilbo Baggins NERFINISHED ⓘ Gandalf NERFINISHED ⓘ Smaug NERFINISHED ⓘ Thorin Oakenshield NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium	prose ⓘ
narrator	Gandalf NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfFictionalUniverse	Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfSeries	The History of Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ Unfinished Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork	The Hobbit NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Erebor NERFINISHED ⓘ Lonely Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shire NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme	adventure ⓘ courage ⓘ fate and providence ⓘ friendship ⓘ
timeOfWriting	20th century ⓘ
toldFromPerspectiveOf	Gandalf NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dwalin → appearsIn → The Quest of Erebor ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Quest of Erebor (narrative in Unfinished Tales)

Lonely Mountain → associatedEvent → The Quest of Erebor ⓘ