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 Thráin, arrived at the Lonely Mountain with Bilbo in T.A. 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 moon ." 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. 2770. Thráin ruled from T.A. 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 Thráin 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.Ī wondrous large white gem, the royal jewel of the Dwarf-kingdom of Erebor (the Lonely Mountain).
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