Guide to The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit/Chapter 16

A Thief in the Night is the sixteenth chapter of Guide to The Lord of the Rings/J.R.R Tolkien's Guide to The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit. Plot Hoping to avoid war, Bilbo secretly takes the Arkenstone to the camp of the Elves and Men, and gives it to Bard and Thranduil to help with negotiations. Before leaving the camp to return to the Lonely Mountain, Bilbo finds that Gandalf has returned. Synopsis In the mountain, Thorin desperately searches for the Arkenstone, while the rest of the Dwarves worry about the army camped on their doorstep. Bilbo decides to take matters into his own hands, and with the help of the ring, he sneaks out of the mountain in the middle of the night and into the camp of the lake men and the wood elves, where is brought before the leaders, Bard and the Elvenking. They are suspicious of him, but they relax when Bilbo reveals his secret weapon: the Arkenstone. He gives it freely to Bard to use as a bargaining chip against Thorin. Bard and the Elvenking are amazed that he would risk inciting the anger of the dwarves in order to prevent a war. They ask him to stay in the camp for his own safety, but Bilbo insists on returning to the mountain. On his way back, he runs into Gandalf, who commends him for his bravery. With his hope restored, Bilbo returns to the mountain unnoticed. Appearances Main Characters Bilbo Baggins Bard Elvenking other characters Thorin Oakenshield Roäc Bombur Gandalf Dáin II Ironfoot (Mentioned only) Species Hobbits Dwarves Men Elves Locations Lonely Mountain Dale objects Arkenstone Translations around the World Foreign LanguageTranslated nameAfrikaans'N Dief in die NagAlbanianNjë Hajdut në natëAmharicሌባ የሌሊት ወራዳArabicلص في الليلBasqueGauean LapurraBelarusian CyrillicЗлодзей у ночыBengaliরাতে চোরBosnianLopov u noćiBulgarian CyrillicКрадец в нощтаCambodianចោរម្នាក់នៅក្នុងរាត្រីCatalanUn Lladre a la NitCebuanoUsa ka kawatan sa gabiiChinese夜里的小偷CroatianLopov u noćiCzechZloděj v nociDanishEn Tyv i NattenDutchEen Dief in de NachtEsperantoA Ŝtelisto en la NoktoEstonianVaras ööselFinnishVaras yölläFijianE dua na daubutako ena bogiFilipinoIsang Magnanakaw sa GabiFrenchUn Voleur dans la nuitGalicianUn Ladrón na NoiteGermanEin Dieb in der NachtGreekΚλέφτης τη νύχταGujaratiનાઇટમાં થીફHaitian CreoleYon Vòlò nan mitan LannwitHebrewגנב בלילהHindiरात में एक चोरHungarianA tolvaj az éjszakábanIcelandicÞjófur í NóttIndonesianSeorang pencuri di malam hariIrish GaelicGadaí san OícheItalianUn Ladro nella notteJapanese夜の泥棒Kannadaಎ ಥೀಫ್ ಇನ್ ದಿ ನೈಟ್Kazakh CyrillicТүнде ұрыKorean밤의 도둑KurdishDi Şevê de diz (Latin)Kyrgyz CyrillicТүн жамынган уурудайLaotianຄົນຂີ້ລັກໃນຕອນກາງຄືນໄດ້LatvianZaglis naktīLithuanianNaktį vagisMacedonian CyrillicКрадец во ноќMalagasyNy Mpangalatra amin' ny AlinaMalayPencuri di MalamMalteseĦalliel fil-LejlaMarathiरात्रीचा एक चोरMongolian CyrillicШөнийн хулгайчNepaleseरात मा एक चोरNorwegianEn Tyv om NattenPashtoپه شپه کې چورPersianدزد در شبPolishNocny złodziejPortugueseUm Ladrão na NoitePunjabiਰਾਤ ਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਚੋਰRomanianUn Hoţ în NoapteRussianВор в ночиScottish GaelicA Mheirlich san OidhcheSerbianЛопов у ноћи (Cyrillic) Lopov u Noći (Latin)Sindhiهڪ چور رات ۾Sinhaleseරාත්රියේ හොරෙක්SlovakZlodej v nociSlovenianTatica v nočiSomalianTuug habeen ahSpanishUn Ladrón en la NocheSudaneseA Maling di PeutingSwedishEn Tjuv om NattenTajik CyrillicДузд дар шабTamilஇரவில் ஒரு திருடன்Teluguఎ థీఫ్ ఇన్ ది నైట్ThaiขโมยในตอนกลางคืนTonganHa Taha kaiha'a 'i he Po'uliTurkishGece Bir HırsızUrduایک چور رات میںUzbekКеча ичида ўғри (Cyrillic) Kecha ichida o'g'ri (Latin)VietnameseMột tên trộm trong đêmWelshLleidr yn y NosYiddishאַ גנב אין דער נאַכטYorubaA Olè li Oru