Thorin Oakenshield

“We are met to discuss our plans, our ways, means, policy and devices. We shall soon before the break of day start on our long journey, a journey from which some of us, or perhaps all of us (except our friend and counsellor, the ingenious wizard Gandalf) may never return”

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Party; pg. 17