Unlike most Dwarves, Thorin, Fíli and Kíli had short beards in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy, and Richard Armitage came up with the reason.

However, he does not go alone. He is joined by Gandalf, Legolas the elf, Gimli the Dwarf, Aragorn, Boromir, and his three Hobbit friends Merry, Pippin, and Samwise. Through mountains, snow ...