This article describes all named characters appearing in J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 book The Hobbit.
Thorin's Company consisted of the following thirteen dwarves.
Their quest in The Hobbit is the main impetus of the plot.
[a] Their quest was joined by Bilbo Baggins (the titular hobbit) and occasionally by the wizard Gandalf.
Tolkien took the names of Gandalf and 12 of the 13 dwarves – excluding Balin – from the Old Norse Völuspá.