Ken Stott credited as playing...
Balin
- Balin: [sees a chamber full of dead dwarves, with their only means of escape blocked] The last of our kin. They must have come here hoping beyond hope. We could make for the mines. Might last a few days.
- Thorin Oakenshield: No. I will not die like this, cowering, clawing for breath. We make for the forges.
- Dwalin: He'll see us! Sure as death.
- Thorin Oakenshield: Not if we split up.
- Balin: Thorin, we'll never make it.
- Thorin Oakenshield: Some of us might. Lead him to the forges. We kill the dragon. If this is to end in fire, then we will all burn together!
- [observes a carving of the Arkenstone]
- Bilbo Baggins: What's that?
- Balin: That is the Arkenstone.
- Bilbo Baggins: And what is it?
- Thorin Oakenshield: That, Master Burglar, is why you are here.
- Thorin Oakenshield: You're afraid.
- Balin: Yes! Yes, I'm afraid! I fear for YOU, Thorin. A sickness lies on that treasure, a sickness that drove your grandfather mad!
- Thorin Oakenshield: I am not my grandfather.
- Balin: You are not yourself! The Thorin I know would not hesitate...
- Thorin Oakenshield: I will not risk this quest for the life of one burglar.
- Balin: Bilbo. His name is Bilbo!
- Thorin Oakenshield: [after putting in the key and opening the door] Erebor.
- Balin: [In tears] Thorin.
- Thorin Oakenshield: I know these walls. These halls. This stone. Do you remember it Balin? Chambers filled with golden light.
- Balin: I remember.
- Gloin: [Reading the Dwarvish writing in the stone] Herein lies the 7th kingdom of Durin's folk. May the heart of the mountain unite all dwarves in defense of this home.
- Balin: The throne of the king.
- Bilbo Baggins: [Observing the carving] And what's that, above it?
- Balin: The arkenstone.
- Bilbo Baggins: And what's that?
- Thorin Oakenshield: That, Master Burglar, is why you are here.
- Bilbo Baggins: You do know we're one short; where's Bofur?
- Thorin Oakenshield: If he's not here, we leave him behind.
- Balin: We have to, if we're to find the door before nightfall. We can risk no more delays.
- Ori: [sees a glowing red light from inside the hidden door] What about Bilbo?
- Thorin Oakenshield: Give him more time.
- Balin: Time to do what? To be killed?
- Thorin Oakenshield: [faces Balin; realises] You're afraid.
- Balin: *Yes,* I am afraid!
- [approaches Thorin and points]
- Balin: I fear for you! A sickness lies upon that treasure hoard!
- [Thorin is slack-jawed]
- Balin: A sickness which drove your grandfather mad!
- Thorin Oakenshield: [turns away] I am not my grandfather.
- Balin: You're not yourself! The Thorin *I* know would not hesitate to go in there--!
- Thorin Oakenshield: I will *not* risk this quest for the life of one... burglar.
- Balin: [appalled] Bilbo. His *name* is Bilbo.
- [Thorin's Company has reached Erebor; they gaze out at a distant dilapidated city]
- Bilbo Baggins: What is this place?
- Balin: It was once the City of Dale. Now it is a ruin. The Desolation of Smaug.
- Thorin Oakenshield: [looks to the sky] The sun will soon reach midday. We must find the hidden door into the Mountain before it sets. This way!
- [walks away]
- Bilbo Baggins: Wait!
- [Thorin stops to look at him]
- Bilbo Baggins: Is this... the overlook? Gandalf said to meet him here. On no account were we to...
- Thorin Oakenshield: Do you see him? We have no time to wait upon the wizard. We're on our own. Come!
- [Thorin leads the Company away; Bilbo looks back at Dale in worry, then follows]
- [Thorin is locked in Thranduil's dungeon; Balin speaks from a neighbouring cell]
- Balin: Did he offer you a deal?
- Thorin Oakenshield: He did. I told him he could go îsh kakhfê ai-'d dûr-rugnu! Him and all his kin!
- Balin: [nods] Well, that's that, then. A deal was our only hope.
- Thorin Oakenshield: [looks out heavenward; whispering] Not our only hope.