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Bombur sleeps at several key moments in the book. When he trips into the Mirkwood river, he falls under a spell that makes him sleep for days, burdening the others with his weight as they walked on. And while he is on a midnight lookout in the fortified Erebor, Bilbo promises to keep watch so that he can sleep in the warmth (Bilbo used this opportunity to sneak the Arkenstone out of the mountain). Incidentally, he was asleep when they opened his barrel after escaping the Elves of Mirkwood and also when Bilbo discovered the secret entrance to Erebor.

In The Lord of the Rings, many years later, Frodo Baggins inquires after Bombur and learns that he has grown so fat it takes six Dwarves to lift him. Its possible but unlikely that Bombur fought in the Battle of Dale during the War of the Ring.

Bombur descended from Dwarves of Khazad-dum, but was not among Durin's folk, so he was either from the Firbeards or Broadbeams Houses. Since the population of these houses was located in Khazad-dûm up until Durin's Bane awoke.

Members of Thorin and Company