The Hobbit tells the story of Bilbo Baggins who sets out on an unlikely adventure to recover a stolen treasure with a band of dwarves and a wizard. It takes place roughly eighty years before LOTR; and though mostly an original cast, there are memorable characters represented within the following trilogy: Bilbo, Gandalf, Gollum. This is a story that warns against the dangers of greed and how we all need one another to survive.