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Balin was one of the twelve companions of Thorin Oakenshield and Bilbo Baggins on the Quest of Erebor. The son of Fundin and elder brother of Dwalin, he was born in 2763 Third Age. Balin was driven into exile by the dragon Smaug in 2770, along with the rest of the surviving Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain. In 2790, Balin followed King Thráin II into the bloody War of Dwarves and Orcs, after which he settled for a time somewhere in the Blue Mountains. In 2841, Balin began an ill-fated quest with King Thráin II to return to Erebor. This journey resulted in the disappearance and eventual death of Thráin II. Balin returned to the Blue Mountains. During the Quest, exactly one century later, he and Bilbo became close friends. Many years after the destruction of Smaug, Balin led an expedition to recolonise Khazad-dûm. Although the colony began well, Balin was slain after only a few years at the beginning of an Orc-assault that destroyed the colony. In The Fellowship of the Ring the Fellowship found his tomb, located inside the Chamber of Mazarbul (Chamber of Records), in the mines of Moria.