Characters Of The Hobbit Book. Despite the book having characters like hobbits, dragons, dwarves, elves, goblins, giants, trolls, and even a strange creature named gollum, there are no female characters that appear in the novel. The hobbit's characters extend far beyond bilbo, gandalf, thorin, and smaug.
When gandalf persuades bilbo to join the group of dwarfs on a quest to reclaim their gold from the dragon smug, bilbo does not believe that he can help them and does not want to lave his comfortable home and food but ends up going with them. Teacher, mentor, and protector of bilbo; He is the hobbit who led the dwarves to the lonely mountain to reclaim their treasure from the dragon named smaug.