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The Lonely Mountain, or Erebor, was a mountain in the north-east of Rhovanion. It was the source of the river Running, and a major Dwarven stronghold, the Kingdom under the Mountain at the end of the Third Age and well into the Fourth.
History[]
The Longbeards had control of the mountain since at least the early Second Age. With the awakening of Durin's Bane in the capital of Khazad-dûm, Thráin I led some Dwarves to Erebor. They dug its caves and halls forming an underground city, and established the Kingdom under the Mountain in TA 1999. Many riches were mined from its depths, like the Arkenstone. The town of Dale was also built by Men between its slopes.
Sack of Erebor[]
The great dragon Smaug had lust for the Dwarven riches and in TA 2770 he descended on the mountain driving out the Dwarves and destroying the town of Dale. The Lonely Mountain was empty for almost two hundred years, save Smaug who slept in the innermost chamber on a great pile of wealth.[1]
Quest of Erebor[]
In the year TA 2941 with Gandalf's council, King Thorin II and a small company of friends and family actually made it to the Lonely Mountain. After the Dragon Smaug had realized that the Dwarves had been helped by the Lake-men he went to their town of Esgaroth intent on destroying them, only to be killed by a man named Bard.[2] [3]
With the help of a Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins, Thorin and company were able to retake the city and the treasure, therefore allowing Thorin to proclaim himself King under the Mountain. But after refusing to give any of the treasure to the Men of Esgaroth, and the Elves of Mirkwood, the mountain and the Dwarves and Hobbit in it were put under a bloodless siege.[3]
Battle of Five Armies[]
Things nearly came to blows when Thorin's cousin Dáin Ironfoot (Grór's grandson) arrived as aid to his kinsman and nearly went to battle against the besiegers. But Gandalf interceded and warned them all of a great host of Orcs and Wargs coming to take the mountain. So the Elves, Men, and Dwarves made an alliance, and fought a bloody battle against their foes in the valley before the gate. In the end the defenders were victorious against the Orcs and Wargs. Thorin was mortally wounded during the battle, but finally, after so many years of longing, Dáin returned the Longbeards to the Lonely Mountain.[3]
War of the Ring[]
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Description[]
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Appearances[]
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The Movie Storybook
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: The Movie Storybook
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: The Movie Storybook
- The Lord of the Rings: The War in the North (mentioned)