Dale

The Battle of Five Armies

The Hobbit · Third Age 2941 · show on the map

Dale and its surroundings on the parchment map of Middle-earth — Dale on the parchment map. Open this spot on the interactive map to pan, zoom or switch to the satellite view.

After Bard slays Smaug, five armies converge on the Lonely Mountain: Men, Elves, Dwarves, Goblins, and Wargs. The Free Peoples unite against the goblin horde. Thorin is mortally wounded but reconciles with Bilbo before dying.

Figures: Thorin, Bilbo, Bard, Thranduil, Dáin, Beorn, the Great Eagles

Place	Dale
Book	The Hobbit
Date	Third Age 2941
Map x, y	`5123, 983`

What this connects to

Rivendell — Erebor sends envoy to Rivendell
Mount Gundabad — Goblin army marches on Erebor (leading here)

Routes passing through

One traced route runs within 150 map-pixels of here:

Bilbo's Journey

Nearest places on the map

Erebor — 57 map-pixels away, Third Age 2941
Long Lake — 143 map-pixels away, Third Age 2941
Lake-town — 143 map-pixels away, Third Age 2941
Emyn-nu-Fuin — 282 map-pixels away, Third Age 1000

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