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Battle of Five Armies
	Part of The Quest of Erebor
	; The mountain Erebor. The battle took place mainly on the slopes in the foreground and to the right in the picture.
Date	Year 2941 of the Third Age
Location	Slopes of Erebor, Dale
Result	Allied Good forces pyrrhic tactical victory; Allied Good forces decisive strategic victory; Brief end to goblin domination of the Rhovanion and the Misty Mountains;
Belligerents
Company of Thorin Oakenshield; Dwarfes of the Iron Hills; Men of Esgaroth; Mirkwood Elf-host; Eagles of the Misty Mountains; Beorn	Goblins of the Misty Mountains; Wargs of the Misty Mountains
Commanders and leaders
Thorin Oakenshield †; Dáin II Ironfoot; Bard the Bowman; Elfenking of Mirkwood; Gandalf the Grey; The Great Eagle	Bolg of the North †
Strength
Unknown, numerical disadvantage	Unknown, numerical advantage
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Very heavy

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The Battle of Five Armies, also known as the Battle of Erebor, was the climax battle of The Quest of Erebor fought in Dale and on the slopes of Erebor. The battle arouse in the power vacuum following the death of Smaug by the hands of Bard the Bowman. The large dwarfen treasure gathered in Erebor attracted the attention of several factions in and around the Wild, ultimately leading to a violent clash between two alliances of five separate factions and other belligerents. The battle saw heavy fighting both on and around the slopes of Erebor, with the advantage shifting many times. The goblin and warg alliance was ultimately routed after Bolg was killed by Beorn, and the majority of the goblins where hunted down by elves and eagles during the following days. Dáin II Ironfoot became the new King under the Mountain, a position left vacant by Thorin Oakenshields demise, and Bard reconstituted the Kingdom of Dale. Due to the extremely high casualties suffered on the goblin side the battle saw the end to goblin and warg supremacy in the Rhovanion and the Misty Mountains for at least 50 years.