who are the five armies in the hobbit
In Tolkien’s book The Hobbit , the five armies at the Battle of Five Armies are:
- Men of Lake-town (Bard and his people)
- Elves of Mirkwood (Thranduil’s host)
- Dwarves (Thorin’s company plus Dáin Ironfoot’s reinforcements)
- Goblins (also called Orcs) from the Misty Mountains/Gundabad
- Wild Wolves/Wargs that fight alongside the goblins
Some modern discussions and adaptations swap the Wargs out and instead count the armies as Men, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, and (controversially) the Eagles, which is why you sometimes see different answers online.
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