Įrebor and Dale continued to prosper into the Fourth Age. When the besieged saw this they came forth from the Lonely Mountain, and attacked their enemy driving them from Dale across the Running.
They held out for several days until word reached the ears of the Easterlings that the great hosts of Sauron in the south had been defeated. The Dwarves aided the Men of Dale who gave a great battle at the feet of the Mountain for three days, before King Brand and King Dáin were killed at its very gates, forcing Men and Dwarves to retreat into the mountain. Yet neither the Lonely Mountain nor its occupants would escape the eye of the great Shadow that rose in the last years of the Third Age.ĭuring the War of the Ring, Easterlings invaded the Kingdom of Dale. Gloin would tell Frodo Baggins of creations such as towers built on the Mountain, and roads dug deep underground. The Longbeards would set about the task of rebuilding their kingdom, which included various improvements to the Mountain itself. Thorin was mortally wounded during the battle, but finally, after so many years of longing, Dáin returned the Longbeards to the Lonely Mountain. In the end the defenders were victorious against the Orcs and Wargs. So the Elves, Men, and Dwarves made an alliance, and fought a bloody battle against their foes in the valley before the gate. But Gandalf interceded and warned them all of a great host of Orcs and Wargs coming to take the mountain. 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. The Battle Under the Mountain by Matt Stewart But after refusing to give any of the treasure to the Men of Esgaroth, and the Elves of Mirkwood, Thorin and Company were placed under siege (not to be confused with the later Siege of Erebor.) 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.
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. 2941 with Gandalf's council, King Thorin II and a small company of friends and family actually made it to the Lonely Mountain. The Lonely Mountain was empty for almost two hundred years, save Smaug who slept in the innermost chamber on a great pile of wealth. 2770 he descended on the mountain driving out the Dwarves and destroying the town of Dale. The great dragon Smaug had lust for the Dwarven riches and in T.A.
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