War of the 5 Armies

[Gildor]

I absolutely loved reading The Hobbit, just finished it, and i thought about the great battle and i could only think of 4 armies:

The Humans
The Elves
The Dwarfs
The Goblins

Was the other one the eagles?

Cheers for any help on this matter

~:G:~

[Mirkgirl]

From "The Hobbit", "The Clouds Burst"
So began a battle that none had expected; and it was called the Battle of Five Armies, and it was very terrible. Upon one side were the Goblins and the wild Wolves, and upon the other were Elves and Men and Dwarves.

The eagles and Beorn aren't in the battle from its start...

[Gildor]

Arrr right, now i understand, forgot about those wolves!!

Thanks

~:G:~

[heru-in-dûrnár]

hm i thought it was goblins from gundabad elves from mirkwood men from the dale dwarves from the iron hills and errr hm huhrumm hrmmmm errrrr i guess the wargs from withering heat

[Gil Galad]

yeh i thought it was a bit unfair the way the eagles and Boern didnt get counted, they were pivotal partis in the fight

[Mirkgirl]

Well I guess it was because they came later, i.e. they weren't part of the whole battle

[Gil Galad]

yeh probably. i just think Beorn wos cool though, especially the way he save the body of Thorin

[heru-in-dûrnár]

i read up on it and i found out it was the wargs who was the 5th army(the wargs from mirkwood)