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The Maps of Tolkien's Middle Earth (2003) with John Howe The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion ( 2005 ) The History of the Hobbit, Part One: Mr. Baggins ( 2007 ). In the future I am planning to redo Erebor, according to the PJs ideas. However, I need to wait a bit for that, because I want to see if there is a detailed map of Erebor's interior. Such kind of a map exist for Moria, which can be found on internet.

Description

Erebor, the Lonely Mountain, is an area within Eryn Lasgalen and the Dale-lands. It is the mountain that stands alone in the north of Rhovanion, to the east of Eryn Lasgalen and north of the Dale-lands, where the Dwarves founded the Kingdom of Erebor.

There are few services in the exterior of Erebor, but the Hall Under the Mountain within is the capital of Durin's Folk and has much to do. Latinvfr download.

Settlements

The following settlements are found within this area:

Locations

Traveling

• Milestone^{[29.0N, 25.7W]}
• Stable-master (Erebor)^{[29.0N, 25.7W]}

• Gabil'akkâ Stable-master^{[28.9N, 25.5W]}

NPCs

See list of all NPCs within Erebor

• Víglund - Erebor Guard

Quests

• [115] Ale-thieves - Snállar

• [115] Roots of Gold - Bráthi

• [115] The Secret Stone - Landscape
• [115] The Lost Pages
• [115] The Mad Dwarf
• [115] The Key and the Keyhole

• [115] An Absence of Supply - Lorndúr
• [115] The Mysterious Thief - Sírithon

• [115] Instance: The Mysterious Thief

• [115] Covert Operations - Sírithon
• [115] The Bones of Esgaroth - Thorlind
• [115] Smaug's Remains - Thorlind
• [115] The Master's Dilemma - Skerri

• [115] A Question of Bloodline - Dagrun
• [115] The Underbelly of Deceit - Dagrun

• [115] Easterlings in the Dale-lands - Dagrun
• [115] Life After Rhûn - Erna
• [115] The Jangovar Threat - Erna
• [115] Akshir the Unrelenting - Orphón
• [115] The Weeping Warrior - Erna

• [115] Instance: The Weeping Warrior

• [115] Concerning Dragons - Erna
• [115] The Teeth of Scatha - Górsim
• [115] Scatha's Legacy - Fróthi

• [115] Instance: Scatha's Legacy

• [115] Epilogue: Trail of Rust - Fróthi

• [115] Thorog's Legacy - Sigrun (Misty Mountains)

• [115] Instance: Thorog's Legacy

• [115] Bregmor's Legacy - Fotri (Forochel)

• [115] Instance: Bregmor's Legacy

Under the Mountain

• [115] Under the Mountain
• [115] A King Lost, A King Gained
• [115] The Forsaken of Mordor

• [115] Carving Out A Home
• [115] Forged in Flames
• [115] Hunting the North
• [115] A Costly Journey

• [115] Ambassador to the King
• [115] Reforging a Kingdom

• [115] Essays of Old
• [115] The Ravens of the North
• [115] Forging Trust

• [115] The Legacy of Durin's Folk

• [115] Instance: The Legacy of Durin's Folk

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Lore

The dwarf-kingdom founded by Thráin I after the loss of Khazad-dûm. The kingdom was destroyed by the dragon Smaug, but was refounded by Thráin's descendant Thorin II Oakenshield.

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Note: In fact, Erebor was probably not completely deserted between III 2210 and III 2590, but the royal house of Durin's Folk was removed, and the Longbeards were ruled from the Grey Mountains for this period of its history.

Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain

The Longbeards of Erebor

The original home of the Longbeards, the Dwarves of Durin's Folk, had been the majestic mountain-city of Khazad-dûm. After dwelling there for many millennia, they were driven out by a Balrog, Durin's Bane, and scattered into the Wild as their ancient mansions fell into darkness. Their King, Náin I, had been slain by the Balrog, but his son Thráin I led many of the Longbeards away to the northeast. There he founded a new Dwarf-kingdom beneath the Lonely Mountain, Erebor above the Long Lake.

The followers of Thráin I were the founding Dwarves of Erebor, but that first kingdom did not last long. Thráin's son Thorin I saw that most of his people were settling in the Grey Mountains, to the north and west of Erebor, and he moved the King's seat to be with his people there. It is unclear whether Erebor was completely abandoned at this time - it seems likely that at least some Dwarves remained - but the royal house was resettled in the far north, and remained there for five generations.

After King Dáin I was slain by a Dragon, his heir Thrór determined to lead the Longbeards back to Erebor, and refound the Kingdom under the Mountain. In his time the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain reached the height of their wealth and fame. News of that wealth reached ears of the Dragon Smaug, who descended on the Lonely Mountain and claimed it for himself: yet again the Longbeards were driven out of their home into the wilderness.

Eventually, the wandering Dwarves settled far to the west, in the Ered Luin, where they plotted vengeance on the Dragon Smaug. It was Thrór's grandson Thorin Oakenshield who finally achieved this, with the help of the Wizard Gandalf and Bilbo Baggins. Thorin himself did not survive long enough to rebuild his grandfather's kingdom: he was slain in the Battle of Five Armies. His cousin Dáin Ironfoot, who had led the Dwarves of the Iron Hills, became the new lord of the Lonely Mountain, and ruled there as King Dáin II until the time of the War of the Ring. Dáin was slain in that war, but the Kingdom under the Mountain survived, and the Dwarves still dwelt there as the Fourth Age dawned. ^[2]

1. ↑This description of Erebor is taken from the Official Lore Entry in the LOTRO Lorebook (no longer on-line).
2. ↑http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/d/dwarvesofthelonelymountain.html

The Battle of Five Armies and the Dwarves of Erebor:
Tremors Under the Mountain

The history of Middle-earth has shifted in many places, few so important as the Lonely Mountain. Though the Battle of Five Armies happened long before the War of the Ring, its impact on Sauron’s forces was tremendous. Even with Smaug – who surely would have been an ally in the wars to come – slain, the Dark Lord lost a great deal of time and power with the defeat the goblins of Gundabad. Even a partial defeat would have left him with strength in the north of Rhovanion, enough that he might have later overpowered the defenders of Dale and Erebor in the battles there. The utter destruction of his forces, however, spurred by Bolg’s rash hunger to avenge the Great Goblin, meant he had to commit the Orcs of Dol Guldur and a goodly portion of the Easterlings in his service to the northern front. This would have ramifications in his war, for his strength the assaults on Lórien and Gondor was thus reduced. His forces were not spread thin, but those Orcs and Easterlings may well have been able to turn the tide in his favor, and even press on into Rohan and Isengard.

A goblin victory, of course, would have been even worse. Had Erebor fallen – a strong possibility if the enmities of Man, Elf, and Dwarf not been set aside that day, or if the Eagles and Beorn had not arrived when they did – there would have been no northern front, and Rhovanion would have become a stronghold from which he could launch assaults on the lands to the south and west. In addition to Lórien, he might have been able to take Rivendell, and with the aid of Angmar, the lands of the Dúnedain and the Shire. The war may well have begun much earlier, and Sauron’s agents may have claimed the Ring from Bilbo Baggins long before Gandalf learned the truth about it. Middle-earth would have been crushed beneath his heel.

Luckily (or by the grace of the Valar) this did not come to pass. This was in no small part because of the valor of the Dwarves, especially Thorin Oakenshield, who fell in the battle, and his cousin Dáin, who survived to be crowned King Under the Mountain. Others, too, became heroes in the course of the battle, and went on to great deeds, for both good and ill. Balin went on to reclaim the halls of Moria, to a disastrous end that helped to stir up Orcs and darker things there (but which led, in the end, to the death of Gandalf the Grey and his rebirth with even greater power as the White, which surely helped turn the tide of the war). Dwalin became lord of Ered Luin, and helped oppose Skorgrím Dourhand in a struggle which ultimately broke the power of Angmar and finished crippling the Enemy in the North. And Glóin became Dáin’s emissary, an Elf-friend whose son Gimli aided the Ringbearer and helped bring about needed victories in Rohan and Gondor. The sons of Bifur and Bofur formed the Iron Garrison, which established a new colony in Khazad-dûm. Even Bombur, though no longer able to walk because of his ever-spreading girth, became an incredibly rich and respected benefactor beneath the Mountain.

Dáin’s last victory came in the War of the Ring itself, when he fell in battle against the Orcs and Easterlings Sauron sent to destroy Erebor and Dale. His sacrifice helped carry the day, but it also left a void that would prove nigh-impossible to fill. Though his son, Thorin III, was a mighty warrior in his own right, many Dwarves immediately considered him a lesser King than his forebears. His is a hard lot, for how could he hope to aspire to match his own father’s glory, or that of Thorin Oakenshield? Even his epithet, Stonehelm, became a curse because some feel he used the Mountain for protection rather than storming out from its gates as his namesake did in days of old. Thus, while the Battle of Five Armies helped save Middle-earth from Sauron, its legacy has made the crown heavy indeed upon the brow of its current King. Those who remain faithful to him now face a difficult struggle to keep the whispers of the unfaithful from flaring into sedition and revolt, and to securing his repute and his place on the throne.

'In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a Hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.'

― Opening lines of The Hobbit^[1]

Bag End or Bag-End was a smial in Hobbiton, the residence of the Baggins Family and later the Gardner Family.

[edit]Layout

The entrance to Bag End was a perfectly round green door featuring a brass knob in the center. The entryway was a tube-shaped hall with paneled walls and a tiled floor, furnished with carpeting, polished chairs, and an abundance of pegs for the hats and coats of many visitors. The tunnel continued into the hill with side doors that were also round. All of the rooms were on the same level – bedrooms, bathrooms, cellars, multiple pantries, wardrobes, kitchens, and dining rooms. The best rooms were those on the left side of the passage for they had deep-set round windows with a view of the garden and meadows beyond down to The Water.^[1]

[edit]History

'You can say what you like, Gaffer, but Bag End's a queer place, and its folk are queerer.'

― Sandyman^[2]

Bag End was built into the Hill by Bungo Baggins, where he went to live with his new wife, Belladonna Took. Charmilles edm manual. The hole was largely financed by her.^[1] The earth removed was shot over the edge of the sudden fall in the hillside onto the ground; this lane would thenceforth be known as 'Bagshot Row'.^[3] The hole was inherited by Bungo's son Bilbo.

Bilbo employed Holman Greenhand, Hamfast Gamgee,^[4] to tend to its gardens. During Bilbo's disapparance, he was presumed dead, when he returned in T.A.2942 just in time to see his estate being auctioned by Messrs Grubb, Grubb and Burrowes.^[5] During that time Holman and Ham tried to protect the garden from the crowd. The Sackville-Bagginses hoped that Bag End would be theirs (and Lobelia allegedly snatched some silver spoons).^[2]

In S.R.1389 Bilbo adopted orphan Frodo as his heir (disappointing the Sackville-Bagginses who coveted it for years), with whom they shared same birthday. Together they gave famous combined birthday parties in Bag End. While preparing for his famous party, Bag End was closed, with only Gandalf and some Dwarves of Erebor working there.^[2]

Bag End in turn was left to Frodo, in S.R.1401 along with all the chief treasures, books, pictures and furniture. The next day of the party and Bilbo's disappearance, many hobbits crowded Bag End to inquire what happened and to collect farewell gifts. This caused the rumor that Bilbo's household was given out for free and many came for loot; they tried to loot overlooked small items, make swaps or deals, even mixed or removed labels from presents that Bilbo prepared. Three young hobbits even knocked holes in the walls of one of the cellars, and Sancho Proudfoot dug in the larger pantry, looking for Bilbo's mysterious treasure. Frodo attempted to block the entrance with barrows and handcarts and had Merry Brandybuck to keep an eye.^[2]

When he too left the Shire, he sold it to Lobelia by JuneT.A.3018. Frodo had bought a house at Crickhollow and his friends helped him empty and pack his household, and celebrated with them his last birthday party in Hobbiton. The title would pass to Lobelia on 24 September, but she came the previous day with her son Lotho to inspect the remaining items. Leaving Bag End, Frodo left the keys to his neighbor Gaffer Gamgee.^[6] It was used by Lotho as he declared himself Chief Shirriff. Sharkey also adopted the hole as his base, digging up Bagshot Row and erecting many houses in its stead. After the Battle of Bywater, it was largely restored to normal, and Frodo took up residence in the hole again.^[7]

After Frodo Baggins left Middle-earth, he gave Bag End to Samwise Gamgee, whose family, the Gardners, would live in it for many years.^[8]

[edit]Etymology

J.R.R. Tolkien's aunt Jane Neave's farm was called Bag End by the locals in Dormston, Worcestershire.

'It [Bag End] was the local name for my aunt's [Jane Neave] farm in Worcestershire, which was at the end of a lane leading to it and no further..'

― Nomenclature^[3]

The name can also be seen as a pun on 'cul-de-sac' (literally 'bottom of the bag').^[3]

In the books, it is supposedly a translation of the WestronLaban-neg, Labin-nec, which has much the same meaning, and the same relationship to the Westron form of Baggins: Labingi.^[9]

[edit]Portrayal in adaptations

1982: The Hobbit (1982 video game):

Bag End is the game's starting point.

2001-03: The Lord of the Rings (film series)

A life-sized exterior of Bag End was constructed as part of the Hobbiton set near Matamata, New Zealand. The interior sets of Bag End were built on two different scales.

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2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game):

Bag End is the starting point. Prior to leaving, the deed and key have to be found. The One Ring is also kept inside a chest, but Frodo will not take it out until after he has sold Bag End to Lobelia Sackville-Baggins.

2003: The Hobbit (2003 video game):

Bag End is the starting point.

2006: The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II:

Two different maps of the Shire are used: in the evil campaign, and a map is available for skirmishes. In the former, Bag End and the Hill are located in the top left and can be destroyed as a bonus objective; in the latter, it does not appear.

Ps4 macro for mac. 2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:

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Bag End, including surrounding environs The Hill and The Party Tree, are featured in the Shire region. In autumn, during the Harvestmath festival, the basement of Bag End becomes the 'Haunted Burrow,' a hobbit-style haunted house.

2012: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey:

As with The Lord of the Rings films, The Hobbit trilogy opens with an older Bilbo in the study of Bag End. In crafting the set, the designers said they were inspired by Victorian aesthetics but chose to make the home brighter and with lighter, earthier colours, reflecting the fact this is 60 years earlier than The Lord of the Rings and home to a much younger hobbit. The pantry was designed to be overly-stocked whilst the whole home - especially the bedroom - was stuffed with plump furnishings to reflect Bilbo's 'comfortable' lifestyle.^[10]

[edit]See also

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References

1. ↑ ^1.01.11.2J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 'An Unexpected Party'
2. ↑ ^2.02.12.22.3J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, 'A Long-expected Party'
3. ↑ ^3.03.13.2J.R.R. Tolkien, 'Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings' in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 763-5
4. ↑J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, 'The Quest of Erebor'
5. ↑J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 'The Return Journey'
6. ↑J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, 'Three is Company'
7. ↑J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, 'The Scouring of the Shire'
8. ↑J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, 'The Grey Havens'
9. ↑J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, 'II. The Appendix on Languages'
10. ↑Daniel Falconer, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design, pp. 16-20

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