![]() Their only hope was to lure the goblins into the valley between the arms of the Mountain and themselves to man the great spurs that struck south and east. This is the plan that he made in council with the Elvenking and with Bard and with Dain, for the dwarf-lord now joined them: the Goblins were the foes of all, and at their coming all other quarrels were forgotten. ![]() How much Gandalf knew cannot be said, but it is plain that he had not expected this sudden assault. Not even the ravens knew of their coming until they came out in the broken lands which divided the Lonely Mountain from the hills behind. ![]() Then they learned of the death of Smaug, and joy was in their hearts: and they hastened night after night through the mountains, and came thus at last on a sudden from the North hard on the heels of Dain. ![]() Then they marched and gathered by hill and valley, going ever by tunnel or under dark, until around and beneath the great mountain Gundabad of the North, where was their capital, a vast host was assembled ready to sweep down in time of storm unawares upon the South. The Hobbit Tidings they had gathered in secret ways and in all the mountains there was a forging and an arming.
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