The Gathering of the Clouds

The Gathering of the Clouds is the fifteenth chapter of The Hobbit.
== Synopsis ==
Bilbo and the Dwarves learn of Smaug's death, and of the approaching hosts of the Mirkwood Elves and the Lake-men, from Roäc the Raven. The Dwarves send messages via ravens to Dáin II of the Iron Hills requesting aid, and the Dwarves have the ravens report the movements of any who approach the Lonely Mountain. Bard comes before the front gate of the mountain and requests a parley, but Thorin II refuses. After another attempt at parley, the Elves and men declare the mountain besieged.
== Plot ==
The thrush returns to the Company in Ravenhill. Finding that they cannot understand its speech, the thrush brings an old raven that can speak in the common tongue, and the raven informs them of Smaug's death. Their rejoicing is short-lived, as the raven goes on to describe the army of humans and Elves marching toward them, as well as the suffering of Lake-town’s people, who feel they deserve some share of the treasure in the mountain. Thorin regards the treasure as his inheritance and plans to fight for it, regardless of what the people of Lake-town have suffered.
Under Thorin’s orders, the Company retreats to the mountain and fortifies it by building a wall at the main gate. From there, they watch as Bard and representatives of the Elves approach. Bard informs them that he killed Smaug and Lake-town has been destroyed, and asks that the Dwarves be generous in sharing the treasure, since they benefited so much at the expense of the humans. Thorin flatly refuses, and feels that he owes them nothing since the gold belonged to his people originally. Bard gives Thorin time to reconsider, but Thorin will not change his position. The mountain is then declared besieged: no one will be let in or out without being captured or killed. Bilbo, for his part, would gladly share the treasure, and is entirely discouraged by the whole turn of affairs. However, no dwarf questions Thorin, and Bilbo has no say in the matter.
== Appearances ==
== Songs and Verses ==
#Far over the Misty Mountains Cold (Second version) 
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Die Versameling van die Wolke
Albanian 	Mbledhja e reve
Amharic 	ደመናዎች እየሰበሰቡ
Arabic 	جمع من الغيوم
Armenian 	Ամպերը հավաքվում են
Azerbaijani 	Buludlar toplanır
Belarusian Cyrillic	Збор аблокаў
Bengali 	মেঘ সংগ্রহ
Bosnian 	Okupljanje oblaka
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Облаците се сгъстяват
Burmese 	ယင်းတိမ်များ၏စုရုံးခြင်း
Cambodian 	ពពកកំពុងតែប្រមូល
Catalan 	Mar d'Helcar
Cebuano 	Ang Pagpundok sa mga Panganod
Corsican 	U assemblea di i nuvuli
Croatian 	Oblaci se skupljaju
Czech 	Shromáždění mraky
Danish 	Skyerne samler sig
Dutch 	Het Verzamelen van de Wolken
Esperanto 	La nuboj amasiĝas
Estonian 	Pilved kokkukorjamine
Filipino 	Ang mga ulap ay nagtitipon
Finnish 	Pilvet kerääntyvät
French 	Le rassemblement des Nuages
Georgian 	ღრუბლები შეკრებაზე
German 	Die Wolken sammeln sich
Greek 	Η συγκέντρωση των σύννεφων
Gujarati 	વાદળો ભેગી
Hebrew 	התכנסות העננים
Hindi 	बादलों की सभा
Hungarian 	A felhők összegyűjtése
Italian 	Le nuvole si Addensano
Japanese 	雲が集まっている
Kannada 	ಮೋಡಗಳು ಒಟ್ಟುಗೂಡುತ್ತವೆ
Kazakh 	Бұлтты жинау (Cyrillic) Bulttı jïnaw (Latin)
Korean 	구름의 모임
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Булуттар чогултуу
Latin 	Nubes Congregantur
Latvian 	Mākoņi pulcējas
Lithuanian 	Debesys renkasi
Luxembourgish 	D'Versammlung vun de Wolleken
Macedonian Cyrillic	Облаците се собираат
Malayalam 	മേഘങ്ങളുടെ ശേഖരം
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Үүлний цугларалт
Nepalese 	बादलहरू भेला हुन्छन्
Norwegian 	Skyene samler seg
Persian 	جمع آوری ابرها
Polish 	Chmury się zbierają
Portuguese 	O ajuntamento das Nuvens
Punjabi 	ਬੱਦਲ ਇਕੱਠੇ ਕਰਨੇ
Romanian 	Strângerea noriilor
Russian 	Тучи собираются
Serbian 	Скупљање облака (Cyrillic) Skupljanje oblaka (Latin)
Slovak 	Sťahujú sa mračná
Slovenian 	Zbiranje oblakov
Spanish 	El encuentro en Las Nubes
Swahili 	Mkusanyiko la mawingu
Swedish 	Molnets samling
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ҷамъоварии абрҳо
Tamil 	மேகங்கள் சேகரிப்பது
Telugu 	మేఘాలు సేకరించడం
Turkish 	Bulutlar toplama
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Хмари збираються
Urdu 	بادلوں کا اجتماع
Uzbek 	Булутларни йиғиш (Cyrillic) Bulutlarni yig'ish (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Thu thập các đám mây
Welsh 	Casglu y cymylau
Yiddish 	דער צונויפקום פון די וואלקנס
pl:Chmury się zbierają
ru:Тучи собираются
Category:The Hobbit chapters