The Clouds Burst

The Clouds Burst is the seventeenth chapter of J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit.
==Synopsis==
Bard and Thranduil use the Arkenstone of Thráin to try to negotiate with Thorin II. Furious, Thorin acquiesces, but declares Bilbo a betrayer and has him thrown from his walls. Dáin II arrives with his army of Dwarves, and Gandalf warns of the coming of Bolg and his army of Goblins, Wargs, and Bats. The Dwarves, Elves, and Men join forces and the Battle of Five Armies begins. When the battle seems to be lost, Bilbo spots the coming arrival of the Eagles, before becoming knocked out.
==Plot==
In the morning, Bard returns with two messengers to entreat Thorin to accept a peaceable agreement. When the dwarf again refuses, Bard reveals the Arkenstone, the one part of the treasure that Thorin values above all else. Thorin is crushed, and turns to Bilbo in rage when the hobbit reveals that he gave Bard the treasure. Thorin is about to turn violent, but one of the messengers throws off his cloak and reveals himself to be Gandalf.
The wizard commands Thorin to let Bilbo speak. Bilbo claims that, in taking the Arkenstone, he only took his fair share of the treasure, as his contract as burglar had specified. Thorin reluctantly agrees, and he angrily offers to pay a fourteenth part of the treasure to regain the stone, which satisfies the Men and the Elves. Thorin, however, secretly hopes that before they make the exchange, his relatives, who are marching toward the mountain with an army under the leadership of Dain, will be able to capture the stone by force.
The Dwarf army arrives and threaten the Elves and Men, and they are about to engage in battle when darkness takes over the sky from the west. Gandalf tells them that a new danger has come: armies of goblins and Wargs who intend to take the treasure for themselves. The Dwarves, Elves and Men unite against the goblins and Wargs, and the Battle of Five Armies begins.
The forces of good fight fiercely, but the goblins and Wargs are just as fierce. Bilbo stays on the mountain, removed from the fighting, and watches as the Elves and Dwarves first send the goblins fleeing but then are forced to retreat from the vicious Wargs. Thorin fights alongside the Men as mightily as any. However, the goblins slowly gain ground, and Bilbo is forced to retreat to the Elves’ camp, which is nearly surrounded. The end seems close at hand when the hobbit’s keen eyes spy something in the distant skies: the Eagles are flying toward the battlefield. At that moment, however, a stone falls from the mountain and hits Bilbo on the head, and he loses consciousness.
== Appearances ==
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Die Wolke bars
Albanian 	Retë ia plasën
Amharic 	ደመናዎቹ ፈነጠጡ
Arabic 	انفجر الغيوم
Armenian 	Ամպերը պայթել են
Azerbaijani 	Buludlar partlayır
Basque 	Hodeiak lehertu
Belarusian Cyrillic	Аблокі лопнуць
Bengali 	মেঘগুলো বার্স্ট
Bosnian 	Oblaci su se rasprsnuli
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Облаците се спука
Burmese 	မိုဃ်းတိမ်တို့သည်ပြင်းစွာတိုက်
Cambodian 	ពពកបានផ្ទុះ
Catalan 	L'explosió de núvols
Chinese 	云层爆裂了
Croatian 	Oblaci eksplodiraju
Czech 	Mraky praskly
Danish 	Skyerne samler sig
Dutch 	De Wolken barsten
Esperanto 	La nuboj krevas
Estonian 	Pilved lõhkevad
Filipino 	Ang mga ulap ay sumabog
Finnish 	Pilvet repeävät
French 	Les nuages éclatent
Galician 	As nubes estouran
Georgian 	ღრუბლები ადიდებული
German 	Die Wolken bersten
Greek 	Τα σύννεφα ξέσπασαν
Gujarati 	વાદળો વિસ્ફોટ
Hebrew 	עננים התפוצצו
Hindi 	बादल फट गया
Hungarian 	A felhők kitörtek
Icelandic 	Skýin springa
Indonesian 	Awan-awan ledakan
Irish Gaelic 	An Pléasctha na Scamaill
Italian 	Scoppia il temporale
Japanese 	雲がはじけた
Kannada 	ಮೋಡಗಳು ಸಿಡಿ
Kazakh 	Бұлттар жарылып кетеді (Cyrillic) Bulttar jarılıp ketedi (Latin)
Korean 	구름을 파열
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	булуттар жарылып
Latin 	Nubes Rumpuntur
Latvian 	Mākoņi eksplozijas
Lithuanian 	Debesys sprogo
Luxembourgish 	De Wolleken platzen
Malaysian 	Awan-awan pecah
Maltese 	L-Fqigħ sħab
Maori 	Kua pakaru nga kapua
Marathi 	ढगांनी स्फोट केला
Nepalese 	बादलहरू फटाउँछन्
Norwegian 	Skyene sprekker
Persian 	ابرها پشت سر هم
Polish 	Chmury pękają
Portuguese 	As nuvens estouraram
Punjabi 	ਬੱਦਲਾਂ ਦਾ ਵਿਸਥਾਰ
Romanian 	Norii au izbucnit
Russian 	Гроза разразилась
Scottish Gaelic 	Chaidh na sgòthan a bhriseadh
Serbian 	Облаци су се распрснути (Cyrillic) Oblaci su se rasprsnuti (Latin)
Sinhalese 	වළාකුළු පුපුරා ගියේය
Slovak 	Mračná sa trhajú
Slovenian 	Oblaki eksplodira
Somalian 	Daruurtu way qarxeen
Spanish 	Las Nubes estallan
Sundanese 	Méga peupeus
Swahili 	Mawingu kupasuka
Swedish 	Molnen brast
Tamil 	மேகங்கள் வெடித்து
Telugu 	మేఘాలు పగిలింది
Thai 	เมฆกระจาย
Turkish 	Bulutlar patladı
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Грянула гроза
Urdu 	بادل پھٹ گئے
Vietnamese 	Những đám mây nổ
Welsh 	Mae'r cymylau'n byrstio
Yiddish 	די וואלקנס פּלאַצן
pl:Chmury pękają
ru:Гроза разразилась
Category:The Hobbit chapters