Sack of Erebor

The Sack of Erebor occurred when the dragon Smaug attacked the Lonely Mountain, in the northwest of Middle-earth, and drove the Dwarves of Erebor from their capital.
== History ==
=== Prelude ===
After the death of King Dáin I at the conclusion of the War of the Dwarves and Dragons, the new king, Thrór, and his brother Grór, abandoned the Grey Mountains for safer dwellings with most of their subjects. The king went to the Lonely Mountain (former seat of Durin's throne), and Grór to the primary source of the Longbeards' iron supply, the Iron Hills. Over the years, the Dwarves of Erebor gained great renown throughout Middle-earth for the splendor of their halls, craftsmanship, and great stores of wealth. Word eventually reached Smaug the dragon, one of the great Fire-drakes who now dwelt in the Grey Mountains, who in his lust for treasure desired to take the mountain.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "Durin's Folk"
=== The assault ===
One night in TA 2770, Smaug descended upon the mountain in flames, catching the Dwarves and Men of Dale off guard. The warriors of the mountain came out of the great gate to engage the dragon, but all were killed. Then Smaug attacked Dale whose warriors were all called to arms, and destroyed most of them. He then returned to the mountain and routed the remaining Dwarves. Afterwards he piled up all the gold within the mountain and made it his dwelling, emerging only ever so often to eat maidens from Dale which eventually caused its abandonment.The Hobbit, Chapter I: "An Unexpected Party" 
=== Aftermath ===
In the end, Erebor was taken by Smaug and likely thousands of Dwarves and hundreds of Men of Dale, including Lord Girion, were killed during the terrible firestorm that Smaug committed. King Thrór himself along with his son Thráin II barely escaped out of the secret entrance. Most of the Dwarves who escaped fled to the Iron Hills. With his family and a small company of followers, the king went into a homeless wandering southward but not before cursing Smaug. It would be over two hundred years before Thrór's grandson Thorin II Oakenshield would return to the mountain to reclaim his home and treasure. Bard the Bowman, a descendant of Girion, would avenge Girion by slaying Smaug when the dragon attacked Lake-town in TA 2941.The Hobbit, Chapter XIV: "Fire and Water"
== In adaptations ==
In the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the Sack of Erebor appeared in the prologue of the film, with the events narrated by Bilbo Baggins as he wrote his book, There and Back Again.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Arabic 	نهب إيربور
Asturian 	Saquéu de Erebor
Azerbaijani 	Erebor Süqutu
Basque 	Ereborko arpilatzea
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Разграбване на Еребор
Catalan 	Saqueig de Erebor
Chinese 	依魯伯劫
Czech 	Vyplenění Erebor
Danish 	Smaugs udplyndring af Erebor
Dutch 	Plundering van Erebor
Estonian 	Erebori rüüstamine
French 	Sac de Erebor
Galician 	Saqueo de Erebor
German 	Plünderung Erebor
Greek 	Άλωση της Έρεμπορ
Hebrew 	ביזת רבור
Indonesian 	Penjarahan Erebor
Italian 	Saccheggio di Erebor
Japanese 	エレボール略奪
Korean 	에레보르 약탈
Lithuanian 	Ereboro apiplėšimas
Macedonian Cyrillic	Ограбувањето на Еребор
Malaysian 	Penjarahan Erebor
Persian 	غارت اره بور
Portuguese 	Saque de Erebor
Russian 	Разграбление Эребор
Serbian 	Пљачка Еребора (Cyrillic) Pljačka Erebora (Latin)
Sicilian 	Saccu di Erebor
Slovenian 	Plenjenje Erebora
Spanish 	Saqueo de Erebor
Swedish 	Erebor skövling
Turkish 	Erebor'nın Yağmalanması
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Розграбування Еребору
Urdu 	ایریبور غارت گری
== References ==
Category:Battles
fr:Attaque de Smaug
it:Saccheggio di Erebor
Category:Events