How many in Battle of 5 Armies?

[Groin Redbeard]

Originally Posted by Morthoron

I never agreed to anything. That is a figment of your imagination.

I said: almost all of us! You keep telling me to read the book, how about you reading my post [correctly]!

Originally Posted by Gwathagor

All things being equal, if the battle consisted only of hand-to-hand combat between the elves and the dwarves, the dwarves would undoubtedly win.

This is what I was talking about, Morthoron! It's post 19.

Originally Posted by Morthoron

Conjecture on your part. They were fully armed with spear, sword and bows. What makes you think the Dwarves spent much time supplying themselves?

I didn't say that the dwarves had more time and the elves didn't! I don't think either side had much time to gather supplies, only what they might need for an immediate battle. If if consisted of a siege the elves, and perhaps dwarves, would not be capable of lasting long.




I'm done with this discussion for a while so here is my analysis:

The dwarves attack the elves and hand to hand melee ensues shortly with the dwarves losing around a fifth of their overall strength to the elven arrows. The elves and men hold their own for awhile, but soon the dwarves push them back. Around 150-300 dwarves make it into the mountain and a long futile siege begins.

Have fun with it!