The Hobbit details a key point in the history of Middle-earth, with the journey of Thorin Oakenshield and company to retake the Dwarven homeland of Erebor. After Smaug the Dragon destroyed the ...

In general, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit was a much smaller-scale story than its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, but there are still aspects of it that are curious, including the Five Armies. Part of ...