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Lego Epic Battle: Dwarves of Erebor Vs Orcs Vs Elves In J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth legendarium , the Lonely Mountain is a mountain northeast of Mirkwood . It is the location of the Dwarvish Kingdom under the Mountain . The town of Dale lies in a vale on its southern slopes. In The Lord of the Rings , the mountain is called by the Sindarin name Erebor . [T 1] The Lonely Mountain is the goal of the protagonists in The Hobbit , and the scene of the climax. The Lonely Mountain is a symbol of adventure in The Hobbit , and of the titular Hobbit Bilbo Baggins 's maturation as an individual. Fictional mountain Further information: Tolkien's maps Erebor stood hundreds of miles from the nearest mountain range. Tolkien's rendering of Thrór's map in The Hobbit shows it with six ridges stretching out from a central peak that was snowcapped well into spring. The whole mountain was perhaps ten miles in diameter; it contained fabulous lodes of gold and jew...
