Is the Fifth Army in "5 Armies" Wolves or Eagles?

[morello13]

elves, mem, dwarves, goblins
is the fifth army the wolves or the eafles?
merry christmas
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[Celebthôl]

Wargs, happy xmas to you to

 

[Confusticated]

I think the goblins and wargs were considered 1 army.
Men
Dwarves
Elves
Goblins & wargs
Eagles

 

[Celebthôl]

i dont coz the eagles came later, and in the book it even says,
on one side were the men, elves and dwarves on the other goblins and wild wargs, or sumthing to that nature.

Thôl

 

[Wolfshead]

From the Hobbit, Chapter 17, The Clouds Burst.

So began a battle that none had expected; and it was called the Battle of Five Armies, and it was very terrible. Upon one side were the Goblins and the wild Wolves, and upon the other were Elves and Men and Dwarves.

From that we can probably assume the five armies were Men, Dwarves, Elves, Orcs and Wargs. The Eagle don't count as an army as such. Although, up till now I assumed the Eagles were the fifth army.

 

[Duguay]

Maybe Tolkien could have simplified things by calling it the battle of 6 armies

 

[Beorn]

Or perhaps 7 if you count it that way and check this out.

 

[Gothmog]

Then again, perhaps it should have been called the battle of 5 armies and 1 AirForce.

 

[Vorathion]

oh haha

 

[Hirila]

Why not call it "Battle of the many Armies that no one can really tell"

Oh My god, that sounds a bit like Monty Python's "The knights who till recently said Nee"