How many in Battle of 5 Armies?

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by Groin Redbeard

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

Groin, I am asking you to read the book because everything you have presented in this thread (save your one post regarding corslets) is based on your conjecture (with a highly anti-elf bias I might add). For me personally, it seems like you haven't read the passages regarding the battle for a while, and are content with relying on stereotypical characterizations from fantasy roleplaying. If I am wrong I apologize in advance.

Originally Posted by Groin Redbeard

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!

Fascinating...sort of a fantasy within a fantasy.