Today in Fiction: Thrain sets out to retake Erebor

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Thrain sets out to retake Erebor

After Smaug evicted the dwarves from their home of Erebor, orcs later moved in and claimed the Lonely Mountain for their own. Thrain could not bear this, so he set out to retake Erebor on April 21st, leading the beginning of the war between orcs and dwarves.

How to Commemorate:

Retake something of your own
Visit a mountain
Later, go missing.

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Thrain sets out to retake Erebor