User blog comment:Alex Lioce/Battle of Erebor (Good & Evil)/@comment-68.174.213.44-20120710162335

Smaug cant be alive. And the numbers of the armies of the good guys are a bit outrageous. At this time at most, Dain can muster about 2000-4000 dwarves and men. Meanwhile Mordor wouldve spent about 20,000 orcs and about 7,000 easterlings. The haradrim wouldve had about 5 or seven mumakil and about 5,000-8,000 soldiers.

BUT! Again, the Iron Hills are near, and about 700 strong dwarves would come to Dains aid.

And the elves at most wouldve sent about 400 mixed archers and melee fighters.