The Gathering of the Clouds

Is the fifteenth chapter of J.R.R Tolkien's The Hobbit.


 * 15 - The Gathering Of The Clouds - Bilbo and the Dwarves learn of the coming of the hosts of the Mirkwood Elves and the lake-men, and the death of Smaug from Roäc the Raven. The Dwarves send messages via ravens to Dáin of the Iron Hills requesting aid, the dwarves also have the ravens report the movements of any whom approach the Lonely Mountain. Bard comes before the front gate of the mountain and requests a parley, though Thorin refuses, and so after another attempt at parley the Elves and men declare the mountain besieged.