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Ravenhill was an outlying hill beneath the Lonely Mountain. It was ruled and inhabited by Ravens.
History[]
Ravenhill extended southward from the mountain, looking over the River Running and the valley of Dale. The Dwarves built a guard-post there, above which the Ravens resided, led by Roäc. In the time that the Dwarves were driven from Lonely Mountain by Smaug, Roäc's father Carc was the chief of the ravens. It was for the ravens that the hill was named.[1]
In adaptations[]
The Hobbit film trilogy[]
In The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Ravenhill is portrayed as a snow covered ruin, hidden in the mist on the slopes of the Lonely Mountain.
It is a ruined exposed fortress lying on the rock. The fortress has a tower that looms over exposed tunnels and stairways. Next to the fortress is the running river, Celduin, that is frozen in the winter. Underneath the frozen pool is a waterfall that cascades down the cliff face. This too, is frozen solid. Above all this, is a crumbling rock tower were Azog places his command post on, during the battle. It is here where Azog uses makeshift totems to command the legions below.
Azog seizes Ravenhill as his command post from which he coordinates his forces against the allied Dwarves, Elves and Men. Using a series of banners and a horn to communicate battle strategies, he sends signals to the two different armies under his charge, initiating a war on two fronts (at the gates of the Lonely Mountain and within Dale). The Pale Orc shouts out commands to his fellow Orcs. One Orc blows the horn, while others use the huge banner-totems to command the legions down below.
When Thorin and the Dwarves emerge from Lonely Mountain, they rally the Dwarves under Dáin II Ironfoot to break the Orc lines. Thorin sees Azog on the broken tower of Ravenhill and he decides to "cut the head off the snake".
Thorin, along with Dwalin, Fíli and Kíli ride upon the backs of rams to charge the hill and confront Azog. It is there that they are ambushed by Azog as his army from Gundabad approached from the north, Azog's Orcs overcame Fíli, executing him in front of Thorin from across the River Running, beginning the climactic confrontation. It is at Ravenhill that Fíli, Kíli and Thorin fall in battle, as well as Azog and Bolg.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Albanian | Korb kodër |
| Amharic | ቁራ ኮረብታ |
| Arabic | غراب هيل |
| Armenian | ագռավ Բլուր |
| Azerbaijani | qarğa Təpə |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Крумкач узгорак |
| Bengali | কাক হিল |
| Bosnian | Gavran brdo |
| Breton | Bran Torgenn |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Гарван хълм |
| Cambodian | ភ្នំក្អែក |
| Cebuano | Uwak bungtod |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 烏丘 |
| Croatian | Gavran brdo |
| Czech | Havraní vrch |
| Danish | Ravnehøj |
| Dutch | Raafberg |
| Estonian | Ronk mägi |
| Faroese | Ravnurheyggjur |
| Filipino | Uwak burol |
| Finnish | Korppikallio |
| French | Colline de Corbeau |
| Frisian | Raafheuvel (Western) |
| Galician | Outeiro Corvo |
| Georgian | ყორანი ბორცვი |
| German | Rabenberg |
| Greek | Κοράκι Λόφος |
| Gujarati | જંગલી કાગડો ટેકરી |
| Hebrew | גבעת הקאקים |
| Hindi | रैवेन पहाड़ी |
| Hungarian | Hollóbérc |
| Icelandic | Hrafninnhæð |
| Indonesian | Gagak bukit |
| Irish Gaelic | Kingspan |
| Italian | Colle Corvo |
| Haitian Creole | Kòbo mòn |
| Japanese | レイヴンヒル |
| Kannada | ಕಾಗೆ ಬೆಟ್ಟ |
| Kazakh | Қарға төбе (Cyrillic) Qarğa töbe (Latin) |
| Korean | 레이븐 힐 |
| Kurdish | Qerxe girik (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | карга дөбө |
| Latvian | krauklis kalns |
| Lithuanian | Varnas kalnas |
| Luxembourgish | Hällkuebhiwwel |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Гавран Рид |
| Malayalam | കാക്ക കുന്ന് |
| Malaysian | Bukit Burung gagak |
| Maltese | Ċawlun għoljiet |
| Marathi | रेव्हन टेकडी |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | хэрээ дов |
| Nepalese | काग पहाडी |
| Norwegian | Ravnhøyde |
| Old English | Hræfn Hyll |
| Persian | غراب تپه |
| Polish | Krucze Wzgórze |
| Portuguese | Morro do Corvo (Brazil) |
| Romanian | Corb deal |
| Russian | Воронская гора |
| Scottish Gaelic | Fitheach a 'bheinn |
| Serbian | Гавранбрдо (Cyrillic) Gavranbrdo (Latin) |
| Slovak | Havran vrch |
| Slovenian | Krokar grič |
| Somali | Tuke buur |
| Spanish | Colina de cuervo |
| Swedish | Korpberg |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Зоц теппа |
| Tamil | ராவன் குன்று |
| Thai | นกกาเหว่าฮิลล์ |
| Turkish | Kuzgun tepe |
| Turkmen | Garga depesi |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Ворон Пагорб |
| Urdu | ریوین پہاڑی |
| Welsh | Gigfran bryn |
| Yiddish | ראַווען בערגל |
References[]
- ↑ The Hobbit, Chapter XV: "The Gathering of the Clouds"