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Lord of the Rings Lorecast - J.R.R. Tolkien's World & Writings Explained

189: The Hobbit 58: Dain's Dwarven Army

Lord of the Rings Lorecast - J.R.R. Tolkien's World & Writings Explained

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🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Tolkien gives us some little details about Dain, his army, and the weapons and armor they bring with them. And, of course, this hints at so much more. Let's dig in (get it, because they're dwarves?)

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0:32.5

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0:37.8

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0:41.3

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0:43.7

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0:45.7

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0:51.8

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1:01.2

Recall.

1:10.2

Welcome to the Lord of the Rings lore cast, the show that explores the background of

1:15.7

Tolkien's amazing world from the very beginning.

1:47.4

For the very first time in The Hobbit, we are about to be introduced to not just dwarves traveling across the countryside and through mountains and forests and things like that, a small party of them of 12, but a much larger force, an army.

1:49.9

In fact, this is one of the very few times where we actually have in one of the stories,

1:55.0

in the text of a novel, an army of dwarves.

1:59.8

This is one of our only opportunities to understand what they are like,

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