Dain

And that's good.

You know, like in the second book, um, which is dealing with the 1950s, I mean, Ironfoot Jack Neath, uh, he died in '59.

So you're tied to that.

Austin Spare, who features-

One battle, taking place over three days, is between the Easterlings under Sauron's rule and a combined force of dwarves from the Lonely Mountain and Men of Dale.

Several decades earlier, in the Battle of the Five Armies, Dain's forces from the Iron Hills were just more than 500 strong.

We know that Erebor grew in strength since then, but surely even with immigration and the rather slow dwarf birth rate, they couldn't field more than the low thousands.

Similarly, the Lakemen in that earlier battle numbered only two or three hundred.