Answer: They wish to go to Lonely Mountain and retrieve their lost treasures by Smaug who is still very much alive
What old wrong do the dwarves wish to right? How is their quest defined?

"The Scouring of the Shire" is the penultimate chapter of the high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.The Fellowship hobbits Frodo Sam Merry and Pippin return home to the Shire to find that it is under the brutal control of ruffians and their leader "Sharkey" revealed to be the Wizard Saruman.The ruffians have despoiled the Shire cutting down trees and destroying ...

Mirkwood is a name used for a great dark fictional forest in novels by Sir Walter Scott and William Morris in the 19th century and by J. R. R. Tolkien in the 20th century. The critic Tom Shippey explains that the name evoked the excitement of the wildness of Europe's ancient North.. At least two distinct Middle-earth forests are named Mirkwood in Tol...