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Smaug by Eru-(Valar)
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Smaug
by Eru-(Valar)
Dec. 3, 2002
Smaug the Golden was one of the greatest Dragons to
escape the downfall
of
Morgoth's realm at the end of the First Age. As with many of his
ancient
kind, and as a legacy of Morgoth himself, Smaug loved wealth and
dominating
others.
When he learned of the Dwarven hoard at Erebor in
T.A.
2770, he
immediately left his home in the Grey Mountains and assailed the
Dwarves.
Taken by surprise, the people of King Thror were either slaughtered or
driven
off eastward to the Iron Hills. Subsequently, Smaug descended
upon Dale
and burned the town to the ground, driving off any survivors to Lake
Town.
For two hundred years, Smaug held the Lonely Mountain and rested upon
the
piled wealth of Thror's people, occasionally venturing forth to
devastate
the surrounding lands, and extending his influence as far as the Long
Lake
and Long Marshes.
In T.A. 2941 Thorin Oakenshield led a company
of Dwarves
with Bilbo Baggins to Erebor to challenge the Dragon. Bilbo distracted
Smaug and learned of his one weak spot, which proved invaluable when
Smaug
issued forth to destroy Thorin's company and Esgaroth, the town which
had
harboured them. As Smaug began to destroy the settlement, Bard
the Bowman,
heir to the throne of the ruined town of Dale, shot and killed the
Dragon,
ending his reign of terror over the region.
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Images of Smaug:
Image
: Removed
by lawyers. "Conversation with Smaug". Smaug on his hoard, Bilbo on his
spying
mission and talking with him. Artist JRR Tolkien. Rolozo Tolkien.
Image:
"Smaug in a rampage". Artist Per Sjogren. Rolozo Tolkien page
Image : Removed
by lawyers. "Death of Smaug". Artist
JRR Tolkien. Rolozo Tolkien page.
Image
: "Smaug". Artist Luglio, 1998. The 1998 Italian Tolkien calendar.
Rolozo Tolkien page.
Image
: "Smaug". Artist Mariani, Tolkien Italian calendar 1987. Rolozo
Tolkien page
Image:
"Hobbit_Smaug". Artist Alexandra Koskinen. Rolozo Tolkien page
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