Tolkien " Revenge! Revenge! King under the Mountain is dead and where are his kin that dare seek revenge? Girion Lord of Dale is dead, and I have eaten his people like a wolf among sheep, and where are his sons' sons that dare approach me? I kill where I wish and none dare resist. Smaug in the original illustration by J.R.R. Nothing is known of Smaug before he attacked, in TA 2770, the Lonely Mountain and the town of Dale. Now I am old and strong, strong, strong." - The Hobbit Correctly believing that the Dwarves had received assistance from the men of Lake-town in entering the Lonely Mountain, Smaug left the mountain to wreak destruction upon Lake-town, nearly destroying it before being slain by Bard the Bowman.īiography " I laid low the warriors of old and their like is not in the world today. He laid waste to the nearby city of Dale and captured the Lonely Mountain, driving the surviving Dwarves into exile.įor 171 years, Smaug hoarded the Lonely Mountain's treasures to himself, staying within the mountain, until a company of Dwarves managed to enter the Lonely Mountain and awaken him from hibernation. He was drawn to the enormous wealth amassed by the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain during King Thrór's reign. Smaug was a fire-drake of the Third Age, considered to be the last "great" dragon of Middle-earth. ![]() James Horan ( 2003 video game) " My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail is a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!" - The Hobbit, " Inside Information"
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