![]() However, while examining the dragon, Bilbo noticed a single bare patch on the monster's left breast, nearest his heart. Aware of this vulnerability, Smaug deliberately had spent years sprawled on the wealth of his hoard, allowing diamonds and hard gemstones to be embedded into his belly, armoring his only weakness. Once inside, Bilbo was surprised to find that Smaug was much larger than he had expected and covered in impenetrable armor, save for his underbelly. Smaug in conversation with Bilbo, by Aaron Longīilbo, the company's appointed "burglar," was sent into the treasure chamber alone in an attempt to stealthily gather information and steal what he can without waking Smaug. The surrounding domain became a scarred wasteland known to the Dwarves and men as the "Desolation of Smaug." Yet in the year TA 2941, a company of fourteen adventurers consisting of twelve Dwarves, the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, and led by the heir of the Lonely Mountain, Thorin II Oakenshield, entered Smaug's mountain lair by a secret door in a daring attempt to reclaim the ancient treasure from the dragon. He spent his days within the mountain lying atop his great treasure hoard, which he guarded jealously. Smaug sleeping while Bilbo enters the chamber, drawn by Justin Gerardįor two centuries, Smaug ruled the Lonely Mountain uncontested. King Thrór and Thráin used the secret door to escape, but the dragon continued ravaging the surrounding countryside long after. In one savage attack, he laid waste to both Erebor and the neighboring town of Dale, killing any Dwarves or Men who dared try to stop him. In TA 2770, Smaug came from the mountains in the north, attracted by the vast wealth amassed by the Dwarven kingdom of Erebor, which included gold, gemstones, silver, pearls, the many-faceted crystals of emerald, sapphire and diamond, and the famed Arkenstone. Now I am old and strong, strong, strong, Thief in the Shadows!" - The Hobbit, " Inside Information" I laid low the warriors of old and their like is not in the world today. 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 ![]() ![]() Tolkien's The Hobbit (1966 film)īiography " I laid low the warriors of old and their like is not in the world today. 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. 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 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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