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Smaug. Smaug ( / smaʊɡ / [ T 1]) is a dragon and the main antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien 's 1937 novel The Hobbit, his treasure and the mountain he lives in being the goal of the quest. Powerful and fearsome, he invaded the Dwarf kingdom of Erebor 171 years [ 1] prior to the events described in the novel.
In The Hobbit, the eponymous Hobbit protagonist Bilbo accordingly steals a golden cup from the dragon's huge mound of treasure, awakening Smaug, who flies out and burns Lake-town; the allure of gold is too much of a temptation for the Dwarf Thorin Oakenshield, who is killed soon afterwards.
The Hobbiton Movie Set[ 1] is a significant location used for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and The Hobbit film trilogy, serving as a stand-in for the town of Hobbiton in the Shire in both trilogies. It is situated on a family-run farm about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of Hinuera and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of Matamata, in Waikato ...
The Necromancer, a shadowy evil character mentioned in The Hobbit. [T 20] In The Lord of the Rings, the Necromancer is revealed to be Sauron. [T 21] (mentioned only) Smaug, a great dragon who made the Lonely Mountain his lair. [T 1] After the Company roused him from his long quiescence, he destroyed Lake-town and was killed by Bard the Bowman ...
Cold-drakes. J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth legendarium features dragons based on those of European legend, but going beyond them in having personalities of their own, such as the wily Smaug, who has features of both Fafnir and the Beowulf dragon. Dragons appear in the early stories of The Book of Lost Tales, including the mechanical war ...
Legolas (pronounced [ˈlɛɡɔlas]) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings. He is a Sindar Elf of the Woodland Realm and son of its king, Thranduil, becoming one of the nine members of the Fellowship who set out to destroy the One Ring. Though Dwarves and Elves are traditionally rivals, he and the Dwarf Gimli form ...
Bard the Bowman is a character in J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Hobbit. A Man of Laketown and a descendant of the ancient Lords of Dale, Bard manages to kill Smaug, the dragon, after which he becomes king of Dale. Tolkien created the character specifically to kill Smaug, since none of the other protagonists of the story were able to fulfill this role ...
Tolkien had been fascinated with dragons since childhood, [T 32] and he named four dragons in his Middle-earth writings. Like the Old Norse dragon Fafnir, they are able to speak, and can be subtle of speech. [12] Glaurung, in The Silmarillion, is the Father of Dragons in Tolkien's legendarium, the first of the Fire-drakes of Angband. Tolkien ...