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**lindil** · 01-21-2001, 09:25 AM

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DRAGONS

Michael Martinez puts forth a worthy theory [in my opinion] that Dragons long lives were dependent on them acquiring a large hoard of Gold! In a brief space I will try and do justice to his theory [but those interested in that and more on D's should check out his Suite 101 article on Dragons] .
Because Melkor marred the nature of Matter, some substances contain greater concentrations of his evil will. Gold being the tops, thus the dragon who can acquire such a hoard , more or less stays put [if the hoard is big enough] and do not need to venture forth unless they wish to . Thus Smaug not having eaten of the Lakemen for a generation or 2 .

The whole presentation is worth a look and I have shortened it to the extreme.

Lindil is often found on posting on the New Silmarillion Canon Forum at the Barrowdowns discussion board. 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p>

01-21-2001, 09:25 AM	#16
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shade of Carn Dûm Posts: 280</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> DRAGONS Michael Martinez puts forth a worthy theory [in my opinion] that Dragons long lives were dependent on them acquiring a large hoard of Gold! In a brief space I will try and do justice to his theory [but those interested in that and more on D's should check out his Suite 101 article on Dragons] . Because Melkor marred the nature of Matter, some substances contain greater concentrations of his evil will. Gold being the tops, thus the dragon who can acquire such a hoard , more or less stays put [if the hoard is big enough] and do not need to venture forth unless they wish to . Thus Smaug not having eaten of the Lakemen for a generation or 2 . The whole presentation is worth a look and I have shortened it to the extreme. Lindil is often found on posting on the New Silmarillion Canon Forum at the Barrowdowns discussion board. 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p> __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.