Sauron was one of the Ainur, one of the original spirits created by Iluvatar (God of Middle Earth) in the beginning of time. The dragons do not belong to an earlier age, they were first conceived by Melkor, Sauron's master, during the first age of Middle Earth. Glaurung was the first of the dragons, he lacked wings and was consequently land bound.
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Yet the lies that Melkor, the mighty and accursed, Morgoth Bauglir, the Power of Terror and of Hate, sowed in the hearts of Elves and Men are a seed that does not die and cannot be destroyed; and ever and anon it sprouts anew, and will bear dark fruit even unto the latest days.
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