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Originally Posted by Aganzir
Why did the dragons destroy the rings in the first place? I would imagine they would have been rather interested in them instead. Accidentally? Or did they think they were of little worth?
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Since there were three (or four?
) cases of this, then it's most intriguing. I mean, if just one Ring was lost this way, then we could say "one Dwarven Lord simply did not want to give up to the Dragon and so the dragon ate him whole without realising what all parts of the Dwarf he's eating". Comparing this to the scenario of Erebor, we know Thrór & Thráin saved themselves just because of the secret passage. Otherwise, maybe the Ring of Durin's tribe would have met similar fate as the other ones. But with three (or four?) cases of this, I think we must find a diversity in the events that occured, which is really interesting. Like, first Dwarven Lord simply did not want to give up, so the dragon ate him. Second Dwarven Lord and his Ring were baked in a small room. Third Dragon was a clever one and knew about the Ring and wanted the Dwarven Lord to hand it over. But the Dwarf knew that there is no escape and rather than give up the Ring, he threw it (or even himself) to the Dragon's mouth. Fourth Dragon, if there was any, was also clever one and wanted the Ring. But as he killed the bearer and realised the Ring is too small to be put on his finger, he got angry and ate it. Or something like that. It's not particularly diverse, I believe the true stories must have been a far more diverse and interesting. Another good topic for a fan-fiction or an RPG (last days of a Dwarven fortress, objective: carry the Ring away).